Maybe competition will make the Fediverse better? With or without Bluesky in the loop, we could take inspiration from their unique features and what people like about their platform. I certainly didn't know they take onboarding seriously and offer shared blocklists and useful stuff like that...

We'll see about that. AI is currently approaching the trough of disillusionment on the gartner hype cycle. That's certainly not something one of the largest AI companies will admit to, but probably still true.

And btw, the article doesn't load for me. Not sure if it's my browser or if I'm getting geo blocked... But the page is just white. No text.

If you don't know what it is, I'd say click "Desactivar". You can later on re-enable it if you find something is missing. But certainly a good idea to check whether it's bloatware or spyware, maybe someone knows more. You can also check how much data usage an app caused, see if it sends lots of data somewhere.

If you're about 14-17 or a bit more or less, this is perfectly normal. Should become more rare once you get older. Just rummage in your backpack and casually place it onto your lap. Problem solved.

I wouldn't download / update until this gets resolved. Or maybe look for alternatives, or compile/build it yourself. It doesn't necessarily mean it's the developers fault. Could be something else. But maybe don't download something that might contain a Trojan.

Didn't lots of countries stop doing that after mad cow disease?

Sure it's the same seller?? I'm pretty sure Amazon does not show different prices to different people. But the same product is often offered by several sellers, for different prices. And if for example one of you has Prime and fast shipping activated, it'll show the fastest option. Which might be more expensive. I'm pretty sure that's what's happening here. It'll say somewhere: Sold by XY, ships from Amazon.com. Make sure it says the same thing there.

Of if she put it into the cart and now Amazon sticks with the exact option... If the specific seller increased their prices over night, the shopping cart might stick to the seller and it becomes more expensive for her... While Amazon will offer you a different seller that's cheaper today. But everyone can choose which seller to buy from, if there are multiple for a product.

Sure, no need to explain. I think it's been appropriate to point it out.

And wow, quite some comments you got. I'm not sure if I agree with the negative ones. We've been requesting better moderation tools for a long time now. I wouldn't immeadiately do away with your effort. I share some concern about privacy and introducing "algorithms" and bots into the platform instead of making it more human... But nonetheless -we need good moderation. A lot of the issues are just technical in nature and can be solved. And you seem pretty aware of them. And there's always a balance and a potential of abuse that comes with power...

I think we should experiment and try a few things. A bot is a very good idea, since we won't get that into the Lemmy core software. I think mostly due to personal reasons. And that relates to the lemmy.ml situation. I'll have a look at the code. But I'm using PieFed instead of Lemmy. Which already attributes reputation scores to users. So this might be aligned with PieFed's project goals, maybe we can take some inspiration from your ideas.

You're right. I specified that because there are things like protection for minors, and I didn't want someone to defuse my argument by arguing about one exception from the rule that could be construed as banning books. And I think that's a fake argument. Obviously you don't read an erotic novel to your 8yo kid. But at high-school age you're pretty much allowed to start making own decisions. At least well-equipped to read about diversity and how other parts of the world work. Or telling fact from fiction or consuming art.

And I think at college lever or once you're officially an adult, there is little to no reason to keep information from you. That's something the nazis did, the Taliban does and other suppressive regimes and dictatorships. And these days we're discussing to do that in the USA, at least to the people who actually have time at hand to read books and learn about the world. Which becomes more difficult once you're older, have a stressful job etc. So that's exactly how to deal maximum damage without going full autocracy on all citizens.

And this kind of behaviour is something I struggle to relate with. I live far away from the USA in Europe. And while we certainly have idiots here, I don't see a major debate on keeping school-kids stupid, by stripping away their access to information. And I mean it's not where someone is from, everyone from the USA I've talked with also wouldn't accept that. I guess I'm just not talking that much to the idiots an bigots.

Probably the gambling thing. And it's not like they wreck themselves every 50 miles, so the anecdotal evidence doesn't really apply. I mean unles they can't do that anymore. But I think the negative press is about some more rare incidents.

Hehe, good roast on lemmy.ml

Value.

They obviously have value if people want to read them (they're popular). Or they could have artistic value. Or document something and it's important to keep them around because the info inside might be important later on.

