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Cake day: October 2nd, 2023

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  • bss03@infosec.pubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldGottem
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    1 day ago

    No.

    That is a separate and still valid point. Even if you are visiting a food bank, you still have all your same allergies, sensitivities, and preferences. The food bank itself will have a better idea of what they need to hand out.

    I’m saying that even if the food bank needs 20 cans of cranberry sauce, instead of you buying for $$$ and donating them, it is better for you to donate $$$. The food bank can then buy the cranberry sauce for $$, and also buy some green beans for the leftover $. Your dollars buy more of everything when you give them to the food bank instead of buying the products yourself.


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    2 days ago

    Came here to say this. Everyone I’ve ever talked to that worked at a food pantry has guaranteed me that they can get more food from $$$ than you can donate for the same $$$.

    I’m sure that the economics could change, so if you can engage with you local food pantry and confirm their preference, that would be best. But, if you just want to drive-by donate $$$ > food >>> nothing.





  • bss03@infosec.pubtomemes@lemmy.worldI was there Gandalf...
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    12 days ago

    Having watched 480i content for so long, you better believe 720p felt HD.

    These days, I mostly watch 1080p content because at the size/distance I’m watching, 4K just doesn’t “buy” any more joy. But, I remember the first time we watched some 4K videos on a new 4K TV, and the nature ones looked like a window and not a screen from across the room.





  • PeerTube doesn’t provide a revenue stream based on views. KZ and basically anyone that outputs “professional” animations has to have revenue if they are to pay their workers. Other revenue streams (e.g. Merch) can be distractions from the main task of producing video.

    Nebula content is only available to subscribers, so the reach is tiny. Creators are free to mirror the content to non-Nebula sites, including YT, so I guess it could be an option.

    Dropout is also subscriber only, and they are more jealous about making sure content appears there exclusively, at least for a bit. “One Backflip” and “Pissing Out Cancer” both were Dropout-only for at least a month before the performers could put the specials on other platforms.

    Yes, it is possible. But, it’s really hard to get off YT after building an audience there, and YT seems to have a much lower barrier to entry than other platforms, even PeerTube.







  • If you work at a company where all of its offices are in the same time zone

    coworkers ignore my 11 a.m. CDT, and invite me in their timezone

    PLEASE read the comment you are replying to before submitting your reply.


    Even in a single-timezone organization, I think it is still useful to use UTC+offset because it avoids DST confusion and lets the company expand to a second timezone without the team members there feeling second-class. But, GMT+offset does have costs with dealing with people that don’t really think about timezones when scheduling, and those costs might overwhelm any advantages.