McSinyx

Vietnamese grad student and free software enthusiast

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2024-04-26 11:08:54

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VE remains the only decent budget manufacturer for earbuds today it seems, @npub17eh…94rr, got an SPC last year but I managed to tore out the cabled from the buds by accident :floofCry:

2024-04-20 06:22:35

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I shall get a blobcat with a t-shirt on it.

2024-04-10 13:45:47

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Interesting, @npub1qw7…q0ue, I vaguely recall someone getting confused of the board using higher wattage under the same load on 5 V than 12 V. Let’s say that is the case, what could cause that difference in power consumption?

2024-04-10 11:54:43

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FWIW @npub1qw7…q0ue, the current power usage is drawn for practically just running git pull of a huge repository (Guix) and I’m running on eMMC. Just curious, was your power supply 5 V or 12 V?

2024-04-10 11:20:47

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@npub1qw7…q0ue, supposedly it was merged in Linux 6.4, but I’m using OEM kernel at the moment with that patch included. It’s maxxing out one core at 5–6 W and hovering around 56°C.

2024-04-10 10:09:48

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Thanks, @npub1qw7…q0ue, I’ll keep an eye on it and perhaps getting a minifan once it gets hot.

2024-04-10 06:09:41

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@npub1qw7…q0ue, youyeetoo designed an entire case as a heat sink and I think that is ingenious. That being said, it feels a wee warm even running at 3.6 W, is active cooling necessary on heavy load?

2024-03-28 11:10:12

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Sorry, @npub1erh…w6xs, I think I won’t be able to help with that, I just searched for images of m.2 latch. I tried that again and the results come from tech magazines and news aggregators.

2024-03-27 14:22:11

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Nice, @npub1erh…w6xs, I haven’t, but I looked that up and there seems to be plenty of smart designs out there :blobfoxsurprised:

2024-03-27 13:09:02

forkin eel why would anyone sell a board with an m.2 slot w/o the corresponding screw :neofox_glare_sob:

2024-03-24 21:04:22

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i'd rather they do anything but that, @npub17eh…94rr
cc: @npub1vc6…tucg

2024-03-22 20:57:48

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:blobfoxwater: s/cofe/water/, @npub17eh…94rr e @npub1wc2…4sk7, any additive like covfefe only force your organs to work hard to get rid of :floofTired:

2024-03-22 14:35:12

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monster, me? :blobfoxsignnou: @npub17eh…94rr, thou’rt an addict and an enabler to @npub1wc2…4sk7

2024-03-22 14:24:00

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so thou can pour it down the drain and help @npub1wc2…4sk7 rehab, right, @npub17eh…94rr?

2024-03-10 05:47:02

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smfh @npub1wwt…ljy2, if birdsite char limit and lack of rich text suck, why come to fedi and post screenshots of text?
Jokes aside, make I have the link to the rant?

2024-01-17 08:45:15

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aye @npub17eh…94rr, water is also homeopathic golden shower; doesn't make piss good for ya! yer addicts need rehab to properly taste water again :blobfoxwater:
cc: @npub1mvn…av7k & @npub1wc2…4sk7

2024-01-17 08:28:13

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oi @npub1mvn…av7k, there’s infight within the covfefe gang between @npub17eh…94rr and @npub1wc2…4sk7! perfect time for us hydro homies to strike :neofox_knife:

2024-01-14 15:55:20

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@npub1wml…wtzn, if thou pledgest thy loyalty to water, we hydro homies shall forgive thee for betraying the cheese order and take thee on for protection from the covfefe gang

2024-01-10 14:17:43

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Ha @npub1zgl…rqd7, since outgoing messages got retried, I suppose if the mailing list is not down for too long we can pretend it’s up and send responses normally :blobfoxthinksmart:

2024-01-10 12:00:36

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Slightly related, @npub19am…qjn6, I plan to upstream the SmartDNS service (it’s packaged in Guix but there’s no Shepherd service yet). Should I try to cover many config options or just those I’m using would suffice for a start?

2024-01-04 10:02:48

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@npub105v…hk8p, don’t most registrars meet those requirements? I wouldn’t recommend those I’m using though because their web UIs are behind clown flare. Recently I found out about NearlyFreeSpeech.net which isn’t (but it’s not worth moving because I’m already running my own DNS anyway).

