Post APzn3vbSYkWglYUQme by cafkafk@pleroma.cafkafk.com
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(DIR) Post #APzUsh5QOSftNo00xs by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T08:53:46Z
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Holy crap this man has absolutely no sense of reality. “I’ll just make my own smartphone, and my own apps, and my own App Store”. Ask Microsoft how easy that is 😂https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-make-his-own-phone-apple-app-store-2022-11
(DIR) Post #APzUshfaE1b9BwutKC by tofugolem@mastodon.lol
2022-11-26T08:57:52Z
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@thelinuxEXP It turns out that his employees at SpaceX were "managing" him and preventing his dumber ideas from being implemented.I think what we're seeing at Twitter is what happens when he doesn't have employees managing him.
(DIR) Post #APzUsiDyAB6Uub0LvE by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T09:01:33Z
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@tofugolem Apparently, when he worked at PayPal, one investor said that the company wouldn’t exist anymore if they had let him do his thing for 6 more months. The man is clearly incapable of understanding the intricacies of a company, he just runs along with meme ideas.
(DIR) Post #APzUsicQhEfa8SRt32 by Artan0n@pl.starnix.network
2022-11-26T09:06:06.015316Z
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@thelinuxEXP @tofugolem who's PayPal and that no name investor and who's Elon Musk ;)Grow a pair and after you make Elon's billions come back here and i will believe your nonsense 100%
(DIR) Post #APzeti2XKjAoAflsWG by 404zzz@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T11:00:55.176621Z
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I like this crazy ass 😄
(DIR) Post #APzfOkAtRj45lkTifA by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T11:06:06.091306Z
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@404zzz @thelinuxEXP lol same. Fortune favours the bold!
(DIR) Post #APzh2eruh3WQqlCHsO by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T11:21:38Z
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@newt @404zzz I find this man deeply disturbed. Like someone who was ignored or bullied his whole life and is now trying to make up for it by saying the most stupid things he can think of. It’s kinda sad to watch, honestly!
(DIR) Post #APzh2fKywym4IunVBY by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T11:24:45.217555Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz do you know what's really sad? The people having total mental meltdowns over some stupid site with a 280 character limit for posts.
(DIR) Post #APzh7wMj4FT0Z180no by 404zzz@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T11:25:54.866007Z
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yeah exactly!
(DIR) Post #APzhKreTu6bri2b0BU by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T11:28:00.672996Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz though, on a side note. The Apple/Google duopoly in the mobile phone software market is something to be despised and I wholeheartedly welcome anybody who can destroy it.
(DIR) Post #APzmK2hnoy9PTMZpBY by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T12:18:39Z
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@newt @404zzz I didn’t see any meltdowns, I saw people concerned about the enormous increase of hate speech on an important platform for news reporting
(DIR) Post #APzmK3DhuLfh4JVIum by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:23:53.488107Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz >I didn’t see any meltdownsI did. Lots of it. The enormous amount of people fleeing to the fedi from twitter. You could look around if you wanna see it.>I saw people concerned about the enormous increase of hate speechWhat's hate speech?>an important platform for news reportingTwitter isn't an important platform for news reporting. It's a shitpost site. There's nothing more to it.>I would love to see that duopoly destroyed. But Musk isn’t the one to do it. Legislation isLegislation is how we ended up with this duopoly in the first place. Specifically, patents and copyright. This is how Google, Apple, and Facebook manage to bully literally anything that can even remotely threaten them out of the competition. Governments are notoriously shitty at fixing issues which they themselves have created.
(DIR) Post #APzmoBc5Gb6TmrH9Fo by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T12:19:22Z
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@newt @404zzz I would love to see that duopoly destroyed. But Musk isn’t the one to do it. Legislation is, with the obligation of having alternative app stores, and the choice of payment processing tools for developers.
(DIR) Post #APzmzHZ1TzS7Qb8Q08 by akd@mas.to
2022-11-26T09:14:07Z
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@thelinuxEXP what if he went with a linux phone. He would be burn money and push them a *tiny* slice further forward. Win-win.
