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Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 2 hours ago

No, you can't. You can have a custom domain ("PDS" is the term they invented for this) but it still relies on bluesky's servers.

Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 2 hours ago

Don't let them distract with with the "whattabout matrix". The Matrix Foundation is not a social media company, and furthermore it's a nonprofit.

Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago

You are correct. The term is called "openwashing". Now and then bluesky ~~employees~~ cultists will come on Lemmy and mastodon and try to LARP that their for-profit company has our best interests in mind.

What Reddit has become lately... in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

"[deleted]" means a user removed it. It's probably users who nuked their accounts (I'm one of them!)

Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website -1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It comes from this 2019 post by Mike Masnick.

Unfortunately the atprotocol is more like Profits > People > Platforms

Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

Absolutely I was not trying to take away from your point! Cory Doctorow actually recently wrote a good piece on Wikipedia that you reminded me of.

Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I agree with your overall point, but Wikipedia has a singular mission. Social settings can have wildy different missions from shitposting, to hobbies, study groups, to support groups, etc. There is no singular moderation ethos that can apply to all of them, that's why decentralization is important in social media.

We want to algorithms to work for the people, not have people slaving for the algorithms.

reddit has seriously turned into facebook levels of bare minumum / advertiser friendly front page in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago

My rule of thumb is to delete any service with "inserted content" I'm unable to block

Fedora 44 Change Proposal Aims To Ensure A Nice Wine/Proton + NTSYNC Experience in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bazzite is based on Fedora no? This could be very cool

How decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

That's funny and makes me with I didn't delete my reddit account

Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species. in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Actually there is an episode of VOY that proves they did evolve a special brian region that enables them to learn how to supress emotions

The Last Days Of Social Media | as AI slop and sexbots kill mass social media networks, "a billion little gardens" sprout in their place | NOEMA in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 18 points 1 week ago

Good read. We're seeing a return to "social" networks. The big platforms haven't been social for years.

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YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency (startrek.website)
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Graber

In 2015, Graber began working as a software engineer for SkuChain in Mountain View, California. She then worked in a factory in Moses Lake, Washington, where she soldered bitcoin mining equipment. In 2016, she began working as a junior developer for the Zcash cryptocurrency.

So lately I have been trying to figure out why people are calling BlueSky decentralized and I noticed that fun fact. It made me realize how cryptocurrencies are something else that was often technically "decentralized" but in reality controlled by a single person or group.

In case it's also not known, Jack Dorsey who helped found BlueSky is a big cryptocurrency booster.

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"Through the Lens of Time" was one of the silliest episodes yet [Spoilers] (startrek.website)
 

Yes I know I'm behind everyone else!

First the away team spends a long time debating if they should proceed or... step outside for five seconds to call the ship. They ultimately decide that stepping outside for five seconds is not feasible.

But then literally one minute later Ensign Gamble is somehow beamed up. Presumably they must have called the ship to do this? Did they just... leave out the part about the (now obvious and real) danger? Was there a scene where Pike said "ok yeah his eyes are gone but you can keep going"?

Then later in the episode the away team spends a long time talking about trust and friendship while debating if they should walk on an invisible walkway instead of just like, I don't know, tapping it lightly with their toe or throwing a pebble on it first?

The Ensign Gamble B-plot was good and freaky and featured some great acting by everyone involved. But the A plot felt like it was vibe-scripted! I love SNW but come on.

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Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen (trekmovie.com)
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StarshipGenerator.com (starshipgenerator.com)
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Hundreds Of Years Of Race, Class Privilege Allow Man Extra Legroom (theonion.com)
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"7/2: Starting at 8PM Eastern we are live tooting Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network using the hashtag #AllStarTrek!" (universeodon.com)
 

"Using the hashtag #AllStarTrek. If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

Another great night of episodes! Featuring Tuvix because people have some strong feelings!

  • TOS (8ET): This Side of Paradise
  • TNG (9ET): I, Borg
  • DS9 (10 ET): Shadows and Symbols
  • VOY (11 ET): Tuvix
  • ENT (midnight): The Breach"

@MirrorAyako@universeodon.com

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I don't have a reddit account anymore but someone should definitely post this to /r/RedditAlternatives (or anywhere else) (videos.elenarossini.com)
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The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free Library (thewalrus.ca)
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Deep Space Nine season 2 appreciation post (startrek.website)
 

Been watching DS9 Season two and have been very impressed with the quality. I remembered it being "pretty good" but in my memory it was "the season with "The Circle" trilogy, "Melora", "Rivals" and "The Maquis", episodes and story lines that never really did it for me. I think that made me forget how many really good one-off episodes were also here, to name a few:

  • "Necessary Evil"
  • "Rules of Acquisition"
  • "The Alternate"
  • "Armageddon Game"
  • "Whispers"
  • "Paradise"
  • "Shadowplay"

All bangers!

Also I love how this season ever so slowly drip-drops dominion references culminating with the season finale "The Jem Hadar"

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"The problem I've found is that it's easy enough to create a Reddit clone using Lemmy, but getting people to actually use it is the issue." (www.reddit.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kirk@startrek.website to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Someone should probably jump in and explain what federation means.

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A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists! (old.reddit.com)
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Lemmy mentioned in an r/coolguides post "A cool guide for leaving big tech." - You know what to do (old.reddit.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Kirk@startrek.website to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Note that r/coolguides is a very "normie" subreddit and may require extra handholding. There are a lot of people who don't seem to understand what "open source" means. Some looking for "The Lemmy app" etc. Be patient and helpful!

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