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79 votes
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Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else
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Complaints about Tildes and comparisons to other sites
I was inspired to say this in a different conversation, but having said it, I want to say it more loudly/noticably. A few, not many fellow newcomers to Tildes have made comments comparing it...
I was inspired to say this in a different conversation, but having said it, I want to say it more loudly/noticably.
A few, not many fellow newcomers to Tildes have made comments comparing it unfavorably to Lemmy/Kbin or Squabbles. We have options and there will likely be many more. To steal a good quote from a totalitarian dictator, Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom.
Tildes vs Lemmy/Kbin or Squabbles reminds me of the disagreement between the Ents and the Entwives. Some people prefer gardens. Some people prefer the wilderness. Some like both. I am grateful that Deimos created this nifty site for me to play in.
http://www.tolkien.cro.net/talesong/ents.html
https://tildes.net/~tildes.official/wiki/philosophy/index72 votes -
To those who started using Lemmy recently, what are your impressions so far on its content and discussions?
I'll admit that I am a new user to Lemmy as a way to replace reddit in my free time, so a lot of my opinions will be relative to it. So far I've found it decent. I won't comment much on the UX or...
I'll admit that I am a new user to Lemmy as a way to replace reddit in my free time, so a lot of my opinions will be relative to it. So far I've found it decent. I won't comment much on the UX or functionality, since I think it wouldn't be fair to criticize a fairly new platform in that way. I won't try to compare it to Tildes either, since I think they are very different in scope and purpose. I will say that the discussions in tildes are higher quality than both reddit and lemmy on average.
Overall the experience for me has been hit or miss. Joining a smaller server relevant to my interests was a good move. I joined SDF's instance and the people there are very friendly, and I enjoy the tech-forward posts. Throughout the fediverse as a whole, the discussions felt shorter and not as good as even reddit.
The posts and discussion on the larger instances to me felt a little immature. Generally I came across a lot of: (1) hyper-contrarians--it reminds me somewhat of linux/oss forums that skew younger. Lots of circlejerking the common themes/in-jokes/ideals of the free-software circles. (2) reddit-bad circlejerking (3) mediocre memes
I also came across a few very thoughtful discussions related to the fediverse regarding its place in the world, the sort of content that would do well, and the culture of its members. I'm very excited to watch the more niche communities grow. I'll admit that I miss reddit somewhat for music discovery and the smaller genre subs (although not enough to spend my time there again).
After a few months, I haven't felt compelled to visit reddit nor really Lemmy all that often, since I think both suffer from the same immaturity and hivemind thinking.
What do you all feel about Lemmy so far? Any good community recommendations? (Especially for music :) )
41 votes -
Sega pulls back from blockchain gaming as crypto winter persists
12 votes -
Gitlab.com is currently down
18 votes -
Marginalia Search
10 votes -
TweetDeck replacements?
The only sane way to use Twitter was to follow a bunch of cool artists, set up TweetDeck, filter it to "tweets with images only", and just look at pretty pictures. And now that's been completely...
The only sane way to use Twitter was to follow a bunch of cool artists, set up TweetDeck, filter it to "tweets with images only", and just look at pretty pictures.
And now that's been completely removed. Does anyone know of any alternatives? I don't need any of the other features of TweetDeck, I just need that images-only filter...
13 votes -
OpenAI: Introducing Superalignment
35 votes -
How we could stumble into AI catastrophe
12 votes -
Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places
7 votes -
Mark Zuckerberg announces that there has been over five million signups to Meta's Threads in the first four hours
61 votes -
Elon Musk announces new daily Twitter limitations as thousands of users report problems accessing site
197 votes -
GPT-4 API general availability and deprecation of older models in the Completions API
11 votes -
How Apple's new Mac Pro completely misses the point
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The main problem with the Fediverse is that people mostly just use it to talk about the Fediverse
Something I've noticed about the Fediverse, especially Mastodon, is that there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of discussion going on except for meta discussion. For example, if you go on Mastodon,...
Something I've noticed about the Fediverse, especially Mastodon, is that there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of discussion going on except for meta discussion.
For example, if you go on Mastodon, you'll find lots of people talking about how Mastodon is the future. You'll find lots of people asking how to do certain things on the platform. But you really have to dig to find actual discussion about topics beyond the platform itself.
Even when you do find people not doing meta discussion, there aren't really any people talking with each other. There's people sharing content but not a lot of people interacting with it. Even basic stuff you see on other social media sites like people giving each other compliments just isn't really there. You can see everyone's stuff but it's just shouting into the void.
I think that the Fediverse has a severe problem with holding people's interest, and the most die-hard people who are interested just want to use it to talk about itself.
126 votes -
The actual danger from AI is mostly not what is getting talked about
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What are your thoughts on Meta's plans to federate through ActivityPub?
Meta's new app, Instagram Threads, is planning to be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol. This means it will be possible to federate with services such as Mastodon. I became aware of this as...
Meta's new app, Instagram Threads, is planning to be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol. This means it will be possible to federate with services such as Mastodon.
I became aware of this as my Mastodon admin talked about being approached by Meta to discuss federation. Many other large instances have been approached too. There is a general apprehension about federating with Threads, with many instances (including mine) saying outright that they will not federate with any Meta product.
