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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, got it! I tried going on a microblog post and opening the original URL, and sure enough, I landed on a Mastodon instance. Makes sense, I was sort of surprised at the amount of microblog content on kbin.earth, that explains that.

  Awesome - thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I checked the global microblogs page, but I'm mostly seeing things posted to random@kbin.earth, with a couple of things posted to some Lemmy instances, but nothing posted to mastodon. Maybe I'm understanding the whole concept wrong? (Or I'm blind?)

  But I did look at the Linux Experiment channel - and realized that I have seen their videos in my feed - awesome! And there, it makes sense that not as many of those pop up, since there are way less videos being created than posts made. But I now know that that works - cool! (And now I'm distracted by another of his videos...)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, odd. So I guess something is off on my end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don't quite understand. That would be in a separate feed then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be time to change prescriptions again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Could be Rémi Gaillard. He always had the "c'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe quoi" quote on his videos (essentially: it's in doing whatever that you can become whatever)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know about the sorting, that explains why I barely see microblogs. The mixed feed is what I'm generally using, but I only ever see microblogs from kbin.earth and not anywhere else. I've checked to make sure it's set to all instances, as well as all magazines as mbin calls it, but still, only kbin.earth. Even if I just show microblogs. And I don't ever see anything from peertube. So I guess mbin does it, I must be doing something wrong somewhere...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, accessing content is directly what I'm looking for. I would specifically like to avoid having multiple accounts if possible. I'll have to check it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting discussion, I'll have to check it out, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah OK, but it seems like you have to follow them first? I'm kind of looking for it in a general feed. Or am I maybe doing something wrong?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool! (And not sure why the hell someone downvoted that)

  Would that also apply to content that you're not directly subscribed to (in a kind of "all" feed)?

• Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate Android!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, the state of mobile OSs is quite sad. Everything is locked down, it's a duopoly of shit and shittier, and the Linux alternative just isn't daily driver worthy for the vast majority of users. And that's not because the development isn't going well - it's because phones have so much more proprietary shit that needs drivers, and that's if you can even unlock the bootloader in the first place, otherwise you're SOL.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Sam starts his car⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All stand for the YouTube National anthem 🫡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that's essentially it. Also, for instance, if a company buys something in one month and pays for it the next, then the costs apply to the first month, but it affects the cash flow on the second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A masturbator⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🎶Bite my lip and close my eyes
  Take me away to paradise🎶

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll take it to all 2 place it goes!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It's more complicated than that. The DB as an umbrella organization (consisting of over 100 companies) is publicly owned, but:

  • The infrastructure is completely separated from operations, with a lot of regulations to make sure that the infrastructure company doesn't cooperate with any operations company for fear they might discriminate against other companies, effectively throwing sand into the gears of railroad operations because many communication paths that are standard in other railroads are banned.

  • The companies that carry out operations are expected to be completely self-sufficient, with no direct support from the government, but only through contracts auctioned off to the lowest bidder for local services (definitely no connection with competing companies who bid really low regularly going bankrupt /s). Long distance services are expected to finance themselves but are expected to cross subsidize services to cities that aren't quite as lucrative (because they are, after all, owned by the government) and at the same time compete with companies that aren't government owned that just offer rides on the most lucrative routes.

  • The budget that is available for infrastructure is decided by the government every year, meaning absolutely no financial stability. This means that construction companies don't end up growing because it could be too risky, and when suddenly there's a lot of work to be done the few construction companies that are able to do the work demand insane prices and conditions, and the infrastructure company is essentially forced to swallow if they want anything done at all.

  Source: I work in this clusterfuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone tell me what type of bird this is I keep seeing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking hell why do I see this right before I go to sleep. Goddammit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox live days were wild⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rule 1: your mother is the biggest object known to mankind.

  Rule 2: despite that, everyone has had intercourse with her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does "Woke" mean to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, it's not really a part of my vocabulary, but I think a bit of history on the term is interesting here.

