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  1. Comment on Sweden's government considering imposing age limits on social media platforms if tech companies find themselves unable to prevent gangs from recruiting young people online in ~tech

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    Well, if the issue is ongoing gangs activities on one of big oligopolistic platforms and platforms can't/don't want to do anything about it then I think not only imposing age limits should be...

    Well, if the issue is ongoing gangs activities on one of big oligopolistic platforms and platforms can't/don't want to do anything about it then I think not only imposing age limits should be considered but also banning such oligopolistic platform.
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    I can see that not only children are vulnerable, from my own observations many adults are vulnerable, nobody taught them about technology hygiene, about technology itself etc. Sometimes I observe a friend saying „oh these parents don't care about their children sitting on telephone all the time” but well.. I see that parents also do this. Nobody taught parents, how they are supposed to teach their children?

    7 votes

  2. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Thank you. As a social animal I really want to host people, especially that I live here alone, so it may be big boost to my happiness.

    Thank you. As a social animal I really want to host people, especially that I live here alone, so it may be big boost to my happiness.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on In the real world, existing EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected from lab tests in ~transport

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    It's good news, however I'm afraid it's definitely not enough to stop global climate changes. Current private cars, especially big ones, are pretty inefficient regarding pollution, especially in...

    It's good news, however I'm afraid it's definitely not enough to stop global climate changes. Current private cars, especially big ones, are pretty inefficient regarding pollution, especially in the times we live now. I am happy for every new study like this, but at the same time I'm so angry that not enough money is invested into public transport which is way better tool to fight human-made future catastrophe. There are already much more efficient „electric cars” and they're called trains and trams, they should be given much more love by people.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    To be honest, nothing relevant. It was my.second week at new job and together with some things I've got lots of small tasks disrupting my brain focus, some of them are done, some of them wait for...

    To be honest, nothing relevant. It was my.second week at new job and together with some things I've got lots of small tasks disrupting my brain focus, some of them are done, some of them wait for the next week. But most important things aren't done. I have to get some furniture to my place cause together with parents and brother we decided to spend Christmas in my place. I'm happy + I'm happy I finally have motivation to make my place more hospitable and useful by buying a table, chairs, bed (two years of sleeping on mattress :P) and so on.
    Tomorrow in just before the morning I want to be in a forest, hopefully seeing some deers and drinking good coffee, I've recently started roasting coffee and got pretty excited about it :P

    3 votes

  5. Comment on How decentralized is Bluesky really? in ~comp

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    Here's some info about it: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/bluesky-raises-15m-series-a-plans-to-launch-subscriptions/ I look at Bluesky as it another Twitter clone. It's not yet fkd up as...

    Here's some info about it: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/bluesky-raises-15m-series-a-plans-to-launch-subscriptions/

    I look at Bluesky as it another Twitter clone. It's not yet fkd up as Twitter, but as every other proprietary and corporate-owned IT product, especially corporate ocial media, it will be.
    If one wants to use really human-centered and made by people for people social media, they should stick to something from Fediverse. Yes, it may be more difficult to choose server for the account, however I see it as a feature, I can ask my friends where are they and register there, or I can just look for thematic servers and register there. Also, since there are others willing to help, you can just ask and people will help.
    Speaking as a non microblogging social media user, cause I personally dislike all of them, it was taking too much precious time from me.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on NGI Mobifree grants awarded for fair mobile software in ~tech

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    I'm especially happy to see OpenAGPS on the list. It's a real struggle to use localization that uses only satellites.

    Congratulations to the first four project teams who have been selected for financial support within the NGI Mobifree pilot programme. The selected projects are Android translation layer, LambdaNative F-Droid integration, OpenAGPS and Termux. Through their work, they will be contributing to the NGI Mobifree pilot which aims to create a fair mobile software ecosystem that prioritises privacy and openness.

    I'm especially happy to see OpenAGPS on the list. It's a real struggle to use localization that uses only satellites.

  9. Comment on AI will use a lot of energy. That's good for the climate. in ~enviro

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    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions?ref=disconnect.blog e.g. „Google’s emissions have risen by nearly 50% since 2019, the base year for Google’s goal of...

    are interested in carbon neutrality

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions?ref=disconnect.blog

    e.g. „Google’s emissions have risen by nearly 50% since 2019, the base year for Google’s goal of reaching net zero, which requires the company removing as much CO2 as it emits.”

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Living in times of technical feudalism in ~tech

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    What do you think of it compared to Twitter?

    Probably people will migrate to threads or bluesky.

    What do you think of it compared to Twitter?

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    As a non-Bralizian - I second this! Also, Brazilians, you can use libre project like Fediverse as an alternative, such projects as Akkoma, Mastodon, Hubzilla, etc. that are connected together...

    As a non-Bralizian - I second this! Also, Brazilians, you can use libre project like Fediverse as an alternative, such projects as Akkoma, Mastodon, Hubzilla, etc. that are connected together (imagine Facebook and Twitter users interacting with each other, but in a non-greedycorporate environment). Check it out, e.g. kolektiva.social or blanketfort.blog or many others.
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    or Brazilian diasporabr.com.br/
    You can look up available instances here: fediverse.observer/list
    Almost all of them interoprate with each other, doesn't matter which one you choose, you will see content from all Fediverse, unless some instances aren't blocked by admins of yours.

    5 votes