SorteKanin

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 4 points 10 hours ago

Interesting analogy. The future is hard to predict. Hopefully things turn out better than this prediction.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, chat about what? I'm in Denmark and it's rare that anyone says anything to someone they don't know in a shop, unless it's the customary "hi" to the cashier. Where are you where this is more normal?

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 4 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

in checkout lines

I dunno, is this a good venue? People are there to shop, not to socialise. Most people will likely want to get on with their business and get back home.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago

Would this mean it’s a bad idea to give kids sunglasses?

Well if that is actually the causing effect, yes. I checked the paper and they do actually mention light brightness as a potential cause, as well as the other things but they have nothing on what actually causes the problem for real.

But I mean, clearly we aren't naturally meant to need sunglasses so in a way I'd say yea, don't give your kids sunglasses.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

A third idea is that sunlight is much, much brighter than most indoor artificial light, and the lack of this very bright light causes some sort of problem for the developing eye. Maybe the brightness of the sun is a sort of "calibration" method for the eye and when it doesn't get that really bright sunlight, the development of the eye goes out of whack.

So is it vitamin D, or far-away views or bright sunlight? I've heard all these theories before but I'm not sure which is it. Does the meta analysis say anything about which effect is most likely the cause? I mean could we "fix" this by going outside to view things far away, or should we just take vitamin D supplements, or should we have much brighter indoor lighting? I'd love to know.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm... Very confused. Why does this guy think he can affect something about the Hagia Sophia in Turkey?

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don't get it, why are they worried about people making firearms using a 3D printer? I might be wrong, but isn't it fairly easy to acquire a real firearm in the US? So why would anyone use a 3D printed one?

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

15 was minimum for me too (I'm in Denmark) a few days ago, but now it's 0. They're probably rolling out gradually, just check again in a few days and make sure the app is updated.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

I had 15 mins at the lowest setting a few days ago too. Now it's 0. I think it's rolling out gradually, just check it again in a week or so.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

I didn't see one either - I'm in Denmark, maybe it's rolling out in different regions?

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

Keep in mind this book is really long - I believe it's something to do with authors being paid by the page in the US? But anyways, it's very detailed but that may not be a bad thing. I don't have any other suggestions.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 9 points 1 week ago

Good on you for stepping up! Hope it encourages others to volunteer for the communities they care about :)

 

I am not the author but I've been looking for a tool like this for a long time! This looks really nice! :D

 

There was recently some discussion on Feddit.dk surrounding the usage of upvotes and downvotes.

Currently in ActivityPub (the underlying protocol powering the fediverse), Lemmy sends "Like" and "Dislike" activities for upvotes and downvotes. Other threadiverse platforms (PieFed, Mbin and maybe even other non-threadiverse platforms?) do the same.

However, the "Like" and "Dislike" activities are meant for... well, "liking" and "disliking" things. They are not necessarily associated with the action of "vote this thing up so more people see it" or "vote this thing down so less people see it".

For instance, on Friendica, you can dislike a post and this sends a Dislike activity. From Friendica's point of view, such a Dislike indicates just that - the user dislikes the content. It doesn't necessarily mean "this should be shown to less users", but Lemmy will interpret the Dislike activity like that.

This leads to strange scenarios with posts that a user finds relevant and interesting (something that the user may reasonably want to upvote) but also something that the user dislikes (i.e. downvote).

As an example, imagine a post with a title like "AI is awful" (I'm sure many here has seen posts like that). A Friendica user could reasonably agree with the post and thus "Dislike" it. As in, they also find AI awful and they dislike AI, so they dislike the post, to show their disapproval of AI. The Friendica user's intent is not to hide the post from other users or make the post be shown to fewer users! They just intend to show their dislike for the topic at hand.

However Lemmy will interpret that Dislike as a downvote, and the post will thus be shown to fewer users and get ranked down in the sorting.

So is Lemmy and co. abusing the Like/Dislike activities? Should the threadiverse instead use a dedicated activity for the acts of "I think this should be shown to more users" and "I think this should be shown to fewer users"? That way, it would not be confused with the Likes and Dislikes from other platforms.

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