Copyright should not exist. However, under our current economic system, capitalism, it should exist for a short period of time. Probably about 5-10 years.
I honestly don't know if I believe any of this. It could be one big distraction, and I think the people in high positions of power are skeptical as well.
Agreed, we need to structurally reconfigure how we live our lives to fix this problem. Trying to get everyone to become "health concious" isn't gonna cut it, which is what they've been trying to do for years.
Instead of building bikelanes my county has opted for trails, which honestly is not a bad option. Or at the very least, better than nothing. The way they did it was just by turning a lot of the sidewalks into multi use paths, so it makes a lot of sense I didn't notice that I could use them....
Yeah, I wish the trails got built out more as well. I feel like it's a lack of promotion and large gaps between trails that make people not want to use them. Thankfully here they haven't banned e-bikes from trails (yet).
It's not a cycle path, it's a multi-use path. So anyone can use it, including cyclists. The difference here is that these paths look like sidewalks, and run along major streets/highways.
I never understood why everyone moved to discord. Regardless of this, it actually just sucks and is hard to use. Discord really gives me hope that the fediverse will succeed, just because the UI sucks so fucking much.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.
Since news leaked out 2 days ago that Facebook has approached Mastodon developers and admins - requiring non-disclosure agreements first - the whole microverse (i.e. mastodon / pleroma etc, the micro-blogging part of fedi) has been talking about nothing but that and Facebook's imminent entry into the fediverse with an as yet not...
Honestly, a lot of people might disagree but, corporate involvement is essential to FOSS projects surviving. The biggest FOSS project on the planet, Linux, is literally propped up by the biggest corporations on the planet.
The only potential issue I see here is maybe Meta forks ActivityPub and it becomes a "Meta Project" or some other fuckery. Outside of that I don't see any major issues with it. If we want ActivityPub to become something greater, we're going to need corporations on board. We have strong protections in place right now with a lot of the stuff that's being used being under strong copyleft licenses, and decentralization by nature is going to allow us to opt out of a lot of the ads and tracking that takes place by being forced to use an official app.
I just got my new (used) bike, and I'm also a big music nerd and love to listen to music when I'm traveling. Do you personally listen to music while you're cycling, and in your opinion is it safe?
I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality....
I don't like his tone in this video. I do agree with his view points, but instead of trying to help others come to his side he's basically berating people and noped the fuck out of North America.
I don't think the US is a lost cause, especially since there are so many different governments to account for. I think we just have a lot of work to do to unfuck the bad city planning, which is going to require some unique and creative solutions.
askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be?
a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.
Kenya Set To Follow In Uganda's Anti-LGBTQ Steps (www.okayafrica.com)
East Africa continues to threaten their LGBTQ communities as Uganda's recent bill seems to be inspiring the region.
US's first openly transgender state legislator arrested on child sex abuse charges (wpde.com)
Wagner mercenary chief calls for armed rebellion against Russian military leadership (abcnews.go.com)
Russia's Wagner mercenary group founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said the Kremlin's justifications for invading Ukraine were based on lies.
Wagner leader calls for rebellion against Russian defense chief, Kremlin orders his arrest (apnews.com)
Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050 (www.statnews.com)
The world has failed to understand the social nature of diabetes and underestimated the true scale and threat the disease poses.
I just realized my county built out trails instead of bike lanes
Instead of building bikelanes my county has opted for trails, which honestly is not a bad option. Or at the very least, better than nothing. The way they did it was just by turning a lot of the sidewalks into multi use paths, so it makes a lot of sense I didn't notice that I could use them....
Printer on wheels
Discord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes' (www.pcgamer.com)
[Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail (www.texastribune.org)
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.
What are some good biking ponchos? Preferably not too expensive.
Trying to prepare for the day where I'm out and I get caught in the rain.
Was the lemmyverse/threadiverse aware that Mastodon has been convulsed for the past 2 days?
Since news leaked out 2 days ago that Facebook has approached Mastodon developers and admins - requiring non-disclosure agreements first - the whole microverse (i.e. mastodon / pleroma etc, the micro-blogging part of fedi) has been talking about nothing but that and Facebook's imminent entry into the fediverse with an as yet not...
Andrew Tate indicted and will face trial on rape, human trafficking charges in Romania (www.msn.com)
How dangerous is it to ride in a city without any bike lanes?
Where I live there are almost no bike lanes, not even the shitty painted ones. How dangerous is it to get on the road with all of the other cars?
Do you listen to music while cycling?
I just got my new (used) bike, and I'm also a big music nerd and love to listen to music when I'm traveling. Do you personally listen to music while you're cycling, and in your opinion is it safe?
What niche phone features would appeal to you?
I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality....
NJB new video - the dumbest excuse for bad cities (youtu.be)