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 :)
I find it odd, but a lot of newer users on Reddit go with the default suggested username and those follow the word-word-0000 template.
At the same time, it might be better for privacy to do that since it’s less likely that someone can track you across platforms if you use the generator built into each platform.
Looks great!
If you end up pinning any related communities in the sidebar, there is also !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
I had to double-check what Deflock was for:
DeFlock’s mission is simple: to shine a light on the widespread use of ALPR technology, raise awareness about the threats it poses to personal privacy and civil liberties, and empower the public to take action.
This app makes it easy to view and report AI powered surveillance cameras, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), and other surveillance infrastructure near you.
Sharing information about where cameras are located is terrorism now?
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Pretty much, that’s what I understood it to mean anyway
I assume the phrase has been used in other contexts too
I understood “making it” as accomplishing what you were pretending to be, often in the context of self-confidence
Regional Instances for Quick Join sounds cool, looking forward to it :)
Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for questions about selhisting, and !lemmy@lemmy.ml for questions about running a Lemmy server
I’d recommend including a lot more details in your post about your machine, your budget, why you want to do it, etc
As long as people are moving away from Windows and Mac
If people don’t like it or Linux Mint doesn’t meet their needs, they will go back to Windows or switch to MacOS. The article points out that there may be better stepping stone distros these days
Whoops, I meant to say “only downside”. Edited it
There are lots of positive differences
Not sure how you mean. Is it too complicated to make a pull request and edit the file I linked above?
Not at all, I accidentally quoted the wrong text in my reply. I meant to reply to this bit: “Most instances are uncategorized, and country selection is by server IP so Germany also has pixelshot.it listed. Manually specifying countries would be more reliable (but also more effort)”.
I was proposing having an automated system that uses the server IP (or another method), and then overriding it with any manually entered information from that file. That could be paired with an extra visual indicator or filter method to differentiate between the two.
Its not random from the whole list, but selected from a curated list (currently only lemmus.org and thelemmy.club, see #545). Its displayed like this because a lot of people complained that choosing an instance is too complicated.
That’s fair. Maybe you could add a line above those buttons saying something like “We have picked a random instance for you to try:”
That might be enough for the user to understand that the highlighted instance is not official / run by your team.
The images are not great, I will make a similar post soon to get contributions, and feedback for better texts.
Sounds great, looking forward to it
Unless I misunderstood, it will eventually dry up? Investors aren’t going to be willing to give money with no returns indefinitely
The only difference downside really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.
I’ve been trying out VSIX Manager for my extensions so that I can keep track of which ones I want to install on each machine. This can make it easier to install the weird extensions that you can’t install otherwise
It’s hard to tell what was wrong with that post without seeing it. At the same time, we’re not a hive mind. People will disagree from time to time :)
or they need a third party APP
I’ve seen this complaint from other new users. Is there something wrong with a lack of an official app? Would it be an ok compromise for the official project to recommend some third party apps?
A lot of these projects don’t have the capacity (yet) to develop an official app on top of the main platform.
As for the recommendations
These are harder, or there’s not as much motivation for them. The projects are still going, but they’re slower:
Facebook: a lot of people dropped Facebook completely without replacing it with anything. The only real value is private groups and buy/sell tools, of which the first can be replaced with chat platforms and the second already has a patchwork of proprietary alternatives depending on where you are
LinkedIn: network effect is extreme with this one since it depends on where everyone else in your field of work is hanging out. Some fields don’t use LinkedIn at all already
Amazon: I don’t see the benefit of having a fediverse version of this? Building tools that independent stores can use to stay competitive might be better
Spotify: Funkwhale exists, but there are some concerns around piracy. Other options are self hosting or using one of the many other proprietary streaming platforms
Cloud storage: there are a number of alternatives https://ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/category/file-storage/
shrimp taming
Darn I had a chance until that one.
Last time I tried taming shrimp, bad things happened…
For those that haven’t read the link
A company or “yellow” union is a worker organization which is dominated or unduly influenced by an employer and is therefore not an independent trade union. Company unions are contrary to international labour law (see ILO Convention 98, Article 2).1 They were outlawed in the United States by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act §8(a)(2),2 due to their use as agents for interference with independent unions. However, company unions persist in many countries.
A company or “yellow” union is a worker organization which is dominated or unduly influenced by an employer and is therefore not an independent trade union. Company unions are contrary to international labour law (see ILO Convention 98, Article 2).1 They were outlawed in the United States by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act §8(a)(2),2 due to their use as agents for interference with independent unions. However, company unions persist in many countries.
I also didn’t know this:
Japan
Main article: Labor unions in Japan
Company unions are a mainstay of labor organization in Japan, viewed with much less animosity than in Europe or the United States. Unaffiliated with RENGO (the largest Japanese trade union federation), company unions appeal to both the lack of class consciousness in Japanese society and the drive for social status, which is often characterized by loyalty to one’s employer.25
A lot of great comments, but another one that’s not mentioned: money and advertising
Open source / non profit run websites don’t have money to burn on mobile ads, and many wouldn’t want to put money into the ad industry even if they did.
It doesn’t guarantee users, plenty of startups fail after promotional campaigns, but it definitely helps people learn about the platform
Can you explain the game? I would like to play
What are some ways that a horse might indicate that I should back away from it?
It won’t fix everything, but I think it would be very helpful if platforms would add