Hatchet

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Bell curve of Linux distributions in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, I've been around the block at this point. Fedora ftw. Simple, easy, GUI installer, "just works"™️, sane package manager, normie default DEs, stable, corporate backing. Maybe not for a purist or enthusiast, but I don't have time for that stuff anymore anyways. My days of pouring hours into getting my Arch install just right are long past me. That was for when I still had free time.

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the comment!

I have been to two weddings. The first one, nobody danced for the first two to three songs, and then only a few of my swing dance friends started encouraging people to give it a try, which people seemed to enjoy. After my friends got tired, people reverted to standing around uncomfortably.

The second wedding didn't have a dance.

Both situations seemed strange to me.

Hopefully this clarifies the question.

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, there's no blame or judgment or anger. There is simply a misalignment of expectations, and I am trying to derive the source of that discontinuity.

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I don't live in the United States anymore, so no, it was merely to establish why I had some mild expectation that there would be dancing at matrimonial events.

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm so sorry that other people have been so willingly cruel to you so as to make you hesitant to experience whole class of expression.

To me, dancing is a way to relax and experience music. One of the things my teacher taught me is to smile, "and when you make a mistake, smile bigger."

While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best of luck to you!

While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the encouragement!

While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yay, thank you!

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess that is the answer to my question that I just didn't want to hear: that dancing is not as oft-practiced anymore.

What happened to dancing at weddings? in c/AskKbin@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I just graduated college, so I'm in my very early twenties.

When I went to the first of my friends' weddings, one or two years ago, they announced the start of the dance, and no-one participated for the first two or three songs. I was kind of disappointed, because I was looking forward to dancing the night away. Luckily, some of my friends from swing dancing night were there and we helped get people comfortable on the floor. At one point we even organized a line dance! But at first, it was like pulling teeth.

The next wedding I went to didn't have a dance at all.

I guess I'm just sad at the perceived loss of culture I never got to experience, which is a negative emotion, correct.

While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Hatchet@kbin.social 70 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Working on it! Right now, with this huge influx of new users, is a great time to create content that is very search engine friendly. In an effort to promote such content, I started the dance community here on kbin. Please join!

https://kbin.social/m/dance

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What happened to dancing at weddings? (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Hatchet@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social
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I was born and raised in America, and for some reason I have this classic notion in my head that people should be dancing at weddings.

However, now that many of my friends from earlier in life and college are getting married, when I go to those weddings, the dance, if they even have one, is on a tiny dance floor, maybe even just a small part of their reception hall that they scooted the chairs and tables out away from.

And it turns out, many people simply don't know how to dance. Sure, not everyone is a competitive ballroom dancer, but even my non-dancer friends in college would still go to swing dancing night and mess around on the dance floor.

Now, however, people just stand on the dance floor and sway or shuffle. I am loth to even call it dancing. It just seems like people are uncomfortable and not really having fun.

What happened? Did people stop dancing?

PS: Please check out the dance community for more dance related content. I just created it and would greatly appreciate some help with getting it off the ground!

Edit: "am loathe" -> "am loth". STT is a b.

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Use Arc Instead of Vec (youtu.be)
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Dance - Explore the music, lifestyle, technique, and art (kbin.social)
 

I've been a part of the dance community for about 5 years, as a ballroom dancer. I encourage you to explore the wonderful world of dancing with us over at m/dance!

/m/dance@kbin.social

https://kbin.social/m/dance

!dance@kbin.social

Hopefully the links work.

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Thank you, DBrady. (media.kbin.social)
 
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I posted a meme to a federated community (on sopuli.xyz) from kbin. It shows up fine when I view the community on kbin, but if you (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Hatchet@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
1 comments fedilink
 

I posted a meme to a federated community (on sopuli.xyz) from kbin. It shows up fine when I view the community on kbin, but if you visit the community on the original instance, it doesn't show up. Why?

Is it possibly related to https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218/Lemmy-ml-is-blocking-all-requests-from-kbin-Instances ? Obviously it's a different instance, but it still seems to be a federation issue.

#kbinMeta

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Rust Pro Tips (collection) (geeklaunch.io)
 

Level up your Rust skills.

This is a blog post that I update somewhat frequently with random Rust tips and tricks I use in my own personal projects.

Hope someone here finds it useful!

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CTA: Create a thriving Fediverse without relying on Reddit (kbin.social)
 

The Fediverse must be very careful to avoid getting branded as the "alternative to X". In my experience, platforms that have historically branded themselves as "alternative to" or "anti-" have generally not done well. Learned this from the last Reddit exodus: let's make this one different!

How can this time be different?

Join real communities, contribute real content.

Sorry, but low-effort image macros and meta-posting about how much everyone hates Reddit (yes, yes, u/spez sucks, carry on) is not a recipe for a successful platform. It doesn't hurt, but it doesn't really help either.

This time, the exodus appears to have been large enough to start disrupting Google search, at least anecdotally. This is an opportunity for the Fediverse: now is the time to create searchable content, to ask the questions that people are asking search engines, and to engage in real communities.

Here's my call to action:

  1. Find 1 new community on any Lemmy/Kbin/etc. and make a post/article. Not a low-effort post, but something that a search engine would pick up on.
  2. Comment when you've done so, with a link to the post.
  3. Then, go and comment on someone else's post that they've commented.

Let's make the Fediverse succeed!

Here are some options for Kbin communities, but feel free to pick others on other instances as well!

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What are the best programming or tech blogs out there? I'm trying to revitalize my RSS subscriptions. (kbin.social)
 

What are the best programming or tech blogs out there? I'm trying to revitalize my RSS subscriptions.

#programming

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Does anyone have an RSS reader app recommendation? (kbin.social)
 

Does anyone have an RSS reader app recommendation?

Ideally:

  • Unobtrusive, customizable UI, with dark theme.
  • No login/registration.
  • OSS.

I'm currently using Feeder, but its UX leaves much to be desired.

#android

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