el_abuelo

Both seem to work.

I'm not naive to that fact, I just don't like it.

I'm not gas lighting you and I didn't know that was the intended acronym of .ml

If that's true then I will be moving instance.

BTW I've not been blocked (to my knowledge) by anyone- I've just had a couple of instances where I've been in discussion with someone and when they turn to ad hominem attacks they've called me a tankie or some such. Regardless of what was being discussed or my views.

This sentiment is exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm not associated with the moderators anymore than your average user of .world is associated with their's.

My point is, yes I can choose to change instance but why should I? Lemmy is meant to embody the best of us - and yet some of us are creating "us and them" situations.

This sentiment makes me sad.

I chose .ml because it was smaller than .world (and that seemed to be the point of federation) but was also generic (my interests are very varied) and had great uptime, and didn't de-federate or had been de-federated by many instances. Now people say stuff like this and I feel the need to change instances because I don't want people to tar me with that brush (and I have been accused directly multiple times just because of my instances) but I feel conflicted because the whole point of this while thing was that we could be on any instance we liked and it shouldn't impact our "social standing". I'm disappointed in people that they can't judge a person by the content of their character rather than the instance they are on. And alas - I feel it's only a matter of time before I'm forced to change instance because of other people's prejudice.

Dishwashers don't fill up - they just have a well at the bottom (below the height of the door) and they spray water over the dishes to rinse of the dirt.

Washing machines need to fill up and soak the clothes so that they get everywhere, not just the outer layer.

Yes. Not intentionally of course. But yes.

I don't see how your way is any more predictable or consistent than using UTC. What even is "local time"? Are you assuming they haven't changed timezone since they created the data? Say....DST happened, or they drove over a border...?

Storing and manipulating in UTC is the most predictable and consistent because it is universal and unchanging. You only need to worry about "local time" at the point of displaying it.

Thanks

You got me.

It took me until your comment to realise I had skimmed over the word "half" in the OP. Now this whole thing makes sense.

A person of culture I see. Thank you kind person.

You know you're pronouncing egg wrong when you have to spell it some other way.