I wonder what that looks like fleshed out a little, though. Is that a mandatory or voluntary payment? And by paying for what they use is that per message or per month like a subscription?
But do we trust entities that depend on our governments for funding? It could be argued that they’re fundamentally compromised.
Maybe within whatever bubble this article is aimed at, but I think it will be the vast minority who get that. But, we should push for it all around the world.
If they’re scraping the web, and they’re generating AI content on the web, how do they avoiding training their AI on it’s own nonsense somewhere?
Upvoted bc VC eventually means enshittifiication. But with xz getting back-doored recently, what is the middle ground that keeps these things sustainable financially and operationally?
The world appear in the aggregator but when I searched specifically for one in particular, I wasn’t found. Just now it works so I don’t know what changed. Thanks for pointing that out, I wouldn’t have tried again.
When spam started to become overwhelming here I signed up to the largest mbin instance, Fedia.io. On one hand it runs well and isn't overrun with spam posts. On the other, it's missing some communities that are active on kbin.social.
It also doesn't have a meta or askmbin type of community, like kbin does.
Are there any other differences I should consider before deciding which of the two to drop?
Edit: I also got a server error when I posted this and thought my post had been lost. Phew! This doesn't happen on Fedia.io.
For those with the skills, yes. But it would be good to facilitate less technical people to use the platform too.
Just wondering if local communities could use kbin that way.
The problem is that we can’t leave. We’ve requested for our accounts to be deleted a long time ago. It’s not our fault that we’re still waiting.
The export process says it has copied subscriptions to the clipboard, but when I paste I just get the code I had pasted in to the browser console. I'm using Safari on macOS.
It's not a big deal. I don't mind starting from scratch.
I’ve been waiting for my account deletion request to be accepted for a while now. Maybe a few weeks.
I like Kbin in theory, but the spam is too distracting for me. I’m not in a position to volunteer either.
True, but the format is unique. The post format breaks up the flow of chatter into easily discernible units of conversation.
IRC, Discord and others have the continuous stream of thought with no beginning or end. On the other extreme, Instagram and TikTok require an image or video to post at all.
So I would say that FB groups have a distinct utility / identity separate from just other users being there.
Most social platforms have open source and federated alternatives now:
YouTube -\> PeerTube Instagram -\> Pixelfed Reddit -\> Kbin / Lemmy Twitter -\> Mastodon Facebook Groups -\> ?
Friendica is the only alternative I've heard of for Facebook Groups. I haven't had enough time with it to see if it works as well yet, though. I've watched the very few videos about it online. So I have 2 questions.
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Does anyone have another suggestion besides Friendica? I'm a little surprised that FB Groups don't have an equivalent. Maybe Lemmy / Kbin serve the same purpose anyway but I did find FB groups a little more user-friendly for people who are less technical.
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Am I fooling myself in thinking that some platforms are more ethical than Meta/Twitter/Google? They might not profit off of genocide, but they probably can't moderate massive disinformation campaigns should they arrive on their shores. Telegram, for example, seems to be rife with dodgy channels that go unchallenged.
I spend more time blocking spammers than anything else. I’m sure it will improve once this issue gets more attention, but for now I think I’ll take a break from this site.
I’m not knowledgeable either but that all makes sense.
I’m just thinking if the energy use that data centres and streaming platforms require, and the climate crisis. Would one be significantly better than the other in terms of energy use?
Does that third also take into account any differences in manufacturing them? In other words, the entire lifecycle.
I remember learning to play pitch-and-putt (simplified golf) and when I finally got the swing right, there was a “thunk” sound twice or three times as my ball bounced from tree trunk to tree trunk. It was like some kind of nature-based pinball. I couldn’t believe it. When the disbelief passed later that day I couldn’t stop laughing.
I run a web server (lighttpd) to serve a few pages to the world. I've installed the nordvpn client and when I run it two expected things happen:
- I lose my SSH connection to the machine, and
- My website becomes inaccessible to the public
Is it possible to run the VPN and still maintain the SSH connection on the local net and the web server connection on the internet?
I’m struggling to pan the chorus of my song. It only has drums, bass, one slightly distorted guitar and a lead vocal.
The drums have a nice default panning spread from L-R in the DAW I’m using (Logic). But the convention I’m reading online recommends putting bass and vocal in the centre.
