Community statistics are available from the Lemmy API. For example, this URL returns the info for this community: https://lemm.ee/api/v3/community?name=fedigrow

The community statistics are listed in the returned data under counts:.

The API only returns current numbers, though. To create a time series you need to write a script to grab the community statistics on a regular basis and store the results.

I love that Gen Alpha won’t even get this reference because the movie came out 30 years before they were born.

For an OpenChristian community, you are welcome to take over !progressivechristian@sh.itjust.works. The existing mod is long gone. Let me know if you want it.

I do not know of any instances focusing on religious communities, but I assume most general-purpose instances would be fine with you opening a religious community. If you search communities you will find lots of existing religious ones across several of the large instances, though they are generally not very active. If you find that the community you want already exists, but is dead, consider taking it over and bringing it back to life.

That’s really interesting. I saw the term “international dollar” but glossed right over it.

Bidding ends in 9 days.

Edit: Current bid is up to $305 $505 $676 $710 $1920 $2345 $2365

Agreed. But it’s a slow-rolling one so far. I think defiance of an order of war would boil over a bit faster.

I have seen 100g gold bars available for US$10k, so you would have US$100k worth of gold.

In the wealthiest countries that’s about 4x the median annual income, so 4 years worth of wages. In the poorest countries it’s about 250 years worth of wages. This is simplistic math that does not account for purchasing power parity or other variables. But it’s safe to say this would be a massive amount of money for most of the people on earth. It would not only change the individual’s life, but would give them the ability to alter the trajectory of their children’s and grandchildren’s lives for the better.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-income-by-country

I would expect an invasion order to be a breaking point that causes US political collapse and possibly a civil war.

The military brass might very well break the chain of command and refuse to follow an order to invade Canada. While I think that would be the right move, it would be a major constitutional crisis and there is no resolution that would not send one political faction or another completely off the rails.

Plemmy is a Python library that might be helpful for building a bot: https://github.com/Fedihosting-Foundation/plemmy

Also this Lemmy API reference: https://lemmy.readme.io/reference/post_community-ban-user

Nobody was hurt.

-cartilage in joints can regenerate

-body can synthesize its own vitamin c

Other species already do these things smh.

I’m going to play devil’s advocate because I think this is a learning opportunity and I want to set someone up to give a good answer.

A lot of people hear “anarchy” and equate it with a lack of government. Haiti has not had a functioning government for quite some time. What distinguishes Haiti’s situation from anarchy?

Pick a few Lemmy instances and look at their instance block lists. Compare the lists and pick out the commonly blocked instances. Within that select group you will find some radical free speech places where anything goes. Be warned that they tend to be cesspits.

I got an award!

I went winter camping with a scout troop a few weekends ago. Some of the kids slept out in snow shelters to complete their winter survival training. I built my own shelter and slept out with them just to see if I could handle the cold. I’m proud to say that I survived in comfort.

When the kids were awarded their winter camping patches the scoutmaster also awarded me an honorary patch. The best part was my son’s reaction: he had a big smile on his face and clapped hard for me when I accepted the patch.

Microsoft’s store is broken. I have had a similar problem with Minecraft.

1. Want to buy DLC for my kid in Minecraft.

2. Get forwarded to the Microsoft Store to process the transaction.

3. For some reason the money goes into my Microsoft account balance rather than going toward the DLC I wanted to buy.

4. Cash balance in a Microsoft account cannot be used to buy Minecraft DLC, and cannot be transferred to a Minecraft account. (Why tf not? Minecraft is a Microsoft property.)

5. I now have money stuck in the Microsoft account that cannot be refunded, and I can’t get the DLC I wanted.

This sucks.

Fat fingers. Thank you for catching that.

TheDude did some server maintenance on the 9th, but other than that I’m not aware of any issues. Everything works fine on my machine, so obviously there aren’t any problems (j/k).

Did you have issues at a particular time? Maybe we can find something in the logs and trace down the issue.

Edit: you can also catch us on our Matrix channel for more timely tech support.

The British were so focused on whether they could, they didn’t stop to think about whether they should.

Also possibly bad lighting, loud noise, or staring at a screen too long. Getting old is awesome!