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The original concept looks good but it, seemingly, didn't last. The business model of, "owned by somebody who can sell it", may be at the root. The possibilities that existed then,…

I've found myself trying to avoid email, for the enshittification that I've not been able to avoid. This will make it worse. Solutions? At least some could involve key exchange. Ho…

The program is gold. It enables you to speedily and almost effortlessly build up code, in a way that I haven't seen elsewhere.

One formulation is that these are hallucinations. Another is that these systems are "orthogonal to truth". They have nothing to do with truth or falsity. One expression of that ide…

If there's an option to using alternatives to those you don't trust, like Google or Apple, that's good. If not you need to find an alternative service. You need the choice.

Facebook does this already. Not only posts and comments but also messages between two people. The system is used to hide content, change content, shadow ban and the like. Even by i…

I'm unconvinced that this was dealing with humans. To me it looks like automated systems that synthesise human style interactions. The code isn't ready for release but they did any…

On this issue I suggest figuring it out for yourself. Look into the technology a bit and decide. This issue illustrates that public pronouncements and published material can be mis…

I'm not using DDG but I have checked how many sites use Google facilities which track. A lot more than 0.3.

1. Many of the creators of web sites and many of the users have changed. The creators often know diddly squat except some framework, they often work for a dullard and produce dull …

Roger made a major contribution, in a quiet way. Thoughts are with all those who miss him.

How do we even know, from that article, that this is a computer generated being?

A defeatist piece. If you're determined and have initiative you can achieve a lot. If you depend on the legislators in society, like this author, you may indeed be doomed. But you …

This needs to be opt in. Both from a web site and from a user.

I see something which may be referred to here. I'm acquainted with people on social media who find that what they write on Facebook (say) is banned by the algorithmic being that re…

The decision making points seem to be known: * Google kills projects at an increasing rate, the warning may be days * Google has in the past destroyed quality images in their care …

I haven't signed up with Signal because it's a source of surveillance for me. It gives out a phone number. It also leaks contact lists making it worse. A communication medium has n…

Should you not tell your contacts that you gave their details to Clubhouse?

Just remember, Iranian intelligence is no doubt monitoring this discussion.

Is there any need not to have, online, in person discussions and learn for yourself, mixed to suit you and the institution? I think not. Neither a one size fits all online lecture …

I don't understand the background here. There is one thing we can all do, if we care about Tor, donate now.

I suspect that there are organisations that deliberately design their reporting systems to prevent reporting. This article covers some big name companies, there are others that are…

Why isn't there a successful distributed alternative to YouTube and the like?

Some things to consider (we're doing most of these): 1. Find out what is going on, the Interwebs are your friends. The press and politicians aren't much use. The bureaucracy (China…

A fascinating area. I've seen several people getting into it in one way or another: Blendle The system in the Brave browser Scroll ... What I really want is: 1. A friction free way…