at least not right now.

I think this is the key point. Decentralised alternatives begin as slower and less ergonomic, but over time, when more people use them, they should catch up on the proprietary solutions. The massive transition from Windows to Linux that has been happening lately is a good example of that IMO. It’s only us who can help these initiatives grow after all.

I think moving away to decentealised means of connecting is the way. We already have things like Reticulum. If we invent a powerful and robust decentralised way of physical connection (like LoRa or HaLow but better) then we won’t need any corps - neither ISPs nor those that create web services for the ISP based network

Gosh I’ve been trying to force myself to do that for like 5 years already. I’m just too lazy to spend some time and choose a good fit (instead of just buying random socks every once in a while). What brand and type of socks would you recommend??

I got on Fediverse bc I was too lazy to consume what the algorithm fed me

I don’t think it can prevent WW3. Rather it’ll help oppress internal opposition to forced enlisting, reducing democracy and other governmental decisions regarding defense in the war.

While klling an animal for food is sure destructive for the animal, it is constructive for the humanity. It allows us to get all those proteins “for free” instead of producing them ourselves from plants like herbivores do and invest the saved energy in our intelligence to create beautiful and complex things. Whereas copulating with an animal is pure destruction. It harms the living being and leads to no babies and no emotional bond strengthening (contrary to human sex).

Eating animal is still a contradiction, because destruction is there. So I think this problem does need to be somehow overcome. But at least it’s outweighed by its positive effects, unlike zoophilia.

I think the reason is the upcoming world war. When you want to make people fight, you need to restrict their freedom

Government doesn’t exist to fulfill the wishes of individuals. Its goal is securing the collective national well-being of the country as a whole - something no given group of individuals can do. And when there’s a threat to country’s survival (which is probably the upcoming World War Three in this case), the collective interest comes to oppose the individual freedom because suddenly everyone becomes very dependant on one another.

That being said, I don’t support those measures. What I’m saying is the problem is deeper than bad government.

Yes, that’s what I mean: the Fediverse implies a more conscious and deliberate use of social media. It’s not intended for people who are more consumerist. So I don’t think the Fediverse itself competes with proprietary social media. I think it’s two different ways of using the Internet that are competing here.

Me, a NixOS user, watching folks fighting over a bunch of legacy distros 😎😎😎

I think Fediverse isn’t really an exact alternative to proprietary social media. It’s a totally different way of engaging online, one which is more active, more conscious and more creative. So for people who want to be passive consumers Fediverse will always fail. But I believe more and more people are adopting the approach to using the Internet offered by the Fediverse so eventually it’ll grow to be the new norm.

I don’t think that’s a problem of Fediverse

That’s true of many platforms but I think Lemmy is an example of the exact opposite. I just registered on my instance and now I get loads of interesting content from the general feed.

In fact Reddit, which is supposed to have more content, failed to get me using it because I just found it boring, unlike Lemmy.

TikTok is about stupid and addictive entertaining shorts. Loops doesn’t have those, so it might appear as more boring, but I think it’s healthier and so this is a plus.

This is why I use NixOS

Did they actually decide against mass scanning for good or are they just going to rebrand it again? I’m confused

I’m trying to find an alternative to VPN to be used on a locked up Windows device I can’t install any apps on. And it should be easy enough to be usable by non-tech-savvy people. @moonpiedumplings@programming.dev already provided a good solution

Thanks! I’ll look into it

That’s exactly what I need, thanks!

Thanks! SOCKS5 proxy is a good option, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it from the very beginning…

My goal is to bypass local censorship on university computers that don’t allow running any executables except those provided by the administrator. And I’m trying to help professors who aren’t particularly tech-savvy, so a webproxy is actually still a better option.

A browser inside a docker is a very viable solution, however my VPS is super small, so I don’t have resources for that unfortunately.