From today, I'm starting a small series of daily devlogs where I'll be describing the changes being implemented before the official release of the first version of /kbin. As I mentioned earlier, I had some minor turbulence in my private life from which I'm slowly emerging. I have partially stabilized my life situation in various...
I created an account on mastodon.social a few days ago. A day after creation, my account was suspended. My appeal was denied and no reason was given. So I assumed mastodon.social was not accepting new accounts, so I moved over to mastodon.online and created an account there. Today that account was suspended as well, again...
I'd also argue that regardless of the server size, it takes literal seconds to explain why your account is getting banned, it's absolutely within the realm of reason that if your system allowed automated signups that you as an admin have an obligation to not be a shitcunt and at least give a reason as to why you're banning accounts.
I still occasionally run across the odd dodgy website that tried to disable zooming (along with other oddities like trying to disable right clicking on desktop) and it feels honestly that most of these annoyances come about because some asshole in the company (the CEO, lead designer, marketer, whatever) sees any changes to their websites from the user as "ruining the experience", disregarding the whole concept of accessibility in the modern web
Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year....
I can try to answer any questions, but it doesn’t seem like the 8bitdo Ultimate software is availible for download yet. Im not big into mechanical keyboards, this is actually my first, so I don’t have much direct comparison experience to other keyboards....
Diablo 4, Path of Exile, and the rest of the ARPG genre has competition in the mega-ambitious Last Epoch, built by its Reddit community and heading towards 1.0.
This question is especially for those who have used or are using online dating to meet new people, form relationships, hook up, etc. How do y’all balance the (online) dating scene with your own level of concern regarding privacy/security?...
For an "experimental vaccine" it's had a pretty amazing job at limiting the severity of covid and reducing deaths. If only all experiments were that successful
It seems anytime I try to check out Mastodon it is always some negative political view or affiliation of why X, Y & Z is bad. Is this just what most people like boosting or is it a sign of botting to push negativity over the more positive headlines?...
I thought the selling point behind most Twitter like services is that it's focused on negative positioning. E.g. things that are negative focused get more attention and engagement
Yeah that's the most brazen part. They're more than happy to pull in a dozen set of fees, but cry when they have to clearly list them so people aren't taken advantage of. This is the type of rubbish that the "free market" produces and why there needs to be some level of government oversight.
I've raised this in the matrix chat and have flagged this again to Ernest. I know initially about 2 months ago when the exodus happened that he was scrambling around trying to keep the server running as everyone joined.
Over the last few weeks he's be busy with a flood of PRs with either fixes, new features or support for the upcoming API integration.
I had no idea this ticket existed (mostly because there's been almost 1000 tickets submitted and I've been working on improvements)
Hopefully he can have a look at this and fix these issues soon, I seriously don't think this was done maliciously, but I'll do what I can to raise it (I have minimal exposure to open source licensing so I don't want to touch these files myself)
I can't speak for the other contributors but there's been almost 1000 tickets in the space of 2-3 months. I've been fairly busy fixing bugs and trying to improve the UI. I've flagged it to ernest and hopefully this gets resolved soon so we can keep everyone happy 🦙
Probably putting out another strawman argument to make the situation much worse than it actually it. Making it go from a scenario where licensing wasn't followed correctly to a proposed new outrage where hard work from stolen from a trans person. Pathetic
One thing I'm really surprised about is that the overall screen strength doesn't seem to have improved over the last 5 years. Screens are still much better than what they were over a decade ago (where a drop without a case was pretty much a screen crack)
But I'm finding on my Pixel 7 pro for example that I'm still finding light scratches, it feels like these screens only have a 5 or 6 on the mohz scale where you'd usually expect a 7 or beyond.
The critiques that Steve laid out in this video were perfectly fine, highlighting the shortcomings of LMG when it comes to actually reviewing content (which is what they're pivoting to, away from 100% entertainment content). A typical Linus arrogant take where he'll learn nothing.
