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    Can kids under 10 be possibly taught coding, without even mentioning the word syntax to them ??

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  • Somewhat. Programming is just writing step-by-step instructions for computers, which is something that little kids can do. Where small children will run into problems is anything involving abstract reasoning, since those faculties don't develop until around age 12. So while kids could easily handle something like (+ 1 2), they would struggle with:

     
        
(define (add x y)
    (+ x y))

    So just be sure to keep that in mind while showing them stuff and it should go fine.

  • The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess

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  • The future is probably going to be:

    • Whitelist federation models with invite-only instances.
    • Anubis and similar software being a base requirement for operation.
    • Getting creative with stuff like picture-based logic puzzles as a type of captcha.
    • A retreat into less publicly visible spaces like chat apps that you can only get access to through networking.

  • The rise of Whatever

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  • Yeah, and with the corporate culture that MBAs bring with them, they also tend to make everything as boring and sterile as possible since any degree of fun and personality could be seen as off-putting to a hypothetical person.

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • Hm, hopefully Discord takes awhile to enshittify. Sounds like the current solutions need time to polish up.

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • I did find out recently that the team behind the Element Matrix client made Element Call and integrated it into their apps recently, but I've never used it personally. Have you used it? How was it?

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • They definitely got the Discord aesthetic down. Unfortunately, it seems to be both self-hostable and unfederated, which means that the userbase is going to be split up between a bunch of small and quiet instances with no convenient way to interact with the larger ecosystem. Their FAQ suggests that while it's not in the roadmap currently, they're still open to the idea, so maybe we should let them know that this would be a desirable thing.

  • Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO

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  • Oh? When did they change that?

  • Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO

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  • And so the hell-loop continues. Matrix seems like the closest successor, but having used it for awhile I would describe the experience as janky-but-workable. Signal's good, but requires a phone number. I hear that Mumble's good, but it's overly focused on VoIP. Hopefully the alternatives polish themselves up before the enshittification gets too bad.

  • App Image or AUR package

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  • I use what's packaged in my distro's repositories, unless I need a specific version, or the software isn't packaged at all.

  • Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters

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  • Ah, whoops. I block JS and didn't notice that. Here's an archive. I did a quick search and didn't see any articles that mention what kind of visas they have.

  • Viewpoint: Why Oligarchs Want a Recession

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  • Glad that you enjoyed it! 🦊

  • Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

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  • Ah yeah, I remember reading that post awhile ago. I was quite surprised to find out how old Friendica is (first release in 2010); if that doesn't demonstrate longevity, then I dunno what does.

  • Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

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  • Federated social media has been around for a long time; the oldest one that I know of was identi.ca from the late 2000s. ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon have since breathed a lot of life into the federated ecosystem and I'm excited to see what the future holds for it.

  • GIMP 3.0 Released

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  • Hot damn! Never thought that I'd see the day.

  • Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren't

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  • It's also ok to wish that they run at a consistently smooth framerate. It's one thing to look like crap and it's another to both look like crap and run like it too. I've been playing Palworld on medium for the past couple of weeks and it was pretty jarring going from that to seeing the Legends Z-A footage.

  • How to get people to use Mastodon?

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  • The questions should be fine for most people so long as they don't go overboard with it. 2-3 should work. Select interests from a list (and have an option to fill some in), select moderation preferences from a list, and select a language/region from a list. There could even be a button that just selects an instance randomly for people who can't be bothered (this can use the browser language to avoid sending people to instances in languages that they don't speak).

  • How to get people to use Mastodon?

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  • I've had a similar idea before for the join sites where they asks users a few questions about their interests/preferences and then redirect them to an instance based on that information. And when they sign up, it could also automatically subscribe them to the relevant hashtags/communities. Instance admins could be prompted when setting up the software if they want the site to send users to their instance (and how many they're willing to take); this could work like a firehose distribution system to help avoid overwhelming infrastructure during exodus waves.

  • Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says

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  • I wonder if it'll be the porn.

  • Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

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  • I'm going to be so pissed if this AI bullshit ends up drawing too much attention to the best shadow libraries and they get bopped because of it.