Obligatory mention of Kagi

And my code link for 3 people to try it for 3 months.

There is a difference between probably backdored, and we’re not event trying to look secure anymore.

I can agree. I’m donating to both, because more options is better. But really I’m pulling for Servo. It’s silly nostalgic sentimentality. But I like the idea of it’s traceable lineage back to Mosaic.

They have a functioning “light weight” browser people can use for testing. And honestly, wrapping all the browser features around an engine, is very much the easy part. That’s why there are so many browsers with so few rendering engines.

5% is almost nothing. It’s less than sales tax in most places.
How much is the extra mental work and stress worth to you?
For me it’s an easy sacrifice. You could minimize it, by going with some card that gives 1-2% on everything.

I’m not a budget person either. I just look at what I have, and decide if I can afford something.

My advice:
There’s no good reason to have more than one “daily driver” card.
Get rid of the specific store cards. Sam’s and Amazon.
Choose between the Amex and PNC unlimited, which one will be your daily card. Get rid of the other.
The old PNC you just use for utilities, might be worth keeping for your credit rating. But only for quarterly, or better 6 month bills.

This way you can more easily see your monthly spending all in one place. Then make your choices.

Now that’s a phone

So get a warrant.

That’s not really got much to do with the article. Its about the changing landscape of the media industry.

Like you, I keep a library of media. But I always try to source Blu-ray rips for max quality. If Blu-rays go away, so does that top quality option, which would make me sad.

Sitcoms are more or less entirely filler. That’s kind of the point

Sites like my banks, and local movie theaters, and self hosted VTT games.
I’ve had issues with all. Not acceptable

In that specific regard, probably.
I use Fennec. I’ve found the more security minded versions, tend to have problems with some site or another, and annoy me.

If I remember, that setting is extremely aggressive, and breaks lots of sites. Firefox has a by default, a more complicated and nuanced feature that works practically as well, without breaking everything.

That sounds good.
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be able to interoperate at all. Just that this kind of thing isn’t, and never will be ideal. I’m pushing back on the idea, that one account for all the Fediverse is the best and greatest, that everyone should be striving for that goal.

It’s a principal of reality. Trying to make something that can do everything, will mean it’s not great at anything. Specialization is what allows society to grow to what it is. The Fediverse is no different.

That’s entirely dependent on the interface switching, or some kind of universal interface. That’s the part I have serous doubts about. Keep in mind you have to make a single interface that work better than all the others on their respective native systems. I’m not sure that’s possible.

That would be cool. Might be useful. Not sure it’s really possible.

Which I would never respond to on Mastodon, as it’s terrible for discussions.

I follow topics and have discussions on Lemmy, keep up with individuals and announcements on Mastodon, and look at cool photos on Pixelfed.
None of my accounts are following anything on other systems.

The reason I’m in this community is for discussions like this. We disagree on the nature of using he fundamental architecture of the Fediverse.
I think using Mastodon to engage in Lemmy discussions is extremely awkward without the threading to keep it all organized. Equally, Lemmy is designed specifically around following communities. Following individuals on Mastodon breaks the pattern of the feed. And good luck following either Mastodon accounts or Lemmy groups in Pixelfed.

However, having multiple decentralized servers within each system, is plenty of reason for the Fediverse to be better than a centralized platform. They don’t Need to interoperate with each other.

I have literally zero interest in cross pollination between social media types.
They each have their own interfaces that work best for their communities and content types. You’re always missing something trying to access one from another.

Exactly. People need to stop conflating enjoyment with quality.
I love this movie. It’s such a big swing, in so many ways, by so many people. I enjoy every min. And respect the hell out of what it was trying to be.