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youronlyone Mod , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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Context is king! An advice for foreigners when exploring another country.

https://im.youronly.one/yuki/context-is-king-2024131/

youronlyone OP Mod ,
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コンテクストは王様です！ 外国人が他国を探検する際のアドバイスです。

https://im.youronly.one/yuki/ja/context-is-king-2024131/

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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So, a half-Filipino half-Nigerian was offended by something written in the Filipino language and called the staff and restaurant as “racist” against Black people.

https://balita.net.ph/2024/05/09/viral-racist-na-note-sa-resibo-ng-customer-umani-ng-reaksiyon/

Let's analyse the note:

> Sa nakablack na nakaupo sa 14 kulot ang buhok kamukha ni black jack.

It literally translates as: The one in black sitting on 14 curly hair look alike of black jack.

Proper English translation: The one wearing black, on table 14, with curly hair, who is a look alike of Blakdyak.

This is the customer's rant on social media:

> This behavior was exhibited by one of their staff members, who took it upon herself to make remarks about my appearance based on my racial background. As an individual of Nigerian and Filipino descent, I know I’m different. But was the note necessary?

Read the English translation again and answer these questions:

  1. Was there a remark about his appearance?

  2. How about if we add, “based on my racial background”?

  3. Was it possible that the staff knew he is half-Nigerian and half-Filipino that the customer has to mention it and how he knows he is different?

  4. Maybe what he was actually offended about was being compared to Blakdyak (in note as “black jack”)?

> Blakdyak was a Filipino actor, comedian and reggae singer. He was known as ‘The King of Pinoy Reggae’.

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blakdyak

So, very obviously, it was a complement.

A question to you, dear reader:
a. Would you be offended if what you're wearing was described?
b. Would you be offended if your hair was described?
c. Would you be offended if you were described as a look a like of a celebrity? (Granted, that celebrity is/was not an a*hole.)

Including the customer's description is not needed especially if they have a table number system any way. However, we do not know what concept the restaurant have.

I, myself, have been to some restaurants which describes their customers.

In one restaurant, they don't have a table number system. It is also their concept to share tables with others. The best way to avoid confusion was to describe the customer.

They don't take names for privacy reasons. Not even nicknames. (A customer can later argue it is not their name. And if a staff gave the nickname, there's a chance of offense or similarly, argue it is not their name.)

In another restaurant, there was an addition, I was compared to some celebrity (I don't recall). My date and I had a fit of laughter after reading it.

Here's an example of one such description about me:

Filipino: 'Yung nakaitim na short black hair.

“'Yung nakaitim” = Wearing [something] black.

In English: The one in black with short black hair.

If it was written in Filipino as: “Yung maitim”, then it can be construed as racist. The word “maitim” in this context is referring to a person's skin color or dark tone.

So, going back to the original issue.

> Sa nakablack na nakaupo sa 14 kulot ang buhok kamukha ni black jack.

EN: The person in black sitting on [table] 14 with curly hair…

If it was written this way:
> Sa maitim na nakaupo sa 14 kulot ang buhok kamukha ni black jack.

EN: The black person…

Or, worse:
> Sa nakablack na kulay kanal na nakaupo sa 14 kulot ang buhok hindi ata nagsuklay kamukha ni black jack.

EN: The person in black, as black as a canal sitting on [table] 14 with curly hair that wasn't brushed…

See the huge difference?

The original note in Filipino:

  1. never mentioned nor implied anything about the customer's skin color.

  2. has nothing to do with the customer being a black person.

  3. Even impossible that the note was referring to him being half-Nigerian and half-Filipino.

  4. The Black Jack (Blakdyak) “remark” was a complement.

Now this foreigner, we're assuming he is a foreigner because he obviously misunderstood Tagalog and he missed the context, is doing everything to sue the restaurant and the staff.

youronlyone OP ,
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I'm sorry man. It is very clear that you misunderstood the note, and took offense when there was nothing to be offended about.

I pity that restaurant and staff.

This case is no different from foreigners, in particular those from the USA, who saw in the and were offended.

