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pdfs are usable but generally unsatisfactory on ereaders. there are various pdf to epub converters although i can't say how well they'd deal with the tables and graphics in those manuals

yeah the current owner clearly isn't averse to radical works

probably. according to zoopla it went for 365k in 2021. changing hands for this silly money is especially obscene since it would have previously been sold for a pittance under the right to buy

these postwar council houses sometimes have the bathroom and toilet in seperate small rooms, could be the extra toilet was added in were there'd normally be just a bath and sink

nice effortpost for a great film

nothing else to add but this by dan bull is a good watch after the main event: This Is England: The Musical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR-VWN4JbKc

this vegan drama is dumb as shit

the top three vegan communities by users are hexbear, .ml, .world

hexbear has news, opinions, questions from a vegan pov

.ml has similar

.world has a lot of shitty memes

if you are looking for a serious vegan comm go to hexbear or ml. if you are looking for shitty memes go to .world

if you are not a vegan and just want to lolpost 'but bacon is delicious' keep it to your fucking self

i'll take your word for it because i'm not reading all those links. but if it doesn't reveal real world name / address etc it's not doxing

dox have to contain personal / private info. this is just public internet usernames

the illusion of privacy

i am from the post usenet and pre facebook internet generation (i hope that is vague enough) so using my real name on the internet or signing up for accounts with my real name email acount is strictly verboten by indoctrination, so my opinion may be out of date or invalid somehow, but i can not see how your lemmy account's up or down voting history violates privacy in any meaningful way

that's kind of the point, other instances are already aggregating and rating your votes given and received, why shouldn't lemmy show this to you?

it seems from a very brief search that likes and dislikes (see link below, i assume they translate to up and down votes) are the extent of what is available so a more nuanced slashdot or steam review type rating is unlikely to be viable.

in any case the ability to upvote and downvote feels like a core differentiating feature to this kind of forum and inbetween measures are unsatisfactory. upvote and downvote anything you like, and everyone can see you doing so, would be an improvement imo on the current implementation.

at least it may be possible in a future version to allow or disallow voting behaviours on a community rather than instance basis?

https://www.w3.org/wiki/ActivityPub/Primer/Like_activity

it's a bit slippery slopey but yes i suppose so. if your downvoting sprees amount to being abusive as the admins or mods define it then on their terms your account should be banned, ip banned, whatever. i don't think there's any voting based behaviour that gets you in irl trouble, obviously posts inciting violence, sending credible threats or other behaviour that gets you noticed by your regional authorities is another kettle of fish, but none of that seems relevant to up/downvotes being visible