~b @torresjrjr@qoto.org

@mnmlsm
The Tools collection is an ecosystem of open-source software to create audio and visual works, released as Hundred Rabbits.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/tools.html

@imacrea @Gargron
> But the context is different.

I don't see how.

> People are on Facebook and Instagram because it's where "it's happening".

True, and that's why they'll stay there. Remember, who has the power?

> Look at how many people set up adblockers.

To us privacy-oriented people, it may seem a lot, but ~95% of people don't know, understand or care at all.

FB has integrated groups, games, DMs, shopping, match-making, images, etc. into one big seemless experience. They make it as addictive as possible. The Fediverse actually has most of these features but it's scattered and hard to understand at first.

My suggestion is don't use FB lol. At all. Burn it. Even if FB succesfully implemented AP and was completely friendly (which will never happen), the centralisation of one giant FB AP instance is completely against the idea of the decentralised Fediverse.

@imacrea @Gargron
> Nobody will force you to connect with such instances run by ads and [such].

Facebook has ~3 billion users. The Fediverse has ~3 million (1%). They won't "force" users to use ad-driven, privacy-invasive ActivityPub platforms, but they won't tell users not to either. Guess who has the power here.

They'll provide easy migration to their own AP services, and then one day, outside instances will be made "incompatible" and "obsolete" because of "new" AP extensions. Whoops! All your fedi friends are now gone and their data is taken.

Email is a good analogy:
GMail didn't "force" anyone to use their service, but then slowly they started quietly flagging individuals' completely normal email servers as "spam", and added tonnes of internal, incompatible crap.

Same story with the Web, XMPP (WhatsApp)... the list goes on and on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

> Nobody wants annoying ads nor to be targeted.

lol if this were true, they wouldn't be on Facebook.

@imacrea @Gargron
(If the implication is as such) I'd rather not have FB implement AP. They'd either have to break their own business model or turn the Fediverse into an ad & privacy nightmare. Guess which will happen.

Imaging the ActivityPub working group with corporate sponsors' hands on the spec... no way. Just another embrace-extend-extinguish.

The Fediverse already exists and it's beautiful as it is. Build it (more) and they will come.

$ man life

@blinkwarp
It's more the stance of Google anyway. Their incomprehensively immense, amassed power and monopoly has led to their inevitable corruption.

I wouldn't say Susan Wojcicki is a puppet or a mastermind. It's complicated. There's PR, and there's the real schemers.

But yes, I really wish they would just shut up and break up.

https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/supporting-the-2020-us-election/

> We also disallow content alleging widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of a historical U.S. Presidential election. However in some cases, that has meant allowing controversial views on the outcome or process of counting votes of a current election as election officials have worked to finalize counts.

Welp. I hope PeerTube becomes the future.

@freemo @funny
Similar is when clueless parents buy Fortnite "on DVD" at the local store, when it's a free-to-play game, and they actually bought an extention/season pass.

@sir
Anyone else use vim's netrw unironically?

@FreeSoftware
The Code - Story of Linux documentary
Published by @rgx

https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/9f3c47a1-8bc6-4244-8e85-aaca2301d3e1

#freesoftware #libresoftware #foss #linux #gnu

@fribbledom
> In a high trust society, you don't need a lot of surveillance.

Agree.

I still don't understand what a monad is.

Christmas radio. Yes.

@tedu Interesting.
What are your thoughts on English "and-or", "xor"?

@pony @tedu
I'm somewhat surprised no one has mentioned the idea of Trump (his campaign or whatever) setting up his own Fediverse account or server.

At least just out of shear curiosity, thousands of people will check out the Fediverse and follow him, and he'll never have to deal with "(!) This claim blah blah" again.

But there's probably some potholes I haven't foreseen.

@FreeSoftware Good day, fedizens. What's your favourite libre software?

@mnmlsm
DuckDuckGo lite, super fast and minimal
https://ddg.gg/lite

(dark mode when?)