2023-12-24 17:04:17

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@npub15cd…3mv2 mentioned them in the alt and hover text, @npub1s7y…u8ak, they are mascots of Pleroma, Misskey and GoToSocial.

2023-12-22 08:00:25

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indeed, @npub17eh…94rr, covfefe is a false idol :neocat_knife:

2023-12-22 06:45:34

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just drink water, @npub17eh…94rr, and it'll never feel like work any another day
:blobfoxwater: true story

2023-12-22 05:39:41

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The linked page was created before 13.0.0’s release date, @npub1k9a…m3yh, although thou could be right and the change could have been reverted. Either way, the question remains, does either Pages or Play support essential interoperability features for macro blogging, namely data export/import and standard syndication via RSS/Atom (or email for the kinky)?
Writing articles takes considerable time investments and creates values often outlast a hosting platform. Web feeds would allow readers to localize (and trivially archive) the posts the same way data export would for the authors, together they help keep blogging sustainable.

2023-12-22 05:21:56

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@npub1k9a…m3yh, Misskey 13.0.0 change log says Pages can no longer be created. I don’t have an account on any Misskey 13 instance so I can’t test Play, and I can’t find its documentation either.

2023-12-22 05:17:53

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:bunthinking: @npub1k9a…m3yh, its documentation doesn’t seem to mention those either, and it was retired in 13.0.0 in favor of Misskey Play, which is not even documented.

2023-12-22 05:09:19

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Just to confirm, @npub1k9a…m3yh, does it come with an RSS feed like the micro blog profile? In addition, how well does post export and import work?

2023-12-22 04:48:07

Dear #FediAdmins, consider hosting a macro blogging platform as well if you haven’t already. Especially if your system is not on a major hosting provider, this could greatly help decentrialize the web. Poll what your users, friends and love ones might prefer, whether it is a SSG or CMS and syndicates via web feeds or emails, and help them set up and/or migrate there.
I’m asking this after noticing suggestions for Substack users to move to WordPress.com or Buttondown. WordPress.org is libre software and a good candidate for CMS; migrating to its flagship server on the other hand is not much better than transferring all eggs from one basket to another, technically and socially.
I know this is not a small request and none of you owes me any favor, I just hope some of you will agree this is the right direction to head in. If anything, hosting a (largely) static site with a rather low post frequency (almost no one is @npub1hyk…3p33) should be relatively much cheaper in system and moderation resources compared to your current fedi instance.

2023-12-15 07:52:04

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@npub17eh…94rr, i can put thee in the backlog if thee promise to only drink the one true drink :blobfoxwater:
same offer to @npub1wc2…4sk7

2023-10-26 13:27:08

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FYI @npub1kzm…fgcx, <meta content="dark light" name="color-scheme"> would allow the browser to color the unthemed input elements according the the color scheme.

2023-10-23 21:16:51

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@npub1ufm…qhp4, up in the thread there are kiwiirc.com and thelounge.chat, but I want to highlight the IRCv3 trio by @npub1nsw…gtqu: soju the bouncer, gamja the web UI and goguma the Android client. Personally I’m happy with senpai the TUI with self-hosted soju. Cc: @npub1ua7…rrg3

2023-10-18 23:20:41

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@npub1ufm…qhp4, it was in that same room when the history was still public, something along the line of a rant on purists. I wouldn’t expect that to help his public image among FLOSS developers and activists though. I mean the guy is entitled to his opinion, I just used to hope that he could be a leading/convincing figure on right to repair on both hardware and software sides 🥶

2023-10-18 22:59:17

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Unfortunately, no, @npub1ufm…qhp4, it seems that there was a permission change when/after I typed my response. IIRC Louis Rossmann said he will post a video this week about the matter but I can see your last few messages and suppose thou are clear of his stance.

2023-10-18 18:46:15

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Meh @npub1ufm…qhp4, he’s aware of this thread (edit: ugh now the log is gone, not sure if tis glitch in the matrix.org or twas a permission change) and his takeaway was that twas low key slander instead of people voicing he’d been repeatedly wrong :ym_sigh: Dude shits on the movement that practically power the interwebs and still refuses to understand why people are angry :neocat_facepalm:

2023-10-18 13:49:42

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hm @npub1wc2…4sk7, thou could try contacts if that bothers thee so much

2023-10-18 13:45:48

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Yea @npub1ufm…qhp4, he did the same false advertisement for the FUTO S2T app and when I asked about it on Matrix he dodged the open-washing issue multiple times and instead directing attention to the license was temporary and they’re planning to improve it. Ugh twas really frustrating and as if he couldn’t comprehend he’s doing exactly what the New York governor did to his right to repair bill.

