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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] saucyloggins 114 points 1 year ago (6 children)

That wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing. Someone wrote a good article about how Google bullied their way to kill XMPP. Something to keep in mind with what Meta is planning.

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That article was a really interesting read! In my opinion, while integration can be a good thing for many aspects of the world, we can't expect the giant company to not try to swallow us whole, which is why we must stand up to monopolies.

[–] MiddleWeigh 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When personal profit is involved, expect the worst...IME

[–] x4740N 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When capitalism is involved, expect the worst

FTFY /p

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