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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • The Remote Watch Pass is only needed if neither you nor the server owner have a Plex pass: https://support.plex.tv/articles/requirements-for-remote-playback-of-personal-media/

    When using an affected platform to stream personal video content remotely from a Plex Media Server, then one of the following needs to be true:

    1. The admin account for the Plex Media Server has an active Plex Pass (which also allows remote playback for any other user streaming from that server)
    2. Your account has an active Plex Pass
    3. Your account has an active Remote Watch Pass

    The remote playback restrictions do not apply to streaming music content to Plexamp or photos to our Plex Photos app.

  • Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

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  • I agree with your overall sentiment but also literally 100% of BlueSky users are on one instance.

  • Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

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  • BlueSky is not federated. Also German users have outsized representation on Mastodon but most of the network is outside Germany.

  • What is Docker?

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  • People are talking about privacy but the big reason is that it gives you, the owner, control over everything quickly without ads or other uneeded stuff. We are so used to apps being optomized for revenue and not being interoperable with other services that it's easy to forget the single biggest advantage of computers which is that programs and apps can work together quickly and quietly and in the background. Companies provide products, self-hosting provides tools.

  • "I installed Linux (so should you)" by PewDiePie

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  • I'm very familliar with the "Year of the Linux Desktop" joke but I also can't remember a time previously when Linux was getting this level of mainstream attention.

  • Why doesn't the Linux subreddit leave Reddit already?

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  • op asked about the r/linux community which was not mentioned in either of your comments

  • Why doesn't the Linux subreddit leave Reddit already?

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  • I'm having trouble following, you're suggesting that the Linux subreddit continues to exist because of some corporate conspiracy to keep users on commercial media platforms?

  • The Social Network That Can't Sell Out: Understanding Mastodon vs. Bluesky

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  • Yes absolutely, and that's why I don't think commercial social media will die. But I do think it will come to more be associated with activities gambling or vaping.

  • Atomic Linux Distros: What Barriers Stand Between You and Making the Switch?

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  • idk I've gotten mine into a state i couldnt fix more times than I can count. Immuteable distros have been a game changer for me and if I'm being honest I think they're going to be the biggest thing for mainstream adoption in Linux's entire history.

  • The Social Network That Can't Sell Out: Understanding Mastodon vs. Bluesky

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  • There will always be two types of users: people looking to connect and people looking to be entertained. Fedi is better at the former and commercial better at the latter.

  • Why do you use the distro you use?

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  • Haven't used the command line since installing Kinoite, it's... weird.

  • That's another country's problem

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  • Am I taking crazy pills or does the first panel does not reflect reality whatsoever? In my experience, Americans (the citizenry) regularly, openly, and loudly criticize and/or mock dictators and oppressive regimes, the federal government historically does not allow for normal business or trade to occur with them, and in several cases in recent history (for better or worse) the military physically intervenes.

  • Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

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  • I did not realize you were OP (or even had a Lemmy account) 😂

  • Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

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  • Mastodon has more of a flat structure and is designed to be more conversational which is why I think it hasn't caught on amongst celebrities and the pundit class. It's great for conversation but only so-so at self promotion.

  • Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

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  • @rysiek@mstdn.social's blog is one of my favorites. He really understand the social aspect to a lot of modern technology.

  • The fediverse has a bullying problem

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  • The fediverse has a bullying problem

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  • If Mastodon/Fedi was at the scale those platforms are we would see more harassment, absolutely. It remains to be proven but I think federation enables a lot more eyes on content which implies harassing material can be removed more quickly.

    Federation/decentralization solves a lot of problems over centralized social media, but ultimatley you can't engineer human nature.

  • KDE Proposes New Plasma Login Manager to Replace SDDM

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  • 100%

  • PieFed supports auto merging threads so you see all the comments in one post

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  • I had a response typed out but have a question, is this feature pulling in comment feeds from every community the instance is federated with? Or only from communities the individual user is subscribed to?