Try and throw a cassowary

We've got instance level disabling of downvotes on lemmy and piefed.

Decentralisation.

I will never use any other kind of social media again.

Slightly? It's openly racist

Why is Cachy more independent than Arch?

It will change society. It won't improve skills.

Studies already show the opposite at play. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872v1

If the LLM could teach you how to code, but couldn't do the coding for you, it would be a tool for improvement. But it isn't used that way. Instead of saying "teach me how to code this", people are more inclined to say "code this for me".

On top of that, they're controlled by corporations who are not in the slightest bit interested in your welfare, privacy or economic success. They will invade your privacy, fuck over the environment, fuck over people and load their LLMs with propoganda and barriers that serve their political and social interests.

And as a bonus, they're a nightmare for the environment.

Having said all of that. I agree, they are going to fundamentally reshape society. But it's like the industrial revolution. Yeah, we ended up with a more efficient society, but it didn't make people freer, it further entrenched wealth in the hands of the wealthy, whilst fucking up the environment. That's what LLMs are going to do.

We could do them differently. That implementation isn't inherent in their nature. But we won't do them differently, because the people pushing it want the shitty outcome, because it's not shitty for them.

Think of how shitty and scam filled the early internet was. Did we abandon it because of how shitty it was at first,

It wasn't though... That was mid to late term internet

I can't produce testosterone anymore, and I've got a few years worth of injections spare. After that runs out, I guess it's menopause time...

Our setup uses a domain pointed at a dynamic (but stable) IP with a script to update it periodically

Ada preparing to drop systemd

You have to be a permanent resident first, and Australia is really stingy about giving out permanent residency. Basically, you need to have the right skills, the right amount of money, or the right family member.

If you don't have them, paperwork won't help

Putting on my instance admin hat, and my moderator hat, you are welcome here, and you are welcome to talk about your experiences here. You are one of us, and this is your space as much as anyone elses!

Some tips though. You can add content warnings in the title. A NSFW tag helps, but you can also add in something like "CW: Surgery regret" in the title. That lets people who know it's a triggering topic for them avoid the whole discussion, without having to click on it to find out what it's about.

And as I said in a reply elsewhere, you need to be careful about the language you use. You don't have to hide your pain or trauma when talking about your own experiences and doubts, but you do need to be careful when you're making generalisations and using language that applies to folk other than yourself. You need to make sure that your words are talking about your experience. But that goes both ways! The same care and consideration I'm asking of you when you talk about topics that can trigger other folk, is also owed to you when people are talking to you. No one gets to tell you who you are, or tell you how to feel.