gedaliyah

@ gedaliyah @lemmy.world

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2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.
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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago
portrayimg it as motivated by bigotry when it's not
This is the thread you are replying to. If you are discussing something else, I'm afraid you'll have to specify it.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

In my experience anonymous people online don't hide their bigotry behind an eloborate 10-point system. In this case, yes. I believe the motivation is exactly as it's presented.

The fact that the dev clearly thinks it is a fair justification shows exactly the mindset. The problem is bad enough on its own without making up additional poorly founded accusations.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Not sure. I only saw this.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

You're right, I should specify (although the condescension is not helping your case). They are views deemed problematic by the Tesseract dev.

I've had run-ins with other devs or instance admins who find my views problematic, and banned me from their community/instance/whatever. That's unfortunate, but it's transparent. People know who the petty tyrants are and act accordingly.

This is something different.

Having a frontend preemptively blocking users and instances based on the sole judgment of the dev is unprecedented AFAIK. We don't need to invent intimations of bigotry to see why this is wholly bad for the platform. It goes against basic principles of transparency, openness, and free choice that the Fediverse is based on.

I believe that a front-end (client) should be a tool to access the service/network. It shouldn't be making content decisions. If someone wants to make a block list and publish it for others to use, that's great. If someone wants to trust an admin for content curation/blocking, well... that's how this whole thing works. People choose or change instances based largely on that trust. But to have a tool for accessing the network also modifying the content? That's bad, and a bad precedent.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

See, THIS is the issue I wish people would focus on. The dev of a pretty important frontend has set up a block list. They have made it the default. They have not applied a clear and equitable criteria, set up a community feedback channel, or any sort of crowdsourced input.

The modlog is open, meaning that anyone can see exactly what moderators and admins (generally) are up to. People can (and do) push back when things decisions are punitive, arbitrary, or unclear.

This is not that. You have no way to see why your username was included, or correct it if it was in error. There is no community feedback to direct what standard makes sense.

That's the problem. It's draconian. By manufacturing some shrill accusations of bigotry, yeah, it makes a lot more flashy posts, but doesn't help in addressing the issue. If we can't accurately name problems, we can't solve them. We are just a mob on a witch-hunt.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Nope, I'm just a rational person who doesn't automatically buy into hysteria.

2mo ago

I might have missed something profound.

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

That's a big distortion. They are accounts that advocate violence or other problematic political views. Many of them are also LGBT, but that's not why they are on the block list.

I do think it's problematic for a client/frontend to default-block any group of individuals or instances at all, but portrayimg it as motivated by bigotry when it's not is pretty messed up too.

2mo ago

New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing, targets software that pools nonpublic rent and occupancy data across landlords

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Yes, just not a long line of great governance.

2mo ago

New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing, targets software that pools nonpublic rent and occupancy data across landlords

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Some unexpected wins for New Jersey lately, huh?

2mo ago

Which key loses the most paint tells you a lot about that person…

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

For finding them in the dark, a little scented oil also works. That way you can identify them by smell.

2mo ago

Are there any unskilled, minimum-wage jobs that would leave me with some amount of free time every day?

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Construction is usually hiring

2mo ago

Port Sherry - Empiricism

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Let the intrusive thoughts win.

2mo ago

How I self-host my ebooks and audiobooks

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Sure. As a fork, it has all of the benefits of Calibre-web. It's stable, well established, versitile, works well with Calibre desktop software (they are three different projects, despite the similar names). Yet it has a number of different features like automatic ingest, writing/converting files, sending to different devices, etc. There is a pretty complete list on the GitHub page I linked. It has a big community and active development, so its likely that any features you might look for could be coming soon.

There are other self hosted software projects for ebooks (you can even use Jellyfin!). I had switched to Booklore at one point for a more modern UI and tracking, but it was more flash than execution and ultimately looks like it flamed out over some community issues. There are also projects like Kavita that are designed for features around comics/manga, but also do an excellent job with ebooks in general.

You should consider two things: what the library looks like, and where it will be read. If it is mostly books with a few other media (like comics, PDFs, etc.), then CWA is probably a good bet. If it's mostly comics and manga with some books and other media, consider whether Kavita is the better fit. If it is mostly DRM content, and you or if you want to manage it through Calibre Desktop, how does it connect? How often are new books being added and from where?

What screen will it ultimately be read on? If it's an ereader, check out the "books" and "self-hosted" communities here on Lemmy for which protocol, etc. is used. If it will be read on a computer or mobile device, what apps are available? Will it be read on multiple devices?

For example, if it is a small library, read on an Android/iOS device, Jellyfin with JellyBook may be fine. If it is a large manga library already tracked on AniList, Kavita may be a good bet. If features like notes and highlights are important to sync across devices, something like Anx Reader with WebDAV might even be better.

What OP describes is an excellent setup for 90% of cases.

2mo ago

How I self-host my ebooks and audiobooks

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Excellent writeup! Thanks for posting. Lately, I've been using Calibre Web Automated, an active fork with a lot of added features and compatibility features.

Depending on someone's setup it may or not be worth it to switch (Calibre-web works great), but I'd definitely recommend it for someone starting up.

2mo ago

Police officers fired for using controversial mass surveillance cameras to spy on themselves and their friends

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

In this case, OP is the author and probably chose the photo so maybe they'll change it.

2mo ago

GameStop CEO Says Games Are "Irrelevant" To Company Revenue

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

No worries, our plan is just to become to games what Hot Topic is to music.

2mo ago

Beets tips & config

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gedaliyah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

I've switched to Picard, too. I do think for a task like this a GUI makes a big difference. I tried with beets, but you really have to do a lot of research in advance to understand what it is doing and the settings you need, and it's not one-size-fits-all.

If you don't have a lot of indie stuff, and you primarily have whole albums, AND you have the patience to go through your entire library one track at a time, then I'm sure it works fine.

The advantage of Picard is that you can see many tracks at a glance to focus on the ones that need attention. Plus you can pause at any time and pick up where you left off.