Linux community arrogance is to deny the device driver issues and think Apple is fine, when the reason Apple thrives is because they don’t have open hardware like Linux, BSD, Windows…

Hardware companies are rarely held account for their absent support of Linux - some campaigns have come and gone, but in the end Linux users tend to arrogantly say it’s trivial to switch and embrace dishonesty. I guess they figure Microsoft is dishonest, so they normalize it.

The comic’s suit questions if AI models can function without training themselves on protected works.

I doubt a human can compose chat responses without having trained at school on previous language. Copyright favors the rich and powerful, established like Silverman.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3475

Spent some hours tracing the code, inserting logging that I watched based on a UPVOTE being federated.

diff --git a/crates/api/src/comment/like.rs b/crates/api/src/comment/like.rs
index 6c4bdebc7..063249a7e 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/comment/like.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/comment/like.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
 };
 use lemmy_db_views::structs::{CommentView, LocalUserView};
 use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
 impl Perform for CreateCommentLike {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ impl Perform for CreateCommentLike {
   #[tracing::instrument(skip(context))]
   async fn perform(&self, context: &Data<LemmyContext>) -> Result<CommentResponse, LemmyError> {
     let data: &CreateCommentLike = self;
+    // Here we are with that database read on every single like for site data.
     let local_site = LocalSite::read(context.pool()).await?;
     let local_user_view = local_user_view_from_jwt(&data.auth, context).await?;
 
@@ -62,16 +64,20 @@ impl Perform for CreateCommentLike {
     // Remove any likes first
     let person_id = local_user_view.person.id;
 
+    // does database transaction, despite next one doing update condition?
     CommentLike::remove(context.pool(), person_id, comment_id).await?;
 
     // Only add the like if the score isnt 0
     let do_add = like_form.score != 0 && (like_form.score == 1 || like_form.score == -1);
     if do_add {
+      // this does database transaction. it await for result
       CommentLike::like(context.pool(), &like_form)
         .await
         .map_err(|e| LemmyError::from_error_message(e, "couldnt_like_comment"))?;
     }
 
+    warn!("zebratrace100 vote do_add {:?}", do_add);
+
     build_comment_response(
       context,
       comment_id,
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/community/announce.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/community/announce.rs
index 116b02726..62af17a1a 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/community/announce.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/community/announce.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
 use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use url::Url;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl ActivityHandler for RawAnnouncableActivities {
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ impl AnnounceActivity {
   ) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
     let announce = AnnounceActivity::new(object.clone(), community, context)?;
     let inboxes = community.get_follower_inboxes(context).await?;
+
+    // example, local community with remote subscribers generates this: zebratrace500 like activity inboxes [Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("lemmy.ml")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }, Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("lemmy.management")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }, Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("lemmy.austinite.online")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }, Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("lemmywinks.xyz")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }, Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("lemmy.asc6.org")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }]
+    // example, local community with no remote subscribers, generates this: zebratrace500 like activity inboxes []
+    warn!("zebratrace500 like activity inboxes {:?}", inboxes);
+
     send_lemmy_activity(context, announce, community, inboxes.clone(), false).await?;
 
     // Pleroma and Mastodon can't handle activities like Announce/Create/Page. So for
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/community/mod.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/community/mod.rs
index 010bad4f4..58ae1b732 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/community/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/community/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
 use lemmy_db_schema::source::person::PersonFollower;
 use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
 use url::Url;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 pub mod announce;
 pub mod collection_add;
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_activity_in_community(
     );
   }
 
+  warn!("zebratrace300 send_activity_in_community vote local? {:?}", community.local);
+
   if community.local {
     // send directly to community followers
     AnnounceActivity::send(activity.clone().try_into()?, community, context).await?;
@@ -59,6 +62,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_activity_in_community(
     inboxes.push(community.shared_inbox_or_inbox());
   }
 
+  // example output, remote homed community: zebratrace301 send_activity_in_community vote inboxes [Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("beehaw.org")), port: None, path: "/inbox", query: None, fragment: None }]
+  // example output, local homed community with no remote followers: zebratrace301 send_activity_in_community vote inboxes []
+  // same output even when local community has a remote follower: zebratrace301 send_activity_in_community vote inboxes []
+  warn!("zebratrace301 send_activity_in_community vote inboxes {:?}", inboxes);
+
   send_lemmy_activity(context, activity.clone(), actor, inboxes, false).await?;
+
+  warn!("zebratrace302 send_activity_in_community after");
+
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/mod.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/mod.rs
index 8bae05577..17d89557f 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
 
 pub mod undo_vote;
 pub mod vote;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl SendActivity for CreatePostLike {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ impl SendActivity for CreateCommentLike {
   }
 }
 
+// this send_activity is for votes, look at the score parameter
 async fn send_activity(
   object_id: ObjectId<PostOrComment>,
   community_id: CommunityId,
@@ -89,6 +91,10 @@ async fn send_activity(
     .await?
     .into();
 
+  // production testing reveals that this code is hit with a user doing a vote on local or federated comment.
+  // production testing reveals that when a local user votes, even in a community with zero remote subscribers, this has a hefty &actor data payload. which is just the user who did the vote... lots of overhead to vote on a comment?
+  warn!("zebratrace200 send_activity vote {:?}", &actor);
+
   // score of 1 means upvote, -1 downvote, 0 undo a previous vote
   if score != 0 {
     let vote = Vote::new(object_id, &actor, &community, score.try_into()?, context)?;
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/undo_vote.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/undo_vote.rs
index bcb8ee406..44da390f3 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/undo_vote.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/undo_vote.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
   },
   PostOrComment,
 };
+// Ok, federation is involved here in this class somehow
 use activitypub_federation::{
   config::Data,
   kinds::activity::UndoType,
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/vote.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/vote.rs
index 7f36ed471..ee72563ed 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/vote.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/voting/vote.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
   },
   PostOrComment,
 };
+// Ok, federation is involved somehow here
 use activitypub_federation::{
   config::Data,
   fetch::object_id::ObjectId,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
 use lemmy_db_schema::source::local_site::LocalSite;
 use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
 use url::Url;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 impl Vote {
   pub(in crate::activities::voting) fn new(
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ impl ActivityHandler for Vote {
   #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
   async fn verify(&self, context: &Data<LemmyContext>) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
     let community = self.community(context).await?;
+    warn!("zebratrace000 vote verify {:?}", &self.actor);
     verify_person_in_community(&self.actor, &community, context).await?;
     let enable_downvotes = LocalSite::read(context.pool())
       .await
@@ -70,6 +73,8 @@ impl ActivityHandler for Vote {
 
   #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
   async fn receive(self, context: &Data<LemmyContext>) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+    // based on testing with a client locally, this code path is only used for federatio incoming votes?
+    warn!("zebratrace000 vote receive {:?}", &self.id);
     insert_activity(&self.id, &self, false, true, context).await?;
     let actor = self.actor.dereference(context).await?;
     let object = self.object.dereference(context).await?;
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
index 17476e9f8..e437c61ad 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use lemmy_utils::{
 };
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use tracing::debug;
+use tracing::warn;
 use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -207,6 +208,8 @@ impl ApubCommunity {
       })
       .collect();
 
+    warn!("zebratrace600 is every single federated outbound Like hitting this poiint?");
+
     Ok(inboxes)
   }
 }