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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I agree about the liability part. My interest was piqued during the so called Twitter files, when reporting was something like the bosses of twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia sat in a weekly (or was it monthly?) meeting, where they were told what controversial topics to “tamp down” on. I found it very weird, especially since I cannot imagine how one “tamps down” on a wikipedia article?

    I think the much harder part is how would you go about democratising a website?



  • I do not think they are dumbasses. They understand very well that “pumping the brakes” can start negotiations with people who have infinite deep pockets and are willing to let them have a little extra so the infinitely deep pockets stay that way.

    Self-enrichment is a powerful motivator.

    Like Nixon, when he helped privatize healthcare. Playing Dumb (and a little crazy) has been a schtick for republicans for 60 years. I wish there was a website with all the crazy shit republicans said and did in public, maybe I need to start one…



  • I’ll tell you a story. In the Nazi Years my great-uncle was in the upper echelon of the German Reich. As in, he should have been in Nuremberg. And should have been hanged. He escaped judgement day with lies. “I’m just very conservative. What else could a conservative who loves his country have done. There was no alternative to beeing a Nazi. I am just a conservative.”

    Well. It was a lie. After the war he went right back to where he was and was an active Nazi right til the day he died. That despicable cunt loved, absolutely loved deception. He always had an explanation ready why the things he did weren’t Nazi things.

    This whole spiel just for lulz, nihilism or internet points smells like the same deception my uncle used.

    Especially if you see who applauds and supports these assholes.



  • TIL,Thank you for dumping obscure biological knowledge!

    I felt the same when I found out roughly 90-99 % of serotonin (predecessor) is produced by a certain type of gut bacteria. For some reason, finding the research was (is? Haven’t checked for a few years) for some reason non-obvious and difficult.

    Now that I think about it, is there a wiki or something where we can share this knowledge? Your artefact would have helped a friend a few years ago…






  • Well be advised it may not be as easy anymore. Cause I’m the computer person in my friend group I recently switched an fp5 to /e/. It has some kind of firmware security built in where you can install only a system with the same or higher patch level. The system installed was at a higher patch.level than the /e/-system available, which gave me headaches.

    Results may vary.