Any public Agency is formed by the people of the country; technically the change starts by the people.
In your theory there is a chance to go to heaven so I will positively think that there won’t be hell at all if I do my best. I would choose heaven, putting negativity (hell) away from the equation.
It’s a “theory” so my choice doesn’t have to be between the only options that are there.
I would try my best to go only to heaven.
I like the new Plebstr, I mean openvibe. Plebstr was a special name though.
I don’t put anything on my fridge, I usually admire what people put on the fridge though (especially if there are memories of places they have been).
i like when people point out flaws here
usually a solution soon follows
you can always bet on our devs
First step to solve a problem is to talk about it.
Or change how it works, because ending it can mean that another agency will take its place.
The video is so long, more than 3 hours.
Anyway, my summary might help although I didn’t watch it. Think of this world as a big cake with its resources usually in underdeveloped countries (the later got the crumbs for years and had foreign forces to facilitate the robbery, in the name of fighting whatever or “peace forces/UN/NATO forces”; they needed an excuse to justify their stay and avoid being bothered by public opinion back home). They, the developed countries, were dividing the cake so that they don’t fight each others. They didn’t want to share it with everyone though so countries that knew what’s going on and tried to oppose the developed countries’ policies or wanted their share were sanctioned. While rich countries have been invited and offered some shares willingly so that they get their hands dirty and can’t talk; so that the secret happening under the eyes of all can stay covered with lies. Alliances were formed in relation with that. So as mentioned there are developed countries, groups of sanctioned countries that kept on making space for themselves so that others won’t eat the entire cake alone and rich countries that used to pull others so that they are not the only ones getting what they don’t need from the weak neighbours. Some Arab countries were involved too. The colonisation had new names more appealing to voters. Governments are usually acting on behalf other people though; there are Oligarchs everywhere (that doesn’t mean that governments were not getting some shares).
How would you describe your former self and how would you describe yourself now?!
Ever tried being humble to your former self?!
It moved when I added a comment, are coding a different way to show threads?!
Why towns or cities perished can be attributed to the ruler of politicians as they are the lawmakers that influence their people. Listening to poets can cause people to perish too when they are misleading.
Every person is responsible for own actions though; religiously the righteous people that are at the same time believe in God, have been always saved even if many others have perished (a well known example is the example of prophet Noah, peace be upon him, and the believers of his people).
Surah Al-Israa:
Verse 13
وَكُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ أَلْزَمْنَاهُ طَائِرَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كِتَابًا يَلْقَاهُ مَنْشُورًا
And We have fastened every man's deeds to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open.
Verse 14
اقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
(It will be said to him): "Read your book. You yourself are sufficient as a reckoner against you this Day."
Verse 15:
مَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا
Whoever goes right, then he goes right only for the benefit of his ownself. And whoever goes astray, then he goes astray to his own loss. No one laden with burdens can bear another's burden. And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning).
Verse 16:
وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِيرًا
And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allah and be righteous) to those among them [or We (first) increase in number those of its population] who are given the good things of this life. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it.
Verse 17:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا
And how many generations have We perished after Nuh (Noah)! And Sufficient is your Lord as an All-Knower and All-Beholder of the sins of His servants (mankind that He created).
Verse 18:
مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا
Whoever wishes for the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell, he will burn therein disgraced and rejected, (far away from Allah's Mercy).
Verse 19:
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ مَشْكُورًا
And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it, with the necessary effort for it (i.e. do righteous deeds of Allah's Obedience) while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allah), then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated, thanked and rewarded (by Allah).
Verse 20:
كُلًّا نُمِدُّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَهَٰؤُلَاءِ مِنْ عَطَاءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
To each these as well as those We bestow from the gifts of your Lord. And the gifts of your Lord can never be forbidden.
Verse 21:
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْآخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا
See how We prefer one above another (in this world) and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preference.
