Picture of a thing, but what is the thing?
Sorry for the bad quality.
My grandfather had this in his office. He worked as a computer engineer so I initally thought it was a zoomed-in picture of a computer chip or something, but maybe it is something large.
He's not alive anymore so I can't ask him. If somebody can help me out, that would be great.
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Subscribers can access the archive, so for instance you can read the complete interview with the technician who erased the Second Arrangement tape: https://expandingdan.substack.com/p/steely-dan-second-arrangement-erased-interview
I agree, you can't blame Meta for asking for NDA's, but the mods could have refused to sign them. Others have done so since: https://fosstodon.org/@kev/110592625692688836
These mods signed NDA's in order to meet with Meta. This means they cannot share what was discussed. This is one of the reasons there are so many rumours about Meta's plans and how these meetings fit in.
Yes, that's an excellent post as well. I would add this one too: https://ianbetteridge.com/2023/06/21/meta-and-mastodon-whats-really-on-peoples-minds/
That's exactly the Meta we're talking about. The most likely explanation is that Facebook wants to compete with Twitter and/or Bluesky and is planning to build an app using the ActivityPub protocol, which is what sites like Mastodon and Lemmy use to communicate with each other. Basically the idea seems to be that Instagram users will be able to communicate with the rest of the Fediverse.
Two weeks ago, it turned out a couple of mods of the larger instances had had secret (!) meetings with Meta. In a reaction, a group of instances decided to start a pact to preemptively block Meta.
And here's already a first edit by a Redditor: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPkv8LRI_Wp9DD_ckgfhC9kZPKXxVxsU/view
Best thread I've seen thus far on the issue of Meta joining the Fediverse
All this conversation about #Meta on #Fedi feels like the worst parts of geek culture. So technical, without understanding context or what strikes can actually do. My thoughts: Meta will make a great app for Fedi because it has more money to throw at the task. People will start using that because i...
Nice to see this sub is starting to get off the ground! IWNDWYT
Fantastic! I can't wait to hear what people can do with this.
Cimcie Nichols has a YT channel where she posts all sorts of material her dad shot of the Dan: https://yewtu.be/channel/UC7CImXvJPWXx2tQ0zvbAj4A
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The shocking news this week was that a couple of admins of large Mastodon instances were talking with Meta (under NDA's!), so it seems your hope (and mine) will be in vain.
Truth.social was actually never part of the Fediverse. It does use AcitivtyPub, but it doesn't federate with other instances: https://pocketnow.com/trump-truth-social-network-removes-most-freedom-friendly-features-fediverse/
I live in the Netherlands and see about 150 different species of birds every year. That sounds like a lot, but even fifteen years of birding adds up to only about 270 species total. Perhaps this is because I never go somewhere to see a particular bird, I just go to nature reserves because they are beautiful. I have a small list of birds I very much would like to see, but I don't go out of my way to find them.
/r/scams forced to reopen
https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/14c9hlo/reopening_but_not_for_the_reasons_you_may_suspect/
On Mastodon there was this whole thing about users calling themselves Twitter refugees, and people expressing their displeasure with the term. It does feel a bit inappropriate to equite youself with actual refugees. We're just moving from website to another.
Thank you for creating this. I wonder if Lemmy has those counter flair thingies, that would be nice. But anyway: IWNDWYT!