Martin Ruskov @mapto@social.cleverlibre.org

@euractiv would you care to explain why when I open your links from the fediverse, I'm blocked by a request to register, whereas when I open them with my browser, I have no issues reading the content anonymously? Thank you!

@euractiv Scholz is deliberately closing his eyes about Netanyahu's track record, as many others politicians in power in the West. Apparently there are very strong incentives to do so
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/josh-paul-us-israel-weapons/

An economic view of Gaza before 7 October. Isn't desperation one of the main sources of terrorism? If it is, then is waging a war an adequate response? History from elsewhere teaches us that it's not https://news.sky.com/story/amp/how-gaza-went-from-desperately-poor-to-even-poorer-and-why-thats-important-to-the-current-war-12992403

@freemo @ChrisWilms23 @helenczerski @davidho @gabipurcaru ok, that's a much better answer than what I hoped for. Problem resolved as much as I'm concerned.

As for the issue with Followgraph, this is rather something that I might look into when I find myself with time. If it's only about authentication, not an issue to be implemented. The issue is rather how to run it locally at the user's computer, so that the privacy requirement keeps being satisfied.

@freemo @ChrisWilms23 @neilhoskins @helenczerski @davidho @gabipurcaru ok, I've just found this one https://git.qoto.org/qoto/qoto/-/commits/qoto/ . I love qoto, but I also find it very important to move on to full-text search. Thus my question: @freemo , could you summarise somewhere an estimate (a bullet list?) of what would it take to merge back from mastodon 4? Is this something that you're willing to do if you get help with development?

@DamnInteresting AI-generated illustration is not a good idea for real-life reporting

@pallenberg @janhutter Was GPT nicht macht, ist eine systematische Methode nachzuvollziehen. Man kann Faktoren definieren un die einem nach dem anderen zu verbessern. Hier ist ein Beispiel mit was ich mit Midjourney gemacht habe https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08961

@fallenvalkyrie@blahaj.zone let me try to explain licensing: there are three types: 1. One that you pay, but are not allowed to understand for what - that's commercial. 2. One that lets you see what you get, but doesn't allow you to sell your product - that are restrictive open source licenses like GPL, CC-SA. They usually are accompanied with commercial alternatives, so if you want to make money, you'll have to switch to one where you pay. 3. One that lets you do whatever you want like GPL, MIT, CC-0. Some of these require you to be polite and acknowledge what you've used like Apache 3-clause, CC-BY. This third category is where you'd always want to be. Also, in order to make your life simple, be polite even when not legally required and give attribution where it's due. It's a good thing to do. Now you can get back to coding and acknowledging that we all are little fellas standing on the shoulders of giants

@ChrisWilms23 @neilhoskins @helenczerski @davidho In what sense it is a feature? Can anyone between @freemo and @gabipurcaru explain, please? Thank you!

A story of the asymmetry of tolerance in a world where people are not born equal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/21/atop-a-jerusalem-mountain-a-cafe-of-rare-coexistence-in-a-divided-city

US presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has a proposal for an approach to a solution of the conflict in the Middle East that is not considered by the powers that be.

This is just one or of many reasons the status quo in the US needs to be changed. And this would improve the status quo in the world.

Yes, I'm a dreamer...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=diKYEm-u2n4