TheInsane42

They are still running in The Netherlands, although only in 1 city.

Why choose?

Lemmings.

As stated, lemmy is named after 4 sources, with the furry rodent being one of them. (Although the last option)

I love being a furry rodent gnawing away at Reddit. ;)

Depends, define free and define useful. ;)

You can learn a lot by reading up and watching YT vids. I already did my own car maintenance (started as hobby, now it’s a necessity, car mechanics cost twice/trice my hourly wage), but didn’t know how to replace the fuelpump on this modern car. Garage quoted €500, part was 109, special tool 79, seals 5 each (2). Replaced it myself in 4h.

I’m also learning to play bass guitar with the help of YT (already have the bass), painted my house, replaced kitchen and parts in bathroom including plumbing,… None of DIY things for free, but cheaper then hiring somebody to do these task. Even when you count your hourly wage, most of those tasks can be done cheaper yourself.

When you want no investment at all, languages are very useful to learn, at least when you meet others speaking those languages. Learning to setup a computer with free software is usefull as well (saves cash, so eeven better then free ;) ).

At this moment in time, in most pasrts of Europe and the USA, labour is the most expensive part of everything, so I’d say everything you can learn to do yourself is worth investing some time and maybe some cash in. Nothing wrong with hobbies that can save cash in the long run.

In 100 years, nobody will care

Growing old is mandatory, growing up optional.

Murphy’s law is always apllicable, unless you depend on it.

Especially in gaming subs: ‘How is this fair’ posts by starting users getting clobbered by vets (5y+ playing) while having no clue about the game’s mechanics…

Sidebar? I’m on an app, no sidebar. (With the pinned message, 1st you see, having the exact same content)

I really miss baconreader. (A minute tad, lemmy with liftoff is so much better)

What am I missing here?

You want to beat the system by following the system. Al, that it achieves will be ‘told you so it would result in millions?’

The only real way to beat a failing system is by offering something better and thus making it obsolete. The fediverse is an attempt to do just that.

Mastodon is getting more and more attention now Musk is killing Twitter. (Truth is getting some as well, but that’s limited to extremist christians) I’m sure Lemmy and Kbin will be as effective.

I’m a lot more active then I was on Reddit.

I was very active in the subs of the games I play (I’m even r/CSRRacing2 mod) when I started there, but I’m getting tired of the hate, stupidity,…

Debian since '95, (After a try with Slackware and RedHat each for a month or 2-3)

I run testing on my home devices (trixie now). Totally happy with it. (I really don’t like the rpm based ones, even more so since IBM bought RedHat) Tried Ubuntu once, didn’t know how fast to get back after the 1st major upgrade killed my system years ago.

I used ctwm since '96, switched to xfce4 in '18 (and use it as wm), ctwm is still in use for vnc connections on the rpi.

I don’t do a thing without ad blockers. I decide what junk I open and what I watch. When a site has ad blocking detection, it’s not worth my time, ever. Ads are the cancer of the current society. When I have something, ads are useless, when I don’t have it, ads are equally useless, as I don’t want and need it.

When creators of content create good content, I pay, same for apps. Ad companies leaching of the creators content need to be banned. (Those companies earn a lot more then content creators on those ads)

When there is an adblocker that will trigger the payment without me having to watch the ad (or even pull it over the web) I’m fine with it, else, no ads revenue. I pay for my data subscription, I decide.

Using Jeroba instead of Baconreader, but yep…