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psychothumbs

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  • Bluesky feels more like old Twitter than X does

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  • I'd be happy enough if it just ended up replicating pre-Musk twitter - that was a cool website! And in practice as you say with the federated decentralized aspect and a core userbase of anti-fascists it will likely be even better.

  • Twitter sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

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  • I think a lot of people were sticking around to follow election news and try to effect the conversation, and are bailing now that it's over in hopes of building up bluesky by the next one.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • Bluesky grew out of a project at twitter whose goal was to create a federated protocol. Then when they were split off from twitter when Musk took over they had to start their own twitter-style platform to be the first player in that federated protocol. Now that that part is running they're gradually building out the originally planned system of allowing more servers to be part of the federation: https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/federation-architecture

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • That would be great - much better than the current situation where twitter is run like a right-wing site but still has people from across the political spectrum hanging out there due to inertia.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • That's where the federated angle comes in. Not quite there yet, but as the network grows the vulnerability to the original node getting taken over by a bad actor lessens.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • Haha there is a gigantic wave of people switching over from twitter right now, that's just what is on people's minds. The conversation will move on soon enough.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • It's the hot new non-billionaire controlled social media app for the 2020s: https://bsky.app/

  • Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris

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  • A lot of people are like "if someone as evil as Cheney is endorsing Harris that's not a good sign, and if Harris is actively bringing her on stage and talking about how great she is that's DEFINITELY not a good sign"

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • Huh? No crypto connection at bluesky.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • Nah bluesky is great. This "trap" conspiracy theory is ridiculous.

  • Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All

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  • What Is It That the Generals Are Telling Us About Trump?

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  • The Only Guardrail Left Is Us

  • All the Top Trump Officials Warning Against Voting for Him

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  • Can anyone really be so dumb as to see people who Trump himself appointed to office and worked closely with saying "this guy is an evil wannabe dictator" and think "man, those guys are part of the deep state conspiracy to destroy Trump"?

  • US economic resilience in wake of pandemic, inflation battle 'fantastic achievement'

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  • Yes, but they don’t even mention the yearly target in the article, just broadly allude to inflation not being an issue anymore, even though it has actively driven prices up significantly for pretty much everything for the last few years. It is absolutely a pain point that is often glossed over when talking about the economy, usually when commenting how good it is.

    I'm not sure what to make of this complaint. Yes the article assumes some basic level of understanding of what these terms mean. We had a bout of inflation, meaning prices rose quickly, and then it ended and prices are back to their usual flat or slow increase rate of change.

    As for the job market, I’m in tech. It’s insanely hard to get a job right now, as most places simply aren’t hiring (or worse, put up job ads but have no plan to fill them, as insane as that is). Wages have stagnated for sure, and housing has gone up in price. I haven’t actually seen many high wage growth for a lot of stuff around me either, mostly just adjusting lower end wages so that people can (mostly) afford rent. 2% inflation is better than the last couple of years, but the article linked completely downplayed all of those factors. Which is why I said it was bullshit.

    Ah well there's your issue right there - tech in particular is not doing so hot right now, but most other parts of the economy are doing great. Got to look at the data on the big picture and not just what you see in your own little niche.

  • New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers

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  • Wow that is outrageous. Hopefully there are still sideloading ereaders on the market by the time my current one dies, I don't want to have to go search for one on ebay.

  • US economic resilience in wake of pandemic, inflation battle 'fantastic achievement'

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  • Huh? Yes 2% is the usual inflation target, so getting it down to that level constitutes defeating inflation. We wouldn't really want it to go any lower, much less so low that it turns into the deflation it would take to reverse the price increases of the high inflation era as you seem to be arguing for.

    Not sure what you're getting at with the job market either - we have low unemployment and high wage growth, that's about as good as job markets get.

  • US economic resilience in wake of pandemic, inflation battle 'fantastic achievement'

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  • That somewhat unnecessary influx of money is what allowed prices to jump, but it’s also interesting that our rate of inflation was persistently lower than many other developed nations, so it may not have been totally unnecessary.

    Isn't America's low inflation relative to countries that intervened less the proof that the influx of money was not that cause of inflation? Not so much that spending the extra money actively reduced inflation, but it just turned out to not be a major factor. Meanwhile the extra spending was hugely important for keeping the American economy growing, while underspending held back many other countries.

  • Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?

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  • Because rich Republicans also own the media.

  • Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky - and hope you will, too!

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  • Yeah it really makes Mastodon unusable as the "one big forum" that twitter was and bluesky is trying to be.