RobotToaster

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 36 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Windows update was originally called "critical update notification tool".

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

Depends on if you own a boat.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but if you want to bring national news attention to poor security without doing real damage, racial slurs are probably the most sure fire way to do so.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

It can apparently be self hosted, but it's still centralised https://github.com/revoltchat/self-hosted?tab=readme-ov-file

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well I left a comment on their site about this thread, it will be interesting to see what happens https://clubsall.com/posts/we-are-excited-to-announce-the-launching-of-clubsall-Svpzp

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It also doesn't seem to federate their own communities to lemmy.

(Unless I'm doing it wrong, !clubsall@clubsall.com should work right?)

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

SEO spam has been a problem for a long time, but AI has allowed it to be accelerated to a whole new level.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 21 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I still think defederation is the biggest hurdle. It would be a lot easier if you could just tell people it didn't matter what instance they join, they will be able to follow anyone.

Usually when I mention it people will talk about all the reasons defederation exists, but it doesn't change the fact that if a normal person has to start looking up what instance they can follow uncle ReaganLover69 on, they're probably going to stay on twitter.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What licence did it use before?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you count Hel (one L) from Norse religion, older than the bible.

the idea of the snake in the Garden of Eden as having given free will and wisdom to humanity can’t be that modern of a thought, even if it would have been heretical.

In Gnosticism, the snake is sometimes identified with Jesus, while the god of the old testament is the demiurge. You're correct in that the catholic church really didn't like that.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

I once read that sponsored skydives for NHS related charities end up (in total) costing the NHS more than they raise, because of how often people get injured in them...

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