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railmeat

@railmeat@fosstodon.org

Software Epistemologist, aspiring star traveler, perpetual beginner. Wallowing in accidental complexity. Stumbling towards recovery. Twitter says I am a midwit.

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mattblaze, to random
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If nothing else, Mastodon seems to be pretty convincing evidence that an edit button can work. I'm not seeing many cases of it being abused the way many worried it would be.

Bad actors are the problem, not the tools. Get rid of the bad faith people, and we can have nice things.

railmeat,
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@ASP @mattblaze
The abuse people feared was someone writing a post about something, getting a lot of retweets and attention, then editing the tweet to say something reprehensible.

railmeat,
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@mattblaze
I agree that the edit button on masto has been good.

"Bad actors are the problem, not the tools" sounds a lot like "guns don't kill people, people kill people."

That might be right, but it is still not a good way to manage problems. Limiting availability of tools is probably a good idea in many cases.

railmeat,
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@mattblaze
You are right, social media is a subset of society, a kind of filter. I don't think you can tell who the bad actors are.

On social media the consequences of bad actors are minor compared to guns. Perhaps it is good enough to act after they reveal themselves.

In any case masto seems good so far.

aral, to ai
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Machines aren’t taking over.
Corporations are taking over.

Worry about the right thing.

railmeat,
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@aral
I have been worrying about this for a couple of decades. My worrying has not helped. It is time to do something. I am in favor of building our own parallel universe. One step at a time.

andypiper, to random
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Loving this interactive "Map of GitHub" and the fun clusters and names for different groups and regions https://anvaka.github.io/map-of-github

railmeat,
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@andypiper
Very cool!

evan, (edited ) to random
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How often do you lift weights?

#EvanPoll #poll

railmeat,
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@evan
The last time I lifted weights was about ten years ago.

Now I do body weight exercises and walk. I try to do each three times a week. I am happy with that, though I would like to be more consistent.

AliceMarshall, to random

Journalists discuss rarely heard internal tapes from a police shooting investigation

https://gothamist.com/news/journalists-discuss-rarely-heard-internal-tapes-from-a-police-shooting-investigation

railmeat,
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@AliceMarshall
Recordings or transcripts of these should always be available as well as any body camera recordings.

aral, to random
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Sexual predator or US President? Why choose when you can have both?

https://www.inkl.com/a/YlMoaphnxmn

railmeat,
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@aral
We already did that, look what it did for our country!

alcinnz, to random
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Make me think! - Ralph Hammer: https://ralphammer.com/make-me-think/

(Now where did I find this link?)

railmeat,
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@alcinnz
Interesting link, thanks for sharing.

craignewmark, to random
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At @Wikipedia, the Craig Newmark Memorial Restroom

railmeat,
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@craignewmark @Wikipedia
Cool! Memorial? Are you still alive?

stevesilberman, to space
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    railmeat,
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    @stevesilberman

    “The locals here are just being sacrificed,”

    The usual practice of the silly con valley.

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    Me: “Having to choose an instance makes people not join Mastodon”

    Pundit: “They should have to choose an instance”

    Me: “They won’t. They just don’t sign up.”

    Pundit: “They should just choose an instance”

    How do you even logic

    railmeat,
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    @thomasfuchs
    I did not give a lot of significance to choosing an instance. I choose more or less randomly.

    If it bothers other users, or potential users we should do something about it. Maybe we should choose for people who don't want to choose on their own. Maybe even randomly.

    jens, to random
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    I don't recall where I encountered this phrase, but I think it should be my motto.

    railmeat,
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    @jens
    I am not sure what that means, but I am sure I agree.

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