2023-10-14 06:31:18

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wot wei round, @npub1ysu…2jyl, murderers begging women to beautify @npub1jkh…m08d?

2023-10-12 16:59:26

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@npub19am…qjn6, could you point me to where to get started with the Scheme API for substituting C compiler? I tried to look into e.g. gnu-build-system’s parameters but it doesn’t seem to be the right one.

2023-10-12 15:27:52

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Yes, @npub19am…qjn6, and also the utilities (some of which could be trivially implemented in Scheme but there are also e.g. XML and YAML).
Regarding overloading, for context the research targets are programs, so I often has to replace compilers with a custom one for e.g. profiling or adding/skipping steps, and compile multiple versions (which sometimes build differently) for the same environment. For example, here is one artifact I’m preparing. I’m suppose there are similar toolings in guix but it’s not in my face like stdenv and a wiki article.
To be fair, I got a few years of head start with nix and contributed quite a bit to nixpkgs to learn it, though now I’m not sure if it’s an excuse or that I’m passively aggressively complaining about the lack of guix maintainers to look at my patches and help me learn. It seems to me guix is facing a chicken and egg problem where it could be easier to get started with a larger user (knowledge) base, and the user base couldn’t grow really fast if the leaning curve remains difficult to climb.

2023-10-12 14:27:57

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Wouldn’t claim it to be objective, @npub19am…qjn6, but I don’t think the tooling could be considered by itself alone. I use nix in my software engineering research on a workstation running guix system solely because most dependencies are already in nixpkgs. While I do prefer guix’s insistence on bootstrapping, devendoring and compiling from source, time and energy does not allow me go an extra mile and declare the missing packages.
Documentation of nix libraries are also more available, and perhaps I don’t know guix enough but overriding and overloading packages on nix requires repeating myself less often.

2023-10-12 08:18:48

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perhaps not, @npub17eh…94rr, but addiction bad :blobfoxwater:

2023-10-11 07:08:04

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oh no @npub17eh…94rr, stop pulling @npub19zq…u4m5 and others down with thy crippling covfefism :blobfoxwater:

2023-09-26 15:23:05

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Hmmm @npub1a3h…m44m, doesn’t seem to be POSIX, but most libc seem to provide bswap(3) which I’d use optionally #if the target is big endian, then cast to the target struct.
I don’t think there’s a better way at machine level, e.g. in Zig with comptime and @byteSwap builtin it would look less like a hack but 🤷

2023-09-26 14:49:29

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@npub1a3h…m44m, could thou elaborate on the task? As in a homogeneous buffer with dynamic length or a packed struct?

2023-09-20 09:53:33

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🤷 @npub17es…clcm, with nixpkgs one can embed shell scripts and do other deranged things that make programming fun again!

2023-09-20 09:50:32

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@npub17es…clcm, in that case you can meet in the middle and write the smol thing in nix dsl :blobfoxdevil:

2023-09-20 09:03:49

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Where Perl, @npub17es…clcm? FWIW Python env setup can really cheap if thou only usest std lib and OS packages. There’s also Crystal which is almost syntactically compatible with Ruby if thy coworkers are into that, and don’t forget about Lua.

2023-09-16 14:29:45

At this point I’m quite confident that movie scripts are now written with meme baiting in mind.

2023-08-26 06:24:54

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:blobfoxdrool: @npub17eh…94rr, that’s a tiny serving of spinach though.

2023-08-24 12:49:27

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:blobyes: @npub17eh…94rr, and the kernel API is pretty intuitive even. Hast thou been playing SuperTuxKart with a keyboard :neofox_boop_woozy:
Cc: @npub1f8e…zu5u

2023-08-24 05:37:09

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:blobfoxcryreach: Isn’t the plushie out of stock, @npub17eh…94rr and @npub16uu…2fmf?

2023-08-07 09:39:45

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Nah @npub1df0…7gmw, looking at the proportion of fedi instances behind clownflare, I would argue that it did the opposite of not making it.

