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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSDEM 2025 - MapTCHA, the open source CAPTCHA that improves OpenStreetMap⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure.

  Perhaps getting computer vision that’s reliably better than humans costs a lot of money that a project like OpenStreetMap doesn’t have?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some examples of original fediverse software, not emulating existing platforms?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If it helps, here’s a (partial) list of ActivityPub software - I’m not sure why it doesn’t include things like Friendica or Owncast: github.com/BasixKOR/awesome-activitypub

  But regarding your question, the first example that comes to mind is PeerTube. Not only does it look to me like it was designed from the start with federation in mind (I don’t know this for a fact though), but it also seems pretty innovative with its use of peer-to-peer video streaming. This 2 minute animated video does a good job of explaining what it does: framatube.org/…/217eefeb-883d-45be-b7fc-a788ad850…

  Owncast seems somewhat similar.

  It seems that most Fediverse/ActivityPub software is a “twist” on something that existed previously, but there is still a lot of innovation going on, instead of pure copies of existing centralized platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSDEM 2025 - MapTCHA, the open source CAPTCHA that improves OpenStreetMap⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I only read the text, didn’t watch the video, but from the text it didn’t sound like that’s what they were describing. It sounded like they will present images to people and ask them to confirm whether or not there’s an object there?

  We introduce “MapTCHA”, a CAPTCHA that leverages the uncertainty of interpreting imagery with computer vision, and provides human verification for AI predictions: users are asked to identify images containing correctly interpreted objects, e.g. building outlines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely! What’s weird is that Teslas have been top-rated for crash-worthiness in the past, so there are a few possibilities I can think of:

  • They need to be top crash-worthy, because of the stupid autopilot trying its best to kill the occupants
  • They need to be top crash-worthy, because otherwise any crash at all would result in a fiery death
  • The Cybertruck is an outlier and is not as crash-worthy as the previous Teslas
  • All of the above

  What was that rule of thumb for taking multiple choice tests? If you don’t know the answer, always select “all of the above”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto’s 0.85.

  Holy shit, that means the Cybertruck fatality rate is around 17 times higher than the Pinto’s!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is acceptable amount of microplastics you would allow into your brain?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  420 microplastics?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm suppose to believe I now live in a world where a Democrats can become president agoant and put George Soros at the head of DOGE?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And George Soros being some kind of secret mastermind is also a right wing fever dream.

  The funny thing is that so is the idea of Melon Husk being some kind of mastermind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Sorting Hat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s how I do it too. Although some instances don’t seem to block it, you would have to find out which, and that may be difficult to find.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Sorting Hat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally understand why they would do it. I don’t understand why or how they block the NSFW instances without them appearing in the list of blocked instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Sorting Hat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  lemmynsfw appears to be blocked secretly on lemm.ee. It’s not listed under blocked instances there, but I can’t see any posts from lemmynsfw there either. There must be some other mechanism that’s available besides blocking instances in the open.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Sorting Hat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird. Then either our instances are secretly blocking it, not through defederation, or there’s some other mysterious technical reason for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Sorting Hat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But also think that the rule of Lemmy is that all algorithms end at porn.

  Huh? I don’t see any porn, even when sorting by hot. Ah, that’s because there’s a checkbox in your settings to let you choose whether to see NSFW posts or not. I guess it works really well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to access a non .zip link through the .zip instance?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great to hear! Not sure why it wouldn’t work in the alternative UI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to access a non .zip link through the .zip instance?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I do is paste the entire foreign Lemmy instance post URL (like the ones in your post) into the search on my own instance. Lemmy seems to recognize that and return my local instance’s copy of that post as the first result. Try it out and see if it works for you. I ran into your post while browsing “new” by the way, I wasn’t visiting lemmy.zip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I look at the feed, I mostly see memes, US politics, and some tech.

  My solution to this (same experience here), was to block all the communities that were flooding with this stuff and anything else I didn’t care for, and then just browse All. Now my home feed is pretty nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple’s heard you too: theverge.com/…/apple-new-usb-c-magic-mouse-chargi…