Personally, I think this is an advantage of federation. I can continue to use Mastodon and choose whether I want an instance that interacts with Meta or not.
I definitely understand the apprehension with providing all of your data/information to a company not exactly known for their good handling of data/information, but I'm also not as against it as some people seem to be. If they are going to create a service like this, I'd rather it was federated than a walled garden.
How do you feel?
44 votes -
Silo demonstrates seven lessons in how not to do an upgrade
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Inflection AI develops supercomputer equipped with 22,000 NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs
7 votes -
OpenResume
8 votes -
Going deep with the Book 8088, the brand-new laptop that approximates the specs of the original IBM PC 5150 from 1981
12 votes -
French government could cut off social media during unrest, says Emmanuel Macron
12 votes -
what3words
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A project that transforms QR codes into functional pieces of generative art
21 votes -
A preview of Humane's AI Pin - TED Talk by Imran Chaudhri
12 votes -
No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there
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America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes effect this week
13 votes -
Meta is launching Threads, an app to rival Twitter
87 votes -
Stop using Google Analytics, warns Sweden’s privacy watchdog, as it issues over $1M in fines
28 votes -
Meta loses appeal on how it harvests data in Germany
26 votes -
Google updates its privacy policy to clarify it can use public data for training AI models
44 votes -
Lockheed Martin teases next generation aircraft
Recently Lockheed Martin put out a post on social media [1] where they showed a silhouette of a yet-to-be-revealed aircraft. Most people seem to believe it will be the reveal of their entry to the...
Recently Lockheed Martin put out a post on social media [1] where they showed a silhouette of a yet-to-be-revealed aircraft. Most people seem to believe it will be the reveal of their entry to the NGAD program [2] (Next Generation Air Dominance).
While not much is publically known one interesting tidbit is how much it looks like the silhouette of the Testor Corp [3] F-19 [4] model that was released back in the mid 80s. Testor said at the time that the model was based on intelligence (aka leaks) of what would eventually become the F-117.
Aviation forums in the past have said F-19 model is what they WANTED the F-117 and it does look quite a bit like the Have Blue [5] test craft they built, however, the legend is that they couldn't get the math to work for radar deflection properly at that time due to lack of computational power and ended up with the geometrically simpler F117 design we got.
[1] Lockheed Martin Teaser: https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LM-NGAD-story.jpg
[2] NGAD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Dominance
[3] Testor F19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testor_Corporation#F-19
[4] Testor F19 Image: https://test803.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_6712-1.jpg
[5] Have Blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Have_Blue34 votes -
New motherboard likely has corrupted BIOS, USBs have no power
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How you use YouTube in desktop and mobile devices. YouTube to limit usage of ad blockers soon.
YouTube limits ad blocker usage in new test YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (Update) So its clear now that YouTube is going to limit the usage of Ad blockers in the...
YouTube limits ad blocker usage in new test
YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (Update)
So its clear now that YouTube is going to limit the usage of Ad blockers in the coming future
I use Ublock Orgin with Firefox which basically used to block all ads and on mobile device I use NewPipe110 votes -
How Microsoft's ruthless employee evaluation system annihilated team collaboration
66 votes -
An Australian project management company is suing Twitter for $700,000 in unpaid bills
28 votes -
GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers
41 votes -
How I hacked CASIO F-91W digital watch to support NFC payments
10 votes -
Using in-ear monitors with active noise-cancelling on the street
Using iem with ANC on the street Hello! I'd appreciate knowing how is it to go out on the street using an iem with ANC. Especially when you are on a sidewalk next to a heavy-traffic street or when...
Using iem with ANC on the street
Hello!
I'd appreciate knowing how is it to go out on the street using an iem with ANC. Especially when you are on a sidewalk next to a heavy-traffic street or when you are on the subway for example. Does the ANC eliminate completely those types of loud sounds? Or they are still present but just not on the same level?
I ask this because I use IEM with foam ear tips but with no ANC. I feel that the foam ear tips normally makes a good seal and isolate conversations next to me or other sounds in my house. But when I go to the street in those places I mentioned the sounds are still somewhat present, although not at the same level as the music I hear. So I was thinking if I could achieve more isolation using for example a ANC iem.
Any insight would be much appreciated thank you!12 votes -
False posts about French riots spread online
25 votes -
The Framework Laptop 16-inch gets extra external snap-on batteries
31 votes -
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox usher in the new era of Smosh
13 votes -
Favourite Discords?
Do you have any favourites? How did you find it? I’m completely out of the loop with discord, I’ve been randomly added to several over the years but it’s things like networking groups rather than...
Do you have any favourites?
How did you find it?
I’m completely out of the loop with discord, I’ve been randomly added to several over the years but it’s things like networking groups rather than anything with a fun and friendly community (of adults) just having a good time together.
I’m trying to find a place that aligns with a creative, game dev, film buff mindset and is fairly active.
Does a place exist?
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Practically no one's buying current generation video cards
109 votes -
NeverSSL
12 votes -
“We have built a giant treadmill that we can’t get off”: Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on how to best think about AI
25 votes -
Midjourney version 5.2 adds support for "zoom out" feature
30 votes -
Boost for Lemmy has been listed in Play Store
80 votes -
Why I don't like ads
65 votes