javiwhite
@javiwhite@feddit.uk
- Comment on Pikachew 4 days ago:
Tbf, all of these things are on menus outside of north America (assuming that’s what NA means ofc) including the cats and dogs.
Not for the fainthearted; but googling china dog festival should put any discussion otherwise to rest (TW: dead dogs).
Interestingly enough; the areas where you see dog and cat consumption aren’t just found in areas of complete poverty. The meat tends to be consumed either as a necessity (as you alluded to) or a delicacy; it’s never really a standard dish.
The more I think about it though; the less I’m surprised that billionaires would eat our pets and consider it a delicacy.
- Comment on Pikachew 4 days ago:
This but pokemonImage
- Comment on Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting 6 days ago:
It’s intentional. How else are they supposed to sell you a new set of joy cons every year?
- Comment on Make it stop 1 week ago:
Absolutely. You reminded me of an old hitchhikers guide quote;
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
It’s the same logic Israel uses to justify it’s actions against Palestine; Or how Russia justifies it’s attacks on Ukraine. I can’t help you understand why tarnishing an entire nation is a terrible precident to set. But equally, I think you already understand this, And are just continuing to act in bad faith.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Sure, I can make it real simple and just explain the concept.
I don’t believe I’m responsible for stuff that happened hundreds of years before my birth; that’s a dangerous precedent to set and leads to rampant persecution of entire nations (like you inciting violence upon British people for example, and feeling like that’s an okay stance to take).
As for current events, I believe we do have a responsibility to call out and work to correct any injustice at every juncture, and pride myself on trying to doing so. That being said; much like you haven’t magically fixed the persecution of aboriginals in Australia, or Israel’s persecution of Palestine (which Australia is complicit in too btw…) ; there is only so much we commoners can achieve.
So instead of flinging muck at 70 million people because of their nationality, try finding common ground. Your abrasive nature serves nothing but sowing discord.
I appreciate this will likely fall on deaf ears, and you’ll probably resort to further projecting of your own feelings of frustration, so this is the last time I attempt to appeal to your better nature; I’m not fortunate enough to be retired, so I can’t waste any more energy on attempting to help you see reason.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
For the Irish famine or the aboriginal persecution? try to be more specific with your questions, Block away. You refuse to acknowledge my questions let alone answer them, so I fail to see why I shouldn’t show you the same courtesy.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Australians were considered British citizens is you initially shirking all responsibility elsewhere, which is how this entire conversation started.
Frame what as your fault? The racism? I thought you said you were taking responsibility… Now I’m just confused. Are you responsible or not?
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
I’m the one arguing in bad faith? Yet more hypocrisy
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
You said you would use the guillotine on multiple British politicians; and even went as far as to deflect the blame for the ongoing persecution of aboriginals to british citizens. Not once have you suggested you even hold Australia accountable for its ongoing systemic issues with racism towards natives.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Ah so I’m responsible for my government, but you’re not responsible for yours. Got it.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Ohhhh you’re so close to getting it.
Now, with all of that emotion about how I know nothing about your activism, try applying that same logic to the British people you’re so vehemently against.
This entire conversation has been an attempt to point out your hypocrisy.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Exactly. And your inaction during the ongoing issues in your country aligns you with our common ancestors who did nothing way back when; so when’s the guillotine coming out?
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
“as well”.
You’re still deflecting. The current treatment of aboriginals is wholly down to your country. I ask again, why haven’t you got your guillotine out yet?
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
Well yeah, it’s an easy cop out to blame a country the other side of the world for your fellow countryman’s treatment of aboriginals.
Introspection is hard; but deflecting the blame will do nothing to resolve the issue.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 week ago:
You don’t need to look that far back in all honesty. The Australian treatment of aboriginals has been abhorrent; and continues to this day.
Time to get your guillotine out.
- Comment on I'm so sorry 1 week ago:
They’re actually different pictures from either side of the bridge.
- Comment on What the fuck you 1 week ago:
I do actually have a tweaknews subscription; But still find myself browsing public torrents too.
Old habits I guess.
- Comment on What the fuck you 1 week ago:
Welcome back me hearty!
Proton VPN & QbitTorrent are the most common tools of the trade now. finding the files can be done via standard web browser; though many use TOR browser with duckduckgo as the search engine for an additional layer of anonymity.
Hope this helps. Feel free to DM if you need any advice on setup.
- Comment on British photojournalist hit during Los Angeles protests to undergo emergency surgery 1 week ago:
Would be far more viable had the Australian press not also been shot.
You’d think the microphone and news camera crew would give away the fact that they’re press, but I guess not. The PRESS identification is generally seen worn by war correspondents, rather than standadd press (they use lanyards moreso than flak jackets).
