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@vjprema the best way to tell retailers “no” is to not rise to the temptation of the sale.
Don’t even walk in the door.
Vijay, do you think, with your platform on YouTube and maybe connections from there as well, do you think we could start a “#BoycottBlackFriday” movement for next year given we now have a year’s notice (both for the sake of shoppers and for the workers)?
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@vjprema the best way to tell retailers “no” is to not rise to the temptation of the sale.
Don’t even walk in the door.
Vijay, do you think, with your platform on YouTube and maybe connections from there as well, do you think we could start a “#BoycottBlackFriday” movement for next year given we now have a year’s notice (both for the sake of shoppers and for the workers)?
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@vjprema the best way to tell retailers “no” is to not rise to the temptation of the sale.
Don’t even walk in the door.
Vijay, do you think, with your platform on YouTube and maybe connections from there as well, do you think we could start a “#BoycottBlackFriday” movement for next year given we now have a year’s notice (both for the sake of shoppers and for the workers)?
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@vjprema the best way to tell retailers “no” is to not rise to the temptation of the sale.
Don’t even walk in the door.
Vijay, do you think, with your platform on YouTube and maybe connections from there as well, do you think we could start a “#BoycottBlackFriday” movement for next year given we now have a year’s notice (both for the sake of shoppers and for the workers)?
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@vjprema the best way to tell retailers “no” is to not rise to the temptation of the sale.
Don’t even walk in the door.
Vijay, do you think, with your platform on YouTube and maybe connections from there as well, do you think we could start a “#BoycottBlackFriday” movement for next year given we now have a year’s notice (both for the sake of shoppers and for the workers)?
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I've heard of #infomaniak for a while but it came back on my radar after this announcement. So I give KSuite a quick trial and it works reasonably well, if a little slow and basic compared to say Proton, Zoho or Nextcloud self-hosted. The price is great though, comparable to the basic Zoho plans, except you get better encryption, security and privacy...
and with this new announcement you get some reassurance against enshittification, as they grow and improve.
https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-foundation-sovereign-cloud/
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I've heard of #infomaniak for a while but it came back on my radar after this announcement. So I give KSuite a quick trial and it works reasonably well, if a little slow and basic compared to say Proton, Zoho or Nextcloud self-hosted. The price is great though, comparable to the basic Zoho plans, except you get better encryption, security and privacy...
and with this new announcement you get some reassurance against enshittification, as they grow and improve.
https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-foundation-sovereign-cloud/
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I've heard of #infomaniak for a while but it came back on my radar after this announcement. So I give KSuite a quick trial and it works reasonably well, if a little slow and basic compared to say Proton, Zoho or Nextcloud self-hosted. The price is great though, comparable to the basic Zoho plans, except you get better encryption, security and privacy...
and with this new announcement you get some reassurance against enshittification, as they grow and improve.
https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-foundation-sovereign-cloud/
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I've heard of #infomaniak for a while but it came back on my radar after this announcement. So I give KSuite a quick trial and it works reasonably well, if a little slow and basic compared to say Proton, Zoho or Nextcloud self-hosted. The price is great though, comparable to the basic Zoho plans, except you get better encryption, security and privacy...
and with this new announcement you get some reassurance against enshittification, as they grow and improve.
https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-foundation-sovereign-cloud/
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I've heard of #infomaniak for a while but it came back on my radar after this announcement. So I give KSuite a quick trial and it works reasonably well, if a little slow and basic compared to say Proton, Zoho or Nextcloud self-hosted. The price is great though, comparable to the basic Zoho plans, except you get better encryption, security and privacy...
and with this new announcement you get some reassurance against enshittification, as they grow and improve.
https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-foundation-sovereign-cloud/
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Anyone know what/who is good to follow regarding #OpenSourceAI? (other than that hashtag)
Including news, models, and high-quality clients or other related high-quality/notable software news. And hopefully without noise, slop, hype, and drama etc.
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Anyone know what/who is good to follow regarding #OpenSourceAI? (other than that hashtag)
Including news, models, and high-quality clients or other related high-quality/notable software news. And hopefully without noise, slop, hype, and drama etc.
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Anyone know what/who is good to follow regarding #OpenSourceAI? (other than that hashtag)
Including news, models, and high-quality clients or other related high-quality/notable software news. And hopefully without noise, slop, hype, and drama etc.
