keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
Going to try storing fruit & veggies in the fridge door to reduce waste. Not as efficient in some ways, but much more in others.
Suggested by https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1395-10-minutes-to-save-the-planet/episode/15996275-no-more-rotting-tomatoes
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Reasons for historians to be concerned about Threads winning and killing Twitter: Twitter provides access for the Internet Archive and allowed my project full access to download up to 10 million Tweets a month related to COVID and Saskatchewan. Facebook and Instagram block the Internet Archive and don’t provide access to academics. Twitter owned by Musk is terrible and not currently providing access for new Academic projects, but Meta is also really bad for archiving.
@Anarcat @murena @e_mydata @gael @fairphone @fairphoneaachen I'm using the Fairphone 4 in Canada, and have tried a few different providers (Fido, Freedom, Telus), all of which worked as expected for data. Can you describe more about the issue you were having?
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@delta @eighthave as mentioned in the other subthread, Slack does this. It remains unread until that chat/thread is entered again. There are some quirks to it. Sometimes things seem to stay "unread" when they shouldn't or return to "read" when they shouldn't, but on the whole it's not a terrible UX. Handling edge cases may be tricky, but its achievable.
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One of the biggest sighs of relief I've had recently is hearing @doctorow say that podcasts are still resilient against #privatization. I had great fears that #spotify's attempt to do so by paying Joe Rogan $100mil would be successful, but apparently, Cory Doctorow considers that attempt to be a failure. It is at least clear that Apple's efforts there have failed over the years. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/enshittification-part-3-saving-internet-on-the-media
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It’s still a BIG problem that because of car manufacturing influence, most media & political energy goes to EVs, with not NEARLY enough going to fewer cars/less driving. But the priority HAS to be the latter, the part of the solution that will actually do much more public good. #EV #ElectricVehicles #cars #cities
@eighthave @delta as much as I dislike Slack, they do this. Alt-click on web, long-press on mobile, then "Mark unread". It moves the "unread" line to just above the selected message in the chat/thread
@bremner @0xDEADBEEF yeah, that's the rub. There are free non-snikket instances but the signup and trust/reliability is a bit shaky. Hard to convince people to pay for ones like conversations.im when they initially only use it to interact with me. Quick.sy is Android-only. Wish there was a big one that used the original WhatsApp "first year free, then $1/year" style pricing model to kick start some network effect.
@0xDEADBEEF @bremner @snikket_im Snikket is good, and easy to invite others onto. However, it needs someone to run an instance, or use a hosted one. Somewhat similar to mastodon in that way, but lacking the large, public, free instance.
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For those who believe that the western liberal democracy is more effective than Chinese communism, consider that China is ahead of its #climate goals while western liberal democracies are behind. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (Shakespeare quote, not singling out). If we are to prevent authoritarians from expanding, we need hold our governments to account. We also must take personal responsibility and do what we can to reduce our own climate impact https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/china-wind-solar-power-global-renewable-energy-leader
@dthompson and most NA hosting and internet providers now have some IPv6 path, though it sadly still takes manual effort in many cases
@dthompson what prevents you from going down an IPv6 path instead? NAT hole punching is interesting, but generally only a North American focused initiative
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Have you heard of #StreetComplete for #OpenStreetMap ?
It's a fun OSM "editor", gamified, to make it more interesting for casual or new mappers.
Do you know that there's a fork called #SCEE with advanced editing capabilities (like editing tags directly), and meant for experienced mappers? It's still a fun app. 🥳
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The Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clones
It's not an easy process, but it's getting close to a nearly full SteamOS feel.
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✨ Import from Instagram issues have been fixed in the latest commits!
If you have an import that has been stuck on "Processing", it will be properly processed once your instance admin updates to the latest commits!
Pixelfed.social has now processed all imports, you may have to wait until your admin updates for your import to finish processing.
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"Don't like posts, boost them."
"Don't block people, it's antisocial."
Babies, use this service however you like and in ways that bring you and your friends the most joy and the best sense of safety. Hammer the like button if you want. Block whoever you feel like, for whatever reason you want.
You don't owe anybody else engagement in the form they might prefer - or at all.
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@AmyDentata@mastodon.socia
"Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die."
from https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys by @pluralistic
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Reddit got a lot right in the past, but when a platform turns its back on the community that supports it, it doesn’t end well.
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Just finished my #instagram to #pixelfed migration; the implementation is so smooth, excellent implementation by @dansup - very well done!
Joined Jun 2019
