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by jcbrand 8y ago
You still contribute to the network effect and to legitimizing FB as a good way to keep in touch.
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by jcbrand 8y ago
The organizers of a free jazz festival don't record your attendance, what you bought, how often you went to the bathroom or who you went with.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Disclosure, not disclaimer
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by jcbrand 9y ago
> Don't forget that a Diplom in Germany is similar to Bachelor + MS in other countries. No, actually it's not. Germans are under this impression because it's considered equivalent inside Germany.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
> see number of homeless and mental people on the streets There aren't that many in Germany, comparatively speaking.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
I self-host Selfoss (since about 3 years), pretty happy with it. https://www.selfoss.aditu.de/
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by jcbrand 9y ago
It's not just the frontend, there's also an XMPP server hosted under conversejs.org, so you can have an account like crispyporkbites@conversejs.org
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by jcbrand 9y ago
The server input suggests conversejs.org, you can use that as a default.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
IIRC, the main criticism was against federation, and not XMPP itself. Daniel Gultsch, the author Conversations (XMPP Android App), wrote a response: https://gultsch.de/objection.html
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Author here. Yes I was confused about "emoji reactions", thanks for explaining. I've updated the article to clarify.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
The particulars of each one's business model is moot if they're all incentivized similarly (which is to lock-in users and to hoard their data).
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by jcbrand 9y ago
I've added OAuth support for converse.js, it's not released yet, but the code is written. I intend to release that soon to https://inverse.chat . Rooms can be made private, members-only and non-searchable. This is stand
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by jcbrand 9y ago
The point is that with XMPP at least, they could add those features. They presented their case as if it couldn't be done with XMPP, which is not true.
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Slack's bait and switch(opkode.com)
757 points by jcbrand 9y ago|350 comments
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by jcbrand 9y ago
> all the the cool kids do... Am I alone in being annoyed by this phrase? Most of us here are grown adults, not 14 years old and this isn't high-school anymore.
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A badge for linking to your XMPP chat(opkode.com)
2 points by jcbrand 9y ago|0 comments
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by jcbrand 9y ago
In such a scenario, if you were worried that the software was modified, you could flash the ROM with the OEMs software.
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by jcbrand 9y ago
or the species collapse, ocean acidification, disappearing coral reefs or ocean gyres full of plastic
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by jcbrand 9y ago
> most common people have rather a dubious NSA who fights terrorists for them, than none or a weak NSA and terrorists everywhere. What a ridiculous false dichotomy. Juxtaposing "terrorists everywhere' with whatever it is you&#x
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by jcbrand 9y ago
It's absolutely possible to use XMPP for microblogging, via the PubSub extension, which most servers support. Check out Movim for an example: https://movim.eu/
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Introducing Backbone.VDOMView, Backbone Views with a Virtual DOM(opkode.com)
2 points by jcbrand 9y ago|0 comments
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by jcbrand 9y ago
The "Western developed" world uses more energy per capita than most developed countries (the gulf states being an exception), with the US having one of the highest energy consumption per capita ratings. https://en.wikip
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Honestly, I have absolutely no interest in feigning interest in televised sports to make friends, and luckily this is definitely not necessary. Here in Europe I quickly tell people I don't watch football and don't care about the t
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Concerning "Be happy". The easiest way to be happy is to be "present". "Be here now" as the saying goes. Recognize that in this present moment, everything is fine. You are experiencing the incredible miracle of
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Funny that you should bring up vision. The common wisdom is that when your eyesight deteriorates, you should just accept it and buy glasses, or maybe have laser surgery done. You can however improve your eyesight (of course within some natu
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Could you point me to any resources that show what such a support contract generally looks like?
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Next up: "Could modern work in downtown offices be the reason why we're all miserable?" I'm only half joking. I'm becoming more and more convinced that staring at a computer screen 40+ hours a week is not healthy at
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Perhaps knowing is secondary to acting?
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by jcbrand 9y ago
> The local product is typically more expensive because it's production is less efficient I agree with the gist of what you're saying, but I think you're leaving out some details. We know that other non-local products can
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by jcbrand 9y ago
Stating your price for a given feature is not "offloading your annoyance" and I didn't see anybody implying that people asking for feaures are "lesser people" or "lesser developers". You seem to be setting

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