More than 100k across Germany?
AFAIK it was 160k in Hamburg alone.
More than 100k across Germany?
AFAIK it was 160k in Hamburg alone.
That's like post #10 I see from random users proposing we should somehow run ads or whatever to finance big instances.
I haven't seen a single statement going in that direction from big instances themselves. None of those posts referred to anything.
Is it just overconcerned people worrying about things which are not their problem? I assume people who can run a big instance would notice if they are getting into financial troubles. As long as they don't speak up, I would conclude we don't have to worry. The current model (whatever it is) seems to work well enough. Did they ask for advice, do they need advice?
Maybe it's that people are so used to being forced to see ads and pay half their wage for insulin that they cannot imagine nice things exist.
I think we should try to keep it nice, and not revert to capitalist enshittification prematurely, without any necessity.
We currently have more than 1000 instances on Lemmy. Maybe some do run ads, who knows. You can join them if you like, or host your own.
Show the problem exists which you try to solve. Point to instances who struggle financially, who consider running ads, something like that.
Not sure if the robbing makes the story that much worse. I feel the assault, murder and public display far outweigh the money.
Aktuell geht es hier um den Schutz von Kindern oder Ungeborenen, weil die noch nicht für ihre Rechte einstehen können.
Gibt's nicht, weil die Freiheitsrechte der rauchenden Erwachsenen sind irgendwie wichtiger oder so.
Mit solchen Werten traue ich denen definitiv nicht zu, irgendwas bei Klimapolitik zum Schutze zukünftiger Generationen zu machen.
Für mich ist das eine Prinzipienfrage. Geht darum, auf welchem Fundament unsere Gesellschaft steht. Bauen wir auf Fakten oder dulden wir Bullshit? Teilen wir eine Realität oder gibt es nur alternative Meinungen? Das mag im Einzelfall harmlos wirken, hat aber tiefgreifende Folgen.
Beispiel Corona, wo es auch Zusammenhänge gab zwischen Homöopathiebefürwortern und Impfschwurblern. Den Bogen etwas weiter gespannt kommen wir zur AfD mit ihrer “alternativen” Wahrnehmung von Realität, und anderen Formen der Wissenschaftsleugnung.
Diese realitätsfremden Haltungen machen jegliche Auseinandersetzung zu Sachthemen wie z.B. Klimawandel, unnötig schwer bis unmöglich. Dabei bräuchten wir gerade da Einigkeit und Handlungsfähigkeit.
Bei Homöopathie geht es so weit, dass alternative Zulassungsverfahren etabliert wurden, weil sie einer medizinischen Prüfung nicht standhalten würden. Das vermittelt Beliebigkeit, und suggeriert Seriösität, wo keine ist. Es macht die Errungenschaften der Aufklärung rückgängig und bringt uns intellektuell wieder ins dunkle Mittelalter.
This is funny. It also reflects in Lemmy. For example, take this tankie comment claiming "zelensky made having peace negotiations with putin ILLEGAL", based on an article which says "Zelensky’s decree released Tuesday declares that holding negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin has become impossible after his decision to annex four regions of Ukraine."
Then watch how mods from lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml ban users and delete comments which question their narrative.
Cherry on top: A user from this curated bubble remarks that "Nobody actually has any argument against this", because of course they are shielded from comments who pointed out the inaccuracy of the claim, and don't question it themselves.
Compare yourself:
Now read that comment in the basement of this thread again:
Understand we American make more lie for pleasure and entertaining. Not chinese lie. China always with great truth.
Headline:
TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED TO MONKEYS AFTER GETTING NEURALINK IMPLANTS, ACCORDING TO VETERINARY RECORDS
What are these terrible things?
Up to a dozen monkeys suffered grisly fates after receiving a Neuralink implant, including brain swelling and partial paralysis.
First is the case of the monkey "Animal 20." In December 2019, an internal part of the brain implant being inserted into the primate "broke off" during surgery. Later that night, the monkey scratched at the implant site, drawing blood, and yanked on the implant, partially dislodging it. Follow-up surgery discovered that the wound was infected, but that the placement of the implant prevented treatment. The monkey was euthanized the next month.
Before that, a female monkey designated "Animal 15" began to press her head against the ground after receiving the brain implant, pick at the site until it bled, and eventually lost coordination, shivering when personnel entered the room. Scientists discovered she had brain bleeding, and in March 2019, she too was euthanized.
The following year, a primate called "Animal 22" was put down in March 2020 after its brain implant became so loose that the screws attaching it to the skull "could easily be lifted out," according to a necropsy report.
"The failure of this implant can be considered purely mechanical and not exacerbated by infection," the necropsy states.
As Wired notes, that statement alone seemingly contradicts Musk's claims that no monkeys directly died from Neuralink brain implants.
And so would the account of an ex-Neuralink employee, who told Wired that Musk's claims that the monkeys were already terminally ill are "ridiculous," even a "straight-up fabrication."
"We had these monkeys for a year or so before any surgery was performed," the ex-employee said.
The testimony of an anonymous scientist conducting research at CNPRC seems to corroborate the ex-employee's allegations.
"These are pretty young monkeys," they told the magazine. "It's hard to imagine these monkeys, who were not adults, were terminal for some reason."
Me in tech support.
Customer calls: "Internet is not working!!"
Me: "Router lights status?"
Customer: "Can't tell."
Me: "Why?"
Customer: "Router still in box."
Me: "..?"
Me (pretends it was just an error of communication): "Can you please describe the lights on your router?"
Customer: "I can't. It's still in the packaging. The box is on my table."
Me: "...??!? ... You ... need at least electricity to power this device."
Customer spirals into rage and madness: "I ordered wireless internet!! I won't plug any cables in! I did not want any wires!!!"
The mega corps took the internet from us, changed it from a million small sites that people created because they had big ideas, or were passionate about small ones, and turned it into a few enormous sites with no new ideas, no passion, just an insatiable desire for money.
I read it as: 'They embraced, extended and extinguished what you held dear'.
German thread in https://feddit.de/c/deutschland about the story: https://feddit.de/post/3075089
Yes please, apply the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polluter_pays_principle
The absence of it's application means you make others pay for the costly decisions of a few, incentivizing and subsidizing damaging behaviour.
The absence also often means wealth transfer from poor to rich, as you need to have some wealth to be able to cause significant 'pollution'.
It makes so much sense. "You want this? Ok, then pay for what it entails, all the consequences." Only then people make informed decisions.
It is frequently discussed to ban far-right parties. Decades ago, the NPD could have been banned but it was turned down because they were too insignificant (only getting a few percent in elections, if at all).
With the AfD, it's a different story. They are rather too significant (getting double digit percents). Politicians are worried that if a ban fails, it could give them even more fuel. Some subconscious thought nags me that this wasn't the actual reason, but it's the best I can do right now.