jaredwhite

@jaredwhite@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I can tell you right now nobody’s on Bluesky because it’s “decentralized” because the evidence is clear, it’s not in practice decentralized lol.

  This is all a bloody waste of time. I really wish I could just fast-forward two years into the enshittification when everyone realizes they got duped by Big VC. Again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! The level of entitlement with some people is simply ridiculous. And I’m weary of claims that pointing out real technical/cultural problems with competing networks is “shaming users”. 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon's federation consistency is laughably bad.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what it is you’re comparing. Instances don’t “sync” with each other. It’s all based on the follow graph of the individual users of each instance. So yes, sometimes a post from one instance won’t show up until days later on another because it just so happens that post may have been interacted with by some other user and only now it shows up on the instance.

  FWIW, I operate multiple Mastodon accounts across multiple instances, and I’ve had no problem with seeing posts show up right away across instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, and millions of Brazilians to the fediverses!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to be incorrectly stating what is on Wikipedia, which leads:

  The fediverse (commonly shortened to fedi)[1][2][3] is a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other (formally known as federation) using a common protocol.

  That last bit is absolutely key: a collection of services using a common protocol. Imagine if two different email servers didn’t both speak SMTP. Imagine if two different web services didn’t both speak HTTP. The Internet as a singular entity is only made possible because of protocol interop between all of its constituent parts.

  To say “the fediverse” is comprised of multiple incompatible protocols goes against that grain entirely, and to go back to pre-ActivityPub-as-W3C-specification days as an argument that it’s fine to label multiple incompatible protocols as all being components of “the fediverse” is really a stretch.

  To me, this isn’t a let’s-agree-to-disagree-issue, honestly. While the term “fediverse” is arguably colloquial and doesn’t necessarily imply any specific technical attributes, it ceases to be useful as a term if Fediverse Platform A cannot in any way communicate with Fediverse Platform B because the two platforms happen to be using 100% incompatible protocols. Aside from a third-party bridge, the AT protocol used by Bluesy is 100% incompatible with ActivityPub used by Mastodon, Threads, and others. Therefore, they cannot both be simultaneously services in the fediverse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, and millions of Brazilians to the fediverses!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m squarely in the AT protocol is not the Fediverse camp. Fine if people want to enjoy Bluesky, but the Fediverse is built on top of the W3C protocol ActivityPub. AT is incompatible. Cool that there’s a bridge, but a bridge between incompatible protocols will always be a bit of a hack in my book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should i be giving a shit about my posture?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My hot take is that short-term posture doesn’t matter all that much. If you have bad posture but you get up every 20 minutes and stretch/do chores/exercise for 5-10 minutes, you probably erase the original issues.

  My one-two punch, if you’re looking for advice: make sure you use a chair that makes good posture easy, with your keyboard+mouse & monitor height well separated on your desk (if computing’s the main thing you’re doing as you work). And then make sure you’re getting a lot of activity throughout the day. Spans of 2, 3, 4, etc. hours just sitting at your desk will be really bad for you, no matter how good your posture is.

  I guess what I’m saying is if you can either focus a lot on posture or focus a lot on physical activity routines, prioritize the latter. But both are certainly important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nilay Patel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, thanks for bringing that up. And maybe we stay away from WordPress.com now with all the weird AI stuff they’ve been up to. 🤪

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nilay Patel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I all for removing barriers to entry in this space, and if you’re talking about self-hosting everything and wiring up all sorts of bits and bobs of various services together manually, yeah, it’s very technical and daunting. But somebody can get started on Ghost, or WordPress.com, or Buttondown, or ConvertKit or whatever. Lots of ways to write early and often online. Buzzsprout is pretty rad for podcasting as well.

  The problem usually boils down to distribution like Nilay said, not hosting. Fediverse seems like a real solution here. Honestly I’ve never been as successful at both blogging and podcasting as I am right now. This isn’t merely a glimpse of some old-school internet nostalgia trip. It’s a whole new world out there and it’s actually better. 🤩

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nilay Patel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a blogger and a web developer, so IMHO:

  Blog-style sites have never been as cheap to run as right now. For small-to-midsize sites run mostly as static sites, it might even be close to free.

  Virtually all cost is in the human labor, and the challenge of running a sustainable business model like subscriptions off of “words” which I think are valuable but getting audiences to agree is very hard.

  But we might be seeing a turnaround here. I’m hopeful!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “physically easy”

  Sure, because our necks, backs, and hips are all feeling so great all the time with these long hours at the desk.

  “pays well”

  Some tech jobs are connected with living in places with high living expenses, not to mention some tech jobs aren’t at Big Tech firms so the pay is lower. Struggling with finances doesn’t magically disappear because you’re good at code.

  “people think you’re smart”

  lolololol said every person ever who isn’t white man passing or perhaps presenting as one of the “privileged” minority classes.

  Look, do I agree tech jobs on average are appealing compared to many other professions? Sure! But minimizing—verging on gaslighting—the very real harms people may suffer while working in tech is irresponsible. Our industry has a long way to go to provide real equality, equanimity, and stability.