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PerfectDark

@ PerfectDark @lemmy.world

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I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot

  • Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says

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  • I have to admit I am a fan from afar, I just enjoy keeping up with new devices and so on.

    But I do love drama, so I'll go check that out now!

  • Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says

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  • I know you mean a Meshtastic style internet in general. But this is too fascinating to not share. Meshtastic is amazing:

    https://meshtastic.org/

  • The People Who Put Emulators on Your Steam Deck Now Want to Sell You a Linux Console

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  • I know it is just a headline, and it is a good one. But I still want to slip in here to say that RetroDECK was actually released for Steam Deck a few weeks before EmuDeck.

  • Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”

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  • Maybe it is finally time for open-source(ish) dating to make an impact!

    (It won't. I tried it a couple years back and it is a ghost town!)

  • Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”

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  • Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move your account to a different Mastodon server. | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the F

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  • I'm on mastodon.social and I have a solid amount of followers, I'm active on there every single day, not once has it felt like I need to move from it. The content on my feed (the point of Mastodon is to curate your own) is lovely and needs no moderation I've ever seen?

    https://mastodon.social/@flwwhtrbt

    I tried really hard to read through whatever point this blog was trying to make but it really needed some editing

  • China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton

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  • Goodwill Isn’t a Platform (thoughts on the Digg beta)

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  • Voyager makes moderating a breeze, too!

  • Mattel introduces its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes

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  • Mattel introduces its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes

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  • As a girl who grew up with type 1 diabetes, seeing these tasteless jokes in here just remind me of the shitty time kids can have when they feel different to other kids and get singled out for something they can't control.

    So what if its a gigantic mega-corp, they're doing a good thing here for children.

    Disgusting fucking 'jokes'. Shitty people.

  • AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic

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  • Oh, that's me!

    Thanks, Alk. I'm glad my little posts mean something to the general public here, I appreciate it!

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  • And people judged me for watching YouTube with uBlock Origin, or via NewPipe for eons.

    Look who's laughing now.

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  • I did the same long ago, but I did go back to reddit. I wish I'd learned my lesson at the time -__-

  • Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app

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  • Easy fix:

    Buy a fitness/smart watch - an older one is fine, why go excessive

    Download GadgetBridge from F-Droid/Droidify and then use that instead of a proprietary app which is just harvesting your data and telemetry at every chance:

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    • Removing the messages option and instead replacing it with their stupid DM chat system, even for modmail
    • Stating that later this year they're going to introduce walled off paid sub-reddit
    • That live stream nonsense they had a couple of years back
    • Their A.I. answers integration
    • Censoring users who mention 'eat the rich' and the name Luigi
    • No longer allowing moderators of their own sub-reddit to change a sub's status to NSFW (after the protests, obv), now requires admin to do this for them if the deem it appropriate

    ...who'd have guessed that these decisions were shit. Not the community who told them each time, again and again, right?

    Fuck you, Reddit

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  • I enjoyed my time there immensely. I loved fostering a community, and helping people, I wrote guides and news posts, I helped other users via messages and overall felt like it was a nice place.

    But over time Reddit got greedy, and for me to do the work for free (moderate), and then provide their content for free (my posts)...with how they treated us and will continue to?

    My time is better spent on the fediverse. Here and Mastodon. I'm far happier here now.

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  • I left moderating some significant subs back when with the 3rd party app protests, but did return to Reddit after that to start my own.

    But now, since early December I'm done-done.

    My account has been deleted (as with Discord), and I'm all in on the fediverse. Seeing the proposed changes (the concept of a paid sub that Spez is so adament about?), I just had enough. And the more news of Reddit I see, the happier I am I did.

    Most of my daily time now is spent on Mastodon, but I am here every few days trying to share a post or two.