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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 :)

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  • This isn't really a federation problem, and more that there isn't a clear "winner" yet.

    Even on centralized platforms, you end up with multiple communities for the same topic, until one of them grows enough to beat out the rest. Then eventually a scandal might cause it to fragment again. There are also separate communities that keep going independently because of ideological differences. See the various international news subreddits

    The movies communities here were like that, but now there is a pretty clear "main community"

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  • New Reddit gets a lot of complaints too (loading issues, freezing), but it's aimed at Reddit as a whole since newer users don't know that old Reddit is an option.

    At the same time, if I only ever used new Reddit, I would also think that old Reddit looks wrong

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  • It's also less likely to happen now. Back when that happened, users didn't have the ability to block instances and so it was up to the admins to do that for everyone.

    It's now possible to block instances at the user level

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  • Also, the ux is pretty much the same as Reddit.

    The default one is a bit minimal, but we have many Alternative UIs are as modern looking as new Reddit.

    They also work much better while being modern looking. There's a reason so many of us came over here when they got rid of third party apps, the new Reddit interface is... bad.

  • GNOME launched their new website

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  • Looks nice and clean, I like it

  • Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe

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  • Yea I think that was the joke in that scene, but I can't seem to find a clip of it

  • Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe

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  • Don't need to open Twitter to watch it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI27LEimfYg

    I'm also remembering an IT crowd scene where they argue about which of them is in Anonymous, and I can't find it now. Does anyone have a link handy? Unless I am misremembering

  • NeoDB is committed to creating a free, open, and interconnected space for collecting and reviewing books, movies, music, games, and podcasts.

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  • How does this compare to Bookwyrm, or say Trakt?

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  • I was thinking it was AI at first, but I settled on it being a scan of a photograph which then got processed weirdly by the scanning software

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  • Congratulations! Looking forward to trying this :)

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    Wat are some fun communities to get away from the trump spam on lemmy

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    Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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  • hey it looks like you posted a few times. Two of them have discussions already, but maybe you can delete this one?

  • Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down

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  • Wireless is just a fad anyway /s

    Many expressed their appreciation for Kalle's years of service to the Linux networking stack but as of writing no one has stepped up to take over the formal maintainer role. Thankfully there are other Linux WiFi driver developers out there working on the increasing number of Linux wireless drivers, just not any immediate leader yet to take on the maintainer duties.

    Good to know :)

    While I didn't use Linux back then, I heard the wifi situation was difficult to deal with. I assume this maintainer is responsible for fixing that over the years?

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  • How much is the 6 million dollar dog, if we account for inflation

  • CVS wants you using its mobile app to unlock store shelves

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  • Depending on how primary care works where you are

    tell your doctor too

    Sometimes they don't hear about the problems with pharmacies or other places they refer people to. Letting them know means that they can send people elsewhere

  • What are some exceptions to the standards problem?

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  • This is a cool one I haven't thought of before!

  • If German was English

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  • I like the art style!

    I find medical terms are fun like that in their own right. A lot of them follow a similar structure with Greek/Latin pieces. Then others have fun origins depending on how we thought the body worked way back when

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  • I should have linked those, thank you!

  • CNET: Fed Up With Instagram? How to Move Your Photos to Pixelfed

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  • Well, whatsapp has stories also, but I don't see people using them. I don't like to give my phone number to everybody. And it is very easy if someone has a profile, to look them up and send a follow request. That stuff you won't find with signal stories.

    That's a good reason yea

    Though, pixelfed lacking stories should be possible to overcome right, given the protocol. If two users can handshake, and the instances accept the handshake, then they should in theory be allowed to send each other stuff. Like, in other fediverse platforms you can also send private messages

    The problem I think is that we can't guarantee that the other federated instances will respect the private setting, or the risk that other instance admins might be snooping on the posts.

    A proper E2E solution would be ideal