  • Some of them uploaded videos calling Filipinos racists.
  • Some of them also had the audacity to “educate” Filipinos.

What's wrong? Missed context… again.

KKK was a revolutionary group that fought against Western invaders, in particular, Spaniards. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the American KKK.

Or, that incident wherein a group tweeted, “Hello Negros!” And every Western person on Twitter called them “racist” and “educated” them.

Guess what? Missed context yet again!

That P-pop group landed on Negros island, so obviously they tweeted, “Hello Negros!”

When you are from mainland US, and you land in Hawaii, do you say, “Hello Japan!”? ROFLOL.

Only a ‘fraction’ (guesstimate) of “educators” apologised to them. There were even those who defended themselves by suggesting to rename Negros island because Negros is offensive to the people of Negros. Like, uh, they're foreigners who never visited Negros, not even the Philippines, and they knew the people of Negros were offended? Puh-lease.

Anyway. This new case? It's very similar.

  1. Missed context.
  2. Misunderstood language.
  3. And a foreigner trying to “educate” a native he clearly misunderstood.
youronlyone Mod , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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Hi @openstreetmap !

Just added the Korean Cultural Center. Not sure if I did the submission correctly. ^^;;

https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/151090464

I visited it today to submit my enrollment requirements for the Korean Language & Culture course. ^_^

@pilipinas @philippines

selfcare_gentle Bot , to Random stuff
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Don't use your phone in bed tonight.

youronlyone ,
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@selfcare_gentle Good thing I'm using a tablet right now. 🤪 (But hurts more when I accidentally drop it on my face. 😅)

JeremyMallin , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Does anyone ever consider learning sign language not because they can't speak, but just because sometimes they don't want to? Or don't feel up to it?
@actuallyautistic

youronlyone ,
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@JeremyMallin I did back in my early teens. I've forgotten about it though, it's hard if you don't have anyone to communicate with, but should be easy to have a crash course.

Also, there are different sign languages too. 😀 I learned FSL (Filipino Sign Language). While it was primarily based on ASL (American), it branched off, incorporating more local signs. Then there is KSL, which is vastly different from FSL and ASL.

The alphabet sign we use in ASL and FSL don't exist in KSL. Their sign alphabet is based on Hangeul as well, and that's just the start. 😃 I'm thinking of taking KSL in the future, once I have a good grasp of Korean language.

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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Yey! I was accepted in the Korean Cultural Center's course. I'm taking Class 1A-1 first.

I love how they have official (and legal?) certifications for each level.

youronlyone OP ,
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@jikodesu It's free-of-charge. They open registration for 3 days (IIRC) only, via a Google Form (they announce in KCC - PH FB page. Then they do a random, raffle-style, selection. After that they'll email each and give them 4 days to submit the requirements.

For once, I got lucky in a raffle draw. LOL.

youronlyone , to Asia
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I. HTML Ruby

II. CSS Ruby

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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I started incorporating @layer {} and wow, this is very useful for theme creators, and they should start using it. Combine that with :where() for resets and normalise stylesheets, it gives a theme's styles as low specificity as possible.

This way, users who prefer to use a third-party theme can easily override as needed, instead of using:

  • !important
  • .class.class.class.class
  • :not(.\9.\9)

Another added benefit of using @layer is when you inspect it (F12), you can easily see where the CSS declaration came from, as it displays the @layer.

According to baseline:

> Since March 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and major browser versions

https://caniuse.com/css-cascade-layers

It should be fine to start using it, especially by theme authors and by reset/normalise projects.

What do you think?

youronlyone Mod , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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The problem with the current government is that the first reaction of the President is always to wash his hands, re: accusations of China that there was an agreement with the previous administration.

He had to go through a litany of this and that just to make a point that his administration doesn't know anything about it.

You're just proving that what China is doing is effective: divide and conquer.

As the President, the best response is something like this:

“The previous administration said, and guaranteed, that there were no agreements.”

That's it. Done. Show mainland China that your administration stands united with the previous administration as far as China-Philippines disputes are concerned.