My question is, what do I do with the guitar, which is just playing a power chord at the beginning of each bar.
I like songs that fill the stereo spectrum but due to the composition, this one seems narrow by comparison.
I’ve read about stereo expanders but I’m not sure when to sure them. I was also thinking that I could somehow split the guitar into two tracks by frequency and pan those differently. Not sure how to go about that yet and then not sure if I would need to do the same for vocals in that case.
Any suggestions on how to make the mix a bit more exciting without changing the composition ?
When I'm on Firefox, I can attach an image to a "Photo" post, but the upload button doesn't do anything. On Safari, I can't even attach the image in the first place.
How is everyone else getting around this (or is it a universal problem)?
Any video on YouTube claiming to be a trailer isn’t. I know it’ll be a great movie but curious to see if there is a trailer.
Everything seems to have an RDA associated with it (Recommended Daily Allowance), so I imagine that something like this exists. I'm not interested in weight gain/loss though, purely nutrition. I'm a light eater and I'm sure I could do with supplements or dietary modification.
My user account on linux gets some Cron Jobs among mail from humans. I don't want to see the cron messages.
How can I script it so they are moved out of the "inbox" view (for example, on Squirrel Mail or my mobile client)?
I can grep for root@<domain> (Cron Daemon) to find the files that are emails from Cron. But I don't know how to actually process them from here.
Edit: they are using dovecot here, in case that makes a difference. Messages appear as files in the format:
1696857026.V902I580559fM559719.<domain>.de:2,
Edit 2: I have learned that the trailing S can be appended to a filename to mark it as read (or Seen), so I just need to know how to move it from the inbox to somewhere safe now.
I accidentally found out that mpv can play videos from the TTY, meaning I don't have to log in to a graphical session. It even has a scaled OSD, unlike anything I've seen in a terminal UI.
Obviously there are plenty of terminal applications that work in a TTY, (edit) intext-mode or using ncurses (/edit), but are there any others like mpv that aren't strictly terminal apps but don't require a display server (maybe because they do the job themselves)?
I’m used to be able to just buy a tin whistle in D and that’s compatible with what all the schools teach kids, but I’ve spent ages searching for a solution to this one and I still don’t know what I need exactly.
The song / melody are in Ab.
I’m sure I’ve seen comments indicating that people can do this.
I’ve been playing the wipeOut rewrite in my browser.
I also found browser-playable arcade games like Daytona USA on this website.
No registration is required and I’m amazed at how accessible and well-performing these are. Can anyone recommend others?
An interesting read from an important perspective.
> > > We can’t make news for free. Someone has to pay for it. > >
> > > But who? Passive consumers of news don’t want to pay for it. It’s a scary time for the industry and for IndigiNews. I don’t know what happens next. If IndigiNews loses Facebook, do we lose almost half of the audience we've grown? > >
> > > If so, it seems that, as usual, when times get tough, the people on the bottom are kicked the hardest. > >
> > > What is Meta and Google’s obligation to Indigenous Peoples in so-called Canada? Do they have one? What is a fair price to pay for quality journalism and who should pay it? > >
I’m a non-gamer looking for recommendations please. I saw the Quake II refresh and it makes me want to explore/roam some 3D environments again. But I’m really not into the intensity of any of the shooting games.
Tomb Raider was fun but I found combat hard to control. Half-Life had great environments but too much shooting for me. Portal was great fun but I eventually found it repetitive. Beyond a Steel Sky is one of my favorites although the pace of exploration is a bit slower than others.
I’m tempted to give a game like Myst a try but the puzzles sound a bit too involved for me. Basically something without much stress or excessive friction against exploration of the environment. Thanks
I’m on Linux and macOS.
How would your life change if you took a two week break from all your smart devices?
Can anyone who has experience with both share a recommendation? I’m interested in the user side of things for ebooks (no comics) but also ease of installation and maintenance.
I currently use Calibre-web and while it runs well, I find it cumbersome to organize my books through it.
Edit: great responses, thank you. I do like the idea of just having the epubs in a folder and share those but at least on my setup, the desktop Calibrw app doesn’t open libraries that are mounted from remote locations. They also advise against it.
So for now I guess it’s a choice between a local folder or calibre -web
