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Sadly, some ISPs have yet to adopt it. Bell Canada is notoriously slow on it, and shows no signs of starting.

I agree. The certainty is reassuring. I also would never want my computer to touch even the most remotely objectionable material. I've contemplated running a Lemmy instance before,…

Adoption is gonna be difficult. Many users don't care that much about privacy in general. So getting them to change their habits is a tall order. Furthermore, a lot of sites see TO…

This will likely go in the direction of cable. Starting out paying and not having ads to ending up having the worst of both worlds.

I've never worked in an open office space myself. I imagine there'd be a lot of distractions due to the factors you've listed. It's not that difficult to go up to someone else's cu…

I'm glad to hear that bundling is already a thing. Combining that with a message queue will help a lot to ensure consistency.

Originally USB-C was supposed to be convenient and easy to use. One port for many different purposes. Instead we have what we have now: a complete mess of a standard that makes it …

ActivityPub relies on a lot of POST requests being relayed from instance to instance in a full mesh style of networking. I have a lot of doubts about its scale, and also it's relia…

It's depressing because short fiction has the ability to evoke strong emotions in such few words. I remember finding Flowers for Algernon much more impactful as a short story, than…

No insight on the cause. My condolences to her family, and hopefully her passing was peaceful and painless.