(DIR) Post #APzmzI6LU66j5wj1wO by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T09:18:30Z
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@akd He would never support anything open source, I think. He doesn’t seem open to sharing anything
(DIR) Post #APzmzIVrxCWYN6fPiy by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:31:34.926014Z
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@thelinuxEXP @akd didn't he advocate for open sourcing the algos used by twitter?
(DIR) Post #APzmzrexHPaXNQBfFI by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T12:27:33Z
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@newt @404zzz Looks like people were right, though, seeing the increase of people posting racist, threatening, antisemitic things, which is what hate speech is.If you think Twitter is just a shitpost site, you’ve been using it wrong, or not using it at all. Tons of people depend on it for news.Legislation isn’t what created the duopoly. Lack of legislation did.
(DIR) Post #APzmzsBvIpxZ1fbzdI by cafkafk@pleroma.cafkafk.com
2022-11-26T12:29:53.039256Z
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@thelinuxEXP @newt @404zzz > Legislation isn’t what created the duopoly. Lack of legislation did.no I put the blame largely on all the users that are too coddled to bite the hand that feeds
(DIR) Post #APzn0uVIBtTsUHAMi0 by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:31:28.391330Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz >If you think Twitter is just a shitpost site, you’ve been using it wrong, or not using it at all. Tons of people depend on it for news.Oh well.. these people might just be morons. In other news, the sky is blue and the water is wet.>Legislation isn’t what created the duopoly. Lack of legislation did.Again, please read carefully what I wrote here. Big corpos have huge armies of lawyers that enable them to abuse any legislation thrown at them. This is partly how they stay in power. And these same legislations is what will be used by them with the help of their army of lawyers against their competition.I can totally imagine Apple suing a rising phone company for not allowing Apple Pay on their platform. This is what it will look like.
(DIR) Post #APzn3v8OIpH3JOtDTU by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T12:30:26Z
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@cafkafk @404zzz @newt There’s also that.
(DIR) Post #APzn3vbSYkWglYUQme by cafkafk@pleroma.cafkafk.com
2022-11-26T12:31:47.062363Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt
(DIR) Post #APznAcbTbA7prmgnvU by svprdga@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T09:45:45Z
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@thelinuxEXP That would be great actually... I think we need more competition in the apps space since we currently have a duopoly that controls everything.
(DIR) Post #APznXF2vLl7nSuJWM4 by gabriel@fedi.gvisoc.com
2022-11-26T08:55:58Z
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@thelinuxEXP 🤫sheeesh! Don’t tell him! Let him vacuum himself and all his alt-right fanboys into a void!
(DIR) Post #APznXFUDiGxWpZ5Jtw by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T08:57:45Z
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@gabriel That would be fun to watch, him “working” (forcing people to work extra hard) on a smartphone for it to release to extremely low sales, a miserable app selection, and people not wanting it because it doesn’t do iMessage or doesn’t have Google Maps 😂
(DIR) Post #APznXFyhsvLUM7LfQ8 by stuarthoughton@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T09:44:29Z
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@thelinuxEXP @gabriel the nightmare scenario is him deciding to use mobile Linux and tainting it by association. "Oh you run Linux? Isn't that the nazi OS?" :-/
(DIR) Post #APznXGTu0wIburwa2q by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T09:49:49Z
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@stuarthoughton @gabriel Yeah that would suck big time. But I don’t see him using anything open, he wouldn’t want to have to share anything
(DIR) Post #APznXGwcIBGfLvNVnk by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:37:42.619442Z
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@thelinuxEXP @stuarthoughton @gabriel he has mentioned open sourcing things before though. The twitter algos being the most recent, but also some of the car code apparently. Not that he's followed through as of yet but he has discussed it openly which suggests an interest.I'm not an elon fanboy but pretending there is no indication he would consider open source alternatives is a little disingenuous.https://fossbytes.com/elon-musk-tesla-open-source-code/
(DIR) Post #APznbh7Ov6hTgiWzeS by Apan@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T10:16:55Z
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@thelinuxEXP would't it be great if Apple Store and Google Play got some competition even if its non foss? People just seems to care about the Hype or and the Hate for Elon Musk.
