Similar to Mastodon, the different instances can represent single individuals, a small group of friends, a shared common interest, or host anything. It allows a “local” feed but can also connect to any part of the federated network. An instance might even choose to not broadcast to the larger federation at all.

These instances also spread out the workload of any single server by decentralizing the network, which allows Lemmy to grow without falling into a capitalist growth method.

Also our gate to prevent the kids from barging in during the middle of the night

Cracked open so we can hear across the house to our kids room (also cracked open)… baby gates in front of both rooms to prevent the cats from disturbing our sleep lol

Raised Roman Catholic. Broke away in high school. Went all-out atheists but explored options to see what might fit my world view. Eventually settled after a while on agnostic atheist (I don’t believe in a higher power but I don’t “know”). Also found that Zen Buddhism aligns pretty closely, but by this point I don’t care to put myself into a box anymore. Nothing is a perfect fit and people make assumptions

It was made by a TV network in the early 2000’s…

disagree on “they can’t do Children without doing God Emperor” – the Syfy Children of Dune miniseries was great.

Honestly, don’t remember. I had assumed the same citadel, but it’s been a LONG time since I’ve read the books.

Almost feel like I want a side by side comparison of Muad’Dib sitting there vs Leto II when he’s full on sandworm.

There are “non-stick” options out there that don’t involve PFAs, and still recommend using non-metal utensils so as to not scratch the surface to protect the “non-stick” nature. ceramics, that ‘hexclad’ stuff, etc…

The root of non-stick is to provide a service that is as frictionless as possible. scratches in the surface ruin that effect, regardless of PFAs.