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Please note that Pidgin is still GTK2 but there is a GTK4 version in the works that has a more modern interface. I think they welcome donations to make that go more quickly.
Where can we donate to keep the GTK2 interface as long as possible?
I would just like to say that I am excited for Bluesky to exist. It might go poorly, but I'm unwilling to write off weird attempts at innovation before the technology has had a chance to evolve in the wild. I've seen several posts lately that have made me feel like the HN sentiment towards Bluesky is negative. Throwing them under the bus for the domain validation mistake. Hatred at commercialization of a protocol. Qu…
Others taught me long ago to try to keep something of a 'critical eye' turned on whenever I'm reading news etc. I try not to judge simply for the sake of judging, nor let past impressions completely overwhelm info right in front of me, but having some sort of basic impression / expectation of people, journals, newspapers, websites, etc. is helpful in avoiding some time wastage and filling my mind up with (more) utter nonsense.
I end up disagreeing with / doubting many comments on HN, yet still get a LOT out of reading even those comments - just in the sense of sort of the 'zeitgeist' and what sorts of BS I'm likely to come upon elsewhere.
... IMAO (in my arrogant opinion)
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>Last time Jack Dorsey was in charge of Twitter, they did essentially nothing about CSAM. I am going to assume you have no evidence Twitter's new management is more active in combating child porn. You can, I'm sure, find evidence of them claiming they're taking a stand, but what they've actually done is gut the safety and moderation teams. The rise of hateful speech, on the other hand, is quite clear. We have seen a…
>terrorists organizations like ISIS, many of them "verified" How terrible. Got a link to a single ISIS verified account? >downranks left-wing organizations Source? >IQ statistics without using them as a pseudo-scientific fig leaf to justify genocide I haven't seen a single IQ researcher who uses their research to advocate genocide. Got any links for proof?
The download link is dead. Maybe someone should put this on BitTorrent/IPFS/... and share a magnet here?