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by thih9 2y ago
That’s my point; like I said: > I would like a rule to avoid submissions that are login walled unless this is the primary source and an open mirror is available. Twitter had auth gating but also mirrors; now Nitter is discontinued.
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by thih9 2y ago
The two way activitypub integration looks very practical, I didn’t realize this is an option; I’ll read more, thanks!
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by thih9 2y ago
My goal is not avoiding doomscrolling though (I don’t do that on instagram in the first place). Other than direct contact I like to also have more casual and indirect interactions. Instagram works well for me here, I’m curious if anyone is
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by thih9 2y ago
Thanks for writing, sounds interesting. And yes, Twitter does not look stable at the moment. A blog, ideally a self hosted one, sounds perfect; but I don't know how to approach community interactions there. To clarify, I'd like to
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by thih9 2y ago
Yes, but it's theory vs practice. I'm interested in stories and impressions from people who are actually doing it. Are you using twitter or blogging like this? How do you like it?
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by thih9 2y ago
Protip: in the "2d invaders game" - press a movement key ("w" or "d"), hold it and then press fire ("w"), holding it too. After the initial shot the key repetition will start and you'll spam a se
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by thih9 2y ago
Are you an active pixelfed user? If yes, how are you enjoying it?
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by thih9 2y ago
Did anyone successfully move away from instagram? I have an account and sharing photos to a community there (people who I know irl and random strangers) brings me joy. I also have a pixelfed account but I know no people there and I was unsu
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by thih9 2y ago
HN often has twitter links when this is the primary source; in that case in comments there are usually links to mirrors or threadreader. Here twitter is not the main source, there are better ones (both better quality and more user friendly)
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by thih9 2y ago
Looks like dokku is also a MIT Licensed open source project[1]. Note that there is also Dokku Pro[2], one time purchase during beta, offering UI and API. [1]: https://github.com/dokku/dokku/ [2]: https:/&#x2
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by thih9 2y ago
IMO passable joke, not unlike modern content; if I saw it in the wild I’d laugh, feel called out and scroll down without thinking that AI may have written this.
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by thih9 2y ago
In case anyone else has trouble: 1. The black circle is the ball; you roll the dice to determine the amount of moves 2. after the dice roll, the allowed moves will be shown - as yellow squares near the ball; this is a very faint yellow and
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by thih9 2y ago
> We will add a paid tier at some point, but unsure of the pricing for now. However, the self hosted version will be free forever and there will be a generous free tier too. What you wrote above is clear and helpful to me - and in any ca
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by thih9 2y ago
Looks great, congrats! Feature request: keep all letters in the monospaced grid; do this across styles (so: the letters in headlines and the letters in the body text, or badges, they all should be aligned) and when animating.
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by thih9 2y ago
If anyone is interested, there is a related meme/trend, "something that’s an absolute flex to a niche group but means absolutely nothing to most"; popular examples: https://www.instagram.com/mkbhd/reel&#x
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by thih9 2y ago
Similar, organized by Polish students, the P.I.W.O. project: > Transforming their dormitory building into a light show extravaganza, the students at Poland’s Wroclaw University of Technology demonstrated their tech-savvy skills with this
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by thih9 2y ago
1991: nope, let’s elect a parliament 1997: one more time and without pyramid schemes[1] 2009: nato 2014: official eu candidate [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_schemes_in_Albania
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by thih9 2y ago
Yes. > The pointing stick is positioned such that the hands do not need to be removed from the home row to manipulate the mouse pointer. > Some people find them more appealing for mobile gaming than a touchpad, because the trackpoint
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by thih9 2y ago
Perhaps off topic, what exactly does the “one way european flight” mean in the context of avoiding co2 emissions? I.e. what is the choice or scenario here?
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by thih9 2y ago
Mechanical watch: https://monochrome-watches.com/the-elegant-mixture-of-time-a... Prague’s astronomical clock does that too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock#Moon More about sphe
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by thih9 2y ago
> $5/mo, $50/yr A one time payment would have been inconvenient, I assumed that based on the title; but that’s even worse.
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by thih9 2y ago
Exactly what the provider said. > Customers were not even compensated for lost data, unless they had paid for backups [which were also lost], with the company saying cloud customers should be handling their own disaster recovery plans.
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by thih9 2y ago
> Many believed they had been paying for a reliable service with backups, and were shocked that their data was lost.
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by thih9 2y ago
For comparison: > The European Food Safety Authority only allows erythrosine in processed cherries and pet foods. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrosine
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by thih9 2y ago
Mindblowing. More details and photos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_raspberry_flavor > Food products labeled as blue raspberry flavor are commonly dyed with a bright blue synthetic food coloring, such as bril
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by thih9 2y ago
> make it the 24hr (...) period relative to the current timezone What if the event gets shared - should the dates still be relative to the timezone of the creator? Or to the most popular timezone? Or should they be different for everyone
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by thih9 2y ago
Depends where the house fire or a flood is. If it's in a data center then they might suddenly disappear[1]. [1]: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/ovhcloud-fire...
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by thih9 2y ago
> I don’t need the latest and greatest. I just need a tool that works. I like this mindset and I feel that I’m happier with it. It works for computers and for other gear, appliances, devices, etc too.
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by thih9 2y ago
Anecdotally, I can confirm. In general the algorithm seems flexible to me; on TikTok I find it easy to scroll away or flag unwanted content as "do not show again"; and in my experience the algorithm adjusts well to that.
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by thih9 2y ago
It’s difficult to maintain basic features in a popular calendar, at least according to the ms exchange team blog: > calendaring is particularly tricky. Why’s that? Well, consider time zones for a start – a meeting you set up isn’t necess

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