Oh trust me, stuff you didn’t even imagine could exist can be found in that wretched hive of depravity and fornication. If you never click any of that, the algorithm won’t know how dirty your mind is. On the other hand, you could also do the exact opposite and click on everything horny. That will turn your whole feed into a wicked orgy. Let’s just say that it’s a surprisingly versatile site.

We are witnessing the next step along the way to a completely fragmented web. Sort of like the DataKrash, but in slow motion. This time, it’s driven by legislation instead of a single netrunner.

That’s partially true. If you use the official mastodon app, you get the following feeds; following, local, lists and followed hashtags. If you use the web UI, you can also see the federated feed. A different client app, like Ice Cubes, gives you a trending feed as well.

Nah. Mastodon can handle that.

So, if you can’t even use Xitter for porn is there anything left? What even is the propose of that site any more?

I’ve only heard about UK, Australia and certain states in America. If you live in Kazakhstan next to Borat, you should be fine.

As always, EU is complicated, so we’ll have to wait and see how that works out.

Compliance depends on the instance. Pick an instance where the admin doesn’t give a dingo’s kidney, or an instance located in a country where the local law doesn’t require age verification.

Can confirm. These are the three cancers of the internet. Amazon is the fourth.

Microbes eat filth, so they are filth. Bugs eat the microbes, so bugs are also filth by extension. Rats eat those bugs, foxes eat the rats, humans eat the foxes etc. It’s just filth all the way.

True, but this kind of psychopath level behavior is very telling. You’ll know exactly how much they respect you.

When those companies roll out new features, are they opt-in, opt-out or sneaky stealth assassin features that just stab you in the back one day without any warning?

It’s a bit more complicated than that though. Most people can’t buy a property, because they don’t have enough money. In order to go around that problem, they either borrow money or rent the property. Either way, some extra money always goes somewhere.

Some of it is justified, because you need to go around the problem not having enough money to buy a house. However, there are many cases where that extra expense is absolutely wild and rooted in greed.

Actually, if you happen to own the property, some extra money will go to periodic maintenance and miscellaneous expenses you never even think of if you just rent the place. You just don’t pay for those things every month a little bit at a time. Instead, you pay a large bill once a year or an enormous bill every 10 years.

How is photography profitable now that AI can generate images, there’s no shortage of stock photo sites and there’s no shortage of willing photographers? How are you supposed to compete in a market with oversupply of photos and photographers?

If you really want to play this game in hard mode, you can also pick other arts like poetry or painting. Should lead to bankruptcy just as fast.

Boiling it in nitrogen is so much more fun.

Gastronomy and botany can’t agree on anything…

On top of that, knowing a bit about your colleagues makes it more comfortable to work with them. It will be easier to approach them and ask for help or advice when you need it.

Obviously, everyone isn’t quite that social, so you need to respect the boundaries — your own and theirs. If you can come to an understanding about what can be shared, how much, and when, then you start to see the benefits. The atmosphere becomes more chill, and you’ll have more energy to get stuff done.

Alternatively, you may find out that you don’t want to be around some people, and that’s valuable information too. Some people are toxic, and getting to know them a little bit will help you make more informed decisions in the future. If you never chat with anyone, those toxic people might end up hurting you later.

Hmmm… That gives me an idea.

I know someone who might be a narcissist. Maybe I could exploit this vulnerability to expose him. You know, just to test my suspicions. Could just say something that mildly challenges his ego and see how he responds. If he menages to keep his cool like a normal person, then my hypothesis was wrong and I don’t have to be so suspicious of him any more.

Children aren’t obsessed with technically correct punctuation, whereas LLMs are. For example, they just love to use em dashes — like this.

Oh, but you gotta drop a chmod nuke at least once to feel the terror having done something irreversible. As a bonus, you’ll also gain a brand new appreciation for snapshots.

Wait, what? People wait at the border?

Normally, you just drive through without thinking about it. Later, you realize from the traffic signs that you must already be in the other country, and you missed the border again.