stinerman

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Needing an ID is fine in theory, but in practice many older folks who do not drive do not have one. In order to get one you need a certified birth certificate. In order to get one of those you usually need to deal with a lot of red tape, especially if you were born at home in a rural area.

People often forget how rural the US is. Sometimes it's hard to document exactly who you are. Especially if you were born poor and black in the South.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Could ask if she and her son wants to get dinner sometime with you and your son. As long as it's a pretty inoffensive family restaurant, that shouldn't be too forward. From there you can get a better understanding of her situation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If not fluent, yes you'll have a hard time. I've been there and outside of the tourist areas, people either can't or won't speak English.

I do recommend the USVI if the language barrier is a problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly. You said it better than I did.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The way I feel about it is that I don't want Lemmy to grow for growth's sake. I want people to understand how important it is to use open protocols and free software to communicate with others and that is what will lead Lemmy and other Fediverse applications to grow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you think it's a violation, report it. If they do nothing with it...you're out of luck.

The rules for any instance boil down to, at their most basic level, "every moderation decision is up to the people who run their instance, and there is no appeal."

It seems like fedia.io is a difference instance. You can ask lemmy.world to defederate from them. You can also block the instance yourself. Go to your settings and at the bottom block the instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Everything is political. What you eat. What software you use. What car you drive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No. A trademark is to tell a customer that a certain good was made by a certain person or company. This is prevent confusion over which company makes a thing. It's why you can't create an operating system kernel and call it Linux. You can create a clothing company and call it Linux though because no one would be confused that Linux clothing is in any way related to the computer operating system component.

Band names can and are trademarked. So you can't call your new band "The Beatles" or "Five Finger Death Punch". Titles are subject to copyright though, which is a separate thing altogether.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yes and it's likely that they will not be allowed to any longer after Google lost their anti-trust case.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Being on an SSRI helps.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Someone who repackages/patches free software has different incentives than upstream. So generally speaking, derivative browsers are more privacy friendly, have better features, etc.

That's not to say that upstream isn't important. It absolutely is! It's just that derivatives are generally better.

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