los_chill

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[–] los_chill 15 points 2 days ago

Economists refuse to use new metrics. Yeah we keep buying "luxury" goods. But that doesn't mean shit when a daily existence requires stuff like smartphones and laptops that keep going obsolete every 3 years. Are those a luxury when existing in today's daily life and work requires that I have all this stuff? Is that a fucking luxury? You think I want all this shit? Im happily running linux on my 2012 Mac for all my personal stuff but my work Teams Meet bullshit doesn't play like that... Put away the old econ textbooks, boomer.

[–] los_chill 5 points 6 days ago

Wow. Soft ass call.

[–] los_chill 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Who are these meandering celebrity speeches even for? I don't get it.

[–] los_chill 12 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

What is the real reason trump wants Greenland?

[–] los_chill 2 points 2 weeks ago

As an American I hope there are consequences to America due to trump's flaunting of global environmental pacts. But that is driven by my feeble belief that our voting populace can connect cause and effect, which they've shown they cannot. So... I don't know who to fight anymore. I'm just sad and I'm sorry to the world.

[–] los_chill 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why not give a crash course for OP? As I understand it, Federation is just one standard of protocol that can communicate across servers. I think OP is referring to Federated here as both the protocol and the movement away from platforms. I think this is a valid part of growing both Federated protocols, and protocols in general as an alternative to big-tech platforms. The major platforms DO offer hosting in a way. People host their photos libraries on Facebook and Instagram. So a non-platform alternative may interest some.

For hosting - get a private VPS and run your own cloud services. Explore RSS for news feeds, a super OG protocol that podcast feeds still use I think.

Web browsers shouldn't be federated because the idea there is privacy, security, and ad blocking.

[–] los_chill 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah exactly. I remember really liking it as a kid but never finished it. Grandia II was my jrpg of choice on Dreamcast. But I'd check out a modern open world take on the Skies of Arcadia IP.

[–] los_chill 3 points 3 weeks ago

Kindness > assholes usually works for me if I can't take the time to learn all the nuances but feel like I want to form an opinion.

[–] los_chill 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want a battery that lasts a week, a headphone jack, and an eink screen.

[–] los_chill 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How the fuck do yall afford houses?

[–] los_chill 8 points 1 month ago

My assumption is everything everywhere on the internet is already assumed to be fair game for spying, scraping, training, whatever.

At this point the interests seem more about serving than gathering information - hence the political games to control specific platforms now.

[–] los_chill 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can we get this in Washington State please.

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