I am only now remembering it - when I started having a high fever last week and tested positive for Covid, my wife offered to call the local large animal vet to come out and administer some ivermectin. This is why I love that lady.
Meta conducted an experiment where thousands of users were shown chronological feeds on Facebook and Instagram for three months. Users of the chronological feeds engaged less with the platforms and were more likely to use competitors like YouTube and TikTok. This suggests that users prefer algorithmically ranked feeds that show...
@monsterpiece42@trashhalo as much as we struggle to see how the masses use technology I also wonder how many tech people just don’t care how normal non-tech people use their devices and services.
@RandoCalrandian@hedge@LChitman@TheYang he change the license of mastodon on the next release thats not legal he would have to get everyone who has contributed to mastodon to agree. (Honestly the things you are saying on this thread make it seem like you are just saying stuff that you know nothing about).
@RandoCalrandian l@Spellbind0127 because thats the law you can’t just change the license of code that other have contributed to just because you own the repository doesn’t make it so you own the legal rights to all the code. (Your an idiot if you say otherwise. )
"We won’t be collecting your saved passwords, passkeys, usernames, and any URLs associated with your items. Your private information is just that – private....
@Jeze3D@wet_lettuce I have demo 1 passwords for around a day and still not sure if I should make the switch. Is the extra secret code a usability issue compared to just the master password.
I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...
@TheOtherJake@dirkgentle thats the dream but apple google intel and a bunch of other billion dollar if not trillion dollar companies will make sure this never happens so unfortunately I see no world in wich this happens.
Kbin is the first Reddit alternative I looked at and i liked the UI so I stuck with it. I kind of assumed everything would be kbin. I thought I understood things. I thought it was kbin and lemmy separate but they federated and so I’d be able to access lemmy stuff from kbin. Which I guess is true. But now I’m confused. I look...
@SoupOfTheDay Kbin and Lemmy are two different softwares that talk to one another using a protocol called activitypub. This is similar to email if I use gmail and you use outlook we can still send one another email even though we are using software operated by different email providers. The same thing Applies to Kbin and Lemmy different software with very similar use cases that communicates with one another. Please mention me in this thread if you have any more questions for me.
Regarding Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, this post goes into detail on the why and the philosophy behind that decision. Additionally, there is an update specific to sh.itjust.works here....
[Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more....
Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds (www.wired.com)
Meta conducted an experiment where thousands of users were shown chronological feeds on Facebook and Instagram for three months. Users of the chronological feeds engaged less with the platforms and were more likely to use competitors like YouTube and TikTok. This suggests that users prefer algorithmically ranked feeds that show...
Mastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱 (news.ycombinator.com)
1password implementing privacy-preserving telemetry system (blog.1password.com)
"We won’t be collecting your saved passwords, passkeys, usernames, and any URLs associated with your items. Your private information is just that – private....
Do You Think There Would Have Been a Large Protest if Steve Huffman Just Said We're Charging to Use the API to Increase Revenue?
I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...
EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027 (www.pcmag.com)
Is Kbin lemmy? I’m so confused! (kbin.social)
Kbin is the first Reddit alternative I looked at and i liked the UI so I stuck with it. I kind of assumed everything would be kbin. I thought I understood things. I thought it was kbin and lemmy separate but they federated and so I’d be able to access lemmy stuff from kbin. Which I guess is true. But now I’m confused. I look...
Federation, Defederation, and You - FAQ and Megathread
Regarding Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, this post goes into detail on the why and the philosophy behind that decision. Additionally, there is an update specific to sh.itjust.works here....