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Beej Jorgensen

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Instructor, author, developer. Creator of Beej's Guides.

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  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • It seems like the law prohibited distribution, but not use, is what I'm saying. So people could keep using it if Bytedance kept it up, right?

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • Point taken, but I'm just going to presume that all that will be declared satisfied in the EO in some token form or another.

  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • AFAICT, TikTok didn't have to do anything. Looks like the law is all about preventing distribution of the app. So... why'd they shut it down?

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • has no basis in law

    Wikipedia says, with a couple references:

    The president may grant a one-time extension of the divestiture deadline by as long as 90 days if a path to a qualified divestiture has been identified, "significant" progress has been made to executing the divestiture, and legally binding agreements for facilitating the divestiture are in place.

    So I think he can do it.

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • Does the FCC have the discretion to do that after Chevron, I wonder?

  • TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

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  • It's weird to see all these transparent, self-serving maneuvers playing out before our eyes. TikTok kisses ass. Trump, who advocated for a ban, now refuses to enforce it so his inauguration can be seen on it.

    Did the law give Trump the power to change the deadline through executive order?

  • Coinbase added the official Trump token in Solana

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  • Also a great way for coinbase to curry favor with the Trump administration.

  • Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows

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  • I always wished the Dems would leverage this power a bit more. But who knows--maybe this Biden move is trying to get Trump to ban it.

  • Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows

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  • Trump: Ban TikTok! Trump: Save TikTok! Biden: Ban TikTok! Biden: Save TikTok!

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    SDF Matrix

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  • Huh. I'll have to look into it more. My credentials stopped working there. Are you on matrix.sdf.org?

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    SDF Matrix

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  • I have an account, but haven't been able to connect to the server in months. Has anyone else been able to connect?

  • Is pixelfed.sdf.org fully working? I'm not receiving my confirmation email to sign up.

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  • It was working for me about 10 minutes ago. Uploaded an image and saved an avatar. (I'd already made an account maybe a year ago.)

    But now: 504 Gateway Time-out :(

  • Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes [404 Media]

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  • I agree.

  • Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes [404 Media]

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  • For sure. Any social media company that says they're pro free speech is just posturing at best. They have full dictator control of their systems.

  • Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes [404 Media]

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  • Yes. I don't have any guaranteed speech rights on Facebook.

  • Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes [404 Media]

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  • I agree with you, but true free speech also gives Facebook the right to choose its own themes. I'd vote with my feet on this one, but I already abandoned Facebook years ago.

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  • What does it being the majority have to do with it? Being skinny is overrepresented in movies but that doesn't seem to hurt sales.

  • I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost

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  • I can't, unfortunately. I still have an old Smart TV that isn't too offensive and doesn't show me ads. If it starts showing me ads sometime, then it's gone. But I'm not really a videophile and I'll watch shows on anything so I haven't really looked at what's better, only at what's cheapest. I do hear it can be tricky because the commercial displays are meant to be brighter than TVs and maybe it can be hard to get them dialed in the way you want.

  • I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost

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  • Last I looked, we could still buy commercial displays. They're dumb TVs. They cost more, of course.