Grimpen

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[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was exactly what I thought it was. Classic! And an official RFC (although introduced on April 1).

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Right there with you!

My first experience with the internet was Gopher.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

The connection would be secondary. In FPTP, the blue team and red team play for "all the marbles", so more divisive language and negative campaigning are effective. In RCV/AV systems, being second choice on lots of ballots is a valid tactic, so in theory less negative campaigning.

Although this effect is likely as described, I can't help to think that in recent years the divisive effects of social media have far outweighed it.

I'll also point out that RCV/AV eliminated the spoiler effect. It also can lead to a "gateway voting system" to STV, which is probably my favourite.

IMO, FPTP << RCV/AV/IRV << MMP < STV.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Cathedral and the Bazaar is considered a classic, but it's been 20+ years since I read it. I'm curious how well it holds up.

I was trying to recall some points from C&B and I realized I was muddling much of it up with The Hacker Ethic by Pekka Himanen from the same era, so apparently that made an impression as well.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting by "Values of the Fediverse", but I was pleasantly surprised! It focuses on what over the decades seem to be the core values of Open Source software movements, such as openness, independence, and freedom to use the software how you choose to use it. Just applied to the concept of social media. Which makes sense.

My main home account is on Lemmy.ca not Lemmy.ml ( or another Lemmy instance) because that is how I've chosen to associate, and I can. And I could spin up my own instance, and federate or de-federate with whomever I choose.

This isn't a novel concept, OpenSource.com has a page on "The Open Source Way" which espouses transparency, collaboration, "Release early and often", inclusive meritocracy, and community. I remember reading "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" back in the day, and Eric Raymond seemed to extrapolate several values or principle from the open source model.

The free software movement does implicitly have positions on "political" topics. Right to repair, DRM, and privacy come to mind immediately. These shouldn't be seen as being "Left" or "Right",

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The police also knocked and only entered after he answered it sounded like. While certainly armed and probably prepared for something wild, they didn't force entry with guns at the ready.

Once again, mostly comparing to videos of US police interactions, which is kind of weird as a non-USian commenting on a German police interrogation. Would be curious to see an "audit the audit" type review of this.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Respect. Only through destruction can we be purified.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been complaining about printer support. It's pretty much the last piece of the puzzle for a school focused SD.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks to KDE on the SD, I've switched my main DE on my desktop. Still have a soft spot for XFCE, but KDE Plasma on the SD was polished and was very "coherent".

One thing the SD is missing for being a complete "serious" computer is printing support. I'm sure I could it installed, the SD is eminently hackable, but a Flatpak solution or a Steam default solution would really justify using a SD in Desktop mode for school and work.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it being Lauren Southern is more notable than a former candidate as a Langley MP.

I'm assuming this is related to those two Russians with RTv recently indicted funneling something like 9.7 million USD through presumably Tenet Media, where Lauren is a… media personality? Influencer? Pundit? Host? Streamer? Cam girl?

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL.

For purposes of this post though, RFC 3339 and ISO8601 are identical. Dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD, so 2024-08-29 is both RFC3339 and ISO8601 compliant.

Not an expert, just spent around 2 minutes looking at https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/

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