funchords @ funchords @lemmy.sdf.org

Barbershop quartet singer, weight-loser, philosophy student of life

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Hello again! Yes, that's me. I'm still in a quartet! ♫ Thanks for saying hello!

No, I do not care to and why would I?

If you are going to quote me, quote me. Do not edit my quotes.

Let’s not be like Reddit and comment essays without reading the article. That’s why. You don’t even know what you’re arguing for if you don’t look at it.

Your article is the article. Your story is you read something somewhere about these sites, not from the sites. You passed it along, later checking and finding that some of the first facts were wrong (which is fine, that happens), but that you still think there were problems here. Perhaps, even bigger problems here.

I don't need to visit any other sites to hold the principle that federation or defederation is about network management, not the views or viewpoints of the content. Not whether the content is right or wrong or factual or not, but whether it impacts the federation itself.

If I was in charge of network or systems management here, my main concern with all of this would be that rammy.site is reportedly without any moderation/administration. But I'm just a user here, and it seems that you are too. You've said your bit, I've said mine, and we both been cordial about it.

You should keep talking about this if you remain interested in it, but I'm moving on. I just wanted to voice my view that the reason I joined this instance was because it was widely federated and not involved in what was going on at beehaw.

Later seasons of it are better. Less humor for comedy's sake, but still with some native humor and warmth. Much better than the first episodes.

There is the English dictionary definition of stoic and stoicism with a small s character. There is also an ancient philosophy of Stoicism both ongoing and with a recent revival currently ongoing.

Also did you look at the instances in question yourself?

No. I'm operating under the principle that anything that I have to experience by going elsewhere practically proves that it isn't causing a problem here.

You are aware that defederating from an instance won’t stop individual users from that instance joining yours?

If defederation causes objectionable people that would otherwise leave the remaining network alone to -- because they were defederated -- to come here and everywhere and not leave other instances alone, then the best move from the network's perspective is to remain federated. Right?

As usual, I have typed 500 words when 50 will do, and for that I apologize.

Go to those instances and read what’s there

No, I do not care to and why would you do that? You already have determined it's not right for you. Any alleged content problem that you have to see by going there would, if true, be a problem there. Does that make it a problem here? If I have to take extraordinary steps here to see it here, isn't that on me? Isn't the apparatus doing what it is supposed to be doing if I seek out a thing and find it?

The ultimate measure of freedom is the freedom to abstain. (Nobody is forcibly opting us in to reading their content.)

I'm just a regular user of SDF so these things aren't up to me, but I would think that it would take more than "because it exists." Defederation and Federation shouldn't be used to signal alignment and nonalignment of expression, but for reasons of managing the network itself. A telephone company provides service to everyone and doesn't care what you do with your phone. But, if someone is using it in a way that disrupts the network itself or others' ability to use the network, the telephone company should act to protect the overall integrity of the network. Even then it wouldn't silence the speech because of the speech, but because of the network.

Their instance continues to exist without us, their free speech continues, but by remaining federated we are giving them a platform.

Look, it's one thing to be put off by someone going out of their way to affront you. It's another to feel affronted after going out of your way to find if there is something objectionable anywhere. By that logic, since you have found something then defederation alone should not be enough, as "we are giving them a platform" still, because other people might visit there directly instead of through federation. Therefore, due to that situation, they should not have an DNS entry so you work on their Registrar to "deplatform" them. Then, because someone can connect using an IP address, their ISP should disconnect their service or else they're providing their ISP as a platform. But as they can get another ISP in this day of mobile connectivity, you could chase down their power company, yes, because their power company is a platform -- as is their landlord -- as is their employer. And so on.

I remain unconvinced.

If I am reading the situation wrong, I apologize.

The reason that I am not a member at beehaw was because they were overly wrapped up in concerns such as this one. I'm here for enjoyable chats with people, not to take sides in the latest macro-politics or causes or whatever lately is stirring the pot or making the winds blow. These things are fine and some people are interested in them, but I'm turned off by the idea of an instance that is particularly identified one way or another when I am not concerned with any of that.

What I'm looking for are kind souls that share an interest in technology and an instance that was widely federated so that a wide variety of my interest groups (music, weightloss, networking, ancient Stoicism) are available. That's why I joined here. SDF has been around a long time and many who have enjoyed its offerings have held many different opinions and yet shared this resource peacefully.

I'm particularly turned off by people that want a silo with only the right causes, only the right thinking, only the right speech.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't have management and protection of against those that are unkindly trolling or actively trying to do technical damage. Ban those actually doing evil. But if people of good cheer share different views kindky as neighbors and friends, I have no problem with that and don't want to see that roped off.

Remember the two rules of FidoNet? "Don't be excessively annoying. Don't be easily annoyed." That's all I'm saying.

I am seeing it too. Everything looks normal until that point.

I don't have a watch or a Fitbit, but these screens sure look a lot like Google Fit.

You have to enable it...

Do not Disturb > Apps > Wireless Emergency Alerts

Hey folks, send the EFF some of your loving money. They are worth it. They truly are watching our backs. Good people doing the good fight.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending (perhaps with a long tail). Perhaps the only wrong thing is that we forgot about that. All of these Internet services tend to have a long tail, most of everything we remember once using is still around in some form barely being used but for a tiny and loyal user base that is still hanging in there for some reason.

None of these things were great in and of themselves, it was always the community.

The movie is a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Thank you for this. I used it to explain it to my spouse today. It did help. I remember liking Tom and Jerry, quite a lot, and I never did take them seriously. This was a good perspective for me.

I do have a sense of humor, but I do have trouble with liking movies or TV where I have nobody to root for.

like Seinfeld or Always Sunny

That helps. As it turns out, I didn't care for these either. At least I know I have a type now. Appreciate it.

As an audio enthusiast, it sucks that I can’t upgrade my stereo/audio system.

Exactly! I can have the system I want but having it somehow means no heated seats in the winter.

The annual subscription, which was introduced in January of 2022, goes to $139.99 in a $20 increase.

I literally renewed just two days ago, right under the wire!

I heartily recommend Fox News*, but otherwise I’d suggest looking up hashtags of things you’re into and following people who like what you like. And follow other people on your own server too.

I love it!!

For me, Music Speed Changer allows me to just focus on the segment of the recording that I need to practice. I can pick an A point and a B point and it will only play between those two points. My learning tracks also come with my part in the left ear and the other parts in the right ear and I can use the balance control to focus on one and defocus on the other. I can also make playlists for the various performances coming up so that I can practice and memorize my music while I'm driving

We use the FOSS Homebank. We have been using it for years, I just did not want a pony up the money for Quicken.