kjr

@kjr@qoto.org

Freelancing in Natural Language Processing / Machine Learning / Data Science. Interested and working also in Archives, Libraries and Data Integration.
Based in Israel, central area.

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realcaseyrollins, to fediverse

I kinda wish also had a instance tbh

kjr,

@realcaseyrollins What is NAS?

kjr,

@realcaseyrollins Thanks!

kjr,

@fu @realcaseyrollins I don't know a lot about, I checked shortly Lemmy and I decided at the end to use kbin.

kjr,

@fu @realcaseyrollins omg... in only 20 secs. I had enough of that. They are federated with the other Lemmy instances?

kjr, to random

It is really difficult to find in Israel devices to prepare plant based milk at home. At the end I will need to buy it in internet.
If somebody can recommend me a device, I will be more than happy about recommendations.

kjr, to random

‘Zombie viruses’: Ancient diseases climate change will bring back - explainer
A look at four “zombie” viruses from ancient times set to come out of the permafrost, and one other hidden disease proven to be deadly for humans.


https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-745175

kjr, to ai

Sounds interesting
Large Language Models in Molecular Biology
Deciphering the language of biology, from DNA to cells to human health


https://towardsdatascience.com/large-language-models-in-molecular-biology-9eb6b65d8a30

trinsec, to random

Burp. Haven't made burrito in such a long time and now I've made enough for 3 days. :P Just should buy creme fraiche next time, I think I do want it added after all even though it was damn tasty already.

kjr,

@trinsec 😋

kjr,

@trinsec What did you put inside?

kjr,

@trinsec It sounds amazing.
OK, burrito is always tasty 😋 🌯

kjr, to kbin

I have opened an account in , a federated alternative to .
If you want, you can follow me from Mastodon too in @kjr

Empiricism_Reloaded, to fediverse

Greetings!

Who regulates the regulators? Who regulates the admin? The answer, generally, is no one! They can decide to delete your account, without a warning, at a whim (e.g. if they're in a bad mood, etc) If the admin suspends (deletes) your account, that means you can’t move your account to another instance (you have to start a new one). Account suspension prevents you from transferring the "followers" list. That list could be your friends, colleagues, lover, whistle-blower, you name it.

Effectively, there is zero accountability for Mastodon servers! So, when you read posts that say it doesn't matter what Mastodon server you join, that’s misinformation! Ideally, you’d know and trust the admin personally - that’s the most secure way to protect your data (but, not usually practical). Now if you complain, many admins will say, to paraphrase “You can always run your own server!”. Like they think everyone has the time and resources to do so (it’s just their way of avoiding the problems associated with the network)

My previous account was "suspended", without warning and with no written reason given, by the admin of climate justice social (the irony) https://climatejustice.social/@empiricism . I just received an email that said “Account suspended. You can no longer use your account, and your profile and other data are no longer accessible. You can still login to request a backup of your data until the data is fully removed in about 30 days, but we will retain some basic data to prevent you from evading the suspension”

But, as mentioned. You can’t transfer your followers list (effectively, unless you have copied all the followers' addresses – the admin has deleted them!)

I assume the account deletion was because I'd made an accusation public (a private message from the admin), regarding the unfair conduct of ecoevo.social and climatejustice.social admin (they prefer to do their account warnings, etc, behind the scenes. i.e., no public accountability for their decisions). I posted publicly a link to a conversation I had with another person, in which I said that the OP was being prejudiced. In my public post, I linked to the conversation (made it public) that I was being warned of (by the admin). I asked people (the public on Mastodon) what do they think about the conversation? But, before I received any replies, the account was suspended (deleted).

I've asked this before on Mastodon without receiving any reasonable answer. How can anyone trust Mastodon if people can't backup up their own followers' list? There is no agency in the current system. A server could crash, the owner may just decide to close it or run out of money to finance it, etc.

So, this is a security flaw that should be addressed. The only reason I can think of why this security flaw isn’t been addressed (openly talked about with the seriousness it deserves) is that the server owners, don't believe it’s in their interest. However, evidently, it’s in the Mastodon community's interest to have a system in which they can easily back up the follower's list and have some democratic accountability from the admin. Fundamentally, it should not be up to the servers admin to delete a person's followers list (not even Twitter, Facebook, etc, would do that without any warning! Well, maybe they would, I haven’t used those networks in years)

What methods can a user of the network use to back up the "followers" list? (since the software developers seem to be against it) The last time I asked this, the reply I received, I assume from an admin was to quote "You can download a copy of your follows list". Evidently, intentionally tried to avoid the question I was asking because I stated the “followers” list.

So, can Mastodon be a better alternative to , etc? or is this just lip service? Because business as usual is the money controlling the general flow of information! (& that’s a form of corruption).

For the Fediverse to be decentralized, people will be able to connect to the network without any “middlemen” (that’s a given). So, can we have an adult discussion about what’s best for a social media network? Without it being monopolized and parasitized by the age-old corruption of social power (e.g. money). I doubt it, but…..

or

kjr,

@Empiricism_Reloaded He, just about what you said: “You can always run your own server!”

