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NZPOL - transport
@JeffHowell I am not an Aoterean resident. But I don't think reducing the human environmental footprint needs much spending, and government is all about spending.
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What do we want? Time machines!
When do we want it? That’s irrelevant.
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#SourceHut is the @delta Chat of software forges. Discuss.
@masukomi I think it is the official line that Pharo is its own language, initially forked from Squeak #Smalltalk. I don't know how much it has "outgrown" Squeak, couldn't install it.
Couldn't install #CuisSmalltalk either, to see how much Squeak flab it has shed. But it sounds like the one with which to build software for/by oneself. #DrGeo is being rebuilt with it.
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@martijn @aral currently working on a project to also aid distributed tool libraries as well - https://meansofp.org #meansofp
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@senfcall Welcome to the Fediverse and thank you for what you're doing with #BigBlueBotton! I am new to it, but was somewhat familiar with #Jitsi already. I'd be open to any thoughts you may have on comparison between the two. (It's great we have two open source video calling ecosystems now!)
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Closing libraries is how you burn books without lighting a match.
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@ploum
I simply worry that these tracking companies are doing more and more to further track people. It's not just our social media now, but also our families and friend's social media.
Anytime someone sends out information about me, it undermines my own efforts to stay private, and honestly this is what I worry about. They don't do it maliciously, but I can't seem to explain it in a way they'll get it.
So I don't think its a splitting of the web quite yet. I hope it happens eventually though
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Late night hot take
BTW Why do I insist of making my posts hard to parse by using these juvenile tryhard satire names? Because I'm a juvenile tryhard I guess. But also because the single most valuable things these companies own - arguably the only valuable thing - are their "brands". All their value comes from us slavishly repeating them, like the one word mantras of the capitalist cults they are. I, for one, refuse to shore up their stock values by doing so.
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@technicat In today's world, the best way to complain is to stop paying attention.
#FreudianTypo whether systems: when it isn't predictable if it will rain or shine today
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With all these spying appliances I shouldn't have to actually call to complain.
@strypey they should make replies become comments on the web page
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@strypey IMO the goal of the fediverse doesn’t really exist, or rather “the fediverse does not exist as one entity”: personal difference differs, and so some people believe in openness, and others believe in safe space, these are all valid positions. Anyways, the fediverse seems to mostly get users (haven't necessarily bought into the concept) by Twitter/Reddit’s pushes, it does not pull in many users by itself, and that is the main problem.
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Y'all remember, before the internet, when people thought the source of stupidity was lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.
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@andrewfeeney Here's my "well actually" on this.
Snake Oil (the stuff actually made from water snakes) is an Omega-3 product, which we still use today for joint pain and arthritis.
Snake Oil in the US (the stuff that spawned the legend) wasn't made from snakes. Stanley's mixture included ingredients like camphor. You've almost certainly used modern equivalent like Vicks VapoRub.
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Me: “NORA SAID I SHOULD TALK TO A NORMAL PERSON ON THE BUS TO CHECK OUT WHAT THEY ARE LIKE!”
Rando on the bus: *moves to another seat*
Me: “OKAY BYE! I’M GOING TO GET A HAIRCUT!”
