Matt Payne

I expect there are very few people running 7, and waaaay less running xp. I think most people have upgraded to 10 or 11 by now.

I don’t remember there being a similar CPU generation cutoff before. Your 7th gen intel laptop cannot install windows 11. So Linux is your only choice.

Yeah but half of that is a few nerds inflating the numbers with 10 thinkpads each running different linux distros

The universe growing souls like flowers, or something

I don’t believe in a soul that’s separate from the body, or that lives on afterward. But the way that “inanimate” matter can spin up thoughts and feelings and a consistent personal experience that can last for decades… It’s almost fair to call that thing a soul. It’s fair to talk about nurturing your soul and growing a soul.

“The customer is always right” is a very popular saying, usually uses by managers to tell their front-facing employees that they must prostrate themselves before the customer on behalf of the corporation.

This is to create a false feeling of entitlement and service in the customer while the corporation seeks to squeeze all value from both employee and customer.

None of those relationships fit into the fediverse scheme.

This helps, thanks!

Is there a page where we can see which instances are ban-crazy and which ones actually federate and communicate?

I’m criticizing people criticizing people for criticizing people who criticize people who criticize…

You’re just as tiring as the people you’re criticizing.

I might have to go here. I’m already tired of defederation and its histrionic champions.

What host are you using to host it?

I did more shitposting on Reddit but I do more seriousposting here. I haven’t found people with a similar sense of humor here yet. But I enjoy the conversations about the fediverse.

They seem more node.js-friendly than other hosts I’ve tried. I might have to take the plunge.

Maybe I should figure out DO. I disregarded then because I didn’t understand their droplets or whatever they’re called.

I’m socially liberal and economically on the left (as in I like democracy, I accept capitalism, but I want a lot more socialist policies). Downtrodden people should be given assistance, but everyone else should be free to live out their power and ambition unless it gets in other people’s way. I’m against most right wing political and social positions. But I’m even more against defederation and mass blocking. I don’t want a safe space. There are too many things we need to process with conversation.

That’s a great price for a vps. What host do you use?

Right, but social media (and any social movement) needs to have some degree of blood-pumping excitement. Constructive criticism is super important, but so is passionate people yelling at each other. The important thing is that we’re emotionally mature enough to handle each other’s passion. If infighting leads to people crying “defederate now!” then that’s a problem. But “constructive” criticism can lead to the same fracturing.

Let’s just ride the waves and steer this thing somewhere cool and strong! And it’s fine if “infighting” is part of the engine that keeps the digital blood pumping.

I agree.

BUT some degree of infighting means we’re alive and engaged with the platform. I think it’s healthy infighting.

I’m in Canada and we just drink the tap water. Some northern and remote native communities have to boil their water and it’s considered an embarrassing failure of basic human rights.

I think everything trends this way. I almost feel more excited for new opportunities in new platforms than disappointed at reddit.

My big fear right now is that Bandcamp will try to emulate Sp0tify instead of enhancing their unique strengths. Then I’d be seriously disappointed, and musically homeless.