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@xianc78 @dielan Ensuring your kid is safe nor engaging in idiocy on the computer should have the same procedure as being a sysadmin wrangling normalfags interacting with a Unix-like system. (e.g. no sudo/root escalation privileges, block any pornography/malicious URLs in /etc/hosts, program installation if needed is limited to local installation, no root password login, etc.)
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Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) can be divided into 3 categories, depending on where the authority resides:

- Secret key (did:key, did:pkh).
- Server (did:web).
- Blockchain (hundreds of them).

With a #DID derived from a secret key you can truly own your identity. Unfortunately, key rotation is not supported, and if you lose your key, you lose everything. This can be partially mitigated with distributed key generation techniques that make key recovery possible if only M of N shards are available, but they are complicated.

Servers can rotate keys, but they can also suddenly disappear, and again you lose everything.

Blockchain-based systems support key rotation and don't have a single point of failure (if done right). Sometimes they are called "servers with superpowers". However, popular ones are not suitable for the job because writing to them is very expensive and their clients need powerful computing devices and a lot of storage.

Is there a way around that? Yes. Blockchains can be very lightweight and they don't actually need a cryptocurrency, miners or stakers in order to work. There is a simple consensus algorithm known as Proof of authority, and one of the Fediverse competitors, Bluesky, seems to be planning to build such system:

https://github.com/did-method-plc/did-method-plc

>We are actively hoping to replace it with or evolve it into something less centralized - likely a permissioned DID consortium.

They are afraid to say the B-word, but "permissioned consortium" is exactly what it is. Of course, their identity #blockchain doesn't have to be the only one in existence. I think in the future we might see quite a lot of "identity cooperatives" of different shapes and sizes. Perhaps even a universal client, curl for identity, can be developed.

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Just a reminder that much of the content you see online now is meant to anger and or traumatize you. The matrix wants you angry and in a constant state of reaction. Don't give it to them. Have agency over your emotions. Have a blessed day!

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It is true that a small, but growing, number of people are curious about #freedom, both with technology and life in general.

Was good to see that #Linux desktop usage is now over 4% worldwide.
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@xianc78 literally, the dude got so mad that people leaked emissary online that it's why he never wanted to do another smash story. I think he is typically a great game dev but holy shit he gets a stick up his ass whenever someone interacts with his work the "improper way." just look at brawl tripping...

Although, this mindset of Sakurai's at least freed us from the hell that was smash 4 Bayonetta in ultimate. Too bad we just got Steve instead and he'll never be fixed.

So many Nintendo devs are infuriating man. They're geniuses, but they all have some weird hang up on something. Miyamoto needs to shove gimmicks in everything. Sakurai holds weird grudges. Itoi thinks he reached perfection and doesn't want to do anything else. Aonuma thinks people only like old games more because of Nostalgia.

Aw, What a baby! Are posters and box-art also too spoilery for you, Mr. Sakurai?

No wonder he refuses to put a proper adventure mode in Smash after Brawl.

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