Declaring oneself a constitutional county undermines the authority of officials authorized to act under the Constitution. I believe it ultimately subverts the authority of the Constitution itself....
Perhaps I've misunderstood how Lemmy works, but from what I can tell Lemmy is resulting in fragmentation between communities. If I've got this wrong, or browsing Lemmy wrong, please correct me!...
I LOVE this approach though. I want tech news, or politics, or whatever, but I want to be able to decide what my experience engaging with those posts is like. If an instance isn’t seriously discussing something in the comments, or moderation isn’t what I want, then I can go to another instance where it is. Beehaw is already a fantastic example of this, and why I strongly prefer this instance over others—I really don’t like the type of comments that seem to gain popularity elsewhere, like on lemmy.ml.
Yes, of course I read the article before I posted it. The answers are not contained within. Think deeper, friend:
It requires basically any digital services provider that collects an email at sign-up to conduct age verification to identify all minors, verify parents or guardians connected to all minors identified...
How? How will this actually be performed?
I've been a paying subscriber to Ars Technica for something like 15-ish years now. I read the article, and then read the comments on their website, where others there have the same concerns. Then I posted it here. I agree that it's silly to ask questions that an article answers, but that's not the case here.
I hope that here on Beehaw, we can work to build a community that has more grace than the ones we left behind, and assume the best intentions from others.
Fun family fact: this guy was my wife’s cousin. Her family lived nearby on Long Island, and her mom and grandmother always were strict with the family about not having anything to do with them. Even going by the house was “forbidden” (as much as anything can be in an old Italian family). Of course that’s the first thing...
I really just don’t care for his style. I’m glad we have it, I think it’s too rare to have directors that impart such a distinctive aesthetic, it just doesn’t suit me.
But Tarantino is another one with a flair that’s immediately recognizable, what others come to mind for you guys?
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This is a rant about right to repair, but is marked NSFW because it has to do with a sex toy, and I don't know where the line is. Like many rants, this starts with a questionnaire purchase....
After the (temporary) defederation announcement of earlier i checked the Lemmy repo to see if there was already a ticket on the federation limiting option like Mastodon's that people mentioned Lemmy doesn't yet have. Not only i didn't find it, i also saw that there's about 200+ open tickets of variable importance. Also saw that...
First, I respect you doing what you feel you need to.
That said, I think we need to be careful about how we decide what products to use or support based off the politics or history of their development. That seems like a risky game to me. How much slave labor was used in creating the very products we’re using right now, for instance?
If you go back to [the] early days of Cloudflare, we've wrestled with: 'What is our role in term of controlling what content flows through our network?' And we believed that the right principle was to remain content neutral.
I think he’s exactly correct. This is what Net Neutrality is about. Service providers on the Internet should be treated like a utility. It’s easy to conflate this issue with that of ‘tolerating the intolerant,’ but I don’t think that’s correct at all. It’s also an argument that many parts of the Internet infrastructure have had. Cloudflare is a big part of the infrastructure underpinning the Internet at large, but it’s only a part. There are many others that need to come together to support a simple website. What about RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) like ARIN, who are responsible for allocating IP addresses? If you’re going to be upset with Cloudflare for struggling about whether or not to be neutral, why should they get off the hook? I think it’s probably because most people don’t understand how the Internet works, and so they remain ignorant of what goes into simply ‘hooking up’ a website to the Internet, allowing these other critically necessary components to fly under the radar of the public attention.
The debate about various Internet infrastructure entities remaining neutral has long raged. By and large, the communities that build and maintain these kinds of underpinnings have come down on the side of remaining neutral. It’s a vastly complex situation, with no easy answers, and a LOT of ‘hidden’ variables and concerns.
[...]the widespread use of the symbol on products that are not routinely accepted for recycling is helping stoke “consumer confusion about what is recyclable and/or compostable” and is leading to “deceptive or misleading” claims on packaging, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....
Have we, though? I don’t think consumers have made that decision at all. I think companies have made that decision for us, because it’s so damn cheap. I would strongly prefer to buy products in degradable packaging, whenever possible, but that is so rarely an option. Toilet paper as an example. Why does that need to be sold in thin plastic that gets thrown out? Why can’t it be packaged in paper bags? Probably because manufacturers have decided that the fancy color they can print on plastic has an advantage with their advertising.
I digress. It’s not consumers who are thrilled about single-use plastic. We’re not even the ones doing the vast, VAST majority of polluting. It’s companies.
Absolutely. It’s disappointing that this person read a post made by the Beehaw admins that was written with nuance and grace, and then decided to respond with vitriol. That’s exactly the kind of attitude that is so prolific on Reddit, and I am happy to leave it behind. Thank you for your reasoned reply.
OP, I encourage you in the future to choose grace.
I simply hate how they act benevolent where the reality is the opposite; that their admins are legitimately overlords akin to a full-time power-abusing reddit moderator.
What do you mean by this? Do you have examples? Maybe you’re correct and I just haven’t seen it, but every example I’ve seen of them responding to something has been great.
