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(DIR) Post #ATH54mccqlS72Lvvjk by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:39:54Z
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Today's threads (a thread)Inside: Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pick-all-three/#Pluralistic1/
(DIR) Post #ATH54n6P43GuWhri9Q by post@qoto.org
2023-03-04T14:20:39Z
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@pluralisticThe #Fediverse has its own set of problems, fragmentation in particular, lead by instances blocking entire other instances without their users knowing the consequences.For example I’m on qoto.org where I can speak freely but it is blocked by other instances with runarounds, so there is a portion of the Fediverse that will never see my posts.In theory if you have to choose an instance and you have a list of people you intend to follow, it is not guaranteed that an instance that allows you to do that exist. If you create your own, it could still be blocked by other instances after a while for ideological reasons or even just because you pissed off who happens to be the childish admin of an instance. Their users are trapped in those instances with no idea that other portions of the Fediverse exist.This undermines the notion of “joining the Fediverse”: which portion are you actually joining? How will the situation change as you use it? How do you really monitor and control your experience? How can you enjoy a “free” platform if you have to think about politics between instances that often boil down to childish skirmishes?What do you think instead of the new approach by #Nostr based on relays? https://nostr.com/
(DIR) Post #ATH54oHQgXgaBC21ya by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:41:19Z
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Tue (Mar 7), I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWein:https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373On Mar 9, you can catch me in person in #Austin at the UT School of Design and Creative Technologies:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-center-presents-cory-doctorow-tickets-526627556197And remotely at #UManitoba's Ethics of Emerging Tech Lecture:https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/event/ethics-of-emerging-technology-lecture---rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow/On Mar 10, Rebecca Giblin and I kick off the #SXSW reading series:https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP11432842/
(DIR) Post #ATH54q2G9ujvciwwbo by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:41:44Z
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Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation: You CAN please all of the people all of the time (sorta).https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1099647712275998783/
(DIR) Post #ATH54ri7vjp8orXtVQ by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:44:15Z
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Hey look at this* After Backlash From Its Dumb Password Sharing Crackdown, Netflix Lowers Prices In 100 Countries (Just Not In The U.S.) https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/28/after-backlash-from-its-dumb-password-sharing-crackdown-netflix-lowers-prices-in-100-countries-just-not-in-the-u-s/* A Second Chance for Yesterday: Cover reveal and sneak peek of upcoming time-travel tale https://www.scifinow.co.uk/books/a-second-chance-for-yesterday-cover-reveal-and-sneak-peek-of-upcoming-time-travel-tale/* Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/scatalogic-rites4/
(DIR) Post #ATH54uUPbBdTRC9U2q by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:46:30Z
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#20yrsago Spectrum Etiquette: Two Proposals https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/02/spectrum-etiquette-two-proposals/#20yrsago Farber and Faulhaber’s argument for commons spectrum allocation https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/farber-and-faulhabers-argument-for-commons-spectrum-allocation/#20yrsago “Easement #commons” isn’t enough https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/easement-commons-isnt-enough/#20yrsago Commons #spectrum isn’t like a park! https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/commons-spectrum-isnt-like-a-park/#20yrsago Moot court on property versus commons for #SpectrumAllocation https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/moot-court-on-property-versus-commons-for-spectrum-allocation/5/
(DIR) Post #ATH54wIQshF32cYweO by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:46:42Z
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#20yrsago The people’s #FirstAmendment rights should not be auctioned off to media barons https://memex.craphound.com/2003/03/01/the-peoples-first-amendment-rights-should-not-be-auctioned-off-to-media-barons/#15yrsago #PublicBroadcaster + #Bittorrent = massive public savings https://nrkbeta.no/2008/03/02/thoughts-on-bittorrent-distribution-for-a-public-broadcaster/#15yrsago How (and why) the #GreatFirewallOfChina works https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/the-connection-has-been-reset/306650/#15yrsago #NineInchNails goes #CreativeCommons remix-friendly with new album https://web.archive.org/web/20080305012426/http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home6/
(DIR) Post #ATH54yxGzp6BHrgaaO by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:46:54Z
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#15yrsago Engineering approach to global climate change https://craphound.com/etech08_Saul_Griffith_energy_literacy.txt#15yrsago Question Box: the Internet for remote places, no literacy or keyboards required https://www.questionbox.org#15yrsago Why hardware #EbookReaders are a dead end (for now, anyway) https://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/03/cory-doctorow-put-not-your-faith-in.html#15yrsago Fake cold remedy #Airborne settles lawsuit — get your cash back https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/makers-of-airborne-settle-false-ad-suit-with-refunds/7/
(DIR) Post #ATH550jsMbZQotQuyu by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:47:06Z
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#10yrsago Cops abduct 6-y-o for going to the store on her own, initially refuse to return to her dad https://www.freerangekids.com/cops-detain-6-year-old-for-walking-around-neighborhood-and-it-gets-worse/#10yrsago Inside the prosecution of #AaronSwartz https://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-inside-aaron-swartz-investigation-005452894.html#10yrsago What’s the most utopian fiction of all? https://locusmag.com/2013/03/cory-doctorow-ten-years-on/#10yrsago How an algorithm came up with Amazon’s KEEP CALM AND RAPE A LOT t-shirt https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012153/http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/8/
(DIR) Post #ATH552RA39my5Qh05Y by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:47:21Z
