DireRave

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Just another pragmatist. Interested in all things technological & philosophical.

Feel free to yell at me sometimes I'm being dumb. I've been known to be petty.

Random blurbs:
* Most people are selfish, but many people are tolerably selfish
* First past the post is dumb. Do not use.
* Why don't governments create SoE (state-owned entities) to undercut monopolies? Do this for insulin
* I hate a lot of Intellectual Property law except when it's protecting smaller creators. Apply it asymmetrically

PronounsUse whatever; I'm curious
DireRaveApr 24, 2024
Wolfgang CramerApr 24, 2024
"I want to tell you that I am sorry, and that I tried". These three minutes are not easy to listen to, and even harder to share. https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=yJvczRkQHK0 @StuartClimate
Benedict Cumberbatch reads a letter of apology from a father to his children

In 2021, Stuart Capstick, deputy director at the Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations in Cardiff, wrote a letter to his children. Benedict Cumberbatch joined us to read it at Letters Live in March 2024 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Copyright: Stuart Capstick, 2019 This letter is a part of the Letters to the Earth campaign, which began in 2019, when the British public were invited to put pen to paper and write letters in response to the climate and ecological emergency. It is published in their book 'Letters to the Earth: Writing to a Planet in Crisis'. https://www.letterstotheearth.com

Letters Live | Invidious
DireRaveApr 23, 2024
Framework  Apr 23, 2024

We raised a $17M Series A-1 fundraising round to continue to deepen support for our existing customers, scale the reach of our products, and expand into new product categories. We're also opening a $1M community fundraise to enable 100 people to invest alongside our VCs.

You can check out more around the fundraise and learn about the community funding in our blog post:

https://frame.work/blog/frameworks-series-a-1-and-community-participation

Framework’s Series A-1 and Community Participation

Today we’re announcing $18M in new funding from an incredible set of investors, with a $17M Series A-1 round led by Spark Capital, with Buckley Ventures, Anzu Partners, Cooler Master, and Pathbreaker Ventures participating. It’s ultimately your belief in our mission and products that drives our

Framework
DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Slumbering Cat ProductionsFeb 14, 2024
How to dethrone Youtube:

Phase 1:
1. Let Peertube make their mobile apps
2. Fork their mobile apps and add Youtube as a source. Similar to NewPipe.
3. Redirect seemlessly within the apps where possible to the Peertube version. Similar to the Peertube Companion browser extension
4.This will slowly grow Peertube market share and help accumulate more creators

Phase 2:
1. Youtube begins to block certain functionality required to make these apps work, similar to what Twitter/Reddit did with 3rd-party stuff. This should act as a signal to others that they're scared of Peertube and that it is a viable alternative to Youtube.
2. Peertube can begin to actually compete on a feature level. In this case the decider will be creator features. Things like integrations with donation platforms, moderation and quality of life features. #OpenSource # #Coding #peertube #FOSS #coding
NewPipe - a free YouTube client

NewPipe
DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Information Is BeautifulFeb 14, 2024
A statistically volatile day for your heart. 🌹 Don't forget to buy flowers.
DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Lukasz OlejnikFeb 14, 2024
European Court of Human Rights delivers a landmark ruling that data retention is unlawful, and end-to-end encryption is upheld as a right in a democratic society. This ruling puts fundamental limitations on any European Union attempts, too. https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/?i=001-230854
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-Law Information Note), the European Commission of Human Rights (decisions and reports) and the Committee of Ministers (resolutions)

DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Gabriele Svelto [moved]Feb 14, 2024
My former colleague Asa Dotzler tried asking generative AI models to create pictures of people writing, playing an instrument or playing tennis with their left hand and it went exactly as you would imagine it to go.
DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
AnthonyFeb 14, 2024

Not commenting the Mozilla layoffs or new direction but I see my timeline going “Oh no Firefox will go full hype on AI”.

This is only due to the framing by Techcrunch: If you read the memo that partially leaked, there's no sign that Firefox will receive a massive influx of generative AI features.

When you say you don't want AI in your browser. Really, you don't want translation services or copy text from image? Not all AI is equal.

Have you reacted after only reading the title of the article?

DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Prof. Catherine FlickFeb 14, 2024
As someone who did her PhD on consent I just want to flag a few things in the bsky bridge discussion. One: medical style disclosure based consent (terms and conditions, EULAs etc.) is totally inappropriate for this sort of situation and has been for decades. But it serves the needs of slow-moving legal requirements and companies that like people to forget they signed up to stuff (or were coerced into doing so for social or other reasons). See https://liedra.net/thesis for more details. (1/n)
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DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
Don MoynihanFeb 14, 2024

New, from me: The IRS modernization project is
*raising money from tax cheats
*improving customer service for the rest of us
*piloting a free e-filing system

Don't forget that every Republican voted against fixing the IRS and continues to oppose it.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/choosing-to-rebuild-state-capacity

Choosing to rebuild state capacity - IRS edition

You should be rooting for the IRS modernization project

Can We Still Govern?
DireRaveFeb 14, 2024
World Wide Web ConsortiumFeb 14, 2024

W3C in the news: "The fediverse, explained" at The Verge

"But all of this stuff only works if there is a standard, and I’d bet $10 that ActivityPub is going to be that standard. It’s the one that’s overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium, it’s the one with the most momentum"
https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol

The fediverse, explained

An open protocol called ActivityPub has the potential to change the way we think about social platforms. Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, Mozilla, and others think it’s the future.

The Verge