I like your idea, maybe not in execution, but I like that you asked the question and are responding to people’s thoughts on it. Some people are being unnecessarily rude toward what is, at worst, a thought experiment. It’s not like you run a big Lemmy instance and have the power to implement this.

So while we’re all just bullshitting around the table here, I like the idea. Regarding mod abuse by OPs, I would say that if someone does it a lot, people would just block them and they would be creating echo chambers with fewer and fewer quality users responding. They would defeat themselves over time. I think the better solution would be to let OPs have greater say in what happens in their thread, but the final say falls to a moderator.

I was with him until he said American cheese is the only option. I get it, it melts easily. It’s also processed dog shit. You can do better with literally almost any other cheese, except some dumb ass choices that just don’t belong on a sandwich. All cheese is good for something, not every cheese belongs on a sandwich. Cheddar and colby jack are better yellow cheeses, jack’s got you if you want melty, but pepper jack really is the best on a breakfast sandwich. He’s probably got the right sausage. The onions I could take or leave but I agree with the placement. The sauce sounds good but I’m not sure, I don’t use sauces. He picked a good roll, but I’d prefer a ciabatta, they’re just softer and IMO fit the project better. As far as the eggs, I don’t know what that gelatinous trash was, but I wouldn’t eat it myself, let alone serve it to anyone. It’s a breakfast sandwich, you’re not gonna beat a fried egg. If you wanna go softer, get a small skillet and make a 2 egg omelet with nothing in it. Cook it on medium low, turn it, fold it, cut it in 2, there, you got enough for 2 sandwiches. Use 3 eggs (between 2 sandwiches) if you want a little more egg. Or get a hoagie roll and make it a double. Double the meat, cheese, hash browns, and egg.

Guarantee my breakfast sandwich beats his. That sauce might be his secret weapon though. I don’t use one.

I’d start by joining a language learning community. I never saw one when I was on Reddit, but the biggest one on Lemmy is over on Hexbear: !languagelearning@hexbear.net — there are others if you don’t fancy Hexbear, but Hexbear’s has twice as many subscribers as the next largest one. Or join multiple.

I’m not really one to give advice. I know a few words in a few different languages (including Japanese and Spanish) but I’ve never gone so far as to learn another language. So I’m really not the best one to ask.

As far as method goes, I never had luck with Duolingo, either. I’ve heard the best ways involve private tutors, and joining language exchange communities. These, I don’t know about any specific ones. But the idea is, you (and your wife) want to learn Spanish, so you join and people who want to learn English but know Spanish work with you. They help you with Spanish, mostly by talking to you (or typing to you) in Spanish, and what you don’t know, they help you with. Then you talk to them in English and help them where they need help. And you learn together, as a team.

I love Japanese and I listen to Japanese music. I also go to Japanese restaurants and attempt to speak Japanese. I do let them know I’m learning and apologise in advance if I get something wrong. For example, Japanese uses double vowels which can be tricky. The word yuki means snow, but the word yuuki means courage. (These can also be used as names. And no, I don’t know the Japanese glyphs.) They both sound like they look, but you would pronounce the U (“oo” sound) twice. “Yoo-key” or Yoo-oo-key." But Japanese people would do it quickly, so the latter sounds more like “Yooo-key” (note the extra O). Though I think if you’re pointing at snow and hold the U sound too long, they’ll know you mean “yuki” and not “yuuki.”

The moon landing was done by Hollywood. However, they got Stanley Kubrick to do it, and being the perfectionist he was, he insisted upon shooting on location.

They’re going to pass what they win onto their affected customers, right?

…right?

It’s Android, so yeah… minus the AI slop. I’ve never heard anyone say Android is “vibe coded.” Same with Windows, but Microslop has been touting AI coding for a while.

So, Android… AOSP (Android Open Source Project) is developed by Google, then Samsung forks it. “Fork” is a bad word within the Android communities as the popular blogs whitewash the term (they mostly say skin, some say theme, but you should know what software forking is if you — anyone — wish to speak with any authority about software development), but that’s what happens. Samsung forks the code. So OneUI is sort of a port of Android to the Samsung hardware. Then, unlike Google and Apple, Samsung has dozens if not hundreds of configurations, so they then port OneUI to all the different devices. This is why Google and Apple keep their devices few and similar, it’s much easier to maintain (and even then, they still make mistakes sometimes).

The S22 is a flagship, but it’s also like four generations back (the S26 is about to be announced, but it’ll be out this year/season/quarter/whatever). (No hate, I still have an S10! That’s from 2019!)

