I’m a systems librarian in an academic library. I moved over the Lemmy after Rexxit 2023. I’ve had an account on sdf.org since 2009 (under a different username), and so I chose this instance out of a sense of nostalgia. I do all sorts of fiber arts (knitting, cross stitch, sewing) and love dogs.
The problem with using nano for years is that I now try using nano shortcuts in other programs. Random new windows opening is confusing, until you figure out Ctrl+o isn’t save in that program. Then it’s just annoying because you still have your inappropriate muscle memory.
They have butter for their hot cakes. Sounds like it was adding butter packets to the order.
I wonder how much of the rise in reported latex allergies is the prevalence of tire bits in the environment. Iirc, some of the rise is from increased awareness and some is it attributed to increased latex glove usage in medical settings due to the AIDS epidemic. But are tires also a relevant factor?
(Am latex sensitive, have never used latex gloves even in an educational setting because my high school chem teacher was allergic so we had nitrile in the lab)
This comment made my Internet today. 🏆
I’m still technically a mod for a small subreddit. I polled the users, they weren’t interested in moving over to Lemmy.
(Edit because prematurely posted)
I’m still hoping they’ll move over, but tbh it’s a good bunch of posters on a niche subject and the mod team has never had to be too active. The topic had a been literally unmodded for years before the current mod team fell into it, so I’m confident we’re not needed.
We’re literally just a placeholder to keep someone power mad from becoming mod. (Long story long: founding mod abandoned sub, came back after years, was mad the subreddit didn’t agree with his crap opinions, made the sub private, I and a few other posters made a new subreddit.)
Around here, bags of food for delivery are sealed up tighter than Ft. Knox (figuratively). Tape, staples, plastic bag around the outside tied up in knots you have to cut to get through. Plus, food deliverer germs are no worse than food preparer germs. I have enough innate germaphobe in me that I actively refuse to worry about my food being tampered with in ways I won’t notice. If I did that, I’d never eat any food I didn’t prepare myself, from ingredients that came in their own wrapper (banana, cantaloupe, live mussels).
I get food through doordash because I can’t be arsed to pick up my own food on a lazy weekend. I’m also on the edge of nowhere, so I tip well. (This is a rare treat, not my primary means of feeding myself.)
Airbnb has never had appeal for me. I like the clear expectations of a standard hotel room.
Yeah. I put a bug in my subreddit’s users ear and made a community over here. That’s about all I feel I ought to do. The subreddit had to move subreddits 4 years ago due to a bad moderator and it would be a bad look to push a move after the poll I made said most wanted to stay.
They’ll be fine without me (there’s 2 other mods, and honestly I at least do minimal modding. I marked something as a spoiler last month. Jazzhands.)
My home instance, Lemmy.sdf.org, is full of geeky/retro communities that tickle my fancy. I like setting my view to “local” to see what pops up locally, even in communities I’m not a member of.
I’m also a member of feddit.uk, which focuses on UK stuff. That’s handy for folks in the UK because it’s easier to find locally-relevant stuff.
I’m a contributer! I’ve posted cute puppy pics, a frog I saw, and an example of chatGPT cleaning up OCR text.
No worries about ranting. I’m still upset that the DMV turned library staff into their helpdesk without consulting us. There’s no good reason to send people to the library to make DMV appointments instead of allowing folks schedule over the phone.
My favorite was when Sir “Writes editorials about how libraries are pointless and expensive, let’s defund them” came in needing help with a DMV appointment. He was so mad. We didn’t let him know we knew who he was, but we did talk about him after he left.
This article strongly argues for a brother printer.
I think a big general reason that exists is that not everyone is comfortable with “newer” technology and not everyone has a computer or Internet access at home.
Working in a public library really opened my eyes to that. I was everyone’s honorary millennial kid whose job it was to help them print, sign up for unemployment, meet certification requirements, take online classes, copy/paste, register for an appointment with the department of motor vehicles (no, the DMV didn’t take walk ups or help them, yes, the DMV sent them to us to fill out an online form), check their email, book flights, delete their Facebook account because someone else on the Internet was wrong.
It’s amazing the different capabilities and levels of access there are out there, and it’s naive to assume that since one person can do something everyone can.
So, I would not advocate for removing non-digital ways of doing things without also providing supports for people that need help with the new ways. And don’t assume everyone has someone to help them.
Back when I worked the reference desk at a public library, one of my duties was helping people print stuff. People print things for lots of reasons. Here are a few:
Of course, the library charged 20¢/page (black and white), which is much cheaper for the occasional user than owning their own printer. It also sidesteps the maintenance and ink drying issues the casual printer user would encounter. And it doesn’t escape my notice that a lot of the use cases I mention involve interacting with the government.
Walk someone else through editing a config file on the command-line over screenshare? Nano. Omg nano is your friend.