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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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1 yr. ago

  • How do I become one with the botnet

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  • Back up an image the entire operating system HD when it's working well. If you ever get overwhelmed with bugs you can always go back to a functioning state.

    We all like checking out the latest features and updates but it's important to remember that it's not a race.

  • What is you guys opinion on DuckDuckGo AI?

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  • From ArsTechnica:

    According to DuckDuckGo, chats on the service are anonymized, with metadata and IP address removed to prevent tracing back to individuals. The company states that chats are not used for AI model training, citing its privacy policy and terms of use.

    “We have agreements in place with all model providers to ensure that any saved chats are completely deleted by the providers within 30 days,” says DuckDuckGo, “and that none of the chats made on our platform can be used to train or improve the models.”

    So there is some trust involved, but I'm inclined to believe DDG.

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • I understand what you're saying, but what you want (conformity of UIs) is just not possible to enforce on a decentralized network.

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • Yeah, it also doesn't address the Concerned™ poster.

  • ELI5: Why won't android just straight up run like Linux distros that almost run on any computers?

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  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • How delightfully European Union of them to debate debate debate in the face of a looming crisis.

    Yes Lemmy has a lot of improving to do, but I'm not seeing many other alternatives!

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • I disagree that having a variety of UIs is a bad thing. I wouldn't want every instance to look like dbzero! It also highlights that Lemmy is not a single platform, it's a federation of them. Heck even reddit has two UIs!

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • Yeah I agree, it's designed for discussion, not shitposts.

  • A little observation I wanted to share, how lemmy's engagement per user is higher than reddit(10x by some metrics)

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  • This makes sense to me if you consider the type of person who is likely to leave reddit is also less likely to be just a passive consumer of content. I imagine in ten years time we'll have two kinds of "social" media: decentralized activitypub discussion-based networks, and commercial entertainment platforms that might have comments but little else in the way of connecting.

    Another stat I like to highlight is the moderator-to-user ratio on Lemmy (and the rest of the Fediverse) is similarly around 10x more improved.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • When i said "designed for discussion" I meant that Mastodon posts are displayed in chronological order instead of sorted by engagement.

    I agree that would result in a commercial failure, but Mastodon is not commercial, not does it have an obligation to grow. So it seems to be working very well for the people who do use it.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • What does "fail" mean? Twitter's algorithm is for entertainment. Mastodon is designed for discussion. Both can exist just fine, but you can't have a platform that does both well.

  • Removed

    Post was deleted?

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  • Not a mod but from what you've said it sounds like your post was satirical, which violates the "on topic" rule.

    For what it's worth, THIS thread violates that rule too.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • The topic of this post is that a company is charging money for altering what was previously not a restricted feature. That violates the third rule in the sidebar.

    I agree OP has a right to be upset, but this post has nothing to do with privacy.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • There's no need to get upset. If you truly are having difficulty understanding my feelings on the topic and are asking in good faith, I'll explain it one more time:

    The topic of this post is that a company is charging money for it's services. That violates the third rule in the sidebar.

    Whatever mine or your feelings on the topic, it has nothing to do with privacy.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • It's empty venting, and the topic is not about privacy in a meaningful capacity, it's about a business model.

    Allowing venting/drama/gossip threads in a community over time will push out the people (like myself) who care about the actual community topic. And when those people are gone what's left is a cesspit.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • Hey mods just saying... I think a lot of us would appreciate having a rule against offtopic posts.

  • Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

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  • Although I think I’m doing something wrong and the memory in modern games is just dynamic so the correct location can’t be found with just the memory addresses.

    OK that's the same thing I was suspecting. I noticed the memory addresses had similar names, but there was no way to search for partial addresses or anything.

  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • Toyota boot screen! Love it.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • Not off the top of my head, but I haven't used it in a year or two so it's probably changed a bit since then.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • The one feature of Nova I wish Kvaesitso had is swiping on icons can do other things than tapping on them. For example swiping on the wallet icon opens a specific card. Swiping on podcast apps opened audiobook app instead.