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One thing that strikes me (at least about the Old Poor Law) is how localised it is. This is contrary to most social safety nets today which are centralised at the highest level. I imagine that localisation could potentially mean less waste (people see direct effecs), but could also reinforce regional differences.

If computer screens had a physical dimension, they would be infinitely deep. Around you there is a room. You've probably already exhausted all the concievable ideas for things to do in that room, because there is a finite and quite small number of objects inside it. That is why the internet has such a draw to it. If you are trapped in the room (not necessarily physically), the internet gives you an alternate means by which to wonder wherever you like. You can go anywhere. You can go exploring. All from the same prison cell of a room.

I came to this thought by questioning why it was that I've been spending so much of my time online, in front of a screen. It also made me understand what people would have done in the days before screens (say the 1920s). So long as you aren't trapped in a cell, your physical surroundsings are an almost equivalent alternative to the internet. You can go exploring or wonder aimlessly (like through TikTok). If it was 1920 and I was stuck at home with nothing to do, instead of watching a screen I would have gone down to the square/street, grabbed a beer, sat down, and just waited for something to happen. Anything. Eventually there would. Incidentally I tried this the other week and it worked. The city is a source of dopamine. You can go to the same ~~web~~sites and there'll be something new to watch every day — so long as you watch the little details and wait for long enough.

I realize this might seem stupidly obvious to some. But I'm a Gen Zedder who grew up very sheltered and with a computer, so it only just hit me that this is how life is supposed to work. Like, I do have a social life and everything, but this explains why it has all seemed so predictable (ie. unless I arranged something, nothing would happen.) There are two infinitely deep spaces to exist in, and I was blind to one of them.

This is very exciting. Here is the APK I downloaded. And the associated discussion.

It even already seems to support stylus input which is very exciting seeing as there has been talk of porting RNote to Android.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30711375

People just need to get used to paying for the web. Monthly subscriptions for Spotify or Netflix are widely accepted, so a fee to fund the rest of the net doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility. It could even be made part of the ISP fee (perhaps this could be forced on all ISPs by govts under the guise of 'supporting local websites').

The technical solutions already seem to exist, but have been shut down 1) due to lack of use and 2) by the entrenched business model (in the case of Scroll). Therefore, the challenge currently lies in bringing the masses over to this business model (IMO easier than it may seem, as the masses never consciously opted for their current method of paying anyway and hence feel no attachment to it), and stopping regulatory capture by the entrenched business model (an even deeper root problem whose solution would solve many issues beside this one).

So assume that everybody switched to this model of funding overnight. I don't think it would stop surveillance capitalism entirely since the surveillance technologies that the current business model lead to being developed (AI, cookies, etc) have since been adapted for use in other settings (facial recognition CCTV etc.) whose investment sources are now entirely separate from the web’s. What's more, websites would probably keep spying on paying users anyway, simply because they already have the technology to do so, and it would make them extra money on top of their allocated subscription money. Despite this, I still think it's a change worth working towards.

People just need to get used to paying for the web. Monthly subscriptions for Spotify or Netflix are widely accepted, so a fee to fund the rest of the net doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility. It could even be made part of the ISP fee (perhaps this could be forced on all ISPs by govts under the guise of 'supporting local websites').

The technical solutions already seem to exist, but have been shut down 1) due to lack of use and 2) by the entrenched business model (in the case of Scroll). Therefore, the challenge currently lies in bringing the masses over to this business model (IMO easier than it may seem, as the masses never consciously opted for their current method of paying anyway and hence feel no attachment to it), and stopping anti-competitive take-overs by companies from the entrenched business model (currently enabled by regulatory capture, an even deeper root problem whose solution would solve many issues beside this one).

So assume that everybody switched to this model of funding overnight. I don't think it would stop surveillance capitalism entirely since the surveillance technologies that the current business model lead to being developed (AI, cookies, etc) have since been adapted for use in other settings (facial recognition CCTV etc.) whose investment sources are now entirely separate from the web’s. What's more, websites would probably keep spying on paying users anyway, simply because they already have the technology to do so, and it would make them extra money on top of their allocated subscription money. Despite this, I still think it's a change worth working towards.

^((Reposted because my other account is blocked)

I'm finding it harder and harder to tell whether an image has been generated or not (the main giveaways are disappearing). This is probably going to become a big problem in like half a year's time. Does anyone know of any proof of legitimacy projects that are gaining traction? I can imagine news orgs being the first to be hit by this problem. Are they working on anything?

I made a user script that strips down Google Calendar into a minimal view so that you can display it in sidebars and desktop widgets.

https://gist.github.com/albert-tomanek/d966b6bca618353827bb94789cafcf52

I currently use a normal tablet for watching lectures + taking notes in splitscreen mode, but I've been thinking that this would be the ideal device for my workflow. Essentially a hinged, dual-pane tablet with stylus support – prefarably with Android. Does anyone know if something like this exists, or if there are any tablets that I can buy a second hinged screen for?

From https://reddit.com/comments/1j6ql4g/comment/mh1v6bf