Hm, so voting would be a system similar to up- and downvoting, except only activated when somebody flags a post?

So, according to points 1 and 2, the better way to use Linux is just the generally recommended way?

Using a WM rather than a DE follows the same principle, I guess. But tiling? That sounds like a YMMV option.

The better alternative would be if all sites just had RSS feeds… but yeah, since we can’t have nice things, this is the way to keep tabs on site updates!

Mbin, PieFed, Lemmy… They’re all part of the same federated network. If an admin or mod of some server does something you don’t approve of, you block their instance and jog on.

Counterpoint, do magic eightballs “AI” chatbots prevent suicide in the first place? We know human staffed phone helplines can, which is why users will be “spammed” with those numbers. They verifiably do more good than talking to a goddamn bullshit generator.

Liability matters where human lives are concerned.

Yeah, I’d be in favour of this.

For me it’s having to pick apart if something is “AI” or not.

So it’s actually one job that is easily replaced by Clippy.

A better solution would be to get used to an algorithm-free feed. Having “sensational” BS blasted at you at all times is addictive, shortens your attention span, and is the reason Mastodon didn’t go for those algorithms.

I’m not sure I trust myself with that functionality.

I think you’re right that the community could be more welcoming to newcomers. I also think there is a great point that newbies should be prepared to learn the technical side.

It is terrific that nontechnical people want to self host, particularly as a way of keeping their data and services under their own control. But a large part of the attraction that corporate services like Google and Microsoft offer is, they remove the entire technical layer from users’ view.

As a result we have a few generations that largely don’t know how to even host a basic website, much less rather more complex server software. If you want to admin a server and several services on it, it really is a good idea to know what is required to serve it securely, even only on a local network.

And I’m coming at this from an end user’s perspective, having dappled in home and remote servers for small projects, picking up some limited skills in the process. I have appreciated the GUI offerings that make it easier to set up a home lab or other server for beginners, but at the end of the day, I really think everybody should have (or try to attain) the technical knowledge required to operate or at least maintain the technology we use.

This is not meant to trash on your Safebox project, but a more general viewpoint.

TIL. Will have to look it up for future updates. Preserving root is really the only drawback of updating LOS/mG.

For updates between minor versions, I just use the LOS updater in settings. I haven’t seen any suggestions to uninstall Magisk beforehand, is that device specific perhaps?

I do usually need to patch and flash a file to get root again after installation.

It’s just the inevitable exploitation of any word that van be randomly put next to “economy”. It’s a bullshit con is why.

“Meme coin” 💀

That’s fair. Similar situations, different conclusions 🙂

I had similar plans, but I opted for a seedbox instead. It gives me some peace of mind not torrenting on my own IP.

By now it’s probably a really smelly paperweight, and Bitcoin Man would be bugging them endlessly even to regain ownership over that 🤷

I think we’re living the best ending where it’s never going to be recovered, and this dude is flailing ever more futilely at courts…

Bitcoin man Florida man Piltdown man

It’s an ongoing cycle…

Yeah. Someday, in the ruins of the world, you may come across the decrepit remains of a man, held adrift only by the sheer momentum of that one time he was near The Big Win.

“Come 'ere m’lad,” he’ll tell you, gesturing vaguely with one rotting arm at the debris of human settlements, “help me dig for my hard drive of lost fortune tokens.”