tormeh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's illegal, unfortunately. Only qccredited investors can invest into private companies. There should be a lower limit on that rule, say $100 or something, so naive investors could invest play sums in potentially shady stuff. But there isn't, so you can't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think it theoretically can't be done. The protocol allows anyone to query for posts, and it has to work that way unless you want to move ActivityPub federation to an invite-only system. On most servers I think browsing while being logged out is sufficient, just like on pre-Musk Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Mounting solar panels on roofs - like all roof work - is dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unfortunately not. For me the main problem is discoverability. There's no recommendation algorithm except for boosts. I'm not suggesting Mastodon integrate some kind of machine learning or other advanced stuff, but number of likes from followed accounts and a threshold would be nice for a start. As it is, Mastodon is just bad for entertainment purposes. Maybe it works for other purposes, but for entertainment I'd rather have the algorithm-fuelled quote-tweet dunking on Twitter.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago

MySQL sucks, and almost everyone who willingly use it also sucks.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Funding issues, according to the article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I think they just say that. If they truly hated it they'd stop playing, unless they get paid to play. What they have are gripes with the game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you've played a game you despise for 60h then I think your opinion on that game is invalid and your opinion on games in general is suspect.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

You have to wonder if they ever played Cyberpunk 2077 (incl. Phantom Liberty) before they came up with that line. The only AAAA game. Maybe not the best game ever, but it definitely felt like the most expensive game ever.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

No, the way it's often used is closer to "posh guest worker".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's more that the bureaucracy is so complex and fragmented that it's incredibly hard to digitalize. Lots of small fiefdoms that are entitled to make IT purchasing decisions themselves means paper is the only universal interchange format. In addition there is an unwillingness to change how things have always been done, or to simplify procedures. So there you have it: The German bureaucracy is too fat to move.

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