

tldr
no often today we don’t know what the code is actually doing
yes this is an important problem
no nobody really seems to take it as serious as it should be taken today
no i’m not gonna change that over night
tldr
no often today we don’t know what the code is actually doing
yes this is an important problem
no nobody really seems to take it as serious as it should be taken today
no i’m not gonna change that over night
i’ve seen the same legends :)
Roko’s Basilisk, isn’ it?
Yeah, while aesthetics is typically considered a side-effect of your choice of client, i think Lemmy should offer prettier aesthetics to choose from. In the menu:
chat is important for real-time messages (like talking to each other irl), but there should be a wiki/faq that answers frequent questions IMO.
Lemmy (and Matrix to a lesser extent) gives me the vibes that Nintendo Super Mario Bros gave me around 2008 - just magical, wonder what can be done.
I tried installing Linux (dual-boot alongside Windows) on my dad’s computer two weeks ago and it didn’t work (something to do with the TPM chip i think). I gave up after 15 minutes. It was supposed to be a demonstration how “quick and easy” it is to install Linux nowadays. On top of that, it broke the Windows install. Bad first impression IMO.
i’d argue the internet’s topology is much more elaborate than a simple bulletin board.
a bulletin board is a rectangular area where every message gets equal exposure. the internet is like a high-dimensional space through which you can move (bubbles), thus inflating the things in front of you (that you move towards) while pushing the things that you’re not interested in out of view.
interestingly, this abstract space is somehow mapped atop physical space, making it an abstraction, like the spirit world, that you can interact with and move through.
thoughts are like a virus, and the internet makes them spread like crazy
i understand your points
i just want to point out that the IP address can often be used to track your location, especially if you’re in more rural / less densely populated areas. That might doxx you, and how dangerous that is depends on your public profile. So the concern is legitimate.
i think giving away less data might be better, that’s why i’m commenting here
ooh, every information has some value to it.
for example, you could analyze the aggregate (i.e. how many people in each country, how long it takes them to see the messages, how often they are online, …)
also, it might be testing out the messaging system for later, more elaborate attacks.
yeah it could well be that something shady is going on here. maybe it would be a good idea to limit how many messages a user account may send to, let’s say, 500 or sth.
that would make these scams/ads less doable.
fun fact: i’m allergic to beans (i think), but i still like it here
Yeah i just hope it stays that way and users stay genuine. A while ago i noticed some users who were really stubborn about some weird agenda. Not sure if bot or just stupid human.
Also, nicole (the fediverse chick) is turning into a problem.
I just hope that Lemmy stays nice. I don’t want it to reach 100 million+ users and be overwhelmed with RAGEBAIT and scams.
Yeah, if politics does it, it’s called a “distraction”.
not mounted
I agree with you, the EFI variables shouldn’t be mounted by default. Unfortunately, on some systems, they are.
There was even a huge fight about that. I’m too lazy to look it up now, though.
I’m not sure whether this should be a “standard”, but we need a Linux Distribution where the user never has to touch the command line. Such a distro would be beneficial and useful to new users, who don’t want to learn about command line commands.
And also we need a good app store where users can download and install software in a reasonably safe and easy way.