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Comment on Read.cv and Posts sold to Perplexity; will be closed soon in ~tech
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Comment on Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party in ~society
ogre LinkI switched to fastmail from proton a few years ago because the UX was better. They’re not as privacy centric, but being the customer rather than the product is good enough for me.I switched to fastmail from proton a few years ago because the UX was better. They’re not as privacy centric, but being the customer rather than the product is good enough for me.
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Comment on Drake sues for defamation over Kendrick Lamar song in ~music
ogre LinkIs Drake not seeing the worst case scenario here? Given that Someone calls you a pedophile You sue for defamation You lose the defamation suit I think it would be reasonable for a distant observer...Is Drake not seeing the worst case scenario here? Given that
- Someone calls you a pedophile
- You sue for defamation
- You lose the defamation suit
I think it would be reasonable for a distant observer to conclude from Drake is in fact a pedophile.
Obviously that’s invalid logic but my gut says it wouldn’t be an uncommon conclusion.
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Comment on Bearblog: A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform in ~tech
ogre Link ParentIt’s already been mentioned but I like your goal of compassionate interpretation. I haven’t had a chance to apply it since reading it but I’m keeping it in my back pocket for the next time I read...It’s already been mentioned but I like your goal of compassionate interpretation. I haven’t had a chance to apply it since reading it but I’m keeping it in my back pocket for the next time I read a comment that deteriorates my mood.
I've been thinking about removing the vote button from my blog.
Couldn’t agree with this more. I wish it was option on every platform.
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Comment on Bearblog: A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform in ~tech
ogre Link ParentI don’t think you’re “self promoting” if you regularly participate in tildes outside your blog posts. If you’re blogging everyday you don’t need to share every post. Go with your gut. I say this...I don’t think you’re “self promoting” if you regularly participate in tildes outside your blog posts. If you’re blogging everyday you don’t need to share every post. Go with your gut. I say this because I hope anyone on the fence about it will read this comment and feel encouraged to share.
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Comment on Bearblog: A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform in ~tech
ogre (edited )Link ParentI read your devlog; I love the premise for plots.club. I’m excited to read more about the challenges you’ll conquer on the road to implementation, and more excited to see the concept in action....I read your devlog; I love the premise for plots.club. I’m excited to read more about the challenges you’ll conquer on the road to implementation, and more excited to see the concept in action. Wishing you the best of luck.
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Comment on Bearblog: A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform in ~tech
ogre LinkThanks for sharing. I’ve heard of bear blog before, I didn’t realize until just now that there’s a discover feed to see other blogs. It’s nice to have another finite feed of text-based content....Thanks for sharing. I’ve heard of bear blog before, I didn’t realize until just now that there’s a discover feed to see other blogs. It’s nice to have another finite feed of text-based content.
Does anyone on tildes have a bear blog they write or follow they’d like to share?
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Comment on Walled gardens, privacy, SEO and the open internet in ~tech
ogre LinkTildes withholds some profile data if you’re not logged in. Old BB forums would serve post data but require a login to view profiles. So require authorization for data that feels private. It’s...Tildes withholds some profile data if you’re not logged in. Old BB forums would serve post data but require a login to view profiles. So require authorization for data that feels private. It’s kind of hard to get specific without knowing what kind of platform you have in mind.
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Comment on UK users: Lobsters needs your help with the Online Safety Act in ~tech
ogre (edited )Link ParentThere’s a good amount of overlap between ~tech/~comp users and lobsters users. The recent battlestations threads here and there After a quick review, I don’t think there’s actually any overlap in...There’s a good amount of overlap between ~tech/~comp users and lobsters users. The recent battlestations threads here and there
are a good visual highlight.After a quick review, I don’t think there’s actually any overlap in those threads. I was mistaken. Desks just kinda look the same. There still exists an overlap of users though.Sorry to the battlestationeers for putting y’all on blast. Your desks are very nice.
