Don't let that bug you. They are no longer taking up your time and energy, and that's what matters. If they are an asshole, chances are high that others are blocking them anyway.
Good. Taxing tips is bullshit. Even 45 can be accidentally right once in a while. Do Tax on Wall Street Speculation instead.
The void left behind by the decline of most small local newspapers has never been truly filled, IMHO.
Reminds me of microfiche, which was very popular in libraries in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. This lady was ahead of her time.
Americans want affordable housing, affordable health care, better gun regulations, a true ceasefire, and many other things that the establishment politicians don't give AF about.
Reminds me of Nadsat from the movie, A Clockwork Orange. Haven't read the novel yet.
Getting involved with group activities is always the best answer. Hobby groups is a fantastic suggestion. Don't overlook volunteering, too. And like Viking says, don't be clingy. Relax and focus on the activity first, and let the social stuff happen naturally.
The CADT model...that was a short but fun read. I have definitely encountered that model many times in the various jobs.
Years ago, when I was a developer, I loved fixing bugs in other people's code. I felt like I learned a lot from that, and I got a sense of accomplishment out of it. It made users happy, it made my boss happy, and the puzzle solving aspect of it was fun. I was what they called a "maintenance programmer" which was something of an insult, but I didn't mind.
Unfortunately most developers I know hate everyone else's code, think others' code is "garbage" (every single time) and they definitely have a lot more fun building something from scratch than doing bug fixes. They even hate their own code once it's a few months old. Always chasing for the perfect architecture, etc. Which is unfortunate, there's tremendous value in repairing and upgrading existing things.
It is very US politics heavy. And for many people, that is understandably tedious.
We also don't have a large enough user base to fill out the niche communities, which is creating a lot of little voids that feels like one big void.
IMO, a very noticeable percentage of our users are also arrogant jerks. The kind of users who only reply with snark or criticism, and never add anything positive. You look at their history, and its just comment after comment crapping on others. I have blocked several of these sniping assholes.
The jerks aren't surprising. Guessing many are jerks who got banned over on reddit, so they feel like Dennis Reynolds unleashed over here. A crowd like that can scare people off, though. Social media has a known problem of filtering assholes in instead of out.
Fortunately, there are enough decent people that I still have hope that Lemmy is not a lost cause. It's slowly growing, and some of the new people are pitching in and posting useful / interesting things. Reddit will continue to get worse with its unhinged greed and exploitation. So I hope for future influxes of more people.
Coworker told me I look like Linus Torvalds. I really don't, not even a little (other than being a white guy with glasses). But it was oddly flattering.
My Win 10 laptop wouldn't install Win 11, so I upgraded to Linux. Hoping there's many more like me.
Nah, you just don't understand or appreciate the economics of our tax system at all. It's OK for people who make less to pay less in taxes or even no taxes. We have a so-called progressive tax for this very reason. Those who make millions and pay no taxes are the real problem with our system in the US. They find all of the loopholes and pay almost zero taxes, while people who are barely scraping by pay punitive tax percentages relative to their take home pay. The bad solution is wanting to fully tax people who can't afford housing or healthcare while letting the billionaires skate. Trying to frame it as "their fair share" is absolutely laughable. The lack of concern for the billionaires not paying taxes here is very telling.