Nothing there yet. I’m stuck in a cafe waiting for CEX to test some hardware I’m selling, so looking for something to do.
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Nothing there yet. I’m stuck in a cafe waiting for CEX to test some hardware I’m selling, so looking for something to do.
Another cup of coffee of course. Does CEX pay good?
Nothing there yet. I’m stuck in a cafe waiting for CEX to test some hardware I’m selling, so looking for something to do.
I did indeed get a second cup. Now I’m full of caffeine.
And CEX pay OK for some things, terrible for others. They offer prices similar to eBay after shipping and fees if you exchange for vouchers, which is what I did, but their cash offer is poor.
I traded in my Quest 2 and a few old games for a PSVR 2 and PC adapter.
I also need to sell / trade my Quest 2, I used it a grand total of like 3 hours. VR is not for me.
I love VR, but fuck Meta and their spyware. I’m sure the mics on it were listening to me.
Well i guess il join Baofinity (@baofinity@pixelfed.social)
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Why does fediverse keep doing this? I know its pretty mild but this shaming and shitting on others to push themselves up is not only pretty lame its also toxic. So when the pillars of the community keep doing it, it sets kind of a bad tone.
Just to make sure its not only a pixelfed thing.
My first post on Pixelfed got more likes in a day than I ever had on Instagram.
Chronological timelines without content manipulation algorithms is nice.
Chronological timelines without content manipulation algorithms is nice.
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Testing out Loops. (from the pixelfed dev)
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Well to be fair, the normies aren't going to leave instagram tbh
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I was mostly talking about the issue with the fediverse at large, they keep shit talking and shaming everything that isnt part of the fediverse, like pixelfeds whole indenty is to shit talk instagram and tiktok while just copying them straight. My issue is that it bring such a bad tone, like promote your stuff on its merits. Only bullies make themselves look better by pushing others down.
Yeah, agreed.
I prefer bookstore dot org and libro dot fm angle of 'friends don't let friends buy from amazon'.
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Speaking of which, are things on audible copy protected? Like can I download what I have there and delete the app?
Audible does have DRM. Libro fm is completely DRM free but it's also more expensive.
But with the subscription of 15 bucks a month you get one book of your choosing, which is fair given how long some books are.
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Figured, have bunch of book on audible that I wanted to listen to at the gym
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We need a pirate "like" !officially, you can't, but ...
Tiktok deleted. no more doomscrolling.
Im all aboard the fediverse train
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Im all aboard the fediverse train
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yeah the question is why dont more people do it? and no shit talking people allow lol!the best choice!i wish more people would do the same
I do agree there's still too much friction involved. I assume a lot of folks will stop on their tracks once they have to choose a server.
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Also feels like no one is recommending anyone to use the fediverse, most people drift there on their own because of convictions. (again, shaming people into using it doesnt count as recommending lol)
Hot take: I'm okay with Fedi being more of a niche thing.
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Yeah same, it the main social media I use after all. But understandable, for many it is also about reach, the larger the userbase is the easier it is to find likeminded people.
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Honestly nothing beats language courses done by professionals. I don't think these language apps really help.
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I mean of course, but for me the app is more how it fits into my life, its more about me being able to do 20 minutes everyday at random times, rather than 2 hours once per week.
I feel like learning a language can’t be like convenience food, no matter what Silicon Valley tech bros tell you. Even before the AI slop Armageddon, Duolingo’s success rates were in the pits.
You’d be better off buying a book and doing 20 minutes a day from that. Not everything needs to be a digital tech solution.
You’d be better off buying a book and doing 20 minutes a day from that. Not everything needs to be a digital tech solution.
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I actually tried that, tried to use actual language books daily but yeah I just couldnt learn the same way I did with duolingo. Its not like didnt try other ways before I started thinking about duolingo again, it sucks but it was what worked the best for me.:/
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Its a shame about bluesky, because the potential of ATProto seemed better than ActivityPub, best would be like a marriage between the two, or at least for AP to have more data portability.
Better portability is being worked on. for instance this was posted yesterday.
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The Social Web Working Group represents a significant step toward formalizing and improving the foundational protocols of the decentralized social web
New Social Web Working Group at W3C
Today the W3C standards organization announced a new working group to advance the ActivityPub and Activity Streams standards. The Social Web Foundation, as a W3C member organization, will be partic…
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The Social Web Working Group represents a significant step toward formalizing and improving the foundational protocols of the decentralized social web
Well, Proton Docs has already failed its reliability test for me.
I have very few spreadsheets. I rarely access them. Maybe a couple of times a month, when I'm dipping into the estate savings account so I can pay for things to tie up my mum's affairs. I document the outgoings on a spreadsheet just in case HMRC or the courts audit me because they think I'm embezzling funds.
I had to pay an outstanding tax bill of mum's today, wanted to access this spreadsheet today for the first time in a few weeks, and Proton Docs is just Not Working.
This really isn't good enough. I wouldn't consider this work mission critical, and I can come back to it tomorrow or in a few days, but it's a real bad look. It's pretty much convinced me I need to self-host.
I have very few spreadsheets. I rarely access them. Maybe a couple of times a month, when I'm dipping into the estate savings account so I can pay for things to tie up my mum's affairs. I document the outgoings on a spreadsheet just in case HMRC or the courts audit me because they think I'm embezzling funds.
I had to pay an outstanding tax bill of mum's today, wanted to access this spreadsheet today for the first time in a few weeks, and Proton Docs is just Not Working.
This really isn't good enough. I wouldn't consider this work mission critical, and I can come back to it tomorrow or in a few days, but it's a real bad look. It's pretty much convinced me I need to self-host.
Yeah I'd never trust my docs 100% on the cloud, because you'll eventually get screwed.
For me, the appeal of Proton is it's in Europe and isn't Big Tech.
But I cannot, and I stress absolutely cannot, use a browser only for my work.
Centralisation is great until it topples over. Proton isn't immune from that.
Agreed, I'm not sure if they're working on a desktop solution though
Proton is working on a new SDK which will lead to more apps.
Disable adblocker for proton services it fucks with decryption.
I have always had problems Importing word and xls on any service so its not just a proton thing.
iv had to remake some docs/xls from scratch cause of this for work.
the solution is dont use any microsoft format. converting is not great.
Disable adblocker for proton services it fucks with decryption.
I have always had problems Importing word and xls on any service so its not just a proton thing.
iv had to remake some docs/xls from scratch cause of this for work.
the solution is dont use any microsoft format. converting is not great.
