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Programming questions for beginners in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

One more vote for ChatGPT. I use it all the time to get me pointed in the right direction, or to start fleshing out an algorithm. It’s a great starting place.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just checked out cohost. Looks cool and thanks for the tip.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I personally think the best way to use discord is to create a server and invite people to it as you meet them online. For me, it’s gaming that connects me with people. My wife and I meet people that we like and want to play with more, and so we invite them. This usually results in getting invited to other small community servers.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s interesting that you say that because I have trouble finding content that I like on all microblogging platforms : Mastodon, X, threads and all. If you crack the code, let me know.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discord is built for gaming. Discord allows you to stream a game directly to a channel with one click. Discord allows for fine control over users in the server and what they are allowed to do. Signal doesn’t really have these features, and I’m guessing it’s becsuse the purpose is slightly different.

The closest privacy focused alternative to discord that I know of is Matrix. I’m thinking of moving my discord server where my friends and I play together over to Matrix. We will lose some features but gain some privacy.

I think there are discord clones that work very much like discord, but I’m not aware of their privacy focus. Revolt comes to mind : https://revolt.chat

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used this video as a guide and it worked: https://youtu.be/WtFBrB4XqBc?si=635fN0fa7jN77evj

This disables the YouTube shorts suggestions, which is how I would get sucked into watching shorts all the time. You can still go to shorts if you want, but I guarantee you will mostly forget about them with the suggestions disabled. Shows how little value they really give.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I literally had to disable YouTube shorts. My life improved significantly when I just didn't have shorts thrown in my face constantly.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The problem with YouTube is that is so easy to just default to letting it feed your brain. Frequently it's not even enjoyable, it's just straight distraction from anything meaningful. On the flip side, YouTube can be the absolute best place to learn anything.

Can an average person who works a full time job become capable enough to rival a secret agent like James Bond or John Wick on their own ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hehe… magic dick.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

None of my friends in the United States would say such things either. Must be some really whack friends.

Where else on the web does everyone hang out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I don't get the whole twitter-like microblogging thing. Mastodon feels kind of strange to me because it's similar to that. I try to find a cool place to hang out there, but it always feels like a waste. But YouTube... the amount of time I give YouTube.. lol

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Where else on the web does everyone hang out? (normalcity.life)
 

I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy.

I myself am frequently on discord with my wife and friends playing games. I’ve also found myself in and around smaller blogs spaces like Kev Quirk and related people. Reddit used to be a place for me to hang out but I never found a community that I felt connected to. I don’t know if YouTube would be considered a place to hang out, but I frequently spend way more time there than I should. IRC used to be a great place for me.

So, where are your favorite places?

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Where else on the web does everyone hang out? (normalcity.life)
 

I’m really curious where else everyone on NCL hangs out on the internet besides lemmy.

I myself am frequently on discord with my wife and friends playing games. I’ve also found myself in and around smaller blogs spaces like Kev Quirk and related people. Reddit used to be a place for me to hang out but I never found a community that I felt connected to. I don’t know if YouTube would be considered a place to hang out, but I frequently spend way more time there than I should.

So, where are your favorite places?

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You know, I'm not sure about this whole fediverse thing (normalcity.life)
 

This might not be the right place for this, but it seemed appropriate to me.

I'm not sure about the fediverse in general. I've been interacting with it here and there for a while, and of course, since the strangeness on Reddit, I've been interacting with it more. But something seems... strange. What do I mean? Well, I'm not sure exactly, but let's see if I can put it into words.

I think the idea of the fediverse is excellent and truly better than a centralized approach. But, to me, much of the content on the fediverse seems different than the content on other centralized networks. Maybe Reddit content is more relevant and engaging to me because there is just more to choose from. Maybe that's just what you get when you have some algorithmic influence. I can hop on Reddit and find something interesting and enjoyable to engage with very quickly. But to me, it's just not the same on the fediverse. My guess is that my experience would be better with a far larger user base--maybe some critical mass of users needs to be achieved or something.

I suppose the lack of users could be an appeal rather than a drawback--a community could form that's tighter and more engaged. But what's the point, then? Is it simply meaningful human connection? For some, might it be to have intellectual stimulation that we can't get with the people around us? But this just shows what I mean: the experience in the fediverse, to me, is an altogether different one than on the centralized platforms we are running away from.

My purpose for going to Reddit wasn't a sense of community or anything like that. Maybe it was for some of you! I just wanted to find and engage with interesting stuff, and that's definitely more challenging for me in the fediverse. For now.

What are your thoughts? It could just be me!

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Wikipedia founder is also creating a reddit alternative (wts2.wt.social)
 

It's not in the fediverse, but it's interesting as evidence of a migration away from reddit.

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How do you find RSS feeds that you're interested in? (normalcity.life)
 

I'd like to take my RSS feeds from an aggregator of news to a curated selection of interesting things. Interesting newsletters and blogs are where I think RSS shines, but I struggle to find this content.

What do you do to find these kinds of RSS feeds?

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How do you find RSS feeds that you're interested in? (normalcity.life)
 

I'd like to take my RSS feeds from an aggregator of news to a curated selection of interesting things. Interesting newsletters and blogs are where I think RSS shines, but I struggle to find this content.

What do you do to find these kinds of RSS feeds?

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Questions on creating and modding communities across lemmy instances (normalcity.life)
 

I’ve recently found it beneficial to have a home lemmy instance that does not have a lot of users. This allows me to access content that has been defederated. But, as many have said, using the communities and creating content for them is like oxygen, and we need oxygen for survival.

So if I’m on a very small instance, but want to create a community that gets users, it makes sense to have that community on one of the larger instances. But how would one go about doing that from a smaller instance? Would I create the community from the larger instance and then interact with it from the smaller one? Or is that bad practice?

Any thoughts would be helpful.

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