Jeknilah

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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption in c/technology@lemmy.world
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption in c/technology@lemmy.world
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption in c/technology@lemmy.world
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption in c/technology@lemmy.world
PayPal to Cut Around2,500 Jobs as Rivals Snag MarketShare in c/technology@lemmy.world
"We're nowhere near the point where an AI can do your job, but we're well past the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that fails at doing your job." (Pl in c/technology@beehaw.org
Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn't be taught to behave again in 'legitimately scary' study in c/technology@lemmy.world
Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Jeknilah@monero.town -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What purpose would there be in gaslighting something like this out of nowhere? Genuine question.

Most people, including myself, prefer their own version of reality. You are promoting a version of reality that I do not find tasteful at all. With conflicting realities, meaningful disagreement is impossible and the only thing I can do is question the narratives that oppose my own.

More generally, ego also plays a huge part in why people do this. Apple has a significant following that will defend its every decision. It's brand has become personal identity for a lot of people. To the extent where I've been seeing news articles over the past two years about teenagers being bullied for using Android. This also happens to be the reason why people point their finger at Apple; because Apple users are the main group with such a distinct identity.

Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

What is this gaslighting you're trying to pull here? You're really going to pretend that Apple fanboys don't exist and instead start criticising some sort of perceived toxicity from a "hate cult" against Apple? That's before you get into some bizarre Google strawman. The reality is that these Apple fanboys with values antithetical to software freedom exist, and want walled gardens everywhere.

Is there a way to protect your business/government from narcissists? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This answer isn't satisfying. Society, law, and morality all exist because of empathy. You can't count on empathy to solve any more problems than it already has, or promote the value of empathy where it can not stand on it's own.

New Advertisement and Internet connection permissions for Simple SMS Messenger on Google Play Store... in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. I usually go to the Playstore to buy out all the In-App purchases and support development, but this is really discouraging.

New Advertisement and Internet connection permissions for Simple SMS Messenger on Google Play Store... in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago

For Google photos/Contacts in particular, the gallery app was good because it would constantly ask to sync photos to the cloud.

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The Lemmy User Experience is Better When Centralized into Fewer Instances (monero.town)
 

Most people access the Fediverse through one of the large instances: lemmy.world, kbin, or beehaw. New or small instances of Lemmy have no content by default, and can most easily get content by linking to larger Lemmy instances. This is done manually one "Community" at a time (I spent 15 minutes doing this yesterday). Meanwhile, on larger instances, content naturally aggregates as a result of the sheer number of users. Because people generally want a user experience similar to Reddit, I think it's inevitable that most user activity will be concentrated in one or two instances. It is probable that these instances follow in the footsteps of Reddit- the cycle repeats.

I actually think the Fediverse is in the beginning the process of fragmenting into siloed smaller, centralized instances. Beehaw, which is on the list of top instances, just blacklisted everyone from lemmy.world. Each of the three largest instances now are working to be a standalone replacement for Reddit and are in direct competition with each other. It is possible that this fragmentation and instability? of Lemmy instances will kill the viability of Federated Reddit altogether, but hopefully not.

These are my main takeaways from my three days on the Fediverse. I will stick around to see if the Fediverse can sustain itself after the end of the Reddit blackouts.

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