pupbiru
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- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 8 hours ago:
yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on <serverless platform>” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 11 hours ago:
and you’re just using the term accessibility to mean a11y… the word accessibility is far broader than simply accessibility standards for people with disabilities
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 11 hours ago:
and bluesky doesn’t have a default algorithm either, but allows you to subscribe to algorithms created by other people
being able to choose how the information is presented is the way
- Comment on List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs 1 day ago:
Davinci Resolve has to be one of the most jam packed free software packages available… seriously, it absolutely trounces Premiere at evvvverything
the model of free for everything except if features you’d want for producing a professional movie, and financed by hardware sales - that you don’t need unless you’re a professional - is absolutely incredible for home users
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 1 day ago:
not everyone that downloads content isn’t paying for it… they might just want it in a place or format that isn’t being provided
- Comment on The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube 2 days ago:
every creator that i’m aware of that has done a “how i make money” video rates adsense very low
- Comment on What is Docker? 3 days ago:
a chroot is different, but it’s an easy way to get an idea of what docker is:
it also contains all the libraries and binaries that reference each other, such that if you call commands they use the structure of the chroot
this is far more relevant to a basic understanding of what docker does than explaining kernel namespaces. once you have the knowledge of “shipping around applications including dependencies”, then you can delve into isolation and other kinds of virtualisation
- Comment on The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube 3 days ago:
afaik most YT creators get their money from sponsor blocks rather than ads these days, so nothing really changes there… i think the combination of sponsors and some patreon-style system is plenty, so i’m not sure monetisation is the issue
- Comment on More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says 3 days ago:
and since you’re paying through the cost of groceries etc whether you get the benefits or not, you may as well get the benefits
- Comment on YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems 3 days ago:
and unfortunately for them a large number of the backup applications consist entirely of “attach a string to it”
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 5 days ago:
i think some form of advertising is useful no matter the structure of your society: if you have a cool idea for a new product, getting the word out is an important way of making it a reality
what we don’t need is the constant, and ever-present repetitive drone of advertising mundane things that you already know about
- Comment on Auto sorting trash can 1 week ago:
i can make a much cheaper, less complex, and perfectly accurate version of this that automatically sorts waste based on its final destination: it’s just a trash can and it all goes to the dump because recycling isn’t profitable :(
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 week ago:
i think the .id.au domain licensing rules are a pretty reasonable middle-ground:
www.auda.org.au/…/id-au-domain-names/
The id.au domain name you choose must match or be an acronym or abbreviation of your first name or family name, or your nickname
you have to provide ID to register any .au, so you’re verified as a person, and though they don’t pre-check your nickname, AFAIK if there’s a complaint you do have to prove that you’re “known by” that name
- Comment on The therapy I can afford 1 week ago:
to lead you down the right path, yes… llms will lead you down an arbitrary bath, and when that path is biased by your own negative feelings it can be incredibly damaging
- Comment on The therapy I can afford 1 week ago:
don’t do that either… llms say things that sound reasonable but can be incredibly damaging when used for therapy. they are not therapists
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 week ago:
domain names do that for people with well known domain names, and verification processes do that for people without
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 1 week ago:
ahhh right! i see! yup that’d ruin everything 😭 you’d have to make some correlations to find the registration then
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 1 week ago:
and worth noting that by “publicly available” here, it’s not like it’s published on some FAA API: ADS-B is broadcast from all aircraft, and anyone can receive its data… these services run by networks for regular members of the public contributing the data from their ADS-B receivers
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 1 week ago:
ADS-B is public broadcast though… if you’re in range of the plane, you can pick up its air traffic control data (elevation, speed, heading, registration, etc)… services like flight radar 24 don’t work on FAA data: they are a huge network of regular people across the globe with ADS-B receivers contributing everything they see
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 1 week ago:
adding so it’s archived in as many places as possible:
the reg is N628TS, and you can track it with any ADS-B service
ADS-B is broadcast from the plane, and able to be picked up by any in-range receiver… services like flight radar 24 aggregate many receivers across the world run by ordinary people
- Comment on Trump administration orders halt to in-progress wind farm construction 1 week ago:
equally, please don’t imply that you understand global frustration at the US right now
- Comment on Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program 2 weeks ago:
okay, but pretty much anyone in software knows what CVE means, and anyone outside of software doesn’t need to know what CVE means… it’s almost as common as CPU
- Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC 2 weeks ago:
because getting an ID with no money and no fixed address can be somewhere between extremely difficult and impossible
that’s kinda the point: ID is easy for most people, but for some people it’s an insurmountable barrier… voter ID laws restrict those people’s ability to vote: the number of legitimate people you cut out of voting is far higher than the number of fraudulent votes (which are always caught after the fact because there are robust systems in place to deal with exactly this already)
- Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC 2 weeks ago:
i guess homeless people don’t deserve a vote aye
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 2 weeks ago:
also jam in there protections for AI training so they don’t have to deal with those pesky “authors”
- Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC 2 weeks ago:
i have no issue making sure it “can’t happen” - a non-issue regardless - to give people warm and fuzzy feelings
i do take issue with making it harder to vote for some of societies most vulnerable
- Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC 2 weeks ago:
that absolutely is voter suppression… voter fraud is not a real problem. if it were, sure! let’s do ID… but the fact is, it just doesn’t happen: the only way to actually move the needle is large scale voter fraud, and the systems in place absolutely catch that… a single vote (as much as we say your vote counts: it does, but more figuratively) doesn’t matter 1 bit
- Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC 2 weeks ago:
compulsory voting removes some of the apathy: “they’re both the same” isn’t as powerful to stop people getting out to vote if they’re already at the polling place… it virtually eliminates voter suppression
- Comment on US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters 2 months ago:
muuuuuuuch more limited range, bulky, less utility (can’t easily send maps, photos, etc) - i’m not saying they don’t have options, just that the options aren’t really comparable
also, i think i read somewhere that starlink was proving surprisingly resilient to jamming
- Comment on US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters 2 months ago:
uh… okay but the alternative is what? no starlink… so a big fat on/off button in the hands of someone horrible is better than just off? they can now choose how they want to proceed - that’s still better than having no choice