After Apollo’s API token was invalid, I deleted my account. I know it’s a minuscule drop in the ocean for Reddit, but not matter, I’m with Lemmy and the fediverse come what may.

I bought a $3k+ LG OLED. I intentionally never agreed to any TOS so that it would act as a dumb TV. I wanted it on the network so that I could control it through Home Assistant and Apple HomeKit so I put it in my IoT VLAN. Within a day it was trying to port scan my network! It is now fully isolated with no outgoing connections allowed.

We’re all figuring this out as we go! Since the great Reddit migration, we’ve already seen our first big drama with the Beehaw defederation. Some Beehaw users disagreed and left for other instances while users of other instances liked the move and joined Beehaw. The Lemmy fediverse is what WE make it for better or for worse.

Too bad you are forever doomed to using Aptos since it’s impossible to change fonts.

The sci-fi type implications of this would be astounding. We would see a rapidly increasing global population with high natural resource use. On a philosophical level, is living forever a blessing or a curse?

Lemmy 0.18 had been out for less than an hour after you posted this.

My first GM vehicle was a C7 Chevrolet Corvette. I wanted it since it was announced in 2014 but held out until 2016 when it finally got CarPlay. I’ve since traded it in for the 2020 C8 Corvette that also has CarPlay. I bought a dongle that enables wireless CarPlay so I don’t even need to plug it in.

I absolutely love my Corvette and would be interested in buying the next generation. However, I will not consider it or any other GM vehicle if CarPlay is dropped. It is a mandatory feature for me.

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". — Goodhart's law

This is great news. NVIDIA needs more competition, especially in the AI space.

Thanks for volunteering and stepping up. Modding ain’t easy, but it’s necessary.

Why not both?

I've done a bit more research into the legality of "lolicon" content in the US (where SDF is hosted). IANAL, however, Federal law 18 U.S. Code § 1466A states:

Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
(a) In General.—Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that—
    (1)
        (A) depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and
        (B) is obscene; or
    (2)
        (A) depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; and
        (B) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value;
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction.

The Department of Justice's Citizen's Guide To U.S. Federal Child Exploitation And Obscenity Laws states that "lolicon" is illegal and has a lower standard than obscenity in adult pornography.

In addition, Section 1466A of Title 18, United State Code, makes it illegal for any person to knowingly produce, distribute, receive, or possess with intent to transfer or distribute visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and are deemed obscene. This statute offers an alternative 2-pronged test for obscenity with a lower threshold than the Miller test. The matter involving minors can be deemed obscene if it (i) depicts an image that is, or appears to be a minor engaged in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse and (ii) if the image lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. A first time offender convicted under this statute faces fines and at least 5 years to a maximum of 20 years in prison.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction under 1466A in UNITED STATES v. WHORLEY (2008).

The Lemmy instance Burggit explicitly allows "lolicon" content:

Cooking up a platform for Free Thought And Expression! (NSFW & Loli/Shota/Cub friendly!) Minimal Restrictions on Content/Speech.

Since Burggit hosts content that is illegal in SDF's jurisdiction, I would support SDF defederating from Burggit.

In C/C++, undefined should be the meme of the little girl smiling while the house burns down behind her.

I think this could be very valuable for the community and the Lemmy devs. However, I believe to be successful, there needs to be a volunteer(s) who “sync” the community to the GitHub issues. We could automate this but that would make the situation worse. Here’s how I could imagine this working:

When a new feature or bug is posted, the mod determines if this is duplicated or not. If so, they will reply to the post with a link to the previous post and lock the current one. If it is truly new, the community can vote and comment. After a week or so, if the community supports the new feature or fixing the bug, the mod will open a new GitHub issue with a summary of the community discussion and link to the discussion.

This is a lot of work for the mods, but I believe it would really add value for both the Lemmy community and the devs.

Soon 99% of all phone conversations will be chat bots talking to chat bots.

Freedom isn't free

None of your other accounts will be compromised because you’re using a random password stored in a password manager.

You are using a password manager?

I’m impressed they spent the time and money to make a new 2600 game. I’ve watched a few interviews of the original game developers in the 80’s and the development experience was far from what modern software development is today. A developer had to make sure the game and graphics logic were done in a specific number of cycles and everything is written in 6502 assembly.

I was thinking the same thing, however, I don’t know how to solve the bot issue. The value of StackOverflow is the upvoting of best answers but that becomes difficult to achieve without a solid user reputation system. However, as we saw with Reddit, this tends to reward “group think” and punishes divergent opinions.

If licking a microphone is sexual, is eating a banana on stream now obscene?