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vamp07 ,

You realize you’re describing Nostr right?

vamp07 ,

Agreed, but that is exactly how NOSTR identity works, and the reason I think NOSTR is such a great protocol.

vamp07 ,

I suspect retrofitting a whole new identity system to Fediverse will never happen because server admins, or instance admins, will come up with all kinds of reasons why they don’t like the idea of not knowing who their users are. Some of them would probably allow it, but I bet a whole bunch of them wouldn’t, and we’d get into this fragmentation where some servers won’t allow posts from those types of identity, etc. It seems to me much easier to take Nostr and just give it the functionality you get inside the Fediverse.

Decentralized Systems Will Be Necessary To Stop Google From Putting The Web Into Managed Decline (www.techdirt.com)

Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t mean that we need to accept it....

vamp07 ,

This is silly. The web is not in decline and Google is not at fault. Most of the web is garbage, and Google helps us find the information buried in a sea of ads and repetitively copied/reworded content. We are moving to a world where putting up a plagiarized page with tons of ads will not be profitable. The sooner that day arrives, the better.

giotras , to science Italian

Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands

@science

https://council.science/current/blog/thirsty-in-paradise-water-crises-are-a-growing-problem-across-the-caribbean-islands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thirsty-in-paradise-water-crises-are-a-growing-problem-across-the-caribbean-islands

vamp07 ,

This has a lot more to do with consumption than with production. Most of these islands are small, and it’s unrealistic for them to have large populations or a heavy tourist industry without desalination plants. Energy needs to become cheap, and honestly, wind farms and solar can help with this.

vamp07 ,

Nostr is ultimately the way forward and he knows it. Nobody controlling your identity other than yourself.

vamp07 ,

How is nostr promoting crypto?

vamp07 ,

I agree. I also notice a constant push to ban anything that is deemed offensive, which in most cases is just a statement of opinion that someone did not like.

which launcher would you suggest and why?

so I finally got the motivation to install lineage os to my phone after thinking about it like year. and now that I finally modified this phone I started thinking about ricing this phone a bit. I’m looking for a launcher that isn’t too minimalistic and with a decent amount of customization. kinda like kde bit you know…...

vamp07 ,

Do we know they are monitoring our usage of the launcher?

Blocking AI crawlers on the fediverse (fedia.io)

Given how Reddit now makes money by selling its data to AI companies, I was wondering how the situation is for the fediverse. Typically you can block AI crawlers using robot.txt (Verge reported about it recently: https://www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders). But this only works per...

vamp07 ,

I don’t object to my content being used for training. I do object to Reddit profiting from that data. It’s the reason I basically don’t participate on Reddit anymore. Anything I post in the fediverse I am aware I am offering it up for free to be crawled and used as seen fit as long as it is not monetized without my consent. I don’t consider model training to be monetization.

vamp07 ,

Agreed but it bugs me that I need to pay Reddit to not see ads and on top of that they get paid for the content we produce. The fediverse is a better model.

trouble with google photos app and should I switch to something else?

Phone is Moto G Stylus with Android 13. Whenever I launch the built in photos app, it now gives me a nag screen to download a version upgrade. When I click “upgrade”, nothing happens. It’s conceivable that I have network permission disabled for the app. I better check....

vamp07 ,

It’s this kind of nonsense that always makes me run back to my iPhone.

vamp07 ,

Yup. The effect for me has been that I simply go out much less often.

vamp07 ,

If RCS is such an awesome standard, why not mandate it for all EU phones? Apple already supports the current standard, which is SMS. The idea that they have to open up their proprietary software seems silly to me.

vamp07 ,

When I see people criticize something they have clearly not used I get motivated to try it.

vamp07 ,

It’s not worth getting this upset about this stuff. That’s my 2 cents.

vamp07 ,

Everyone needs to take more responsibility for the nonsense they read instead of blaming it all on the platform or Elon.

vamp07 ,

Just wait till the first security vulnerability are discovered in the code that now will be able to run on iOS and which Apple can’t control directly. Nobody will remember that the cause was forcing Apple to open up their system. They will just blame Apple.

vamp07 ,

It is confusing. If you have two apps on your phone that do the same thing, how is the new user supposed to know what to do? I’m thinking of Samsung and how they insist on shipping their own branded stuff that, for the most part, brings nothing new to the table.

vamp07 ,

They lost me as soon as I saw the headline. Not worth reading any further.

