otter
@otter@lemmy.ca
I live in Canada on the west-coast. I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer that I could use.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Also the proportions of the kid, the cart, and the milk is all off.
The cart is way too short and long/wide, and you can’t stack milk on top of other milk that neatly
- Comment on modern classic 1 day ago:
The TV even kept the same reflection on it
- Comment on modern classic 1 day ago:
Unless someone has more information on this, I’m going to chalk this up to AI-generated rage bait.
The kitchen area still has the same items on that shelf, there’s an ugly hole where the old CRT TV still exists (despite the room being “finished” looking), the reflection on the TV is still the same, and the patio turned into an office meeting room. I’m not going to spend time on perspective calculations, but something about the beams on the roof and the placement of the railing look off.
- Comment on The best salmon in 65 years 2 days ago:
I didn’t realize that Ruby Tuesdays was a chain restaurant, so that’s probably the reason it’s a shitpost
It’s still wholesome though. Maybe that particular Ruby Tuesdays has an excellent team
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Why though, this strengthens his argument about the harassment
Unless the alt is being used to evade bans, or trying to steer the conversation, I don’t see the benefit in chasing around the dev on different accounts. Report it to mods/admins as needed, but don’t share it in this thread where a lot of people are already upset at the person
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
This bit:
Over the course of the last several days, I have received a constant stream of harassing messages, death threats, and threats of doxxing over DM, Matrix, Github, and Codeberg
I don’t know the extent of it, but I can definitely see this happening. Its not a fediverse thing, or a social media thing, some people take things too far.
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 week ago:
If you have a community center nearby, you can see if they have gym equipment. Those memberships should be simple to get and cancel.
- Comment on How Octopuses Hacked Their Ribosome To Become Smart 2 weeks ago:
This was a cool read, if anyone wants incentive to read it, here is the key bit
The highly advanced nervous system of octopuses is a good example here, displaying levels of intelligence and capabilities far beyond those of other cephalopods and matching that of primates, despite no evolutionary link here. Exactly how octopuses developed this rather unique capability remained a mystery, though recent research by [Rishav Mitra] points at the rather unique ribosomes in these animals.
Ribosomes are the molecular machinery at the core of each cell that enable the synthesis of proteins. Due to their highly crucial role, they tend to remain evolutionary unchanged, which makes the big change observed in the octopus (i.e. order Octopoda) in the form of this H88 rRNA break quite remarkable.
Ribosomes are the molecular machinery at the core of each cell that enable the synthesis of proteins. Due to their highly crucial role, they tend to remain evolutionary unchanged, which makes the big change observed in the octopus (i.e. order Octopoda) in the form of this H88 rRNA break quite remarkable.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to videos@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
This is actually a pretty interesting video, I think the clickbait title killed the post.
This community does allow you to modify the title, may I suggest something like “How space control can help a player score in a football game, with data analysis and visualizations”
- Comment on "it only takes one slow walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person." 2 weeks ago:
If there is room, then its easy enough to just say “Excuse me” and scoot past
I read this post as being the case where there isn’t enough room
- Comment on What's your username and password? 3 weeks ago:
username: otter password: the name of my favorite rock
I also have 2FA set up, let me know if you need that one
- Comment on Is this a scam or am I being paranoid? And if so, what kind of scam is this? 3 weeks ago:
Yea I think even if you’re unfamiliar with this particular scam, the pushiness for this particular method of payment is a big red flag.
- Requesting europeans@lemmy.world, to lock it and redirect it to a more active communitylemmy.world ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to support@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on why does crossing legs increase blood pressure? 4 weeks ago:
I may be wrong, but I think holding a slightly cross legged position does still require some muscle contraction, and it may cause some compression over having your legs relaxed and spread apart. Also, if you’re lying on your back, then there might be a slight pressure difference from having one leg higher than the rest of your body.
The way you’re describing it, these will all likely cause a slightly lower pressure.
It could also be that you were more relaxed during the second reading, and so that time was the most important contributor. For example, white coat hypertension
- Comment on Are Lemmy and Mbin the same instance? 4 weeks ago:
Welcome!