So yeah, it was probably tested… via automation, very quick overview, and it’s entirely possible they missed something.

I would not go so far as to say they want to brick S22s to push S26 sales, but I wouldn’t put that past any OEM… including Apple.

(Disclosure of bias: Android user since 2010, iPhone user since 2016, my daily driver is an iPhone 16 Pro Max. I’ve used Android phones from like half a dozen OEMs and I’ve dabbled in custom firmware (always flashing, never coding). I’ve rooted, I’ve broke bootloaders, I’ve broke whole phones, I’ve used all kinds of Xposed modules, I’ve evaded root detection… but I’m tired, boss… which is why I main an iPhone. Still maintain an old Android phone and I still like Android, though. It’s not that I like Apple more. It’s that I’ve been around long enough to see the fault in all of them. They’re all shit. Pick the one you can put up with.)

Nice to see it happen at some point, but you gotta look sideways at anyone who didn’t leave the moment it started being a platform for AI-generated CSAM (or any number of other controversies over the years).

I can’t see the article at home, but when I access the BBC at work, they have an apology for airing the slur. I didn’t read it. I assumed one got past their censor, figured “it happened, their people didn’t say it, honest mistake.”

Either they retracted the apology, or they show me different stories depending on where I access from. There being more to it lends credence to the former. (It’s also been like 18 hours since I saw the story on their homepage, but still, if it were a genuine apology, it would stick around for more than 1 day.)

We like to dump on the US’s platform of Israeli support, but the UK has been dumping on Palestine for a while. I’m not saying either is better (or worse), it’s ugly on both sides of the pond.

The tried and true defence of Israel is always to claim antisemitism, but we must stand equal to Jews, Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and all the others alike, but also have the courage to speak out against genocide and other war crimes, regardless of who is doing them.

On iOS, either you’re using Safari, or you’re using a skinned Safari renderer that can’t use some of Safari’s best features. Sadly, iOS users don’t have real choice in browsers.

Gen X and I understand the slang. Don’t much care for it but I understand it.

It’s to get around word filters. People who are traumatized set up these filters so they don’t get triggered. The stars get around that.

It’s not stupid. It’s people being mean.

What’s stupid is, a screenshot (image of text) wouldn’t be filtered anyway.

Yeah, it’s fairly new (last year?). And it’s not as good as Firefox with uBlock Origin. It’s “yet another Safari block list.” But it works okay.

I like the time travel idea. No one likes “it was all a dream” endings, so the second one’s out. The way the fourth one was, going back into the history of the Saints and all their relationships and problems, might have been better explored in a time-travel story. So it would be hard to do that again. Good points though.

Goldfish was a pain in the neck to catch and it’s not even listed as rare.

If you have Switch Online, find a free treasure island and fill your inventory with fish bait. Barring that, dig up a bunch of clams. The 3.0 update lets you craft 10 things at once now, so that makes grinding out fish bait honestly a lot faster. Then just throw bait and if the shadow isn’t the size you want (goldfish is small ~~but not tiny ~~IIRC), throw more bait to roll again. Know the times the goldfish can spawn (all day actually, and it’s 3/5 stars of rarity, and very small/tiny, just looked it up).

Also note that a treasure island with fish won’t contribute to your Critterpedia, but you can fill the museum with “found”/“gifted” fish, bugs, and sea creatures. (If you catch the fish there, it counts, but if you find it in a container on the island proper, it doesn’t. Though note most treasure island don’t have water.)

And the leader of the “worker’s party” has probably never worked a day in his life…

I once asked my niece, who was 8 at the time, what the cutest animal was. She gave it a good amount of thought, and said it was the koala. (Good answer!) So i showed her some red panda videos. I didn’t ask but I think she changed her mind that day. (Doesn’t hurt that, being a ginger, her favorite character is always the red one or the redhead.)

Sequel or remake? Because I’m not sure either could work. Mildly curious though

I’d say leave a polite but accurate review, but on iOS, developers can suppress negative reviews (or delete them).

Uninstall YouTube. ;) No, I’m serious. I’m on an iPhone 16 Pro Max (well, I’m on my Mac, my iPhone is next to me). I just browse YouTube in Safari on the iPhone. (On the Mac, it’s Firefox with uBlock Origin.)

I’m currently using uBlock Lite for ad blocking in Safari, and it works well with YouTube. I don’t get ads. I do get them on IMDb, which is annoying. I also have two paid options, Adguard Pro and Wipr 2, but those aren’t presently active (since ad blockers can disrupt one another).