@sunsetkindaguy

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a common affordance in scifi is that spaceships can just video call each other, even spaceships of different races who have never met before. this implies that there is a sufficiently mathematically obvious RTC protocol that all spacefaring races eventually discover

FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
READ BOOKS.

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One interesting device the temple employs is forcing visitors to turn three times along the path between entering the gate and reaching the entrance.

Although the distance is short, it creates the illusion of one having 'travelled' to reach the destination and thus maximizes the small space.

HELP! My mum has dementia. She loves her iPad - playing simple wee games like Match 3 Objects. But it's ruined by the "adverts" from the worst scammers, "Your iPad is infected", etc. Causes her such anxiety & upset. Can anyone help with simple, colourful games that are paid for with no "adverts"?
I don’t know who needs to see this, but here is a baby lamb

@mastodonmigration “Decentralized” does not just mean “spread across multiple servers.” Decentralization is about authority and *control*.

If one entity can make a decision that determines how all the other servers operate - such as blocking access to a specific audience - then it’s not decentralized.

So, in response to a post this afternoon calling attention to how Bluesky blocking all their users from Mississippi, a Bluesky engineer doubles down on corporate 'decentralized' marketing jargon, and starts talking PDSs, relays and AppViews.

How tone deaf can you be? You just cut off all your users from an entire state. You provide no guidance on where they can go. Run your own PDS. For reals?

Seriously, Bluesky what does your average user in Mississippi do tonight?

I am into it.