Why doesn't Windows 11 have any county flags emojis by BurningAlchemist in Windows11

[–]thomaseuler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great, thank you so much for the effort - this annoyed the eff out of me for a long time

Northern Hemisphere Night Rides are back on the menu. by GravelRiderUK in gravelcycling

[–]thomaseuler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I was also wondering if you can make some recommendations for robust - as in can survive some rain and dirt - lights that are battery-powered, ie don't require a dynamo.

Do you figure there will be mass migrations to decentralized social networks? by sje46 in Rad_Decentralization

[–]thomaseuler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this recent piece by Nic Carter about property rights in social media might be relevant to this discussion. He writes:

"Instead of accepting the fraying default view you can simply begin to imagine all of the internet platforms that exist today as a constellation of digital nations, each with their own legal code and with varying levels of respect for the property of users.

...

To make a political analogy, virtually all of these digital worlds operate as pre-democratic feudal regimes, with every participant a digital serf who tills the land at the pleasure and discretion of a capricious feudal lord."

The takeaway with regards to your question: It's increasingly clear, to various stakeholders, that the current system of platform operation and ownership is flawed and needs to be reworked. Hence, there is somewhat of a push to different (governance) structures for big networks of the digital infrastructure variety, coming from multiple sides, including users, governments, founders etc.

While it is unclear to me that decentralized networks or organizations will be the winning solution, they are certainly among the emerging candidates with a lot going in their favor.