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#10yrsago America’s #SixStrikes copyright system is a nightmare https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/copyright-propaganda-machine-gets-new-agent-your-isp#10yrsago Journalists took secret money for critical pieces about #Malaysian opposition candidate https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/covert-malaysian-campaign-touched-a-wide-range-of-american-m#10yrsago US Trade Rep orders Canada to comply with the dead-and-buried #ACTA treaty, Canada rolls over and wets itself https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/us-trade-office-calls-acta-back-dead-and-canada-complies#10yrsago Impulse: At long last, a new Jumper novel from Steven Gould https://memex.craphound.com/2013/03/01/impulse-at-long-last-a-new-jumper-novel-from-steven-gould/9/
(DIR) Post #ATH554AvaTzZTf7440 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:47:39Z
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#5yrsago #Adblock will cache popular Javascript libraries, meaning adblocked pages will be faster and less janky https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adblock-adds-feature-to-cache-popular-javascript-libraries/#5yrsago #AjitPai forced to return the gun the NRA gave him as a prize for his neutracidal rampage https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/fccs-aji-pai-declines-nra-gun-award-381975#5yrsago #FrenchPolynesia says it didn’t renew its deal with the #Seasteaders, a group of #libertarian separatists https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/351420/french-polynesia-sinks-floating-island-project10/
(DIR) Post #ATH55600o2Rt8O1NKK by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:47:56Z
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#5yrsago CEO of Trustico emails 23,000 HTTPS private keys, triggering panicked mass-revocation https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/23000-https-certificates-axed-after-ceo-e-mails-private-keys/#5yrsago #United axes its employee bonus program, replaces it with a lottery, saving millions https://thepointsguy.co.uk/2018/03/united-cutting-employee-bonuses/#5yrsago Don’t give a dime to the #DCCC, they’ll just use to front #DINOs and smear Justice Democrats https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/when-dccc-calls-hang-up-the-phone/#1yrago How English #LibelLaw enables #Russian kleptocrats https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/04/londongrad/#enablers11/
(DIR) Post #ATH557i0RxEaR7c1XU by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:48:17Z
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#1yrago #Defi and #ShadowBanking 2.0 https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/02/shadow-banking-2-point-oh/#leverage#1yrago How "hollowed" hotels are destroying worker rights: #REITs aren't just for money laundering https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/01/reit-modernization-act/#reit-makes-might12/
(DIR) Post #ATH559QM4YIrkxMxIu by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:48:37Z
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Tuesday's threads: VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription; and more!https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/10994262240726771713/
(DIR) Post #ATH55BPMhChRuSvC2S by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:49:02Z
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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.https://chokepointcapitalism.comSigned copies available from Book Soup:https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068--My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/14/
(DIR) Post #ATH55D6eNkuzB0BH96 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:49:17Z
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."https://craphound.com/shop/15/
(DIR) Post #ATH55Ep00LzGUpwCuW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:49:27Z
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Upcoming appearances: * Seize the Means of Computation (TU Wein), Mar 7https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373* UT School of Design and Creative Technologies (#Austin), Mar 9https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-center-presents-cory-doctorow-tickets-526627556197* Ethics of Emerging Tech Lecture (U #Manitoba), Mar 9https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/event/ethics-of-emerging-technology-lecture---rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow/* #SXSW #ChokepointCapitalism reading (#Austin), Mar 10https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP1143284* Ostrom Workshop: Beyond the Web Speaker Series, Mar 20https://events.iu.edu/ostromworkshop/event/806592-ostrom-workshop-beyond-the-web-speaker-series-cory16/
(DIR) Post #ATH55Gws63TN5pdWSW by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:49:56Z
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Recent appearances:* ANU/Canberra Times Meet The Authorhttps://soundcloud.com/experience_anu/in-conversation-with-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow?si=67bcf6db3c4742bd973152e4b1b4e313* The Gould Standard https://pod.link/thegouldstandard/episode/8648b67fb7a6ccbf49a7d5406f8582c7* ABC Radio National:https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/chokepoint-capitalism/10197310817/
(DIR) Post #ATH55IX4Cy1I0NZwW0 by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:50:07Z
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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection! Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pick-all-three/--If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.My latest Medium column is "United We Stand: Creation is collective - and so is bargaining"https://doctorow.medium.com/united-we-stand-61e16ec707e218/
(DIR) Post #ATH55KSX2na3ytTLiy by pluralistic@mamot.fr
2023-03-04T11:50:52Z
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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🐆". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!Subscribe here: https://pluralistic.net/plura-list--Today's top sources: Ji Fu (@fu).eof/
(DIR) Post #ATH5fKcztUAQvhXDuq by rieger_san@mastodontech.de
2023-03-04T14:27:14Z
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@post @pluralistic nostr is the ultimate tool against censorship and states. The native implementation of value 4 value is a big milestone for social media. In my eyes it’s just a matter of time before nostr becomes popular
(DIR) Post #ATH6SWpBKuAcwih1M0 by adnan@1210.nl
2023-03-04T14:36:08Z
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@post @pluralistic This problem doesn’t exist on #Nostr because relays don’t know what they are forwarding. Presumably they could identify and ban individual users but that would only because that user did something bad. You aren’t banned by association. There are no communities in Nostr. You relay isn’t your community.
