Our PIGS brothers ❤️❤️❤️

At least they are legally employing people, in other countries in Southern Europe people work an illegal amount of time but as long as the official contract declares a lower amount of hours it’s fine (neither retirements funds nor taxes nor insurance are paid for the extra time, obviously).

I don’t know why, but if I figure in my head him telling that word with his voice and his Argentinian accent it sounds almost funny.

Since he is a foreigner, I assume he does not fully understand how vulgar and derogatory that term is in Italian. The result is “hilarious”, because as a native you realize he didn’t mean to use that word, like e.g. when a child uses a swear word thinking it is in the right context while it’s not.

Yes, true!

The customers of those two banks should express their gratitude to their governments!

Agree! And if the devs are responsible enough, not only should they guide you but also improve the existing documentation/wikis, because a build issue or a doubt about anything unclear that affects one person who speaks up can potentially be affecting a lot of other people who do not even dare to ask.

You’re welcome, help yourself!

Developing software and managing a community are totally different skills and mastering both is not to be taken for granted.

Plus, since you are very passionate about the open source projects you maintain or contribute to, it is difficult to “detach” yourself from people’s issues and not feel every criticism as a personal attack (and yes, when your software does not have the features/behavior they expect, some people can express their disappointment in quite a sharp way).

I prefer not to make anyone pay anything but “you get what it is, be warned that you may experience some bugs or lack of support for certain devices” (because I can’t buy every piece of hardware and test). Few people have accepted this model but, those who did, have always been supportive and respectful, making me rediscover a little hope that kindness isn’t dead at all.

I am a complete disaster, sometimes errors slip in even when I have a UI done by a designer because I am totally “blind” to certain aspects.

In my personal projects I try to follow guidelines and best practices for dimensions/typography/colors/placing of elements/etc but the results are “meh” of course, since apart from my layout-blindness I am more tolerant to small sins, since it’s not work after all.

If the project gets to be used by a few people (of course not the faint of heart) I collect feedback and iterate over it to improve the UX.

I’ve already added it, it’s in the latest stable release 1.9.0, you can access it from the profile screen under “Upvotes and downvotes”.

There are Lemmy APIs for it and some apps (like Voyager) allow to see all contents you upvoted or downvoted. Depends on which platform you are on and which client you are using.

I have already started hearing protectionistic proclaims about Chinese EVs in Europe. Sounds awkward when every single piece of technological hardware is made there and nobody has ever complained for decades. But when businessmen see their domain under threat they become aggressive.

Some parties have been very clever to exploit the current situation (spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt) to their advantage.

It’s very likely that they will ascend to a dominant position in the EU institutions and consolidate their hegemony further.

Good luck to all Europeans! 🥂

The first time some random user files a sue in court the admins of their instance will be in trouble.

Lemmy devs are not affected, but instance admins are and according to the GDPR they are considered “data controllers” and are responsible for the processing of users’ data.

As far as I understand it, this lacking feature is an open “challenge” to existing regulation and legislators, maybe also to open people’s eyes about the fact that privacy claims are often not enforced even by those who claim to do so.

You are right, I don’t speak Catalan and I was trying to downplay a little on a topic which is dramatic (not for the language per se but for the people who can be hurt by it). Auxlangs, being designed for a purpose, could make some little more effort towards inclusiveness. And that would be one of the few reason to prefer them to natlangs (e.g. for institutional communications).

Spanish speakers could have dropped all the final vowels and basically speak Catalan “los ciudadanos” > “els ciutadans”, easy! two problems (gender inclusivity and secession of Catalonia) solved at once…/s

Esc Meta Alt Ctrl Shift: “hotkeys” will never be the same again…

Yes but no… the proclaim was made on the national television, which has created diplomatic issues (as well as domestic issues because the government can not allow this message on a public channel, since Italy is official on Israel’s side).

After having received a reprimand from Israel’s ambassador and made some politician very angry (there will be a dedicated question time in parliament), the CEO of the public TV broadcasted a message in which he told all of Italy is against terrorism and supports Israel fully and unconditionally. Which is not true, he can speak for himself, his channel, the government if he dares but definitely NOT the entire population of the country.

And the career of Ghali, the rapper who said those 3 words “stop the gen…” is seriously at risk now.

Thanks, clearer now!

Why did they vote him in the first place? And it these protesters are the ones who didn’t actually vote him, why don’t they accept the will of the majority? The government isn’t committing crimes against humanity like mass deportations or other last century’s madnesses, so it’s just how democracy works.