Posts by lxo@gnusocial.net
(DIR) Post #Ak1Srlu2coW6XcUsgi by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-07-16T06:00:45Z
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no1. I'm on GNU social, not on Mastodon :-)2. for the same reason I archive my email: it's nonvolatile memory, that I can refer to, index and search when needed3. deleting my copy of things that others may have preserved does me no good whatsoever, and may place me at a disadvantage
(DIR) Post #Akaeyta4Tb4IMauun2 by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-08-03T00:48:53Z
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excessively defocused temporal perception?https://gnusocial.net/url/26747169
(DIR) Post #AknC30nZDBXkI7Jqq0 by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-08-09T08:03:52Z
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this looks like something made by a natural intelligence :-) nice!
(DIR) Post #AlkhoxHg8q02CHNeT2 by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-06-14T10:39:04Z
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yeah, brains are great pattern detectors
(DIR) Post #Alp68Kqdvkn2JVLfQe by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-09T09:46:43Z
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wasn't there some korean movie about that?
(DIR) Post #AmBcMzd8ZVUirWBOhk by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-20T06:34:03Z
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well, well... your profile picture shows a cat, so... I may have bad news for you. or maybe not.
(DIR) Post #AmGyRcwtUtI0kNq2vQ by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-22T20:34:37Z
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in (Brazilian?) Portuguese, it used to be both. ginásio means sports arena, but it also used to refer to (some kinds of) high school. ISTM the latter sense was phased out. even the term that took its place has already been phased out too.
(DIR) Post #AmHxtvx8WrYyzzqTzs by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-06-21T07:13:22Z
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I'm growing worried with fediverse trends that, rather than freedom (control over one's own life), promote power (control over others' lives).I've long been uncomfortable with deletion/edits, that effectively mess with my ability to treat and archive my past feed and use it as reliable memory. being unable to save it elsewhere, to be able to search it or refer to it later, or being regarded as cheating or abusing the system merely to preserve my own memory, seems power over myself that I'd rather not grant others. I'd much rather deletions, edits and whatnot, of posts I've seen before, be visible and advisory, not an Amazon's 1984 book-burning move.likewise, enabling me to control who can respond to my posts seems to place too much authority on one party, and grant me power over others that I don't deserve. I can understand my not wanting to *see* their responses, but blocking them from responding seems outrageous. why do I get to decide what others get to do? why don't they get to decide it, or have a say? why don't my followers, or theirs? that seems to lead towards authoritarian control and isolated bubbles, rather than to respectful and rich cross-polination of ideas.to those concerned about abuse, enabling posters to prevent responses from abusers would also enable abusers to prevent reactions from victims and their supporters.what am I missing?
(DIR) Post #AmM8fDLXSDJajEHb96 by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-25T08:22:16Z
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how do you avoid coercion of voters?
(DIR) Post #AmNI27xClLqfPTrTLk by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-25T09:36:15Z
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can you prove it?many digital and immaterial goods are anti-rivalthat means that the more of them exist, the more valuable each one isthink networking effects, peer pressure, ...
(DIR) Post #AmNI6XOy5fGhUdx01g by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-25T09:21:44Z
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if people get together and say "we're not going to buy this if you won't let us share", how does copyright *guarantee* return on investment?if copyright can't force people to buy what they don't wish to buy, how does it guarantee return on investment.someone fed you rotten excuses. don't swallow.
(DIR) Post #AmNeIDzCIjGJk8sGzg by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-26T01:44:37Z
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/me imagines echoes of darth vader's "changing the deal" scene
(DIR) Post #AmOFxNHsJwLole5zyC by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-26T04:03:27Z
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what I'm talking about is society's organizing into a monopsony to face the monopolies that exploit culture at even powers. it's like unions, but for buying culture.the monopolies currently count on dividing people and turning them in adversaries in competition for artificially scarce goods. it's a farce.if we see through it and form a social syndicate to negotiate purchases for all of society, wherein the monopolies wouldn't have anyone else to sell to, how fast do you imagine they'd give in to our conditions, whatever illusions you and they might hold about displaced imaginary purchases?
(DIR) Post #AmPkpHqbx9LbJhvVkO by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-26T16:26:40Z
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cultural works are natural monopolies. whatever a person or a community wishes to buy, there's only one seller (individual or collective) at first: that who authored the work. whether it's first sold to a monopoly-collector or not, eventually it ends up in a situation in which this monopolist goes to market. their strategy of dividing us and forcing us each to buy one or more copies for ourselves, demanding us to deprive others until they buy it too, has been reasonably successful at profiteering and reshaping public opinion WRT sharing.but what enables this is that it is a (natural) monopoly. being natural, it can't be ruled out of existence. so the only way to make it a level playing field is to pit it against a monopsony. whether it's government or private organizations that band people together who commit to not buying individually from such monopolies, only buying collectively through these psony (buyer) organizations, the more negotiating power they'll have. just like unions. if the monopolists formed their MAFIAAs, we must form our own collective forces to defend our interests
(DIR) Post #AmPsXb5AV0TRORoN5E by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-27T03:14:56Z
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cultural good are anti-rival: they more people they touch and influence, the more valuable they are to society. the problem is that copyright and greed stand in the way. I'm proposing a way to overcome the problem. it won't solve itself.
(DIR) Post #AmUPJ4Zidb6FdhcgSm by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-27T20:15:32Z
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my machines are all named 'free' (as in freedom) in various languages: 'livre', 'libre', 'freie', 'fri', 'frit', 'vrije', 'libero', 'libera', 'ozgur', 'wolne', 'slobodny', 'svobodny', 'vapaa', ... no transliterations so far, but I will have to resort to that eventually, if I'm to ever go beyond european languages
(DIR) Post #AmnPWuhaQSpWo6PLea by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-10-07T23:24:17Z
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software, like most cultural works, is often made as a gift, as a hobby, as a fun activity. we shouldn't allow those who can only perceive it as a product and only do it for money to rule out others who do it for pleasure or for altruism. those who *sell* products are normally expected to offer warranty, but those who sell and reap the benefits are not often the programmers.
(DIR) Post #Amo3UDXEDjFb2GxE4e by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-10-04T21:53:04Z
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today the @fsf turns 39. it's been quite a ride for the most important organization in the history of the free software movement. despite numerous others organizations in this space, the FSF remains the lighthouse, the solid and stable reference point that enables us to navigate freely and safely to our destinations. a strong FSF forever needs a strong community of supporters for our cause. here are some ways you can help and show your support:https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-turns-39
(DIR) Post #AnALihs0OLRXxTjFjM by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-27T19:57:33Z
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today we celebrate the 41st anniversary of the GNU operating system, that set out to develop an operating system that wouldn't deprive its users of freedombut there's another 41st anniversary to celebrate today: that of the free software movement, the organized effort for the recognition of an essential human right, namely, that we should be entitled to understand and to modify the programs we use to do our computing just as we are entitled to freedom of thought and of expression; that we should be entitled to share and cooperate on those programs just as we are entitled to freedom of the press and of assembly; that we should be entitled, thus, to control our computing, instead of the alternative of being controlled by it; that programs that suppress or attempt to suppress these essential rights shouldn't exist, so that no users were ever tempted or forced to give up their essential freedoms and rights, and so that the cyberspace and all the users and developers could be freewe've come a long way in these 41 years, but we still have a long way to go. please join us and support our movement, our project, and the organizations that support them in the pursuit of these goals
(DIR) Post #ApTG2m5GxlrmnFrxE8 by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-10-31T12:54:58Z
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thank to elbinario.net for having me, and to @administrator for keeping the server running despite my many unintentional attempts to bring it down :-)