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Comment on Honey did nothing wrong in ~tech
ogre Link ParentYeah it looks like I missed the point. I got caught up in the morality of Honey's actions and skipped the part that matters most to OP. Whoops. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll leave my original...Yeah it looks like I missed the point. I got caught up in the morality of Honey's actions and skipped the part that matters most to OP. Whoops. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll leave my original comment as is, I still don't think it's that serious.
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Comment on Honey did nothing wrong in ~tech
ogre LinkHoney is the general public enemy of internet folk right now, they're going to get a disproportionate amount of flak. I believe Honey deserves some backlash, and I don't object to them getting...Honey is the general public enemy of internet folk right now, they're going to get a disproportionate amount of flak. I believe Honey deserves some backlash, and I don't object to them getting more than what would be a "fair" amount.
Others have already mentioned it, but I'll reemphasize Honey did do something wrong. Their affiliate cookie swapping is invisible to the average user. It's reasonable to think Honey overstepped by overwriting other affiliate cookies when they've provided no coupon, no service, no value on their side of the transaction between Honey and user. That's not the worst thing in the world. They're scraping up a few bucks here and there. But they've made a lot of money through these shady actions.
But I don't think they did anything wrong by overriding affiliate links, and I think it's dangerous to let people convince you otherwise.
I don't think it's that serious. I'm not sure what the danger could be. I think Honey will be fine.
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Comment on Quixotic is a program that will feed fake content to bots and robots.txt-ignoring LLM scrapers. in ~comp
ogre (edited )LinkI’ve had an idea like this sitting on my back burner for a while, never researched to see if anyone else had worked on it. The linkmaze server is more my speed; I’d rather scrapers get fed a...I’ve had an idea like this sitting on my back burner for a while, never researched to see if anyone else had worked on it. The linkmaze server is more my speed; I’d rather scrapers get fed a heaping mouthful of bullshit than anything even slightly valuable.
I’d like to see detection more robust than relying on scrapers to identify themselves. You can’t trust AI companies to be honest about their user agent. Does anyone happen to know of more successful efforts to block AI company bots?
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Comment on Is it just me or has advertising lost the plot entirely? in ~life
ogre LinkI agree advertising has gotten worse in the last 10 years. However, I think it’s the quantity over quality approach that makes me feel they’ve lost the plot. Commercials used to market a brand...I agree advertising has gotten worse in the last 10 years. However, I think it’s the quantity over quality approach that makes me feel they’ve lost the plot. Commercials used to market a brand alongside a product. Now it feels like the companies have realized “they can’t escape our ads, why waste money on higher effort marketing?” This started with the unboxing ads, which became influencer ads, and are now stylized either as quick cut TikToks or a single graphic with an AI voiceover. Maybe it’s because they’re trying to fit as much as possible in the 5 seconds before you can skip the ad.
I wish I could escape ads entirely. I’d like to setup a liberated home media server but I haven’t had the time to learn enough where I can trust I won’t create a gaping security hole.
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Comment on Tenant unions are coming. US landlords aren't ready. in ~life
ogre Link ParentThanks for taking the time to explain. I listened to the freakonomics episode in full; I’m still no expert but I’ve learned enough to understand rent control isn’t as black and white as I believed.Thanks for taking the time to explain. I listened to the freakonomics episode in full; I’m still no expert but I’ve learned enough to understand rent control isn’t as black and white as I believed.
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Comment on Tenant unions are coming. US landlords aren't ready. in ~life
ogre Link ParentCould you link some expert studies on rent control? Clearly they conclude rent control sucks, I’d like to see specifics about why. Can you elaborate Can you explain this too? I don’t understand...Could you link some expert studies on rent control? Clearly they conclude rent control sucks, I’d like to see specifics about why.
tenants (who wants to pay rent when they could.. not pay rent?)
Can you elaborate
Taxpayers will end up subsidizing the artificially reduced rent
Can you explain this too? I don’t understand how the rent is artificially reduced as opposed to just regularly reduced. A private landlord is renting out a 400 units at a profit, and the housing authority without a profit incentive is charging taxpayers? Maybe if the rent is reduced below the cost of upkeep. I’m not educated on the subject, so I’d appreciate it if you could help me understand.
