Hey there! I am a science/technology enthusiast and regular contributor to Wikipedia. Elsewhere you may find me with the @JackFromWisconsin@wikis.world handle.
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JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
science@lemmy.world•Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and urine, say scientistsEnglish
40·2 years agoI don’t think we needed scientists for this one haha
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Firefox@lemmy.ml•#experiment tagging @mozilla @mozilla to see if this post shows up on #lemmy .English
5·2 years agoNot quite. An upvote on Lemmy is a favorite on mastodon. However, all posts on Lemmy look like they are a “boost” by the community when viewing from mastodon.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Boost for Lemmy@lemmy.world•Boost for Lemmy 1.0.12 🔥 - Mark posts as read on scroll ⬆️, support for webp images, gifs in comments and more fixes!English
1·2 years agoLove that you are continuing boost for Lemmy! Great work
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialOPMto
Wisconsin@midwest.social•Wisconsin on Lemmy - a hub for everything in the Badger StateEnglish
1·2 years agoHello! My name is Jack, and I live near the Wisconsin Dells area. I have been a member of this instance since December 2022, and I am the creator of this community. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions for suggestions for c/wisconsin!
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Lemmy, what's your internet speed in mbps?English
1·2 years ago181/144 Mbps. Over WiFi.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Announcements@lemmy.ml•Lemmy Development Update 2024-03-15English
151·2 years agoGood stuff! Thanks for all that you guys do for Lemmy and the open internet
Doing good! Really happy with where I’m at in life currently.
I don’t go out of my way to get news, so social media/Lemmy. Except for local news, which I do follow more closely. But that’s it.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Technology@lemmy.world•It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime SubscriptionEnglish
142·2 years agoI have never used amazon, much less paid for a subscription service for the pleasure of using it. I was hoping that the author atleast stopped using amazon alltogether. Ah well. Little victories I guess.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialtoLemmy Support@lemmy.ml•Why is join lemmy promoting a pedophile instance?English
12·3 years agoNot at all. We actually block the offending instance.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.ml•Is there a free, idiot-friendly way to export a custom area of the map as a PNG/JPEG in other styles than on the offical website?English
2·3 years agoThere’s a way to embed a map in the article itself. See
page for information on how to do that.
Otherwise I am unaware of a tool that allows for a PNG or SVG export or OSM data.
(Direct link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Maps_for_Wikipedia )
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How can we boost Lemmy membership?English
3·3 years agoI know they had a word block list but I’m unsure if it’s still around.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Technology@lemmy.world•The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the InternetEnglish
14·3 years agoI just realized FF didn’t have a built in translator a week ago. Excited to see it come!
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per monthEnglish
1·3 years agoI got by for a long time using a YouTube playlist and Vanced. Might want to look into YouTube Revanced, it’s a patch for the YT app that deletes ads and adds some extra features.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Voyager (fka wefwef) now available at m.lemmy.worldEnglish
2·3 years agoI just now realized I got Voyager and Lemmy versions confused. You are right about 0.20 being the most recent voyager version.
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Voyager (fka wefwef) now available at m.lemmy.worldEnglish
1·3 years ago0.18.2 is the most recent version…
JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If Lemmy and Mastodon continues to get popular, we will eventually get Instance wars.
3·3 years agohttps://midwest.social can’t beat the great lakes.






Right. Isn’t this best case scenario for Musk? Maximum spending cuts to govt