CosmicTurtle0
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- Comment on I wish they'd stop calling themselves Conservatives 8 minutes ago:
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.
These two quotes sit pinned in my phone clipboard. They are used with regular frequency.
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 48 minutes ago:
Because I am but one man. 😂
Waterfox was what I noticed first. If waterfox didn’t work out, it’s next. Followed by ladybird.
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 1 hour ago:
Subbed!
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 2 hours ago:
There was a post made my Mozilla years ago (I’m too lazy to find it). It was in the shadow of Chrome getting more scummy. Anyway, paraphrasing horribly, the idea was that the humble web browser was starting to become an increasingly personal decision. It represents you in ways that many people may not fully appreciate, comprehend, or understand. Your browser history tells people what you like, what you are afraid of. Increasingly, it tells corporations and governments who you talk to, where you’re going, and what you’re up to.
It’s why it’s important for a browser to be built for people, not for corporations.
It’s so sad to see how far Mozilla has gone from that stance.
So I get how challenging and annoying changing a browser is because in many ways, it’s you. It’s who you are. But, like in life, sometimes we must choose to leave the friends who bring us down. It hurts, it sucks. But it’s the way of life.
I’ve spent a good part of this morning switching things over to Waterfox. It’s not perfect. There are gaps and for some reason, I can port over Chrome and Edge profiles but NOT firefox profiles. But sometimes a fresh start is good too.
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 2 hours ago:
The privacy centric way for Mozilla to have address this would have been to:
- acknowledge laws in certain countries have changed
- Due to those new laws, the definition of “sell” has changed and Firefox may no longer be in compliance with their desire to keep your data private
- Commit their desire to take the necessary steps to keep new versions of Firefox in line with their original vision
- update the “we will not sell” definition to within the jurisdiction of the United States, or indicate that the definition of sell may be different in different jurisdictions
- make the necessary extensions to jurisdictions where they were “selling” user data, self reporting where necessary
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 5 hours ago:
Mozilla is changing the license used for the Firefox executable/binary. The TOS will be the governing license over Firefox, the branded browser executable. It will no longer be open source, as defined by the Open Source Initiative, as users are no longer free to use the software however they want. Firefox will now be source available.
The source code for the browser, is (at least as of this comment) FOSS under the MPL2 license. People are free to recompile the browser under a different name (e.g. Librewolf, Waterfox, etc.).
This is not FUD. I read through the new TOS, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy. Since the browser executable was governed under the MPL2, there was little concern from the open source community. I made my judgement from those documents alone.
- Comment on BRASSICAS 5 days ago:
Citron broke my brain. If you’re telling me this is mustard and only mustard, my brain might just die in confusion.
- Comment on BRASSICAS 5 days ago:
How? Like… literally how?
I grow kale and it looks nothing like the plant in the OP. It looks like a regular bunch of kale.
Or is this like “all 6 vegetables come from one main vegetable”, kind of like how all citrus fruits comes from citron.
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 6 days ago:
Yeah but no one uses wordpad. They put it in notepad for the exact reason you’re saying: because people use it.
- Comment on Italy to require VPN and DNS providers to block pirated content 1 week ago:
“The Internet sees censorship as damage and routes around it.”
- Comment on place yer bets 1 week ago:
Look, it’s really simple. Just don’t look up. If we collectively ignore the problem, it won’t be a problem.
- Comment on .world c/conservative is unmodded now too! Post all the things they hate! 1 week ago:
with facts and numbers
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Does Amazon have permission to change what’s in your book though?
Copyright prevents them from making derivative works and if they change your text without your permission, that’s a clear copyright violation.
I don’t know how licensing deals work with Amazon but I’m guessing if they are doing this en mass, there is probably some provision in their contract.
- Comment on Consider placement before taking a picture 1 week ago:
Blocking NSFW content helps with getting rid of OF creators. I have a separate lemmynsfw.com account that I rarely use these days to look at amateur content.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service 1 week ago:
Didn’t the MAGA insurrection use Signal to coordinate their efforts?
Wait wait…yes, follow dear leader to an app that keeps your history and doesn’t encrypt at rest. You have nothing to hide and nothing to fear.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You must have had well lubricated partners then. I’ve tried shower, tub, and pool sex and it’s not as fun as I thought it was going to be.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yeah this picture reads as someone who has only read about sex and never done it. Sex in a tub is terrible.
- Comment on Be the change you want to see in Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
Thank you for this post and encouragement. I am open to volunteering my time and talents to help people find Lemmy.