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24 Ultra promos highlight camera features. 7 years of updates and possible Galaxy AI subscriptions on the cards (www.notebookcheck.net)

Samsung might copy Google and increase update support to seven years starting with the Galaxy S24 series, according to reliable sources this weekend. Further promo images have also been leaked, advertising some camera and AI features, whereas the latter might cost extra down the road....

vamp07 ,

As with everything Samsung tends to do I’ll bet the AI stuff is half baked. 

vamp07 ,

Until you realize that their implementation of AI, whatever that means, in their case is mediocre, and nothing more than a marketing term. 

vamp07 ,

I wondered the same thing. These agencies want to be seen as hip and with the times. It’s leadership is always thinking about their next gig in the private sector they claim to regulate.

vamp07 ,

I have never been able to wrap my head around voting for somebody that supposedly supports policies you agree with while being clearly a bad person/leader to the core.

vamp07 ,

I really try not to judge on these topics. If I can somehow justify they’re not relevant to the job.

If you’re a religious person with a suppose, moral compass, when Trump cheated on his pregnant wife, with essentially a prostitute, doesn’t that raise all kinds of red flags? I don’t know. Honestly I’m just asking. I don’t go to church and I’m essentially agnostic but my moral compass makes me run the other direction when I see something like that. 

vamp07 ,

Criticizing Musk is what all the cool kids are doing. Everyone that likes to follow the latest fad seems to want a piece of the action.

vamp07 ,

The American way!!

vamp07 ,

This man is, and has always been a train wreck 

vamp07 ,

I don’t think that most people that inherit that level of wealth end up very happy. Everyone has problems. The more $$ you have the more you focus on the stupid meaningless stuff.

vamp07 ,

And why should I care what this clown says?

vamp07 ,

Then let them vote. The US will ultimately get the political leadership they deserve.

Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads

I think it’s pretty safe to say that the majority of us are here to avoid another corporate takeover of our preferred platforms. It would seem to me to be a tad irresponsible to allow Facebook into our space with open arms, allowing them to hoover up our data. I would love to keep using Lemmy.world, but will happily change...

vamp07 ,

Yeah, let’s defederate from a major player that wants to participate in the decentralized nature of this protocol. That way we further fragment Mastodon and guarantee its failure in the long run! Good call!!!

vamp07 ,

I honestly don’t understand who votes for this guy because they believes that he represents them. 

vamp07 ,

Oh, the whole sheep argument is silly. iMessage is better than RCS, and I don’t blame any Apple user for wanting to stay within iMessage if possible. It’s not Apple’s fault that Google took forever to get their act together in the messaging space.

vamp07 ,

So far I am very impressed with beeper. I cant find anything that does not work well.

vamp07 ,

Another government program that wants more money.

vamp07 ,

 This country has always had the best politicians money can buy.

vamp07 ,

I bet they do some thing like make it optional on the iPhone and the user needs to turn that setting on to get RCS. Obviously most users don’t care and will never look. 

vamp07 ,

I wish them much success but sounds like a hack.

vamp07 ,

When people go on and on about fighting for our freedom, I’m at a loss as to exactly what they’re talking about.

vamp07 ,

I’ll bet this is not as cut and dry as the headline makes it sound.

vamp07 ,

And this is illegal and newsworthy why?

vamp07 ,

How do we know the number 10,000 is true. Its not like the Hamas or the Gaza authority are a bastion of truth.

vamp07 ,

That’s nonsense. Plenty of people care. 

vamp07 ,

Arming to the teeth seems like a pretty inflammatory headline. I’m skeptical of a story that starts with that.

vamp07 OP ,

What you’re missing, I think, is that, provided the opportunity, his, belief system would tell him that monitoring our porn intake would also be a good idea. Maybe mandatory software on all our phones to help us all become better Christians.

vamp07 OP ,

I have the same gut feeling. People that behave so righteous usually are hiding something.

vamp07 OP ,

I totally agree. He is hiding something and the rest of his party is too stupid to pick up on the signals.

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