pupbiru

@pupbiru@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  requires foreign investors to partner with Chinese nationals in order to own and operate capital

  this also means that chinese companies are notorious for stealing IP. it’s easy to be cheap when you don’t do the R&D - you just fast track to producing the product

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t make ours any better or cheaper, just everything else more expensive.

  it also makes your domestic products more expensive because cars etc still have to source components and industrial machines from internationally so it’s tariffs all the way down

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  content is only 1 category of website

  ecommerce drives all the advertising that funds content… it’s a much bigger market, and they don’t care about content scraping as long as you buy their product

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  a diet that doesn’t include killing animals at all is objectively better.

  assuming animals wouldn’t be killed either way, yes… but even if they’re killed for other livestock, that’s going to continue regardless of eating them or not so the difference is practically nothing

  and also, something is better than nothing… i think for most people not eating meat just isn’t going to happen. subbing out beef for roo (and chicken and pork) is a very good trade, and i’ve switched a lot of people to do the same. it’s pretty easy to convince people to do that. it’s very difficult to convince people to eat exclusively vegetarian

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i heard about that… it’s wild lol… and their argument is basically “it’s cute”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i’ve heard it does taste like that yes, but haven’t tried myself because idk where to get venison in aus! roo is literally available in mince, diced, steaks, sausages, etc in supermarkets here :p

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  how’d you compare 'roo to beef in texture and taste

  it’s pretty gamey, so i wouldn’t say it’s a direct replacement… i do like a roo bolognese though: adds a bunch of depth

  imo roo steak is absolutely amazing though

  it’s very low fat, so you have to cook it fast and not well done etc otherwise it gets really tough really quickly

  oh also roo curries are incredible too!

  i’ve heard that roo it pretty close to venison in taste, but haven’t tried venison so not sure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i’ve replaced beef in my diet with kangaroo for exactly this reason… it’s not the same, but it’s great in its own right and contains a load of iron. makes cutting beef out much easier

  bonus: roo populations have to be managed otherwise in modern australia they tend to multiply uncontrolled and it’s a problem, so it’s either eat the meat or waste it… roo meat isn’t farmed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i didn’t dodge the question… i’m saying the question is rooted firmly in your definition and is therefore not something that i think is valid…. and your use of “reasonable” is just saying you think anyone that disagrees with you is unreasonable… charged end emotive: not intended to discuss, but to persuade regardless of truth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i don’t think percentage is a useful distinction… how do you measure that? by lines of code? by behavioural traits? my point throughout this discussion is that it’s not as clean as any of that

  as i said: its its own thing… it is neither linux, debian, nor is it freebsd… in the same way that android is an operating system distinct from other flavours of linux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i certainly don’t agree that system utilities and libraries are outside of that limit and said as much when i commented on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD: its its own thing… its neither linux, nor freebsd. it is however based on both

  the gui is definitively part of the operating system - confirmed by that wikipedia page that you linked (though i’d say only in the case where the gui is heavily tied to the default configuration of the OS like windows, macos, android, etc), and that’s nowhere near the kernel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  and my point is that these things aren’t definitions that have particularly concrete categories… an operating system is not a single thing: it can be many different things which include things like GUIs even… as much as we try to fit the world into neat little boxes, that’s just not how things work

  even the categories of operating systems is messy: take single user vs multi user… macos is single user, but openbsd is multi user… i’m the beginning, the kernel was largely the same but due to the system tools and configuration, macos became a different classification of operating system

  it’s all super messy, and saying that windows vista and windows 11 are the same operating system is extremely reductive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  okay, sorry i got the kernel and system tools mixed up in my head after reading it. that proves nothing other than the fact that you’re looking for a gotcha rather than a serious discussion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But the common understanding is a bit different than yours.

  the common understanding is that android is a different operating system to ubuntu, and macos is a different operating system to openbsd

  Would Debian GNU/kFreeBSD be 50% Linux, 50% FreeBSD under your definition even though it has no Linux code?

  it is what it is: a completely different thing… BSD system tools with a linux kernel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  an operating system is comprised of the kernel, as well as system libraries and system utilities… user space is irrelevant to the classification of what is and isn’t an operating system: the concept of user space doesn’t even exist in some operating systems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  an operating system is far more than just the kernel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  and it’s incredibly shit that you can’t donate to firefox… people donate to mozilla assuming they’re donating to firefox but none of the donations go towards firefox development

  i emailed them about this a while ago… i can’t remember exactly what i said, but basically that i didn’t want to donate to adtech and ai slop but wanted to support firefox development… this is their reply

  Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We genuinely value hearing from our supporters, as your insights help us understand what matters most to the Mozilla community.

  It’s important to note that the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation are two separate entities within the Mozilla umbrella - Mozilla Corporation is responsible for developing and maintaining Firefox and other software products, and they are continuously working on improving the user experience, including addressing compatibility issues and promoting the browser to a wider audience.

