Karl Schultheisz
We tend to view metaphor as just a way of speaking that is not literal. And there is some language that is nonmetaphorical. But most complex thoughts involve metaphors, to the degree that speaking literally would be less useful.
Most of us use metaphors unwittingly, per the conventions of society. But innovative metaphors have a role: they allow us to change our thinking for our benefit.
New metaphors allow us to experience things differently. They actually change our brains.
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@tigertex did you do it??? 👀
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@steckerhalter the main maintainer of git has been a googler for a long time now iirc
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@steckerhalter isn't encryption enabled by default since 6.0+?
Kyara | خيرت | кяра | キャラ
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✨ライス ✨
got this as a part of my bday gift, love it
Mᴏʀɢᴀɴ
Regular reminder: "legal name" is a very boring sounding phrase.
It sounds WAY cooler if you call it your "government alias"
Code Selfish
That's a lot of data people never consider when thinking about this stuff and it's important.
Your posts are what you choose to share, the rest of that data is not and can give a very detailed overview of your life
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Code Selfish
This also ignores the MASSIVE vulnerability from FB/Twitter apps.
Apps mean not only are you giving those companies your posts, but also your call logs, possibly SMS data, details of all the other apps on your phone, phone number, contact details, usage data, full social graph, detailed location data, ability to read phone storage, microphone access, access to your calendar, activity recognition (are you walking, driving etc), view network connections, etc etc
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Code Selfish
Hey here's something about the Fediverse that some people don't take into account:
I see on "hacker" "news" that there is currently discussion about Scuttlebutt and the very clever opinion is that oh no, distributed social is worse than FB/Twitter because nothing is stopping BigScaryCorp from scooping up all your public posts.
Ignoring the fact that you can very easily have a locked account or even one that has public AND non-public posts... 1/
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@arturovm just had a really nice conversation with a good friend and im feeling a bit better than i was. how are you doing, friendo?
packetcat
From a IRC channel I'm in:
00:30 <GeekDrew> Telegram is awful for security, somewhat like IRC. but lots and lots of people use it because, for the most part, it "just works" to a "good enough" extent, and has the features that people want in a chat client. because every other goddamned chat client out there ignores what the users want and tries to force them to do something else.
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I'm reading "The Screwtape Letters" and even though I'm enjoying it, a lot of what they describe as both good and bad is disagreeable to me personally. idk if its because I'm not Christian or because social norms have changed so much since the book was written, or that the book was highlighting something else? but it does kinda stifle my enjoyment. the best bits are things i agree are bad and can be applied directly to me though.
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I'm convinced any HN post that mentions "decentralised" and/or "secure" is going to be filled with psy-op agents polluting the discussion. either that or SV techbros have literally no idea what they're talking about.
i guess the difference between psy-op agents and brain washed capitalist techbros isn't really identifiable. 🤷♀️
Olivia PhD
"We should have a podcast" is the 2018 version of "we should start a band"
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@zeezeemoomoo i look forward to your further meme adventures ☺️
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>tfw you go through all @zeezeemoomoo memes and now you don't have memes to make you feel happy.
Concerned MooMooCow
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Concerned MooMooCow
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Rysiekúr Memesson
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