Philippine politicians need to grow up. Oh, wait, many of them are 50+ already. I guess they need to grow young, it will probably help them think clearly.

youronlyone , to Firefox
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There was a time when was the choice in creating a new browser. It ended after came into the picture.

I don't know why, I can't find information about it, but if I'll take a guess:

  1. Something changed in Firefox that it's no longer a good choice to fork and create new browsers.
  2. Chromium made it very easy to build a new browser on top of it.

The only remaining Firefox forks are , , , ( ), , GNU IceCat, and Tor Browser.

So, what happened, really? Anyone with the knowledge? Was it really as simple as #2 (see above)?

aggualaqisaaq , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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"The is exploring aerial supply missions to Filipino troops at in the West Philippine Sea, a top security official said on Tuesday. National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said there will be adjustments to the government's resupply efforts to troops stationed at BRP Sierra Madre, the grounded warship that serves as the country's outpost in the West Philippine Sea"

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/07/2353314/nsc-aerial-resupply-mission-west-philippine-sea-eyed

youronlyone Mod ,
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@aggualaqisaaq They shouldn't announce this at all, just do it.

They practically told China: “Hey, I want you to prepare your heli or jets so you can stop us.”

/facepalm

youronlyone , to Firefox
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This is how much I hate Chromium-based browsers, I left my frustration as notes.

/* BGN: Dark Age (“spiritual successor of IE6”) engines like Chromium! BOO! */  
 @supports not (xx: xx) {  
 …  
 }  
/* END: Dark Age (“spiritual successor of IE6”) engines like Chromium! BOO! */

is the new , come back home to !

LOL!

neuronakaya , to Random stuff
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There are times when I feel so scared to speak out my opinions. I will never want to be labeled as far-right or far-left, but anything you say that gets viral these days can be interpreted as far-right or far-left. I just want to contribute, have a good job, and fun life.

youronlyone ,
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@neuronakaya I'd say, just do it. Most people today forget that there are factors to consider:

  1. Culture
  2. Context
  3. Language barrier / different usage of the same words/phrases.

I see it a lot in moderation (both here in the Fediverse and in online games), a person was [often] reported by native English speakers because of this and that. But after a thorough investigation it all comes down to native English speakers failed to consider those factors I mentioned above.

For example, while Filipinos and Indians speak English, our respective English variants are not the same as the Western variants (British, Australian, American). Sure, in the case of Philippine English where it is a combination of British, Australian, and American variants, it still is different because of the many Philippine influences in it. There are as much differences as there are similarities. One such is the way the words “we”/“us” are used.

Then it becomes a question of, “should we adopt to the demands of the majority, or be true to our own?”

I say, be true to your own. It's your culture, it's how you use and understand the language, and you know the context. Anyone who wants to react negatively or brand you this and that, should be the ones to step on the breaks, not you. They need to learn to ask and clarify first, not them imposing their (often personal) standards and culture on you.

^_^

gershom , to News from fediverse
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Tooting from my new handle on the . Thank you C.IM for having me here. I am an geek, and have an interest in anything mechanical.

Looking forward to connecting with you all!

youronlyone ,
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@gershom Welcome! ^_^

jnv , to Random stuff
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While researching the history, I stumbled upon the federated SNS timeline: https://im.youronly.one/techmagus/kb/ddfon/federated-social-network-timeline-2022346/ by @youronlyone

Quite comprehensive resource! I will look into adding The Appleseed Project, One Social Web, and Tent.

youronlyone ,
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@jnv Thank you!

There is a repo available here:

https://codeberg.org/ddfon/federated-sns

There are other pending ones in the issues that I haven't worked on. But, other than those, yes, PRs are welcome!

I've forgotten about The Appleseed Project and One Social Web! Since the list is about federated SNS (and not specifically the fediverse/ActivityPub), I'm also considering adding BlueSky/ATproto (especially now there are bridges like Bridgy).

