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♪ Longe vá, temor servil ♪

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Other me's:@Auster | @Auster1 | @Auster(I have other alts, but if a profile claims to be me, doubt it)

  • How in the new communities at the top of pages does not help out smaller communities like you used to do?

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  • Machine-translated post? Not quite sure what it means.

  • A free VPN you can trust, now built into Firefox | The Mozilla Blog

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  • If something is free, someone else is paying. And who pays chooses what to eat as the saying goes.

    So, is who's paying trusthworthy? And furthermore, is Mozilla trustworthy?

  • How to install wine ?

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  • The most basic version, just install from your distro's repository if it has one. On Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc., for example, it"s sudo apt install wine.

    If you're on Steam, just enable compatibility, and Steam will handle everything for you, though do note you can only use their version of Wine ("Proton") when launching through their launcher or calling the executable file directly.

    If you're on Heroic Launcher, there's a menu for handling Wine versions, including downloading, and using is the same as Steam's.

    Can't remember other methods now.

  • Finally deleted GBoard

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  • Btw, if you know/learn Korean at some point, HeliBoard's also pretty good for their writing system.

  • Please? Pretty please?

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  • I remember reading many years ago that if the person is frozen with fear, thinking on things that make you angry can help you get moving again. Though not fear, I have a feeling the ADHD/autism freeze works similarly, because if I think on what I could be doing and how I'm instead wasting my time away, I do get agitated/angry enough to start moving. Then it just takes a small catalyst of discipline to get this anger burning into something productive.

  • One week guest passes for Nebula - First come first serve

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  • Bots on GOG keep locked gift/claim links posted unprotected in the platform's forum, likely by keeping a specific step of the claiming process open. Unprotected Steam keys get claimed near instantly in most Steam-related forums I've seen. Even saw allegedly legitimate group owners using bots to harvest such codes, while keeping their accounts private.

    Dunno how popular Nebula actually is, as I use it very little, but I'd also advise obfuscating their codes, or even any gift codes.

  • Sort of new community (moving, original instance shutting down): thelittlethings@lemmy.cafe - Sharing little moments of gratitude and happiness

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  • Might I suggest also adding a "[MOVED]" to the beginning of the name of the lemy.lol community? Saw some people do it when lemm.ee went down, and sounded like a good idea.

  • is there any platform in fediverse where individuals can join groups just like Facebook groups, and share media ??🤔🤔🤔

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  • @codewizard@hear-me.social In a sense of groups, as mentioned in other comments, there are 5 to my knowledge:

    • Lemmy, created pretty much as a Reddit alternative
    • Mbin, meant as a hybrid of Reddit and Twitter's post styles
    • Friendica, similar to Mbin but with a design philosophy inspired on Facebook
    • Piefed, which launched with a similar purpose as Lemmy, and dunno how it is now, but in the original roadmap it was meant to have microblogging support too
    • Bonfire, which I heard about and that apparently has community-adjacent features, but yet to test.

  • is there any platform in fediverse where individuals can join groups just like Facebook groups, and share media ??🤔🤔🤔

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  • @ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com also, in this line of comparison, someone thought it was a good idea to include SMS support in the email software he was developing, and after dropping the whole project due to health reasons, someone else picked the project to maintain it: enter Mbin

    The original project, Kbin, was more designed with Reddit/Lemmy in mind, but had support for microblogging, e.g. Twitter/Mastodon. Since the original developer had to leave development, someone forked it, named it Mbin, and keeps adding features since.

  • Please explain to me...

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  • Closest comparison example I think is Mozilla/Firefox, since they started being banked by Google, and specially as the money tap was dried, they got erratic at best. Would it seem like Linux would follow a same path? Are there safeguards in place? Are there signs these companies force their own visions onto the Foundation?

  • Obscuritory, a site with reviews of some really obscure and old games and software

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  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • Thanks for explaining the path!

    I'm aware of it, but avoiding for the reason of learning manually, and also because, as an end user, I don't like any of the ActivityPub-compatible softwares they offer. Also the amount of troubleshooting I did for people that would press triangle¹ early on in Autoplugin for the PS Vita sure helped making me very wary of automated processes without understanding them.

    ¹Triangle made all homebrew plugins listed in Autoplugin get installed, including experimental and incompatible ones. Also been some ~7 years since the function got removed and I never used it myself, but the problem was so widespread I remember down to the key used for running it... 🥹

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • I'm around my 30's and I also struggle to think of examples not at least as old as me. e.e''

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • That's what I meant about horizontal attacks. Iirc that was the term used in the explanation that convinced me to consider a VPS. 😅

    ...though I still want stuff locally, so studying this type of network security is still in my roadmap.

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • Thanks!

    About studying about operating systems and docker, I think I know what you mean. I had come across some info on docker already, and it sounded like a system image, as you'd get on a VM or with dd, or a disc ISO or disk ROM dump.

    Will make sure to look further into it!

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • I'll be doing others' suggestions of going from the basics, to be sure whether I'm missing or not any knowledge. This earlier parts shouldn't require internet, but I'll ask once I get to the DNS part. Thanks. 😊

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • @grok what is a phone book?

  • Stupid question, but are there free VPS/VM instances for a jobless girl who wants to run her own instance?

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  • @atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone two things:

    First, it needs an initial investment, but maybe buy a Raspberry Pi or some other single-board computer to put your site/sites on?

    Second, in a post asking about self-hosting that I made, someone suggested the site https://linuxupskillchallenge.org/, and reading its "what is it about" page, I see the text from the attached image. Perhaps worth investigating.

  • What to study to be able to host a site?

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  • Makes sense e.e"

    Thanks!

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    What to study to be able to host a site?

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    B L E P

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Safely Endangered

    Feb 26, 2026

  • Software recommendations @lemmy.world
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    Android keyboards for multiple writing systems: Simple Keyboard, Mozc, Heliboard and Fcitx5

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
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    Silly husky

  • GOG @lemmy.world
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    Final Fantasy VII now also added to GOG's catalogue

    www.gog.com /forum/general/final_fantasy_vii_is_now_out_with_a_limitedtime_discount_alongside_classic_final_fantasy_deals_ca8e3
  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Dinosaur Comics

    January 19th, 2026

  • Blåhaj @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Is this blåhaj?

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
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    Play after training

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Scandinavia and the World

    Superbowl

  • GOG @lemmy.world
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    GOG's blog appears to use Wordpress, but no federation and/or comments available

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Deogie (@deogie.bsky.social) - Dec 2, 2025

    bsky.app /profile/deogie.bsky.social/post/3m6zoktgbqc25
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    After 3 decades, the MS-DOS game 'Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century' is back, updated and free!

    old.reddit.com /r/pcgaming/comments/1qq9a6c/after_3_decades_star_quest_1_in_the_27th_century/
  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Danger kitty has a question

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Bedtime - ADHDinos

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Denmark & Australia - Scandinavian and the World

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    some1else45.bsky.social - Jan 31, 2026

    bsky.app /profile/some1else45.bsky.social/post/3mdpu3bdpg22q
  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Deshittification

  • wholesomememes @lemmy.world
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    divergence

  • Books @lemmy.world
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    Starting later this month, Amazon will let ebooks be offered DRM-free through direct download, even for those published before the change

    kdp.amazon.com /en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U