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I don't really follow X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, etc. so I basically live under a rock. Sometimes I ask dumb questions to try to understand people a little better. Apologies if my questions inadvertently offend anyone. I mean no harm.

  • Mexican . . Patients?

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  • This image implies that someone who would steal drugs from patients would not also purchase drugs from other people? Why not both?

    I've known quite a few addicts, and I don't think any of them are as selective as this image describes.

  • Possible near future or even present.

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  • Is there more info on this somewhere? I've been pretty fascinated by that sort of thing since I started using IPFS and Peergos.

  • Guess I'm sleeping on the couch again

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  • Crypto's on sale again?

  • Guess I'm sleeping on the couch again

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  • I used it to send some money to a friend in another country.

    The fees from the more "conventional" services were really expensive to send money between our two countries, for some reason (government [dis]agreements, I assume).

    I just sent crypto instead. It was much cheaper and simpler.

  • People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

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  • FWIW, I have had some Google (now Nest) Home Hubs for years and I don't think I've ever seen or heard ads on them.

    I'm gradually de-googling my life though, so maybe I'll just replace them with some DIY thing

  • photopea.com now locks out users blocking ads

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  • The image processing happens locally in the web browser.

    Not to imply that hosting the static assets to power that (JS and WebAssembly binaries) is free, but it's definitely much cheaper than the compute resources that would be required to do the heavy lifting server-side.

    (Still worth paying for or allowing ads though. Photopea clearly took a lot of work to build)

  • TIL that if you search "Password generator, [x] characters, [y] strength" at DuckDuckGo, it will generate a password for you.

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  • Fun fact: You can generate a random UUID in your web browser without needing to visit a website. Just open your browser console and type crypto.randomUUID()

  • Yet another note taking recommendation needed

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  • I've been happily using SilverBullet lately too. Can recommend

  • What turn of phrase do you hate?

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  • The Internet would be so much better if everyone were like that. People are so much nicer in person

  • We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things.

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  • THIS. I don't install social networking apps on my phone (except for Voyager, somewhat recently, if that counts). I tend to find these conversations somewhat hard to follow, because it seems like different people use different versions of the same word... Or maybe the definitions evolve too quickly for those who don't follow it very closely. Idk, I haven't really narrowed it down yet.

    But yeah... I honestly don't really know how to identify a fascist. I think it has something to do with right-wing authoritarianism, but I'm not sure I've personally met any right-wing authoritarians, so I'm probably missing something.

    And yes, I have attempted to look it up. The results were not very helpful. I assume it's similar to looking up what Nazis were – quite different from how people use the word now.

    Thank you for understanding "normal people." 🙈

  • Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA”

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  • IMO, that site doesn't really look like it wants to succeed. Seems like the mobile apps are still in development, so maybe the site is intentionally like that, for now.

    The most obvious difference: When I open that link, I see no video. If I open tiktok.com, I see a video.

    That's just from a cursory look though. I've never heard of them, so I could easily be wrong.

  • Ladybird - A browser built for the user

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  • Without stating your age, how old are you?

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  • thanks

  • Without stating your age, how old are you?

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  • I remember Y2K

  • State of federation in git forges

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  • This kinda sounds similar to how things worked before GitHub, when people just emailed their git patches. Some OSS projects still work that way.

  • What do you think: should all government software be open source?

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  • It just seems like a bad tactic. For example, if the US gives Ukraine some software that helps them fight Russia, it's likely tactically advantageous (to Ukraine) if Russia doesn't have the source code.

    Of course, it doesn't mean Russia couldn't do some reverse engineering to some extent. But that takes time, and likely wouldn't be as complete/thorough as just handing them the source code.

  • What do you think: should all government software be open source?

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  • Some, but probably not all. Seems like it would be a bad move to open-source all military software.

  • TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

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  • I remember when Rupert Murdoch's company, News Corporation, bought Myspace. Maybe US TikTok will see the same fate

  • It's only funny when I do it

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  • Unpopular opinion: Memes like this just further divide the two sides.

    Obviously both sides have crazy, inhumane people on the fringes. But most normal people, regardless of political leaning, did not laugh about any of those three deaths.