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@ otter @lemmy.ca

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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • Can I prevent someone breaking into my car?

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  • I remember seeing articles about people leaving their doors open or windows down in places with lots of smash and grabs

  • Epstein Files: X Users Are Asking Grok to 'Unblur' Photos of Children

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  • It feels like being back on the playground

    "nuh uh, my laser is 1000% more powerful"

    "oh yea, mine is googleplex googolplex percent more powerful"

  • How to Cut the Cord in Canada (2026): The Ultimate Guide

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  • This is so detailed, especially the ISP bit. Thank you!

    Feel free to cross post to !canada@lemmy.ca :)

  • Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"

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  • I find it odd, but a lot of newer users on Reddit go with the default suggested username and those follow the word-word-0000 template.

    At the same time, it might be better for privacy to do that since it's less likely that someone can track you across platforms if you use the generator built into each platform.

  • Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”

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  • I had to double-check what Deflock was for:

    DeFlock's mission is simple: to shine a light on the widespread use of ALPR technology, raise awareness about the threats it poses to personal privacy and civil liberties, and empower the public to take action.

    This app makes it easy to view and report AI powered surveillance cameras, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), and other surveillance infrastructure near you.

    Sharing information about where cameras are located is terrorism now?

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  • TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability.

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  • [Help Design Lemmy] Joinlemmy website and New User Onboarding

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  • Regional Instances for Quick Join sounds cool, looking forward to it :)

  • How can I set up self-hosting?

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  • Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for questions about selhisting, and !lemmy@lemmy.ml for questions about running a Lemmy server

    I'd recommend including a lot more details in your post about your machine, your budget, why you want to do it, etc

  • Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore

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  • As long as people are moving away from Windows and Mac

    If people don't like it or Linux Mint doesn't meet their needs, they will go back to Windows or switch to MacOS. The article points out that there may be better stepping stone distros these days

  • VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

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  • Whoops, I meant to say "only downside". Edited it

    There are lots of positive differences

  • [Help Design Lemmy] Joinlemmy website and New User Onboarding

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  • Not sure how you mean. Is it too complicated to make a pull request and edit the file I linked above?

    Not at all, I accidentally quoted the wrong text in my reply. I meant to reply to this bit: "Most instances are uncategorized, and country selection is by server IP so Germany also has pixelshot.it listed. Manually specifying countries would be more reliable (but also more effort)".

    I was proposing having an automated system that uses the server IP (or another method), and then overriding it with any manually entered information from that file. That could be paired with an extra visual indicator or filter method to differentiate between the two.

    Its not random from the whole list, but selected from a curated list (currently only lemmus.org and thelemmy.club, see #545). Its displayed like this because a lot of people complained that choosing an instance is too complicated.

    That's fair. Maybe you could add a line above those buttons saying something like "We have picked a random instance for you to try:"

    That might be enough for the user to understand that the highlighted instance is not official / run by your team.

    The images are not great, I will make a similar post soon to get contributions, and feedback for better texts.

    Sounds great, looking forward to it

  • How Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source

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  • Unless I misunderstood, it will eventually dry up? Investors aren't going to be willing to give money with no returns indefinitely

  • VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

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  • The only difference downside really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.

    I've been trying out VSIX Manager for my extensions so that I can keep track of which ones I want to install on each machine. This can make it easier to install the weird extensions that you can't install otherwise

    https://open-vsx.org/extension/zokugun/vsix-manager

  • Where do we go from here?

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  • It's hard to tell what was wrong with that post without seeing it. At the same time, we're not a hive mind. People will disagree from time to time :)

    or they need a third party APP

    I've seen this complaint from other new users. Is there something wrong with a lack of an official app? Would it be an ok compromise for the official project to recommend some third party apps?

    A lot of these projects don't have the capacity (yet) to develop an official app on top of the main platform.

    As for the recommendations

    • Pixelfed is a good alternative to Instagram
    • Mastodon and similar platforms are good alternatives to Twitter/X

    These are harder, or there's not as much motivation for them. The projects are still going, but they're slower:

    • Facebook: a lot of people dropped Facebook completely without replacing it with anything. The only real value is private groups and buy/sell tools, of which the first can be replaced with chat platforms and the second already has a patchwork of proprietary alternatives depending on where you are
    • LinkedIn: network effect is extreme with this one since it depends on where everyone else in your field of work is hanging out. Some fields don't use LinkedIn at all already
    • Amazon: I don't see the benefit of having a fediverse version of this? Building tools that independent stores can use to stay competitive might be better
    • Spotify: Funkwhale exists, but there are some concerns around piracy. Other options are self hosting or using one of the many other proprietary streaming platforms
    • Cloud storage: there are a number of alternatives https://ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/category/file-storage/

  • Youve been brought back from the dead to participate in a competition that involves all of the world's greatest to ever have lived, what is the competition?

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  • shrimp taming

    Darn I had a chance until that one.

    Last time I tried taming shrimp, bad things happened...

  • Why Is It Harder To Move People To Open Source - Decentralized Options?

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  • A lot of great comments, but another one that's not mentioned: money and advertising

    Open source / non profit run websites don't have money to burn on mobile ads, and many wouldn't want to put money into the ad industry even if they did.

    It doesn't guarantee users, plenty of startups fail after promotional campaigns, but it definitely helps people learn about the platform

  • Does anyone else's cat play hot potato?

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  • Can you explain the game? I would like to play

  • Microsoft’s $440 billion wipeout, and investors angry about OpenAI’s debt, explained

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  • xkcd: Chemical Formula

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  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What's wrong with Nextcloud, and why is it slow/clunky?

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Leap Day – The Jenkins

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News

    www.ifixit.com /News/90983/why-charging-your-gadgets-over-80-is-such-a-bad-idea
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    "Never Done This" - Poorly Drawn Lines

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    If we're going to have an effective strategy against FB/Meta, we should clear up some misconceptions around defederation

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Common Voice - Donate your voice to teach machines how people speak | Mozilla

    commonvoice.mozilla.org /en/about
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Spotify to axe 1,500 workers to save costs

    www.bbc.com /news/business-67611361
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Horse

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    2 Wolves - Litterbox Comics

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Final Patch - by MonkeyUser.com

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    re: Fediverser Network - We should immediately turn off the automatic posts, and keep it off until the bidirectionality is implemented

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gold

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Friendsgiving – The Jenkins

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What kind of wearable device do you want? Assuming it will work and feel like you imagine it would

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Discussion on 'Missing women on Lemmy and decentralised networks'

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Poorly Drawn Lines – A Cat

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Am I lacking confidence? Maybe - False Knees # 375

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What existing organizations should start hosting fediverse instances? Which ones are already doing so?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Lemmy posts are starting to pop up on search results with Google (+ other search engines)

    lemmy.ca /post/8488573