dressupgeekout

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[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure how booting corporations and their advertisements off of the platform will affect individual artists one way or another.

The kind of promotions that big businesses do is, well, incomparable to the kind of self-promotion that an artist does. It's a different beast entirely. At the end of the day, I'd be happy to see individual creators promoting their creativity!

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

We've had alternative PostScript interpreters for decades, but being able to see the OG code is pretty neat.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Frankly, this sounds kinda conspiratorial. You're not willing to step into a local shop for fear that it might not actually be a local shop?

Otherwise, there truly are more options in my area than in your area, in which case, I'm sorry to hear that.

(Edit: typo)

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I might become a fan since I have been very interested to the franchise for a long time, but haven't played anything yet. Would you recommend Felghana on PSP to start with?

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Denver's airport terminals being approximately 1 light year away from the city for seemingly no good reason whatsoever -- it's definitely my biggest gripe. At least you can take the train.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Truthfully, the only ones I'm aware of are the "In the News" panel of Wikipedia's English landing page, and wikinews.org.

I'd be curious to hear what suggestions others have, too

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think the very best alternative to Amazon is: don't shop online at all. Support your local businesses!

Surely there's shops in your area where you can get those kinds of things -- your list doesn't have anything too exotic or difficult to obtain. Unless your tastes are out of the ordinary somehow.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yup, not surprised. The idea that just because something is "out there" is going to inevitably "corrupt our youth" or whatever -- that hardly ever happens.

You know how abstinence-only sex education doesn't actually reduce rates of teen pregnancies, etc.? I see a parallel here. I think the study cited in this article reflects the idea that an informed and educated population is what keeps drug (ab)use at healthy levels -- not abolishing it.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With practice, you begin to realize that things are more common than they are different. Think about you how you know how to drive most cars, despite learning to drive in only one or two of them at the beginning. I guess it's a "When in Rome..." mindset.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spam detection is HARD to get right. How do you ensure your spam filter never has false positives? How do you know #2 on your list won't cause problems later? And most people don't have time for item #3, sifting through everything in the 'waiting room' which will never be empty.

Your system seems to implement a whitelist of people who would be even allowed to contact you. That goes against the fundamental "push" nature of email, if you see what I mean. Remember that just because an email is unsolicited, doesn't mean it's spam.

[–] dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Nah. Seems like a waste of time and money, and I am deeply skeptical of any ecological benefit it'd have. I think it is far more pressing to protect today's endangered species -- which is something we can do RIGHT NOW.

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