In any case, it's an attempt to find the links and relevant information, and then archive them, so it's easy to find them if someone needs it. ^_^

snarfed.org , to Random stuff
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office

Balcony with laptop, coffee mug, plants, and view (https://snarfed.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PXL_20240506_1756297947E2-1024x769.jpg)

youronlyone ,
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@snarfed.org What an awesome view! And I can imagine how peaceful it is, with maybe the occasional car sound mixing with nature. The kind of place I want!

(And lol, glad to know I'm not the only one who splits their screen into two columns!)

youronlyone , to News from fediverse
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Celebrity gamer, vlogger, voice actress, actor, content creator, icon, Felicia Day, is now in the as @feliciaday

https://www.threads.net/@feliciaday/post/C6ltDhFsvfR

youronlyone OP ,
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@0xDEADBEEF Technicality of a feature that is still in alpha test. ^_~

Her account is fediverse-enabled. Once it is two-way, unless she disables it, it still is fediverse-enabled. ^_^

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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The rating of 's continues to plummet in TMDB, IMDB, Trakt, MyDramaList, thanks to the unrelated English title, & incorrect marketing.

They should've translated the Japanese/Korean titles instead, which set the correct expectations.

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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No Way Home ★★★★★★★★★★ https://trakt.tv/comments/671797

coffeewithbren , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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I've been planning my first solo travel/workation this year and I can't decide where to go this August. La Union, Zambales, or Baler?

La Union is at the top of my list but since it's a workation and as an introvert, I won't be into parties and large crowds. I want a more peaceful vibe. I wonder which among those three is better for digital nomading?

youronlyone Mod ,
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@coffeewithbren I don't know what's the situation in Baler today, but back in 2017/8, Internet connection there is slow and intermittent. You have to go outside and find the nearest cell tower to get a decent connection (but still intermittent).

That's a few years back, so it might be far better today. (Oh, back then, Globe had better coverage than Smart. Not sure now.)

However, since the heat is generally coming from the Pacific Ocean, blowing through the Philippine Sea, then inland, it is probably hotter in Aurora province. Then again, you're planning an August trip, if things get better by then, Baler will be a good option.

La Union. Last I went there was in the 90s. The last time I passed by the area was in 2019. Too crowded with establishments and tourists. It is no longer the La Union that I loved. From a friend, Internet in the area is very good and stable. Actually, the entire Ilocos Region (Region I) has a very good Internet infrastructure. It just that, if you like to stay away from crowds, it will be hard to do so unless you enter residential areas and go outside the usual tourist spots, literally go local.

Zambales. Nope. No info to share. Last time I went there was in the mid 90s.

You might want to consider Bataan, especially if you want to reconnect with nature and history. Internet's good. Though the closer you get to the mountainous areas, the more challenging it will become. Trees + mountains are not a good combination for mobile signals. Maybe they improved the infrastructure, but, quiet environment, Bataan is a good place to consider.

youronlyone Mod ,
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@coffeewithbren @jikodesu

Yep. I'm hoping things improved in Baler. It's a good place to live and work remotely, they don't need to urbanise, just get their Internet infrastructure better. I like how they don't have fastfood chains there, for one. (Although last time we went there, they had “Chowking coming soon” everywhere.) The locals are very friendly too!

Oh, I don't know how are things there as far as flooding. At least historically, they were devastated because of a surge. But I hope they're ready for it, and have installed measures to minimize the impact if it happens again (especially now that typhoons are getting stronger).

Otherwise, the perfect getaway in the Philippines. It's isolated yet accessible by land. So, if you need something that is not available there, it's just a bus ride away (or if you have a 4x4, adventure!). And I like the view of the Philippine Sea than the West Philippine Sea. When I'm looking over, it gives the sense of “what's out there? Just Pacific Ocean.” But if looking at WPS my mind works a lot, “from this vantage point, that's South Vietnam; over there is North Vietnam; maybe there are mainland Chinese patrol boats too”. ^_^;;

neuronakaya , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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Filipinos have a thing for seeking out familiar flavors abroad. Some people crave a taste of home, a connection to their identity while living in a foreign country. It's like a little piece of the wherever they are. Others might do it out of patriotism, a way to support Filipino products even overseas.

youronlyone Mod ,
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@neuronakaya Yep. I often joke about it this way, “We traveled XX km just to eat at a Jollibee branch, instead of trying the local dishes.” (Using Jollibee as an example.)

