Steve

joined 1 year ago
[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I alone in not carding about about inter-series continuity?

Not a criticism. Just wondering if I'm the odd one?

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's beautiful!

Also. Charge your phone.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Commenting works though!

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Slightly longer AI summary by Kagi

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that targets senescence-associated glycoprotein (SAGP) expressed in inflamed brain cells linked to Alzheimer's disease. When tested in mice, the vaccine reduced amyloid deposits, decreased inflammatory biomarkers, and improved the animals' awareness of their surroundings. This suggests the vaccine may lessen disease symptoms. The vaccine targets activated microglia cells which play a role in brain inflammation that can worsen cognitive decline. By removing toxic microglia, the vaccine may control inflammation and ultimately repair deficits suffered in Alzheimer's disease. If successful in humans, the vaccine could be a major step forward in delaying or preventing the disease.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Or subscription, or freemium, or merch, or raffles. Lots of options beyond that even.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Advertisements distort the market arrangement. When one uses advertisements to generate revenue, it inherently creates a situation where the advertisers are the actual customers. This incentivizes the site toward the needs of the advertisers instead of the users in any situation where those needs don't align.

So yes, eventually it would be the end of the world. Within a decade or two the site would go to hell. We're seeing it already with most ad based sites. People are complaining Google is getting bad. We already know that Reddit is. That's why most of us are here. News sites go to shit, when they distort themselves for advertisers. Example after example of advertising, making site after site worse over time.

The advertising model, is the original sin of the internet.
We need to find another way.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lets try it this way. Would say your favourites things, include everything you like? Do you like some things that aren't your favorite? Do you keep a list of everything you've ever liked? Would it be as big as the list of your favorite things?

Do you see the difference? It's a mater of degree that separates them. They are not the same. That's why they are two different words.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 3 points 1 year ago

You are in a way. Just not only that.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Favourite and Bookmark are absolutely different things. They're two different lists for you to use as you see fit.
Neither of them is a Like though. I'm not sure that fact is really debatable.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 77 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Mastodon doesn't have Likes at all.

The star you're referring to is Favorite. Those go into your Favorite list. So you can refer back to them more easily.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 6 points 1 year ago

My default is Top6Hours

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A unified API and a single login, are two separate things.

A single federated authentication could be a good idea. But the various federated services are different enough that they should have different APIs.

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