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- Comment on FOSDEM 2025 - MapTCHA, the open source CAPTCHA that improves OpenStreetMap 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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. 3 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 4 months ago:
Apple’s heard you too: theverge.com/…/apple-new-usb-c-magic-mouse-chargi…
- Comment on Day 50 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 5 months ago:
Oh, for sure. My friend ended up setting up a permanent server. It’s pretty cool because anyone of us can jump in and play at any time. Although anytime someone does it starts the clock ticking forward, which leads to consequences, as I’m sure you’re aware.
- Comment on Day 50 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 5 months ago:
Sorry to hear. By the way, you don’t even need to set up a server. Anyone can host within the game itself, so it can be a spur of the moment thing. Of the ones who own it, have any of them tried playing it, especially multiplayer? What the game lacks in terms of advanced graphics it more than makes up with gameplay, atmosphere, and depth. Good luck!
- Comment on Day 50 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 5 months ago:
Amazing game, especially in multiplayer. It’s one of my most played games in online game sessions with family and friends.
- Comment on ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network 6 months ago:
No problem!
- Comment on ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network 6 months ago:
home.arpa
Yes, I’ve been using this too. Here’s the RFC for .home.arpa (in place of .home): www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8375.html
- Comment on What self-hosted services can help during a crisis or emergency? This is for those affected OR those who want to help 7 months ago:
It still does? They have a version for people with internet access, and a version for people without, with a heavy dose of offline applications and information. You can also download more offline resources after you install it.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
Hadn’t heard of it before. Thanks.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
No problem, I understand.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
Has entered the Enterprise-only chat. :)
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
People are saying in another part of this thread that many games with anticheat actually work on Linux.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
Same here. I’m going to be testing Mint and PopOS! soon.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
I think this is the best assessment I’ve read yet of Windows 11. I just switched the OS on my work computer with a fresh install of Windows 11 and have run into a handful of issues and frustrations. This thing has been out for like 3 years now. It shouldn’t still be this problematic. I may end up switching to a long-term support version of Windows 10 that goes to 2027 or 2029. Unfortunately that’s only available for Enterprise editions, so I can’t do the same at home. I’m soon going to be dual- and triple-booting Linux at home.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
Plus one.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 10 months ago:
@Legonatic@lemmy.world @birdcannon@lemmy.world - you might want to take a close look at Bitwig. It’s a top-notch DAW developed by former Ableton developers. I hear it’s fairly similar workflow to Ableton, but also that it’s better in certain ways. This is without even taking into consideration that Bitwig supports Linux. I don’t have any association with Bitwig, don’t even own it (yet?), but just wanted to let you know.
I think I’ve heard that some VST support may be tricky though. I could be misremembering, but also worth researching.