Mastodon HAS absolutely nice people, granted, perhaps even the majority… but also a fuckton of full on delusional extreme left nutjob pony cosplayers who think everyone MUST obey THEIR HIGHER MORAL STANDARD or be an insufferable Nazi bigot.
I don’t find inclusion repulsive… I find it repulsive that many projects are now more about identity politics and virtue signaling than about, well, the project.
I don’t think that the maintainers are less inclusive… they just don’t want virtue signaling and flagwaving.
Remember this times?
Let’s wait and see
I simply don’t like Wayland and the “old” X11 had not gotten the attention it needed. So, the fork was the right way for me
I recently switched over and i am quiet happy with it… so, i hope not
Well, I personally have a soft spot for the gopher protocol and the community that formed around it… it’s in a way the better internet
America is fucking weird… you guys build the first atomic bomb and brought a man to the moon and then something like THAT appears.
Regarding religion, well, I had a catholic upbringing and nobody, really nobody would have teached some horseshit like that.
I somehow have the feeling that this is simply ragebait… if not, well… can someone please take away the printing press from those people? Please?
The answer is: Military
At the moment Europe is very much dependent on the US if there is really a bigger conflict on the horizon, and i bet Trump did not hesitate to play this card.
I would prefer to have at least the 70 year olds who have a profound understanding of the technology they want to regulate…
Honestly? It is.
Getting a understanding of what you do is something that is moving towards “lost arts” territory regarding everything computer related. Yeah, you will not get the solution to your problem THAT FAST, but if you find out why the thing you want to do did not work and understand how to make it work you will benefit in the long run.
Did someone looked at the military capabilities of the EU compared to the US? No? It thought so…
If you are a vassal (and - at least for now - we, the EU are) its better to appease your lord. A docile ruler is easier to topple than one who fears you plan something funny…
I am pretty sure we do the same on the US (at least i hope so), the bad thing on the US side was that they were cought (thanks to the Snowden leaks).
Fuck the “average Joe”… i was there when the internet as a whole turned to shit because it was flooded with “average Joes”, hell… i even visited the smoldering ruins of the Usenet after the dreadful hordes of “average Joes” have finished plundering it. The Fediverse doesn’t need to grow too large, let it stay a bit under the radar… its better this way.
Well, if you want some really interesting experience i would recommend trying out Edbrowse, but for a really good day to day experience i personally really like Lynx: Most (for me) relevant pages work very well with it, it has a seamless gopher Integration and the UI hasn’t changed (much) since i first used it in the mid 90s.
Why use Lynx? Well, it keeps away all the crap that makes the web unbearable since people started plastering their pages with blinking ad-banners, and today it is an absolutely great way to get around paywalls and read pages and articles undisturbed.
man I sure wonder what we’re on right now
A weird form of usenet reenactment?
If you only use software that is created by people you like… well… i guess your only choice will be an abacus…
Its more a general observation that the farther people are removed from the mainstream the more radical they are… and the bigger the cookoo factor gets. The funny thing is, that back in Usenet days you had still pretty cranky people, but - as least as far as i remember - not THAT cranky…