Verse 22:
لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَخْذُولًا
(O man) Don’t set up with Allah any other ilah (god),! (This verse is addressed to Prophet Muhammad SAW, but its implication is general to all mankind), or you will sit down reproved, forsaken (in the Hell-fire).
It’s very common that when people succeed, they are mostly filled with pride, believing in own might and/or skills as the reasons for success while forgetting that their progress or success is because of what God had written and given to them. A good example to understand the different phases in life is the phases of growth of a human, starting very little and helplessly weak, then reaching strength in adult age and then starting descending towards helpless weakness again.
Surah Al-Hajj
Verse 5
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا ۚ وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then verily! We have created you (i.e. Adam) from dust, then from a Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge i.e. offspring of Adam), then from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood) then from a little lump of flesh, some formed and some unformed (miscarriage), that We may make (it) clear to you (i.e. to show you Our Power and Ability to do what We will). And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed term, then We bring you out as infants, then (give you growth) that you may reach your age of full strength. And among you there is he who dies (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the miserable old age, so that he knows nothing after having known. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).
I’m not sure about algoeithims but algorithms simply aren’t a thing we can avoid in software. Fundamentally software is a series of mathematical equations organized together in algorithms. It is kind if like saying you want an ocean without water. There are oceans of other liquids on other planets, but here on our planet, with computers as they are built today, all software is algorithms.
When it comes to social media and the way out software decides what to show us, every possible way choosing data and showing it to a user is an algorithm. It might be just show the posts from people you’ve chosen, either in the order in which they publish them or in which the client receives them, those are algorithms. That choice has a bias and rewards some behavior while punishing others.
Take for example nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac who posts a LOT of short posts. If we use the most frequent posters get more exposure, then we’re focusing on building an audience of direct follows, getting your posts shared, and posting a LOT. We could have an algorithm which focuses on showing what’s trending in your network, or one which prioritizes showing you posts with lots of comments, or a feed that shows you content which has the most reports.
There is no escape from using algorithms to decide what content you will see.
What we need is a system where users have agency, where you can choose your algorithms, see the trade offs in each, and the way to pick what works for you. The algorithm isn’t the problem, it’s that is a monoculture that’s picked by platforms. It flattens culture and makes us vulnerable.
Facebook actually had researchers try presenting users with content / social graph/ engagement aware algorithm vs chronological feed. What happened was a chronological free showed less news, less diverse view points, and lots more viral shared content. It had no change in people’s political views at all. The biggest take away is that the cohort of users given the chronological timeline used it less and switched their time to social media apps that did give them a more customized timeline algorithm.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/surprising-discovery-about-facebooks-role-driving-polarization
We can’t escape the algorithm. First because that’s how all software works, but also because users prefer something other than the chronological timeline we think we want.
Over at Bluesky they’ve got 40,000 algorithms to choose from in a way that’s easy to discover, use, and make. Nostr has a few dozen to choose from because for the most part we combine the algorithms with the clients. Only a few clients use the DVM feed functionality that lets us decouple the algorithms from the client.
We should embrace and support user agency to choose and create algorithms that they can control. We need DVM feeds to be shown in clients, documented, integrated, and to be fast. Relays need to be able to support requests of a list of note ids not just full note content so we can make the system fast and low bandwidth.
We can do this. You can choose an algorithm which pulls from the lists your friends manually curate, or from some advanced LLM predicting your interest. If we have a hundred thousand algorithms then the power of each one diminishes. Maybe you want to have a feed that helps you find the shit posters, while I want to hide the flame wars. Both are fine.
Let’s not reject algorithms, let’s admit that they’re baked in the fundamentals of how the technology works. Let’s take power over them instead of the large platforms using them to control our public sphere.
I think the algorithm of Twitter before the censorship was alright. Although some filters were needed. Anyway, people can change interests if they are in contact or see what’s going on in new communities (it’s like travel while staying online). So it would be better to have a way to discover new communities of different interests while having easy access to lists on the sidebar.