Posts by bobkmertz@techhub.social
(DIR) Post #ATPkCO5ZlFBTmT6Atc by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-03-08T18:39:05Z
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@signalappThis is unreal:"We heard from people, especially in South Asia and South America, that without stories (or something that would function like WhatsApp Status) they wouldn’t be able to convince their friends and families to start using Signal. And if your friends can’t use Signal, neither can you."I can completely understand that but, at the same time, you've cut off the foot of many other users by phasing out SMS support. People are far more willing to use an app if it can handle all of their messaging. Your logic makes sense in the tech community but in a huge non-tech population people are dropping Signal because they don't want to have different apps. I hear all of your arguments but if you truly want to be reachable by everyone then removing SMS is a severely hypocritical thing to do. In the communities I'm in SMS was the factor that started getting friends and family to use Signal in *exactly* the same way you explain stickers.
(DIR) Post #AX7Y5bsER75ZKGFoSe by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-06-27T02:52:15Z
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@TechConnectifyIt's just growing pains. The interoperability of different platforms through ActivityPub is an incredible feature.... Its just new. When you replied you almost certainly posted a comment in the thread on the lemmy instance and, like on Reddit, you're now receiving notifications from that conversation. Prior to this point ActivityPub has basically just been Mastodon for the mainstream and now with the Reddit shenanigans we're really seeing the first major cross platform interaction.... This is where the protocol will adjust and when the next major platform becomes popular with ActivityPub the protocol will be more ready to handle these weird cases.We are all early adopters..... I don't think that we just have to accept that it'll always be like this but we do have to expect weirdness at first.@jason
(DIR) Post #AX7Y5dXkEFtCVIgTo0 by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-06-27T03:09:17Z
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@TechConnectifyBut you don't have to think about this stuff..... It's just the way we are wired where we want to know the answers. Most people would just completely ignore what you aren't able to (I'm the same way).The people that continually say the Fediverse will never turn into anything serious are the ones reading way deeper into things than most people would.I was on Twitter before there was an app or a web interface.... It was all SMS. This honestly reminds me of those days.@jason
(DIR) Post #AX7Y5ektiq0MGNqUwi by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-06-27T04:17:13Z
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@TechConnectifyI disagree.... People are tired of having so many accounts and subscriptions. This is all besides the fractured nature of "this person is here and this other person is over there"..... It's not ready for the wide mainstream but it's going in a direction that can provide valid solutions to those frustrations.And yes.... Twitter was one thing but it was a thing that everyone complained about without ever bothering to understand what it was accomplishing.... Only the people that used it understood it until others started seeing the value..... Of course it then many years later turned into the mess that it is now but that's what the Fediverse and ActivityPub is being designed to prevent.No one is forcing you to be here but yet you have some of the strongest interactions of anyone I follow here.1/2
(DIR) Post #AX7Y5fS982bEQW52MC by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-06-27T04:21:20Z
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@TechConnectifyI'm honestly perplexed that this conversation is going in this direction. In watching your videos (which I love and support) I would have thought you'd be the first one to understand where this is going and the solutions it's accomplishing. I don't understand why you want to keep people from having options that they would love just because you don't like them. Maybe you found an early bug that's most likely only something you found because of your huge following but, for the most part, Lemmy and other ActivityPub platforms aren't forced on anyone and no one says you have to use them.2/2
(DIR) Post #AX7Y5gKNsNz78jSLtg by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-06-27T04:46:18Z
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@TechConnectifyIn re-reading this I feel I need to stress that this isn't meant to be negative toward you in any way..... Sorry if you felt I came across that way. We all are looking for different things and we have different preferences, etc, and there is nothing wrong with that. I just think it's important to recognize that this isn't "just the way it'll always be" but that we are all early adopters. Just like the first to use ICQ, Twitter, and any number of things in the early days there are going to be problems. Seeing how much these platforms and protocols have already risen to the occasion gives me hope. The cross-platform nature is such a huge benefit to anyone who ever was on Facebook and had one single friend on Twitter...... Or the one person still hanging on to Myspace for years after most had left.
