bender

twtxt.net

Proud stakeholder on the Irrelevant Robotic Corporation (IRC), LLC. Bite my shiny metal ass!

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In-reply-to » @bender These are not beinged pull via ActivityPub. I disabled the integration long ago myself on my pod. There is a Mastodon instance or two out there that serves up Twtxt feeds. Someone my pod has subscribed to those, I think that's what's happening here...

@prologic@twtxt.net yup, that is, sadly, what’s happening. It is making the “discover” worthless for my (and @mckinley@twtxt.net) use case.

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In-reply-to » So what do we think of the Reddit IPO? 🤔

It is an IPO. :-D I find more value in Reddit than Facebook. Granted, Meta is more than Facebook now a days. I am not buying any, but I wish them (Reddit Inc.), and their investors, well.

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In-reply-to » if you are not in a "central country" you are screwed. I thought it would be a good idea to promote a LiberaPay page to build some patronage to my free/open projects, but in Brazil LiberaPay can only handle PayPal and it integrates poorly, it doesn't accept Reais! If you try a direct PayPal donation button it works much better: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hostedbuttonid=5B4MZ78C9J724 ... this is so frustrating.

@prologic@twtxt.net I don’t know what the fix will be. Ideally, since it doesn’t work for bidirectional communication, get rid of the Fediverse integration? Would that stop those posts from showing up?

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In-reply-to » if you are not in a "central country" you are screwed. I thought it would be a good idea to promote a LiberaPay page to build some patronage to my free/open projects, but in Brazil LiberaPay can only handle PayPal and it integrates poorly, it doesn't accept Reais! If you try a direct PayPal donation button it works much better: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hostedbuttonid=5B4MZ78C9J724 ... this is so frustrating.

@mckinley@twtxt.net you can’t even block/mute them. For those, like me, that use the “Discover” to see what’s up, that is a little bit problematic. I live with it, though. :-)

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In-reply-to » TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version Bad news from BSD land – the oldest vendor of BSD systems is changing direction away from FreeBSD and toward Linux. NAS vendor iXsystems has been busy this year, but apart from some statements in online user communities, it hasn’t been talking about the big news. Back in 2022, we covered TrueNAS CORE 13, the new release of its FreeBSD-based turnkey OS for NAS servers, and in that article we mentioned its new product, the Debian-base ... ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net meh, in my opinion you don’t buy into a Lexus because of it’s superb craftsmanship, engine, and technologies, as engines have been pretty rock solid in other car manufacturers (Kias, Hundais, etc.) for decades now. There is no reason to pick a Lexus specifically over a Kia, both running with engines that burn fossil fuel, as a way of transportation.

LOL. :-D

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In-reply-to » Maybe increase the amount of text we can type on twtxts? I am running out of space! :-)

@mckinley@twtxt.net I prefer not forcing people to go elsewhere to read things that relate here, within a context that exist here (a “yarn”). I have the feeling less than half will go read what you wrote on your notes—that includes me. I might be wrong.

I truly shouldn’t complain. I don’t participate often enough to ask for anything. :-D Instead, I will adapt.

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In-reply-to » @bender That's what I also don't understand. What is driving all this pierced hate and ignorance in the world lately?!

Also, social media. Yes, that’s right! Social media creates echo chambers, where people are only exposed to information that confirms (and reinforces!) their existing beliefs. This leads to increased polarisation and hostility towards people who have different viewpoints. Social media algorithms can also prioritise inflammatory content (you know it!), making it seem more prevalent than it is.

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In-reply-to » @bender That's what I also don't understand. What is driving all this pierced hate and ignorance in the world lately?!

@prologic@twtxt.net, in the US it’s various factors. This is my believe, based on my own observations, and it might not be accurate.

  • I think hate has been latent, but set free by the past (and current running for) president, and exacerbated by the people that have taken over the Republican party. Trump, a “populist” leader, has used (and continues to use) nationalist rhetoric and scapegoating tactics (and lies!) to gain support. This has lead to an increase in intolerance, and a decline in civility. It truly is nuts!
  • Trump and his allies has made their followers distrust traditional institutions like media and government, and driven them to fringe sources for information, which are rife with misinformation and hate speech.
  • Prices going up, because of current world economy, and reasons outside the power of single entities (governments can’t fix everything). In other words, economic insecurity has made people susceptible to scapegoating and blaming others for their problems, fuelling prejudice and hate.

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In-reply-to » @bender It is the new "politically correct". Something that was used to describe acting in a more civilized way with one another. Turned into a scapegoat for the other side to label, demonize, and attack.

@prologic@twtxt.net because for the other side it doesn’t need to make sense. There is lot of hate going around, and an utter lack of education.

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In-reply-to » Got my #bitaxe #bitcoin asic #miner today, very cool miner. Super easy to set up. Media

@stigatle@yarn.stigatle.no it appears to me you will need to run it for 5 years (or more, I am just talking non-sense here, LOL) just to recover the cost of the device itself. Then you will have to spend a little on electricity too—I know it is a low consumption device, but still….

I sure hope you are not planning a retirement out of it. :-D

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