Jamie
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The software is as safe as it’s maintainers. The Linux kernel runs the majority of the world’s devices, open source software makes up just about every industry standard piece of software that runs the web. Linux tends to see a lot less major vulnerabilities than Windows, and fixes for those are released much faster because anyone can submit the fix, maybe even the person who found it in the first place.
Looked it up, apparently someone datamined something out of the app that said you could earn money for getting karma/gold on posts.
Fake internet points are finally worth something!
Now redditors can earn real money for their contributions to the Reddit community, based on the karma and gold they've been given.
How it works:
* Redditors give gold to posts, comments, or other contributions they think are really worth something.
* Eligible contributors that earn enough karma and gold can cash out their earnings for real money.
* Contributors apply to the program to see if they're eligible.
* Top contributors make top dollar. The more karma and gold contributors earn, the more money they can receive.
This is absolutely going to get gamed to hell if it really happens. It also reeks of desperation.
**Do I look like I know what a JPEG is? I̷ ̴j̶u̷s̵t̴ w̵̬͐̓a̴̤̬̜͔̒n̴͚̹͌t̶̛̞͎̦͔̂͋ ̶̺̫̈́̋͘̚ȧ̶͎̣̯ p̶͙̲̪̣̣̝͖̗̀̆̒̃̒͜͝i̵͓̜̫͖̘̫̝̿͆̀̆̀̇͘͝͝c̷̡̜̪̺̈́̂̈̈͒́͝ţ̸̰͇̼̯̳̰͙͖̈́͘ͅụ̴̧̮̲̬̫̠̳̺͖͐̆̿̽̑͊́̎r̸̢̨͍̖̰̙̪̫͎̥̆̉͠e̷̞̝͐͆͌ ̶̨̡͈̤̃͒̏̂̓͌́̈́͠o̶͙͖̐͐͐͂̈́̕͘͝f̵̣̘̳̣̫̲͖̓̓̇̒͗͠ ̵̧͎̜̰̘̘̪̻̳̬͕͐̉̌́̇̀̉̆̈́a̷̧̢͖͙̖̹̤͇͍͓̘̅̕ Ģ̸̠̩͔͓̠̠̫͚̖͙̖͔̣͇̟̘̼͚̖̫̖̩̙͍͉͍̞̀̈́͆̕͝͝O̴̮͇̰͇̫̭̱͕̫̊̀̈͛̆͜T̵̡̨̢̢̛̤͕̣͇̺̥̹̪̖͚̯́͊̿̈́̉̐̈͛̅̉̀́͑͌́͂̆̕͘͘͝͝ ̴̩̞͓͈̺͙͔̦͖̞͈̤̦̫̳̺͍̻̫̣͓̓̿͑̀̃̈́͊̀͛̆̌̐̍̓̏̒͘͜͝ͅD̵̡̧̡̢̡̛͈͙͚̯͓̼͔̟̬͉̬̮͓̥̦̙̲͍̊̆̐̈́́́̇̓͂̾͑̍̃̈́͂̊̇͗̈́́̀͘̚͠͝ͅͅͅA̸̧̛͉̲̫̙̻̰̞͓͚̲̝̔̓͆̑̅̋̔̊͌̕̕͠͝ͅN̸̨̢̛̗̦̺͉͔̻̦̺̹͙͊̅̅͂̈́̀͗̓͌͂̄͆̒̓̈̀̀̈͗̚͜͝Ğ̵̰̱͙̯̰̮̤͙̯̝̯̠̎̋̏̂̆̄̈́̂̊̆̚͝͝ͅ ̷̢̨͔͍̫͉̤̜͙̝̝̪̟̘̙̯̻̱́̒̍̈́͒̓̓̈́̄̈̀͊͘͜͜͝͠͝ͅH̶̨̞͉͓͚̺̗͖̦̣̫͉͓͌̓̈́́̌́̐̐͒̅͋́̊̂͒͂͑͘͝͝Ơ̷̡̨̡̛̬̭̮̺̠̠̤̟̰͓̮͚̙̳̟̣͎̮̭̫͍̋̈́͐̃͗͗̔͂̾̊̓̃̊͆̊̇̈͒̌̀̔̇̽͘̕̕͠͝ͅT̴̡̢̨̛̬͉̥̼͓̟̩̘̖͎̣̳̫̠̞̟͚̩͌̅̓̾̋̀͂͒͗̚̕͘͜ͅ ̵͙̱̜̻̙̪̞̥͚̣̯̬͖̬͎̲̻͓̥͔͉̈̀̀̉͌̓͌̔̊͌̈́͗̅́̀͌̐̒̈͛̉͝͝͝͝Ḍ̷̢̨̛̱̠͎͎͎̪̙̤͔͉͉̻͓̬̞͍͊͊̀̉̓͊̀̌̎̈́͌͘͝͝͠ͅO̵̫̞̭̠̻̠̹͇͍͙̬̭̝̣͓̊͊͗͆̐͊̓̈́̒̓̋̈́̓̌͐͛͛̍̅͗̓̽̽͐͗͐͘͝͝͝ͅǴ̶̡̨͓͔̬̗͓̰̮̙̼̳̺̥̰̹͖͉͔̳̹̭̖͖̦͙̜͑̈̀̐̔͆́̈́̎͐̽̈́̽̚̚͜ͅ
I already owned the domain and have access to a server with more than enough resources, so it didn’t have a downside to me.
Upside, I don’t really have to worry about anyone else’s federation choices. Undesirable content like loli/shouta stuff doesn’t appear at all, because I’m basically the only user and don’t subscribe to anywhere that exists so it doesn’t federate to me anyway. My instance never lags because nobody but me uses it. Sometimes it misses comments through federation from overloaded instances, but it seems like the newer version of Lemmy has helped that greatly.
It’s not just about personal data. But what will definitely happen is they’re going to attempt an Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. They’ll embrace the fediverse, then they’ll add their own features on top on their platform without giving back to the wider community. Then, when they leech as many people to their platform as they can from the rest of the Fediverse after making open projects struggle to keep up, they’ll drop it and kill the rest of the network in the process.
As mentioned, war is a billion dollar industry. But also, international law is complicated to enforce. Countries aren’t so easy to control that you can just fine them unless there is a greater consequence for not doing so. That greater consequence is often war, or some form of sanction.
But you also have nuclear powers in the mix, making war an ineffective method of enforcement, because the risks of war between two nuclear powers is greater than can justify whatever enforcement caused it. Leaving the next best tool to be sanctions. But not every country will honor those sanctions, and you create these crazy little countries like Iran or North Korea, who build nuclear weapons and cozy up to your enemies instead of you.