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lps

@lps@masto.1146.nohost.me

Eternally aspiring artist, Blender user, FOSS lover, and privacy advocate.

My interests include:

#foss #mograph #videoediting #art #privacy #photography #sciencefiction #3d #design #opensource #collectivism #humanism
#nobridge
I'm not a bot, I swear;)

Don't take offence, but I manually approve follows, if only to avoid spam accounts

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mike, to fediverse
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is awesome.

lps,
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@mike Couldn't agree more! I don't think many people realize how important it is to the entire !

lps,
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@deadsuperhero
Exciting times!!

notjustbikes, to random
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I was cleaning out some old video files and I came across this gem from Associate Professor Brian Doucet at the UofW School of Planning (bmdoucet on the bad site).

This was taken in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada the city where I went to University.

It boggles my mind that Canadian traffic engineering can be so broken that something like this gets built.

How did nobody along the path to getting this created say, "why are we building it like this when you'd have to be fucking insane to cycle here?"

Painted bicycle lane between two traffic lanes and an entrance to a highway with large amounts of motor vehicle traffic.

lps,
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@notjustbikes
Swimming with sharks would look less intimidating than that!
@Binder

Reminder: crypto isn’t solarpunk. It’s cyberpunk.

Listening to a recent episode of the Solarpunk Presents podcast reminded me the importance of consistently calling out cryptocurrency as a wasteful scam. The podcast hosts fail to do that, and because bad actors will continue to try to push crypto, we must condemn it with equal persistence....

lps,
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@xnx
I really hope some larger projects team up with them for use as a donation platform at some point...the only issue is, where to buy taler w cash🤷‍♂️
@bloup

lps,
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@xnx
A good explainer campaign of how it works practically is essential if it hopes to be adopted for sure. I know a bit, but still not clear on it. At some point credits need to be purchased. And as far as I understand it's not something that is connected to a bank account.

lps,
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@ProdigalFrog
Thanks!!:)

AAKL, to ai
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    lps,
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    @AAKL @engadget the same situation that happened with Sam Bankman-Fried, stealing is okay, just not from the rich and powerful.

    dajb, to random
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    Say what you want about LLMs but they're amazing for actually reading documents I would intend to read, never get round to, and then just sign / press accept anyway.

    lps,
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    @dajb
    This practice should be used for proposed bills in legislature, which are know to slide in unfavourable clauses.

    lps, to fediverse
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    If you're a fan of , and you want to see the latest developments, don't forget you can follow the short video updates from their own account directly from
    @penpot_app

    Monal, to iOS German
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    Our iOS app got banned from the Chinese appstore because it is able to influence public opinion or is "Capable of Social Mobilization".

    See our blog post for details: https://monal-im.org/post/00010-ios-banned/

    lps,
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    @badrihippo @Monal It's working for me in NAmerica

    fediforum, to fediverse
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    Extra thanks to @deadsuperhero who volunteered to host the demos on his instance and set it up.

    The videos from the previous events are now on his instance as well. We also have updated the links on fediforum.org

    For future FediForum demo videos, follow @fediforum_demos

    lps,
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    @fediforum @deadsuperhero @fediforum_demos So many great demos, thanks for making them available on it's the way:)

    Going through them now!

    msquebanh, to food
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    The 3rd largest source of carbs, in tropical areas, after rice & maize, is . Native to South America, it made its way to many places in Africa, Middle East & Asia nations during early trade times. Nigeria is world's largest producer of this food crop & Thailand is largest exporter of cassava starch. Very drought tolerant, thrives in poor soil & is a in developing nations.

    My family grew them in Vietnam. We've been eating them for generations.

    lps,
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    @msquebanh
    It looks similar to a sweet potatoe / yam ...is there any similarity?
    @gerrymcgovern

    LALegault, to random
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    I understand people are pretty cynical at this point but an official arms embargo from Canada 🇨🇦 on Israel 🇮🇱 is a sanction. It is a signal that Canada will no longer arm a genocide. It is progress.

    lps,
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    @LALegault
    It's official? If so, amazing!

    thelinuxcast, to random
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    Anyone else use the latest version of kdenlive and find that the transform effect is completely gone?

    lps,
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    @thelinuxcast I see it on Windows

    lps,
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    @thelinuxcast
    Oops, I thought I had the latest

    msquebanh, to random
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    Being passed back n forth like a ping-pong ball on the phone. With Amazon customer service. I canceled Prime almost a year ago. They charged me over $110 & I'm trying to get charge reversed.

    lps,
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    @msquebanh
    Unfortunately that ping pong is by design:(

    J12t, to fediverse
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    The hosted Jitsi service that many people in the Fediverse appear to prefer over, say, Zoom is operated by 8x8, a NASDAQ-traded public company.