2023-08-03 15:00:54

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indeed, @npub1wc2…4sk7, thou art just fine!
beware, @npub17eh…94rr, or thou shalt be the next!

2023-08-03 14:05:41

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not until you drink it, @npub17eh…94rr et @npub1wc2…4sk7

2023-08-03 01:27:22

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god also gives us cancer, @npub17eh…94rr, just because dude has a plan doesn’t mean it’s a good one; cc: @npub1wc2…4sk7

2023-08-01 05:14:34

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that was prolly why thou felt weird, @npub17eh…94rr, don’t listen to @npub1wc2…4sk7, covfefe is the gateway drug and water is the one true drink :blobfoxwater:

2023-07-31 07:01:54

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no @npub1wc2…4sk7, @npub17eh…94rr finally had a good sleep from drinking enuf water and now thou art offering him covfefe?

2023-07-28 05:42:31

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@npub1zgl…rqd7, are you open to mentoring me packaging ibus-table? I can only offer my weekly food budget, which ain’t much ($50) but it’s good money, honest money (at least that’s how I like to think about my academia work).

2023-06-29 15:08:44

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welcome, @npub1m5s…wpvp, to the ranks of us hydro homies

2023-06-28 05:37:22

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@npub1pdv…gqz2 and @npub1ac5…73s3, any chance for this to be commercialized? Cc: @npub1axt…72t4 of ploopy.co

2023-06-27 06:28:15

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It can be entirely static, @npub17eh…94rr. Here is what I used for cnx@loang.net and it’s working so far.

2023-06-27 06:17:33

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I had the opportunity to make an email address with my domain, so I took it.
FYI @npub17eh…94rr, this also means you can make use of WKD for your PGP pubkey.

2023-06-21 07:38:43

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@npub17eh…94rr, the thread @npub1kwy…mjf4 linked provide data for more than just Mastodon, but the conclusion was as follows:
As conclusions, we could say that the Fediverse is getting decentralized in terms of server distribution (first analysis) but, in contrast, software usage is becoming less diverse.
I would say it’s a price to be paid when even the analysis include Misskey and Diaspora instances as Mastodon servers. The graphs also made me realize that I probably have color sex daily.

2023-06-15 02:39:39

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Yea @npub1kpw…xzz4, the same for bodybuilding and ballet. The impacted population is too small for it to be written into laws IMHO, but I should be legally allow to parent my children when I have them in at least convincing them not to walk down such path.
@npub12j3…y6qj, there’s a thick line between gender dysphoria and LARPing, and IIUC reasonable conservatives worry about children making choices at the age the brain hasn’t mature enough to. If something involves severe and irreversible consequences (detransitioning at a later age is as ineffective as transitioning AFAICT), false positive should be critically minimized. Even for reversible choices like housing, education and occupation, letting a preadolescents to decide is hardly a good idea (and totally dismissing their opinion is also as damaging).

2023-06-14 02:18:40

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Given that the population being kept stable and it has been around (spoiler alert) a dozen of generations, @npub109x…wvvl, your hypothesis is probable, although (hu)man in our universe are known to have preference for facial self-resemblance.
That, and casting was easier when the show runners allowed themselves of a larger actor pool.

2023-06-13 15:40:39

Louis Rossmann striked again:
Whether the tyrant is a greedy, sociopathic asshole or just an incompetent bureaucracy, it doesn’t matter. Whether the tyrant is looking for racism that doesn’t exist in the moment, or is accusing you of being a groomer because of your sexual orientation/gender identity, is not the issue. We should all be alert to tyrannical corporate control encroaching on our freedom & our lives so we avoid the pitfalls of it.
Right to repair ties into it. Everything being a subscription ties into it. Your home communicating with Amazon’s servers ties into it.
[…]
What is the big picture? As long as we continue to bicker & fight amongst ourselves, the subscriptions will continue, devices will become less repairable, and someone else far far away will have more control over what you own.
We can choose to notice and stop tolerating it, piece by piece, until companies respect our freedom and sovereignty again. OR, we can bicker amongst ourselves to score points as we dive head first into the abyss of having no control over our devices, vehicles, homes, and our lives.
The decision is ours. I hope you join me in making the right one.

2023-05-30 15:40:05

After reading your discourses in the last couple of months/years, @npub15ph…2722, @npub1anr…s48g and @npub1fkk…h9ht, I’d like to recommend you the RighteousMind.com, available in our local library™.
Public post because the recommendation is not exclusive, the book is quite fascinating IMHO even if you don’t participate in heated conversations very often.