You can discard any books like Excel 2006 or Windows 8 beginners guide. I'd say they don't have any value anymore. Or like bad cooking books that no one reads anyways.

Also a library might not be an archive at the same time. So you could focus on which books actually have some use for the patrons and judge by if they're being used/read.

And I'd like to add: Selecting books and tidying up to make space for new popular books... And banning books are two very different things. Banning books for grown-ups isn't a good idea. Never, and under no circumstances. Unless it's 1933 and you're the nazis.

You're probably fine?! We all make mistakes and/or do silly things. It's part of the journey. And for example being a bigot isn't something to be proud of. But having the personal strength to get out of a situation like that, certainly is something to be proud of.

Join lemm.ee and ignore lemmy.ml

I think that's something you can learn. It definitely takes some training. But speaking from own experience, I think I started out as an introvert and in my very fist job I had to talk to lots of random strangers each day. And I adjusted. Nowadays I can start conversations easily, do smalltalk... I mean I'm probably still the same person and sometimes I like to talk and sometimes I don't like to open up at all. But I know what to say, how to keep a conversation going or end it if I like and it doesn't take that much effort. And I think that makes me a bit more at ease. Knowing I have that skill available. But it certainly took me some time and effort to get there.

And I'm still not particularly good at mimicking an extroverted person. But I don't care that much anymore. If I make mistakes, or I struggle with some conversational partner, that's just what it is. It makes me uncomfortable. But at some point I'm going to have other problems to deal with and I'm going to forget about it.

Und man sollte noch eine gute (Geld-) Reserve zusätzlich einplanen. In der Regel kommt man nicht mit der Anzahl der Stunden aus, die einem vorher gesagt werden. Zumindest vor zig Jahren bei mir war das so. Das wurden dann noch ein paar mehr. Und am Schluss haben wir dann nochmal ein paar Tage vor der Prüfung nochmal für die Prüfung geübt, weil die letzte Fahrt da 2 Wochen her war... Und so blöd habe ich mich auch nicht angestellt. Aber der Fahrlehrer war der Meinung das wäre nötig. Wahrscheinlich auch zu Recht, denn die haben einen eigentlich nicht über den Tisch gezogen. Ist halt auch nicht ganz so leicht in 'ner Großstadt Auto zu fahren. Bin dann auch im ersten Anlauf durchgekommen... Aber auch das ist Glückssache. Wenn irgendwas passiert und einem die Prüfung versaut, sind's dann ja auch nocheinmal 6 Stunden und Prüfungsgebühr oder sowas...

Ich würde mal vorsichtshalber so mit 25 Stunden rechnen. Das klingt für mich realistischer. Und dann kann man sich nachher immernoch freuen wenn es weniger sind. (Ich glaub meine wahrscheinlich falsche Erinnerung an irgendwelche Zahlen hilft nicht. Vielleicht fragt man mal wen anders, wie viele normale Stunden zu den Sonderfahrten kommen. 25 obendrauf sind es jedenfalls nicht. Das war wohl Blödsinn, was ich geschrieben habe.)

The LGBTQ mixes up several things. Sexuality and romantic attraction with gender identity. And we've also added skin color to the pride flag (because people of color also have special issues within the community.) So it's more a mix of several variables, spectrums and things that are part of being human. I think the common denomitor is that it has to do something with being marginalized and discriminated against. But it's not about one single concept.

That's a good question. I still struggle with the whole concept of identifying with some exact definitions and labels for oneself. I mean it's super useful to have words and labels for things. At times. Other times I'm not so sure. Is it really that important to disclose to other people whether you're into men, women, or mainly attracted to some, or how you fit into gender? Isn't it enough to be... yourself? (Genuine question.) I mean that's obviously important to you. And to (close) friends. But I sometimes don't see the reason why people are set on the exact subdivision of "queer" when talking to other people. Especially to people who aren't queer themselves.

And I mean the next question is whether that's useful in a conversation. I doubt people will know how to treat a sensory ... autist. They probably don't know how to handle any autist. So it might be of no use to tell them some exact term. You're just confusing them and you probably might have to start a short lecture anyways.

Additionally, it's complicated to add exact terms to a spectrum. I mean that's the point of a spectrum. It's blurry and not discrete and hard to tell whether a yellowish-green fits into yellow or green. And even the categories (number of colors) are arbitrary and made up.