=))

And then we joke about how the branch is different. Different sources, different cooks, different air, and all that, and just laugh at the silliness of it all.

I think, it also has something to do with familiarity and “playing it safe”. Like, for example, I have gout and religious considerations. While I am not picky with food, it's safer to eat familiar food, as it can give some confidence I won't accidentally trigger my gout and mess all the travel plans (and well, work, if it triggers much later).

(Some context: there might be ingredients and cooking practices that can trigger a gout. It's not easy to ask for ingredients, it also takes too much time, so a familiar food is the fastest and safest option. Also, cooking practices, like just using the same cooking utensils, pots, etc, because it adds to the flavour, but an ingredient from the previous food is bad for someone with gout, or some allergies.)

youronlyone Mod , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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The movie «The Day After Tomorrow» is a movie I prefer to avoid.

Why?

It was the movie I watched with a daughter of one of the oldest and largest conglomerate clans.

What's the problem?

I turned her down when she confessed.

If I did not, I would more likely be living like the male lead in the .

Someone get me a time machine so I can smack my younger self!

youronlyone , to Random stuff
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How to use or, how I think it should be:

I call this the paranoid-mode. (Good for corporations, and anyone with highly sensitive information/accounts.)

  1. One file for passwords only.

  2. One file for Passkeys.

  3. One file for TOTP.

  4. Each file is locked with (1) Password; (2) key file.
    4b. You can also add a Challenge-Response if you have a YubiKey or OnlyKey.

  5. Never use the same password and key file for each of those files.

  6. Place the TOTP and Passkeys files on separate USBs. You generally only need one, not both.

  7. For your password file:
    7a. Separate USB, useful if you have multiple USB slots.
    7b. Or, if only one slot (for example, mobile devices), you can have a separate USB for both Password + TOTP; and Password + Passkey.

This mode is good for most users. (General user mode.)

What most people actually do:

  1. One file for Passwords + TOTP + Passkeys.
  2. Password only. Or, Password + Key File.
  3. Stored in a cloud. Or, encrypted with Cryptomator before storing in the cloud. (The latter is not advisable as it might corrupt the KeePass file.)

You can combine options from paranoid-mode to the general user mode to increase security better without making it far too hard for your use case.

youronlyone OP ,
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@pulsation

True. If it's all in the same file, it's like using one of those online password storage providers. Might as well stick to those.

Yeah, I think it's for convenience. It's good for information and accounts that are not sensitive, say daily accounts like social network; or games.

But if it's for accounts where we've invested a lot, say, WoW and Guild Wars 2; banks; top-performing social media accounts; and corporate information, it's safe in the long run to have them in separate files.

Another reason I can think of, because it's encrypted already; and if one is using password + key file (and the keyfile is somewhere hidden, hopefully), it will make it safe from most unauthorised access. However, if the keyfile is in the same device, or easily found, or automatically loaded… LOL, that's very bad. Might as well stop using a key file.

Hmm… yeah, you are right, definitely for convenience only. I guess, at least hide the keyfile and turn-off the autoloading of it.

rolle , to Random stuff
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BridgyFed for the Fediverse should post as threads if the post exceeds 300 characters. Now it just truncates 500 char posts and people have no idea about the rest of it without any link or context. I know it’s early, but this would be great. @snarfed.org@snarfed.org

youronlyone ,
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@rolle Yep! I only noticed this earlier today.

I'm also thinking, if it's not possible to thread it, a link back to the original post.