It absolutely would matter. Just like how a 4090 costs an absurdly high amount but people will still buy it. For the right person getting 20 degrees knocked off might be worthwhile regardless of how expensive it is.
Never trusting rockstar with another game. They CBF to even update RDR2 on PS5 to give it a basic performance mode, so why would I trust any of their new "remakes" will get support
D4 will always be around. It's one of those games you can leave for years and come back to later. Be super keen on giving it a go once it's decently priced tbh. They definitely don't deserve 100+ AUD for it though
Since the lemmy.world admins here are refusing to clarify their own rules, selectively enforcing their vague rules, using communities for user counts before banning them and just being, well, spez-like, it’s time to find a new home....
The vast majority of comments in here seem to be focused on the attitude of "why you trying to start shit"
But legitimately from an outside presiding perspective, which instances have people found to be decent, there seems to be a heap of Lemmy instances, each with their own rules and vibes, so what's the go?
Revanced is great. I wish it could let me bypass some of the inbuilt limits like not being able to download videos, but that's a small price to pay for removing like 99 of the ads
That's a fair take also. Plenty of YouTubers have said they get decent money from people who watch their content from premium members. They're never really transparent with how much (compared to a normal user view) these views are giving them, but that's fine.
I've used vanced for years and revanced for easily 6 months. I haven't heard of anyone getting banned since it uses MicroG for the login, but there could be a part of the TOS everyone signed that says you can't use your account to bypass their "rules", so it could be a technical violation 🤷♂️
Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I’m intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don’t know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it....
It's a good option for when you want to follow every instance and not be beholden to the server admin randomly de-federating an instance they don't agree with personally (which was one one of the issues Reddit faced, mods with their own agenda)
If you run your own instance you can choose exactly what you get to interact with
The sentiment feels on point however, that this users experience with Firefox has been poor and issues flagged have not resolved in an eternity. I've definitely felt similar exhaustion with other systems.
It seems like OneUI 6 is coming soon. However with the screenshots of the control centre UI, it seems like the ‘one handed’ UI focus is disappearing as more UI elements are brought higher…
After a decade of Samsung and other third party phones, I'm super keen on the Pixel 7 pro. Even with Samsung boosting huge MP counts for their phones, they always come across either blurry or low quality to me (especially selfies where it feels like they've cheaped out)
In comparison the software processing on the Pixel is amazing, things seems to always be in focus and correctly lit.
PayPal can just up and freeze your account at any moment, keeping all of your money locked away. I've read of several ebay sellers who've used PayPal before and ran into Issues when trying to withdraw. If I wouldn't trust them with regular payments, why would they be anymore appealing as a crypto coin?
The crease is still far too noticable for me. That and the outrageous price that some of these things close when they eventually make it to the shelves with the "Australia tax" applied to it.
/kbin Road to Release devlog series (kbin.social)
From today, I'm starting a small series of daily devlogs where I'll be describing the changes being implemented before the official release of the first version of /kbin. As I mentioned earlier, I had some minor turbulence in my private life from which I'm slowly emerging. I have partially stabilized my life situation in various...
WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub (www.theverge.com)
Mastodon audiences will be able to interact with blog posts.
Why am I being suspended?
I created an account on mastodon.social a few days ago. A day after creation, my account was suspended. My appeal was denied and no reason was given. So I assumed mastodon.social was not accepting new accounts, so I moved over to mastodon.online and created an account there. Today that account was suspended as well, again...
I recently open sourced my network file transfer app. (sciactive.com)
QuickDAV...
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Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only (mashable.com)
Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year....
The New 8bitdo Retro Keyboard shipped early. Small-ish Male Hand for scale. (midwest.social)
I can try to answer any questions, but it doesn’t seem like the 8bitdo Ultimate software is availible for download yet. Im not big into mechanical keyboards, this is actually my first, so I don’t have much direct comparison experience to other keyboards....
