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hellfire103

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Young humanoid in the UK. Proudly LGBT. Slava Ukraini! | they/them

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I’m sweating too. My hobbyist software brand is called X-Industries.

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It begins…

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Vivaldi is pretty good. Henry from Techlore seems to like it. Also, while it is proprietary, the source code is available to view, audit, and compile.

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Yeah, I know.

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Thanks for the suggestion, but I was only using SoundCloud to listen to a friend’s new song.

Not only do I already have an account for Funkwhale, but I also have a formidable local collection of DRM-free music in the form of CDs and Ogg Opus. I also prefer to use Beatbump to stream music I do not yet own.

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Honestly, as soon as there’s a video sharing site and a few of my friends move, I’ll be good to just abandon the web for Gemini.

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It’s a network protocol, like HTTP/S. It was inspired by the Gopher protocol from the '90s, but it supports basic text formatting (with Markdown-like syntax) and forces TLS encryption.

Here’s the homepage: gemini.circumlunar.space

Here’s a Gemini browser I like: gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange

Here’s my personal Gemini capsule (the equivalent of a website): gemini://deafeningcreationearthquake.flounder.online

And here’s an old Gopher hole, for comparison: gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/1/txt_index

Please note that you will need a Gemini browser to view these sites. I recommend Lagrange, which is cross-platform, FOSS, and supports Gopher, Gemini, Finger, and Spartan; but other software is available.

Sorry if I’ve made this sound confusing.

tl;dr: It’s an alternative to HTTP.

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You’re welcome. Good luck in geminispace!

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You know, smoke might actually keep them away. I’ll need to test this theory, but you could be onto something.

hellfire103 OP ,
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Yeah, but I already have a phobia of wasps.

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I have considered the repercussions of importing Japanese honeybees (which are able to defend themselves against Asian hornets), but I don’t know enough about bees to see if it would be a good idea.

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Man, I’d kill for a lovely hot curry about now.

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As awful as PETA is, that’s savage.

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Where to begin…

Let’s start with their high euthanasia rates. Multiple sources state that PETA euthanises upwards of 80% of the animals it takes in. There’s also the 2014 incident where PETA workers took a pet Chihuahua from its porch and euthanized it the same day.

Then there was the “Got Autism?” campaign in the late 2000s and early 2010s. This campaign stated that “Studies have shown a link between cow’s milk and autism.” PETA also claimed that consuming milk was strongly linked to cancer, Crohn’s disease, and other diseases. This has been proven repeatedly to be disinformation. The campaign also received backlash from the autism community. A 2008 PETA billboard was taken down by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. In 2017, British food writer, journalist and hunger relief activist Jack Monroe, demanded PETA remove their recipes from their website “with immediate effect coz I wrote them with my autism”. PETA removed their recipes, but did not remove the “Got Autism?” article from their website until 2021. It has been argued that the frowny face in the campaign image negatively stereotypes autistic people.

In 2009, PETA members dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes and protested at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show where they passed out brochures implying the Klan and American Kennel Club have the same goal of “pure bloodlines”.

PETA has been critical of Australian wildlife expert and zookeeper Steve Irwin. In 2006, when Irwin died, PETA Vice President Dan Mathews said Irwin had made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals.

In 2019, PETA criticized Google for creating a slideshow Google Doodle of Steve Irwin posthumously honoring his 57th birthday. PETA started a Twitter campaign against Irwin, with several tweets criticizing Google for forwarding a dangerous message, and wrote that Irwin was killed while harassing a ray and that he forced animals to perform.

And that is why I think PETA are awful. Don’t get me wrong: I still stand for animal welfare; just not with this particular group.

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I hear you. However, here are two sources for their high euthanasia rate:

USA Today (Archived): web.archive.org/web/20120304103715/…/53315476/

Washington Post (Archived): web.archive.org/…/e84e9af2-c8fa-11e4-bea5-b893e7a…

I would also like to say that I prefer to support other charities, such as the RSPCA, IFAW, Cruelty Free International, and the RSPB.

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MORE!!!

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I used 0x0.st. Mlem doesn’t support uploading documents.

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Pretty much every Windows and Android user. At my school Chrome is the standard, so I ended up taking in Phyrox on a stick until I could start bringing my own hardware.

hellfire103 OP ,
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It’s a FOSS file hosting service, run by @mia

Also, it does support HTTPS. It’s just that, when you upload a file with cURL, it spits out an HTTP link.

Mlem just doesn’t yet support uploads.

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I liked the old design with the home button; but I guess everything has to change, sooner or later.

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Print out pictures of cats and paste them over the top.

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That’s why all mine are hand-me-downs. My family are the suckers.

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!map_enthusiasts

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What else is new?

hellfire103 ,
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I would expect nothing else from the Daily Fail. That paper is a crock of shit.

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I’ll start posting here, too, but it’s not really the type of social media I’m looking for.

hellfire103 OP ,
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Is there an instance you’d recommend for this? I’d need a fair amount of storage space.

hellfire103 ,
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Here it is on PeerTube, since we’re on the Fediverse and probably wanting to avoid Google.

spectra.video/w/2SRf76FVKRfLuaaSMvbJR7

hellfire103 ,
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Assembly is bloat. Real programmers manually enter machine code onto punchcards with a pencil.

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I’m willing to bet the response would start with “As an AI language model, I cannot…”

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I love this!

hellfire103 ,
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I have three:

  • They don’t make things like they used to
  • We don’t need all these damned computers in everything
  • Modern music sounds like crap

I’m 17.

Where's the feel of the old Internet gone, and what sites do you use?

Hey all. Since the Internet has just been boiled down to the main big social media sites, it feels like the magic is gone. Whens the last time someone said to you “hey check out this cool website”? It’s always the same: TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, FB, Reddit, Discord. Forums are basically dead. Chat rooms are dead. Message...

hellfire103 ,
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Have a look at Neocities (a successor to Geocities). My website is here.

You can also have a look at the rest of the Fediverse. There are some cool accounts on Mastodon and PeerTube.

For that true “old web” thing, have you ever heard of gemini? Take a look. My capsule on gemini is here, but you will need a gemini browser in order to see it.

Hope this helps!

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