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davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in 41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!!

For all I know Meta or X or Reddit already control or outright own one or more instances. I don’t hang out wherever the fediverse admins hang out, so I don’t have any tea to spill.

davel , 7 months ago to programmerhumor in It Be Like That

There are worse mistakes than accepting senior engineer: there’s management.
I’ll give you my IWW card when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to asklemmy in why arent guitars made with 3.5mm jacks rather than quarter inch jacket

Some folks don’t work shows and it shows 😜

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in Threads and the Fediverse | Kev Quirk

You’re describing the ideal you want in a perfectly spherical fediverse in a vacuum. You have to consider the very real labor and server costs needed to maintain & moderate an instance that gets flooded by the content of corporate juggernauts.

Put simply, if you make people choose

We have chosen; that’s why we’re here. Others are welcome to make the same choice when they’re ready.

davel OP , 7 months ago to fediverse in Today is the 11,067th day of Eternal September

Sometimes the downvotes are just baffling 🤷‍♂️

davel , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Why don't telemarketers give up on unresponsive numbers?

Also, don’t underestimate the incompetence/lack of care that some of these companies may have. Just because they could reduce costs by flagging unresponsive numbers doesn’t mean they necessarily will.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to worldnews in US Trying to Water Down New Cease-Fire Resolution at UN Security Council

This is a Security Council resolution, which has more teeth than a General Assembly one.

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in Threads and the Fediverse | Kev Quirk

Keep simping, you might land a job there yet!

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in Threads and the Fediverse | Kev Quirk

This is the best do you know who I am foot-mouth I’ve seen in many a year 😂 github.com/dessalines

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in Threads and the Fediverse | Kev Quirk

This guy’s prose has a how do you do, fellow kids vibe.

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in 41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!!

I wonder how that breaks down in terms of numbers of users. The largest instances seem to have federated, and they’re the ones that cost the most to run, and Meta has vast amounts of disposable income. I worry Meta will fund some of them in exchange for influence.

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net

The same way we prevented any of that up ’till now: by doing our own thing on our own terms.

davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in Assange gets court date for last-gasp bid to avoid extradition to US

Thirteen years a political prisoner so far.

davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in US Trying to Water Down New Cease-Fire Resolution at UN Security Council

This tactic works with great regularity. If it works, Biden will look like he’s helping to his low-information voting base, without significantly restraining Israel.

davel , 7 months ago to fediverse in The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net

For those unaware of Google’s latest web browser malarkey: Web Environment Integrity

EFF/Cory Doctorow/Jacob Hoffman-Andrews: Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say

Google is adding code to Chrome that will send tamper-proof information about your operating system and other software, and share it with websites. Google says this will reduce ad fraud. In practice, it reduces your control over your own computer, and is likely to mean that some websites will block access for everyone who’s not using an “approved” operating system and browser. It also raises the barrier to entry for new browsers, something Google employees acknowledged in an unofficial explainer for the new feature, Web Environment Integrity (WEI).