This week we were mainly busy to prepare Lemmy version 0.9.0, which we plan to release on Monday. That version will include the database rewrite which @dessalines worked for over a month, as well as some breaking API changes. We will also provide ARM builds which many people have asked for. …
You could setup external authentification such as LDAP which handles accounts for all services in a single place. But I dont know how hard it is to setup, and if all the projects you mention support it (Lemmy doesnt have it yet).
The way wikipedia chooses its sources is also very problematic. Many good sources are not allowed at all. This comment has some details.
That they cant say why the user was suspended because of privacy reasons sounds like an excuse. All they have to say is which specific rule was violated, no personal details needed. Unless they want to keep something secret, maybe a court order?
Eventually they wrote back, explaining that it was disabled "as part of an investigation into the OGUers forum." (I censored it because it is an illegal site (?) ) I didn’t remember ever being a part of OGUsrs, and a search in my inbox revealed no emails from the forum.
This is even worse. It sounds like the user was identified based on a data leak from that forum, and not due to activity on protonmail. So it likely went through a government agency. All without giving the user a chance to defend themselves, guilty until proven innocent.
Overall this makes Protonmail even more suspicious than it already was. I wouldnt be surprised at all if the CIA was behind it.
I would say the main problem with Wikipedia is the fact that it is all controlled by a single organisation in the United States. So no matter where someone lives or which language of Wikipedia they want to contribute to, in the end that organisation in the United States can decide whether or not it is acceptable. That might not be so bad for things like math or science, where an objective truth exists. But when it comes to topics like politics, there are many groups who hold different opinions, and it is impossible to give an objective truth.
The best way to solve this problem is likely with completely separate wiki instances run by different countries, organisations or political groups. These could use ActivityPub to federate with each other, and share some of the articles. For example, articles about math could be shared across most instances, while each instance might have its own version of an article for a controversial political topic.
Implementing something like that seems very hard though, and so far I dont think anyone has tried to implement a federated wiki.
A very interesting read. The article is specifically about feminist groups, but I think the same problem is also common in other leftist groups…
We forgot to write a development update last week, so we are including last week’s work in this update as well. …
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Its a very interesting video. Disclaimer, I dont agree with every point that he makes. But the account also has many newer videos which are more specific, and more accurate…
Also much easier to learn than I thought. Just half an hour yesterday and half an hour today, and already I can go 20 km/h without a problem, or take tight curves. …
What do you think, does it explain things well who dont know anything about ActivityPub? Anything that is unclear or missing? …
It looks like a very useful tool for a use case I have, but I would like to test it before setting up a server myself. And are there any other ebook libraries that work in the browser, which I might give a try? …
In German we use the term “US-American”, much better I think.