This is an incredible article! I very much relate to the disillusionment of doing something for the sake of sales, and also find myself on a winding journey to do something that has meaning without really knowing what that is or should be. Best of luck to him!

This is awesome. Looks like a painting

For Wumbo?

@applebottom That’s a good tip! I’ll have to see if there’s a grocery near me that stocks those items. I know the supermarket by us doesn’t, but there are some smaller ones that might!

@applebottom how’d you make the curry? This is something I really want to figure out at home!!

Sneaky Hank

I use a hybrid. If I’m typing with both hands, and I need to be speedy I’ll typically use regular typing, but if I’m just causally typing stuff out or only have one hand I’ll use swipe. I like having the option

Most of my friends jumped off Reddit and onto Kbin/Lemmy for the week of the blackout. I think most of them are using some hybrid of Lemmy/Reddit now. I’m the only person I know that moved exclusively to Kbin, but that’s okay. It fills the same hole that reddit did, I don’t much care if other people I know do or do not join tbh

I’ve always been more of a lurker unless I’ve specifically got something to add. I still think usually there’s not a lot to say, even here, but I have found a fair number of conversations and communities to comment in here. I think it’s a healthy balance

It doesn’t work for everything though. Having a self hosted account that wasn’t tied to any specific platform or instance would ideally allow you to have access to PeerTube and BookWyrm as well as Mastodon and Kbin, without having to worry about your instance shuttering and all of your posts and comments disappearing. I’ve also been really stewing on this idea, I think it’s a probable future state of the Fediverse

If a screen name is an identifier doesn’t that make literally every social website or forum a potential breach? That seems a bit harsh

Wow this is a great read! I definitely see promise for the described system in the direction we are heading

Does the fediverse need to consume all of the traffic that’s currently directed at other platforms? I think the best thing about the Fediverse is that it provides more options for online social spaces.

If I don’t like Twitter I can try something else. If I don’t like Reddit I can go elsewhere. It doesn’t have to be the exact same thing as those services, as long as it provides me an enjoyable way to consume information in my free time.

I don’t feel like the goal is to absorb all of the traffic from every other site though? Or if it is that seems misguided.

I’m very much enjoying my time on Kbin, even if it is janky and new and imperfect. All of that is actually kind of refreshing

Never skip leg day

This year I started keeping a shitty little notebook I don’t care about losing or damaging in my pocket with a cheap fountain pen. I use it whenever the need or desire takes me, which might be every day for a week, or not at all for a month. I use it to stabilize tables sometimes, or just to flip through if I want to do something with my hands. I’ve used to to keep score in boardgames, or to write down my thoughts and feelings. I really love it.

I’m a software engineer of about 8 years and I think the longer time goes on the more I want to be disconnected from a screen in my free time. I love coding and gaming and scrolling Kbin on my phone, but sometimes it’s so nice to just put all that down, take a walk, and write stuff on real paper. Doesn’t need to be anything more than that. Not for me, anyways

I was hoping that because Kbin does support mastodon posts it might work. I’d love to see that integration

Is there any federated interaction between BookWyrm and Kbin? Can I follow book or author updates or keep up with reviews or conversation?

A lot of parking in big American cities is underground, and also too expensive to be worth it. Parking lots everywhere though, in my experience

Could have been better. I’m feeling pretty burnt out at work and we’re about to do a relatively big move to a new town, which is always exhausting. The future is uncertain. Really hoping for future days where I can just relax and focus on things I actually care about