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@neauoire
mmm, always one for aesthetic screenshots.

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Back in 1995 I sent an online friend a photo of a ferret plush "using" my computer.

And she sent me back the same thing.

Back then you had to take a photo on film, get it developed, and physically mail it. So this meant a lot more than it would now.

IT WAS SO CUTE DAMNIT.

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Holy moly, Owncast is really taking off with the 0.0.3 release!

Almost 1000 stars in a single day for github.com/owncast/owncast 🙊

Hackernews front page, #1 on several sub-reddits: r/selfhosted, r/golang, ... awesome stuff!

Someone even started streaming public domain movies 24/7 on their Owncast instance: movies.shiftpop.com/

Check out the Owncast directory to find more instances: directory.owncast.online/

London for "Tier 4"? I didn't even know there was a Tier 4. F

@hansw
Pretty good idea. And with the advent of owncast.online and PeerTube livestreaming, we could talk to and immerse newcommers in the Fediverse right from the start.

@zleap

@hansw @zleap
I've actually thought about doing this. But I'm just not in a position to do it right now (well maybe... idk).

@zleap @Demosthenes
> but we can look at 2021 being the year of the Fediverse

Music to my ears. I have a plethora of thoughts on this, on how we do it, why, etc. I should probably distill them in some blog posts.

I'll say: I believe the biggest challenge we face right now is simply having people know and understand how the Fediverse works. That's why I carefully choose my first 30 seconds of words explaining just that.

So I encourage peple to do the same. Quick, simple and clear.

@zleap @Demosthenes
Ah I get you. Well, I understand it's an idea that needs processing and stretching out, but it has potential.

I'd be happy to contribute some time myself.

What video?

@Demosthenes @zleap
Yeah. Also, normies don't use IRC, so a user-friendly thelounge.chat instance would probably help greatly.

@freemo
😂 That earlier story made me smile so hard. What a smart and lovely dog!

I assume from the past tense that she has now past. I'm sure the moments together were well spent.

@mur2501 @Wetrix @funny @dogs

@freemo @funny @dogs

?!

They are way, way smarter than you think, @Wetrix

Some animals have higher IQs then some humans. Dogs are loyal, affectionate and playful, which better explain their popularity.

@Wetrix @freemo @funny @dogs
> I don't know if my dog lies

It is harder to tell when a dog/pet lies, but that's really only because we don't hold a higher standard of honesty to our pets, because

1. They don't speak, so they are less capable of communitcating thoughts, including falsehoods. So we don't think of them like that.

2. We find them cute usually so we let it slide lol.

@Wetrix @freemo @funny @dogs

> I don't think a [person] raised in bad conditions becomes inherently bad or evil. [s/he's] simply adapting to [his/her] surroundings. You see this in [abused youth] all the time like [juvenile delinquents] that are only that way until taken away from the [people/parents/gang/gulag/terrorist group/famine/etc] that made them that way.

I don't see much difference there.

@Wetrix @freemo @funny @dogs
lol my dog lies. I think of him as a person. Well, a kid (he's a puppy).

A domesticated dog would be akin to a socialised and civilised person. Likewise, people & animals raise in poor conditions will reflect that mostly, so in the end I don't think we're that different.

@mnmlsm
Precepts
Philip Monk ~wicdev-wisryt
~2020.3.18

urbit.org/blog/precepts/

>..."Urbit" is this set of principles, and that if anybody follows these principles strictly they will create a system that is isomorphic to the Urbit.

@trinsec I mean absolutely *anywhere* on the same physical paper or electronic medium as the dictionary. In a word's written definition or example sentence, maybe.

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Does there exist a word *anywhere* in a dictionary (printed or otherwise) which is not defined?

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