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Anyone know what/who is good to follow regarding #OpenSourceAI? (other than that hashtag)
Including news, models, and high-quality clients or other related high-quality/notable software news. And hopefully without noise, slop, hype, and drama etc.
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Anyone know what/who is good to follow regarding #OpenSourceAI? (other than that hashtag)
Including news, models, and high-quality clients or other related high-quality/notable software news. And hopefully without noise, slop, hype, and drama etc.
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Last week I biked ~300km in 3 days on gravel and road, starting from home. A cyclone rolled in and we had to take a bus back home (grateful to the driver who let the bikes on) but we did as much of the trail as we planned to.
What an adventure full of serendipity and good times with friends. It really was about the journey not the destination.
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Privacy isn't just about not being spied on.
Your mind is a private sovereign space. Having it invaded and manipulated by things you didn't ask for is an invasion of that privacy, and arguably much more serious than what people typically consider privacy-invasion.
Being able to completely control what goes into your mind through your eyes and ears should be the basic standard for any software you choose to use or any media you view.
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RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@BuddhismNow/116345953943414132
> The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking. The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate of nonduality.
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Very cool little site with nifty DIY improvements for my new family ebike, Aventon Abound LR.
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I kinda like that "we are not the same" meme, as it highlights the importance of the intention behind an action, rather than the action itself. This seems sorely lost in many peoples judgements of actions, including their own, and including both "good" and "bad" looking actions.
You can cherrypick any subset of actions for yourself or someone else and make blanket judgements. But intentions are often more consistent and revealing.
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Finally, signs of a real crackdown on dark-patterns. Banning kids from social and chat does nothing but allow platforms to continue exploiting Adults with dark-patterns. Its the dark-patterns that are the problem and what should actually be banned.
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Is it just me or does most of the apps out there suddenly now have some kind of automatic "year in review" thing? I guess its because gen AI makes it easy. On the other hand there can be a certain sense of dread about it as it just reminds the user how much the company is spying on them.
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I was reminded again by a post, that the Fediverse appears to be losing active users in recent months.
What could this actually mean though?
Personally what first comes to my mind are positive things:
- Less noise doing the rounds.
- More people are turning away from distraction.
- This is natural for a network that lacks people/algos pulling strings in the background to keep up engagement - there will be ups and downs. -
So after adding quote-posts to Mastodon, it seems the "quote-post apocalypse" did not eventuate.
I like to think it's because the user-base of Mastodon contains a much higher density of "well intentioned" users and far fewer of influencers, bots, attention-seekers and monetization etc. And the reason there are few of those, is because the user has full choice to never see them.
Intentions matter and so does **user-quality**.
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So after adding quote-posts to Mastodon, it seems the "quote-post apocalypse" did not eventuate.
I like to think it's because the user-base of Mastodon contains a much higher density of "well intentioned" users and far fewer of influencers, bots, attention-seekers and monetization etc. And the reason there are few of those, is because the user has full choice to never see them.
Intentions matter and so does **user-quality**.
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So after adding quote-posts to Mastodon, it seems the "quote-post apocalypse" did not eventuate.
I like to think it's because the user-base of Mastodon contains a much higher density of "well intentioned" users and far fewer of influencers, bots, attention-seekers and monetization etc. And the reason there are few of those, is because the user has full choice to never see them.
Intentions matter and so does **user-quality**.
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So after adding quote-posts to Mastodon, it seems the "quote-post apocalypse" did not eventuate.
I like to think it's because the user-base of Mastodon contains a much higher density of "well intentioned" users and far fewer of influencers, bots, attention-seekers and monetization etc. And the reason there are few of those, is because the user has full choice to never see them.
Intentions matter and so does **user-quality**.
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So after adding quote-posts to Mastodon, it seems the "quote-post apocalypse" did not eventuate.
I like to think it's because the user-base of Mastodon contains a much higher density of "well intentioned" users and far fewer of influencers, bots, attention-seekers and monetization etc. And the reason there are few of those, is because the user has full choice to never see them.
Intentions matter and so does **user-quality**.
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Lately I've been tossing around this concept of "user-quality".
It's not something I have heard talked about much in tech.
The idea is that instead of trying to design and scale your app to the maximum number of users (usually the "marginal user"), design it around only attracting or grouping users based on "quality". What is quality? for me that is only interacting with users with good intentions, and/or good first-hand knowledge.
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Local consumer watchdog confirms Black Friday is a lie.
Happy Buy-Nothing day.