Even if you understand the tech, the fediverse has a content discovery problem. The content you want to see may actually exist. However, your instance needs knowledge of the content that best fits you. That’s what bluesky’s model does better.

I’m thankful to be in an area where my naive belief I’m pretty safe from wild fires turned out to be actually correct.

That’s encouraging!

Bluesky is another instance of effectively what you’re talking about, an open algorithm platform. In theory Skylight (ATProtocol short form video app) is as well.

This took me longer than I would like to admit to process

It’s not the media, it’s the recommendation algorithm.

They’re all a problem, but we have no way to regulate or monitor the algorithms as it stands.

Tiktok is an even higher risk because the recommendation algorithm is unknown to anyone on US soil. Nobody is going to whistleblow from the inside on TikTok because… they can’t; it’s all compartmentalized and nobody outside of China has access to the algorithm.

This whataboutism is about as valid as “her emails” because yeah, it’s a problem but there are also other problems to consider and reasons to get started fully acknowledging we won’t solve the entire problem.

Nearly everything until the talking heads get involved and turn different perspectives on an issue into polarization on an issue.

And games are more expensive than ever for studios to make and push to the market. Given that, I’m not surprised we have loot crates, micro transactions, and predatory dlc. A AAA game should have a baseline price closer to $200.

Yeah … then there are people the won’t buy games for more than $20 (not necessarily because they can’t afford it but because “it’s just a game”) … which is just kinda crazy to me (and disrespectful to the amount of work that went into the game).

Both can be bad.

Over the next few months, we’ll enhance the app further by adding more new features and releasing the Software Development Kit (SDK) that the new macOS app is based on, which we anticipate will serve as the basis for a highly requested Linux app.

It’s about content delivery, i.e. the CCP having direct control over what content (i.e. propaganda) is sent to Americans on the platform via their proprietary algorithm (with all the source code heavily guarded in mainland China).

I didn’t use mine a ton; I’ve mostly moved on to Bluetooth/AUX… But have driven both a 2001 Buick and 2012 Toyota with CD players in them and have no recollection of anything getting scratched up.

I read online that sometimes the insert/eject mechanism could scuff or scratch the CD. Any slot load CD player has this kind of risk.

Once it’s actually in the mechanism and playing though, it should be reasonably secure and there shouldn’t be much that would be able to scratch it.

Who knows, maybe I just got lucky.

They… Don’t though. At least, not in my experience.

Yeah, AMD basically said “tactical retreat” and tried to make a popular midrange card to get market share back up.

I don’t think they have long term plans to stay midrange only. They’ll keep working and once they have something that can compete, they’ll launch it.

CDs are read optically though

I think around 4 will do it. They say your stomach is what, two fists or so large? That seems about right

For anyone on Linux having problems getting into matches because the region isn’t available, switch to Proton bleeding edge for Hunt.

Loving all the bug fixes here!

If the screenshot says it all they don’t want that, they want exciting leftist news

Yeah, that could definitely be cool.

Cost would be a big factor … Fandom got big by being free and eventually replaced (or heavily customized) mediawiki to the point it’s unrecognizable.