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Don't let the pasta get cold before sleeping on it

The article was talking about the uncertainty in "when" they'll come back, and not "if"

What if it was cooked pasta

This is important because no matter what you do, there is always so much more you could be doing. I'd argue that for most people, having those connections is also important for fulfilling whatever reasons you have for pursuing privacy (safety, financial security, political reasons).

It's also possible to use a service while severely cutting down how much information they can gather:

• use a relay email address
• use the web browser instead of the app
• set up recommended settings on your browser

Another point is that there is a benefit from blending into a crowd. You don't want to stick out as the one user that's doing much more than necessary

It looks like this got posted twice. I'll remove this one since the other one has more comments and upvotes :)

"Deaths in aid incidents" is weird phrasing

I think that's reasonable

I have run into users not being aware of which community a post is in a few times. Two recent examples

• We were discussing whether we should remove a post from !canada@lemmy.ca and if it was relevant to Canada. Two users may have misunderstood it as trying to defend trump
• I posted a study comparing the efficacy of a particular vaccine regiment in !medicine@mander.xyz, which is intended for medical professionals, and someone thought I was posting antivax disinfo. Studies on vaccine efficacy are common, and that's how we decide on schedules and develop better ones

I get it, times are stressful. I left polite comments pointing out the community, and in both cases it would have been smoother if the person checked what the community is about before making assumptions.

Maybe what we need is an "inactive" value that apps/ front ends can use to display communities that haven't seen activity recently. Maybe any posts or comments in the past 3 months?

If anyone else is also curious about how it's measured (and how they differentiate between pollen and other small particulate), see the methods section

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_count

Very exciting :)

This was linked in the RSS feed where I got the webcomic

https://smbc-store.myshopify.com/products/good-parent-mug

So that rule was mainly intended for the election season. It was relatively easy during that period for us to check and verify election related information, and there was an increased risk from harmful information being posted right before people went to vote.

The initial removal of the rule from the sidebar was a mistake on my part from when I updated the sidebar the other day to add the new communities people made. I edit the sidebar elsewhere and copy it in, and didn't grab the latest version of the sidebar like I should have.

However, since we're planning to work on the updated guidelines and recommended community rules sometime soon (+ the posts to collect feedback), we might just leave it as is and deal with things in a case by case basic till then. I'm estimating that we will be able to get that done in late August / early fall, based on what our schedules look like.

Thank you for checking! I appreciate when users keep an eye on things and give feedback, since it helps us catch issues and improve our processes