As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the 'fediverse' by smallpatatas in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, Meta is listed as one of their partners

Conservatives call on Elon Musk to step in after Liberals provide loan to Ottawa-based satellite operator by smallpatatas in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Did no one in the replies happen to notice that this is a loan

Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' | Business Insider India by smallpatatas in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

Corporations and surveillance?

If You Bought Bored Ape NFTs at the Peak, You’ve Lost 93% of Your Investment - Decrypt by smallpatatas in c/buttcoin@awful.systems
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

1 Ape = 1 Ape

Canada is not broken. by smallpatatas in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Why not do both?

Canada is not broken. by smallpatatas in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

What's the problem with drag queens reading to kids, exactly?

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What's your favourite bitwig trick? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/bitwig@lemmy.studio
0 comments fedilink

Relative newcomer to Bitwig, making music as a hobby. Mostly in-the-box synths & samples stuff, but sometimes I'll record instruments or vocals too.

The last DAW I was using was Cubase v5 (lol), so I've been checking out some tutorials on Bitwig's workflow and functionality. I really like the ease of adding subtle expression variations, and the modulation options are an absolute game-changer.

But I feel like I've only scratched the surface - what are some features that are not quite so obvious that you like to use?

Nov 5th? Is he planning to blow up parliament? by smallpatatas in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

Like it or not, things sometimes become symbols for other things, and especially given the political climate, it makes sense for people to get their guard up if they see something that looks like one of those symbols that represents, say, an utterly toxic ideology.

Not wanting to make others navigate that stuff unnecessarily is a sign of thoughtfulness and pro-social tendencies, not weakness.

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Indigenous leaders burn PRGT pipeline agreement, blockade B.C. road | The Narwhal (thenarwhal.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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B.C. landlords allowed to impose massive rent hikes after mortgage payments spike by smallpatatas in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

How on earth is it possible for an arbitrator to just override legislation like this?

Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) by smallpatatas in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I mean, I was lucky to find a life-partner before dating apps were the default, so I'm going to be speaking a little out of turn here.

But I'd imagine that if those apps were a little more friction-y - like, if people weren't using an almost literally frictionless swipe left and right, but instead were encouraged by the interface to learn something about a person first, or, say, had to click reasons why they were swiping left or right - that it would be easier to make meaningful connections. You'd be designing in self-reflection and curiosity.

And sure, you might turn away some users by doing that - but what if that's actually a good thing?

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Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) (designingfriction.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org
10 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/39429322

Interesting essay looking at the role of friction in human development, and how a particular vision of technology's function in society - one that seeks to eliminate friction - paradoxically reduces our autonomy, rather than enhancing it.

This post was reported as spam on technology @ lemmy.world, and was removed, then eventually reinstated, by the mods. The original reason for removal was "it's not really technology-related." I suspect it's being brigaded due to my cryptocurrency criticism, but I have no way to know for sure.

(Edit - update: I have now been banned from technology @ lemmy.world for ... I guess asking the mods how this isn't tech-related? LOL)

Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) by smallpatatas in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

normalizing scams, by laundering their image via standards organizations, pollutes our communications environment. Both an emoji and a petition are symbolic - and our symbols are in fact important.

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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
367 comments fedilink

35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

F that

Petition: Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji by smallpatatas in c/buttcoin@awful.systems
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

i dont know i just posted a silly thing and all hell broke loose 😭

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Petition: Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/buttcoin@awful.systems
101 comments fedilink

35 crypto companies made a Change Dot Org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji"

F that

Sign this one instead: "Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji": https://www.change.org/bitcoin-is-stupid

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From the White House to Caesar's Palace: Trump at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/buttcoin@awful.systems
4 comments fedilink
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From the White House to Caesar's Palace: Trump at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink
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From the White House to Caesar's Palace: Trump at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC by smallpatatas in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 29 points 5 months ago

more controls for enterprise customers to manage and govern Recall data

ahh ok so this is employee monitoring software

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The Slow Fedi Movement: Toward a Green, Independent, and Equitable Fediverse (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
26 comments fedilink

The Fediverse - especially the microblogging side of it - has deep issues when it comes to environmental sustainability.

And the high resource requirements, which result from an incredible level of redundancy, aren't just bad environmentally: they make running a server more costly, and increase our reliance on Big Tech's infrastructure.

I wrote about all this, along with some suggestions for how we can improve things somewhat.

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