Sl00k

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[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pathetic. Weak. Spineless. Complicit.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

it’s that the amount of people that want fascism is way too high

Perhaps in the Midwest, but I believe there are areas of the US that this doesn't represent such as the west coast.

I see a split amongst US inevitable and it was basically written in stone the day the Democrats supported genocide and again each time they choose billionaires over their constituents. In my opinion we need to start moving these states in that direction.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

I think the problem is the good ole days didn't have LLM bots ready to spread propaganda at every turn :/

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

I've been using the polar chest HR strap for a few years, it's been great

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

You won't be able to do a thing without some level of invasion of privacy (phone # verification would probably be the best).

We're unfortunately rapidly approaching the point where we have to make a decision A) a little invasion or B) allowing bots to roam free and spread propaganda across all major social platforms. Even if you choose path A it's up to the platform to implement it properly. See tiktok the racism and propaganda there has SKYROCKETED since being "allowed" to stay in the US (backdoor agreements to allow propaganda bots)

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

You're actually right they are decentralized and your account would continue existing if you had your own PDS and either you or someone else was running a relay.

The OP above is essentially saying what if the relay goes down, but anyone can run a relay it just costs a few hundred a month and there's little reason to do so (right now).

Usually people on this side of the Fediverse aren't in the know on the AT Proto inner workings.

One thing you can point out is protocol ownership, Bluesky owns the AT Proto protocol and can change it however they like while ActivityPub is a W3C ownership so a lot more resilient (albeit slower changes)

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They are decentralized, the architecture is just more complicated and harder to run, but they are in fact decentralized.

You can run your own pds(data host), relay (pulls data from all pds), app view (app frontend), moderation (still in progress albeit), and even algorithms.

We have to stop saying they aren't decentralized just because it's more complicated and restrictive, large social media platforms will inherently be complicated and expensive in order to be reliant and fast.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Great commentary on modern day humanity as a species

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 57 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Who would've thought that when you raze neighborhoods to the ground, force the dislocation of tens of thousands of people, and systematically detonate their schools and healthcare institutions there would be repercussions from them?

Not me that's forsure.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

I spent a lot of time trying to find an open source self hosted tool to replace mint and ended up just moving to Monarch and paying. Honestly it's been a really great experience as if long as you don't mind the annual $50.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I swapped my gaming PC from Windows to PopOS a few months ago and it's been a seamless experience with driver installation with an Nvidia GPU / AMD CPU

Installed and played Civ 7 perfectly yesterday.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One of Trump's biggest issues with Canada is supposably US banks not being allowed access. I would not put it past him to attempt to deny the reverse on a whim leaving you high and dry.

I know it's very hated but this is precisely why crypto was created, just keep it in a stablecoin (USDT, DAI) instead of a variable price coin. Obviously it's not usable as a payment system yet, I typically use credit cards for everything then pay them off monthly.

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