Regarding your comment that I need to act with more grace, my apologies. You are correct, I should be less aggressive in my opinions and will self-censor henceforth to protect and maintain the humility of the discussions that occur here.
I think your idea of what federation should look like is not quite right, which is okay, it’s not an insult, it’s new to many of us.
The idea isn’t that everything is open, with a unified platform that shares everything, everywhere. The Lemmy software is open source, but the way instances are moderated is highly customizable, and that is an intentional design decision.
You’re probably used to common moderation styles on Reddit, where users have more control over content via up/downvotes, and some Lemmy instances may run just like that, taking a more hands-off approach to moderation. But Beehaw is not like that. The goals and moderation style here are different. Beehaw is looking to create a different kind of space, with more control over what’s posted. There are pros and cons to this, which are beyond the scope of this comment to explore. The point is this: different Lemmy instances are run by different people, with different visions and styles. If you don’t like how Beehaw is run, it’s probably going to be a better experience for you, as well as the people here who do like how it’s run, if you find an instance that more closely aligns with what you’re looking for.
But coming onto someone else’s instance and aggressively demanding things conform to your desires or trying to inform the owners of what you will or won’t “stand for” is rude, though. There’s a better way to communicate with people, and in the future I hope you choose grace.
I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
There's a new Lemmy instance for all things gardening! Since the obvious shuttering of /r/gardening, I figured folks interested in gardening would appreciate an instance tailored to that interest. Perhaps communities on there could be created for specific types of gardening (food, flowers, etc.), or location....
How 'constitutional county' declarations undermine the Constitution – a legal scholar explains (theconversation.com)
Declaring oneself a constitutional county undermines the authority of officials authorized to act under the Constitution. I believe it ultimately subverts the authority of the Constitution itself....
"Dead Space: Deep Cover" - Cineverse & Bloody Disgusting Announce Scripted Audio Series Based on EA's Video Game! (bloody-disgusting.com)
Huge fan of Dead Space, this'll be cool
I don't see how Lemmy will fill the gap of Reddit - it's resulting in fragmentation
Perhaps I've misunderstood how Lemmy works, but from what I can tell Lemmy is resulting in fragmentation between communities. If I've got this wrong, or browsing Lemmy wrong, please correct me!...
Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media (arstechnica.com)
How do they even plan on enforcing this? What would possibly be the consequences for either parent or child if they violate?
Seeking opinions on: The Conversation (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/691716...
Ronny DeFeo, of the Amityville Horror fame, was my wife’s cousin. What’s your unique family history or association? (en.wikipedia.org)
Fun family fact: this guy was my wife’s cousin. Her family lived nearby on Long Island, and her mom and grandmother always were strict with the family about not having anything to do with them. Even going by the house was “forbidden” (as much as anything can be in an old Italian family). Of course that’s the first thing...
'Cobweb' Official Trailer - Family Secrets Creep Out in "Marianne" Creator's First Horror Movie (bloody-disgusting.com)
This looks so good!
No One Can Replicate Wes Anderson—and No One Can Make Him Change (www.theringer.com)
Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Rest of the Week(?)
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18+ In Defense of Simple Electronics
This is a rant about right to repair, but is marked NSFW because it has to do with a sex toy, and I don't know where the line is. Like many rants, this starts with a questionnaire purchase....
Lemmy is in serious need of more devs
After the (temporary) defederation announcement of earlier i checked the Lemmy repo to see if there was already a ticket on the federation limiting option like Mastodon's that people mentioned Lemmy doesn't yet have. Not only i didn't find it, i also saw that there's about 200+ open tickets of variable importance. Also saw that...
Lemmy server security
I'm almost ready with my lemmy instance server. Now what are some steps that are definitly worth doing after setup?...
Universal ‘chasing arrows’ recycling symbol could be dumped in US (theguardian.com)
[...]the widespread use of the symbol on products that are not routinely accepted for recycling is helping stoke “consumer confusion about what is recyclable and/or compostable” and is leading to “deceptive or misleading” claims on packaging, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....
Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works (beehaw.org)
Interesting bit of news for the threadiverse. All three of these are fairly large lemmy instances
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
hey folks, we'll be quick and to the point with this one:...
Star Citizen costs exceed Cyberpunk 2077, GTA 5, and RDR2 combined (www.pcgamesn.com)
Other Fediverse projects (en.wikipedia.org)
I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
David Ornstein: Arsenal have made proposal to sign Havertz. Pursuit ramped up in recent days; contact with CFC & 24yo. Bayern also keen. (twitter.com)
Continued: 2yrs left so CFC ideally renew/sell AFC planning formal offer to West Ham for Declan Rice soon
Jacob Steinberg: Arsenal keen on signing Kai Havertz with Chelsea set to demand fee of £70m (www.theguardian.com)
New Lemmy instance for garden: The Garden, a place where all are welcome to grow their roots (thegarden.land)
There's a new Lemmy instance for all things gardening! Since the obvious shuttering of /r/gardening, I figured folks interested in gardening would appreciate an instance tailored to that interest. Perhaps communities on there could be created for specific types of gardening (food, flowers, etc.), or location....