ram

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[–] ram@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I don't see how this is any different from adding another e-mail account on gmail.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

These are the uBlock rules used to block the headers from youtube channels. The 'about' tab is intentionally left unfiltered for the cases I actually want to see that information.

https://pastebin.com/raw/MEUPPs0Z

edit: had to put the code on pastebin since the code markdown doesn't seem to work here.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)
[–] ram@feddit.nl 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

special sauce they cooked it with let’s it run on the trashheap of a computer

It's called coding in VS C++ and using native Windows controls, a dying art form unfortunately. The price is losing cross-platform compatibility.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm curious. How do you train such AI without being raided by the authorities?

[–] ram@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're putting too much importance into this matter. If this is distressing you should let it go and think about something else.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dude, chill. Even if you're right, having a meltdown on github doesn't help anybody. Go outside and take a breath.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

What I'd really like to have is a tool that lists blocked communities. That information is not as public as defederated instances.

[–] ram@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

What would be a solution to this conflict?

 

By advantage I mean posts from those instances receiving more visibility than others on feeds that sort by score (active, hot, top).

There seems to be at least two ways in which posts from instances that don't allow downvotes receive an advantage:

  • They don't federate downvotes. That means other instances only count downvotes from their own users but not from the rest of the fediverse.
  • A downvote sometimes can be counted and federated as an upvote. This happens when you first upvote a post and then change it to a downvote.

Let's see an example. Suppose we are a user from instance A that allows downvotes and we want to vote a post on instance B that doesn't allow downvotes. Watch what happens on instance C that also allows downvotes.

  1. Before the vote this is what users from each instance see (upvote - downvote = total score)
    A: 10 - 0 = 10
    B: 10 - 0 = 10
    C: 10 - 0 = 10

  2. Now we upvote the post:
    A: 11 - 0 = 11
    B: 11 - 0 = 11
    C: 11 - 0 = 11

  3. We misclicked, we meant to downvote the post:
    A: 10 - 1 = 9
    B: 11 - 0 = 11
    C: 11 - 0 = 11

If the post was hosted on an instance that allowed downvotes users from instance C would see a total score of 9.

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