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My eldest son loves to go down huge rabbit holes in order to find great music that most of us have never heard. This is another example that he just shared with me.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

There was a three day delay between when I created an account and when I received the email.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

In my opinion, yes. That's just how he likes to play.

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I just set up my Loops account in order to beta test the iOS app.

Uploaded my first video here: https://loops.video/v/5s_wUUCHsZ

So far so good.

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[-] remington@beehaw.org 9 points 4 days ago

I am having a wonderful day and thank you for asking!

I hope you find many more days of enjoyment here at Beehaw.

Take care.

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From Bloomberg News reporters Justin Sink and Akayla Gardner:

President Joe Biden on Friday announced plans to cancel student debt for about 55,000 public sector workers, as his administration pushes to zero out balances for more people in the final weeks of his administration.

The move — which represents the cancellation of $4.28 billion owed on federal loans — pushes the total number of individuals who have received relief under Biden administration programs to nearly 5 million, the White House said. In total, about $180 billion has been forgiven.

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A New Social (www.anew.social)

Seen on Bluesky minutes ago.

From the mission page:

We're betting on services built on open protocols like ActivityPub and ATProto, and focused on making it easier to connect and move between platforms. We will work directly with developers to continue ensuring competition in the open social web, with a focus on advocating for users every step of the way.

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[-] remington@beehaw.org 34 points 4 months ago

Microsoft Windows is heavily marketed and, for most of the general public that aren't aware of Linux, is a cheaper option compared to Apple/Mac/iOS.

I worked with/on Windows for two decades. Through those years I became more and more frustrated with the bugs and vulnerability to outside attacks. Windows is going to be attacked more, and for other reasons, because it is used by more people (a greater attack surface to exploit).

Back in 2008 I switched to Apple/Mac/iOS. I have never regretted it.

IF you have the time/knowledge (which most of the general public doesn't have) to use Linux, then I'd recommend it.

Please, stop with this 'fan-boy' shit about operating systems. Use logic and rational thinking which I believe that I've shown above.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 24 points 5 months ago

The Dems must know that they can beat Trump with another nominee. Otherwise, they would not have been pressuring him to step down over the last several weeks.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 24 points 5 months ago

...women coming to the polls to vote for their reproductive rights might skew the numbers more in favour of Democrats, independent of polling.

Precisely!

[-] remington@beehaw.org 50 points 5 months ago

Correct. We're moving to Sublinks very soon. Buckle up.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 27 points 6 months ago

Interesting back story incoming. My brother and I worked at one of the best restaurants (at the time) in Greensboro NC USA. My brother's roommate (Mike), for several years (1989 - 1992 I believe), had only a high school education. After working a shift at the restaurant, he'd return home and shut himself in his room for hours (this was almost every day). My brother inquired out of curiosity and Mike showed my brother his computer set-up and the types of digital graphics he had been working on. Mike sent a 3 dimensional application to a digital graphics arts school (I believe in Raleigh NC) and was immediately accepted. After easily completing this program of study (Mike was highly gifted and driven), he was snatched up by the company that developed Myst. He went from barely scraping by to making a substantial amount of money in the field he dreamed to work in.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 59 points 7 months ago

We can still find engagement in small niche subs on Reddit. We've known, for many years, that people were going to move away from large corporate-controlled sites such as Reddit, Twitter etc..

The Fediverse is addressing this. It isn't a panacea. However, it is a re-imagining of what we want the Internet to be.

There are many others, that will come along after us, to address this further.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 49 points 7 months ago

What do you want? Do you want to see more posts/comments?

Beehaw is, specifically, curated for those who want high quality rather than a dumpster fire of trolls and assholes.

So, quality vs quantity.

[-] remington@beehaw.org 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Absolutely. My unsolicited advice is to proceed with caution. I was there, many years ago, when the Internet changed from University access to a flood of the public. It has become known as the 'Eternal September'.

From most person's experience, during that transition, we all knew each other in real life. There wasn't anonymity.

And, all of a sudden, there was anonymity. Thus, people could just say anything that they wanted without consequences.

Fast forward to now, and it's a complete shit show. Where do we turn?

[-] remington@beehaw.org 25 points 9 months ago

We've (the admins) already decided on the platform we will be moving to and it will make use of ActivityPub. We haven't made a public announcement yet. That is coming soon.

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