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justinas

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Wannabe solarpunk, exhibition architect, semiotics graduate, radio host and #euc rider based in #Vilnius, #Lithuania.

Posting on light, poetics and all things solar at @whatstopstheglass.

On tech experiences and amateur geekery at @automaton

Running https://solarpunkarchitecture.org

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pluralistic , to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/22/koteswar-jay-gajavelli/

#Pluralistic

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justinas ,
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@pluralistic
Should I expect to get DRM-free ebook by clicking on Kindle link on Amazon?

justinas ,
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@pluralistic Bought it, but no options to read it outside Kindle app or Kindle web. How is that DRM-free? I expected to read it on Kobo.

justinas ,
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@pluralistic Amazon, as expected, says "Buy a Kindle or get the free Kindle reading app.":

https://youtu.be/oXXIS7tc1EU

Another impossibly twisted UI, or did they simply lie it will be DRM-free?

#Amazon #DRM

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What an interesting discovery with solar panels!

For decades, we have been placing solar panels at a low angle, facing south. But new experiments show, vertical solar panels give better yields. This is because these panels generate energy from light on both sides of the panel. And as they are placed with one side east, the other side west, they harvest a lot of sunlight on the east side in the morning, and on the west side in the evening.

Matt Ferrell has the story:

https://youtu.be/LqizLQDi9BM?si=fliXCqyBAvsLBNFG

justinas ,
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@randahl
Matt is here: @mattferrell

justinas ,
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@lemmyreader @schmorpel I'm using Yunohost for several years now. It is very comfy for a non-programmer to maintain. Also quite stable, except a few weird failures to restore backups. The biggest downsize is that app packaging needs to be maintained by someone. You get updates only when a packager brings you that update. For example, Discourse package is abandoned and now is so outdated that almost unusable.

justinas ,
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@laverabe

Meaning is also contextual - different cultures put different meaning in symbols. To represent global ideas we need some consensus.

Baltic neo-pagans were rigtfully culturally suppressed from using swastika as "symbol of Sun". Hammer and sickle also signifies millions of deaths and decades of repressioms. It is even forbidden in some post soviet countries along with swastika. Lets find something less damaging to represent marxist ideas.

@Humana

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@Humana
I think the only system to believe in here is sensitivity to feelings and histories of others. If you don't mind triggering literally millions of people whose families were hurt by soviets, it is your choice.
And wouldn't you be against public display of swastikas if they are displayed by "neopagans" and supposedly symbolize Sun?

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"Instead of individual, centralized websites there will be an interconnected network of encyclopedias. This means the same topic can be treated in completely different ways."

Yay, now we'll have a new wikipedia which will also present russian take on Ukraine invasion, Chinese take on Tianmen massacre and a flat-earthers corner for their "truth". I think internet already covers that..

@nutomic @liaizon

justinas ,
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@ex_06 @stabby_cicada

Oh no.

Who designs and modifies the chains? Any democracy there? No, not even NGOs, just for-profit tech bros. You can only use their chains by their rules.

Blockchain looks "decentralised" only at user level. Differently from international DNS, which is much more decentralised in control structure, and provides your own freedom in any technology. Blockchains operate under DNS, so they do not remove their constraints, but only add a layer of control of their own.

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