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With BlueSky moving towards finally opening up federation, I'm interested in how people feel about it? in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

[–] raymccarthy@historians.social 4 points 11 months ago

@aidasb @gytis @ajsadauskas @fediverse
https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
Though smart phone is since 1998, not 2005. ARM based from about 2002.
See also SMS vs Google vs Apple iMessage.
Also Mail on Android isn't. It's using Google servers with your settings. You can install real email clients on Android. Also Google has "taken over" SMS & MMS on Android phones.
Don't adopt AT or negotiate with any platform. Let them adopt AP and don't give them a seat on development. Google is wrecking Web Browsers.

Scientists discover huge, heat-emitting blob on the far side of the moon in c/science@kbin.social

[–] raymccarthy@historians.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Arotrios
it's the nuclear waste that propelled Moon Base Alpha into space in 1999
cooling down a bit in 24 years.

Called it. Elon's doing exactly what I thought he would do: [https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/109979152813584947](https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/109979152813584947) in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] raymccarthy@historians.social 3 points 1 year ago

@ajsadauskas @technology Since recently you can't report evil adverts on Twitter/X
He's about to shoot the bird. Egotism.
Same scammy product / service appears with different name when muted/blocked.