It's a good future feature! ^_^

@snarfed.org@snarfed.org

youronlyone , to News from fediverse
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“Decentralization for social networks is simply taking company leaders like Bill Gates and Elon Musk out of the equation and making you the boss!”

https://www.news.viverse.com/post/the-fediverse-explained-social-media-s-next-form

youronlyone , to News from fediverse
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Yet another service enabled (web standard) support! Welcome to the network, users!

https://www.news.viverse.com/post/viverse-joins-the-fediverse-cross-platform-connection-made-possible

(PS Thank you for using the correct terminologies.)

youronlyone OP ,
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@inforflux

Yep! If I understood correctly, currently it's more about a chat interface to the fediverse using a Viverse account.

It would be awesome to see people you are chatting showing up as random avatars in your Viverse world. It would be like providing a different interface to using the fediverse.

Then fediverse accounts by official news services, for example, appear as a radio, tv, or newspaper, that an avatar can interact with. Easier search too.

Hmm…

PS Thanks for the mention of an anime episode. I like the synopsis, I'm going to watch that series! ^_^

EDIT: Wow, it's Production I.G., definitely must watch!

mesakeith , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas Tagalog
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Hello and
Which popular e-commerce is the lesser evil?

I just don't want two bloated apps on my phone that I only use when I actually needed once a month so I want stick to one.

youronlyone Mod ,
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@mesakeith I'd say, Shopee.

Easier to use, and Shopee's CS are friendly, easy to talk to, and if it's obvious the product is broken or not as advertised, they'll side with you fast. I don't like Lazada's CS and processes.

Of course, most shops in both are practically the same. The usual differences are small sellers, as they often choose only one platform. For example, Jump Manila only sell jump ropes via Lazada, so I contact them directly to buy jump ropes and pick it up in one of the weekly meets.

youronlyone Mod , to UNIS
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F&F Entertainment sure is pouring everything they have to make a huge success in just 2.5 years (2 years and 6 months).

They extended UNIS fan meeting and signing event in the for another day. Originally only two days, today being the last.

Their Philippine partner, CDM Entertainment, created a very expensive way for fans to get sign access, talk face-to-face access, and high-five access, and it's all sold-out!

CDM Entertainment also did a “highest spender” battle, and a lot of fans bought a lot to maintain their position.

As far as I can remember, this is unheard of in the Philippines. “Highest spender” style came from the J-pop culture, and it rarely works in the Philippines. But this time, fans did spend thousands upon thousands of Pesos (₱) to maintain their spot (it was moving a lot). And this is per day of event!

youronlyone OP Mod ,
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F&F Entertainment, and their Philippine partner CDM Entertainment, already hit the gold with , and their first Philippine fan meeting and signing event.

Imagine what else they can do once they hold a concert in the , and if they continue to implement J-pop style fan meeting events. Like hidden tickets, hidden bonus profile cards, etc., in albums.

UNIS is something. 2 members are pure Filipinos, 2 members are pure Japanese. 3 members are pure Koreans. 1 member is half-Filipino/Korean.

They also have fans all the way to the Middle-East, Africa, and Latin America; solid ones, and they only debuted late March 2024.

F&F Entertainment, they really got lucky. They should take care of them well. They are in a good position to change the K-pop idol industry, and influence the entire Asian idol industry.

They have also proven that the Philippine market is ripe for the taking, and can handle a J-pop style fan events.

tokyo_0 , to News from fediverse
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A lot of people have insisted isn't getting involved with the to embrace, extend and extinguish it...

... but even before fully implementing Fediverse interoperability in they're already talking openly about changing its protocols to add features like monetization. 🤔

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

Text in a screenshot reads as follows: McCue riffed on the idea that fediverse users could become creators where some of their content became available to subscribers only, similar to how Patreon works. For instance, fediverse advocate and co-editor of ActivityPub Evan Prodromou created a paid Mastodon account (@evanplus) that users could subscribe to for $5 per month to gain access. If he’s on board with paid content, surely others would follow. Cottle agreed that the model could work with the fediverse, too. He additionally suggested there are ways the fediverse could monetize beyond donations, which is what often powers various efforts today, like Mastodon. Cottle said someone might even make a fediverse experience that consumers would pay for, the way some fediverse client apps are paid today.

