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Allero

@ Allero @lemmy.today

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  • Are we likely to see another large-scare exodus to the Threadiverse as reddit begins rolling out age-verification worldwide?

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  • Good to know!

    Personally, for the most part I left Reddit even before the Lemmy exodus. But this was the final straw. Since then, full time Lemmy.

  • US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

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  • US be like:

    -Let's build our entire economy around massive trucks for everyone!

    oil depletes

    surprised Pikachu face

    -Sir, could we maybe scale down on gas-guzzling monstrosities?

    -NO. We just need more oil!

    wars all over the world, massive oil conflicts with huge civilian casualties

    -Sir...

    global military control on oil supply, attempts to artificially increase oil prices to make shale profitable

    abducting an acting president

    -Sir!..

    -I SAID MORE DAMN TRUCKS!

    Like, it is basically undermining strategic security of the country with the added benefit of razing an entire planet. Is oil business so lucrative to justify both? Or do, you know, certain people pile up money at the expense of everyone else?

  • ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body

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  • So:

    • They had nuclear records
    • They expose the server to the Internet
    • They don't update their software since 2023

    What the hell did they expect?

  • Quadruple moderation is killing lemmy. It’s a Gift to Reddit

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  • Thanks for sharing!

    I think there are three systemic issues that we can see here.

    1. Centralization

    As repeated again and again in many contexts, high level of centralization leads to instance admins having too much power over the whole space.

    As things stand, if you are banned from lemmy.world, no matter what instance you are on, you might as well start over, as you'll never reach the majority of Lemmy audience. Admins protect the instance, as they should, but end up taking Lemmy with them.

    This is something we can influence. If you make a new account, don't open it on lemmy.world. You'll still have full access to it, but you'll also help decentralize the space. You can also find instances with moderating policies better fitting your views - from essentially zero moderation (like lemmy.today the OP and me both come from, but there are other such instances too) to strict moderation based on various principles.

    1. Permanent bans

    Lemmy is very black-and-white when it comes to bans. Sometimes, a temporary ban or a warning could suffice, without permanently cutting someone out of the community or instance.

    Unfortunately, this is the kind of problem that must be solved on the development side, and that's something I would suggest for !nutomic@lemmy.ml

    1. Lack of proper ways to mark bots whoops, they do exist. But make it more visible!

    There must be a good standardized way to mark and filter bot content, so that those who don't want to see it do not see it (again, a suggestion to !nutomic@lemmy.ml and other Lemmy contributors)

    Until then, it could be reasonable to move bot content to separate instances and make respective communities there so that users could easily choose whether they want to see bot content or not.

    That said, bot owners must take full responsibility for their bots and the way they may breach the community rules when posting. Moderating bot posts is a major added burden, and while we have a small amount of posters, we have even less moderators and admins. Let's respect each other, shall we?

  • Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective

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  • Might really be the time to revisit smartphone-based server ideas.

  • Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

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  • Indeed! I'd rather go for Pixel 8 and up, I merely mentioned that GrapheneOS does not need too fancy of a hardware.

    Neat table on that second link though! And actually comprehensible even without speaking much German lol

  • Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

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  • $200 for a new Pixel 6 in my area. The Motorola device described in the article is expected to come at $1000+.

  • Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

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  • Fair, but, as per the article, these devices will ship without GrapheneOS, so they'll be mostly focused on regular consumers. This is not some GrapheneOS-first model, even if they've done some work to assist GrapheneOS project.

  • Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

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  • Considering that GrapheneOS runs on devices as old and cheap as Pixel 6, and previously supported earlier versions too, the refusal to produce cheaper models seems almost malicious.

    GrapheneOS does not require fancy hardware besides a security chip.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Thanks for the recommendation!

    It's a bit of both. For now, the goal is to be able to create and maintain a decently looking blog without depending on any external tools, completely manually. Then, as I get comfortable managing things manually and make sure I can always fix what's broken with nothing but a text editor, I may look into various helper options. Essentially, I just don't want to be caught in a situation when some tools are down and I can't do anything without them.

    I'd also like to learn HTML+CSS+PHP combo, because some of the things I want to self-host make extensive use of that and I'd like to understand their inner workings to service them reliably.

    That said, I'll keep your Python advice in mind!

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • For now I feel like Python is just way overkill for a small personal blog that is mostly static anyway, I just want things like self-updating menus and stuff to have a little less maintenance burden going forward. But maybe I'll reconsider as I go. In any case, my Python skills are very basic, and, applied to web development - just non-existent. It will take a while indeed.

    I will probably end up reviewing what others have made, but for now I tried it and I feel it a bit overwhelming. I'd rather figure out documented use of all these elements and then read through it with good basic knowledge on my hands.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Thanks! For Dummies guides are pretty amazing, didn't know they had one about HTML+CSS :)

    Will also look into themes! Currently looking into html5up.net as my inspiration, but kinda want to make my own in the end.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • I do sometimes use DeepL in my professional duties, I just don't trust it enough to translate my study material. Maybe I'm wrong about it and should give it a try, but I'd rather have it in a language I myself am comfortable with, whenever possible.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Fair enough, time to dig up some books! Any particular recommendations?

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Yes, I don't speak German much and don't want to rely on auto translate

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • w3 still seems to provide the course, but the amount of their "legitimate interest" ad partners scared me off. Maybe I'll still look into it later.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Oh, nice! I knew a bit about MDN, but didn't know they actually provide a course. Thanks!

    Yeah, the plan for now is to learn how it all works, and do it fully manually. Maybe then I'll get scared of the complexity of what I want to do and will end up using a generator for the final thing, but for now, my goal and idea is to not rely on anything aside from the basic building blocks of the Internet. It's both a way to study and kind of a digital independence thing. I want to make sure that, regardless of what tools can go down, I'll still be able to keep it going as usual and skilled enough to modify it as needed. I want something that will work and adapt to my (fairly basic) needs pretty much forever.

  • Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

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  • Currently only see it in German, sadly

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Best free text HTML, CSS, PHP courses?

  • That's just science

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  • Neither water is blue

    They take us for absolute fools

  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    Simple, 10-minute fried noodles with vegetables

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    SOLVED

    ELI5: How to put several servers on one external IP?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Allero @lemmy.today

    Why are Americans particularly concerned about Chinese espionage?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Thoughts on atomic distros?