(DIR) Post #APznl0ZLyIu2cV2xpQ by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T10:35:26Z
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@Apan I would love it, but not from this guy. I have 0 confidence he would make anything better, or even make a dent in the duopoly. This will only be achieved by regulations, not another wonky competitor
(DIR) Post #APznl1HJKs44opc4LQ by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:40:13.318052Z
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@thelinuxEXP @Apan > only government can compete with apple and google 🙄
(DIR) Post #APzo60m8OskhLB2YVs by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:44:01.654793Z
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@thelinuxEXP @newt @404zzz the only people lobbying government for regulations around these things are companies like google and apple. If they help draft legislation how do you propose we make sure the regulations you are asking for don't simply protect them?
(DIR) Post #APzoFzJUgsdphbOvJI by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:45:48.499998Z
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@thelinuxEXP @newt @404zzz > of people depend on it for news.Millions of people eat MacDonald's everyday but I don't call that food
(DIR) Post #APzoXazNrnP1TSOHZY by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:48:48.675687Z
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@thatguyoverthere @thelinuxEXP @404zzz what? Why would eat that except in the most dire of circumstances? :comfyuee:
(DIR) Post #APzokbpi2YAXr94S24 by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:51:18.323305Z
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@newt @thelinuxEXP @404zzz there is probably some overlap in people who think MacDonald's makes food and twitter is a reliable source for news
(DIR) Post #APzp3JALfUKtSmdnc0 by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:54:25.651496Z
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@thatguyoverthere @404zzz @thelinuxEXP the only reason I can imagine for eating McDonald’s daily is participating in competitive obesity and diarrhoea.:akkowtf: In my experience, Twitter is probably the worst site for literally anything but being brigaded after having written anything even remotely considered offensive.
(DIR) Post #APzp4j1X0zZTwvC05Q by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:54:55.355045Z
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@thelinuxEXP @newt @404zzz Well, I personally wouldn't use twitter as a source of information but there are accounts made by actual news sources. Do I think it's the appropriate place for that kinda stuff? Hell naw.And good on anyone not using twitter at all, there's no point in being here in the fediverse if you'd use twitter, it's like going to a football game and cheering for both teams. Like being vegan and eating fish. Companies just swarmed twitter because people used it, not because it's a platform made for news and shit.If I made a website called fartsy and I made it for people who wanted to share sound files of them farting but didn't forbid the upload of non fart related files you can bet your ass companies would upload news and ads on fartsy IF it was popular enough.
(DIR) Post #APzpJD6BzcsLHQHP1c by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T12:57:37.145545Z
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@newt @thelinuxEXP @404zzz yeah that's why I say there's probably some overlap. Both are trash. One claims their content is food while the other claims it to be news (or even newsworthy).
(DIR) Post #APzpPwwkRfgnDB4lKy by newt@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T12:58:41.801255Z
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@thatguyoverthere @thelinuxEXP @404zzz Baudrillard is spinning in his grave
(DIR) Post #APzpnHoH2fh0ZvEvWS by julove@mastodon.org.uk
2022-11-26T13:03:00Z
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@thelinuxEXP Calling it now, it's going to be an android skin like FreedomOS
(DIR) Post #APzpppRMyXFhSdjrl2 by somegirlprivacy@fosstodon.org
2022-11-26T12:59:43Z
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@thelinuxEXP yeah i loved my nokia lumia 🥲920
(DIR) Post #APzqapvwxXA4bKSQzI by grunge_fox@mstdn.party
2022-11-26T13:11:57Z
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@julove @thelinuxEXP Wait, wasn't there already a Freedom Phone or something? Ironically, it was also a complete failure lol
(DIR) Post #APzqdvVKhhxAkNTt9k by julove@mastodon.org.uk
2022-11-26T13:12:33Z
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@grunge_fox Yep, that's what I was referencing... It was a soft fork of LineageOS
(DIR) Post #APzrb2LotN1T4CDXeq by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T13:16:53Z
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@raccoon @404zzz @newt Except Twitter is the de facto news platform. The death of the Queen of England was announced on Twitter officially before even the BBC had the information.Whether it’s a good platform for that or not, it’s what tons of people use it for. I don’t, I use RSS feeds, much better for this, but still.