2023-05-28 06:32:30

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wdym @npub1wc2…4sk7, :gay: is the opposite of :akkosadge:
cc: @npub17eh…94rr and @npub1zsq…9zk9

2023-05-28 06:07:20

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That’s where you’re wrong, @npub17eh…94rr and @npub1wc2…4sk7! Remove covfefe and you’re left with water, the one any only true drink :drgn_water:

2023-05-28 04:53:51

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If you’re interested, @npub17es…clcm or @npub1wc2…4sk7, either send me the desired username and a temporary password via encrypted email/matrix, or run the sojupw script here and tell me the output. I can also give you a shell account on loang.net (given the desired username and SSH pubkey) so you can run it directly.
All I ask in return is trying to not get the bouncer banned from any network you join. If you find the service useful in the future, consider doing me a favor by quitting covfefe and convince @npub17eh…94rr to do the same :blobfoxwater:

2023-05-28 04:32:17

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Yes I am. Are you not using it anymore, @npub17eh…94rr? If you can vouch for @npub17es…clcm, I can give @npub17es…clcm an account.

2023-05-25 06:35:22

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O @npub17eh…94rr, careful, @npub160z…6agd might be collecting the list to fight for the right of the name Adolph.

2023-05-13 09:47:29

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@npub17eh…94rr, I’m on slrpnk.net (run by FreeGameDev.net admin poVoq), tho it doesn’t have downvoting.

2023-05-12 06:33:36

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for the record, @npub17eh…94rr, i didn’t said that but a general observation :ym_angel:

2023-05-12 06:29:15

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@npub17eh…94rr, heard that reading or playing vidya’d get ya to speed quickly

2023-05-11 08:24:23

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@npub17eh…94rr, I was commenting on how ridiculous DMCA is, not what it contains. Clarify authors as copyright holder, and it becomes equivalent to cutting or picking the lock on your bike being illegal and providing the tools meaning jail time.
As for modification, interleaving ads would qualify IMHO (the file format is irrelevant, e.g. video and audio are separate files for the highest quality on YouTube but playback is considered to be a of a single medium). If the aderivation is legally recognized, ad blocking would counts as circumventing copyright protection and illegal. Since current DCMA came into existence, I have no doubt similar greed-driven laws will be written into laws.

2023-05-11 06:34:30

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With enough mental gymnastic, everything is possible, @npub17eh…94rr. DMCA is already prohibiting authors from ripping own’s ebook, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they bribe the US court into accepting ad-added videos to be derivations and removing ads to be unlawful modifications. Laws on circumvention of copyright restrictions sound like a parody these day.

2023-05-11 05:09:58

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smfh @npub17eh…94rr, inb4 dmca prohibits ad blocking

2023-05-09 09:21:57

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@npub17eh…94rr, local source is citing official’s statement about human trafficking :ablobheadshake:

2023-05-02 09:23:28

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IIUC @npub105v…hk8p, vanilla Mastodon BE can’t post rich text, so a Markdown-capable FE will only render for its user. For instance, if from there one posts
[Blåhaj do](https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w) what Masto**don't**
Mastodon FE will renders it as-is, while if I post the same through Akkoma, Mastodon BE will strip certain tags and its FE will render
Blåhaj do what Mastodon’t
and FEs with actual rich text support (not parsing text/plain as such as a workaround) will display the intended markup
Blåhaj do what Mastodon’t

2023-04-25 16:44:22

Dear fedizens and instant lords, where can I find the most comprehensive blobcat emoji packs? I’m trying to gather as many as possible before bring them before my lord.
https://larkspur.one/media/b53449c28e6b4dfc524b1f3d9557d15fe3def1eb40366284507da67ac15bc187.ogg
https://larkspur.one/media/dceb17ab66a4dfd0b2aebd5019f8abe3f664cb278e2ea61c7c145d36ec26480c.ogg

2023-04-07 13:02:12

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funny enough, #[0], if you consider the source material, they did mentioned that dude gladly suffered on behalf of humankind, and any sensible democracy would sacrifice an individual for the common good
now one might notice that democracy and human rights/freedom don’t always go hand in hand, but i’d argue true democracy is impossible at the scale of our society in the first place