Comment by 🚀 clseibold
@skyjake And I should remind YOU that your disproportionate "consequences" put undue burden on those who are already vulnerable, and the pattern seems to be that you place more expectation on specific groups over others. Which means you have chosen to do so, and thus have given up all benefit of doubt.
People have a right to condemn your actions when you embrace them so fully, without humbleness to criticism, and without regard to the experiences and issues of the most vulnerable in your community. It's almost like you've just ignored everything I've said above. I hope you can see why it's so hard for me to take what you've said seriously, because it's not serious.
You've consistently given particular individuals free passes for rule violations merely because they bully through passive-aggresiveness, trolling, intimidation, and what looks like "technical" argumentation.
Framing this space as "humble" and "casual" does not negate the seriousness of the harms caused. Really, your interactions here are a microcosm of how you operate in everyday life, what you tolerate, and what you speak out against. I could care less about the BBS, and yet I remain forceful because what I'm saying applies far beyond this BBS.
It only puts what I've said into greater perspective that you've chosen to take a stronger action against me only *after* I've respectfully critiqued you, rather than before.
You don't fool me, and you don't scare me. Moderation comes with increased scrutiny, and that's the way it should be, because as the saying goes: power corrupts. It is through our bravery in speech that we gain any check on power.
Unfortunately, you seem to have taken the writing that I've put my experiences and soul into, to discuss why your method is so damaging to people, and completely ignored and reduced it to nothing, as if there was nothing to engage, as if people's motivations do not matter. Frankly, it shows you lack heart.
My convictions come from lived experience, not ideology. I grew up in very conservative Iowa. My upbringing in a conservative environment is *why* I cannot and will never take a neutral position, and why I emphasize what I emphasize. I'd be dead if I remained neutral or took on the ideas of my surroundings without question. When you grow up poorer, you tend to learn that some ideologies are solely meant to gatekeep rather than protect.
I do appreciate the sarcasm though. We all need a good laugh.
🚀 clseibold [🛂 Code of Conduct rule 1 violations]
2025-12-01 · 5 months ago
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@clseibold: This will probably fall onto deaf ears, and the lack of profanity add to the hatred you've shown, but consider for a minute:
- I am really far from conservative. I actually voted for Obama, before becoming very disappointed with the Democrat Party, who are no longer even Liberal! I've never supported anyone on the right.
- I have a Trans child _and_ a gay child whom I love and fully support.
- There was absolutely nothing about my engineering efficiency concerns that 'spreads conservative agenda'.
You really should look in the mirror occasionally.
And it's this that lead me to add
I'm no longer involved with the Gemini development, so all the tests and tools that were here are have been removed. Why doesn't matter. I've been told to shut up, sit down, and let the adults in the room talk. You have been warned.
To the bottom of my Gemini site main page. A pox on all your houses.
Original Post
Gemini Streaming — I'm testing streaming media in Alhena. Is hashnix the only Gemini radio service? Any others? How about Spartan, Nex or Gopher? Streaming is an option so the old behavior is still available (media plays from a temp file). When streaming, you can listen to Hashnix or HTTP streams but you lose seek. There are also rare files which don't stream - I think it has to do with the location of the metadata within the file. That's why it's an option. When playing large videos, playback...