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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's the point in reporting and helping mods if all that lead to is a ban? Let the mods handle the filth without the help of the community and see how that goes.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not to the regular users if "Hide modlog mod names" is enabled, but other instance admins (including remote admins) can see it all regardless. So the info itself is federated across instances.

Ex: if I look at the /c/politics@lemmy.world modlog as a guest

if I look at the same modlog but with my lemmy.ca instance admin account

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Private votes are no longer federated in PieFed
https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/issues/928

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's just the nature of the fediverse, all actions are public for transparency and accountability.

Even moderator actions are public.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Simpson's update in Fortnite looks nice ngl.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

For me it defaults to around $250 each time, but my car will take about $50 for a full tank. So I change it to around $60 just to avoid holding a lot more than needed.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It depends. If it's just for the sake of plugging AI because it's cool and trendy, fuck no.

If it's to improve privacy, accessibility and minimize our dependency on big tech, then I think it's a good idea.

A good example of AI in Firefox is the Translate feature (Project Bergamot). It works entirely locally, but relies on trained models to provide translation on-demand, without having Google, etc as the middle-man, and Mozilla has no idea what you translates, just which language model(s) you downloaded.

Another example is local alt-text generation for images, which also requires a trained model. Again, works entirely locally, and provide some accessibility to users with a vision impairment when an image doesn't provide caption.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're cutting themselves out of a potential market, while I still have ton of other games to play.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I wish there was something in between but based on SQLite.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Or

  • "oh I know which software is blocking it"
  • Can you close it?
  • "Nah, I ain't a snitch, go do it yourself"
[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Video-conferencing, it's terrible that most platforms out there aren't interoperable, and you have to choose which platform to use between businesses, and tough luck if your video-conference room doesn't support anything else than the one in use within your business.

There are solutions out there to bridge these, or you can buy other hardware kits that claim to support multiple platforms, but that doesn't help you if you can't afford to replace those right away.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

And Accountability's gun is empty, so nothing will happen to either of them.

 
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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by mp3@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
 

cross-posted from: https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.ml/post/29579005

Since we depend on them to have this platform, it seems fair to spread their request for donations. To be clear, this is to finance the developers who build this software, and has nothing to do with our specific instance operational costs.

From the Lemmy developers

An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and I work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Unfortunately the amount of donations has decreased to only 2000€ per month. This leaves only 1000€ per developer, which is not enough to pay my bills. With the current level of donations I will be forced to find another job, and drastically reduce my contributions to Lemmy. To avoid this outcome and keep Lemmy growing, I ask you to please make a recurring donation:

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If you want more information before donating, consider the comparison with Reddit. It began as startup funded by rich investors. The site is managed by corporate executives who over time have become more and more disconnected from normal users. Their main goal is to make investors happy and to make a profit. This leads to user-hostile decisions like firing the employee responsible for AMAs, blocking third-party apps and more. As Reddit is a single website under a single authority, it means all users need to follow the same rules, including ridiculous ones like censoring the name "Luigi".

Lemmy represents a new type of social media which is the complete opposite of Reddit. It is split across many different websites, each with its own rules, and managed by normal people who actually care about the users. There is no company and no profit motive. Much of the work is carried out by volunteer admins, mods and posters, who contribute out of enthusiasm and not for money. For users this is great as there is no advertising nor tracking, and no chance of takeover by a billionaire. Additionally there are no builtin political or ideological restrictions. You can use the software for any purpose you like, add your own restrictions or scrutinize its inner workings. Lemmy truly belongs to everyone.

Dessalines and I work fulltime on Lemmy to keep up with all the feature requests, bug reports and development work. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. Previously I sometimes had to rely on my personal savings to keep developing Lemmy for you, but that can't go on forever. We partly rely on NLnet for funding, but they only pay for development of new features, and not for mandatory maintenance work. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached Dessalines and I can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. Please use the link below to see current donation stats and make your contribution! We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

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