I like the idea of more “metrics” being used to help “weight” the search results. E.g. if you’re viewed heaps of content from “magazine A”, then content should be surfaced more from that magazine.
I think that is the way ‘best’ works on reddit and it is the way I preferred to use that site. I agree with you that using metrics would be awesome with the added filter ‘best’.
Not if you’re on kbin. The new server isn’t federated with kbin.social for some reason.
You use a lower pressure and higher GPM than pressure washing. There are different ways to do it some people use a 12 volt pump with a flow between 5 and 10 GPM along with either a downstream injector or a mixing valve and separate tanks to inject SH (Sodium Hydroxide) and a surfactant (soap) into the wash stream. Other people use gas engine driven pumps the same as a pressure washer but the nozzle at the end of the line takes down the pressure of the water emitted from the pump so you don’t damage the house. This is the most non-destructive and really the only safe way to “pressure” wash a house or roof. You can also use it on sidewalks and driveways. The SH kills organic matter and the soap breaks up dirt and grime. It is applied to the house and sits for several minutes then washed off with a stream of water.
To be honest I am considering doing soft washing. I am retired and have the time to put into it.
I think it’s the Youtubers who claim how easy it is and make claims of making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year doing it. Somehow those videos made it into my algorithm on YT. Everyday for several months I get at least one usually 3 or 4 pressure washing / house washing videos recommended. I’m sure many other people are also. Seems like there are 2 bigger companies spamming Youtube with how to get in the soft washing business and that birthed a number of people who vlog on yt about how great the business is.
Edit: It also has a low cost of entry to start a pressure washing or soft washing company. From what I’ve seen you can start one for under $500 in equipment and have seen videos of guys using their cars to haul around the equipment and chemicals. So anyone who wants to can get into the business. On a side note I doubt many of them are licensed or have liability insurance. The risk of property damage is super high when running a pressure washing or soft washing business.
Search on Lemmy Explorer put your search term in the box that says “Filter Communities” I only mentioned that because it’s not intuitive should just say “Search” IMO
I got some good deals from the Reddit one though about 80% of the posts were trendy things that don’t fit my very laid back style.
No problem glad to help a little. Keep an eye out on Lemmy Explorer you can use the filter box to search for what you need.
Not sure if you’ve seen these yet but there is:
!streetwear@lemmy.world - seems to be getting active last post was just 7 hours ago.
/m/frugalmalefashion on kbin - only 19 members right now but maybe it’ll get going. It was one of my regular stops on Reddit.
With some interaction I figure both of them have a good chance of taking off.
Just ran my 3rd set of edits today. I agree with you.
I used redact.dev to bulk edit mine. I am waiting a few days to make sure they don’t get changed back by reddit and then I am going to edit them one more time then delete them and my 13 year old account.
Funny I said in another thread that they needed to go outside more often. It is what it is I guess.
I’m glad you did this. Hopefully more mods will follow your lead.
I thought it might be an admin or a mod who really sides with them.
I got banned from r/news and talked down to by some mod shortly after editing all of my posts. The reason for the ban was protest bot. That took away any hard feelings I had about leaving reddit.
I was just banned from r/news today for deleting a 10 year old comment then got a snarky message from a mod about being a ‘hero’ and told to grow up. Reddit is dead to me.
I’m using Redact and having it run repeatedly to overwrite my comments with a message that says why I removed the comments. I have 13 years of comments being edited and I manually deleted my posts. Hopefully they will stay gone.
I just used redact.dev to overwrite and delete 13 years worth of comments. I also manually deleted all of my posts. Kinda hurt me to do it but I think it’s the right thing to do.
It’s complete shit right now. 5 or more years ago I could quickly find an answer to a very technical question with no problem. Now it is useless for anything. Just today I was looking for a shop near me that can perform a front end alignment on my RV, I searched for “Tractor Trailer front end alignment near me”. The entire first page is either tire shops that do not offer front end alignments, car tire shops that don’t even sell the correct size tires I would need for a tractor trailer, or shops 2000 miles away in various directions. It’s horrible and I think it would be faster to look in the yellow pages for what I need in this case. I never found a shop using google.
Also today I was searching for the tires I need in the shopping tab there were ads for tires that google had labeled as wal-mart but when I would click the link it would take me to a Chinese scam site.