[linux] Big thanks to Scott for fixing the mailing list!

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
One thing that I realised with this week's flurry of emails, is that my emails are getting through to the mailing list again. I wanted to thank Scott (Murphy) for spending time to resolve whatever the problem was with the SPF records. It seems to have resolved the issue for me, at least. If

[linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
I heard an interesting item on the radio this morning, relating to the pending firing of lots of Twitter staff. There was an interview with a journalist (with a Twitter blue tick), who said she'd not be paying for the blue tick, because if it can be purchased, then it loses it's meaning of prov

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2022-11-04 10:05, Tug Williams wrote: > I heard an interesting item on the radio this morning, relating to the > pending firing of lots of Twitter staff. There was an interview with a > journalist (with a Twitter blue tick), who said she'd not be paying for the > blue tick, because if it can be

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Katherine Mcmillan
Hi Tug, Thank you very much for your presentation and for this follow-up - I found it fascinating. I am interested in finding ways to leverage Mastodon; I like the whole "fediverse" concept. Would you be able to share the slide with me where you broke down "federated" vs. "distributed" vs. "c

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=meetingpresentations2022 or you can go straight to the mastodon's mouth... https://docs.joinmastodon.org/ I'd recommend the mastodon's mouth. Tug On 04/11/2022 11:26, Katherine Mcmillan wrote: Hi Tug, Thank you very much for your presentation a

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread James
Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs : > > How does paying for the account prove any > trustworthiness? It is only to make money. Isn't the platform losing money? To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-o

Re: [linux] Meeting chats

2022-11-04 Thread Katherine Mcmillan
Thanks so much for sending this Dmitriy, it’s very helpful. -Katie From: Dmitriy Korovkin Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 8:46:28 PM To: Linux-Ottawa Subject: [linux] Meeting chats Attention : courriel externe | external email Colleagues, as requested, here is

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2022-11-04 13:50, James wrote: > Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs : > > How does paying for the account prove any trustworthiness? > > It is only to make money. That was my assumption, because I don't see the connection between the two. But it could also be used as a weeder, hedging th

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Brett Delmage
On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2022-11-04 13:50, James wrote: Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs : How does paying for the account prove any trustworthiness? It is only to make money. That was my assumption, because I don't see the connection between the two. But i

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Brett Delmage
On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: I'm not saying [twitter] isn't but why was it valued so high? (That's rhetorical.) Even if it loses money, it is still likely be quite valuable to Musk as a tool to facilitate other goals. Any social media property/corporation is only valuable a

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2022-11-04 15:00, Brett Delmage wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > >On 2022-11-04 13:50, James wrote: > >>Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs : > >>>How does paying for the account prove any trustworthiness? > >> > >>It is only to make money. > > > >That was my assu

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2022-11-04 15:09, Brett Delmage wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >I'm not saying [twitter] isn't but why was it valued so high? (That's > >rhetorical.) Even if it loses money, it is still likely be quite valuable > >to Musk as a tool to facilitate other goals. > > Any

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
On 04/11/2022 15:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: Bitcoin or dollars are only valuable because enough people think they are. Gold does have other uses. Bitcoin are valuable only because enough people think they are. Dollars have value because millions of legal contracts require people to pay

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2022-11-04 15:56, Tug Williams wrote: > > On 04/11/2022 15:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >Bitcoin or dollars are only valuable because enough people think they > >are. Gold does have other uses. > > Bitcoin are valuable only because enough people think they are. > > Dollars have value beca