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- Comment on How to hide comments that mention a specific word ? (on lemmy of course) 4 weeks ago:
Voyager allows me to add filter/block keywords but I assume that’s only for posts. Don’t see much use in implementing the same feature for comments though.
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 5 weeks ago:
Genuinely a great day for linux
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 does what Elden Ring couldn’t, sweeps BAFTAs to become first game to win every big GOTY award 5 weeks ago:
All I can say is, well deserved.
- Comment on Spelling wasn't part of the curriculum 5 weeks ago:
This has to be satire lmao, “Joe Byedon” I meaaaaaan
- Comment on Don't forget! 1 month ago:
Are you in the US? Then either guns or lawsuit
- Comment on Don't forget! 1 month ago:
Pretty accurate, but I would say a realistic nerd with an audiologist sister-in-law
- Comment on Don't forget! 1 month ago:
Both can be true!
- Comment on Don't forget! 1 month ago:
Friendly reminder to not use pokey thing into those grills, use a mounting putty, stick it on there and be satisfied when you pull it off. Same thing if you have wireless earbuds where one ear is a different volume.
- Comment on ‘Sexting’ with robots: How artificial intelligence will be able to ‘read’ our arousal 1 month ago:
Let’s create a society where people want to live and participate in, not fuck their toaster for the entire day.
- Comment on xkcd #2908: Moon Armor Index 1 month ago:
Fuck yes, enjoy bud. I’ve read people not using high enough rated welding goggles and getting eye damage though. I’d stay on the safe side and get appropriate solar eclipse glasses. You’ll be looking directly at the sun for several minutes after all.
- Comment on xkcd #2908: Moon Armor Index 1 month ago:
One of my all-time favourite facts is that there is that solar eclipses are actually a very rare thing to happen in space. There is no reason why but our moon just happens to be the right size/distance to have this happen.
I’ve never seen one in person, but the next one is on the 8th of April crossing Mexico and the US. If you have the chance and are able, go check it out, if only to gloat on an internet stranger longing for his first total eclipse.
- Comment on Pets are mental health barometers 2 months ago:
That is true if you possess the ability to empathise, some people treat their pets as accessories. Mine live better than I do lmao
- Comment on Cory Doctorow gets scammed 2 months ago:
“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” - We are the weakest link in any security chain, and always will be. Social engineering is one hell of a drug.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow gets scammed 2 months ago:
Adding multiple factors to authentication just adds another step to the scam, it doesn’t make it impossible by any means.
- Comment on xkcd #2891: Log Cabin 3 months ago:
The Fibonacci Frathouse
- Comment on Looking for low power devices for selfhosting 4 months ago:
Let me help you with that: what if you need more power? or what if you need something smaller due to size constraints or maybe what if the old battery can’t handle 24/7?. Pick one!
- Comment on What DID Apple innovate? 4 months ago:
Oh yeah for sure, like actually disabling wifi is a 3 step process, wtf. If you’re a fan of what android can provide, you’ll probably run into many grievances on an iphone. But here are a few examples I can think of what iphones do better or easier than any android:
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iCloud/iTunes phone backups: either automatically through the cloud or manually using a pc, but taking a full backup and restoring them has always been easier. Using iCloud is by far the easiest, for a price ofcourse, a full backup continuously safe from loss or damage. Same with your pictures and personal data. Google and samsung now provide similar services, but apples’ is more complete and hassle free. They also provide a fully free temporary backup for 30 days so you can sell your current device with no data loss at all.
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Transfering to a new iphone: kind of the same as backups but the transfer process is at least half the amount of steps and is so much more beginner friendly than android, samsung takes a strong second place with smart switch and oppo a third with clone phone. But apples is without fail the most complete.
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Interdevice connectivity: also mostly an icloud advantage but if you have more than one apple device or trying to send data to another iphone, airdrop and icloud have always been the most seamless. Other android services are coming close, but nothing can beat the apple ecosystem, at least not yet.
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Basic stability: the optimization of memory and cpu usage has greatly improved the stability and longevity of iphones, by having very strict rules on what 3rd party apps can do on the device. Also increases the amount of performance they get out of the phone as a whole.
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App store: has always been much less garbage and malware. By having a strict review process I’ve never seen an application doing to a persons phone what some android apps are still doing to this day. Tricking the user into allowing full device control some apps litter phones with ads, spam and malware, bad form Google.
For the record, I hate apple as much as the next lemming, but I acknowledge what they to well. And what they do, goddamnit they do it well. People will always be confused by technology, but apple does such a good job making very complex functionality accessible to the masses. Functionality on literally any other platform would require extra software, extra configuration, extra effort.
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- Comment on What DID Apple innovate? 4 months ago:
Perfect description, they made very complex functionality accessible by the general public.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
What’s wrong with you? Ignoring everything I say, getting yourself in a discussion you clearly know very little about, just regurgitating no original thoughts whatsoever. Garden variety psychologist, go back to reddit.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
- I never once denied the size of threads vs lemmy
- I never once doubted eee or asked you to prove it, I linked the wiki to another user in this thread
- I agree with every single one of your points
- You asked me to support my claims with sources, which I did
You are not able to continue the discussion because you have no idea what you are talking about.
Fuck you for wasting my time
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
Corporations will try ofcourse that’s what they do, but denying meta federation from the getgo goes against the philosophy of federation. The points you’re making NEED to be made, we NEED to observe how meta handles it and how all services are affected. We can decide from there whether you’re doom scenario holds any merrit whatsoever.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
I feel like we’re having an actual discussion now. However, you go on about proving everything, while making unsupported claims yourself, don’t you think that’s a bit hypocritical? Ah wait, I’ll give you some examples.
