When you turn federation off, your users can only see activity and posts from your own instance.

Federation is what enable you to seamlessly interact with all the other instances. This can also be set at yhe instance level, to pick and choose which other instances your instance can talk to.

I make cold brew coffee for enjoyment at home, and savor every drop.

At work, the coffee just isn't the same.

Do I miss my cold brew while I'm in the office? damn straight.

Do I still get enjoyment from ready access to plenty of free mediocre coffee? damn straight. It's not amazing coffee, but it's fresh ground arabica bean, decent roast. If I'm honest about it, it's plenty good enough, and definitely beats having to go for a 5 minute walk to pay $6-8 for a cup of mediocre coffee.

this doesn't work effectively, too many lemmynsfw posts aren't tagging as nsfw, and wind up in the all feed.

cut the deck into manageable stacks.

shuffle the stacks.

cut each stack, and mix the other half with a different stack.

reshuffle each new stack

reassemble the stacks into a complete deck.

repeat as desired.

oof, this comic hurts so bad it's funny.

your first hurdle is installing a lemmy server locally. this is a mission on it's own, and I can be of zero assistance here.

your second hurdle is enabling port forwarding and making that server accessible from the internet. I'm going to assume you know how to do the 2nd. port foward dot com if you don't.

your third hurdle will be setting up dynamic dns. again, lots of choices here, and different tiers of service/support. I'm assuming this is enough to point you in the right direction, and your home router likely has built in support for a few providers.

I recommend tackling these hurdles in order, but they don't have to be done in order.

beehaw disabled downvotes, but other instances haven't. the sidebar said disabled downvotes encourages more active discussion, and prevents unpopular opinions from being silenced by a flood of downvotes. they want people to engage by saying "i disagree with you, here's why" instead of passively downvoting and moving on.

you should be able to see you the upvotes on your comments though.

some incorrect answers get upvotes ironically, often when the correct answer seems obvious. but I guess it depends on the type of question, and the sub

edit: for those on jerboa (like me) who can't see the image, it's Willy Wonka's "Good DAY, Sir!" meme

lots of tech companies scaled out (additional hires) to handle the increased traffic that covid lockdowns generated.

now that "covid is over", people are going outside and stuff, so tech companies are scaling down again.

not sure if it's possible for a user to block whole instances. it's an option for instances to denylist or allowlist other instances to federate with.

you can for sure block other communities though, if you come across any you don't want to see. it's not perfect, but it's a start.

maybe if someone else found a way they can share it.

publicity is good, but wish they would have taken two exta seconds to explain the nuance of the issue.

It's not just that Reddit will start charging for API calls, but that the price was outrageously high, extortionate even.

Many will read this article, and others like it, and automatically side with Reddit, because "it sounds fair that apps with heavy API usage should contribute to the cost", completely missing the part the Reddit is trying to bankrupt the third part app developers.

thanks for sharing, that looks really tasty! I'm sure you enjoyed it

Even in corporations that are committed to a good culture of kindness, you can still find opponents who won't hesitate throw you under the bus in order to further an agenda.

Using active tone in corporate is risky, because office politics can accuse it of being aggressive/hostile in order to block a policy. They don't necessarily care that the messenger winds up getting written up by HR and sent to sensitivity training.

I find myself being very careful about then tone of my emails after getting caught in the crossfire between two warring factions. Passive tone is less likely to come back to haunt you.

I really hate having to navigate office politics, but it is what it is.

"There will be a cake reception for all test subjects upon successfully launching the app. We promise you will like it"

lamenters

this is the most redditish comment I've seen so far.

remains to be seen if that's a good thing or not, but I did chuckle over the familiar joke

you realize you can still view the communities without logging in, and decide whether you vibe with it.

also, I noticed quite a few instances had pinned posts introducing the instance to new people and telling them about what the instance stood for.

hol' up, comparing their reading comprehension to that of a carrot is an unfair insult to the average carrot.

and how exactly is the comparison? is it one carrot per person, or can a single carrot out-comprehend the whole lot?

multitasking. look and post