(DIR) Post #APzrb2qJ41PQakTtB2 by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T13:23:14.241163Z
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@thelinuxEXP @raccoon @404zzz @newt I remember the twitter booth at a percona love event years ago trying to sell twitter as news too (I was politely mocking their insignificance). The fact that people have fallen for that and can't think their way out of it is kinda sad really
(DIR) Post #APzs6vWToXFT9lPTFY by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T13:28:56.802540Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt And with this we go back to my fartsy website thing. I'm sure posting a few lines on twitter to say "The queen is dead" takes much less effort than writing an article.Considering twitter to be inappropriate for the news is not the wrong thing. The other way around is. The ones using twitter for news are the ones using it wrong, not the other way around.Using fartsy to share news would be the wrong way to use it, not posting farts on it.
(DIR) Post #APzsIsG7m5SGVcSN8K by grunge_fox@mstdn.party
2022-11-26T13:31:06Z
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@julove Oh, right, sorry, I thought that you're saying that Elon will name it FreedomOS
(DIR) Post #APzu15EizC1jSBRjg8 by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T13:43:22Z
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@raccoon @404zzz @newt No, it’s not a news outlet who did it. It’s the royal family. It’s not a lazy person writing a tweet, it’s a family grieving that felt this was the right place to say so.You might not agree, but it’s still a fact of today.
(DIR) Post #APzu15oWq4fPFECKUC by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T13:50:16.870246Z
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@thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt "It's not a news outlet who did it. (...) It's a family grieving."Well, there you go then..?Nick I'm not saying that people don't use twitter to share/read news. I'm not blind. I'm just saying it's not the appropriate place to do so. And because of Musk now this is even less appropriate than ever.I'm also not really sure that the queen's family during a grieving moment decided while sobbing "We better post this on twitter :("It's almost like something like the royal family probably has someone taking care of PR for them.
(DIR) Post #APzuNKuvMmA0SOnPPM by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T13:54:23.180110Z
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@thelinuxEXP @raccoon @404zzz @newt > everyone else is doing it so you should just accept itWhy don't you call your channel the MicrosoftWindowsExperience or MacOSExperience?
(DIR) Post #APzuTJJAGHOjCiyzYm by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T13:55:27.962938Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt > It's almost like something like the royal family probably has someone taking care of PR for themwhat your family doesn't have a PR department? Pleb
(DIR) Post #APzv744WKRLNX85bSi by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T14:02:34.597998Z
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@thatguyoverthere @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt Shit dude what do you want from me? I'm just a fucking raccoon!Fun fact: Raccoons are one of the few species that do not have a smooth brain.Another fun fact: My brain, however, is smooth as a mirror.
(DIR) Post #APzvlsWgA19Lb6iobY by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:10:01.857358Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt raccoons are pretty smart I'll give them that, but you need better PR because you kind of have a bad wrap as little thieves
(DIR) Post #APzwpdVa2Pkk8KZ0QC by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T14:21:49.440936Z
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@thatguyoverthere @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt We are not thieves. If you put it in the trash it's shit you don't want. We provide a social service by getting rid of your trash for you.
