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dfyx

@ dfyx @lemmy.helios42.de

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  • Fediverse Growth?

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  • Apparently people who hope that social media bans will drive a significant amount of people to the fediverse. This is how this whole thread started. To which I replied that I don't want the fediverse to grow too rapidly. I would be very happy with slow but steady growth.

  • Fediverse Growth?

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  • There is a middle ground between pulling up the ladder and trying to get everyone in the world on board.

    Everyone who is genuinely interested is more than welcome but the fediverse is currently not equipped to handle hundreds of thousands or even millions of new users. Let the general public find their own niche and concentrate on the ones who find us on their own or through friends.

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  • And you overestimate the amount of bullshit the average instance admin is willing to put up with. Sure there will be a few instances who can afford lawyers, offshore servers, whatever. But the majority are hobbyists who think this whole fediverse thing is neat as long as it costs a few bucks for an off the shelf web host and a bit of free time to moderate. And if those people get legal threats, they will either comply or get out because running an instance with 100 users is just not worth the risk of ruining your life.

    The fediverse wouldn't die completely but it would for sure lose many smaller instances. We've already lost larger ones like lemm.ee for less.

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  • It might be hard to enforce for every instance but even if only 1% of instance admins get strongly worded letters threatening fines if they don't follow the law, I guarantee you that many more will just decide that it's not worth the risk, they close their instances and we end up with even fewer users than before.

    Between server costs, moderation effort, discussions whether certain instances should be defederated, and existing legal requirements (like removal requests for copyrighted or illegal material), hosting an instance is already a thankless job and most admins do it for free. The last thing we need is uncontrolled growth that attracts lawmakers' attention as well as users that don't share our values and require even more moderation.

    Let the fediverse grow naturally. We don't need to shut anyone out but we shouldn't actively advertise to the whole world either. Recruit your friends who might be interested in the content and culture we already have. Let the rest of the world find their own thing. That way, we can maybe stay under the radar for a couple more years before the problems start.

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  • I actually hope the fediverse doesn't grow too rapidly. Otherwise we will also be forced to implement age verification.

  • After seeing the news today about EA

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  • More like the difference between what it costs to make a game and what they make back.

  • Bambu Slicer now includes Ads

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  • It‘s basically the same as the Bambu slicer but without the branding and with some additional features. You can install the Bambu network plugin and use your printer without modifications.

  • Bambu Slicer now includes Ads

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  • Orcaslicer

  • Why does everything do this?

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  • And honestly, with modern build plates, there is absolutely no reason to use glue. At least for PLA.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • Have you clicked the link? It’s literally the relevant passage from the „Jugendschutzgesetz“ (youth protection law) which is a federal law.

  • What would be your perfect (reusable) water bottle?

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  • At home I use a 1L glass bottle with straight sides and a wide opening, metal lid and a neoprene sleeve. It's cheap, easy to clean and does its job.

    The obvious downside is that it's heavy and can break if you drop it but I don't travel a lot so that's fine for me.

  • What is the number one problem you are facing?

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  • Median productivity goes up yet median quality of life goes down.

  • xkcd #3251: Time Machine Conversation

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  • "So you know how when you go really fast with a chariot , it slips and slides around in tight turns? And you know when it's really windy and you hold your hand like this, it gets pushed up? And when you hold it the other way, it gets pushed down? Right. We can use that to solve the chariot problem. We can put a board on the back of the chariot in the same way you would hold your hand to have it pushed down. That way, the chariot gets pushed down and has better contact with the ground so it stays more stable."

  • xkcd #3251: Time Machine Conversation

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  • I think you're off by a couple millennia. Depending on the definition, the iron age (in Europe) aligns roughly with Greek and early Roman antiquity, a time famously known for philosophers whose works we still read today, not with stereotypical cavemen.

  • best Fediverse Youtube replacement ?

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  • I think they want to know if there is a PeerTube client (ideally an "official" one) that runs on such a weak phone.

  • Say you have some downtime with no obligations today. What are you going to spend your free time doing?

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  • I haven't played much past creating characters and redesigning their home so if you want to know how the actual lifesim aspect feels, I would recommend the 45 minutes of gameplay video on the official channel.

    That being said, the creative side is amazing. Even though you don't have as many clothing items and objects as Sims 4 has accumulated over the years, what you have is extremely flexible. Everything (skin, hair, clothes, furniture, walls, floors, ...) can be freely recolored, often with multiple color slots and patterns. Clothes can be layered so you can freely pick which jacket goes with which shirt - and of course you can color them separately. Furniture can be resized, often separately in different dimensions and they will procedurally adapt to those new dimensions. For example, two-seater and three-seater couches are the same item. Just make a two-seater a bit wider and a third seat appears.

    I could go on but I guess you get the general idea.

    There are a few bugs (most noticeably a broken animation when a Para gets up from sitting at a desk) but for an early access indie game it's already more stable than I would have expected.

  • Say you have some downtime with no obligations today. What are you going to spend your free time doing?

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  • Pentecost Monday is a holiday where I live. I binged almost an entire season of Game Changer and created my first Paralives household.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • It is not. See JuSchG § 9, section 2: "Section 1, number 1 does not apply to adolescents in company of a legal guardian". Section 1, number 1 restricts beer, wine, cider and similar drinks under the age of 16 and an adolescent ("Jugendlicher") is defined as 14+.

    In total, that means that you are allowed to buy and drink the listed kinds of alcoholic beverages starting at 14, as long as a legal guardian is present and allows it. Even in public.

    For other alcoholic beverages (e.g. liquor) or food that contains significant amounts of alcohol, there is a hard limit at 18+, no exceptions.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • Keeping a respectfully low profile is never a bad idea.

    I certainly hope that it goes without saying that you should be respectful towards others, just like everywhere else in the world. I just wanted to clarify that Germany is not some totalitarian dystopia where you immediately go to prison for insulting someone.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • This thread gives me so many opportunities to go "well actually" with useless knowledge.

    Pepper spray is kind of legal in Germany. You can freely buy it without age restrictions as a defense against wild animals. It is however illegal to deliberately use it against humans. But then again, German self-defense law allows you to use "whatever is necessary" to prevent an attack. So if you can make a compelling argument that your bare hands were not enough, you can totally use pepper spray, a knife, a baseball bat or even a gun to protect yourself, your property or others. Of course, for the gun you might be on the hook for illegal possession but that's a different question.

    On the other hand, CS gas (a form of tear gas) is fully legal for use on humans.