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Comment on What are your predictions for 2025? in ~talk
ogre (edited )LinkI’ll stick to what I know: Cards against humanity will begin fundraising for a tower to reach the moon (1%) Around mid spring there will be a completely apolitical and unique phenomenon that...I’ll stick to what I know:
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Cards against humanity will begin fundraising for a tower to reach the moon (1%)
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Around mid spring there will be a completely apolitical and unique phenomenon that starts off as a rumor but goes viral after a couple weeks. Kind of like the drone/UFO news cycle right now, or the killer bees from a few years ago. (15%). I hope it’s related to alligators. (2%)
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A new restaurant will open up nearby and it’ll be real nice, perfect for date night. (80%)
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With almost zero warning a tech company will completely implode. The C_O will be charged with fraud when billions of dollars go missing. (10%)
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Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games
ogre Link ParentI actually hadn’t started S2 before I made that comment. Now I’m a few episodes in, woefully eating my words.I actually hadn’t started S2 before I made that comment. Now I’m a few episodes in, woefully eating my words.
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Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games
ogre Link ParentFallout beating Arcane for Best Adaptation is robbery! Ham fisted lummoxes! Uncultured charlatans!! I wonder what the judging criteria was. If it’s supposed to be a 1:1 creation of the game world...Fallout beating Arcane for Best Adaptation is robbery! Ham fisted lummoxes! Uncultured charlatans!!
I wonder what the judging criteria was. If it’s supposed to be a 1:1 creation of the game world then yeah I can see it. But does that make it the better adaptation?
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech
ogre Link ParentOne of my invitees said it’s 3 months of unlimited searchesOne of my invitees said it’s 3 months of unlimited searches
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Comment on Understanding the Odin Programming Language in ~comp
ogre Link ParentThere’s a lot of surface level reasons why I like Go, the fast compile times, easy dependency management, large community, etc. Then there’s reasons that carry more weight, like colorless...There’s a lot of surface level reasons why I like Go, the fast compile times, easy dependency management, large community, etc.
Then there’s reasons that carry more weight, like colorless functions, or the stellar standard library. Going from Go to an async/await language is annoying. It’s a problem I don’t realize is solved until I run into it again. Having the Go runtime built into every binary makes it bigger (~2MB) but for my use cases this isn’t an issue. When I first started using Go my instinct was to search for third party libraries to assemble into an application, over time I realized most applications can be built using the standard library. At my job we don’t use third party packages since it’s fairly easy to roll our own.
Having to check err for nil every time you call an errable function felt annoying and overly verbose at first, but I do miss it when I need to handle errors in other languages. It’s easy noise to tune out when writing and reading, and there’s less opportunity for lazy devs to hide behavior on accident with a giant try block.
I think Go markets itself as a general programming language but I would make the distinction that it’s certainly a web-oriented language. Any high performance or systems development projects would be better off with a lower level language focused on speed like C or Rust. There are popular databases written in Go, but nobody’s writing a Vulkan renderer with it.
Another increasingly important aspect of Go is the commitment to backwards compatibility. Upgrading to a new version of Go is typically a positive experience, I think there’s only been a small handful of instances where there were breaking changes to some of the standard library modules. A big highlight at my job is how often they hire people who have never used Go because getting up to speed usually only takes a couple of months.
I used Java at my last job and I’ve never had any desire to use it outside of work because the syntax and boilerplate code was ugly to me. Java has similar advantages to Go and a healthy host of battle tested libraries and frameworks. There’s a reason over 3 billion devices are running it ;) but I think every place that Java shines, Go shines much brighter.
All of that said, I just like the simple syntax. I think it’s an elegant language without much friction.
Why would perplexity purchase these two websites only to shut them down? As far as I know it’s a common practice but I don’t follow these sorts of things close enough to know the internal stories.