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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5806576

> > Why shouldn't they? You've arranged to have product you didn't create shipped to a warehouse you don't operate to be stored by a system you don't maintain to be sold on a storefront under a brand you made up and that you didn't create to be fulfilled by a shipping apparatus instead of you going to the UPS Store. What exactly are YOU doing here that merits a payday? Mediating a relationship between Amazon and a Chinese manufacturing firm? They already have tons of those. > > > Maybe your point just sucks because finding some cheap garbage on AliExpress that you can sell with instagram ads isn't actually all that hard, or that much work, which is probably why this exact business model was sold to people who, as stated by people selling it, had low skills and no interest in acquiring them, so they can generate passive income by operating an automated storefront on Amazon. > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37668690 > > > Say what you will about their means of getting it, but this person did 100% of the leg work of getting that sale. That sale doesn't exists without them. > > > What leg work? Customer acquisition? They paid amazon for that. Delivery? They paid amazon for that. Manufacturing? They paid China for that. > > > The sale wouldn't exist without anyone in the pipeline (Amazon, manufacturer in China, shipping merchant, etc.) > >> I think it's actually worse than that. The merchant is the only party that is not needed. > >> In fact, calling a lot of these folks "merchants" at this point is probably a little too generous. Amazon is the merchant. Many of these other guys are sourcing and marketing "partners" for Amazon and the manufacturers. > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37666435 > > > That's literally the meaning of being a monopoly: There are no other distribution channels that can compete with Amazon. They are a distribution monopoly. > >> There is no monopoly in distribution. The vast majority of items are bought offline. Walmart, Costco, Target, Kroger and on and on and on and on. > > >> The world wide web + google and facebook make finding eyeballs open for all. Fedex, UPS and USPS make shipping products open to all. Stripe makes accepting payments open to all. Cheap 3rd party manufacturing makes making things open to all. > > >> We've probably never been further from a monopoly in any of the areas in question. The reason it's so damn hard to make any money selling random products is that there is just so much competition.

Mastodon discussion

Kbin.social and one lemmy instance with queer furries were mentioned in the article.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4365037

> ! > > ! > > https://twitter.com/snowmaker/status/1698220809398124978 > > This is all the information at this time. A VC dropped this thread and another VC responded saying pls delete. May develop into more drama. Big money involved.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/2628014

> Charlie Jane Anders discusses KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act). > > If you're in the US, https://www.stopkosa.com/ makes it easy to contact your Senators and ask them to oppose KOSA. > > > "A new bill called the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, is sailing towards passage in the Senate with bipartisa>n support. Among other things, this bill would give the attorney general of every state, including red states, the right to sue Internet platforms if they allow any content that is deemed harmful to minors. This clause is so vaguely defined that attorneys general can absolutely claim that queer content violates it — and they don't even need to win these lawsuits in order to prevail. They might not even need to file a lawsuit, in fact. The mere threat of an expensive, grueling legal battle will be enough to make almost every Internet platform begin to scrub anything related to queer people. > > > The right wing Heritage Foundation has already stated publicly that the GOP will use this provision to remove any discussions of trans or queer lives from the Internet. They're salivating over the prospect. > > > And yep, I did say this bill has bipartisan support. Many Democrats have already signed on as co-sponsors. And President Joe Biden has urged lawmakers to pass this bill in the strongest possible terms."

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4351466

> kbin dev responds again > > hexbear chapos > >

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3058732

> Red site (50-some comments, high): https://lobste.rs/s/l2l1v8/hashicorp_adopts_business_source > > Orange site (600-some, decent): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37081306

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2926894

> The developer finally grew a spine and realized he didn't want to do it for free. So he added some code to his library (SponsorLink) that runs in your IDE, reads your .gitconfig, checks if your email address is registered as a sponsor, and possibly slows down your build if it's not. > > Reddit reactions: > > https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15m2q0o/moq_a_net_mocking_library_now_ships_with_a > > https://old.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/15m2lg2/moq_now_ships_with_a_closedsource_obfuscated > > https://old.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/15ljdcc/does_moq_in_its_latest_version_extract_and_send > > I wonder if anyone at Microsoft uses this internally 😂. > > The Github issue and Reddit threads on this are pretty calm. Maybe there will be more drama in the coming days/weeks, when companies forbid their employees from using this library, and code monkeys have to rewrite all their unit tests. Redditors are trying to reportmaxx SponsorLink but nothing has happened yet.

> I have made the painful and necessary decision to undertake a restructuring and we will reduce the size of our team by up to approximately 12%. This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/834310

> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/834308 > > > Archived version: https://archive.ph/cQmID > > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230729214729/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/apple-rejects-new-name-x-for-twitter-ios-app-because-rules/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2246145

> Announcement by SO

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2245867

> ! > > https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/pull/180 > > ! >

Threads usage continues to fall. (July 21st)

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Hmm, wonder what sort of chatter is going on over on Orange Site from the past week

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One post with over 100 updoots, only 40 comments. Other posts are literally dead.

