UltraMagnus

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[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 3 points 8 hours ago

I would be OK with losing out on random novelty hotdog-flavored chips.

That being said, you could get around this problem by focusing on staples (rice, flour, vegetables, salt, etc.) since the vast majority of folks don't really have a preference on this sort of thing, aside from allergies/gluten free.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 8 points 8 hours ago

As this continues, I would highly recommend folks support their local food pantries as they are able. Cash is better, but there's nothing wrong with a food drive to collect cans from your neighbors. Some pantries also accept fresh produce, if you have some left from your garden this year.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I was about to say, almost sounded like you were speaking from experience XD You'll be the first suspect if a supervillain with your powers ever pops up

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 9 hours ago

Superspeed- quick commute, get chores done fast, visit the world

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It would be neat to have some sort of public survey/contest to name these

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 10 hours ago

I wouldn't rule out things being better in, say, 100 years, but it would take a lot of luck and effort to get to that point.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 10 hours ago

Has anyone used OpenDesk? Looks like they have a community edition

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 10 hours ago

You mean we're supposed to actually read the articles before talking about them?! ;)

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision_dazzle it's been done before. AI facial recognition gets a little overhyped

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 10 points 5 days ago

Hey man, the playing-pinball-while-a-cat-interferes peertube community is very close-knit (https://video.apz.fi/).

I kid, but it's true that peertube lacks the dopamine hooks and variety that youtube does. It's much harder to sink hours into watching a bunch of videos that you'll only half remember by the next day.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 16 points 1 week ago

"Staying peaceful" and "fighting back" aren't mutually exclusive. Anyone who thinks nonviolent tactics don't work hasn't read up on their history (East Timor, Philippines, etc.). Every time ICE shows up to pepper spray cops and shoot at priests, local police gets more pissed, and they drive a wedge between local and federal law enforcement, weakening the administration's ability to project power. Don't underestimate that opportunity.

That being said, current actions are far more symbolic than transformative. No kings protests don't do anything on their own, but could easily be leveraged into an enabler of things like boycotts and general strikes which will have a strong impact.

 

I learned about it from the unforgotten realms forums, around 2012ish

Maybe Marginalia could work for you? I've tried using it, but it's a lot more focused on academic stuff (rather than figuring out song lyrics or which episode some TV quote came from). It's an "old school" search engine, though, so a bit less convenient than google, duckduckgo, etc. if you weren't around in 90s/early 00s for that.

 

ICNC has a lot of good resources on nonviolence - I like this one since it's very practical/to-the-point. Really liking the section talking about "pulling out" the pillars of support rather than "pushing into" the pillars.

 

One of the shorter presentations at FediCon, but definitely interesting, especially since lemmy instances are very much driven by the user base (whereas Linux doesn't really change based on how many users there are). Also interesting since the speaker, Janet Vertesi, is one of the people working on the "Europa Clipper" project (the one where we're flying a satellite through Europa's geysers to get water samples, since landing and drilling under the ice is impractical. This has nothing to do with the presentation, I'm just excited about it).

Video Highlights:

2:00 - The current dominance of a few social media companies was predicted. Although there are lots of neat tools for opting out of Microsoft/Google/etc., but it's the community of these tools that matters

7:30 - Difficulties with how entangled folks are with mainstream tools (maps, calendars, clubs, etc.) - and how to overcome these obstacles. Interesting bit about how all the privacy toggles on Facebook, etc. give a false sense of security and discourage users from making bigger, more effective change. Additionally, behavior change happens at the group level, not the individual level.

12:00 - Building a network of "Tech Reclaimers" to help others make the change. Teaching social and technical skills (e.g., moderation - people are used to the technology doing everything for them on "traditional" social media), taking small steps, etc.

17:30 - Ongoing events

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