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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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    Sometimes people like to complain about windows and iOS

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  • You're absolutely not wrong.

    But I'm still gonna clap.

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    Sometimes people like to complain about windows and iOS

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  • Not defending the behavior in question, but Linux nowadays is MUCH simpler to understand than Windows or MacOS. It is by far the easiest operating system to change to, and the easiest to learn if you are somehow not familiar with any. From a user standpoint it's the least "techie" OS now (aside from mobile OS of course).

    What you describe about "needing to take courses" was true ten years ago, it was probably true three years ago. It is just simply not true now.

  • But there were SO MANY dealbreakers before we even got to that point

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  • The disappointing answer is that those performing the insurrection on Jan 6th, as well as those that would stand to gain, are more concerned with being in power rather than respecting justice and the rule of law.

    Yes you nailed it. Kamala recently expressed sadness at the level of capitulation, saying she didn't expect it. A lot of us had a rude awakening in the days after J6 when we realized that lot of our fellow citizens did not take the lessons on democracy taught to us since grade school to heart.

  • But there were SO MANY dealbreakers before we even got to that point

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  • He kind of was in a way. The 2016 primary featured a dozen Bush wannabes, and Trump just went on stage and embarrassed them all by pointing out all the things they did horribly wrong (war, healthcare, etc), he correctly identified what made Republicans unelectable nationally. People related to that anger.

  • But there were SO MANY dealbreakers before we even got to that point

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  • Honestly the racism I (sadly) understand. But to see the support for him not only continue but increase after violently trying to overthrow the government was truly a shock. For a brief moment it looked like he lost the support of Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham among other "traditional" Republicans but within days it was back to business as usual.

  • From scratch?

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  • How would you do presence detection (getting home)

    I have a sensor on my front door that triggers an automation that sends a text to everyone's phones that is (supposed to) trigger a location update. It then waits ten seconds and checks everyone's phones to see what wifi network they are connected to, it then waits another ten seconds and if nobody's location is "home", or nobody's wifi is the home network, then it texts everyone an alert of a possible break in.

    Only about 50% of the time does it correctly identify someone legitimately coming home lol

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    Searching for users and posts from a user

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  • Kbin had it. I don't know about Mbin.

  • Lemmy is designed to fail the same way as reddit when reaching the same size

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  • Lol, well if we agree on something then you know it's serious. This guy doesn't seem to understand that his issue with "Lemmy" is a fundamental one.

  • Lemmy is designed to fail the same way as reddit when reaching the same size

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  • The purpose, 👏THE.👏PURPOSE.👏of the ActivityPub protocol is to give ultimate moderation power to instance owners (as opposed to a singular, usually corporate, owner).

    That is (and I can't stress this enough) the entire point.

  • Lemmy is designed to fail the same way as reddit when reaching the same size

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  • ActivityPub is designed to create platforms that enable customized moderation experiences in order to resist corporate/commercial influence.

    ActivityPub also resists government censorship, because a thousand copies get made for every post, one for every federated instance.

    If you're looking for a platform where your personal speech can be forced upon others then ActivityPub is quite literally the opposite of what you're looking for.

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    F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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  • I don't have time today

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    does Reddit block my connection because i use a VPN?

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  • Sometimes yes in my experience, but mostly it works fine. I suspect it's a game of whack-a-mole with VPN companies constantly rotating IPs.

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    F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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  • When will F-Droid stop working on stock android?

  • ‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’

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  • Thankfully I don't think economic demand for AI generated visuals is nearly as high as the human crafted variety

  • The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started

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  • I was going to report to the mod but... the mod is the one who posted it. Guess I'm unsubbing.

  • Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling

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  • When billionaires complain about how windmills "ruin the view" but then are quiet about oil rigs, you can tell that it's not about the view.

  • ‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’

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  • That's really astute, I've never seen that comparison drawn so directly. It's the same situation with the people who claim that AI "democratizes" art by allowing someone to have a "work" of art without putting in the work of creating which is what makes a work a thing to be desired in the first place.

  • Thoughts on Philips Hue Lights

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  • Wasn’t a fan of their hub so I connect the bulbs directly to my ZigBee hub/dongle.

    I did the same, I wish it was more widely known that it was possible (and very easy with Zigbee2Mqtt).

  • Question for people running default Androids

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  • Yep well said. My hope is that Google's recent changes will encourage some activity into other projects or (even better) a Linux Phone OS.