However, after the work is done, it would be fantastic if you all could invest in advertising. I know that Google and Bing aren’t great but if I had to guess, search trend for “reddit alternatives” is probably rising and Lemmy is in a great spot to provide reddit refuges a life raft.
- Comment on Be the change you want to see in Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
I would call them “starter” instances. And I’m in agreement there should be a set of principles that these instances should follow but at the same time telling new users that it’s okay to switch instances. I started in .world but moved due to their increasingly conservative changes.
While I personally would steer new users away from .world, I think it’s more important to tell them it’s okay to switch instances.
- Comment on Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website 2 weeks ago:
It looks like it’s been patched. I couldn’t find solid instructions anyway. But if I do, I’m sure someone will post an easy to use shell script.
- Comment on Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth. 2 weeks ago:
Except this isn’t 100% true.
- Google continues to add more ads per page, despite people complaining
- Netflix now has ads even in paid tiers. Their subscribers count grew
- YouTube continues to push ads even to the point of aggressive blocking ad blockers
There isn’t a single platform that has reduced the number of ads it serves.
Businesses have learned that the majority of users will take it.
- Comment on Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth. 2 weeks ago:
Reddit gives Google access to everything so that Google can train their AI
Reddit sold access. For short term gains. Because the quarter needed more money to beat the previous quarter.
If this isn’t a leopard eating their face moment, I don’t know what is.
- Comment on After Copilot Trial, Government Staff Rated Microsoft's AI Less Useful Than Expected 2 weeks ago:
Early co-pilot (before chatgpt) was pretty decent. You typed in a comment what you wanted to do and you could cycle through code examples easily. While it wasn’t 100% accurate, it was close enough to get you what you needed and took care of the annoying work.
As soon as ChatGPT got integrated, shit went downhill fast and I uninstalled it. It was a night and day difference.
- Comment on What is your favorite app for Lemmy? Include Platform 2 weeks ago:
I’m in the same boat. The ads have become terrible for me so I’m in the market for a new app anyway. I was hesitant to purchase a subscription because of the low number of releases.
Glad I didn’t
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
I personally see three big issues with getting new users to Lemmy use and stat on Lemmy:
- knowing about it: It is a matter of time before Reddit bans linking to Lemmy. Either by outright preventing their discussion via shadow deletes or full deletes. join-lemmy.org would be well served by purchasing ads on Google and on Bing
- join-lemmy ux needs to be improved: this goes to your point and I fully agree that there needs to be a better onboarding experience. I am a fairly technical guy and even I had trouble understanding the major concepts behind Lemmy. Many of these concepts aren’t terribly important to a new user though. At least at first.
- more and better content: this is fortunately getting better but we’re not there yet
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
Really early on like right after the API fuckfest, there was a large influx of users who picked servers based on whatever. As a result, servers defederated and there was a lot of drama as a result.
Though that said I haven’t heard much about defederating in some time.
- Comment on trump puts 25% tariffs on Aussie steel and aluminium 2 weeks ago:
He removed them for nothing. He was tricked. Both Canada and Mexico agreed to do things they were already going to do and Trump folded.
- Comment on Microsoft click-baits users with useless 'How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge’ instruction doc 2 weeks ago:
I use Edge for exactly one thing: Power Automate.
I know you can use it on other browsers but for my very simple purpose, it fits the bill.
Every fucking time, the browser asks if I want to make it default. The answers are “Yes” and “Not now”.
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO “NO, DON’T ASK ME AGAIN”?!
- Comment on Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been begging my company to commit to 1% of our revenue toward open source software we use.
It would be life changing for many of these devs.
- Comment on YSK: There's a protest today at noon at your state capitol. 3 weeks ago:
Which upcoming protests would your friends recommend going to instead? Assuming that someone can’t travel to DC.
One that:
- organized by people you know or by organizations you trust
- organized by people who have “skin in the game” (i… people of color, LGBTQ+)
- organized by someone with a name that is searchable
- promoted by organizations within the opposition (e.g. Democrats, DNC, etc.)
As many of the above that can apply.
What might happen to someone who attended a not “well intentioned” protest, that wouldn’t happen to someone who attended a normal one?
If you end up going to a protest because “I want to do something” without doing any due diligence, you are placing your faith and trust to someone you do not know. If you arrive there, they may pretend to be a part of a leftist organization. You may end up trusting them more than you should, giving them more information than you should. If they are running the protest as a false flag and in bad faith, then you’ve given your private information to someone who intends you harm.
Best case scenario, the organizers don’t know what they are doing and are running the protest in good faith, but it also means they are new to this and don’t have good operational security.
