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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 :)

  • Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap

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  • They launched version 1.0 of a platform similar to and interoperable with Mastodon, and they're doing a funding campaign for what projects they will work on next.

  • Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap

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  • Also they have some art for those that participate:

    The code is a commons, so art is offered as a reward. This campaign includes a limited‑run, hand screen‑printed artwork by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind Bonfire’s icon and other illustrations.

  • What would community moderators want in an automod for the Fediverse?

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    The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft software for an open source alternative

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  • Likely related

    https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3

    Microsoft, for example, cancelled Khan’s email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in his home country of the U.K. have been blocked.

    Microsoft has since denied this, but they haven't released much info on what they say happened instead.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/microsoft-did-not-cut-services-international-criminal-court-president-american-sanctions-trump-tech-icc-amazon-google/

    A Microsoft spokesperson said that it had been in contact with the court since February “throughout the process that resulted in the disconnection of its sanctioned official from Microsoft services.” The spokesperson added that “at no point did Microsoft cease or suspend its services to the ICC.”

    Khan's email disconnection has sparked Europe's fears that Trump could flip a "kill switch" to cut digital services through American tech giants, as the continent seeks to become less dependent on U.S. technology. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others dominate Europe's cloud and digital services sectors.

    Microsoft declined to comment further in response to questions regarding the exact process that led to Khan's email disconnection, and exactly what it meant by “disconnection.” The ICC declined to comment.

    They also said that they'll be adding legal clauses that would stop them from doing that, but I'm not sure how much that actually helps in practice.

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    Linux users, what are you doing on your laptop?

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  • So that's how they live

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  • I didn't understand this one, was there additional backstory from previous comics about the Pen and Paper or Guzzler?

  • up and atom

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  • Maybe they had trouble hitting that atom, and decided to surround with many other U-235 atom before trying the split

  • Everything has a bit of overlap

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  • programming of physics joke

    Yes

  • Media Liberation Day: how can we help newcomers get started and have a good experience on fedi?

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  • I'm happy participating as a community member, and stepping up as a mod later on if the team could use some extra help. I don't mind either way :)

  • Media Liberation Day: how can we help newcomers get started and have a good experience on fedi?

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  • Media Liberation Day: how can we help newcomers get started and have a good experience on fedi?

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  • I would say the main thing is being nice and letting people explore, and providing spaces/communities for people to come back and ask questions when they have them. When people bring up issues or suggest things that they want to see, we shouldn't crap on what they prefer their online experience to be (ex. preferred algorithms, content they want to block, etc.)

    Resources wise, we created this guide and I like to link these two particular pages for fediverse/lemmy. I feel that they help give a high level overview of how things work:

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    Microsoft's Gaming Copilot watches you game and captures that data for 'model training'

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  • Instead of approaching this from the privacy perspective, maybe performance would be better

    "Purge this program that runs all the time and ruins your gaming performance while providing little value"

  • Could the UI and App devs please make it more clear that URL and image options when making a post are mutually exclusive?

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  • That is possible

    To get a link post with a custom thumbnail, you add the link and put the image in the thumbnail field.

    To get an image post with a link, you make an image post and put the link in the post body.

  • First time posting here — how does Lemmy feel compared to Reddit for you?

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  • There are exceptions to all of the points below, but generally:

    What do you like better here than on Reddit?

    Everyone is here trying to build something better. The developers are actually prioritizing transparency and user choice when making the software. Since the instances aren't after profit, there's no financial conflict of interest. It's actually possible for instance admins to prioritize user experience and a healthy community instead of making a profit.

    I love seeing all the different organizational structures emerging; some instances are nonprofits, some are co-ops, some are benevolent dictatorships. I think in the long run this will produce a fairer and more representative online platform.

    Also my interactions feel human. If I get 5 upvotes on Lemmy or 5 likes on Pixelfed, it feels like I connected with 5 real people. On Reddit, I just can't tell anymore.

    What do you miss from Reddit?

    Activity in niche communities, but that's changing slowly.

    Also, as a mod, we could still use better moderation tooling.

    Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?

    I think over time it will become more like Reddit. As the user base grows, the average will shift closer to what Reddit is like. Also, at the end of the day, a number of the issues are because of how groups of humans interact and not the platform itself.

    However, the reason I'm here instead of the many other Reddit alternatives is because of federation. I believe that as long as we maintain a healthy balance in the fediverse (and not let one entity control too much), we can avoid the enshitification while centralized social media becomes unbearable for more and more people.

  • Huge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issues

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  • It's working on my end as well!

  • AWS is having a bad day

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  • I have Jellyfin, but I haven't tried it with music. How does it compare to Navidrome?

    For chat, I was thinking something super simple for the weird situations like this. Alternatively, Briar if you're near the person you want to contact

  • Downdetector spiking hard overnight

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  • I got the test messages I exchanged with a friend earlier, but new messages are still stuck

  • AWS is having a bad day

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  • It makes me wish I was selfhosting more services, music & chat in particular. It wasn't important enough to set up yet

  • AWS is having a bad day

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  • Is there no way to check the doorbell video locally?

    An Amazon employee misconfigures something and now your doorbell doesn't work