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Joe LanmanI don't think younger people could comprehend how many CD ROMs there used to be. On magazines, pushed through your door, on racks in corner shops. CD ROMs everywhere
Pajama Sam
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A nerd of many stripes: #UX #VideoGames #TTRPG #PublicTraniste, #Politics but mainly I just re-toot (ha) what I think is funny or interesting to others
@_elena @sennoma Even if the Twitter quitters go to BlueSky rather than here, it's still a net positive for Mastodon:
1) X/Twitter is a toxic cesspit. Fewer people using it is a positive for society as a whole.
2) Each person who leaves means less content and less engagement for the remaining users, and a worse signal-to-noise ratio, making it more likely they'll go too.
3) Conversely, it means more discussion, more engagement on a non-X/Twitter platform.
4) Already, BridgyFed allows some BlueSky posts to appear here, and some posts here to appear there. More BSky users means more people who'll eventually adopt BridgyFed.
5) Long-term, there's scope for better federation beyond BridgyFed between the Fedi and BSky. When that happens, more BSky accounts mean more accounts here.
UPDATE: Some additional thoughts here: https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas/113336898754663899
AJ Sadauskas (@[email protected])
Attached: 3 images Some further thoughts on @[email protected]'s post yesterday (https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113332849196888527). Even before the dodgy car salesman bought it, Twitter's algorithm and character limit tended to favour bad faith posts. As in, deliberately provocative post written in bad faith — either from the left or the right — would tend to perform better than a well-thought through thread based on facts and logic. Over the past couple of days on BSky, there's been an influx of Twitter regulars either creating or reactivating their accounts, and immediately making the same sorts of posts. Some screenshots of the sorts of posts I'm talking about, from @[email protected]'s recently reactivated dormant account, below. (My issue with these posts isn't with the poster's position on trans politics or Israel, but rather how these arguments are made. Namely, by immediately attacking and insulting other users, and misrepresenting the counter arguments. Clearly, bad faith posting.) Those posts are likely to not get the same traction they would on X/Twitter. Some will go back to Elon's app and cry that they're not getting the same traction. Meanwhile, the people who are posting in good faith will find their natural home over time, whether it's here or BSky. BSky handling this round of triage is not necessarily a bad thing...
EdgeHave been staying in hotels a bit during #Helene, and thinking about housekeepers. For many years we've tipped them each day, as it's another hard, unappreciated job. One time sticks in my mind.
A decade ago we were in MD just outside the District, looking at homes to possibly relocate, been there 4 days. Came back from dinner to find the older housekeeper still in our hallway, working.
As we approached our door, she said "you're checking out tomorrow!" and hugged me. My small tip made that big a difference in her life.
I will never forget this. And so many other folks are in the same situation.
Kindness is everything.
rootCompute:\Tired: The things I have to say just aren't that interesting or insightful
Wired: I'm being SHADOWBANNED for my DANGEROUS ideas that could change the course of HISTORY
A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSCPublic Warning.
If you EVER, and I do mean EVER see a QR code for anything... not just some things, ANYTHING.
Treat it as a scam, do not scan it, they can easily be covered up with malicious redirects to fake sites to steal your financial details. Direct you to malware sites to try and infect your device.
Treat them all the same... as toxic, potential harmful to your identity and security.
Never trust them... EVER!!!
If you 100% must use one, do what you should be doing at any (ATM) cash machine, check for devices that have been installed by crooks. See if you can peel the code off, not just at the area around the code, but the whole sign... look for anything unusual and if you have any doubts... even if it's 1% doubt... DON'T USE IT
This isn't scaremongering, scammers and thieves are out there every day, placing fake QR codes on signs all over the place. No where is safe from them. The way to win is not to play. Don;t buy into the enshitification of everything, don;t be told that you can ONLY do it one specific way (legally they have to offer more than one way to pay for a service).
Please boost and spread the word.
Potato Enthusiast 🇵🇸A SOY VANILLA LATTE IS ACTUALLY A TYPE OF THREE BEAN SOUP
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)US states sue TikTok, claiming its addictive features harm youth mental health
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/08/us-states-tiktok-lawsuit-mental-health
On closer inspection, this case misuses neuroscience so severely that it seems like it could potentially make it illegal in the US for young people to have fun.
Seriously
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Global MuseumThese Weird Concoctions Are What Romans Snacked On While Watching Gladiators
The flavor combination is a little weird, but we're definitely up for trying it.
Roman Stuffed Dates #history #roman #romanempire #spqr #recipe #cooking #fyp #historytok #dates
Zach WeinersmithSo, our autistic 7 year old (mostly non-verbal) rarely plays with any particular thing for a long time, but the teachers at school put him in a VR set and he watched water for 45+ minutes.
We're thinking of getting one for his birthday. He hardly wants anything, so it'd be nice to do something special. Any recommendations? Thinking a meta quest 2?
NonilexBan #Abortion. End #GayMarriage. Outlaw #BirthControl.
A powerful #Christian #conservative #legal group is quietly reshaping America through the courts. Here’s what it’s after.
#law #radicalization #extremism #NewApostolicReformation #Republicans #Evangelicals #SevenMountainMandate #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/abortion-supreme-court-alliance-defending-freedom-agenda.html
