2.0 (finally)

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Friendly reminder: last year I built FediMod FIRES, a protocol and reference server implementation for sharing moderation data.

I haven't yet been able to get anyone to adopt it or even signal intent to adopt. But regularly I see people complaining about the lack of data sharing when it comes to moderation, especially for combating spam, scams, and harassment. The tool is there, please use it!

Whilst I'm not actively working on FediMod FIRES this quarter, I did apply in November for a grant to continue that work, and last I heard a few weeks ago is that the grant made it to the next stage, so I may have some money again to fund development.

It's not 1.0.0 yet, because I decided it needed more work for me to be happy to call it that, but it is usable!

Installation is also super simple for data producers, literally two commands on debian or ubuntu boxes.

Learn more: fires.fedimod.org/manuals/refe

#moderation #fediblock #administration

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@mjdxp counterpoint (but not trying to invalidate your claim): we're in an era of free, easy to use game engines that most are used to at this point. while I absolutely agree that if someone can do it for older hardware then they should, it's a massive leap for someone to go from developing a game with C# and unity's object oriented system to putting together an entire engine themselves and using languages without classes or hell, even writing bare metal assembly.

that being said! there seems to be more modern solutions cropping up for older platforms like gb studio, which is apparently way easier to develop games in. and I think there are healthy homebrew communities for a bunch of older consoles now

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alright since vscode is currently hyped up on all the AI koolaid, what code editors do people recommend? ideally I want something with code completion etc that isn't a big giant IDE with stuff everywhere

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@haubles I think that the level of harassment on mastodon and the fediverse in general needs to be looked at. but yeah this was a disastrous microphone fumble and I'm glad to see this being addressed

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very controversial nsfw topic mentioned

like, correct me if I'm wrong but repeatedly posting on main about how you want bluey's dad to molest you isn't praxis, it's just concerning

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honestly speaking: patricia taxxon is a bit of a yucky person. she's a good musician and doesn't deserve all that harassment, but I really don't want anything to do with someone who repeatedly soapboxes about "taboo kinks"

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i've been keeping this a secret for half a year, but i can finally come clean now.

i spent months editing the entire star wars movie. at first i made subtle changes (colour correction, fake shot/reverse shot scenes, etc.), but as the movie went on, my edits got more and more absurd (extra powerpoint transition wipes, doom door open/close sound effects, etc.).

i can't upload the full thing for obvious reasons, but here's one of my favourite parts: the death star scene. spoilers for a movie that came out nearly four decades ago

(EDIT: now available to download)

#swle

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someone "posting about AI" could mean sharing news articles about it instead of advocating for everyone to use claude right now. I think we could majorly benefit from stepping back and trying to understand the situation before trying to kick everyone out of the bar

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like, someone not content warning for something isn't doing it out of malice 99% of the time, it's just how they post and then everyone rolling in to yell at them for Not Doing That is just going to make them want to leave instead of accommodating everyone

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