With regard to this --
The very property we are building open networks to achieve, that no single actor can control the network, is also the property that makes this emergent object of legitimisation impossible to target. That is a problem I will need a whole article to get into, and it is the one I will turn to next.
...I would just note that although no single actor controls the entire system, single actors do ultimately control all the parts of it -- and the overwhelming majority of those are not people who will give their users a pass for broadcasting a terrible idea (popular or not), or even (perhaps more significantly) tolerate communication from other "single actors" (instance owners) who choose to allow such things.
(I can go into more detail, but I think that's the main point.)
when you read a book but you realize the “protagonist” is actually the antagonist but even the author doesn’t know that
Welcome to our humble computing clowder, @pri! :tootcat:
(I almost feel like I should recognize the source for your avatar, but I don't quite. Clearly I don't watch enough video content. >.>)
When an eel has a maw
with a pharyngeal jaw,
that’s a moray.
When the jaws open wide
and there’s more jaws inside,
that’s a moray.
When it skulks in a reef
and has two sets of teeth,
that’s a moray.
When an eel bites your thigh
and you bleed out and die
that’s a moray.
Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers
After investigation; Gaomon, XpPen, and Huion won't collaborate on open-source drivers because of outdated naming conventions. Here's what I learned from direct contact with their technical teams, and what I plan to do to move forward.
Link to article: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers
No no, I want to get back at Amazon, for all the awful stuff they do. Stop trying to sell me shit and stop doing business with evil companies, supposedly-non-evil credit union. 💢 🔥
Read the room, #CoastalCreditUnionNC.
@MamaLake @CptSuperlative My favorite modern myth is probably Star Trek. I could name at least a few more that are very popular.
Okay, #Introduction time apparently.
My name is Lyss, I'm a design student that found this place by talking to a random American that turned out to be a bad influence. They know who they are.
Popular demand says I needed to share cat pictures so here's me with Naira who never cuddles with me, it was so adorable I almost cried.
oh um... #CatsofMastodon #cats . I was told to do that.
@rnd I have strong feels both negative and positive about it -- depending on which aspects are under discussion... :blobcatupsidedown:
This from @sarahtaber not only answered some questions I had and explained a lot, it also suggests (to me, anyway) some paths forward towards doing that whole "restoring, maintaining and improving democracy" thing:
Here in the US, we used to have an "Office of Technology Assesment" which could produce explainers like that for Congress. It apparently had a tiny budget and yet was very useful.
It was dismantled in 1995 by the newly-dominant GOP who, according to Science magazine, saw it as "duplicative, wasteful, and biased against their party."
The final part of that, to my mind, has always been the tell.
@artemis I can't really remember either one of them being much of a Thing that we did anything about -- though I kind of feel like I remember hearing about Mother's Day first and then later finding out that Father's Day was also a thing?
In this, as in all things, I may be a huge ol' outlier.
It all began with the forging of the Great Cups. Four World Cups were given to the Germans; wisest, efficient and most autistic of all beings. Five, to the Brazilian Lords, great kickers and athletes of the jungled hills. And two, two World Cups were gifted to the French, who above all else pretend not to care at all about football.
But they were all of them deceived, for another cup was made. In the land of tartans, within the goals of Barclays Hampden, the Tartan Army of Scotland forged in secret, a master cup, to rule all others. And into this cup they poured all their lagers, ales, whiskys, and various other alcoholic beverages.
One cup to rule them all. One cup to link them. One cup to bring them all, and in the pub, to drink them.
Hello #fediverse, I'm Rolandas!
I'm a programmer by trade, currently on a long break from a regular job. I haven't used social media in any serious capacity for 17 years, but with all excitement about fediverse I'm willing to give Mastodon a try :-)
I'll write about whatever comes to mind, but mostly it'll be about personal projects (I'm building an RSS reader), music production (very new to this, been learning a ton), free software, internet, privacy, and some other things.
“And now, inevitably, half of my #Bluesky timeline is like: oh, we need a service that’s resistant to this sort of shit, something that’s not beholden to capitalist pressure, something that’s queer-friendly…, quickly followed by but don’t say #Mastodon!
Sorry, I’m saying it. We want fucking Mastodon. It’s run by an actual non-profit foundation, none of this “public benefit corporation” bullshit. It’s not subject to creeping network-wide puritanism. Mastodon. Goddammit.”
I think there are two different goals under discussion here:
I'm focused on the second.