non_burglar @ non_burglar @lemmy.world

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It shouldn't be.

This kind of reframing of the words (by Denmark, not you) has led in the past to the abuse of what something is called to reshape slavery in modern times.

On the surface, this seems like a great idea: give the people autonomy on their likeness and its use.

What if you're in debt? Sell your likeness? Should companies be allowed to lure ppl with commercials about making money by selling their likeness? Should we create laws about extortion and coercion that include forcibly making someone give up their likeness? Short-term likeness "rental farms"? What if the terms of the likeness are a different financial mechanism like a reverse mortgage or a lease? International laws agree on all these terms?

We also collectively determined that slavery is illegal, but it still happens by exactly manipulating the mechanisms to get at the resource: come work in the Arab Emirates. Come to Canada, send money back to your family. If you pay me $5k, I will get you out of this hellhole to a country where you can have a job, money, freedom... But you have to spend 6 weeks in a shipping container and give us 6 months of work when you get there.

The only way to make a person's likeness an inviolable right is to make it an inviolable right... With no monetary value.

This is going to lead to folks licensing their features for money.

I'm sure these are accurate statements, but the fact remains that I've never heard of dropout or nebula. At all.

And the only reason I've heard of floatplane is via LTT and Jeff Geerling, and I don't actually use the platform itself.

That's what I mean about inertia, google has it now and can coast for years on people just being lazy and staying with YouTube. That alone will be a loooong hill to climb for any other platforms.

LTT seems to have enough clout and has worked out a survivable business model, but notice that they remain on YouTube to capture and keep new views.

You are correct. Websites, the stack to supply video encoding, even scalability is a solved problem.

The hard work isn't technical, it's getting people onto your platform in the first place (marketing), getting people to continue using your platform (retention) and the perennial problems of SaaS evolving with other SaaS platforms (how many dev hours are you willing to eat trying to keep up with the Joneses?).

SaaS, and in this case, SaaS offering content, is a losing game. You will either lose your shirt, sell your business, or become entrenched in a position whose inertia is difficult to break. How much of any of those you are willing to take a firehose of is the question.

Man, are you a bot? Like every single comment is just inflammatory with you.

The lift of running your own platform is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to creating your own video hosting platform.

Carefully worded what-aboutism.

The absolute irony of quipping about poor choice of words... Jesus.

Yeah, I get your meaning. I forgot to acknowledge that.

I'm not doing that.

Staying quiet because it will make daddy angry to talk about it is still abuse.

Toddlers also have to learn object permanence and that the world will still talk about toys, even if they don't have any. People will bring the annexation threats up, because it was top of mind and, quite frankly, scary for us for a few months.

And we're allowed to do that.

If Trump can be laughed at by literally the entire UN in 2018, he can withstand some talk of what he himself brought about.

Despite the jokes and fitting comparisons, Donald Trump is not a child, he is an adult, and must (not should) face the ramifications of his words and actions.

While agree that comms should be a nationally controlled resource, the procurement space for that equipment would be just as vulnerable under government contract as under the big 3.

"It was just a prank, guys."

Essentially, the coop needs to incorporate, so you need letters and articles of incorporation, you need a charter and rules, an established board of members and registration with the province (and CMHC is a good idea).

CMHC is a great resource for this and they have a guide on the topic. https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/industry-innovation-and-leadership/industry-expertise/affordable-housing/co-operative-housing-guide

I lived in and was on the board of a housing coop in Winnipeg, DM me if you want details or an introduction to speak to them.

Edit: provincial rules for starting a coop aren't very strict in Manitoba, housing coops are particularly unobstructed in mb as well. https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/busdev/coop/index.html

I can actually speak to this, I've lived in and been on the board of a housing coop in Manitoba.

Housing coop regulations vary widely by province. BC and Ontario have robust housing coop regulation structures that promote the start and upkeep of coops. Other provinces not as much, but I understand the maritime provinces are catching up.

The CMHC often works with financial partners like credit unions and others to secure interests free loans and grants for startup and capital projects.

If you are in fact interested in starting a coop, contact the cmhc and ask about grants, then work with them to find those grants and start writing. There is a lot of money available for housing coops, it's in provincial governments' interest to let coops govern themselves, rather than managing housing projects.

Do not pursue partnerships with for-profit companies long-term, make sure your financial partners support social housing as a premise before engaging them.

You do realize the Toronto Sun is an American-owned publication, right? And none of those figures are referenced.

As with any new thing, it's not the technology, it's the implementation.

I don't think anyone is triggered by blockchain on its own (although reading the room would suggested making blockchain a part of your product is dumb).

But calling blockchain and crypto "p2p" is like saying highways are social hangouts just because there are lots of people on them at any one time. There is no equivalence there, because the makers of this product are not making a social platform.

Sharpen your scam-detecting skills, my friend, for your own safety.

The operative phrase in that entire article "housing without profit".

Until that makes sense in north america, we will not take a page from Europe.

Canada doesn't have the capacity to build these, especially at low public fund margins.

Freeland isn't an idiot, she knows her way around trade. She's out of her league in transportation, though, I agree.

Parrot is a pentesting setup, it isn't practical or appropriate as a daily driver.