Rentlar

Oh, what a wonderful way to squander taxpayer money.

Trump declares himself herself the first female President of the USA? 😳

(Edit: Excuse me Mrs. President, I had misgendered you.)

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/looking-for-nub-best-and-worst-notebook-pointing-sticks

Mine is the HP type.

My work laptop is not Lenovo but has a nub. It’s works great when I have work gloves on, since the touchpad doesn’t respond well with those.

Ooh nice method! For extra cheapness/laziness, does it also work just holding it against a hot 3d printer nozzle?

Thank you for using a less charged title in the cross-post. It’s concerning stuff coming from the Proton CEO and Andy Yen using the official account to amplify it. However, I disagreed with it being characterized as “Full MAGA”.

I’m expecting people here to be smart, respectful and use their brain.

First, hate and bigotry are not to be tolerated. Second, context also matters in language in addition to words. Third, it’s also important to acknowledge that we are people with ingrained biases too, in order to tackle more subtle and casual forms of it. If people can demonstrate an understanding and willingness to give up their precognitions and learn from mistakes, they don’t have to be kicked out on the spot. Trolls with a pattern of abusing or playing borderline with the rules have clear context outside of the thread that they aren’t genuinely engaging and aren’t welcome until they drop that behaviour. Lastly, the community where the discussion happens (a shitpost community, a community made for a specific group, a news community etc.) should also be considered. Every example from the document is demeaning, bigoted, and inappropriate within that scenario.

With all due respect, I think most users can recognize when people mean well or not, while still being impassioned over a discussion. If one is genuinely confused, we can afford the opportunity for them to learn.

I’ll leak my policy: unless it’s clearly in an ironic sense, if I spot any of those examples here on the Fediverse, I will report them.

The word “slam” has been reserved for headlines of someone giving minor criticism, can’t use that unfortunately.