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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 :)

  • The Compose key is magic

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  • Neat :D

    That’s not the only feature: if you place a file named .XCompose in your home directory, you can add custom combinations! So, if I want to send a heart, I can just hit Compose < 3 and I will get a ♥. Besides emoji, I also find myself often looking up various arrows and punctuation: now I can simply hit Compose - > and get a nice → arrow quickly.

  • Digg Shut Down Again

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  • From what I remember, they were going to "use AI" to handle moderation. It felt like a grift from the beginning

  • (Roughly) how old are you and how did you come to be on Lemmy?

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  • This is one of the questions we asked on our census this year. We are still working on cleaning the data, and we may exclude additional responses if we identify more duplicates / errors, but here is a preview of those results:

  • Do you need an LinkedIn to get a job in 2026?

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  • It depends on the field and where you are in your career. From my university, it seemed like the computer science and business people needed to be on LinkedIn, while the other sciences did not. It also becomes less important as you progress in your career, since there will be better ways to share your experience

  • After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

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  • ...

    Do the senior engineers NOT sign off on changes to systems that can take down the production servers? Even if we take out the LLM created code, this sounds like a bigger problem

  • Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down

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  • If you want a version of this community that excludes company/legal/legislation news, there's !tech@programming.dev

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    view from the #maintower, #frankfurt

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  • !lemmy411@lemmy.ca would be best for that. You can also ask in the various c/nostupidquestions communities

  • Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution That Would Force Trump to End Iran Strikes

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  • This is a common scam/phishing attempt that shows up from time to time.

  • Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the Law

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  • They wouldn't suddenly ban it though.

    Any ban would roll in without enough time for people to switch away. Twitter doesn't do anything special that can't be replicated elsewhere.

  • I searched CachyOS vs Fedora on YouTube and all I found was AI Slop 🙄

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  • We need a browser extension with a whitelist for accounts that are either verified, or created before 2022. If the extension gets popular and people start buying old accounts to post spam on, then it would also need a blacklist for confirmed spammers.

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  • We're going to stick to the summer time all year instead of the winter time

  • WhatsApp officially names Mullvad and Amnezia VPN as go-to tools for bypassing censorship

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  • Supposedly Amnezia is an anti censorship tool, however Facebook has a terrible track record with recommending VPNs. The previous one turned out to be spyware

    Onavo, Inc. was an Israeli mobile web analytics company that was purchased by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms), who changed the company's name to Facebook Israel.[1] The company primarily performed its activities via consumer mobile apps, including the virtual private network (VPN) service Onavo Protect, which analysed web traffic sent through the VPN to provide statistics on the usage of other apps.

    Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger founded Onavo in 2010. In October 2013, Onavo was acquired by Facebook, which used Onavo's analytics platform to monitor competitors. This influenced Facebook to make various business decisions, including its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp.

    Since the acquisition, Onavo was frequently classified as being spyware, as the VPN was used to monetize application usage data collected within an allegedly privacy-focused environment. In August 2018, Facebook was forced to pull Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store due to violations of Apple's policy forbidding apps from collecting data on the usage of other apps. In February 2019, in response to criticism over a Facebook market research program employing similar techniques (including, in particular, being targeted towards teens), Onavo announced that it would close the Android version of Protect as well.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnezia_VPN

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  • Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities

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  • Looks cool! I'd love to see local buynothing groups have a Fediverse alternative.

    Out of curiosity, is there any standard or common format around location data for Fediverse platforms?

  • What made you choose your Fediverse Instance?

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  • I made accounts on a few instances, but I stuck with this one (and eventually joined the team) for the same reasons

  • Lemmy.today is absolutely beautiful

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  • Wow that is nice, is it released anywhere for others to modify/extend?

  • Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull

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  • Fox, who also oversees Apache Maven, a popular Java build tool, explained that its repository site is at risk of being overwhelmed by constant Git pulls. The team has dug into this and found that 82 percent of the demand comes from less than 1 percent of IPs. Digging deeper, they discovered that many companies are using open source repositories as if they were content delivery networks (CDNs). So, for example, a single company might download the same code hundreds of thousands of times in a day, and the next day, and the next. This is unsustainable.

    GitHub added rate limits for unauthenticated users last year

    https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits-for-unauthenticated-requests/

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    How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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  • Some places already ban physical ads. There are better sources than these but this is what I found so far:

    Digital ads would be harder to get rid of. At the individual level, it's relatively easy to disable an adblocker if something breaks. That's harder to do if you block it city wide.

    A PSA campaign might work better to get people to turn on adblockers

  • Tech @programming.dev
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    Converting devices to USB Type-C

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    "PSA: Update Vaultwarden as soon as possible"

  • Tech @programming.dev
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    US FDA approves nasal spray alternative to EpiPen for allergic reactions

    www.reuters.com /business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-first-nasal-spray-allergic-reactions-2024-08-09/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Libretrack: Private, cross-platform package tracking app

    github.com /proninyaroslav/libretrack
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Findroid v0.15.0 is now available for update

    github.com /jarnedemeulemeester/findroid/releases/tag/v0.15.0
  • Tech @programming.dev
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    Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen? | iFixit News

    www.ifixit.com /News/97030/why-is-your-old-phone-battery-swollen
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    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen? | iFixit News

    www.ifixit.com /News/97030/why-is-your-old-phone-battery-swollen
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    The Destruction of Knights Capital: The most expensive software bug in human history: $49 million/sec, $8.6 billion in 28 minutes.

    www.quora.com /What-is-the-costliest-coding-error-anyone-has-ever-made/answer/Theodore-Smith-9
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Organic maps: Experimental feed based public transport mapping

    github.com /organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/docs/EXPERIMENTAL_PUBLIC_TRANSPORT_SUPPORT.md
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Cardie – An open source business card designer and sharing platform

    github.com /nfoert/cardie
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Honest With Me | Poorly Drawn Lines

  • Tech @programming.dev
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    Self-driving pods to offer mobility autonomy at Vancouver International Airport

    globalnews.ca /news/10644203/self-driving-pods-vancouver-international-airport/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Switzerland mandates government agencies use open-source software

    www.tomshardware.com /software/switzerland-mandates-government-agencies-use-open-source-software
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    It's time again, What are some cool things you've saved on the fediverse?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Exciting News: Lemmy.ca is now managed by our new registered not-for-profit organization 'Fedecan' (+ resuming donations & gathering feedback)

    fedecan.ca
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Introduction to Bash Scripting eBook

    github.com /bobbyiliev/introduction-to-bash-scripting
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Hustle Culture | Poorly Drawn Lines

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Number Line Branch · xkcd.com

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Affinity’s Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months

    www.theverge.com /2024/7/8/24194281/affinity-creative-suite-six-month-free-trial-deal-announcement
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    FreshRSS has support for sharing to Lemmy (and Mastodon, etc.)