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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Robert Caro's "The Power Broker."

There's also a 50-year anniversary, 12-part, 99% Invisible series diving into it. Looking forward to listening to those alongside each section.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Please stop by the office and pick up your combo Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I agree with Cory that being reliant on a single organization puts us at risk. But disagree that Mastodon (as much as I like it) is the solution.

The thing with account portability is to understand Why someone moves from a server or service to another, and then How.

If you're initiating the move because of some philosophical difference with the server admins, or if it crashes often, or is gracefully shutting down, there's one path. But if you've been summarily blocked from access or there's malicious behavior (i.e. DDOS), there's another flow that needs to be addressed.

Even there, are you completely blocked or just from posting? , You could theoretically still access the APIs to move your stuff away vs. a hard block.

There's also the matter of forwarding addresses. Again, depends on the Why and How.

But the most important issue is that when you move, you want to lose as little as possible. That means your posts, comments/replies, likes/unlikes, who you follow, and those who follow you, as well as any media being hosted on that site.

Ideally, you pack up everything, go somewhere else, unpack, and everything works as before. But in reality, you're lucky just to get any of your posts out. There's a fairly high cost to a move, which will create friction (if you initiated the move) or total loss (if initiated by mods or malicious actors).

Neither Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, or any other Federated or centralized solution out there lets you handle all the above permutations and scenarios. You're still screwed if you get banned. You still will lose a lot, have to recreate a lot to get close to being where you were.

And there's a reason for that. Nobody likes to spend valuable tech cycles working on features that get people OUT of their service. They'll do something as an abstract idea, but they've only got so many cycles and, unless required by legislation, they would rather spend them on fixing bugs and adding features over something that leads to fewer users.

So until someone comes up with a workable, perfect solution to COMPLETE portability, which is what Cory really wants, you might as well enjoy the features and communities on whatever service you're on.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

So Rwanda's "very lovely gap years" are back on the menu.

In the words of the late Molly Ivins, one of the best political columnists in the U.S.: "The first rule of holes. When you're in one, stop digging."

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft Growth Mindset = Amazon Day One

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

Agile in schools.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Because light-blue weighs less than blue.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have only seen short clips and not once found it funny, but since you asked...

Fox's counter to regular late night shows: https://www.foxnews.com/shows/gutfeld

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Depends on the color of the feather and the ball.

There's a simple explanation.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

"Congratulations everyone! We've proved without a doubt that the earth is flat. What should we do next?"

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago
[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

There should be a Shakespeare play with that plot.

 

Next step would be realtime updates from journalists on breaking news.

 

Saw a picture of a canceled check online. Was wondering if it was real.

Yup. From the California Secretary of State site.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17058378

 

Excerpt from 'Dark Wire.' It's a good read.

 

Is a REST API to spread peace and love (or not) thanks to cats.

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Is a REST API to spread peace and love (or not) thanks to cats.

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