We have some guides / infographics for new users, which you might find helpful. These two pages in particular:
fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started
fedecan.ca/en/guide/…/detailed-overview
An instance is the site where you make an account. If we extend the analogy to email, then
gmail.comis one instance whilehotmail.comis another instance. If you make an account on Gmail, you can’t use that login on Hotmail but you can still see content from people on Hotmail.Lemmy, Piefed, Mbin, Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc. are all software. It’s hard to extend this analogy out, but imagine if Google released the code for Gmail freely so that anyone could easily set up an email website that had the same appearance and functionality as Gmail. That is what is happening here.
So in the same way,
lemmy.ca,lemmy.world,sh.itjust.worksand many other Fediverse instances are running the “Lemmy” software and that’s why they look and feel very similar. Where they differ comes down to the people running a particular instance, since they will have different rules for what you can do. You can find that information in the sidebar.Now all of the Fediverse platforms use a common and agreed upon language to talk to each other. Because Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin software all use this language and follow a similar format, you can easily share content between all of them.
Usually people make one account on a forum/threaded instance (Lemmy, Piefed, Mbin), and one account on a microblogging instance (Mastodon). This is because the format of microblogging is pretty different from that of forums, although it is technically possible to cross post in between them.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Grazing is like snacking throughout the day or many smaller meals
Intermittent fasting is better explained here, but it comes down to “fasting for part(s)” of the day
- Comment on What is Marvel doing? 5 weeks ago:
Meanwhile
- Comment on [politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp! 1 month ago:
Are they though?
At the very least, no one is doing it here. I’d rather have a rebuttal comment if/when a post that tries to do that, rather than seeing these posts
- Comment on is it spelled "grey" or "gray"? 1 month ago:
No need to downvote this comment
Even canadians agree that we have a weird mix of different systems in play
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Thank you, the account has been banned from lemmy.ca
- Comment on Is there a sublemmy where people suggest ideas for a sublemmy? specifically, a sublemmy to review fediverse instances. 1 month ago:
See the sidebar in !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, where you can find some related communities.
Generally people don’t change instances (the site where you made an account) that much, so there is less discussion comparing them. People usually make an account on one site and then don’t move unless there’s a significant issue, and so people tend to only know what their home instance is like. There are some exceptions and controversies, which you might find posted about in places like !fediverse@lemmy.world
Otherwise if you want to discuss communities or request communities, see !lemmy411@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones 1 month ago:
It might also be the kind of data center that is being built. Cheaper data centers are noisier, inefficient with water, etc
Working class areas may already be distrustful towards large companies coming along and using up all of the local resources
- Comment on [AI]Microsoft Build 2026 - VibeOS Fully Hallucinated Sloperating system 1 month ago:
I thought this was going to be a comedy skit lmao
“If I go 5 plus 3, and then equal… If I can find it… Oh it’s up here this time”
Yea I’d love an unpredictable operating system where everything is constantly re-hallucinating. “Sorry boss, I can’t open report. My word processor hallucinated itself into forgetting this file type.”
- Comment on these eco-facist stickers 2 months ago:
From what we can see on our end, this account doesn’t match the pattern of the other harassment accounts
- Comment on A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died 2 months ago:
:(
- Comment on Any tips on immigration? 2 months ago:
In Canada, healthcare is a provincial responsibility and so it might be different across the country. With medications especially, we have a patchwork of overlapping rules and support systems. The new national pharmacare system was supposed to be the first step towards fixing that mess, but unfortunately with the new government:
thetyee.ca/…/Canada-National-Pharmacare-What-Happ…
Also no problem and welcome to Canada! :)
Feel free to ask questions in !canada@lemmy.ca or !askacanadian@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Any tips on immigration? 2 months ago:
By
.govdid you mean the Canadian government sites? If not, these links might help (in order of how helpful it might be):www.canada.ca/en/…/settle-canada.html
- Comment on do it now 2 months ago:
thank you, all of those accounts have been banned, along with any others that matched the pattern from the last week.
PartyDonut@lemmy.zip, from your previous comment, seems to be unrelated and doesn’t match the pattern, and so they were not banned
- Comment on Should street racers who accidentally kill people really go to prison? 2 months ago:
Your question comes down to murder vs manslaughter
In many parts of the world, murder requires intent while manslaughter does not.