(DIR) Post #Ad9fFxPo5jaRJiCjIm by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-12-24T17:50:48Z
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@fivetonsflaxAt some point we are going to have to face reality that this stuff is coming and it's not because of the technology developed but the mined data that the technology has access to. I'm glad to see these people have held back some and the problem isn't them but the others who will develop the same thing and not have any reservations.This stuff freaks me out but attacking people who's curiosity did, frankly, what it's supposed to do isn't going to solve this problem. Most of the world will point to the kids discovering technology and easily attack them but still continue to ignore the damage corporations are doing for profit which ultimately make these discoveries possible. Let's remember, after all, that these students' protect is worthless without the data that Google has collected.@Wolven @so_treu
(DIR) Post #AdC3MHD2CHqPf0hDbE by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-12-26T06:48:32Z
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@WolvenMy point is that 2 negates 1. You can have the technology from the first be a net positive if it's an application you can run on your own data. Beyond that when your creating its often step by step and you can't fully realize the potential downfalls until it's completion.Let me be clear, I'm not at all defending monetization of these things but I'd much rather a responsible person disclose a discovery so that others are aware of what can be done before an irresponsible person figures out the same thing.@fivetonsflax @so_treu
(DIR) Post #AdCrkmgrnX9BxJWtXM by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-12-26T16:13:12Z
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@WolvenAgain, I'm not defending the "winning" attitude you are talking about and my comments aren't even really about these people specifically. What I am saying is you are making a statement that is very general to catch a specific instance that also catches innocent behavior as well. Your statement is essentially saying that the internet should have never been created because Vint Cerf should have saw the ways horrible people would use the technology.@fivetonsflax @so_treu
(DIR) Post #AdCuTGFlReIYIFBkYq by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2023-12-26T16:43:41Z
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@WolvenRight. I was replying and adding to Ben's comment relating to them not being totally reckless but then you replied with a very generalized statement which was beyond the focus of your original post.@fivetonsflax @so_treu
(DIR) Post #Akh27oxcUGJUXCurke by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2024-08-06T14:33:52Z
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@foonePerhaps the base device is something commercially available which Google bought and modified in some fashion to make it their "own device" and the warranty sticker was left from that first purchase? I ran across this years ago installing certain Google devices into customer racks in a data center -- which was exceptionally funny to me because we had the base device already in the next rack over which was identical without the silkscreen Google logo on the front.
(DIR) Post #Arm0NvIyUeEXhs1tnE by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-03-02T22:49:41Z
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@kkarhan@0xF21D @nixCraft @thunderbirdI agree but, at the same time, what they did to K9 Mail absolutely sickens me and genuinely makes me question if they have some nefarious motive.
(DIR) Post #At7d8wHpUVTiNnQTVg by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-04-15T17:24:54Z
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It's only been a few months and we've already made it to the point where the president is suggesting sending US citizens to foreign countries.We've already had an example of an innocent Maryland man being sent to El Salvador and the US courts seem to have no power to get him back. As this person was en route the administration ignored orders to turn the plane around.Citing the laws that protect us is pointless with an administration that ignores the law.https://www.wtae.com/article/trump-us-citizens-el-salvador-prisons/64487857#uspol #elsalvador
(DIR) Post #Aw1us1FrlPVAwNZJRI by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-07-11T16:54:27Z
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@internetarchiveI was in my late teens and early 20s when Disney was doing this... It confused me because of all the redirecting and I actually remember thinking that it could be dangerous... I wondered who go.com was and why I ended up there. Had no inkling that domain redirection (misdirection?) would become the privacy and security nightmare it is today.#WaybackMachine #InternetHistory #WebArchive #SummerOnline
(DIR) Post #Ay7vuz3AFAGLPbJtcO by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-09-11T04:00:58Z
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Listen, a man died. He may not have been a great man and there's absolutely no reason you have to mourn his loss. I'm not.But we are the ones defending the sanctity of life. It's really hard to speak a message of treating people with dignity whether that be immigrants, those of various races, and those of differing religions and yet cheer for the death of a man.This has been a night that lots of toots are turning my stomach.#USpol #CharlieKirk
(DIR) Post #AyVQVo1qbDAIqojmAS by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-09-23T17:38:48Z
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Jimmy Kimmel will not return to Nexstar and Sinclair stations tonighthttps://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/nexstar-sinclair-abc-affiliates-jimmy-kimmel-live/3641913/#JimmyKimmel #sinclair #nexstar #censorship
(DIR) Post #B1gC2en3BQDOw2eNV2 by bobkmertz@techhub.social
2025-12-27T16:37:50Z
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@futurebird1. Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter2. Condo in Neverland by The Jellyrox3. Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano