Horse door bolted. But better late than never.

This problem is reminiscent of the web-browser conundrum. Perhaps the project is, by its nature, just too ambitious to be left to a small handful of volunteers. An organization, with reputation (and maybe money) at stake, needs to take the reins.

Currently, Flatpak still uses PulseAudio even if a host system uses PipeWire. The problem with that is that PulseAudio bundles together access to speakers and microphones—you can have access to both, or neither, but not just one. So if an application has access to play sound, it also has access to capture audio, which Wick said, with a bit of understatement, is “not great”. He would like to be able to use PipeWire, which can expose restricted access to speakers only.

Oof. Seems that snap (to take the obvious comparison) separates these two permissions. As it should.

Unusually clear and sharp image. Just did some research. This Sherman, the Tarentaise, seems to be named after the beautiful Tarentaise valley in the Alps (home of the ski resort Courchevel). The photo is dated 1 August 1944 but that seems a bit late for a beach landing. In any case it was destroyed on 12 August. The crew escaped with only only minor injuries.

Beyond this project, Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete several other metro and rail lines by 2030

Metro lines in East Asia are like buses. You wait forever and then 3 come along at once. I was in Saigon (the real name of HCMC) a couple of years ago and was disappointed to find that the first line was still not open. But now things are really taking off.

Here’s to copying Hangzhou’s, which opened in 2012 and already has 12 (sic) lines.

PS Entirely to boost the fediverse I make the effort of contributing some light-hearted remarks and even a relevant link. And get downvoted for my troubles. No wonder so many people think social media is toxic.

See my replies to the other mod.

It’s true that no rule has been broken, but moderators have the discretion to reject submissions that add nothing to a community. Again: 3 posts on this single incident in one day, in this community - which is not dedicated to the USA or to politics let alone to both - is too much. I refuse to believe you can’t see that. So… courage.

I’ve made my point.

You’re missing my basic point. I think your utopia of everyone having their own filter bubble is actually a dystopia. And I’m not complaining about “politics”, I’m complaining about 3 articles on a single incident of US politics in one day. If America is the world then maybe you should rename this community “Wikipedia_US”. Sure, “nobody” but me is complaining but you can see that a few agree with me and there are a good few others in !fediverse@lemmy.world.

Yes, yes, I understand your arguments. But I also think you know what’s going on here. This platform hosts a lot of users who happen to be US progressives, they’re angry and frustrated about the news and looking for somewhere to vent. The myriad more appropriate communities they frequent are already overflowing, so they come here too. 3 posts about this one US-specific news story in a place intended for discussion of Wikipedia articles! You know that’s too many. I am not the only one frustrated with this problem - see the discussion I linked to up-thread.

Sure, the fediverse grants tools to deal with the issue. But is that a recipe for the fediverse’s success, really? “Sure, it’s a hellhole but once you’ve spent 3 months blocking and filtering everyone and everything, it’s great.” Surely it would be simpler if moderators just tried to get up the courage to moderate.

Nice, though all the aviation jargon straight off the bat is probably going to be meaningless to the handful of normies here.

This is great but perhaps there’s some other more appropriate community to put it.

This kind of comment (which I skim-read) is exactly why social media has such a bad name.

You’re someone who enjoys swearing and insulting people and probably doesn’t care if you get insulted in return. Do you really imagine that most people in society are like that?

Without moderation, every community inevitably ends up as an echo chamber inhabited by people like you. The others have all fled. For the community dedicated to Wikipedia, I hoped for better.

Sure. Posting the article on this latest incident is fine. Just not posting three on the same subject (and counting).

Sidebar should say something about THREE ragebaity posts in 24 hours on US politics, a subject which is already covered interminably elsewhere.

PS: a relevant meta discussion from last week. If people here are trying to ensure the fediverse stays an unpopular, angry, politics-obsessed place, they’re on the right track.

No, in fact the problem is that you are confused about where you are. This is not !microblogmemes@lemmy.world or !politics@lemmy.world !news@lemmy.world where you seem to mostly hang out (and presumably shout and insult people). This is a sedate forum to discuss Wikipedia articles, which clearly you have no interest in doing.

Since there’s no sanctuary from incessant US politics it would at least be nice if this place could be a refuge from aggressive swearing.

The bad news: slightly decarbonized “manufacturing” is almost irrelevant given that Europe has subcontracted most of its manufacturing to China. The good news: electrification continues apace and it looks like its finally (thanks to China) coming for the stubborn transport sector too.

Can we please just have one refuge from US politics? Seriously.

La responsabilité européenne dans cette affaire est au moins discutable. Sur le principe, le propriétaire d’une maison n’est (normalement) pas responsable du cambrioleur qui se casse la gueule en entrant par la fenêtre. Surtout, vu le calme absolu que règne actuellement à la frontière sud des USA ça devient difficile de défendre cette hypothèse comme quoi les migrants sont tellement dépourvus de raison qu’ils ne prennent pas en compte les conditions de l’arrivée en décidant de partir. Ces personnes sont certes souvent désespérées mais elles sont aussi des être humains qui font des choix.

Bref. Évidemment on ne va pas se convaincre sur ce sujet. Mais beaucoup (beaucoup) d’Européens rejetteraient fermement l’idée que c’est l’Europe qui “cause” les drames en Méditerranée. Le jugement est pour le moins simpliste. C’est tout ce que j’ai à dire sur le sujet.

“We need to own our agenda,” added the fourth diplomat. “Ukraine, productivity, competitiveness, security, strategic autonomy. The lesson is not to say no to everything.”

The problem is that there’s just so much to do and most Europeans are just clueless about the stakes of all this and how much things have to change and the fact that it will cost money. To overcome all the lethargy, the learned helplessness, the ignorance, I’m almost hoping that the orange ogre will keep on like this for the rest of his term (and then lose of course). It might be the only way anything’s going to change.

In that case China is neoliberal too. Europe’s lack of a unified capital market is generally agreed (as I understand it, not just among naughty neoliberals) to be the weak link in its project of economic integration. In the end, economic power is political power. Alas.

En format portrait 😩