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limer @ limer @lemmy.ml
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Long term computer programmer, making my own library. American based. Far left politically. Promotes use of paper ballots. Follows news about environmental collapse, political corruption in my country, human rights, science and tech.

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  • Yes, and the way to solve this is to develop the platforms more. I tend to think of the fediverse as a work in progress, and will be maybe the grandparent of better networks that have less failings. Certainly it is a necessary step.

    We can help by both supporting the current iterations: either in funding or programming or just using it. And thinking of the next steps

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  • I do not understand all the changes in tech, so much new happens each day. Some changes each day are good. But like you imply, much bad happens daily. I say daily because millions contribute.

    But change is the only constant here. And a state of constant flux, historically, is not helpful to the ruling classes. Its not that helpful to the workers either. But the stage is not set for one to win over the other yet.

    We have a few decades before nano technology ensures the wealthy will win. It will be a challenge between that, and climate change. Surely we are in the most decisive moments of human evolution, and world history for life. There are so many ways to fail, and only a few to succeed.

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  • In hindsight this is not surprising at all, I would argue that it is the social duty of all developers to assist with such things.

  • Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

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  • I was fruitful and multiplied, its hard to organize a large migration of people, some of whom want to stay.

    I will travel, but am rather tied to this area, even if I do not see it changing for the better in my lifetime

  • Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

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  • I agree with mastodon, even though eventually Texas will enact similar legislation forcing me to use a vpn to read it

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  • Exactly, that is why decentralized or federated social media, or its descendants - what it evolves into - is so valuable.

  • Suggestions for a distro with a nvidia 50xx

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  • Its how I installed pop on my desktop. Not my favorite distro, but it works out of the box with my hardware.

    I tried to install some other flavors, the screen was color challenged. After some research I found I would have to adjust a text file. I was not doing that. I was impatient that day, and wanted it to just work.

  • "Caught Stealing" is now Certified Fresh with 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

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  • My instincts tell me there was simply more money to be made with the changes, and that is why it evolved this way. In fact, I could argue it was inevitable.

    Very few people who could run the site would say no to the manipulations, given how much wealth it created, and there was almost no fallout. At the same time, not playing ball with the movie companies would logically have them create competitors that had better funding.

  • "Caught Stealing" is now Certified Fresh with 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

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  • I think this shows that rotten tomatoes was enshitifying before the purchase. Perhaps the author idealized the original company.

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  • I think its not so much a "they" than a breakdown in society structure.

    Since the 1980s, a lot has changed in the workplace and industry. Computers were only part of it. Globalization of industry happened. Most people in many countries changed jobs and careers at least once, if not more. In the UK, Japan, Germany, etc the population moved around some. In the USA, the population moved around a lot, at much greater distances than most other countries.

    In the USA, this change uprooted many families, friendship networks, community ties. People started to socialize less with their neighbors. There were less community activities. At the same time, interest and participation in municipal and very local politics collapsed. People started to pay almost exclusive attention to state and national politics.

    New political parties and grassroots only come from local politics. The internet so far has not been a replacement for what was lost in a sense of community. This is why there are no significant protest or street movements by any political group in the USA. The mechanisms are broken.

    The only way to have significant interest in local politics again is to either grow the internet in new ways, or to abandon it. Until then, there is a vacuum in politics, which is exploited by the rich. It is not a coincidence that this time is also when the wealth disparity increased dramatically.

    There cannot be a socialist revolution, new parties, or even a mild reform of current politics, until there is a greater sense of community in the USA.

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  • The next chance to significantly change the USA is when online social networks evolve enough to allow community politics to have a resurgence. Maybe in a few years.

    Until then, the best possible outcome is stagnation

  • Democrats will pay for ignoring base’s qualms about Gaza

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  • I think Democrats will win the midterms by a landslide.

  • Cow manure just killed 6 workers on a dairy farm. It happens more than you’d think.

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  • Until Congress recognizes these operations as highly dangerous workplaces and closes the agricultural industry’s labor law exemptions — and better funds OSHA — more tragedies like what took place in Colorado are inevitable.

    Looks like it will not happen in my lifetime

  • "Caught Stealing" is now Certified Fresh with 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

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  • I looked at the verified user reviews.

    The negative ones were more likely to list reasons why they scored it. The positive ones were more likely to seem similar to each other.

    Based only on that, I think this is a bomb and will have low sales

  • US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6

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  • This is probably another thing that will have the megas and liberals fighting.

    I personally do not care, having seen too many war criminals given the same honors.

  • Ravings of a lunatic

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  • CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign

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  • For whatever reasons this unknown person is resisting; it’s saving at least some lives. Even if they are gone in a few more days.

    The stoppage of the COVID vaccine to most Americans is only one threat

  • A third of the U.S. economy is already in a recession or at high risk, and another third is stagnating according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.

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  • In Texas where I live, the cost of groceries in January was already higher compared to previous years. This year has seen rapid price increases of many standard foods. Soon some food may be triple of the cost pre-pandemic

    Community resources to help feed cannot keep pace with the demand. Families are being told to not come back too soon.

  • Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones

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  • Putting a device on airplane mode removes the distractions. If I play a video game while the lecture is going on, well that is on me, or the lecture, or both.