Federating with a 10x larger entity that has a ton of very well known names on their list is going to dwarf anything that the fediverse so far has to offer. I‘m not saying in quality but definitely in quantity.
Claim 1: no proof this will happen, each instance can decide the degree of federation, no amount of users can dwarf an instance they cannot federate with. Blocking the instance yourself will exclude yourself from any of Meta’s shenanigans immediately.
If meta ever defederates or limits the capabilities of fediverse instance
Claim 2: meta cannot limit the capabilities of the fediverse, if they change what ActivityPub stands for, we will fork ActivityPub into what it’s supposed to be, having our federation sans meta like we have now.
thousands of (again) hooked addicts will flock back to them. It’s literally obvious if you have any experience with addiction.
Claim 3: Obsolete platforms have no way of defeating obsolescence, here’s a paper on why dead internet platforms cannot be revived. There will ALWAYS be algorithmic, profit driven, centralised platforms, why would meta choosing to defederate lead to a mass exodus of lemmy when people who want that are already getting their fix? If anything, it could lead to more people joining lemmy instead. The point is we don’t know. Also, making a statement like this is textbook fearmongering, which leads me to my next point.
Fearmongering is if the media or the government does it, not people who are actually there using the stuff and suffering under things. That is called asking others for help/to understand.
Claim 4: Fearmongering - the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable. source
It is not reasonable to deny everyone the federation of meta because you fear a mass exodus back to facebook, according to my previous source people will find their algorithmic fix elsewhere, but rarely the same platform.
Because it is the right thing to do.
Claim 5: “the right thing to do” still does not mean anything: for ukraine the right thing to do is for russia to give back their land. If you’re russia the right thing to do is for ukraine to give back their land. You see how this statement holds no value at all?
“social media is a drug”
Claim 6: I agree with this one, so here are your sources why decriminalisation, ie not punishing users of them, but providing them the resources and tools to help them, is the way to go. Not one, but two sources backing that up.
Denying people the option of a federated meta instance will cause less people to switch over, period. Having a place where people can still access the other platform, without actually being on said platform will drastically increase the userbase.
Don’t take my word for it, just listen to the lemmy devs:
In practical terms: Imagine if you could follow a Facebook group from your Reddit account and comment on its posts without leaving your account. If Facebook and Reddit were federated services that used the same protocol, that would be possible. With a Lemmy account, you can communicate with any other compatible instance, even if it is not running on Lemmy. All that is necessary is that the software support the same subset of the ActivityPub protocol.
Unlike proprietary services, anyone has the complete freedom to run, examine, inspect, copy, modify, distribute, and reuse the Lemmy source code. Just like how users of Lemmy can choose their service provider, you as an individual are free to contribute features to Lemmy or publish a modified version of Lemmy that includes different features. These modified versions, also known as software forks, are required to also uphold the same freedoms as the original Lemmy project. Because Lemmy is libre software that respects your freedom, personalizations are not only allowed but encouraged.
So, from the 6 claims I listed, only one can be sourced.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
Do you know how federation works? Because if you did you’d know that ‘corportions get their hooks into the fediverse’ does not mean anything. Defederation and forking of the source code is a click away, the reason lemmy exists is to move away from corporations. Contradicting that would just spawn a new lemmy federation.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
So I tell you to block the instance, or join an instance that has defederated with meta, and you would have literally zero impact of any of what you said, did you reply to that? No.
So I follow your addiction rethoric and give you a real life example which contradicts that exact rethoric, did you reply to that? No.
I have the same concerns as you, express them but have a different approach, did you reply to that? No.
So now I’ll tell you this, instead of projecting, pulling up a strawman and overall passive aggressiveness, do realise we’re on the same team, we all want what is best for the federation. But the great thing about the federation is anyone can choose what they see, literally. For all I know federation with meta turns out to be a giant shit show, for all you know it turns into what could be the best thing for ActivityPub, more users, more publicity, more platforms joining in. I am open to being wrong, but are you?
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, is a strategy tech companies (and a lot more outside of tech as well) have used to use existing open standard and over time slowly add, adapt and finally take over those standards.
It’s a genuine concern this might happen to ActivityPub and Lemmy by extension by Meta, who is integrating ActivityPub as we speak.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
I ignore dumbasses like you and carry on with my life
Clearly you are not, also having a civil discussion with people who don’t share your point of view is an important life skill, try it out sometime.
So what exactly do you do for this platform except from spreading hate and intolerance?
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
Lmao, I addressed everything you said, have not dismissed anything and countered every single one of your arguments and when you can’t respond anymore you start with namecalling. Maybe don’t pick fights you’re not prepared for.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
So then explain to me, how exactly does this impact you? What about you block the meta instance yourself? You will not see any threads content and will continue to use lemmy/ActivityPub in literally the exact same way.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
I agree with the premise that Meta is a horrible company and we pay close attention on how its federation progresses. I still have not seen a single argument that holds any weight, from you as well, against the wait and see approach.
“Because it’s the right thing to do” is not an argument, it’s a statement without anything to back you up. What is right is subjective to everyone.
Also, I have not changed gears, and still firmly believe there’s a lot to be gained. Any concerns you have, I already answered. Anyone has a place in the fediverse, because its core principle is exactly that. Don’t agree? Then block the fucking instance.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 5 months ago:
Then go ahead, argue, I’m trying to have a civil conversation.
I host my own server to get away from monopolies, I actively support the development of lemmy and ActivityPub, what do you do exactly but detract credibility from your peers do have genuine concerns.