volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
@notaleman I'd say if it really is a stark choice between imposing a risk on yourself or the other, then I'd choose the other.
Socially, it's a fair way of saying, Don't pull guns on people lightly, as if nothing else there's a good chance you yourself will end up put at risk.
It seems like a good concept to promote.
Destroy Fediverse? This is exactly the sort of strong instance moderation that so many people promote as a benefit of the system!
And sometimes that strong moderation will be against you and sometimes it will be for you, but that is just the way that approach works.
So apparently it's a feature.
Anyway, this is a great illustration of why it's problematic to look to instances of any size to shape feeds instead of focusing on empowering users to do it themselves, to shape their own experiences around here.
You say destroy #Fediverse but really it's pretty much what so many people say they want out of the system, even if they're not ready for the implications of that.
Israel: we take steps to minimize civilian casualties
ICJ: you must take steps to minimize civilian casualties
Israel: Well we can check that off.
Really this just highlights how pointless the ICJ campaign was.
@IAmDannyBoling Oliver really doesn't understand the Supreme Court here, or the legal structure of the US.
Honestly, he generally goes off about things he doesn't understand, and it's another case of a really funny comedian being wasted on political commentary in areas where they completely lack understanding of their topics.
@freemo right so that's why I wonder what @notaleman is actually asking.
I will leave it up to them to clarify the question.
@Nonilex it's not that the #SupremeCourt is hostile toward gun safety.
It's that the law of the land doesn't grant those powers, which we could certainly change if we wanted to.
#SCOTUS is applying the law, even if individual justices might wish the law was different and these restrictions imposed.
Either way, we should change the law so that future administrations who ARE hostile don't claim the right to express that hostility.
@cdarwin this description is a bit misleading, though, underemphasizing that the skepticism of these regulations comes from the EPA not having been granted such sweeping powers through the democratic process.
If we want the EPA to have these powers, the Court emphasizes, we need to elect representatives who will grant those powers in law.
The good neighbor rule is important? Great! Then let's get it written into law so that no future administration can change their mind about it.
@freemo then I'd ask him to rephrase the question because it seems odd to ask about society being held at gunpoint.
I'm thinking about literal guns, but perhaps he means something figurative if he's talking about society.
@MediaActivist I'm hearing that they are now letting you self-host an instance easily, so that day has arrived.
@notaleman Must? I mean you can do what you want.
But me, personally, if someone--anyone--is pointing a gun at me, I'm going to try and react in the way that would least likely end in my getting shot.
@ZekuZelalem frankly, I think it would be nice if journalists would specialize in journalism.
There are far too many journalists speaking outside of their knowledge on those other topics instead of just reporting what actual experts say.
And it really does a disservice to the world.
Just one insignificant bit of feedback about how journalists should conduct themselves if they want to maintain public credibility.
@jeroenbosman I read the other day that there is still a way to request the cache, though I don't remember what it was.
@lisagetspolitik it's really important to point out that none of that is possible, so folks should be dismissing it as ravings of an idiot
@enlightenedferalboy No, you have it backwards: The UN structure is generally focused on inaction instead of action. It's not about treaties requiring nations to act as much as a venue for nations to veto each other's actions.
@freemo not necessarily
@kshernandez she really doesn't understand that ruling
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A major difference between the #ActivityPub federation and the #BlueSky #Atproto (#Atprotocol) federation is that under AcitivityPub, used by Mastodon, all servers that need to send or receive data from other servers need to make direct connections to each other. This means many queued jobs and many connections, maybe thousands. This leads to the classic sidekiq queue problems when Mastodon instances have numerous users with numerous follows, and relays.
In contrast, in atproto, the user's PDS, Personal Data Server, doing equivalent work of a Mastodon server, for example, only makes a few connections to the relay server's fire hose to deliver and pick up messages. It never connects to any other PDS directly. Theoretically, a tiny #PDS on atproto can handle a considerable number of users. This seems to be an advantage.
Mastodon admins spend a lot of time and money fighting performance issues, database connection counts, and sidekiq queues because the server has to talk directly to other servers. But the PDS only needs to talk to maybe one, or possibly a few relays to get and send messages.
Here's a diagram of the atproto architecture. It appears quite a simple architecture.
@Daniel_Keppler let's be clear that there is a positive here: we should be pressing our representatives to use the levers that they absolutely have to do good things.
It's the negative side of the coin that they have been neglecting their duties. The positive side, though, is that they have the power to do good if only we would demand that they do instead of accepting their excuses.
Maybe relevant is that ActivityPub would support a new type of message that was explicitly markdown enabled.
You're right that AP doesn't really care what you put into a post, but it supports different types of posts, and it is open to creating new types of posts, so one could create a post that specifically said, this post type is for markdown content.
Just a passing thought.
@Daniel_Keppler he doesn't have full support of his party now!
Polling shows that an enormous proportion of the Democrat party doesn't support the guy.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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