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Zak

@ Zak @lemmy.world

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  • Lemmy User Feedback and Improvement Thread: Share Your Complaints, Suggestions, and Ideas

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  • This is typical of forum software. Some have access controls, but they're at the admin/moderator level.

  • I'm never going back to Matrix - Terence Eden

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  • Matrix is commonly used for public, discoverable rooms, much like IRC or Discord. Perhaps it's not good for that use case, but the author seems to wish it was.

    An effective spam prevention approach is a basic feature of any public communication service that reaches a certain size. Perhaps keyword filtering as the author suggests isn't the right approach, but some rate limits would help:

    • Private messages from a new contact could notify just once until approved instead of once per message.
    • Servers could limit the number of outstanding message requests, with a low limit for new accounts.

  • Mamdani’s Support for Palestinian Rights Was Instrumental to His Win, Poll Finds

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  • That's interesting given the office he's seeking has very little power to do something about it.

  • Zohran Mamdani beats out all NYC mayoral candidates combined—New poll

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  • I'd be OK with more guys nobody has heard of winning elections.

  • Zohran Mamdani beats out all NYC mayoral candidates combined—New poll

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  • His opponents are a crook, a sex pest, a Republican, and a guy nobody has heard of. That ought to be an easy win in NYC.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • In North America, neutral is connected to ground. It's the larger pin on a polarized plug. Some devices don't use it; these usually don't have a conductive outer surface.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • In the USA, there's a ground in that the neutral wire is connected to ground. Devices that take advantage of this have a slightly broader neutral pin that won't fit into the hot pin.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • These shocks are almost always to a single finger.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • I've been shocked with both. I can confirm 230V hurts more. Neither is likely to result in a medically significant injury with this kind of shock though - just momentary discomfort.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • I like the USA type-A plug. That's probably not a popular answer since I see lots of comments about safety features in the other plugs, but my focus is on convenience.

    The plugs are small, making it much easier to design folding-plug devices like this one. It also means that cords don't have a bulky knob on the end, and splitters and power strips can be smaller than other plugs - much smaller than Schuko type-C or UK type-G.

    The most common objection is that it's possible for live pins to be exposed when a device is partially plugged in. That's true, and most people who grew up around them has been shocked that way once. Few have been shocked twice, as the lesson to be careful with electricity usually forms a lasting memory.

  • What is something you never understood the hype for?

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  • If you enjoy driving at a brisk pace on a curvy mountain road while hearing vroom vroom noises from the engine, sports cars are great! If you don't, they're less practical and more expensive than average cars, which is a bad deal.

  • [Relationship advice] How do I stop feeling distraught after I set up a whole situation for me and got disappointed when things went not as expected?

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  • To keep it concise, if it's important to you that another person engage in a specific activity with you, making a plan with the other person will save you disappointment.

  • Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks

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  • Google pushed out competitors using partnerships only they could afford, then intentionally made search worse so people would see more ads.

  • GOP’s Murkowski says she feels ‘cheated’ by administration following megabill’s passage

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  • First, she needs to get elected governor and appoint one of her children to her senate seat.

  • GOP’s Murkowski says she feels ‘cheated’ by administration following megabill’s passage

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  • She failed the bar exam four times in a row, so maybe she's just not very smart.

  • How come Lemmy rarely shows up in internet search results?

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  • How come Lemmy rarely shows up in internet search results?

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  • Not much links to it. It's really rare that I see a blog, social media, or non-fediverse forum post link to a Lemmy post. That sort of thing still matters quite a bit to search engines.

  • Mouse recommendations

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  • The Naja Pro uses a Li-ion pouch cell, though the Naja v2 uses AA. Neither fact is specified clearly on Razer's own website. It's not clear how difficult the Naja Pro battery is to replace.

    I hate this. It's not necessary to use a pouch cell rather than a field-replaceable cylindrical cell in the form factor of a mouse. I'm sure they'd prefer people just buy a new one when the battery wears out.

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  • It could cost a hundred times as much and we're still only in the fifth digit of the airplane's nine-digit price tag.