AngularAloe

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Pixelfed Migration (beehaw.org)
 

Hi, I tried to migrate my pixelfed account to a different server using aliases as the instructions described. It redirects, but no posts or follows have come over, and it's been over 24 hours. Sending a DM to admin doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know if it's backed up right now over people being frustrated with Instagram?

If it isn't going to work that's fine, because I'm willing to start over. I'm just curious if this is working for other people or I'm forgetting something obvious.

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I have a pixel 5a and haven't had that problem, currently using Fennec (firefox fork).

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The Middle East Deal That Biden’s Considering Is a Bad Idea (slate.com)
 

From article:

First, the very idea of a U.S. defense pact with Saudi Arabia—a treaty-bound assurance that the United States will come to the royal family’s defense if their country is attacked, in the same way that we have pledged to defend any member of NATO that comes under attack—is, and should be, a non-starter.

Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Spend less time once on" is different than "hate". I hated FB's feed so much that I was reluctant to get on in the first place, a metric completely different from how long I would spend once I DID open it.

mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

article was fine, mastodon.art's mod didn't like the person who originally posted it

joinfirefish.org is a bit messy and compliacted in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using calckey.world and it was a bit crunchy at first but is working well now. The userbase at this point is small compared to the mastodon servers we're used to seeing.

Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
Openai hiring alignment researchers to create an automated alignment researcher in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

This is just more marketing on OpenAI's part, to push the idea that they are close to creating something "smarter" than humans.

Meta's upcoming AcitivityPub-enabled app Threads will only come with an "import from Mastodon" option. The new network won't federate on day one. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I'm confused by this - there are various things Meta might want from the Fediverse (free content, more data, more people to serve ads to), but new users can't be one of them. No one from Mastodon is likeky to migrate to Meta's platform; the people who want to use Meta are already there.

What are some of your LEAST favorite game mechanics? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I found the procedurally-produced planets in No Man's Sky to be stunningly beautiful. Then I would walk around on them and the similar-but-not-quite look of every part of the landscape would slowly drive me INSANE.

What are some of your LEAST favorite game mechanics? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] AngularAloe@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Combo attacks - I'm not coordinated to hit the buttons in order fast enough. I tried Black Desert when it was free and this was the dealbreaker for me, though it wasn't the only thing that bugged me about the game.