Meet Diablo 4 and Path of Exile's biggest rival, an ARPG designed and built by Redditors (www.pcgamesn.com)
Diablo 4, Path of Exile, and the rest of the ARPG genre has competition in the mega-ambitious Last Epoch, built by its Reddit community and heading towards 1.0.
I ditched my Steam Deck 4 months ago -- but I'm going back | Digital Trends (www-digitaltrends-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
About four months ago, I ditched my Steam Deck for Asus' ROG Ally. But with some distance, I'm going back to Valve's handheld. Here's why.
How do y’all handle online dating while balancing privacy concerns?
This question is especially for those who have used or are using online dating to meet new people, form relationships, hook up, etc. How do y’all balance the (online) dating scene with your own level of concern regarding privacy/security?...
New GPU Power Connector Eliminates Cables, Delivers More Than 600W (www.tomshardware.com)
No more 16-pin 12VHPWR issues.
Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine (nationalpost.com)
Infamous fiasco Fyre Festival relaunches — and is already sold out (www.nbcnews.com)
Here’s what we know about Fyre Festival II so far: Line-up? Unknown. Date? Unclear. Location? Somewhere in the Caribbean. Price? $500 to $8,000.
Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft (www.eurogamer.net)
South Korean DJ 'shocked and scared' after groping at Japan event (www.japantimes.co.jp)
DJ Soda, who has more than 5 million Instagram followers, took to social media platforms to slam the unidentified individuals involved.
Why are trending posts on Mastodon mostly negatively politically oriented? (lemm.ee)
It seems anytime I try to check out Mastodon it is always some negative political view or affiliation of why X, Y & Z is bad. Is this just what most people like boosting or is it a sign of botting to push negativity over the more positive headlines?...
ProtonMail Complied with 5,957 Data Requests in 2022 - Still Secure and Private? (restoreprivacy.com)
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
Today, Reddit forcibly removed me (and everyone else) as mods of /r/iOSProgramming, a subreddit of about 130k users. I was keeping the sub private / NSFW | Tanner B 🦕🧁 (@[email protected]) (mastodon.social)
Update: !ios_dev has been created, temporarily managed by @Ategon until some mods volunteer for it
A reminder that kbin is still violating the zlib license of Postmill (the software that powers Raddle) (raddle.me)
Let's talk repairability/build quality this week.
Previously on Lemmy:...
Linus responds to The Problem with LMG (web.archive.org)
Context^piped^^-^^invidious^^-^^lemmy^...
The current state of gaming (sh.itjust.works)
Which Lemmy instance is your new favorite, and why?
Since the lemmy.world admins here are refusing to clarify their own rules, selectively enforcing their vague rules, using communities for user counts before banning them and just being, well, spez-like, it’s time to find a new home....
Its that time again (lemmy.ml)
Lemmy Schedule - a tool for scheduling posts for Lemmy (schedule.lemmings.world)
I’ve made an open source tool for scheduling posts to Lemmy, you can find it at schedule.lemmings.world. It can be used by users from any instance!...
do you use revanced?
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What made you choose your instance?
Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I’m intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don’t know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it....
Done with the shell swap! Took 5 hours 🫡 (lemmy.world)
Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
Samsung announces One UI 6 beta with Android 14, then deletes it | 9to5Google (9to5google.com)
It seems like OneUI 6 is coming soon. However with the screenshots of the control centre UI, it seems like the ‘one handed’ UI focus is disappearing as more UI elements are brought higher…
How does everyone feel about Google Pixel phones?
Previously on Lemmy:...
PayPal is Introducing a new crypto currency. (www.paypal.com)
PayPal is Introducing a new crypto currency and you’ll be able to buy, sell, hold, and transfer it in the app. 1 USD : 1 PYUSD on PayPal
There's a big problem with Samsung's new Android tablets | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)
What are our experiences with Android tabs nowadays? How's the software side of Android going compared to how to was years ago?
So, what's stopping you from getting a foldable? [Poll] (9to5google.com)
Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5......