(DIR) Post #APzwyyXNDqDdxYr76O by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:23:36.112189Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt thieves and vandals with a side of pentester and potential murderer if you happen to come upon a chicken coop though :smirk:
(DIR) Post #APzx6vVeMalwsyqCMS by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:25:02.275346Z
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@raccoon @404zzz @newt @thelinuxEXP honestly can't blame. Chicken is good
(DIR) Post #APzxB34CCwvFTxxt6u by Hyolobrika@gleasonator.com
2022-11-26T14:25:45.920035Z
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@gabriel @stuarthoughton @thelinuxEXP @thatguyoverthere @gabriel @stuarthoughton @thelinuxEXP shitposter.club is limited on mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #APzxIObaWgzCJI5TpQ by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:27:06.610600Z
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@Hyolobrika @gabriel @stuarthoughton @thelinuxEXP that's a shame. I think I knew that but since I see them without issue I forget.
(DIR) Post #APzxvAt5SjOl3ilOrY by Hyolobrika@gleasonator.com
2022-11-26T14:34:06.330153Z
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@thelinuxEXP @thatguyoverthere @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt @raccoon isn't it "rap" not "wrap"?
(DIR) Post #APzy8wnGeyAvOyboMC by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:36:36.531092Z
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@Hyolobrika @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt @raccoon probably.
(DIR) Post #APzymKNUuKYTqDKiDw by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:43:40.004669Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt they did try and bill it as a news source after color revolutions got popular. I remember stopping by their booth and being told they were aspiring to be a news source when I said I couldn't be bothered to care about the stuff people posted on there.
(DIR) Post #APzyyUMrak3sIapquu by Hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net
2022-11-26T14:45:54.545272Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt Who cares what you assume is "appropriate"?A tool can be used however it can be used. The original intention of a thing is irrelevant.IIRC, the wheel was originally a children's toy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Then eventually they were introduced to or thought up the idea of using it as a serious tool.Also,>The oldest wheel found in archeological excavations was discovered in what was Mesopotamia and is believed to be over 5,500 years old. It was not used for transportation, though, but rather as a potter's wheel. The combination of the wheel and axle made possible early forms of transportation, which became more sophisticated over time with the development of other technologies.https://www.thoughtco.com/the-invention-of-the-wheel-1992669I think it's handy to read news on a social platform. That way you can comment (or shitpost) in the replies and the original poster can see it.The real problem is that historically a closed, centralised, censored platform was used for this. Which Musk appears to be changing by raising the profile of fedi.The only problem is fediblock.
(DIR) Post #APzz3iB1g36kZhmyRs by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2022-11-26T14:46:52.083073Z
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@Hyolobrika @404zzz @newt @raccoon @thelinuxEXP > RAP sheet stands for “Record of Arrests and Prosecutions.” If you have been arrested for a crime, there is a record of it.I assume bad rap is probably referencing the rap sheet so yes.
(DIR) Post #APzzml2Pt0lyToF2IK by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T14:54:54.687362Z
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@Hyolobrika @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt > Who cares what you assume is "appropriate"?I dunno man, I don't really care if someone doesn't care, I'm sharing opinions, if you like it cool if you don't I couldn't care less. Not to be rude mind you, but in the end of the day what my opinion is doesn't affect anyone's life and vice versa.
(DIR) Post #AQ011SrXqO0aPLjVeC by Hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net
2022-11-26T15:08:51.624725Z
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@raccoon @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt Sorry if I came across as rude. I couldn't think of a better way of expressing myself at the moment and I couldn't be bothered to spend ages drafting my post.Also, I'm autistic.
(DIR) Post #AQ05RbVaikleZJBThg by adam@social.librem.one
2022-11-26T15:58:24Z
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@thelinuxEXP @stuarthoughton @gabriel I don't see him doing anything at all. Most of what he says is just to trick investors or scam the government and many people are starting to realize that. Here's a good collection: https://elonmusk.today/
(DIR) Post #AQ05fbWJTT5yeuCJKy by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T16:00:53Z
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@adam @stuarthoughton @gabriel That is a fantastic website, thanks!
