Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al
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I make Small Tech.
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The Small Web isn’t about going back to the days of GeoCities. It’s about going forward differently, using modern tech in a non-colonial manner.
It’s not about building clones of Twitter, YouTube, etc. There’s no way anyone can self-host a dozen different services. Instead, it’s about having a single-tenant place on the Web that you own and control without technical knowhow; a place you can add Twitter, YouTube, etc., *features* to.
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@Mia
*Blocks trackers*
"Looks like you're using an ad blocker"
🤔
Looks like you're using trackers
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@aral time to dump it into a machine learning model and then claim I can't be sued for the code generated by the model because copyright does not apply to this process
Is it “don’t kick a billionaire when he’s down” or “kick a billionaire when he’s down?”… I can never remember which.
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Congratulating Twitch on going open source.
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It wooorks! Muahahahahaha!
Uhum…
Right, as you were.
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@feditips And don’t forget, you can install Owncast on your own VPS in seconds using Site.js ;)
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OwnCast is a free open source self-hostable streaming platform, basically a libre alternative to Twitch, and also currently testing Fediverse support too! 
There's more info about it on its website at https://owncast.online
The project is looking for help running an OwnCast dedicated Fediverse account. (There is currently a bot at @owncast but this just provides automated posts about streamers.)
If you think you can help with this, or want to be involved with the project in any other way, get in touch with OwnCast here:
The project lead is on the Fediverse at @gabek
“Próspera’s founders believe the future of government lies with privatized startup cities. They belong to a movement with deep roots in U.S. libertarian circles: one that wants to redefine citizenship and governance in tech-consumerist terms. It has gained momentum in recent years, as high-profile Silicon Valley figures, like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, put their money behind startup city initiatives.”
Fuck these people.
https://restofworld.org/2021/honduran-islanders-push-back-libertarian-startup/
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RT @theentreflaneur@twitter.com
One of the best reporting I've read this year. If you're looking for reasons to quit intl. development & lose hope altogether, the article is a rolodex of about every person & idea that'll make you do so. Informative, infuriating. By @i_m_m@twitter.com @BuyIsaCoins@twitter.com https://restofworld.org/2021/honduran-islanders-push-back-libertarian-startup/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/theentreflaneur/status/1445695245086253056
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I kinda like the message: "Bezos paid $970 million for this and we giving it away for free" 
#Twitch
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@otso @sotolf I don’t think you understand what censorship is. Censorship is me preventing you from speaking. It’s not me not listening to you. Just as I should not be able to stop you from speaking, you don’t have the right to compel me to listen to your bullshit. Fart all you want. But not in my house.
Pet peeve: cannot get to the post itself from the Media panel in #mastodon
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‘Dystopian world’: Singapore patrol robots stoke fears of surveillance state
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/dystopian-world-singapore-patrol-robots-stoke-fears-of-surveillance-state?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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@exodus
Google is a tracker
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@exodus Google being just Google... Sorry to hear that, I hope that your problems got resolved. Best regards.
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Dear @exodus community,
As your saw, seen now 5 days, submission of new applications on the platform is disabled.
In fact Google reject all our download APK download request.
We change the password of our accounts, we made several Google verification but nothing seems to work more than one hour.
We are looking for a solution or a workaround, but as you know we are all volunteers and our free time is not expandable to infinite. We need to take care of us, our family and friends.
(Also, hundreds of different Instagram.coms and Medium.coms too.)
- Small Technology Foundation
- https://small-tech.org
- Site.js
- https://sitejs.org
- Better Blocker
- https://better.fyi
I make Small Tech.
Joined Apr 2017