    I wonder how this makes Jitsi somehow more acceptable to the Fediverse than Zoom. Yes, I understand that Jitsi has an open-source implementation, but if you use a commercially-operated freemium service like https://meet.jit.si that appears to make very little difference re privacy etc.

    What am I missing?

    lps,
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    @J12t
    The difference is that there are community hosted instances.. 🤷‍♂️

    lps,
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    @J12t for me, the biggest issue with Zoom was AI training and the fact that they were exposed as not actually have working encryption.

    There are many public instances

    https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances/

    from trusted communities like framasoft and the fsf for example.

    https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/

    However, I see your point, that many would not explore other options than the main instance. A similar issue to all fediverse applications like Mastodon as well.

    michal, to random
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    Got back to writing. Today I'd like to share a little behind-the-scenes story. Here's how mailchat.pl came to be:
    https://blog.m33how.it/chatmail-onboarding-experience-done-right

    #PrivacyMatters #chatmail #DeltaChat

    lps,
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    @michal IMHO this the greatest thing that could have happened to

    Anonymity itself was a key component that was required.

    The onboarding experience is awesome, and as an instant messenger it is superfast and capable as well.

    Thanks to these new developments, has won me back:)

    I hope that or a contributor considers including this in their app library.

    ploum, to random
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    According to Apple’s lawyers, "no reasonable user would expect that their actions in Apple’s apps would be private from Apple."

    I repeat to make it clear: According to Apple itself, no reasonable Apple user should expect privacy when using the device.

    So let’s make it even more clear: if you expect basic privacy using your Apple device, you are "unreasonable" (= a fool).

    (originally posted by @mysk )

    lps,
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    @ploum
    Is this their take on Zuckerberg's..." Those dumb fucks..."?;)
    @mysk @JRepin

    ajsadauskas, (edited ) to tech
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    My real worry with Google's voyage into enshittification (thanks to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic the term) is YouTube.

    Through YT, for the past 15 years, the world has basically entrusted Google to be the custodian of pretty much our entire global video archive.

    There's countless hours of archived footage — news reports, political speeches, historical events, documentaries, indie films, academic lectures, conference presentations, rare recordings, concert footage, obscure music — where the best or only copy is now held by Google through YouTube.

    So what happens if maintaining that archival footage becomes unprofitable?

    @technology

    lps,
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    @ajsadauskas
    That's why is so important! Everyone should be migrating or at least mirroring there ASAP... It will happen.
    @pluralistic @technology

    lps,
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    @AstaMcCarthy @ckent @ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology

    This is a very valid point. If you do create content that you intend to share to an audience, it's quite easy to find an affordable or free instance to simply mirror your content.

    Once it's setup, it will sync automatically with no additional effort, and we can ALL celebrate that we are not feeding the monsters.

    It is very much an ethical choice, and I think we can all agree we need to slay those beasts.

    lps,
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    @ckent @AstaMcCarthy @ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology

    There is an option, if you do self-host peertube, to retain the original resolution if no other options are selected. I'm not sure if that avoids transcoding, which I think is what you're looking for.

    lps, to privacy
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    'Blind' without ? A fabricated story!

    https://peertube.european-pirates.eu/videos/watch/a5ae2632-dc28-412d-aa2f-6c744954a7cb

    mondoweiss, to Palestine
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    Egyptian officials are charging Palestinians a massive ransom to escape the Gaza genocide

    Egyptian border officials are charging Palestinians in Gaza thousands of dollars to escape death in Gaza. And even those who manage to raise the exorbitant price through GoFundMe campaigns have not been let through for months.

    https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/egyptian-officials-are-charging-palestinians-a-massive-ransom-to-escape-the-gaza-genocide/?utm_content=buffere7952&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

    @palestine

    lps,
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    @mondoweiss
    The depravity that humans show towards each other never ceases to amaze me:(
    @palestine @kathimmel

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