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0x1C3B00DA, 6 days ago

I could see walking through a debug session document with a junior dev to guide them on how to debug classes of issues better. Or if they're running into a bug and ask for your help, you could write out the first few debugging steps and let them take it from there. That might be easier to understand than "I'd check service X and see if it's processing Y like it should or just passing it on to Z". Having a defined way to explain how to debug an issue could be useful

0x1C3B00DA, 6 days ago

on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.

They're reusing existing tracks.

0x1C3B00DA, 15 days ago

that looks like a console

Not just looks, but provides the UX of a console. So you buy it, plug it up, log in, and immediately start playing. Even consoles don't provide that streamlined UX anymore, but ppl want all the benefits console used to provide with all the benefits PC gaming provides now. But the key part is the PC benefits don't get in the way of the ease of it. You don't have to install or administer a linux distro, you don't have to twiddle settings for every game (unless you want to), etc

0x1C3B00DA, 18 days ago

This issue has been noted since mastodon was initially release > 7 years ago. It has also been filed multiple times over the years, indicating that previous small "fixes" for it haven't fully fixed the issue.

0x1C3B00DA, 17 days ago

People have submitted various fixes but the lead developer blocks them. Expecting owners of small personal websites to pay to fix bugs of any random software that hits their site is ridiculous. This is mastodon's fault and they should fix it. As long as the web has been around, the expected behavior has been for a software team to prioritize bugs that affect other sites.

0x1C3B00DA, 16 days ago

Relying on the competence of unaffiliated developers is not a good way to run a business.

This affects any site that's posted on the fediverse, including small personal sites. Some of these small sites are for people who didn't set the site up themselves and don't know how or can't block a user agent. Mastodon letting a bug like this languish when it affects the small independent parts of the web that mastodon is supposed to be in favor of is directly antithetical to its mission.

0x1C3B00DA, 23 days ago

Harvesting the dataset isn't the problem. Using copyrighted work in a paid product is the problem. Individuals could still train their own models for personal use

0x1C3B00DA, 23 days ago

I'm not familiar with the exact amount of resources, but I know it takes a lot. My point was about what specifically is in contention here.

Also, you were the one pointing out that this case could entrench "giant fucking corporations" in the space. But if they're the only ones who can afford the resources to train them, then this case won't have an effect on that entrenchment

0x1C3B00DA, 23 days ago

What legislation like this would do is essentially let the biggest players pull the ladders up behind them

But you're claiming that there's already no ladder. Your previous paragraph was about how nobody but the big players can actually start from scratch.

All this aside from the conceptual flaws of such legislation. You'd be effectively outlawing people from analyzing data that's publicly available

How? This is a copyright suit. Like I said in my last comment, the gathering of the data isn't in contention. That's still perfectly legal and anyone can do it. The suit is about the use of that data in a paid product.

0x1C3B00DA, 1 month ago

It's funny how this comes after Chrome's switch to Manifest V3, which makes ad blocking not possible on Chrome and was purely for security reasons and not for disabling ad blockers. Now that Chrome users can't block ads on the first-party site, they're going after third-party clients. Such coincidental timing.

0x1C3B00DA, 1 month ago

yes exactly what sneezycat said. I was being sarcastic and pointing out that Manifest V3 was always a crackdown on ad blocking and nothing else.

0x1C3B00DA, 1 month ago

There's no way Mozilla is replacing Google as the default, so what are they actually announcing here? I didn't read any actual results thats happening. Are they just adding Qwant as an option in the search engine settings?

0x1C3B00DA, 1 month ago

I would argue that overriding methods on a prototype is not a hack. It's equivalent to overriding super methods in Java classes, but using javascript's prototype-based inheritance instead of class-based inheritance.

But I agree with your main point about choosing a language that lets the developer implement their solutions freely.

0x1C3B00DA, 1 month ago

expanding organic cropland can lead to increased pesticide use in surrounding non-organic fields, offsetting some environmental benefits.

It's ridiculous to call this a harm of organic farming.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

These "Aerocarts" will be pulled down the runway by the lead plane just like a recreational glider. They'll lift off more or less together with the lead plane, then stay on the rope throughout the cruise phase of flight, autonomously surfing the lead plane's wake for minimal drag and optimal lift

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

It wouldn't change that, unless the moderators of those communities agreed to merge them by using the same cryptographic identity.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

Super disagree. A community at the protocol level can have just as much character as a community at the network level, but without most of the drawbacks. The "instance as community" idea was always a poor substitute for actual Groups. The community shouldn't be a server that users are bound to; it should be a Group that has access controls and private memberships (if desired). The moderators get all the same benefits of maintaining a limited community with their own rules, but users aren't beholden to petty drama via instance blocks or defederation.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

If you break that up you end up with only a few large and likely advertisement funded instances being able to survive.

I'm not saying I don't think instances should be able to use that model, only that I think that model should not be the dominant way of building a community on the fediverse. But I don't see why a user would be less attached to a community just because its hosted on a different server from them, especially on the threadiverse which is topic based and where users are most likely going to engage in multiple topics.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

"Morels are more likely to cause intestinal distress if eaten raw, although even raw, they can be tolerated by some people," the agency wrote. Morels should be cooked before eating, as cooking can destroy bacterial contaminants. "For that matter, all mushrooms, wild or cultivated, should be cooked to release their full nutritional value because chitin in their cell walls otherwise inhibits digestion," the USDA writes.

The article mentions multiple times that cooked mushrooms are safer than raw ones.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

The article also points out that there were people who ate the raw sushi with no adverse affects, so mentioning "their established toxicity" seems like it would be just as misleading.

0x1C3B00DA, 2 months ago

I think you missed a key part of the article. Content Nation was not harvesting data from the fediverse; it was just federating. It was a new project that had just spun up and didn't have a full feature set yet, but other than those missing features it was a normal fediverse instance.