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  • Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web

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  • Mozilla is looking pretty cooked, NGL.

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    The Fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops

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  • The Pixelfed guy does good work, but video hosting/streaming is the most difficult use-case to compete in due to infrastructure costs; I'm interested to see how he's planning to handle this and I wish him luck.

  • Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers

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  • Occasionally when I'm searching for something, I'll check out some Reddit links and honestly it's a crapshoot as to whether half of the comments have been deleted or not. Useful search results are getting to be a pain to come by.

  • Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers

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  • Yeah, it's really weird that people keep acting like Reddit hasn't been astroturfed to shit for years at this point. I wouldn't trust the product reviews I see there.

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    Mozilla.Social is Shutting Down

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  • Infrastructure for a 300 MAU Mastodon instance isn't very much, but if they're paying employees to run it then that will drive expenses up quite a bit compared to how it is with volunteer-run instances.

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    Mozilla.Social is Shutting Down

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  • That's a shame to see. Fediverse denizens are like the primary demographic that would consider using Firefox in the first place, so them hosting an instance was pretty cool.

  • Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH

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  • It's because they'd have to install it to use it. I put my boomers on Fedora with GNOME over a year ago and there hasn't been a single Linux-related issue since. Most people use their computers as Facebook and YouTube machines and Linux doesn't make that any harder than Windows/MacOS. It's not like it's 2010 where you'd need to install some desktop app that doesn't have a Linux version and you'd have to fuck around with WINE, which was a massive pain in the ass and often buggy even if it did work. Now in 2024, those apps are in the browser (barring more niche use-cases) and we have access to Firefox and Chrome like everyone else. If Linux shipped on most pre-builts, then I think the average person would be fine.

  • GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

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  • GTK 2 has been EoL since 2020 (GTK 3 released in 2011). GIMP 3 marks the completion of the GTK 3 port, which by itself offers:

    • Moving to an actively supported version of GTK (and future migrations will be easier because the difference between 3 and 4 is a lot less than the difference between 2 and 3)
    • Better graphics tablet support
    • Better handling of HiPPI displays
    • Better Wayland support
    • Should also mean that they finished refactoring the code, thus making it easier to implement new features.

    And on that last point, I would say that the biggest benefit overall with the release of GIMP 3 is that we'll finally, finally start seeing serious work on implementing non-destructive editing; I've read that some of the preliminary work is going to be shipping with the 3.0 release.

  • What file systems are you using on your devices and why?

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  • Did you manually set the icon theme in qt5ct/qt6ct? I recall having to do that on a fresh install.

  • What file systems are you using on your devices and why?

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  • You just download and put the theme files where it tells you to (and in the qt6ct folder too) and set the theme (and icon theme) in the app. Icons breaking is interesting; I just installed Dolphin and it had no problem using my icon theme. Does PCManFM-Qt also have this issue for you?

  • What file systems are you using on your devices and why?

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  • Did qt5ct/qt6ct not work for you? There's also Kvantum support.

  • I'm losing faith

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  • But it’s getting so hard nowadays, and there are so many more important problems – global warming, AI, the inevitable collapse of the current world order… how does privacy improve the world? Please help remind me.

    Privacy as a cause is something that helps support other forms of activism. We live in a world in which hostile state actors routinely surveil activists in order to more effectively divide, subvert, marginalize, and intimidate them; privacy is important counterplay against this. It's like saying that you're not going to eat healthy because exercising is more important; one facilitates the other.

  • What file systems are you using on your devices and why?

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  • I always forget that they added a graphical installer, but IMO it kinda defeats the point of having a declarative config file setup your system.

    What issues are you having with Qt themes?

  • What file systems are you using on your devices and why?

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  • How would you feel about Lemmy being able to pull in hashtags from the Fediverse?

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  • Sounds like it'd improve interop. Make it so that there's a curation system where communities can choose specific users/instances to watch for this content.

  • Google violated antitrust laws to dominate online search, rules US judge | Google

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  • Then that's very concerning, because IIRC that is actually Mozilla's largest funding source and losing that could easily threaten Firefox.

  • Google violated antitrust laws to dominate online search, rules US judge | Google

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  • Government prosecutors had argued during the trial that Google illegally monopolized control over the internet search market, spending tens of billions of dollars each year on contracts to providers such as Apple and Samsung in order to become the default search engine on their devices. Justice department lawyers accused Google of using its dominant market position – they alleged the company controls about 90% of the US search market – to crowd out rivals and boost its own advertising revenues.

    Does this mean that their deal with Mozilla was ruled to be an antitrust violation?

  • How do we replace YouTube?

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  • Video hosting/streaming is the hardest use-case to replace due to infrastructure costs. PeerTube exists, which works like torrents and is probably the best solution that we're gonna get for this. I don't see it replacing YouTube though, since decentralization fundamentally limits reach (and potential income as a result) and a lack of data collection makes it harder to accurately profile viewers (both of which professional content creators care about). It's probably fine for hobbyists and FOSS projects that want to distribute videos though.

  • Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

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  • I'm currently rebuilding my math foundation and part of that process was tracking down high quality educational resources with passionate instructors, rigor, and entertainment factor (because I want stuff to recommend to parents). I did eventually find something that was better than what I got in grade school, but I have to say that the Pythagorean Theorem just isn't going to be as interesting as social media feeds and entertainment products custom tailored to my preferences. No teacher is realistically going to be able to compete with the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry for attention and tech companies are abusing psychology research to make their shit as addictive as possible. It's not the biggest problem with the US educational system, but it is one of many, so I'm down with restricting smartphone access at schools.