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Cake day: June 8th, 2023
  • ram@lemmy.catoFirefox@lemmy.ml•Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study findsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So I’m just thinking about how this would work, in a perfectly non-competitive world:

    There’d need to be some Browser Standards Association to implement and suggest browsers to add to a list of “certified browsers”, with transparent requirements to be included to ensure low quality or outdated browsers aren’t included. The OS would need to implement that entire list in a randomized format. There’d preferably be some sort of built-in pros/cons list of the browser, I suppose these could be put together by a combination of the BSA and the competing browsers.
    But these pros/cons won’t be understandable or significant to 95% of people.

    The BSA would also want to ensure there’s diversity not just in browser and companies (like Opera getting 3 fucking entries), but would also want to ensure there’s a variety of browser engines (preferably not just chromium and webkit).

  • ram@lemmy.catoPolitics@beehaw.org•Opinion | Elon Musk’s Antisemitism Problem Isn’t About Free SpeechEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ya, this is stuff we already know, isn’t it? Like, it’s just common knowledge

    Summary and Key Moments

    Courtesy of Kagi Universal Summarizer:

    Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter has coincided with a surge in antisemitic speech on the platform. After the ADL met with Twitter executives, hashtags calling to ban the ADL emerged and Musk engaged in an online campaign against them. He blamed the ADL for Twitter’s loss in revenue and called them the biggest generator of antisemitism. His criticism echoed antisemitic tropes but he claimed to be for free speech. However, Musk uses Twitter more as a platform for his own speech where he can boost accounts he likes and throttle competitors. Premium users who pay more also see their tweets prioritized, skewing discussions right-wing. While a truly free speech platform would tolerate abhorrent ideas, Musk’s actions in threatening critics and amplifying certain voices shows he is using his power more to privilege voices close to his own views rather than promote liberty of discussion.

    • Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter has led to a surge in antisemitic speech on the platform, sparked in part by Musk’s criticism of the Anti-Defamation League.

    • Musk endorsed posts criticizing the ADL and started his own campaign against the organization, accusing it of being the biggest generator of antisemitism on Twitter.

    • Musk’s criticism of the ADL tapped into classic antisemitic tropes while claiming to be against antisemitism.

    • Musk portrays himself as a free speech absolutist but has used his authority on Twitter to suspend accounts and throttle competitors.

    • Twitter under Musk has become a “pay-to-play” system where privileged accounts can boost their reach by paying a monthly fee.

    • Far-right voices that engage in cruelty, bigotry and misinformation seem to dominate the platform.

    • Musk’s own endorsements and responses on Twitter can instantly direct massive attention to certain accounts.

    • Twitter resembles Musk’s “playpen” more than a free speech paradise, with Musk’s values shaping the platform.

    • Merely tolerating abhorrent speech is different than agreeing with or amplifying it, which Musk has done.

    • Musk’s invocation of free speech is disingenuous, as he uses his power to privilege certain voices over others.

  • ram@lemmy.catoGaming@beehaw.org•Looking for games with unique core mechanicsEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    • Majora’s Mask: a 3-day timeloop where everything resets when you go back

    • Katamari: A giant ball gets rolled around and collects stuff forever

    • Baba Is You: Movable text is rules to the game

    • Untitled Goose Game: You have to piss people off the right way

    • Billie Bust Up[unreleased]: Musicals tell you upcoming platforming challenges

    • Celeste: every time you die you quickly reset on the same “page”/small tile of map

    • Splatoon: you shoot at the ground to go faster, hide, and/or win

    • Odama: real-time tactical wargame pinball

    • Golf Story: Golf-based fetch quests

    • Astral Chain: asynchronously control a companion in combat

    • Okami: paint skills on-screen in combat

    • Astro Bears: Snake but in 3D

    • Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime: Up to 4 players pilot parts of a ship together

    • Pokemon Ranger: draw circles around monsters to catch them

    • Viva Pinata: breed pinatas to create new species

    • Spore: create and evolve a creature