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 If a community keeps posting post will it show up as more active and thus drawing more users? Even if it's one person who posts a lot? 2 days ago:
It depends on the type of community.
If its only one person but they’re sharing neat photos or articles about a topic, then yes I’ll still subscribe. Some of my favorite communities on here have one or a few dedicated users. Over time more users do begin to post, even if the majority of the content is by one motivated person.
- Comment on Blast off 6 days ago:
- Comment on Probably not the best idea.. 1 week ago:
There’s audio
As the kid runs across the background, he screams “SOMEBODY GAVE ME FIREEE”
- Comment on Is it okay to have more than one account on here? 1 week ago:
I do that for the same reason you’ve mentioned.
From the admin side, it makes next to no difference so I don’t think an admin won’t care. It’s only a problem if someone goes voting on the same piece of content from two accounts, or commenting in the same thread to steer a conversation
In your case, if you segment activity into different topics, there’s little risk of that happening
- Comment on Who 1 week ago:
I think the point of the meme is that it’s a silly premise, and few people actually believe things like this
- Comment on One Lucky Koala 2 weeks ago:
Little guy looks exhausted, good on those guys for helping out.
Does anyone know why it went for a swim in the first place? Did the tree fall in?
- Comment on The second-hand business 2 weeks ago:
They might not even be from toilet paper. People buy cardboard tubes for crafts, and it’s possible they have a bunch left over after a project: michaels.com/…/12-pack-cardboard-tubes-for-crafts…
Seems more likely than someone has been collecting toilet paper roles in order to sell them for super cheap
- Comment on Scientists discover how narwhals grow nature's only straight tusk 3 weeks ago:
I was curious about what the tusk is even used for
oceanconservancy.org/…/exactly-narwhal-tusk/
There’s research that suggests the narwhal tusk is used primarily for hunting, but contrary to what you might be imagining, they don’t actually spear their food. In fact, there’s video evidence indicating that they instead give a quick and firm “tusk tap” to momentarily stun their prey (usually fish, shrimp or squid) and then quickly suck them up.
TIL that narwhal tusks are for smacking and not stabbing
The video link, although I haven’t watched it myself and didn’t find the timestamp: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoTjLIN67Bw
- Comment on Bunnies are metal 3 weeks ago:
Is this a certain type of rabbit or is it normal to shave them while leaving a moustache?
- Comment on found this helpful map of which countries are turkiye on turkiye's government website 4 weeks ago:
To be fair, wikipedia does this too and I find it helpful. The problem is the color scheme
- Comment on Is it time for eggposting 🥚 4 weeks ago:
My friend managed to find a compatible eraser at some stationery store while travelling, but he couldn’t tell me exactly which one he went to. This was before we could just order everything online, The best part was that you could use up the eraser a little bit to get a snug fit, you can’t do that with the yolks.
I don’t know why more stores didn’t carry those erasers
- Comment on mean, lean, dean machine keeping you animals under control 4 weeks ago:
Why is this marked nsfw 😄
- Comment on Delish 4 weeks ago:
:(
- Comment on Republicans are arguing over if trans people can play sports while the world laughs at us 5 weeks ago:
As a Canadian, I do want to point out that it’s not enough to be above the united states, considering how their bar is dropping lower and lower.
I am very thankful for our existing healthcare system, and I want to see people protect it against the american inspired groups that are trying to privatize parts of it.
There are also areas where we were originally SUPPOSED to have coverage based on the original plan decades ago (ex. pharmaceuticals, homecare, dental), but those phases never got implemented.
- Comment on How does Nostr work, and what are the pros/cons compared to ActivityPub? 5 weeks ago:
That was a very helpful deep dive, thank you for taking the time to write it :)
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- Comment on It do be like that 5 weeks ago:
What is the gameplay like, the screenshots make it look like a mosquito simulator 😄
- Comment on It's taking forever 5 weeks ago:
Sometimes full sedation is too risky, or at least not worth it for factors other than cost
- Comment on tbh as a Canadian, I deplore the current US federal administration and basically the entire GOP, but I still admire the US Constitution and those who fight for it 1 month ago:
Its a troll account, see their other posts.
They’re looking for attention. Just block and move on
- Comment on How can MicroSD cards store so much data? 1 month ago:
This channel is excellent, always has good content
- Comment on Stripe Buys A.I. Start-Up OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion 1 month ago:
It’s actually pretty useful for those who need that use case.
They have one API for all the models, and when a few companies are offering the same models, they will send it to the one that is cheaper or faster, depending on the settings. That’s pretty much why Stripe got popular too.
They have a lot of data on which models are popular, which ones are being used by specific tools, etc. Now that open weight and international models are getting popular over the american big tech ones, it seems like a lot of companies want something that can redirect their usage to whatever model fits within their preferred parameters.
- Comment on Your boyfriend's teddy bear 1 month ago:
This one needs an NSFW tag imo
- Comment on Get in my cup! 1 month ago:
While I still don’t really understand it, topological equivalence?
- Comment on And... 1 month ago:
What do you mean by that?
- Comment on I need an adult 1 month ago:
Which part of the world are you from? I’m in Canada, and we call them green grapes and red grapes
www.safeway.com/shop/aisles/…/grapes.html?sort=&p…
Meanwhile Wikipedia notes ‘“Black” (dark blue) and “white” (light green) table grapes’
- Comment on Subtitles 1 month ago:
Or when it spoils a joke or jump scare a few seconds early
“You’re not going to shoot me, you don’t have the…”
- Comment on Power 1 month ago:
The Flintstones ones are very memorable, I wonder if the marketing was helped by the fact that the vitamins look like rocks 😄
That way when they are exposed to the air and begin to discolor (which is harmless from what I understand), it doesn’t become unpalatable to children
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months 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 2 months ago:
The TV even kept the same reflection on it
- Comment on modern classic 2 months 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.