Hopps

Hopps, 8 months ago

Poltergeist

Hopps, 8 months ago

According to the lore, demons are fallen angels so you can keep this narrative going

Hopps, 9 months ago

I had Lyme Disease and it sucked, felt like a zombie walking through a sick foggy dream world until I got antibiotics. Luckily I noticed pretty quick it was from a deer tick. I hope your pupper gets treated and has a full recovery 😁

Hopps, 9 months ago

Your username gave me some major nostalgia. I think I played iRO like nearly 20 years ago! Even rolled a Super Novice lol

Hopps, 9 months ago

Haha I can hear the sad music now, while slaying away those Elder Willows. There was something almost meditative about collecting those DB’s.

At one point I set up a bot to collect them, he grinded away so long on those that I swear he reached somewhere in the 90’s for his level

Hopps, 10 months ago

omg this got me off hard*

FTFY

Hopps, 11 months ago

This is a great summary of the fall of Elon Musk. I admired him too years ago until he went off the rails. RIP to the better decisions and the their benefits that this man could have made.

Hopps, 11 months ago

Do you also have a bird named Kazooie?

Hopps, 11 months ago

I think I’m gonna need some of that arcane medicine to get jumpstarted here.

Hopps, 11 months ago

I was expecting the DK rap :(

Hopps, 11 months ago

I think there are likes, it’s just a star icon instead.

Hopps, 11 months ago

That’s a bit much, I’m not looking to get into a relationship here. /s

Hopps, 11 months ago

You’re right, what am I talking about. Updates relationship status: In a Federationship

Hopps, 11 months ago

Here is a GPT4 tldr summary, and thoughts on how to avoid this from happening to us:

Summary:

• The Fediverse is a decentralized network of servers communicating through the ActivityPub protocol.
• Large corporations like Google and Microsoft have a history of either trying to control or make decentralized networks irrelevant.
• Google joined the XMPP federation initially but implemented their own closed version, causing compatibility issues and slowing down the development of XMPP.
• Eventually, Google stopped federating with other XMPP servers, leading to a decline in XMPP's popularity and growth.
• Microsoft used similar tactics to hinder competing projects, such as the Samba network file system and open source office suites like OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
• The strategy involves extending protocols or developing new ones to deny entry to open source projects.
• Proprietary formats and complicated specifications are used to maintain dominance in markets.
• Meta's potential entry into the Fediverse raises concerns as it could lead to fragmentation and a loss of freedom.
• The Fediverse should focus on its values of freedom, ethics, and non-commercialism to avoid being co-opted by large corporations.

How a new federated decentralized platform can avoid this fate:

1. Stay true to the principles: The platform should prioritize and uphold the values of freedom, openness, and decentralization.
2. Develop open and robust protocols: Use open standards and ensure the protocol's specifications are transparent, well-documented, and not controlled by a single entity.
3. Foster a strong community: Encourage collaboration, participation, and diversity within the community to avoid reliance on any single company or organization.
4. Emphasize user control: Give users control over their data and privacy, allowing them to choose which servers and communities to join and ensuring their content is not subject to corporate surveillance.
5. Focus on user experience: Create a user-friendly interface and provide features that attract and retain users, making it easy for them to engage and connect with others.
6. Avoid centralization of power: Design the platform in a way that distributes authority and influence across the network, preventing any single entity from gaining too much control.
7. Promote interoperability: Support compatibility with other decentralized platforms and protocols to encourage communication and collaboration across different networks.
8. Educate and raise awareness: Educate users about the benefits of decentralized platforms, the risks of centralized control, and the importance of supporting independent, community-driven initiatives.

By following these principles, a new federated decentralized platform can strive to maintain its integrity, preserve user freedom, and resist the influence of large corporations seeking to control or make it irrelevant.

Hopps, 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Just to clarify, FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) promotes collaboration, transparency, and community-driven development. For those who may not be familiar with the abbreviation, it’s all about empowering users to use, modify, and distribute software freely. Supporting FOSS developers sustains ongoing development. Let’s appreciate the value of FOSS in fostering an open and accessible software ecosystem.

Hopps, 1 year ago

Okay let me think.. Okay, got it.

I'm imagining the very slim chance that the best case scenario general intelligence AI is born in a 5 to 15 year timeframe which ushers in a new world for humanity - uniting all nations, solving all of our issues and eliminates our need to spend most of our lives forced to work. Also allowing us to choose how long we wish to live for, among other unimaginable benefits to us all.

That's the best I've got.

Hopps, 1 year ago

From what I heard they had two bottles for urine and a bag to deficate in. It would have been freezing and extremely humid inside after even a day as well.

A implosion would be way better than days cramped together suffocating and starving in a inescapable freezing stench filled coffin.

Hopps, 1 year ago

I'm loving Jeroba, I would just like options to sort the comments.