Vlad the Paler

Ah yes, the russian approach! We can’t have the children from Ottawa suburbs dying in an invasion, can we?

Sorry, I’m confused: how so?

Interesting how petrostates wind up authoritarian, right? Even in Canada, the most right wing bootlickers are in Alberta.

I’m sure there are some interesting academic studies on that, historical connections and the political nature of extractive vs regenerative energy production.

So a war that boosts both oil and inflation plays into the fascist power grab globally.

Mucking about with dozens of extensions instead of users just installing an app seems pretty old skool, lol, brings me back to bbs life.

A discord replacement needs to have notifications, respond to calls, as well as share multiple screens.

It also needs to have enough upfront simplicity so that it garners adequate critical mass for network effects. This means a set and forget unified interface and standardized features.

So, Onomatopoeia there is wondering why xmpp isn’t standard, and I’m getting the sense that it is targeted at oldskool usage.

Discord is popular because it’s easy to start using, it has collaboration features like group screensharing, and it doesn’t assume an ubernerd is the target audience.

Maybe we’ll get a more unified, feature rich xmpp implementation, but until then, sounds like matrix/element is closer, despite its warts.

Neither of those client promo pages mention group calling. le sigh

Does it do screen sharing, group calls, etc.?

I’m using etke.cc in Germany. It’s a relatively easy setup and the hosting is matrix dedicated. Payment is a bit odd through ko-fi but otherwise it has been solid. They don’t have element calling fully enabled, it’s a bit conservative. Admin is easy and staff are responsive.

Yes, and yet all the great novels are deeply political, in a philosophical sense.

So is it taste? No, I think it’s more about honesty.

To be clear, different organic certification standards exist, and some, like oregon tilth, test soil for drift from the neighbouring fields. Part of why organic food is more expensive, it’s an externality from conventional agriculture.

Yeah, obviously. So, are they in denial or do they know something we don’t?

But… not the pilots and brass, apparently, they want the power platform promise that hasn’t been demonstrated yet.

Had to move a small team away from skype/teams quickly so renting dedicated matrix hosting in Europe and not federating the instance has been working great, except for some issues like group calls over jitsi not working properly and users reluctant to learn more odd interfaces.

Genocide bad. But topic: French/Russian relations. Expect downvotes for trying to hijack.

We do need to improve how we use the fediverse if we are going to cover topics fruitfully.

There’s more than one genocide currently happening, and if you are North American, you are passively participating. Please post that broader discussion in its own thread, it’s how discussion fora work. I will get you started: the genocide on turtle island hasn’t fully stopped. The Uyghurs are being erased. Island nations are being dispersed. Sudan is suffering. These are all urgent and connected, as with Gaza. We all have a stake.

This message paid for by The White House.

Um. I guess your intent was not clear, sure looks like you accuse OP.

You do understand that you started a shitthread by accusing OP of being a paid fascist, right? Then leaned into it. But most of your comment history is flip quips, so par I guess.

Trolling it is then, eh?

Don’t be a bonehead and drag down the discourse, Scotty there is regularly posting and commenting against the authoritarian regime in the US as well.

Lemmy has a lot of reddit-like baggage, but it’s a small community, it’s easy to recognize users and verify their history, and even tag them if you use the right reader.

If you’re canadian you already paid for cbc publishing the transcript, so here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-speech-davos-rules-based-order-9.7053350