Disclaimer: I'm not on the spectrum. I don't really know what I'm talking about or how life is for other people. I just know how it is to be me.

And with that said, I think it'd be useful to tell people about different aspects of autism. Maybe that helps to get a better picture. Just knowing it's different for everyone doesn't get you all the way. We could certainly try with some terms and letters and see if it helps people to memorize details about autism. Though, we should probably try not make it too simplistic, or this is going to be the next stereotypes.

Tja, antiquiert ist es wirklich. Vor allem wenn man hinter die Kulissen schaut wie 7bit Kodierung und all so einen Kram, der manche Dinge wirklich ineffizient macht. Probleme mit Umlauten hat man auch, wenn Frau Müller eine Adresse braucht. Ich finde bei E-Mail-Verteilern (Sportverein etc) stößt das aktuelle Sender-Absender Modell auch ziemlich an die Grenzen. Und ich meine signiert oder abgesichert ist das alles nicht. In "To" und "From" kann man einfach wahlfrei Adressen eintragen und dann muss der empfangende Mailserver sich irgendwie zusammenreimen ob das stimmen kann oder Phishing oder Spam ist.

Ich denke man kann auch direkt HTML-Mails gegen was besseres ersetzen. Und vielleicht einen Chat oder weitere Kommunikationsformen einbauen, wäre sicherlich praktisch.

Ich denke auch, dass man da größer denken kann. Eine Queue oder ein andere Form eines dezentralen Netz wäre sicherlich denkbar. Mindestens einen Server kann man sich eh einsparen. Wenn die Authentifizierung und Kryptografie stimmt, kann ich ja direkt die Post beim Server des Empfängers einwerfen. Dafür brauche ich keinen Postausgangsserver in einem Netz wo potenziell Alle mit Allen reden können. Letztendlich ist die Grundvoraussetzung nur, dass der Empfänger irgendwie benachrichtigt wird wenn ihm eine Mail zugestellt werden soll. Und dass er sie irgendwo abholen kann. Technisch gibt es da ja viele Möglichkeiten/Ideen. Nur so ganz ohne Server geht es wahrscheinlich nicht... Also ich meine theoretisch schon, aber heutzutage lesen ja alle ihre Nachricht auf batteriebetriebenen Hosentaschen-Geräten und die brauchen irgendwie Server um Batterie sparen zu können...

Was ich mich eigentlich frage ist: Gibt es da nicht schon konkrete Entwürfe? Ich meine E-Mail gibt's ja schon mehr als 40 Jahre. Und die Unzulänglichkeiten sind auch hinreichend lange bekannt. Eigentlich genug Zeit, dass ein paar Nachfolger ausgearbeitet und vorgeschlagen sein müssten?! Andere Internetprotokolle (HTTP, ...) werden ja auch regelmäßig überarbeitet. Aber für E-Mail finde ich da wenig bis nichts, wenn ich suche. Außer, dass man vielleicht POP3 durch IMAP, durch JMAP ersetzt. Aber das sind ja nur Kleinigkeiten. Und ePost oder DE-Mail (die ja gerade eben wieder eingeht) zähle ich mal lieber nicht mit. Warum? Gibt es da nicht ein paar motivierte Unternehmen? Oder Leute, die eine (wissenschaftliche) Arbeit dazu schreiben wollen? Oder bin ich nur zu blöd, das zu finden?

Stimmt. Außerdem müssen Google, gmx.de etc dann massiv Server anschaffen, nur um diese Rechenaufgabenzu bewältigen.

Von Allow-Lists halte ich auch nicht so viel, das ist grad auch ein größeres Problem. Gerade keinere und mittlere Mitspieler haben so ein Problem Mailserver zu betreiben, weil sie auf den falschen Listen stehen, oder nicht den richtigen. Und damit gibt es dann keine Chancengleichheit, sondern alle müssen zu den großen Anbietern gehen, oder viel Fleiß und Arbeit investieren.

Ich bin nicht ganz up to date. Aber ich denke die Informatik hat da bestimmt noch ein paar weitere Alternativen anzubieten. Muss ich mal recherchieren.