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ulu_mulu, in Deleted
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If I wanted to use logic, I'd say taking both A and B is the only way to have a guaranteed $1,000,000 outcome, because B only could get you money but also nothing.

But, if I choose B only, I'm sort of "forcing" the machine into that kind of prediction, right? I don't know about this experiment, but since your post says it's a paradox, I think that's how it works.

So my choice is B, the machine has predicted it and I get a nice $1,000,000,000.

Am I totally off? :D

RedMarsRepublic, in Deleted

Box B only, why should I presume I'm smarter than this machine?

elavat0r, in Deleted
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I’d much rather take a sure million with a (slight?) chance of a bonus billion, versus an unknown chance at 0 or a billion. I could do plenty with a million that would significantly change my life for the better.

But I would probably do the opposite if A contained $1000 and B contained a potential million as in the original example. $1000 is a tolerable amount to risk missing out on.

MiddleWeigh, in What are the best crafts/meida/things to make and sell? as a sort of hobby.
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It's pretty hard to make money crafting, but doable, and I think you just need to understand that going in. So I think what's most important is that you enjoy doing that particular craft. The selling is just icing.

Leather working, Jewelry, Tye dye, Hand made rugs...what do YOU like? Experiment, and find out.

It really just comes down to what you enjoy most and that you aren't expecting to make a full time job out it.

Commissions are always good!

Sorry if that was unhelpful

QuietStorm,
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thank you and im more looking for something to start with that isint a full time job but more of a sidehustle, also how can i do commisions becasue fivver seems overcrowded so i might need to do things locally, maybe.

MiddleWeigh,
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Yea I know, I'm just saying that side hustle is more just a product of you enjoying yourself and being creative. You should start first with finding what you actually like to do. I'd just try some stuff till something sticks you know?

It may be a while before your confident to put a price tag on it.

Comission is great, especially locally, depending which craft you do. I would consider this only after you found your groove.

Hope you find something worthwhile to spend your time on.

Make>Take

dan1101, in Deleted
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I'd take box A and B because that would get me 1 MILLION DOLLARS. Yes I'm risking 1 BILLION DOLLARS but I'd rather have a guaranteed million.

IsThisLemmyOpen,

Hehe thats why I think the original question of Box A being $1000 and Box B being a million was kinda boring, since $1000 is barely anything in today's world. 3 more zeroes does making things more interesting

XPost3000, in What is the worst superpower that you can think of that is actually kinda useful?

Being able to teleport only 1 foot away

Seems useless until you realize that it can absolutely come in clutch if you’re ever physically stuck anywhere

tubbadu,

And you can pass through walls

_haha_oh_wow_,
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teleports into wall and dies

ILikeMultis, in What are some of the "small things" you appreciate about Lemmy over Reddit?
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Relatively tech literate user base

concrete_baby,

Not for long if the migration continues

minorsecond, in Reddit refugees, has your favorite sub migrated already?

One has, but there are no posts yet I’ve created another, created a post and am waiting to see if others move over. I plan on giving up modship ASAP because I’m not built for that. Yet another has and there’s a bit of activity.

giantshortfacedbear,

I've wondered how hard it would be to write a bot that, for each new link-post in a particular sub in Reddit, it creates a corresponding link-post in a matching community in Lemmy. Intrinsically I feel like it would be easy, and might make the switch for users from there to here easier as it is already seeded with 'the content'.

minorsecond,
giantshortfacedbear,

That's so cool. I might spin up a test community to have a play with that.

minorsecond,

Yea I’m considering using it for the two communities I’ve created. But I’m afraid people won’t like it.

DarkThoughts, in what should I do with this pile of old (wiped) hard drives?

Throw them in the electronics recycling container if you don't need them.

MrComradeTaco, in Deleted

I can make more betting in horse races with Box B.. so i will go Box B.

faltuuser, in What is Kbin?

Yes

Gamera8ID,

Can you elaborate?

I read that Kbin defederated with Lemmy because it couldn't initially handle the influx of new users migrating from Reddit, but that it has federated again.

So is it a Lemmy instance, like Beehaw?

I know that Kbin doesn't use communities ("/c/") but uses magazines ("/m/") so I thought it was different.

I also read that there was some new way to post to Lemmy from Mastadon, but I thought those were different, like Reddit and Twitter. But they both rely on something called "ActivityPub"?

So is Kbin similar to Lemmy (by being Reddit-like), but distinct like Mastadon (which is Twitter-like)?

I didn't have a Twitter account, but was a heavy Reddit user. I don't have a Mastadon account, but I'm liking Lemmy. However I have some FOMO about Kbin because I don't understand how it all works together.

Ruben,

I have been exploring Kbin a little bit and can answer some questions.

ActivityPub is a protocol for sharing content. That content can be of multiple types like posts, threads, blogs, videos, microblogs, etc (I forgot the exact names of those types so the names might be off). On Lemmy we have communities, which are comparable to subreddits, that are hubs for ActivityPub content of the thread type. Mastodon is build for microblogs, which are similar to tweets.

Kbin is indeed similar to Lemmy, as it also runs on ActivityPub content, but apart from having communities (which they call magazines), you can also post and read microblogs there.

So if you like Lemmy but you're also on Mastodon or are interested in that, maybe Kbin is more suitable for you.

Gamera8ID,

Very helpful. Thanks!

Setarkus, in Can you steal a user's identity if you gain their old domain name?

I don't think you have to worry about that since user's data should be stored on the instance they registered on, which means that data should only be stored on those servers (I don't think that kind of data would be federated, correct me if I'm wrong).
So unless someone were to restart those servers with the same domain name and the data intact, it shouldn't happen.

fubo,

I've only read the ActivityPub spec; I haven't read the Lemmy code.

With that in mind, my impression is —

The new domain owner — if they set up an ActivityPub server instance (e.g. a Lemmy) and got a list of the old user's post URLs — might be able to delete or edit the old user's posts stored on other instances. That is a vulnerability, albeit a small one.

If the old user was still listed as a moderator of communities hosted on other instances, the new domain owner might be able to take over that moderator role.

One way to fix this would be for instances to issue a public-key cryptographic identity to each user, and distribute users' public keys to other instances. Then activities purporting to be from that user would need to be signed by that user's private key.

Users' private keys would stay local to their home instance, so users don't have to do any key management themselves.

This would mean that if an instance goes away (and its key material is destroyed) then nobody can ever act as any of those users again. A new user created with the same username and domain would be a distinct user for all other instances too.

Dirk,
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That is a vulnerability, albeit a small one.

“Small one” is very wrong here. This is by far the largest gaping security hole in the whole specification.

canine_teeth, in Teaching children about online manipulation without creating a paranoid world view subject to manipulation?

I would agree with the other comments here and say the best thing to do would be to vet sources. Things like 'looking through a commenter's history' or 'reading the About Us section of a news site' and 'looking at more than just the top 3 results from Google for sources'.

QuietStorm, in what should I do with this pile of old (wiped) hard drives?
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nas, keep them around for backups, sell them online,

donate them to people in need?

HorrorSpirit, in How do pre-reddit influx lemmy members feel?
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To be honest? The reddit thing was what reminded me lemmy existed. I signed up around a year before, got bored of it for whatever reason and went back to reddit. Then the thing happened, someone mentioned lemmy, and i thought to myself “oh wait lemmy exists.” And now i’m here.

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