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Is KBIN dying? Srs Question: Is there any further development or support being done for Kbin.Social Keep getting the error page when trying to block users, create posts, view notifications. Been going
  • I have been using KBin as my primary source of social media since the reddit shittification got serious. Dude you are doing excellent work. I am a dev myself and this is just amazing. Thank You!

    The vision is sometimes more important that arbitrary deadlines. Your life your call, but I would rather be patient and have the man with the vision in charge than having kbin fragment. Just my thoughts.

    Thanks for all the hard work.

  • Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise
  • True, but I feel this change may be a bit deeper. Blockchain served very little purpose, beyond its trust. With AI i am seeing proof of concept projects coming in for distilling client briefs, ideation of concepts and even release planning. Not replacing the people yet, but making processes faster. And that is just in my industry. Marketing and advertising.

  • Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise
  • I work in an industry that will be heavily effected by AI over the next few years. My own opinion is that if you do not embrace and understand AI in your workflow, as a digital creative, you will be left behind. It is one thing to ban AI in your domain, like Hasbro has done, but a different matter where you are competing with other companies or creatives for the same business.

  • Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  • AI will certainly be a challenge for web sites. I think we must accept that the end of the 2010s internet is upon us. Add supported web sites, that offer the user as the product, will start to slowly disappear. That is not really a bad thing though. The drawback for us users is that services will start to cost money.

    I read a comment by Bill Gates recently where he suggested that most people will interact with AI through personal assistants. This actually feels like a good point from him. A PA that actually works will add a lot, to a lot of people. Which goes to your point about how normal users will stop interacting with the web though an unfiltered browser and start using AI to access the web. Companies who sell actual good and services online should be safe as their income is not dependant on advertising.

    I suspect normal users will end up paying for the search engines used by the AI. On some form of tiered approach. Apart from a few oddball users, like us here in the fedverse who will find other ways to make things work.

  • /kbin meta @kbin.social mack123 @kbin.social
    Supporting Kbin from Patreon, Paypal issues

    I have been trying to support our Kbin instance here on Patreon where I usually Paypal. I have other people I support though Patreon using Paypal, but paypal fails consistently for Kbin. Does anyone know of a reason why that would be?

    Thanks

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    universal IDs for threadiverse items (re kbin-core #635)
  • This would be very useful. I would argue for the universal link to go to the user's home instance, where the user should already be logged in and able to interact with the post. That is if the user has a default set. Otherwise the magazine's home instance makes sense for a unknown user.

    It would be a core feature on activity pub itself though, with limited use on kbin.

  • When will a subscriptions list get added?
  • It is in the dev plan afaik. Until them have a look at /m/kbinstyles. It is a magazine for greasemonkey scripts that improve the user experience. On mobile, or I would post a direct link. I am using the subscriptions panel from there and it works okay. Of course as a temp fix until it is implemented in the main code base.

  • Many of Kbin terms dont make sense.. Why not replace them?
  • Magazine makes sense as a differentiation from lemmy's community. The concept is different so a different word is needed. Thread feels like a throwback to reddit, but it makes sense in the threadverse concept.

    I agree on blog though. There post feels cumbersome. Badges could probably use a rewording, but tag makes more sense to me there as an accepted word.

  • Meta cancels Quest Pro, stops development of Quest Pro 2
  • Lol, but I get that. A proper affordable heads up display will add so much more value to my life. I ride motorcycles and that is where it can be really useful. A Kickstarter tried ot a while ago with a helmet,but that flopped badly. A pair of glasses that will fit in my helmet, beaming useful info to my eyeballs could be lifesaving.

    I had a long rural night ride a while back and it was bloody tricky navigating with the mounted phone. Not out of choice, more of a needs must scenario. The Gaiman map app was very useful in indicating the road ahead, bit the split attention needed was insane.

    Another 90s geek chirping in.

  • Affordable and excellent Kitchen knife: the Victorinox Fibrox
  • I have a set of 6 virtorinox steak knives from the 90s, that turned into general purpose kitchen knifes. They are now finally starting to become blunt. The black platic handles are smooth from use. 30 years on, ithink the time is approaching for them to be replaced. And that is only because I cannot sharpen the serated blades.

  • Why do I keep seeing magazines on /sub that I'm not subscribed to?
  • Have a look if you don't have an accidental subscription to kbin.social.

    I had a similar problem. That seems to be a connection point for federated posts and makes all of them appear in your subscribed feed. It does not appear on your magazine list.

  • Do lifetime warranties make something BIFL?
  • I would not have thought lifetime warranty even existed on clothing. First time I have heard about it. Agreed that it mayl be abused.

    Tools are in a different position, where the company rep can usually spot signs of abuse easily and then rhey will probably refuse warranty. It also helps if you are a frequent customer and is known by the store staff.

  • Is there a way to derank certain magazines on user side? Something between full blocking and full allowing a magazine?
  • Agreed, custom aggregators for kbin and the fedverse in general, will become a thing.

    I can see a view that combines the hot posts from each of my subbed communities, with the top 1 or two posts from each featuring, filtering over a time constraint or some other ranking system.

    A client side implementation would be possible, but expensive in api calls. Server side should be easier. Maybe even defining a query language of sorts that can be user customised, if we wanted to be really fancy.

    Some form of weighted rank, combining activity and interaction. I am subbed to some slow communities that are just starting. Maybe having a post or two in 24 hours where I would want those posts to rank highest. Subbed fast paced communities would then rank lower if we factor frequency and interaction on a per community basis.

  • Is it okay to use a third-party battery for MacBook Air?
  • There is always an element of risk to 3rd party batteries. That said, a reputable supplier that warranties the battery for a period should be fine. In my experience OEM batteries generally lasts longer and use better quality components.

    So it is up to you to decide if the price premium is worth it in your use case.

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    Learning to inpaint and messing around with a steampunk lycoris

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