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haui_lemmy

@haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com

Gifted Autistic Sysadmin, Anti-Corporate activist

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haui_lemmy,

Fair enough but writing a readme isn‘t, right?

haui_lemmy,

Fair enough. There seems to be a hole in the plan there. I think most UX programmers are sitting on their 5000$ chairs writing code on their 10k$ mac for their billion $ corporate employer. Kind of joking but I bet its not far from the truth.

haui_lemmy,

Asking for a friend: do you code? Because most coders say this and thats my initial point. :)

haui_lemmy,

Yes, absolutely but github (which is only an example, mind you) has a lot of consumer friendly accomodations like github gui and cli.

You can edit stuff directly in someone elses repo (or so it seems) in the web browser. I know you have to do a branch and a pull request but thats something that can be worked on.

haui_lemmy,

I‘m sure a lot of people who correct text, add references, structure and pictures to a readme would disagree with you.

I‘m not sure if you‘re a coder but it you are, you should know that coding and usability are two entirely separate things.

haui_lemmy,

Well, then I can relate because I have this exact situation on lemmy (and IRL) but I write good handbooks and readmes.

I‘m more of an entry level coder and I havent studied IT so I have no idea what the dev thought making something but I know what would have helped me to use it.

haui_lemmy,

Thanks for making my point. :)

haui_lemmy,

Absolutely relatable. Thats why we need to make this a more streamlined process.

Like every foss software, be it games or whatever, should have an easy way to report bugs.

One thing I see different is foss-software and -games: You getting something for free and asking for „everything be dead easy“ without helping it become dead easy is not the most healthy.

You cant compare foss software with for profit software that either takes your money, serves you ads or outright sells your data. Thats only making the world a worse place.

The devs dont make money off you, yet you‘re saying you‘ll not give anything back except if they pave your way to it. I think you should pay for foss software then.

haui_lemmy,

Makes total sense and reporting stuff from your viewpoint is great. :)

haui_lemmy,

Exactly. Thanks :)

haui_lemmy,

No. First I ask people for feedback and the feedback you‘re giving now is important and valuable. Thank you for that.

I‘m not asking peeps to do anything. I ask why not. Then I take that feedback and try to implement it. :)

Have a good one.

haui_lemmy,

You got it! This is how we actually beat the corpo trash. :)

haui_lemmy,

I think you are totally on the right track but yes, the task is massive. Thats why I asked. I‘m trying to help with making it happen. And asking questions is one way of doing so. :)

haui_lemmy,

I absolutely agree. This needs to get a lot better. But talking about this will facilitate change. Thanks for taking part.

haui_lemmy,

Yes, I did. The fact that people think their UI is already easy enough is a large part of the problem. Thats why we need easier ways of contributing.

haui_lemmy,

You can be as condescending as you like. Still, the github cli is easier than using git on the normal console afaik.

You‘re making the same mistake the devs are making. You think because you (or anyone) cant be bothered to use a cli, it doesnt help anyone to have it and its not an accomodation.

But it is.

haui_lemmy,

I agree. And this is the reason I asked the question. Because talking about it publicly is facilitating change.

But yes, it’s brutal to see some of the questionaires, reactions and such. This needs to get better.

Like the other codes that fediverse instances submit to to make sure hatespeech and other harmful stuff is kept out, we could have foss projects submit to a unified code of conduct to bring it to the next level so you know where to contribute.

haui_lemmy,

Yeah, I probably should think about taking money for it but making descriptions and manuals is just something I like to do. And there are a lot of people who also do this but dont call it „technical writing“. Often it is things like doing glossars or explaining abbreviations. That helps a lot.

haui_lemmy,

Simple but great idea. Thanks for elaborating.

haui_lemmy,

Two things I see differently:

  • the hardware of a pc is standardized as well and the performance of a console is not better afaik
  • there is something called unattended upgrades for linux which takes that away as well. You also don’t ever need the newest version of linux

A take on an "ideal" fediverse

For-profit tech companies like #Threads and #Flipboard are beginning to implement #ActivityPub, and that's been causing a lot of chaos lately. Thus, I've found it helpful to take a step back, consider what it is about the fediverse that I value, and think about whether federation with these large platforms will bring us closer...

haui_lemmy,

Again, social vs technical. You „can“ but you loose 90% of activity. The users who grew accustomed to your level of activity will see a barren wasteland which is what OP describes.

haui_lemmy,

While I trust you‘re asking honestly, this topic has already been discussed a ton of times:

We are in a very dire situation worldwide due to corporations ruling everything and keeping us from doing what is necessary (solving world hunger, climate change, wars).

Often we ask ourselves „how did we get here“ and the corporations (through public figures which they are paying) have an answer for you:

  • immigrants
  • the left
  • the right
  • politicians
  • yourself

And all of these answers do hold some truth depending on your view. But they’re all deflection. And its a long game. They do stuff that is pleasant, like making affordable smart tvs available. But then they put ads in them that you cant turn off without tech knowledge.

Same with threads. We‘re not in dystopia yet with threads but we‘re asking a convicted child rapist to take care of our kids. Sure, nothing bad will come of it, right?

More precisely, it will take the fediverse about 3 months to get used to the 10x amount of engagement. After that it will be tremendously hard to defederate without a chunk of users.

Everyone who barely understands how mass psychology works can tell you this.

haui_lemmy,

Thanks for the kind answer. This is fun. :)

The child rapist is a metaphor. We‘re not scared of our kids getting r*ped in this case but of us and the kids getting (among other things) manipulated to high heavens which meta has been convicted for again and again. Search for metas human rights violations and you will be serviced better than I could ever do.

You actually made me think of an idea. We could auto defederate any single instance that is more in size than the others combined. I‘d need to check the numbers but I don’t think we have this kind of situation rn.

If we made this a rule, corpos could split their giant places into instances which can then be federated and defederated individually. The idea is still a wip obviously.

haui_lemmy,

Thanks a lot for the heads up! The was very informative. I‘ll definitely check it out because I‘m pretty sad how MS treats minecraft these days.

haui_lemmy,

It’s not an easy conclusion for me. I feel like not playing into someones hand by not doing what makes you the most money is nice for a change. But is it ok to play into greedy media conglomerates hands by keeping their secrecy schemes intact and fuel the hype train that only exists to suck larger and larger amounts of money out of the customer?

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