(DIR) Post #AQ07UFDKGfg6CT1lMe by raccoon@stereophonic.space
2022-11-26T16:21:14.141330Z
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@Hyolobrika @thelinuxEXP @404zzz @newt Apology accepted.For future reference in a message like this I would recommend stopping at "sorry if I came across as rude" because adding "I couldn't be bothered to spend ages drafting my post" doesn't sound nice either."Also, I'm autistic."Hi Autistic, I'm Raccoon.
(DIR) Post #AQ0HZ3rosjVjzvu5fE by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
2022-11-26T18:14:12.395911Z
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If you think about it though, it's the danger of being wildly successful. If you end up creating a car company larger than every other car company on the planet combined, and then and a claimed space company, and you have a bunch of other things that seem to be doing fine, the message that the entire universe is sending you is that you're something special.That's how you overextend yourself, and we really do see it with a lot of these really successful people.Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure Elon works very hard and makes a lot of good decisions, you don't get to be in the spot that he's in without doing some things right, but there's an awful lot of stuff that was pure chance as well. Just happened to be the guy running the company that all the investors decided to dump all their money in during an era of unprecedented money printing. Just happened to become the darling of the environmental movement. Just happened to become super rich in the com blow up, and be one of the few people to keep their wealth.Once you temper your view of yourself as an infinite genius with the reality that no matter how infinite your genius and how virtuous your life is, you only get the opportunities that you get, and if you're the best it's probably because you got some opportunities someone else didn't, then you stop imagining that everything that you do is going to be immediately and automatically successful.Now getting away from all that stuff for a second, seems to me that if you wanted to produce an open ecosystem, it would make a lot more sense to support the existing open ecosystems. Instead of making a brand new operating system, pay some people to contribute to the existing open operating systems such as mobian, and if you're going to make a new phone, figure out how to make one that's powerful enough to run the software that already exists. Pine phone is great, but it's like a 15-year-old phone and that is immediately apparent once you load Android on it.
(DIR) Post #AQ0q5ql02gIxKsWIwC by SharonDanielleB@universeodon.com
2022-11-27T00:17:49Z
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@thelinuxEXP Musk is a sick man and a fascist.Every billionaire is a policy failure.
(DIR) Post #AQ1FHUw3Ux5PzCLHQu by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2022-11-27T05:23:18Z
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@thelinuxEXP Just gonna quickly install Mastodon on a PinePhone and the have a Comma 3 drive me to work.Thanks Elon for doing everything that's already been done but worse.
(DIR) Post #AQ1y1dKoztuVLAjg48 by ask@tilde.zone
2022-11-27T10:30:42Z
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@thelinuxEXP It's Google actually, not Microsoft.He said "apps" & "App store", but the entire OS, which means an Android fork.
(DIR) Post #AQ1y1dmpJmJOk1q2iW by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-27T11:19:08Z
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@ask No, I always referring to the efforts of MS to try and build a competing phone OS, which, despite being awesome, didn’t work at all ;)
(DIR) Post #AQ1y1eCLmsjE1BmQV6 by ask@tilde.zone
2022-11-27T12:30:48Z
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@thelinuxEXP Oh I understand you. But that's not what Elon meant btw. It's almost sounds cheesy that he'd make a mobile operating system from scratch. He meant it as an Android fork (since AOSP is FOSS & it's relatively easy to maintain a fork of it)
(DIR) Post #AQ1y1egTyqpbWdsUT2 by thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
2022-11-27T13:29:25Z
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@ask Android fork wouldn’t work, though. No access to Google Play would kill this thing in its tracks
(DIR) Post #AQ1y1f60RxFQnnosFc by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
2022-11-27T13:44:36.639786Z
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Teaching people to install an apk seems a lot simpler than getting them to fully switch ecosystems.
(DIR) Post #AQ22FjrHwHLXRau3jk by ask@tilde.zone
2022-11-27T14:28:41Z
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@sj_zero @thelinuxEXP Elon does have plans to make Twitter open source. For instance, both FDroid & Aurora Stores both support auto updates in the background.