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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • What if the Fediverse had its own full-scale News Network?

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  • I think 404 Media publishes on Ghost which uses activitypub.

  • Hurts every time.

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  • Yeah, The Old Place literally is beginning to feel like Facebook. A bot reposts some rage bait and a million oblivious commentors eat it up.

  • Hurts every time.

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  • Yeah I agree with you. I do think the only kind of instance administrators that don't eventually burn out are the kind with an absolute rock solid understanding of what it is they're trying to create and what kind of people they're trying to attract.

  • Hurts every time.

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  • I hear you, but I also believe that the balance you describe is size-independent. If the fediverse consisted of only three people, and one was an asshole, what's to gain from allowing that asshole to run rampant on your platform if you're trying to attract non-assholes to your anti-asshole platform? There is no scenario where that doesn't lead to burnout.

    Beehaw.org is a good example of an instance that defederated basically every other large instance and their users seem very happy about it.

    And if someone actually wanted to doomscroll and look at shitposts (I don't get it but they do exist)... they'll eventually just go to reddit or twitter where that experience will always be superior.

  • Hurts every time.

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  • I agree with your point, but disagree that the fediverse is too small to block all Tankies or that an instance "dies" when it owner enforces minimum standards of quality.

    I think we all would have been better off if instead of burning out, the Lemmings.world admins banned everything except a single post per day if that post was an absolute banger.

    If an instance admin wants to attract like-minded users to their instance, that instance needs to show people what their mind is like.

  • Hurts every time.

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  • "For a hot minute it was honestly great but eventually all that remained was tankies propaganda and depressing news. And probably a few non-political communities that sadly don’t really offset it for me."

    I'll never understand why someone would go through the trouble of starting an instance and then tolerate nonsense on the instance that they (again) literally own.

    The entire point of the fediverse is decentralizing power. So why are you making it worse for yourself abiding by someone else's rules? Did it occur to him that maybe his users don't want tankies and depressing news either?

    I get that keeping the engines running is thankless work a lot of the time but damn, don't make it harder on yourself because someone else (who is not you) wants to use your thing that you pay for and maintain to force their propaganda onto your users.

  • RIP to a real one. Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77.

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  • Thank you Internet for ruining everything I've ever enjoyed

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    RIP to a real one. Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77.

    arstechnica.com /culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

  • Should I subscribe to a data removal service (DeleteMe, Incogni, etc.)?

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  • They pretty much just remove you from all those different people finder websites. Not the data brokers that Meta (etc) sell to/from.

    It's still beneficial if you can afford it, but more likely to protect you from targeted scams or stalkers etc. than anything Big Tech.

  • Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs

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  • They were called that for most of their history until Jack Dorsey wanted to change the name to hype some crypto.

  • Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs

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  • Yes, Square is a product that Block sells. Block was actually called "Square" until relatively recently and Jack Dorsey became obsessed with Blockchain.

  • I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

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  • Immutability just means the system files can't be edited easily. Basically every time you update you're updating the entire OS all at once. Which is a good way to keep things stable while also modern!

    Unless there's an application not available via Appimage or Flatpak ("app store"), most users will never even come up against the immutability aspect.

  • Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs

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  • They own Square which is a card processing service typically used by small vendors. If you've ever gone to a festival or concert merch table or farmers market and they accepted credit card, it was probably Square.

  • Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs

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  • That's only a small part, they own Square.

  • Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs

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  • They own Square which you've almost certainly used if you ever paid a small vendor via a payment card (as opposed to cash).

  • Documentation for writing Lemmy 1.0 Plugins

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  • idk ask Nancy Rademaker

  • I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

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  • Are you kidding? It's excellent as an everyday desktop! It is basically Fedora Kinoite with a bunch of quality of life stuff for gaming.

  • Linux News Feed

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  • Very cool!

  • Documentation for writing Lemmy 1.0 Plugins

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  • Reddit decides to remove r/all

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  • And nothing of value was lost

    EDIT: After reading the comments in this thread I think I should elaborate...

    The only thing that makes Reddit not X or Facebook are their niche communities. For years, Reddit corporate has been moving to homogenize them and shove them all into a single algorithmic slop feed that auto-adjusts to what you linger on like Tiktok. /r/all and /r/popular are basically just endless slop feeds of bots reposing engagement bait for people with brain rot to look at while they poop. But having slop and topic-based communities in a single feed invites those brainrotted people to jump into any community they are not a member of and vomit all over it without learning the rules/culture/etc.

    Honestly I think focusing on and prioritizing their myriad small communities and not the people who want slop feed is a smart move for user retention. I still won't go back there, but I think it's a smart move.

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    The French government will stop using video conference tools from U.S. providers — including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex and GoTo Meeting — by 2027 and switch to Visio, a homegrown service.

    apnews.com /article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Goldman Sachs has launched an "S&P ex-AI" index that tracks the S&P 500 stocks not related to AI, offering investors a way to "hedge their exposure to the AI trade.

    www.axios.com /2026/02/20/ai-goldman-sachs-stocks-index
  • Risa @startrek.website
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    Now that the AMA has concluded we can get back to our usual serious business

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    What it feels like talking about Star Trek on reddit sometimes

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    ArsTechnica's response to the AI generated "quotations"

    arstechnica.com /staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
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    thisisfine.jpg

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    First time?

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Kira asks Sisko for a runabout... again

    www.instagram.com /p/DPFjARZDSJE/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation

    www.theregister.com /2026/02/09/the_linux_midlife_crisis_thats/
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    deez

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    How I imagine those crying "i tHouGHT StAr Trek WAs suPPosEd tO bE a UtOPia"

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    Some words of wisdom from Harry Kim on this Monday

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    How I Built the Star Trek control panel of my dreams

    www.theverge.com /tech/862070/lcars-homes-assistant-star-trek
  • Ereader @lemmy.ml
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    Is there a website that compares the various eInk screens?

  • Risa @startrek.website
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    shared without context

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    "One Night In Quarks Bar" ~ The Great Luke Ski

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    The recent Star Trek series are often criticized for "not being woke enough", but I've come to feel the envelope they are pushing is much more radical, bolder, and important to our specific time...

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    Cold weather in Florida is pushing back the Artemis II launch - The earliest possible date is now Feb 8th

    www.theverge.com /science/870767/nasa-artemis-ii-mission-launch-delay-sls-space-launch-system-orion-moon
  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Why Janeway and Chakotay never got close (Tim Russ' laugh kills me here)