Notices by Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net), page 36
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Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2018 13:41:48 EST 
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ
@maiyannah Racism and nationalism are exactly what the ruling class always tries to incite when it feels threatened. So for example in the US currently you see a lot of paranoia about Russia, which is a convenient distraction from the more or less permanent condition of delinquency of the federal government and its failure to deliver meaningful improvements for decades. -
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2018 17:15:57 EST
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I've read some stuff about the next generation internet initiative, and they make the right sorts of noises, but I know @aral is skeptical about it.
I suppose if anyone can get funding from this to do something good and without too many government strings attached then so much the better.
I think I am post-postSnowden at this point. Yes there is a lot of broken stuff on the internets. Yes it needs fixing. No there are not many folks actually interested in doing that because it's not jam packed with smoking hot buzzwords. Companies certainly aren't interested in fixing any of it. Plus it takes some level of knowledge about crypto, and that, which is not all that common.
If there's one thing we could do to improve the internets within the next five years, and if we had a stack of cash (unlikely scenario), going all-out for municipal mesh might be the best plan. ISPs would fight us like rabid dogs. The four horsemen of the infocalypse would be constantly invoked. It would be a bitch, but I think with enough resources a lot of progress could be made towards democratization of the infrastructure and fixing many of the security problems.
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Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2018 16:50:39 EST
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@DetectiveHyde
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Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 08:26:58 EST
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ
Looking at the terrible place in which some of the transhumanists I knew long ago ended up in is a reminder to always practice some degree of self-reflection and to go beyond the shallowest popular interpretations of things. In the process of transformation be careful that you don't become something much worse than human. -
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 13:29:10 EST
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@0x3F I don't think so, because w3c doesn't define what people use, and as a standards organization its decision process is dubious and opaque. If w3c represents anything it's the interests of a few large companies, and not the interests of internet users as a whole.
I expect there will eventually be an activitypub plugin, but it might take a while. -
Really Not Feeling Up To It RN (thatdelphox@occult.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 02:29:01 EST 
Really Not Feeling Up To It RN
Wait seriously, where are the emojis?
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ivesen (ivesen@pleroma.miniwa.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 02:29:36 EST 
ivesen
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Lohan G (lohang@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 02:59:32 EST 
Lohan G
Extremely useful stuff : Running your own encrypted chat service with Matrix and Riot https://gist.github.com/attacus/cb5c8a53380ca755b10a5b37a636a0b9
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momma matti :red_candle: (punsandpotions@witches.town)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 03:01:19 EST 
momma matti :red_candle:
good morning, strangers. don't forget to be unapologetically weird today.
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Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2018 18:42:41 EST
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Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2018 18:01:43 EST
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@cypnk This artwork is so much better that the O'Reilly stuff of more recent times. -
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2018 17:48:49 EST
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ
@brennen Yes, that's why it's fiction. -
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2018 17:46:35 EST
Bob Mottram ๐ง โ โ
@cosine
It's the same me. I had a database snafu which I couldn't fix, so did a reinstall. This time I thought I'd try out Pleroma instead of gnusocial. It uses fewer system resources.
The signs are that this will work just fine, but if for any reason Pleroma doesn't work out I can always restore the gnusocial system from backup. For now stick with bob@soc.freedombone.net
I changed the subdomain based upon past experience. If you try using a different though theoretically compatible (OStatus) system on the same subdomain then things can sometimes mess up. -
Sam the Octopus (troublemoney@computerfairi.es)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2018 17:19:51 EST 
Sam the Octopus
Because apparently we have to explain this to people again
The right to free speech is the right to say what you want without repercussions from the government
The right to free speech does not require anyone to give you a platform to spout your shit
The right to free speech does not require anyone to listen to your shit
The right to free speech only applies to repercussions from the government, not other people, groups, or organisations
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