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Well, there is a Drama website. Let's see what sort of drama they've gotten from Zuck

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It's Zuckover

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Not a good look for threads

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2212161

> ! > > Google's argument > > Highlights: > > > The only way around the dystopia this will lead to is to constantly and relentlessly shame and even harass all those involved in helping create it. > > > Mozilla should call for Google's removal from the W3C over this implementation of Web Environment Integrity. "But Chrome has 65% market share, what good is the W3C without them?” If Google can take unilateral action to fundamentally change the basic principles of the web, then the W3C is already useless. This will give Google a clear choice: if they want to maintain the idea that the W3C matters, they should withdraw this implementation. > > > It is unbelievable that over the course of 3 days, the potential future of the web has been put in such dire straits. There's already an existing, far less troubling (while still bad), proposal in the form of Private Access Tokens going through a standards committee that Google chose to ignore. They presented this proposal in the shadiest way possible through a personal GitHub account. They immediately shut down outside contribution and comments. And despite the blowback they are already shoving a full implementation into Chromium. > > What we need is real action, and this is the role Mozilla has always presented itself as serving. A "true" disinterested defender of the ideals of the web. Now is the time to prove it. Simply opposing this proposal isn't enough. This is about as clear and basic an attack on what fundamentally differentiates the web from every walled garden as possible. If someone drafted a proposal to the W3C that stated that only existing browsers should be allowed to render web pages, the correct response would not be to "take the stance that you oppose that proposal," it would be to seriously question whether the submitting party should even participate in the group. Make no mistake, that is what is happening now. > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36877227 > > JFC this is scary

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/147628

> Synopsis: > The article discusses the FBI's seizure of the Mastodon server and emphasizes the need for privacy protection in decentralized platforms like the Fediverse. It calls for hosts to implement basic security measures, adopt policies to protect users, and notify them of law enforcement actions. Users are encouraged to evaluate server precautions and voice concerns. Developers should prioritize end-to-end encryption for direct messages. Overall, the Fediverse community must prioritize user privacy and security to create a safer environment for all. > > Summary: > > Introduction > - We are in an exciting time for users wanting to regain control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook. > - However, decentralized platforms like the Fediverse and Bluesky must be mindful of user privacy challenges and risks. > - Last May, the Mastodon server Kolektiva.social was compromised when the FBI seized all electronics, including a backup of the instance database, during an unrelated raid on one of the server's admins. > - This incident serves as a reminder to protect user privacy on decentralized platforms. > > A Fediverse Wake-up Call > - The story of equipment seizure echoes past digital rights cases like Steve Jackson Games v. Secret Service, emphasizing the need for more focused seizures. > - Law enforcement must improve its approach to seizing equipment and should only do so when relevant to an investigation. > - Decentralized web hosts need to have their users' backs and protect their privacy. > > Why Protecting the Fediverse Matters > - The Fediverse serves marginalized communities targeted by law enforcement, making user privacy protection crucial. > - The FBI's seizure of Kolektiva's database compromised personal information, posts, and interactions from thousands of users, affecting other instances as well. > - Users' data collected by the government can be used for unrelated investigations, highlighting the importance of strong privacy measures. > > What is a decentralized server host to do? > - Basic security practices, such as firewalls and limited user access, should be implemented for servers exposed to the internet. > - Limit data collection and storage to what is necessary and stay informed about security threats in the platform's code. > - Adopt policies and practices to protect users, including transparency reports about law enforcement attempts and notification to users about any access to their information. > > What can users do? > - Evaluate a server's precautions before joining the Fediverse and raise privacy concerns with admins and users on the instance. > - Encourage servers to include privacy commitments in their terms of service to resist law enforcement demands. > - Users have the freedom to move to another instance if they are dissatisfied with the privacy measures. > > What can developers do? > - Implement end-to-end encryption of direct messages to protect sensitive content. > - The Kolektiva raid highlights the need for all decentralized content hosts to prioritize privacy and follow EFF's recommendations. > > Conclusion > - Decentralized platforms offer opportunities for user control, but user privacy protection is vital. > - Hosts, users, and developers must work together to build a more secure and privacy-focused Fediverse.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2067119

> Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node::undefined

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2066580

> Screenshots provided due to login wall > > —— > > let me browse this "tech" forum and see what kind of tech-related posts there are: > > > USA is sinking ship, India is rising tide > > > India has so many startups these days: Meesho, Swiggy, Paytm, CRED, Groww, and more, while USA is dying from mass shootings, inflation, woke politics. In 20 years, all the world will be moving to India for tech jobs. Then Americans will know how backlogged visa feels. > > ----- > > > india is going backward. will reach to 7th century if modi/bjp continues. > >> you must be a bhakt and not see reality. > >>> Didnt know some folks enjoyed mughal rapists and brit bayonets up theirs, and want it back so much. > >>>> Unfortunately, they have tremendous power and will get elected. I guess we are closer to 7th century. Now we will go back to BC. I am considering rural areas where people are still killed and woman are raped just because they are minorities > >>>>> Like Louisiana? > > There's like another 15 comments in this chain > > ! > > > India doesnt need a copycat - uber, amazon good enough what it need is clean public toilets, free birth control, mass transportation, side walk for people to live healthy lifestyle. What is the point of sitting in traffic for hours so much pollution, trash, poop, filtth, mosquitoes, dirt and potholes ? India is populous and it needs some unique solution cities more like in europe and singapore and not aspire to be like usa coz unfortunately its not gonna happen. > > > 700k H1b applications in 2023 and among them 550k is from India. Explains where people want to settle. > > ! > > ! > > OP, where do you live? Bangladesh? > > Can't forget the obligatory post asking if OP is from Pakistan or Bangladesh >

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2055726

> Linux vs BSD is one of the funniest and most hilarious meme fights I see these days. > > Overall i think though that Linux OP was a bit of /r/lostredditors here because he came unprepared