I think this exists, possibly in the plural? I think the main obstacle is that users of existing hardware need to figure out how to root their devices (not always possible), and the Google version is still (as I understand it) lurking deep in the firmware.
(I am not an authoritative source on this, and could definitely be wrong about everything, possibly all the time*.)
(* originally typoed as "itme", which seems entirely appropriate.)
Indeed. Of course, there are often legit reasons for that hate, e.g. leadership or roadmap changes implemented at the behest of the donor.
The dino hoodie is DONE! 🦖
I decided not to add a pocket, mostly because this fabric is very stretchy and a pain in the ass to work with. 😅
The back spikes all going in the same direction is probably because I finished the seam on the inside, but it still looks pretty great. I'm so happy with it!
I look forward to seeing my nephew's reaction to it, and I'll nudge my sister-in-law to make sure he wears the dino hoodie I made for him next time we meet, so we can be dino buddies.
Quick answer about this: as an admin, I'm always open to appeals from users we have acted against. The reporting-and-appeals UI could definitely use some work, but it does at least minimally support that kind of dialogue.
Also, as someone who was once falsely blocked (by a user, not an admin) many years ago, there are ways to clear up miscommunication via community. (This is just part of why community is important, online and off.)
(Quick answer as I'm on my way out the door) I have some reading material for you, but it's currently on a very slow server which I am currently in the process of migrating. Poke me later for progress updates...
@AmyZenunim Can't find a source for this, but... ye gods, "think of the children" rears its ugly head yet again. 🔥
Yes, I'm very pro "block first, ask questions later" (to oversimplify a bit). There are malicious actors out there, and pretending otherwise just lets them take over. (See: the "Nazi bar problem".)
(Moving part of my first comment here, since it applies more to your 2nd comment...)
As for how this intersects with fedi -- a couple of points:
RE: https://toot.cat/@woozle/116596405541008507
I have been trying to understand the thought patterns of {people I strongly disagree with} for a couple of decades now, and I've reached a few tentative conclusons.
The first one is that I don't like authoritarianism -- and that's both a personal preference and an objective observation based on experiments which tested how authoritarians vs. non-authoritarians handled globally important decisions.
(Spoiler: authoritarians often end up destroying the world -- and then, even given the opportunity to back up a couple of steps and try something different, will do it again.)
More recently, I've noticed that exact tendency towards oversimplification that you mentioned. I think this is a subset of a {preference for personal comfort} -- as in: it's mentally more comfortable to believe a simple generalization than a more accurately nuanced and detailed model (which is not to say that any model can ever be perfect -- but the more accurate it is, the less likely it is to mislead you into bad decisions) in which people tend to believe information that reinforces simple ideas they understand, and distrust information that complicates it.
(Continued here because that part applies more to your 2nd comment.)
@artemis There's a pattern I've noticed in which multiple different entities -- a geographical area, that area's government, and that area's people -- are all spoken of as if they were the same thing.
e.g. if your government is doing something, then you as an individual under that government are doing it and supporting it -- even if you firmly opposed and voted against the people now in power and making the decision to do that thing.
The whole "you are a red-stater" thing feels a lot like that.
(Of course, I have the perspective advantage of being from a very blue area of what has been a very red state -- so I know from experience that not everyone in an area agrees with what that area's apparent zeitgeist. ...and more recently I've come to understand how disinformation and gerrymandering result in political decisions which are not actually in accordance with what most people in an area actually want.)
@anubis2814 Yeah, I read about that! I didn't want to go off on a big tangent about the Windows-emulation stuff, so it probably sounded like I was giving Ubuntu too much of the credit.
I was kinda surprised that the improvements showed up under Linux Steam rather than under Windows Steam under WINE (which is now actually rather more broken than it used to be) -- which just shows gaps in my information, I guess ;-)
@wdlindsy ...and now having read the entire thread: my greatest sympathies for your recently-intensified struggles. Remember that self-care is an act of rebellion, in these ugly political times. I wish you and your husband the best of luck in getting through all of this, and every possible joy on the journey.
@wdlindsy It sounds to me like the admins there... how shall I put this... have chosen to devote a level of moderation-resources that doesn't allow proper examination of context when handling reports.
(There's a possible worse explanation, but I'm going to choose the charitable one as long as there is no further evidence against it.)
We receive a fair number of reports in which posting anything non-negative about the Palestinian experience is equated to anti-semitism. This false equivalence appears to be very popular in political spheres in the US and UK (at a minimum).
I can easily imagine an overworked admin seeing "anti-semitism", not having the time to really look at the content (much less get to know the users well enough to determine if the accusation tracks with past behavior), and acting out of a genuine sense of wanting to maintain a safe space.
I have found, however, that failing to take context into consideration can lead to other forms of abuse -- most obviously malicious reporting intended to suppress discussion of certain topics. A well-meaning (but overworked) admin can thereby become a tool for speech suppression.
(I guess I'm just explaining all this in case it helps to shed any light on the situation.)
#Kubuntu 26.04 gets plus-points for Linux-Steam being able to run almost* all of my silly Windows colored-ball-smasher games (at long last), but minus-points for Eye of MATE always crashing on startup.
I have not yet been able to find any information about this issue.
(* Luxor 2 insists that it needs Win 98SE or later. There's probably a fix for this...)
@sus The ethos has not yet caught up with the technology.
(I predict that much of what is flatly dismissed now as unethical will be understood to be ethical if used in certain careful ways, following guidelines informed by years of cultural experience -- preferably aided by sensible rules and regulations. The mirror of this is also true: it will be much harder to get away with blanket praise for all applications. ...kind of like how advertisers used to be able to get away with telling us that smoking or exhaust-fumes are good for you.)