@ChrisWere @robert @newpipe

Syncing is fine, but I want to be in control of what is doing the syncing.

@PriorProject @PorkrollPosadist

All the examples you provided were infrastructure, not social communities, so I think it’s a poor comparison.

Instead, I’d compare AP federation to _social_ constructs. Communities, clubs, groups of friends. Even larger constructs like cities or nation states.

In _those_ examples it’s clear that limiting association is commonplace and healthy.

@TheCuriousCoder87

You wouldn’t necessarily have to actually give a CA any details about yourself, just integrate this into the existing ISP portals.

An adult can log into the provider’s website and click to generate any client certs they need.

I think this method is maybe a bit _too_ technical (compared to a simple captive portal like you get on public wifi) but I think it would work okay as long as end-users didn’t have to go to a 3rd-party or provide any additional information to their ISP to use it.

I definitely agree that these types of blocking are ineffective and generally do more harm than good, but if governments are going to push for this stuff, it would be good to have a solution that doesn’t harm people’s security and privacy.

My scheme doesn’t require any identity information to be provided by the user.

The ISP already has PII, but that’s a risk that already exists today.

@Senseibu

It might hurt their bottom line, but the big companies operate in so many different markets and I don’t think there’s any risk of _all_ of them enacting these types of restrictions.

@BlameThePeacock

It’s the US republicans who want to do this, not me, I’m just approaching this as an interesting problem.

As for my suggested solution, the only database would be the list of sites with adult content. No new personal data would be stored about individuals.

I’m not suggesting that ISPs implement photo-ID checks, just a login with your ISP username/password (an account you already have).

I don’t think there’s any risk of _any_ of these schemes killing off internet porn.

The current government schemes all rely on porn companies opting in and on the government/ISPs to catalog all porn sites on the internet.

Yeah, it’s quite the rabbit hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality_of_the_continuum

@chaoschorus Neat, so you get to carry over a lot of that muscle memory from Windows.

I think LLMs are set to explode as a major field of study for security folks.

It’s got the perfect storm of wide deployment, low technical literacy amongst those deploying it, and fundamentally unsolved problems.

@chaoschorus @owatnext

I’m curious to know what Zorin features you find are most useful as someone coming from Windows.

@tookmyname @BaroqueInMind

I think there’s still a place for certain types of pre-orders.

There are many projects where the production of the product requires an upfront cost and a pre-order is needed to cover these.

I have pro-ordered many a small batch electronics device and have had no issues. However, in these cases the design of the device is already complete and the features/specs all known in advance.

The same goes for all the books I’ve pre-ordered from indie publishers, for the same reason, the book is already finished but production is too expensive for a small publisher to cover without pre-sales.

The issues come when pre-ordering something that _isn’t_ complete, especially if it’s working on an as-of-yet unsolved problem. Frankly, I wish that platforms like kickstarter would have a dedicated section for “production cost” pre-orders that had a different sales agreement and some vetting to ensure that products got delivered and were as advertised.

@DidacticDumbass

I think one of the best things about the fediverse is that it allows for a diverse set of paradigms.

A “twitter-like” experience isn’t for everyone and it’s great to have variety. I have friends who mostly use bookwyrm—a fediverse “goodreads” alternative—and it’s awesome that I can still follow and interact with them even though I picked a different fediverse option.

@tubbadu

I use Linux and BSD systems (Debian and FreeBSD) but I totally appreciate that they’re not the best choice for everyone out there.

I do recommend that people try to semi-regularly check out alternatives to the OS they are using, but there’s really nothing wrong with sticking with the OS you are using.

I really wish there was less stupid tribalism in the OS world.

Not every problem is a nail, so not every solution needs to be a hammer.

@dylan

It’s definitely a shame that reddit is making these changes. The fall of reddit is going to have pretty negative affect for a lot of people.

I’m no fan of corpo platforms—I’d love more widespread adoption of open protocols and software—but I don’t want _users_ to get hurt by the loss.