Matrix does not have seamless desktop sharing or voice chat, and has a drastically higher executive cost. It also does not solve the information silo issue.

The fediverse as a whole is promising but likely needs to mature a bit longer. Theres a lot of potential issues that have yet to be worked through.

Yeah, this is a big part of why I stopped using discord recently. Not yet sure of any alternatives but leaving is step one.

I went to a conference this weekend, and it slowly dawned on me how every single one of the vendors was selling their app hosted on AWS. That’s all it is. Just different flavors of AWS.

Even if you dont interact with AWS directly, every business needs business services - you can bet that no matter what you’re buying or who you’re buying it from, some of your money is going directly to AWS marketplace.

If this works, could you theoretically cover crop fields in solar panels as well? That’s a ton of usable space

This is just the game “Hypnospace Outlaw”

Knew some of this but did not know how far it went. Great write up.

God, these phones look cool.

The price to performance ratio is awful, but man, I love how these phones look.

Possible solution to the Von Neumann bottleneck? Or does this address a different issue

I’ve been getting very close to ditching YouTube. This change showed up a few weeks ago for me and pushed me a bit further.

If they succeed in inserting ads into the video stream I’ll bail alltogether. I can fit a subscription to Brilliant, Dropout, and several creator Patreons into the cost of a YouTube Red subscription, and I won’t have to deal with these attention-optimizing UI changes.

They went non-profit recently to specifically prevent this from happening.

https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation

Stopped using Discord a few months ago. Not for any specific reason, just felt like I wasn’t using my time effectively. Anyone important added me on Signal, and then I deleted the apps from my phone and computer.

I can’t put words to how much better my mental health has gotten.

This doesn’t really relate to your comment, I guess, but just thought I would mention it in case anyone else is considering taking a break from the platform.

Every drone does that, since RemoteID got implemented.

This is also good, but, on the other hand, airships are awesome

Yeah, coming from someone who’s tried it, the jailbreak is sorta useles at the moment. Hoping someone comes along and improves on it. Spite is an excellent motivator.

Would make for a lovely home assistant control device.

Make an app that is a little ASCII potted plant in your terminal and every time you type something it waters the plant and it grows

Commenting so I can grab this later

The thing I don’t get about masking is how it’s any different from standard mental filtering most people do in casual and professional social settings.

If I acted however I wanted whenever I wanted I wouldnt have many friends, let alone stay employable.

Coincidentally, I have many autistic friends, who have explained the concept to me before - I still don’t really get it, but I don’t need to understand it to still respect my friends.

But internally, it just sounds like complaining. Idk. If anyone has a decent explanation I’d be interested.

I got my whole family on it, and generally all my closest friends have it as at least a backup. As the other chat apps falter it’s been easier to convert people.