I suppose that it is not relevant for you anymore, since you are now here. But anyway, it doesn't take too much time and resources, since they are hosting services with quite good prices (most people don't know about it).
A relatively well known one is:
https://masto.host/

As you see, resources, starting from 6$ month, and time, not really since the technical work is by the company.

kjr,

@Empiricism_Reloaded No, it doesn't move the admin to masto.host. You create an isntance in masto.host, a cloud service, and you are the administrator. The small instance is for 5 users.

kjr,

@Empiricism_Reloaded But that happens in every instance. I suppose no one of Qoto has a private server running at home.
I don't see what is the core problem or how to resolve it...

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

How often do you wear a hat?

kjr,

@evan language question... basecap is considered a hat?

NasosAlaiskas, to fediverse

Does anyone know why, a public post, is not appearing to mastodon accounts, unless the last one foollow the calckey account that posted that? .
C.c. @kainoa

If in this public post I tag @fediversenews ,only then , anyone in can see that.

kjr,

@NasosAlaiskas @kainoa @fediversenews i don't understand, but I can see your post.

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

What time of day do you typically bathe?

kjr,

@evan Two times, after waking and before going to sleep or after workout.

kjr, to programming

How AI coding companions will change the way developers work

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/04/how-ai-coding-companions-will-change-the-way-developers-work.html

kjr,

@LouisIngenthron I suppose it is more about prospective changes. Anyway I’m yet trying to figure out the changes and evolution.

kjr, to internet

I'm not very sure about the consequences of Meta probably joining the Fediverse, and after I have read here a lot of posts and opinions, I would say that almost all of them are based on rumors. We don't even know what Meta is really planing, which protocols they want to use and in which extent, etc.
First of all I don't think that the target of Barcelona is to do interact (with good or evil intentions) with the Mastodon communities. They real target in my opinion is Twitter, a big social network/market, with a strong crisis due to its erratic management. Anyway I see a high potential of changes and colateral damages to our communities, and some open questions, if they decide to federate.

  1. The first one is about the federation. If several hundreds of millions of new users enter the Fediverse though a single instance, which consequences would it have, especially for small instances? It is possible to handle? I'm thinking about the size of the account table, account cull and administrative aspects.

  2. I suppose that the federated timeline will be monopolized by Meta due to the number of users they have. How can be it solved? If I good understand the concept of silencing, that would affect the searcheability of users of our instances for Meta users and opposite (that is, we would lose the maybe only aspect in which both Meta and Mastodon instances can benefit).

  3. Data privacy and data ownership. Taking in account the reputation and past activities of Meta, can we trust that our data won't be used by the company? Is it any way to protect from it? Or the only solution is not to federate? I hope there is any middle path, but I don't see it.

  4. If Barcelona uses ActivityPub, it is safe to expect that Meta will introduce modifications which are not compliant with the standard. I don't know how problematic they will be, a good candidate is to block possible migration from Barcelona to Mastodon, but I have to say that it is the last of my concerns.

atomicpoet, (edited ) to internet

, 's Twitter competitor, will be ready by summer.

And lest you believe integration was just some rumour, think again. In a slide, Meta confirms that Barcelona will indeed be decentralized and will be compatible with Mastodon.

Everyone who thought that AT protocol would easily win over ActivityPub, and that would kill Mastodon just because a few influencers joined doesn't understand the sheer marketing power and pull that Meta has at its disposal.

But believe me, I'm not exactly cheering on Meta here. Generally, where Meta goes, shenanigans happen. I simply don't think Meta is capable of releasing a product without dark patterns.

Nevertheless, I don't think the Fediverse is even close to preparing for what will happen once Barcelona starts federating.

We should all be taking Barcelona very seriously.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730070/instagram-twitter-app-competitor-leak

@socialmedianews

kjr,

@SusanneAmman @atomicpoet @socialmedianews It is not necessary to do block each account of Meta ir tu put the lock on your acvount. You can just block their domain.

evan, to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

Fifteen years ago tomorrow I published the first post on the fediverse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080618164355/http://identi.ca/notice/1

It's still visible on Identi.ca today, although the URL format changed a few years ago, and the redirect plugin stopped working a few years after that. 🫤

https://identi.ca/evan/note/Y0QwGyc1QYilqqawkDrQlg

Thanks to everyone who made identi.ca a great place to be, and thanks to everyone who's expanded the fediverse since then.

Someday soon-ish I'd like to have identi.ca working with ActivityPub. When I get the time for it!

kjr,

@evan Does identi.ca exist yey?

trinsec, to random

I can say I am not really that fond of couscous. I probably should add a sauce or something next time.

kjr,

@trinsec @freemo @admitsWrongIfProven Stamppot is a typical mstch potatoes dish? If it is I tried it, I liked.

spreadmastodon, (edited ) to welcoming
@spreadmastodon@mastodon.social avatar

Can we make the fediverse the welcoming-est place in social media?

We’re a soft-launching a new welcoming committee. All you have to do is reply to introduction posts to say hello and offer help.

We hope you’ll follow @welcoming and mention to the group how many people you welcomed, so we all know that we’re working as a team.

You can point people to https://SpreadMastodon.org, https://discover.fedified.com, or any other resources you like!

@spreadmastodon

kjr,

@fell @spreadmastodon @welcoming @spreadmastodon
What is https://follows.spreadmastodon.org/ ?
I have tried to log in and it asked for permissions to access my account.

PeterR, to random

Regardless of whether NPR eventually returns to Twitter or not, they should set up a Mastodon instance with accounts for all of their reporters, as well as have "primary" accounts that post headlines. I hope they're considering it.

kjr,

@dimi @PeterR news.coop? I cannot find it...

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