I really like the one with the fish

When did they understand anything? Fuck MS

Apparently one of the devs got a confirmation from NLnet for a grant, so GNU Taler will probably become another payment option in Liberapay.

https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/issues/1309#issuecomment-3245159778

https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-Liberapay/

Switzerland has GNU Taler. They launched it there a few months ago, lucky for you. Check its website: https://taler-ops.ch/de/

You just kind of need to wait for merchants to use it. Could become mainstream somewhere around 2028.

From wikipedia:

GNU Taler is a free software-based microtransaction and electronic payment system. Unlike most other decentralized payment systems, GNU Taler does not use a blockchain. A blind signature is used to protect the privacy of users as it prevents the exchange from knowing which coin it signed for which customer.

The wallet is like cryptocurrency wallets in that when you lose it (lose your cryptographic keys or phone), you lose all the money inside of it. So you must keep it safe like your own physical wallet. It works with NFC, so it can replace Google Pay or Apple Pay or whatever.

It also works offline, which is awesome. Though you do need to be online sometimes to refresh your digital money or they expire and become unspendable. The expiry is set by the GNU Taler operator.

Do keep in mind that receivers are NOT anonymous. Only senders are anonymous. This is by design and is there to apply tax to merchants and also combat fraud, etc.

You can learn how it works by reading their docs: https://docs.taler.net/

The FAQ is also a good thing to read: https://www.taler.net/en/faq.html

I think problem number 1 might be solvable if GNU Taler succeeds in europe as the digital euro backend. https://taler.net/

Of course this would only apply to people in the EU, but who knows, others might follow.

Well, looks like the lemmy devs (like any reasonable devs) will not accept LLM generated shit. So good luck with that.

DIDs are cool and all but I would trash your proposal because that is clearly llm bullshit. Put effort into it, seriously.

Oh and also, for big changes like these, you need to make a new RFC: https://github.com/LemmyNet/rfcs

Pies?

The dev told me this in Mastodon:

@asudox @crowdbucks

I am learning the Taler Protocol right now — so that I can understand how Taler can be added to CrowdBucks.

So, yes, we are looking at making CrowdBucks work with Taler.

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115097895209652675

My prof usually says “jain”, which is “ja” and “nein” merged.

I don’t, but I do get the feeling that it is.

Also you can check FediDB.

Another factor is this year’s canvas and last year’s.

Yep. We have Fediseer for such instances though.

No, the MAU (which is what I assume you meant) seems to be going down very slowly. Though it probably will start going up once again someday. Possibly when the new digg is released to the public or when Reddit pulls another shit that not even the current Redditors will be able to tolerate.

I personally don’t have a problem with the current state. I like it here. I recognize lots of people every day comment and post. It feels cozy.

Another Reddit with AI builtin.

Oh yeah, you’re right. I missed that lol

edit: but how did you know that the one on the top was missing the curve?

It’s an alternative to Reddit in the Fediverse.

The Fediverse is a network comprised of such software (Lemmy, Mastodon, PieFed, PixelFed, etc.)

Federation is the ability for different platforms to communicate using an agreed upon language (in the Fediverse, this language is called ActivityPub).

So if Instagram and Twitter were federated, you’d be able to post your photos on Instagram and have them also be on Twitter, all without having a seperate account at Twitter. All the likes and comments on Twitter will be available on Instagram and vice versa.

And because of this, servers (or instances of platforms) are not really dependant on each other. So even if lemmy.world were to shut down, every other instance will still operate just fine. For example, I run my own Lemmy instance lemmy.asudox.dev. Even if every other Lemmy instance were shut down, my instance will still continue operating without any issues. Any new instance can then link with my instance and start federating. The power of decentralization.

A nice video explaining the Fediverse by the Peertube team: https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD

The video and my explanation are over simplifications. Federation will not work between all instances the same. Mastodon and Lemmy don’t federate fully. For example, Mastodon has no communities. Mastodon users just post (or “toot”, like “tweet” in twitter) on their profile. So you can’t subscribe (or follow) users in Mastodon from Lemmy nor see their posts, unless they post it in a community (which appear as just another user in Mastodon).

If you want to know more about the technical details, check the specification for ActivityPub at W3C.

I say 5. Look at the 3 at the top. It has a flat bottom, while the one you want to know does not.

Not flawless, but also not catastrophic.

It seems like the problems I encounter lessen (or lessen in difficulty to troubleshoot) as I use arch linux more and more.

If you use amd hardware, then I guess you’ll have a good time with the distros. Most “user friendly” distros should work out of the box. Try switching to something other than debian based.

With the nvidia open kernel modules, it has been rather hassle free for me.

Also remember to check the arch wiki. It’s a great resource.

Spez will fuck with Reddit’s userbase and make the platform absolute bullshit to use, yet 90% of redditors will still keep sucking his dick over and over again.

“LeMmY iS tOo HaRd To UsE!! wTf Is An InStAnCe???”