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[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

For very thin veneers, very sharp shaves or block planes with months or years of practice or specialized machinery are probably the way to go to minimize waste.

A table saw with a thin kerf blade is probably the most practical approach, if you don't have months to dedicate to this project. I remember someone doing something similar for a guitar build at a local maker space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

They excluded religious items that didn't shove oppressive symbolism in people's faces. Get your facts straight.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Canada-U.S. relation

This is such a disengenuous way of saying "Trump's attempts at trying to destroy a perfectly healthy and functioning relationship". The rest of us Canadians and Americans continue to have good relations.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Is it built by Tesla, Meta, Boeing, or some other American corp?

Nope, nope, nope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tried a couple matter devices. Ended up having to create an account with the manufacturer. Was there truly a local option? Who knows. So far I haven't been impressed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

They say there is no crystal ball in investment, but it's hard to not have predicted this outcome.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a line to draw between exploiting tenants, and compensation for providing dwelling.

You might even argue the OP creates this ambiguity based on interpretation of the wording, or poor communication.

For a productive conversation, let's be crystal clear where that line is drawn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No taxation without representation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Attacking the right is exactly what the people in power want. You don't even have to admit you were wrong. Let's agree that people on the right are otherwise good people that have been manipulated by the media to hate another group of people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Worse, vulnerable people were told to hate other people. In an environment that doesn't perpetuate class warfare, I think a lot of ordinary Republicans would otherwise be very decent people. Demonizing Republican voters only serves to drive the wedge between The People, which is exactly what those in power want, so they can stay in power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe it's the other way around... Maybe people predisposed to being lied to will end up with political views based on that lie.

 

This is currently my primary frustration with Connect: complete opaqueness regarding instances.

I understand that one design philosophy might argue that instances shouldn't matter, so why show it at all. But it does matter, especially on All, and in comments. I think at the current and near-term state of development, obscuring instances creates more confusion than it alleviates.

  • In this example, I have no idea what community this is. Where is "here"? "General" is a super broad category (does a multi-community even make sense for this type of community name?). Is this /c/general for a general purpose instance, or /c/general of an instance dedicated to a very specific topic? Is that instance worth checking out? Who knows?
  • Is this an instance I'm subscribed to yet?
  • is this the same /c/general I was in last time with a moderation policy and moderators I didn't like, or a new one?
  • Is my instance defederated from seal_of_approval and will they receive my message? Who knows?
  • Are most responders coming from lemmy.world, from sketchy instances loaded with bots or is there good traction from smaller instances? Is there instance brigading going on?
  • Is this an impersonator of seal_of_approval?
  • is this a specific community that spams a lot and I should block it?
  • What moderation rules apply to this instance?

I can't block entire instances myself...

I realize that a lot of these problems have some sort of workaround by drilling down into community details and profiles. Ain't nobody have time for that.

I realize that specific UI solutions could be introduced to tackle each of these problems individually in a user-friendly manner. But we're not there and who knows when we will get there.

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