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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Installing self-hostable services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???

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  • I can see you care about this a lot, so please tell me; in your opinion at what point does a PC cease to be "self hosted"? When it's carried across the property line? Maybe if the electricity bill is paid by a roommate?

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    Some potentially interesting data: horses per capita in the U.S. and China

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  • wow 9/11 changed everything

  • Installing self-hostable services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???

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  • Love to see the people in here gatekeeping "selfhosting" 🙄

    We're all just out here trying to escape big tech. A docker container doesn't suddenly stop becoming "selfhosted" once the hard drive it's on crosses a property line. Who the hell cares, seriously.

  • Immich 2.5 Released With Free Up Space, Web Backups

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  • Yeah I saw that... not really what I would consider a "web backup" exactly. I was hoping they were rolling out encrypted photo storage plans.

  • Bazzite, others announce Open Gaming Collective

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  • If I was the tyrant king of Lemmy I would force all communities to do this

  • Immich 2.5 Released With Free Up Space, Web Backups

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  • I can't find anything about the web backups in the article or release notes.

  • Is there a Chromecast equivalent?

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  • It's my understanding that anything doing this would also need to also emulate Chromecast, since the "cast" buttons inside the Amazon Prime/Netflix/Spotify/etc apps uses the proprietary Chromecast protocol.

  • Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?

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  • No a pro-piracy argument, but most artists get fractions of a penny from the sales of media anyway. Only the biggest stars are paid a fair share of the profits. I always try to find a way to support directly or use a platform (bandcamp, steam) that adds some value and gives a majority to the creator.

  • How do I become one with the botnet

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  • Back up an image the entire operating system HD when it's working well. If you ever get overwhelmed with bugs you can always go back to a functioning state.

    We all like checking out the latest features and updates but it's important to remember that it's not a race.

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  • From ArsTechnica:

    According to DuckDuckGo, chats on the service are anonymized, with metadata and IP address removed to prevent tracing back to individuals. The company states that chats are not used for AI model training, citing its privacy policy and terms of use.

    “We have agreements in place with all model providers to ensure that any saved chats are completely deleted by the providers within 30 days,” says DuckDuckGo, “and that none of the chats made on our platform can be used to train or improve the models.”

    So there is some trust involved, but I'm inclined to believe DDG.

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • I understand what you're saying, but what you want (conformity of UIs) is just not possible to enforce on a decentralized network.

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • Yeah, it also doesn't address the Concerned™ poster.

  • ELI5: Why won't android just straight up run like Linux distros that almost run on any computers?

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  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • How delightfully European Union of them to debate debate debate in the face of a looming crisis.

    Yes Lemmy has a lot of improving to do, but I'm not seeing many other alternatives!

  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • I disagree that having a variety of UIs is a bad thing. I wouldn't want every instance to look like dbzero! It also highlights that Lemmy is not a single platform, it's a federation of them. Heck even reddit has two UIs!

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • Yeah I agree, it's designed for discussion, not shitposts.

  • A little observation I wanted to share, how lemmy's engagement per user is higher than reddit(10x by some metrics)

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  • This makes sense to me if you consider the type of person who is likely to leave reddit is also less likely to be just a passive consumer of content. I imagine in ten years time we'll have two kinds of "social" media: decentralized activitypub discussion-based networks, and commercial entertainment platforms that might have comments but little else in the way of connecting.

    Another stat I like to highlight is the moderator-to-user ratio on Lemmy (and the rest of the Fediverse) is similarly around 10x more improved.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • When i said "designed for discussion" I meant that Mastodon posts are displayed in chronological order instead of sorted by engagement.

    I agree that would result in a commercial failure, but Mastodon is not commercial, not does it have an obligation to grow. So it seems to be working very well for the people who do use it.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • What does "fail" mean? Twitter's algorithm is for entertainment. Mastodon is designed for discussion. Both can exist just fine, but you can't have a platform that does both well.