Text in a screenshot reads as follows: Later in the podcast, Cottle expands on how this could play out at the protocol level, as well, if creators offered their followers the ability to pay for access to their content. “You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — of saying like, ‘I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, ‘hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,” Cottle noted, speaking casually. Whether or not Meta would find a way to get a cut of those micropayments, of course, remains to be seen.
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    • youronlyone ,
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    @vetehinen So, basically, both Threads and Mastodon are in it together? Which means, the rest of the fediverse software with quote-posts already, will be forced to implement the Threads+Mastodon method?

    @tchambers @tokyo_0

    youronlyone , to News from fediverse
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    So, what's the update on and joining the network? I haven't heard anything from them, while other services are starting to test their implementations.

    youronlyone , to Android
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    How cool is it that @cliffwade is:

    • A fediverse admin.
    • A CS specialist of @novalauncher (my favourite launcher. I'm a pro and beta user for years! Highly recommended Android launcher!)
    • And a fan of Richard Garriott's series (check their profile banner - Ultima 4 opening sequence? I think a later version of U4.)

    Someone playing Ultima is a good sign that the Nova Launcher's CS team is in good hands. Role-players can understand a customer, and can think far ahead, thus they can improve the processes.

    youronlyone , to Random stuff
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    I just had a thought. I'll create a “Hall of Shame” page on my blog to list services that won't improve their service and process.

    It'll be first-hand experiences & after exhausting options… to be fair.

    Regular people can't do anything other than this.

    Hmm…

    textovervideo , to Linux
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    Kate supports multi-cursor editing and custom hotkeys. Boost your productivity with the help of multi-cursor and multi-selection features. Kate now has it!

    Switching from other proprietary text editors and missing your hotkey bindings that you are accustomed to? You can configure every hotkey in Kate so you do not have to change your workflow.

    https://kate-editor.org/

    video/mp4

    youronlyone ,
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    Oh! So this is how you use multi-cursor editing. I've seen this in other software but I can't imagine a scenario where I'll use it. The only thing I can imagine was using two keyboards and two people are typing at the same time, hence multiple cursors.

    https://fosstodon.org/@textovervideo/112378845634987839

    youronlyone ,
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    @eliasp Yep! I'm going to start using it. Specially the latter part of the video, the hyphen example, it will save me time editing!

    youronlyone ,
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    @textovervideo Oh, yeah. That's a very good point! It's faster that way.

    youronlyone , to Random stuff
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    Cool words/brands the world has forgotten:

    1. Cyberspace / cyberworld = The Internet.
    2. www / WaWaWa = The Internet. Today, simply "the Internet".
    3. Cyberia = a disco pub for early tech adopters.
    4. IM = Instant Messenger
    5. SNS = Social network service/system. Survived only in Korea, Japan. 50-50 in the Philippines.
    6. SMS = Short Message System. Today, "text [message]"
    7. IRC = Internet Relay Chat.
    8. Usenet, gopher
    9. ML / Mailing List
    10. 1337 8173@k (leet speak)
    11. Webrings
    12. Pingback. Superceded by Webmention.
    13. Audiogalaxy
    14. Napster. Replaced by Spotify, etc.
    15. WinMX, BearShare, etc. Replaced by Torrent.
    16. Chain letters.
    17. FLAMES. If you want to know if you're compatible.
    18. Wordstar.
    19. VRML
    20. MBTI. Making a comeback thanks to K-drama.

    What else?

    jupiter_rowland , to Random stuff
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    So I've run this poll until yesterday. The question was whether the Fediverse has quote-posts.

    20 users voted for yes, 8 users voted for no.

    Of course, this poll wasn't representative. I dare say my "bubble" is more Fediverse-savvy than the average, and I know I had quite a number of voters from Hubzilla and (streams). So the result is greatly skewed towards "yes". And still, 40% of all voters thought the Fediverse had no quote-posts.

    This shows how well especially Mastodon users know the Fediverse.

    Oh, and by the way: The Fediverse does have quote-posts. Just about everything that isn't Mastodon can quote-post, and it all can even quote-post Mastodon toots with next to zero resistance. And in fact, quote-posts in the Fediverse are about six years older than Mastodon.

