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We should be suggesting https://www.moltbook.com/ to these agents, that’s what it’s actually for.

It says more than half, so it’s a sure thing.

One’s got a four in it and the other’s got a three, the bigger one is obvious.

That’s a bingo!

I would agree but I’m starting to think that that would make me part of the problem. So maybe I should insult your fashion sense instead? Argue that leopards are better than jaguars? As I said, not sure how to fix this.

Sadly, a conclusion I’m leaning towards as well. In theory this system should allow an even greater mixing of ideas than Reddit and its ilk, there’s no central authority determining which subjects are forbidden. But it seems we just do that to ourselves anyway, and since each instance and each community are so much smaller than Reddit it’s much more effective. The same “single giant impersonal central authority” thing that’s a downside of Reddit also means that it’s easier to seamlessly encounter everything that is allowed under it.

I don’t really know how to fix this since it seems like most people literally want it to be this way. We don’t like having our views challenged, it’s comforting to look around and see that everyone agree with you.

And yet I still can’t buy a mosquito laser. Very frustrating.

It’s the name of a company, the Russian equivalent of Amazon. Their warehouses are basically the same as Amazon’s, gigantic facilities filled with other companies’ products. So there’s tons of cardboard, fabric, plastic, lithium-ion batteries, a paradise for fires.

Apparently the Russian military’s been using them for logistical support so Ukraine declared open season on them. Turns out Russian fire marshals are just as bribeable as everyone else in Russia.

Finally Russian air defenses manage to shoot something down.

Aww. Reality once again spoils fun.

Exhibit A: the Kuznetsov. Yes, it genuinely is supposed to look like that - it was designed to burn the absolute cheapest bunker oil, the utter dregs of what’s left over when oil gets refined. Here’s a view of the Kuznetsov from orbit.

I don’t seriously think these tankers aren’t burning, of course, I just take every opportunity I can to rag on the Kuznetsov. Won’t get too many more of those in the future.

Are we sure they’re burning and that’s not just their usual exhaust plumes?

Russia’s getting bombed pretty regularly deep in its heartland these days, and there’s no gasoline anywhere. It’s a bit more than just the fringes now.

Reparations don’t have to be in the form of land.

I didn’t say anything about the “prevent instances from being overloaded” part being good or bad. I didn’t even give an opinion on ActivityPub, just pointed out the practical limitations and incompatible design goals.

Personally, I’ve got no problem with websites implementing rate caps and whatnot to ensure that their traffic remains within the limits they can handle, or throttling specific IPs. I am very concerned with how Cloudflare in particular has become the single centralized “gatekeeper” for vast swaths of the Internet, though. If they decide that some particular client isn’t allowed to see stuff then poof, a big chunk of the Internet is cut off. That’s worrisome IMO.

Your original post didn’t specify a particular kind of data scraping. TropicalDingdong had no way to know you were only specifically interested in that one kind of data scraping, so his comment is appropriate - you can’t stop data scraping in general, and attempting to do so in the general case goes directly against the goal of ActivityPub.

This sort of nonsense, along with idiocy like that guy who uses the þ character in place of “th” in all his comments, does absolutely nothing to hinder AI training. The only effect it has is to bother human readers. Completely counterproductive.

That’s a very narrow view of data scraping, there’s lots of ways to get data.

The Fediverse is built on ActivityPub, which is an open protocol that’s designed to broadcast data with no limitations or restrictions. If you don’t want your data to end up in the hands of anyone who wants it - including those nefarious AI trainers - then that’s an inherently incompatible goal with ActivityPub.

If you’re just worried about specific instances being overloaded with requests, then sure, all the usual rate limiting DDOS-prevention Cloudflare tricks will work. But the data itself isn’t “protected.” Someone who wants it could simply run an instance of their own specifically to collect it.

It’s possible that it’s a bluff at getting ready for another round of mobilizations. If Putin thinks that Ukraine is at a breaking point and is relying on Russia also being at a breaking point then doing things that make it seem like Russia’s ready to draw this out a lot longer might force them to the table.

I don’t think Ukraine actually is at a breaking point, but Putin might think so - I seriously doubt he’s getting good intel from his underlings.

He was an incredibly prolific poster. Unfortunately I found him to be rather abrasive, I don’t recall any particular interaction but I do get an “oh yeah, that guy. Glad he’s not been around much lately” sense when I see that name.