But I still type in maps.google.com already because I don’t use Google search. But I still use maps.

Google maps is the best True dat. Double true.

That’s a face

Grifters gonna grift

Yup… https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/26/20977968/google-graveyard-products-shut-down-dead-not-supported-discontinues-spring-cleaning/archives/2

I thought Blockchain was how the protocol knew how to federate, e.g. where to find other users. (?) I don’t really remember how Blockchain works but iirc it is a way to verify trust, e.g. this person really is /u/sem because our shared document says they are.

I know DNS is an alternative but it kind of sucks. Bluesky is inventing it’s open DiD thing for identity and it is centralized in practice but might be a good system. And I have no idea how it works.

Right

Or live music played by musicians, in this case.

Maybe it is only for Pixel phones. It’s hard for me to differentiate between pixel features and stock android recently.

On my android it’s called “now playing” and it’s a feature of the os. It even recognizes live cover versions as the song they’re covering sometimes. Claims to do it all local-only without sending data, just always listening and seeing what it recognizes.

There have been ad agencies who have claimed to be able to do this, so they would if they could. https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/

Sounds like an interesting thing to try! I do think it might tend to group users into a groupthink / exclusion mentality, maybe, or maybe it won’t, but definitely cool idea.

I’ve seen plenty of mod drama / trolls over the years, seems like a fundamentally human problem, kind of like good vs evil in a way, almost impossible for one side to win over the other.

I think it’s pretty well studied that pseudonyms are much better for human interaction than true anonymity. I’m not a social scientist though so I don’t have the references offhand.

It can be fun to be anonymous but there’s a reason Yikyak shutdown, 4chan, 8chan are how they are, etc. they just don’t tend to work well long term.

With pseudonyms ban evasion is possible but registering an account is at least some friction deterring some bad behavior, and mods have more tools. And on the other side you do have some reputation building that occurs when people have stable usernames.

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

I am not sure how Matrix handles keys but it is a real headache for end users. For me at least

With openid, etc, it’s decentralized compared with centralized and distributed, so you wouldn’t get stuck with one openid provider.

I don’t know much about any of these so thanks for developing for the rest of us.

That’s why people were letting themselves get beat up for money in Squid Game.

There’s more abuse potential with full anonymity vs persistent pseudonyms

What would be the possible alternatives to block chain?

To me it didn’t sound like complaining, just sharing that experience.

So standard that they had to have an influence campaign to shame men into “sitz pickling” in homes.

I’m saying this as a man sitting on a toilet peeing at this very moment, so I’m all in favor. But I think the other commenters should know the history.

Personally I’m in favor of sitting when plumbing is involved, and standing out in nature.

Yes they use Yandex along with the others.

Personally I don’t use them.

Does it automatically delete pictures when you’re out of space ?