That being said; there is definitely an argument to be made that the US should be receiving war correspondents rather than standard journalists; and journalists being shot on camera definitely strengthens that argument.
- Comment on Anon visits a guy's house 2 weeks ago:
Something tells me we can trust this user on their knowledge of ice and its limits.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 3 weeks ago:
Are there any fediversians out there familiar with friendica? From what I can tell, it looks like a FOSS equivalent to Facebook. I was never really into Facebook or Instagram, so on the surface it seems to tick the boxes, but I appreciate they have addiction tier levels of interaction with the majority of people around me, so differences will be glaring for hardcore users.
My partner is an artist, and she’s been trialling pixelfed for me; all seems to be going smoothly, but the older generations are FB diehards, so if I have any chance of adoption, it has to be something closer to that experience.
I’m looking to potentially spin up an instance for friends and family to migrate to. They currently have the desire due to the stream of enshittification we’re seeing; but people are fickle and I’ve no doubt that desire can be extinguished by the slightest inconvenience. so any insight on what’s good and what’s missing regarding friendica (or other FB FOSS alternatives), is definitely appreciated.
- Comment on Is there any fundamental difference between an instance and a formal website ? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve read through your comments on this thread, and it sounds as though you need a better understanding of the fundamentals of website hosting, so I’ll try my best to give you some research topics to start from .
I’ll make a few assumptions about your use case:
- you want to setup a website as a project to learn more networking skills
- you want to spend as little money as possible on this project.
1 - DNS (Domain Name Servers):
The core of how we access websites is something known as DNS; DNS is essentially a giant phonebook of all different public IPs, and the domain names associated to them. All website names, are really just human friendly aliases, for the IP address they’re assigned too. It is technically possible to host your own public DNS servers, but 99% of the internet will not trust your DNS servers, and as such it’s usually best to sign up to an established DNS provider.If you look to purchase just the domain name, you will have access to the DNS records. Alternatively, there are free DNS providing tools such as DuckDns which will give you a free subdomain, if you’re really strapped for cash but domain registration is really cheap, so worth considering imo.
**2 - VPS (Virtual Private Server) Hosting: ** Okay, so you’ve got curious-mind.org all purchased and now you need somewhere to point it! You could point it towards a self hosted server at home, but you should really consider spinning up a free VPS with a cloud provider. A free tier vps will be tiny (something like 1 core, 20gb space and 2gig ram if you’re lucky) but the knowledge you will gain from working remotely with a server, rather than locally; will help you progress a lot faster… You will force yourself to learn ssh, and how to master bash functions for admin work.
AlaVPS have a permanent free tier VPS that could get you started. AWS also offer 12 months free on their micro EC2 instances. Once you have a VPS purchased; you can then go to your DNS provider, and update the DNS record for your website to point to the VPS IP address.
**3 - CMS (Content Management System): ** What is with tech and 3 letter acronyms eh?
The next piece of the self hosted puzzle, and the part you’re referring too when you talk about a proper website is likely the CMS. CMS’ are modern tools that allow websites to build a theme, and then dynamically apply it to content. This allows for blogs, webpages etc… to be written in plain text, and have all the sites formatting applied rather than you having to apply it manually to each html document.
Wordpress is the most used in the personal sector, and it’s very popular in the business sector too, though personally I’ve seen a real surge in Drupal usage over the last decade or so. Find the CMS that works for you, some are drag and drop; others are more code oriented.
The above should hopefully serve as a good starting point for if you’re looking to not do this the easy way. (The easier method is to just pay a DNS provider to host a wordpress instance for you; but where’s the fun in that?) Make sure you read up on each of the acronyms; maybe in watch a Tutorial on each to get a basic understanding of what they are, and why you’re looking to use them. Good luck 👍
- Comment on Cut up those shitposts 4 weeks ago:
I believe the Japanese are eons ahead of everyone else in toilet technology.
- Comment on Speak American 4 weeks ago:
As a Brit I feel like I’m going to have a cardiac arrest from cholesterol buildup every time I have to click the cheeseburger flag; so I can appreciate where they’re coming from.
- Comment on They're unstoppable 4 weeks ago:
‘be wary of the man that has nothing left to lose’ - some ancient philosopher talking about baldies.
- Comment on Call your doctor today 5 weeks ago:
Had my first on Monday.
The procedure itself is fine (had mine with sedation, so didn’t even notice). But that bowel prep… That stuff is nothing short of traumatising.
Land before time was an absolute banger growing up too.
- Comment on We sure do like our Fungi 1 month ago:
Chicken: “woah, too soon bro”.
- Comment on use it on strangers 2 months ago:
Does that make extinction a form of obfuscation?
