Posts by rodneylives@mefi.social
(DIR) Post #ASP8BNuGIkhkVnEoIS by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-02-05T23:10:08Z
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@stefan @shoq I think Musk passing Twitter off to someone else, a person on (preferably) a group who's a lot less divisive, is willing to walk back his egregious policies, maybe a non-profit in some way, is probably the best possible outcome now.(the best outcome for Twitter, for the world it might be better for it to just die, the energy around Mastodon right now is instructive: when a huge corporation drives folk away, the public good potentially benefits)
(DIR) Post #ASfDtXaXPDEji38XBY by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-02-14T08:00:23Z
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@misty It's interesting that they're reporting the news at all.
(DIR) Post #ASiZjcQPLiWCHPx69Y by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-02-15T22:48:56Z
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@arstechnica I'll say we have--we got charged extra this month for going over a data cap on a _land line_, damn AT&T to extra hell.
(DIR) Post #ATGFQ92FWAh910md5E by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-04T04:35:07Z
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@machenni @misty That has to be Japan-only branding, maybe something that Fujitsu came up with themselves? It's nice! Microsoft was institutionally incapable of doing something like that, with it becoming something condescending like Microsoft Bob or Clippy.
(DIR) Post #ATH8bfFpYzrxbadqpk by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-04T14:59:49Z
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@arstechnica Also, (gestures), QAnon.
(DIR) Post #ATLvY2kG7SDyonoiEi by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-06T22:25:22Z
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@arstechnica It Was Bound To Happen.
(DIR) Post #ATOAP3VLoTYaCEw5p2 by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-08T00:22:03Z
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@seldo I think there is value of adding an algorithm of the user's choosing? Of maybe a program that looks through the timeline and highlights the kinds of things the reader likes, without ulterior motives. More of a partner than an editor. But it's not necessary, I think.
(DIR) Post #ATcWomhfovXUp1oR1s by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-13T20:37:36Z
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@izaya Why did we even get rid of any of those things?
(DIR) Post #AThsSqm052lnyUcctc by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-17T06:00:23Z
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What happens to old sites? They decay. Their maintainers lose interest or forget about them. Their software eventually falls out of date. They break. Eventually, they stop paying the server and domain bills, and the site goes dark. The Wayback Machine saves some, but not all, never the moving parts of a site, and often incompletely.Realize now, this will happen to every site you use and love today. The internet is not kind to old tech and information, even when it's still perfectly good. Old memes, old communities, old shows, bands, games, their days are all numbered. Entropy rules all.If you find a site that dates to 2005 or earlier but is still on the web, that _matters_. Simple longevity on the net is a noteworthy feat.
(DIR) Post #ATxFY7ecoye3D1VUga by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-24T18:30:24Z
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@textfiles A charge like this would wipe me out.
(DIR) Post #ATxFY9ESxCuO6THdBo by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-24T18:53:43Z
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@textfiles I don't have insurance, so $25,000.
(DIR) Post #ATxFYAUSHFIC0Lluka by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-24T19:55:03Z
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@textfiles I'm in Georgia, it seems unlikely there's such a fund here. I'd love to move somewhere else but the expense makes it a chicken-and-egg problem.
(DIR) Post #ATxKQ32yZBcqNFrkzQ by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-24T23:28:57Z
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@textfiles I don't think I understand what you mean?
(DIR) Post #ATxMFJiESqyamfArC4 by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-03-24T23:49:44Z
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@textfiles Ah? How would one go about that? I don't mean to take up your time, this stuff has been a gigantic worry for me, I'm very lucky that I haven't ailed much to date. Maybe this isn't the right venue to talk about this.
(DIR) Post #AWYVfnJ0fUPj6Q7cKe by rodneylives@mefi.social
2023-06-10T17:44:51Z
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@lowqualityfacts There are only two condiments: ketchup and mustard. All else is a proportion of the two, mixed together in different amount.