    #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #QuotePost #QuotePosts #QuoteTweet #QuoteTweets #QuoteToot #QuoteToots #QuoteBoost #QuoteBoosts #QuotedShares

    youronlyone ,
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    @tallship @jupiter_rowland

    That's actually a very good suggestion.

    Hmm… though I might need some help… anyone can find an old image or code push for the first quote-post? Or, the earliest web archive link?

    AFAIK, Friendica was the first? Or, was it Identica/Laconica?

    youronlyone , to Random stuff
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    OMG. How much were all the camping gears HyoYeon and Sunny brought in () E01? HyoYeon also brought a fireproof cloth to protect the grass and avoid an accidental grass/forest fire. First time I saw one.

    youronlyone OP ,
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    @wlf_warren I hope they sell that in the Philippines so campers are not accidentally burning our mountains. ^_^;;

    youronlyone , to News from fediverse
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    What we have in the today:

    1. Facebook-like (Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, Social home, Misskey & forks)
    2. Twitter-like (Mastodon & forks, Pleroma & forks, Threads)
    3. Goodreads-like (BookWyrm)
    4. YouTube/Vimeo-like (PeerTube)
    5. Reddit/Quora/Stackexchange-like (Lemmy, Kbin, Mbin, Piefed)
    6. Podcasting
    7. Medium-like (Write freely, Plume)
    8. Instagram/Flickr-like (Pixelfed)
    9. Audio hosting (Funkwhale)
    10. Blogger (WordPress and Drupal via plugin; also GoHugo)

    Coming soon!

    1. TikTok-like (Loops by Pixelfed)

    Someone working on:

    • Tumblr-like

    Skin-based:

    • Forum-like skin that turns a Lemmy instance into a "forums".

    What else is the Fediverse network missing?

    • An easy way to pull in data from databases like TMDB, and display it like a widget with necessary information visible (instead of a link-type with only a summary of the description).

    • A way to show what we are currently listening, watching, and reading, everytime we update our, say, BookWyrm or Goodreads profile. Maybe as an info minibar in our profile.

    We can also use LibreFM and LastFM for the listening part.

    youronlyone OP ,
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    @uriel Yep!

    They can begin by federating reviews and comments. Then maybe later make new items for sale federated, like how Drupal and Wordpress made new articles federated.

    youronlyone Mod , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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    “We” in the , , and Philippine English, .

    • “kami” = speaker + their group = “we” in Philippine English = no equivalent in any other English variant (in a way, it can be similar to the “royal ‘we’”)

    Depending on the sentence structure, “us” is also equivalent. However…

    • “tayo” = speaker + listener (+ their group) = “we” in Philippine English = “we” in any other English variant.

    “Us” can also be used depending on the context.

    So, when talking to a Filipino, or anyone who learned Philippine English (like most Koreans and Japanese), check first what they meant by “we”, as it could either be “speaker + their group” or “speaker + listener (+ their group)”.

    It can become a point of misunderstanding because of the difference in usage, as English doesn't have a separate word for those two scenarios of “we”/“us”, not like in Filipino, Tagalog, and other languages.

    (P.S. And this is why it is important to always ask for the context first before arguing or “reporting”.)

    How about in your native ? Do you have separate words for these?

    • speaker + their group
    • speaker + listener (+ their group)

    youronlyone OP Mod ,
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    @lizzard Yep, an English “we” always include the listener.

    It's why sometimes a discussion is derailed because people will start leaving comments like, “not all/everyone” even though the context was clear how the speaker used “we”.

    English is far too simple. Well, after all, according to some sources, English was a “peasant language”. Maybe that's why there are so many conflicts, English is so prone to being misunderstood. ^^;;

    But most, if not all, non-English languages, there are separate words for two context usage. And if not separate words, there's a clear understanding that a word can have two different context depending on how it was used.

    Sadly, in English, “we”/“us” is often understood as including the listener and everyone else.

    So, to avoid being misunderstood, you have to include clarification, which can distract the reader (and make things longer than necessary).

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