Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸
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What is the best structure of non-profit workers?
AI6YR Ben
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Probably showing my age, and now I really am just a grape farmer, but when did we start measuring the size of Data Centers in kilowatts? Processor performance used to be measure in MIPS and FLOPS which aligned somewhat with the useful work they would be doing. I could make a seriously large datacenter from a kW perspective that would be of little use if I used a bunch of shitty old power hungry chips. Am I missing something? #DataCenters
Mastodon Migration
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Reminder to #US Citizens to WRITE YOUR #DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVES ASAP to tell them NOT to support #ChuckSchumer as #SenateMajorityLeader. Preferably #Senators, but even the state party itself could end up weighing in.
#Schumer is part of the decades-long party leadership that has repeatedly failed, yet has entrenched themselves, and this month may be our last chance to remove him, but that only happens if Democrat Senators who are on the fence see massive amounts of opposition. The only way to do that is if people make their voices known. MAYBE someone will get together a protest in the next couple weeks, and MAYBE you'll be able to attend, but the one way you'll be able to make it clear FOR CERTAIN is to WRITE A LETTER.
It doesn't have to be long. Just tell them your name and voting address, so they can look up your voting record, and be firm that you DO NOT support Schumer as #Senate Majority Leader.
The vote is at the beginning of December. Give time to receive and process.
Getting Schumer out is literally THE MOST IMPORTANT thing we can do over the next couple weeks to stop #corruption and expand our #democracy. If we don't, we will have a much harder time over the next two years, and may not have another shot after the next election.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/117593068171654579
Oh how I wish for sodium lamps to make a comeback 😔
@Gargron
Also, streetlamps should not be the same colour as headlamps! It's dangerously confusing at night if you're tired...
Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
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"Secretary of Sport" sounds so much nicer than War, doesn't it?
"Canada's Secretary of Sport says the country will not allow Russian players to compete at the upcoming world junior championships, even if they already hold valid visas."
@openstreetmap Nice, I can select by country. Even more near? I wonder if i could auto-script an uMap.
Keep us posted with how this goes! We'd love to see more tools for the community to discover events!
AI6YR Ben
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THIS WEEK! Thu: Dennett; Fri: Sorry For Party Rocking: 2010-2015 Pop and EDM; Fri: Nu Metal vs. Emo; Sat: Reaper; Sat: Secret Psychedelica; Sun: Hubba Hubba Revue; Sun: Kristeen Young; Mon: Death Guild + Hubba; Tue: Soft Vein
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/latest.html?utm_source=sp_ma
@davidgerard @zzt @Salty Not the only thing Jensen Huang was pumping, I imagine.
@startrekgifs I, Borg
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The difference between blocking and purging is that a blocked account is still residing on the instance (even more so for user blocks instead of admin blocks). As the data is still there, it opens possibility for legal trouble. Full purges by instance moderation action is different.
The scope of my proposal is not to help curate and filtering content for instances, but to enable widespread coordinated action against content which was already created and is harmful without any room for interpretation.
approach could be any IP
That is a whole other issue. Scrapers and request spammers, not content spamming accounts, can be combated with already existing technology at the reverse proxy server. There are big crowdsourced IP banlists which are continuously updated.
I think subscribable block-lists for instance admins
This would be the easiest solution. But I think it will lead away from individualism of instances, as all decisions are automatically applied, instead of only a manually reviewed subset.
Your idea with applying the mod action after a threshold of other instances did it too is something to consider. It will keep individualism but also creates "avalanches" once enough instances in the network agreed on a decision, which might be even better for propagating swift action against general harmful content.
Full purges on PF/Pylova are a click of a checkbox when we ban an account.
A son of a bitch
Barron Trump...
Human trafficking
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/barron-trump-could-face-congressional-subpoena-over-andrew-tate-ties-after-new-indictment
Crypto & money laundering
https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/26/08/61323588/how-barron-trump-built-a-150-million-crypto-fortune-at-20-the-youngest-trump-is-worth-more-than-mother-melania
https://www.thelist.com/2102637/barron-trump-business-ventures/
Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
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In response to the Carney gov's $36 billion deduction for big corps & investors, the NDP is calling for a wealth tax of 1% on fortunes over $10M: #wealthtax #cdnpoli
"With the $40 billion that would produce annually, we could:
~ Make a down payment to build a network of 50 public grocery stores.
~ Triple the federal government's community housing investment to build 1M non-market homes.
~ Make a nation-building investment in healthcare, including funding pharmacare https://www.ndp.ca/take-action/wealth-tax-now/
@startrekgifs Descent
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Went to see Inferi last night. I got a spot right up front and as always the band played an amazing set. Stevie is an incredible vocalist and I am happy I got to see him perform on his last tour with the band.
@Ricardus I thought you were gonna be off base with this but you really got me
@Leyonhjelm Well played...
CEOs are having affairs?
I'm too burnt out to have an affair.
You know what would be really hawt right now? If someone would come read a book next to me while I nap on the couch.
Fantasies, man. Fantasies.
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