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imaqtpie

@ imaqtpie @sh.itjust.works

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  • PieFed, a FOSS Feed Aggregator alternative to Lemmy, but faster

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  • I'm on Lemmy all the time and I didn't know that community. But thanks for sharing, this is what I'm talking about.

  • PieFed, a FOSS Feed Aggregator alternative to Lemmy, but faster

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  • Tbf you're on Lemmy 24/7 so you'll hear about things much earlier than many others. I've also been on Piefed for a minute.

    But I've come to understand how slowly knowledge propagates through large numbers of people, at least via this medium. First with the APIcaplyse, when I realized that virtually nobody on reddit had even heard of the API changes, let alone moving to Lemmy. And then on Lemmy itself with various major events/dramas that people were totally unaware of until much later.

    Piefed is developing rapidly and seems like a worthy alternative to Lemmy and Mbin. The private voting feature is also really cool.

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  • I guess that's possible, I was just saying the two most likely things that came to mind. I wouldn't necessarily expect money launderers to rely on a teenager, but I also don't have any personal experience in this area.

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  • Probably either from crypto or dealing drugs

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  • My point is that technically you are still making decisions about what to do with some odors body parts without consent, as they can no longer consent. Is there really a difference?

    That's a good point, you're right.

    That's interesting about the eyes, I'm honestly not sure what to say about that.

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  • Wow, good source. 82% donor rate for the opt-out group versus 79% for the forced-choice is a smaller difference than I would have guessed.

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  • I'm pretty sure people do make their wishes clear regarding their funeral preparations. You can put that kind of stuff in your last will and I would assume it holds some legal weight.

    I actually agree that organ donation should be opt-out, but there is an unavoidable argument against that. Namely, the fact that people have the right to opt-out at all implies that you have a responsibility to verify their informed consent before enrolling them in the procedure. At least, that would be the conventional wisdom according to the field of medical ethics.

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  • That sounds promising, I think you're right that it would be a significant improvement in donor rates over the opt-in system.

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  • I agree, but it raises an interesting argument regarding the definition of consent. I don't necessarily believe in free will so I like to mention it in situations where you can easily see that people are more accurately described as reacting to their environment than making any kind of conscious choice.

    Simply by changing from opt-in to opt-out, you mostly reverse the observed behavior of a population. Lots of applications for this sort of thinking, like voting for instance.

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  • I think it's interesting to ask whether people in the opt-out countries are really consenting. Can you really say someone has consented if you never actually made the request?

  • What do you think the age demographic on Lemmy is?

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  • I would estimate

    15% <25

    60% 25-40

    25% 40+

    Y'all be showing your age sometimes 😅

  • What is your favorite Fediverse platform?

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  • It doesn't need to be the answer. It just needs to be an answer for certain use cases. Both platforms can easily coexist. That's the beauty of federation.

  • Should I moderate communities like a bot?

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  • Previous comments are spot on.

    One thing I would add is that Lemmy is a particularly sensitive case, because we really want to encourage activity and growth at this stage. It pains me when communities without much activity get a meme post or something that makes it into /all and the mods remove it for being off-topic.

    Overly strict moderation is one of the fastest ways to drive people away from a platform. Just follow your natural instincts and let people post what they want as long as it's not harming anyone.

  • TIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.

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  • Freaking commie tumbleweeds rolling from town to town looking for handouts

  • I'm not sure if this is the right community for this, but this is my 1,000th Lemmy post.

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  • Holy chrimbus! Nice activity bro. You're like ThePicardManeuver of cats and anime

  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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  • It seems they deleted their account. But yeah that thread was really funny, the responses were good too

  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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  • ATProto is what Bluesky uses, right? It'd be nice if someone could give a quick summary of the features and what differentiates it compared to ActivityPub.

    It seems like it would be a pretty big task to switch from ActivityPub, because each fediverse project would have to implement that independently.

  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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    What is the Mount Olympus of the USA?

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  • Lol damn that's a heck of a hike. They also have other stickers that say "This hiker climbed Mt. Washington". Much more impressive.

    The wind gusts on that mountain are pretty crazy.