TheMachineStops
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- Comment on Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says AI should moderate social media 1 month ago:
Most of my reddit accounts got banned for no reason. I only use them to post once in a while. No reason for ban, only server error.
- Comment on Crypto exchange Bybit says a hacker took control of one of its cold Ethereum wallets, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of ~$1.5B worth of tokens 1 month ago:
This is the same hacker group that performed the Bangladesh Bank robbery, that attack the almost stole 1 billion, the only reason they got flagged was a typo. They did manage to steal 81 million though. Byebit does seem to have bad security though compared to Bangladesh bank.
- Comment on Crypto exchange Bybit says a hacker took control of one of its cold Ethereum wallets, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of ~$1.5B worth of tokens 1 month ago:
Even regular banks can be hacked.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service 2 months ago:
I hope so too, twitter is awful.
- Comment on Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. 2 months ago:
It is pretty obvious why they are doing this though, but it also means you don’t own them, you are renting them.
- Comment on Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. 2 months ago:
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Starting February 26, 2025, the option «Download and transfer via USB» will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the «Deliver or remove from device» option.»
- Comment on Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. 2 months ago:
It is very easy to remove DRM from kindle Books.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service 2 months ago:
They do have other ways such as SMS if it is critical, but most people simply share the twitter link via WhatsApp and you can be more updated by using twitter. Most people haven’t moved to Bluesky or Mastodon, so if there is flooding or heavy rain most people will share updates on their location via twitter and WhatsApp.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service 2 months ago:
I don’t think it is a good idea to block twitter completely. Some countries use twitter for official announcements, including emergency warning.
- Comment on Best way to turn off people and get lower tips 2 months ago:
It keeps getting reposted, it was on mildly infuriating. I am pretty sure I saw it on reddit too. The text chnages every time though.
- Comment on Best way to turn off people and get lower tips 2 months ago:
This was posted before, Lemmy is becoming like reddit.
- Comment on Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says 2 months ago:
From my experience they almsot never reply.
- Comment on Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says 2 months ago:
A good example is the Usenet community, in Lemmy there is barely any activity, on reddit people post daily.
- Comment on Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says 2 months ago:
I had multiple accounts suddenly they all got system error, which in Reddit means you are banned. They couldn’t be bothered to implement a notification system to inform the users they were banned.
- Comment on Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says 2 months ago:
Patreon the users are selling their content, in this case Reddit is paywalling user content without paying the users.
- Comment on MSI and ASUS hike GeForce RTX 50 series prices in official stores, now up to $3,409 for RTX 5090 2 months ago:
Or just move to a a console, the quality might not be the same, but it is way cheaper. This is one of the reasons people by consoles, they are cheaper and the games are optimized for it.
- Comment on What's Mastodon precious? 5 months ago:
I don’t think there are public servers, but there most likey are private server for users who don’t want to share there private info such as email.
- Comment on What's Mastodon precious? 5 months ago:
Yeah, Bluesky has both federation and ease of use, which is why many prefer it over Mastodon. Instead of making someone search for a server to join, Bluesky gives you a default server which makes it easier for less tech savvy users.
- Comment on What's Mastodon precious? 5 months ago:
**Below is how account portability work between servers, it is easy to migrate between servers. ** Account portability
We assume that a Personal Data Server may fail at any time, either by going offline in its entirety, or by ceasing service for specific users. The goal of the AT Protocol is to ensure that a user can migrate their account to a new PDS without the server’s involvement.
User data is stored in signed data repositories and verified by DIDs. Signed data repositories are like Git repos but for database records, and DIDs are essentially registries of user certificates, similar in some ways to the TLS certificate system. They are expected to be secure, reliable, and independent of the user’s PDS.

Each DID document publishes two public keys: a signing key and a recovery key.
Signing key: Asserts changes to the DID Document and to the user’s data repository.
Recovery key: Asserts changes to the DID Document; may override the signing key within a 72-hour window.
The signing key is entrusted to the PDS so that it can manage the user’s data, but the recovery key is saved by the user, e.g. as a paper key. This makes it possible for the user to update their account to a new PDS without the original host’s help.
A backup of the user’s data will be persistently synced to their client as a backup (contingent on the disk space available). Should a PDS disappear without notice, the user should be able to migrate to a new provider by updating their DID Document and uploading the backup
- Comment on What's Mastodon precious? 5 months ago:
Bluesky is Decentralized.