[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 7 hours ago

Probably true. I don't see anything like that in the article, though?

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 6 points 7 hours ago

So what I take away after a quick skim on xmas eve is... this is an attempt at one app for all (or big parts) of the fediverse?

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 1 points 7 hours ago
[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 5 points 12 hours ago

I think this is the most mature and versatile one? Bookwyrm is nice for what it does, but it's only books.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 22 hours ago

Semantics. If person A is protected by privacy rights in her jurisdiction, but her data is scraped by project B from one where such rights conveniently aren't legally respected, A should still be able to expect some way of injunction.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, terrific use for a mini PC. Will some self hosters and home labbers spit bile at the thought? Probably. It's a matter of personal requirements.

Basically, like you say, most mini PCs are quiet, power efficient, and just carry that bit more oomph than a SBC.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 35 points 1 day ago

For context, Rock Paper Shotgun is a gaming site, which is why the reviewer focuses so heavily on game performance on different mini PCs. Unsurprisingly, the answer to the title isn't an unequivocal "yes", but some of the little lunch boxes fare quite well despite their limited specs.

A more accurate title would be "Should gamers bother with mini PCs," but given their audience that would be superfluous 🙂 I think mini PC gaming will continue to be a niche interest, but there are certainly other and probably better uses for the tiny computers.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 20 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the only threat to Big Tech is that they might sink a lot of money into training material they'd have to give away later. But releasing the material into the Public Domain is not exactly an improvement for the people whose data and work has been used without consent or payment.

"Congratulations, your rights are still being violated, but now the data is free to use for everyone".

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days ago

I guess White's Web3 is going just great updates hurt some butts? I mean, it can't be fun to be up to your neck in an elaborate scam and have somebody keep showing you receipts proving that you're in fact up to your neck in an elaborate scam.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 8 points 2 days ago

If I understand correctly, OP is after the non-Russian Pale Moon browser start page, not the project home page.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

Writing begets writing

That's certainly true of Doctorow — I've had to mute him on several platforms because he types out so damn much.

I mean that as a backhanded compliment, of course! There is always a good point to his writings, I just personally have other things to do than keep up with every post he publishes...

Sometimes though, you have to sit up in your chair. Like when he coined the phrase "enshittification", and here again.

Rejecting metrics and self quantification resonates deep with me. Blog stats, clicks and upvotes and likes and reposts... those aren't valuable parameters for me to gauge my online life (such as it is).

Glad to see this so thoroughly and well put, and to a rapt audience that will hopefully follow suit and adopt the same notion.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 24 points 3 days ago

Bearded guy here; we never tire of that kind of comment. Please, keep it coming.

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It’s really important to point out that our own interaction with tech may have changed to be extremely controlled, and seem like we have a dependency on corporations… but the original underlying structure still exists. We have power to exist independently, and create our own alternatives too.

At the core of it, we can participate our own way, if we know where to look.
You can still create websites, your own tools, distribute your own software… and how to do that is a very important understanding to cultivate.

Tech literacy is an imperative, especially in the era that we are in right now.

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