hellfire103

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Your Operating System is Not Supported. Please install Google Smart Home OS to continue.

It’s a network protocol, like HTTP/S. It was inspired by the Gopher protocol from the '90s, but it supports basic text formatting (with Markdown-like syntax) and forces TLS encryption.

Here’s the homepage: gemini.circumlunar.space

Here’s a Gemini browser I like: gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange

Here’s my personal Gemini capsule (the equivalent of a website): gemini://deafeningcreationearthquake.flounder.online

And here’s an old Gopher hole, for comparison: gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/1/txt_index

Please note that you will need a Gemini browser to view these sites. I recommend Lagrange, which is cross-platform, FOSS, and supports Gopher, Gemini, Finger, and Spartan; but other software is available.

Sorry if I’ve made this sound confusing.

tl;dr: It’s an alternative to HTTP.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Your Operating System is Not Supported. Please install Google Smart Home OS to continue.

Honestly, as soon as there’s a video sharing site and a few of my friends move, I’ll be good to just abandon the web for Gemini.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Seriously, one has been sighted just an hour from where I live

Yeah, but I already have a phobia of wasps.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Seriously, one has been sighted just an hour from where I live

You know, smoke might actually keep them away. I’ll need to test this theory, but you could be onto something.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Don't let him see you cry.

Man, I’d kill for a lovely hot curry about now.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Stay in school

I hear you. However, here are two sources for their high euthanasia rate:

USA Today (Archived): web.archive.org/web/20120304103715/…/53315476/

Washington Post (Archived): web.archive.org/…/e84e9af2-c8fa-11e4-bea5-b893e7a…

I would also like to say that I prefer to support other charities, such as the RSPCA, IFAW, Cruelty Free International, and the RSPB.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Stay in school

Where to begin…

Let’s start with their high euthanasia rates. Multiple sources state that PETA euthanises upwards of 80% of the animals it takes in. There’s also the 2014 incident where PETA workers took a pet Chihuahua from its porch and euthanized it the same day.

Then there was the “Got Autism?” campaign in the late 2000s and early 2010s. This campaign stated that “Studies have shown a link between cow’s milk and autism.” PETA also claimed that consuming milk was strongly linked to cancer, Crohn’s disease, and other diseases. This has been proven repeatedly to be disinformation. The campaign also received backlash from the autism community. A 2008 PETA billboard was taken down by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. In 2017, British food writer, journalist and hunger relief activist Jack Monroe, demanded PETA remove their recipes from their website “with immediate effect coz I wrote them with my autism”. PETA removed their recipes, but did not remove the “Got Autism?” article from their website until 2021. It has been argued that the frowny face in the campaign image negatively stereotypes autistic people.

In 2009, PETA members dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes and protested at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show where they passed out brochures implying the Klan and American Kennel Club have the same goal of “pure bloodlines”.

PETA has been critical of Australian wildlife expert and zookeeper Steve Irwin. In 2006, when Irwin died, PETA Vice President Dan Mathews said Irwin had made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals.

In 2019, PETA criticized Google for creating a slideshow Google Doodle of Steve Irwin posthumously honoring his 57th birthday. PETA started a Twitter campaign against Irwin, with several tweets criticizing Google for forwarding a dangerous message, and wrote that Irwin was killed while harassing a ray and that he forced animals to perform.

And that is why I think PETA are awful. Don’t get me wrong: I still stand for animal welfare; just not with this particular group.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Stay in school

As awful as PETA is, that’s savage.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Google are so shit

It’s a FOSS file hosting service, run by @mia

Also, it does support HTTPS. It’s just that, when you upload a file with cURL, it spits out an HTTP link.

Mlem just doesn’t yet support uploads.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Google are so shit

Pretty much every Windows and Android user. At my school Chrome is the standard, so I ended up taking in Phyrox on a stick until I could start bringing my own hardware.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Google are so shit

I used 0x0.st. Mlem doesn’t support uploading documents.

hellfire103 OP , 11 months ago to memes in Google are so shit

MORE!!!

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Someone is going around my neighbourhood and sticking anti semitic messages to street lights.

Print out pictures of cats and paste them over the top.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to technology in iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature Action Button, USB-C, Face ID, and More

I liked the old design with the home button; but I guess everything has to change, sooner or later.

hellfire103 , 11 months ago to memes in Louis Rossman is right

That’s why all mine are hand-me-downs. My family are the suckers.