  The Mozilla Foundation, on the other hand, focuses on broader internet health and advocacy work. Our mission is to ensure the internet remains open and accessible for everyone, and this includes issues related to privacy, digital rights, and equity. To confirm, the survey that you had received was from the Mozilla Foundation.

  With that being said, Firefox is funded by revenue generated through the product rather than donations. At the moment, there is no way for supporters to make a donation that will be designated to the development of Firefox. Have no fear, things are looking good for Firefox’s future and they plan to be around a long time, supporting folks with the most secure browser experience! Continuing to use Firefox, and recommending it to others, is the best way to support this project.

  We truly appreciate your concerns about Firefox and their top priorities - We on the Mozilla Foundation strongly believe that issues such as privacy, online safety, and data security are connected to the products and services we all use every day. The work we do in these areas complements Mozilla Corporation’s focus on building better, more secure software like Firefox, and w encourage you to participate in our survey!

  If you would like to input some of your thoughts and ideas into our Ideas discussion forum regarding Firefox and other Mozilla products, please visit: connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/idb-p/ideas

  We thank you again for reaching out to our Mozilla Foundation Donor Care team, and please let us know if we can support your further!

  All the best,

  <redacted their name> Donor Care Team

  Mozilla Foundation foundation.mozilla.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s not at all true… it was misunderstanding that people seemed to have blown way out of proportion without understanding context, and now they have A+ policies in place

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s fair, but i think there’s space for multiple to compete… servo and ladybird have different ethos from what i can tell… ladybird is trying to build everything from scratch, as well as being completely independent (whilst servo was mozilla and is now the linux foundation)

  personally, i prefer servo just because its rust and i don’t think that independence from the linux foundation is really that important

  but that’s not to say that what ladybird is trying to achieve, or their reasons are wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of my family is against gay marriage and don’t believe in gender fluidity, yet when my sister in law said her child is non-binary and would like to be referred to with they/then, they complied.

  no, that’s fucked up… less fucked up than making a big deal of it, but it shows a huge lack of empathy… people close to them that they know quite well are validating that non binary people exist - that it’s not just people “looking for attention” and all that other garbage that people throw out there and they still don’t think they should be treated with respect and as equals by society

  that’s “i don’t respect you but i don’t want to make a scene”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  well that’s because it’s kinda not trying to be a browser first; it’s trying to be an engine… let others make the UI, and ladybird can be the best damn thing to wrap that UI around… from what i understand, they have a web browser as more of a tech demo right now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Under semantic versioning everything after vista has been in essence a new version of vista.

  okay but using that logic everything running linux kernel v5 is the same… fedora, ubuntu, rhel are in essence just a reskin of slackware

  an OS is not semantically versioned as a whole because an OS is more than just the kernel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m running waterfox… it’s firefox, but with junk stripped out, and performance optimisations

  there’s no real alternatives between chromium and firefox based engines, and chromium includes pretty much everything you’ve heard of except firefox

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Powerful US lobby groups urge tariff retaliation against Australia’s ‘socialised medicine’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  clever little conservative

  don’t even joke about that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  yes but there’s still a EULA you agree to about redistribution and how you’re allowed to use the software etc… if there’s terms in there about being able to back out of the agreement, i’d imagine there would be a clause about destroying copies of the software

  that all seems very reasonable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I found voter irregularities in my home district do I have to hire a lawyer to prove it.? Or just let it go and the Florida Orange win?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  nobody can say that for sure… republicans still support him, people protest voted, kamala was unexciting… there are so many reasons that probably contributed

  i’d guess his campaign probably got some people to vote when they otherwise wouldn’t have, but i’m not sure it would’ve changed anyone’s vote

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I found voter irregularities in my home district do I have to hire a lawyer to prove it.? Or just let it go and the Florida Orange win?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  we can’t really know that… musk paid people to vote, but we and he have no idea if people actually voted how he wanted

  i’d say selection bias (people willing to engage) played more of a part than actually telling people how to vote

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I found voter irregularities in my home district do I have to hire a lawyer to prove it.? Or just let it go and the Florida Orange win?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  the point of anonymous voting is coercion. if you can validate your vote outside of a safe polling place then someone else is able to validate how you voted and force you to vote a particular way

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to know about websites ending with .onion Is there anybody who can tell me more about this ?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  slightly more info: when people say “dark web” they probably mean TOR. TOR has more users outside of just “the dark web”, but this is the most prominent pop culture representation of it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  honestly with online only games i’d be “okay” (not that it’d be great but okay) with them just releasing a bunch of internal docs around the spec. you’re right that open sourcing commercial code is actually non-trivial (though perhaps if they went in knowing this would have to be the outcome then maybe they’d plan better for it), but giving the community the resources to recreate the experience i think is a valid direction