(DIR) Post #ATH6WeSgsoI3n68fq4 by post@qoto.org
2023-03-04T14:36:54Z
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@rieger_san @pluralisticWhat scares me about Nostr is that despite it doesn’t seem based on a blockchain, it is developed by cryptocurrencies enthusiasts and I still have to figure out what’s the relation between Nostr and cryptocurrencies. I installed Nostros client for Android and it pushes this “Zap” thing that looks based on cryptocurrences, on something called “Satoshi” and other things I don’t even want to see.
(DIR) Post #ATH715Hbj7eBfASy2q by rieger_san@mastodontech.de
2023-03-04T14:42:24Z
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@post @pluralistic nostr was developed by bitcoiners which has nothing todo with crypto! It’s not based on blockchain because there is only one use case for a blockchain, which is bitcoin. Satoshis are the subunit of Bitcoin.100.000.000 sat = 1 Bitcoin. Nostr uses the Lightning network to send Satoshis. Lightning is a second layer technology with which bitcoin is able to scale.
(DIR) Post #ATH7D7U9MewLy64WAK by jeffmarkel@mastochist.social
2023-03-04T14:44:33Z
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@post @pluralistic not to say that problems don’t exist in the #Fediverse but nostr strikes me mostly as another desperate attempt by crypto bros to find a valid use case for blockchain
(DIR) Post #ATH7DArIp2F6QlvYAa by rieger_san@mastodontech.de
2023-03-04T14:44:35Z
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@post @pluralistic zaps are extremely cool! You can value someone who helped you or you want to value a comment etc. That’s what value 4 value is all about. It’s extremely cool to value someone’s work directly without a third party
(DIR) Post #ATH7XbMbzFWQQUJQjg by post@qoto.org
2023-03-04T14:48:17Z
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@rieger_san @pluralisticIt should be something totally optional and not pushed in the face of users like that. Typical of projects that have to do with cryptocurrencies.But Nostr approach using relays is interesting.
(DIR) Post #ATH7pXYQt9hzpAOZXs by rieger_san@mastodontech.de
2023-03-04T14:51:31Z
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@post @pluralistic you don’t have to use zap’s is you don’t want to And I don’t get tired of telling that Bitcoin is fundamental different from the whole crypto industry
(DIR) Post #ATH8B1vt8bvE7dc728 by post@qoto.org
2023-03-04T14:55:24Z
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@jeffmarkel @pluralisticIt’s not based on blockchain, same situation of IPFS. Look at this other part of the thread:https://qoto.org/@post/109965516109644382Anyway I believed in the Fediverse before Mastodon was a thing but now I admit it’s a total disaster and I would like that others were honest enough to recognize the fundamental problem.I don’t want to support anymore the mafia scheme by some large Fediberse instances and the silence of the other ones.
(DIR) Post #ATH9GCN9qluXu2Oge8 by didek@101010.pl
2023-03-04T15:07:33Z
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@post @pluralistic Who is creating Nostr?
(DIR) Post #ATH9GofDU4w2f38e4O by didek@101010.pl
2023-03-04T15:07:40Z
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@post @pluralistic Who is creating it?
(DIR) Post #ATH9MXRKR3lEymN4D2 by post@qoto.org
2023-03-04T15:08:41Z
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@rieger_san @pluralistic you don’t have to use zap’s is you don’t want toI just said I don’t like that it is slapped in the face of users… with this attitude you are lowering my interest in the platform. I don’t like people who can’t admit obvious problems, I just said the same about the Fediverse to another person in this thread.I am also tired to hear Bitcoin enthusiasts thinking others don’t understand Bitcoin. We #ModernMonetaryTheory -aware people predicted Bitcoin would become just a tool for financial speculation around 2011 and in all these years we were proven right at 300%.
(DIR) Post #ATHAXfCC2Vg4AoA05w by rieger_san@mastodontech.de
2023-03-04T15:21:54Z
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@post @pluralistic MMT 🤣Okay bye 👋🏻