CarrierLost @ CarrierLost @lemmy.one

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Defederation isn’t the answer. Use the tools you have available as a user and block instances/users you don’t want to share content with.

I think it’s less the what and more the why. Kevin Mitnick was, by a lot of accounts, not even a very skilled “hacker”. But his high profile arrest and sentencing highlighted the issues of a developing internet and the immediate backlash of institutional forces, both government and corporate, quickly rushing to shut down any and all discourse around information and knowledge being “free”.

This created an equal but opposite backlash AGAINST the perceived ignorance of the government at what the internet actually was, and the corporations that wanted to control and monetize it. (In hindsight, we can see who won that one)

This helped propel an entire “hacker” subculture into pop culture and modern life.

“Free Kevin” became a common sticker or t-shirt at local 2600 meetings, or other hacking groups all over the U.S. and you’d see it left on defaced websites from young groups testing out their skills or latest exploits on poorly configured servers.

Even as quite a bit of these hackers would ridicule and deride Kevin for being bad, the saying continued because, in the end it wasn’t about Kevin. It was any or all of us. Doing things made illegal by legislators that didn’t even understand what was in the laws they were signing could have put any of us in jail. So “Free Kevin” became kind of synonymous for “Free Information”.

Through all of this was Kevin, just trying to live his life. He got out of jail, settled down and went on living. His passing was a lot like his life after prison, quiet and uneventful. Like a lot of people, I didn’t even know he was battling cancer.

So my comment below that Kevin is free is just, to me, one final call out into the dark for an idea, and a person, that helped me get to where I am today.

Kevin is free

Insanity. And they keep building more homes.

Same. Oem dock. It’s awesome and firmware updates come right through the deck.

Exactly. It’s just a more complex implementation of radar.

It’s the same in the Austin area. Weather app shows 50% almost every day. There is realistically next to 0% chance of any precision for the near future.

Totally agree! Phenomenal on the steam deck.

I spent about the first two weeks customizing it, but I’ve settled in and use it for what it is. It’s a great couch gamer and the capabilities to play games that should punch way above its level are impressive.

You wanna see how hard I can hit?

Blind Melon

Shannon Hoon went out way too soon.

Hello!

Dave the Diver

Solid content!!

I disagree. Initially, I thought lacking downvotes was an issue as well, but I’ve changed my thinking.

If it’s a post or comment I disagree with, I try to reconcile WHY I disagree, and then use that to participate in the discussion, as opposed to just dropping a downvote and moving on.

If it’s a post or comment that needs active intervention by a moderator, reporting it is the best solution anyway, not simply downvoting it.