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by commoner 4y ago
Gab is not an instance of Mastodon. It is a fork of Mastodon that has been modified to not interoperate with Mastodon instances and other fediverse services. Because of this, Gab is not part of the fediverse and has no place on instances.so
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Freedom of association is an essential part of freedom of speech, and is one of the core principles of libertarianism. One of the main features of Mastodon is that individual instances have the option to either federate with or reject other
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by commoner 4y ago
You're assuming that Microsoft needs to shut down Copilot to comply with the licenses of the software they misused. That is not the case. To make Copilot legitimate, all Microsoft has to do is restrict Copilot's inputs to non-prop
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On piracy, HN users defend Sci-Hub to protest against the academic publishing industry, which involves large corporations such as Elsevier charging publishing and subscription fees that are much more than the value that these corporations b
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by commoner 4y ago
For a long time, Microsoft has used software licenses to reap profits from Windows and Office, the two products that enabled Microsoft to capture near-monopolies in their respective markets. Now, Microsoft is violating other people's s
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by commoner 4y ago
I switched from Ubuntu to Debian on the server side when Canonical started pushing Snaps on Ubuntu Server. Having a server dependency on a proprietary app store is unacceptable to me when open alternatives are available. Debian makes sense
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by commoner 4y ago
It's easy to install Flatpak on your current Linux distro. Flatpak officially supports 36 distros. Some of them already have Flatpak built in, while others (including Ubuntu) require just a few minutes to set up Flatpak and Flathub: h
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by commoner 4y ago
SendGrid does not support the TOTP standard (or any authenticator apps other than Authy), because as you mention, SendGrid and Authy are both owned by Twilio: https://docs.sendgrid.com/ui/account-and-settings/two-f
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F-Droid does check code before privacy violations for accepting it. Any potential privacy violations are labeled as "anti-features" and apps that don't meet F-Droid's inclusion criteria are rejected: https://f
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Aegis has two automatic encrypted backup options. The first lets you back up your data to any folder on your device or to any storage provider (e.g. Nextcloud and other cloud storage providers) linked to your device. Turn this on at Setting
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by commoner 4y ago
Authy has a questionable privacy policy: > When you use our app we collect: Your phone number, device information, and email address. > When you use an Authy token to log into an account, whether the token was generated on the app or
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How America turned against the First Amendment(theverge.com)
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If you want to have just one Mastodon account on a server that doesn't focus on any specific interest, language, or region, then any of the General category servers in https://joinmastodon.org/servers would be a good c
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by commoner 4y ago
This is a tough question to answer without knowing what you're looking for. One of Mastodon's greatest strengths is that you can choose a server that is suited to your personal interests. Start with the list of servers here: http
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by commoner 4y ago
Fedi.Directory is a great place to start. The recommended accounts are grouped by category, and the first category is Computing & Technology: https://fedi.directory The FediFollows account (@FediFollows@mastodon.online), who
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by commoner 4y ago
This is a poorly rewritten version of the original SemiAnalysis article: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/arm-changes-business-model-oe... HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33371725
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Mastodon will not evolve into a single-instance monolith like Twitter because fediverse users are too diverse to agree on a single set of rules. Some instances are general purpose while others focus on specific topics. Some welcome certain
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by commoner 4y ago
Free and open source software does not discriminate based on political ideology. Unlike Twitter, which is a single instance controlled by a single corporation, Mastodon allows each instance operator to set their own rules. Each Mastodon use
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by commoner 4y ago
FediFollows (@FediFollows@mastodon.online) recommends interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon. Many of these accounts are tech and FOSS-related. https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows They've also listed all of their
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Amazon and Google make peace over smart TV competition(protocol.com)
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Bitwarden's managed service is just $10/year (or free if you don't need TOTP), and it's FOSS.
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Mullvad: V2ray obfuscation supported on our Bridges(mullvad.net)
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The Pew Research survey is real data on what self-described libertarians in the U.S. actually believe. Your personal anecdotal experiences may be different, but frankly, your opinion is a minority view on HN (which leans libertarian compare
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The Pew study never used the phrase "not in line with libertarianism". It said that "few of them hold consistent libertarian opinions on the role of government, foreign policy and social issues", meaning that self-descri
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The article shows that self-described libertarians do not uniformly align with the Libertarian Party platform. In the same way, self-described liberals do not uniformly align with the Democratic Party platform and self-described conservativ
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See my response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33303801 and the Pew Research survey at https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/25/in-search-o... . In the U.S., self-describ
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The U.S. Libertarian Party does a better job of representing libertarian values in general than the two major parties, but the Libertarian Party platform does not encompass all of libertarianism, just like how there are conservatives who di
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Both the government and the individuals who caught malaria can sue the person who created the code-violating pools, especially since that person is aware of the resulting health effects. A lawsuit against someone who inadvertently caught ma
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The government with jurisdiction over the tigers would be filing the lawsuit against the poachers for misusing common goods (killing endangered species), not necessarily the purchaser. Because most libertarians are not anarchists, and becau
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The courts will decide how the damages for the toxic waste dumping should be assessed. The government regulates the use of public and common goods, and it can also file lawsuits. When you said: > The state works because they have a monop

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