China: “Remove all VPNs”
Apple: “Sure thing”
China: “…and podcast apps”
Apple: “Can do boss!”
China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens”
Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”
EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly”
Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”
Fine, don't allow the Red Cross into Gaza then. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/red-cross-says-its-not-playing-any-part-in-delivering-medicine-to-hostages-in-gaza/
It's true that anti-Semitism significantly decreased since the Holocaust, but that's not because people magically became nicer; it's because our political and educational leaders became less anti-Semitic after the horrors of the holocaust. Now that the vast majority of young people are having their political opinions shaped by social media and TikTok especially, that is going to change.
Good news to break the mess of the past day: Work on federating #Forgejo is ongoing. We are now one step closer to federated stars: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/1680
Federation is a key to resilient networks. We are looking forward to it.
How to tell if a integer is even or odd in a 4-billion-if-statement program:
https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html
This is definitely going to be included in my next programming workshop 🤣
Awe shit forgot to tag it... Well here we go
#clouds #WinderIsBeautiful #photography (i guess) #ForgotMyTagsAgain #ProcrastinatingByWritingTags #CloudsAreCool
@TechConnectify Decentralization was meant to solve the problem of one entity owning the network, and doing whatever they want with it(as with twitter). I also think Mastodon did it in a shit way(AFAIK likes/favorites aren't federated, and now this comments thing), which makes using it so much harder(like seeing something that is def a comment but the above posts wont load).
A different problem of social media is filtering and moderation, only now money isn't being made and servers are not trying to make profits(again, AFAIK), so it becomes less an option for someone to be paid to moderate it, and moderating have no explicit guidelines(because, every instance is on its own and can decide what it wants), meaning something that you might be ok with is not fine for someone else(and vice versa). As of filtering, you no longer must have an algorithm, since you don't need to keep people hooked for longer(also people are usually against it here for some reason), which means everything is thrown at you unless you act(i agree, it sucks)...
Anyway, shit sucks
@Mehrad As someone who used it (for personal use), the program is quite good(esp comparing to the alternative of AnyDesk), so i guess if you are willing to self host, why not?
Infinitely many mathematicians walk into a bar.
The first says, “I’ll have a beer.” The second says, “I’ll have half a beer.” The third says, “I’ll have a quarter of a beer.” Before anyone else can speak, the barman fills up exactly two glasses of beer and serves them. “Come on, now,” he says to the group, “You guys have got to learn your limits.” #Sunday #sundayfunday
@eri@moth.zone @TechConnectify@mas.to i usually prefer to be a passive observer, but jesus fucking christ.
You have to be extremely dense to not see how your reply only validates what this thread is literally about, fediverse users are super aggressive about people joining, and especially towards figures who have any kind of following.
The fediverse is not your personal space, you can shape your own space using your follows and lists, and if you dont want youtubers in that -- thats fine! you have the tools to do exactly that, however, what is absolutely-fucking-not okay is harassing people to leave """"your""" platform (despite it not being your platform at all) simply because someone you follow boosted a post in your timeline that you didnt like.
This platform is for everyone, behaviour like that is the very problem a lot of internet spaces, and especially the fediverse, have.
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