  The word "woke" actually came from a certain segment of the left, originally, to describe themselves. They were using it as to say "we're awake and are aware of the way things are", almost the way some people (with vastly different opinions) talk(ed?) about being redpilled. Mind you, it was often used as a kind of virtue signalling, which already gave it a fairly snobby undertone. Add to that that it implied that everyone else was asleep or dreaming, and it was not well received by many, not just amongst the right. That's where it was picked up by the right to be used to this day as "anything that seems left of my position that I want to rail against", taking advantage of that poorly received undertone and painting everything to the left of them with that brush. Meanwhile, it's been ages since I've seen someone on the left use the term to describe themself unironically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except they can't escalate nearly as quickly if they don't have an excuse. They've been wanting to escalate way further than they have, but everytime they tried to paint protestors/... as violent mobs, reality betrayed them. So far that they're somewhat pulling back. That didn't happen because someone shot at ICE, quite the opposite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It really depends on when this happens. If it would happen today, there would be bloodshed, but probably not on a Tiananmen level. The longer we wait, the more likely that the number of deaths is higher in such a case. Which makes it that much more important to act now (which, to be fair, is easy for me to say, considering I don't live in the US).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, what the hell, don't buy a gun for that reason. That will only escalate the violence. And there's only so far that you can escalate as a civilian until they roll out the tanks, and your guns can't do shit against tanks.

  You need power in numbers. That's how you can build a proper resistance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, but I wonder how accurate that is, taking myself as an example. I know that I don't have a drinking problem (as in, I don't feel a need to drink alcohol and sometimes go weeks or months at a time without alcohol simply because the opportunity doesn't present itself, and can control and have controlled my alcohol intake when necessary without any issues), but points 2 and 3 have definitely applied to me, and 1 possibly as well. The problem wasn't my drinking, but that an abusive person needed something to criticize and degrade me, and that was a perfect opportunity. If I had stopped drinking that person would have found something else (and they did when I drank less due to covid).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you written anything? Have you composed or recorded a song? Have you drawn or painted a picture? Taken an artistic photo? Even written some source code?

  Yes I have, yes I have, yes I have, yes I have, and yes I have.

  And yes, I'm thinking about this from the point of view of a creator. It's fucking difficult to make ends meet. Talk to any artist that hasn't managed to get a salaried job as an artist (you have to be really, I mean really good at what you do) or gotten lucky enough to make it big. They're saving money anywhere they can. They're working second and third jobs. Honestly, on average, artists are the poorest people I know. Despite copyright protection being strong (put the AI thing aside for a minute, since it's a fairly new problem). The lab results are in. It doesn't work.

  You know what they would like? To focus on their art, and not their financial issues. Oh, and many would like to not worry about the legal grey area/hellhole when it comes to remixing or rearranging others' work. I've made an arrangement for a song I was fascinated with, but I haven't released it, partly because I don't want to deal with all the legal BS.

  This was meant to be a real solution to a real problem at the dawn of industrialization; how can the person who writes a story compete with a person who owns a printing press?

  You're mixing up your history here. Copyright is much, much newer than the printing press. And even if you take that assumption, that calculation has changed, since again there's next to no cost to making copies anymore. So now, the companies have used copyright to become gatekeepers while also keeping as much of the profit as humanly possible.

  Why is the prescription a society where creative people are the only ones who can't capitalize on their creations?

  ...except they can. There are plenty of media creators that get their audience to sponsor them, to varying degrees of success.

  But honestly, if there's no worry about food insecurity or housing insecurity, do you want to create art or just profit from it?

  I'm not going to go into the slippery slope tirade at the end except to say this: look at how filthy rich companies like Disney, Sony, etc. are. They are that ridiculously rich because of copyright. Is that really what you want?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That, and it only solves one of the problems copyright causes. The problems in regards to using content to create more content is still there. The problems with massive companies raking in millions while giving the creator pennis is still there. The problems with access to content. All the spinoff issues with DRM are still there. To give a couple of examples.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The more I think about how to fix copyright, the more I wonder whether we really need copyright.

  I mean, think about it, the original idea behind copyright is to protect the small guy who creates media and wants to sell it from companies that might want to sell it themselves. Well, it's not working whatsoever. The small guy gets pennies on the dollar, while the big companies rake in the profits.

  So honestly, let's just abolish copyright altogether and work on more of a donation base (that actually gets to the artists, since they control it) which is already being used with video a lot, and to ensure that artists can afford the necessities, add universal basic inco... OK shit I'm at it again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Im of course referring to undercover bots pushing agendas

  Part of the problem is there are plenty of humans pushing agendas as well, which makes everything that much more difficult. They, like bots, don't have any interest in honest discussions, either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bees⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? That's hilarious and kind of awesome. Where?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bees⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can't tell if this is photoshopped or not..

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents... Huh...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents: "no sex before the wedding"

  Also my parents: "...and then we had no other option than to drink wine, and that's how we became a couple."

  Mmmkay.