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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Removed

    Lemmy is no more free-speech than reddit

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  • "Lemmy" is not a single place, it's software that anyone can use. The phrase "Lemmy as a whole" is a contradiction of terms. If you're looking for a censorship free space, just create your own instance. If you're looking to force your speech upon others, check out Reddit.

  • Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

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  • Yes exactly. Within the MAGA universe loyalty is paramount. What the do looks strange and contradictory to us, but in the universe where one man decides reality, the more you can make that reality a well, reality, the more valuable you are. Even in defeat.

  • 240p optimized | Updates on my CRT+Wii setup

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  • I've actually always preferred a look with minimal scan lines but there's no question that pixel art looks significantly better on CRT.

  • Service for TV-like programming?

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  • This may be a dumb question but isn't OTA TV still basically exactly what you describe?

  • Lemmy and Piefed getting a lot of mentions on r/technology

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  • all good I'm mining more as we speak

    that's right everyone lemmy is a crypto thing too

  • Lemmy and Piefed getting a lot of mentions on r/technology

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  • "Lemmy is good but the huge problem is the waiting process to sign up. You also have to pledge to contribute to Lemmy if you get access."

    lol never change reddit

  • Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech.

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  • For those not in the know:

    Swartz's involvement in Reddit is debated. He is considered the co-founder of Reddit by Y Combinator owner Paul Graham as a result of the merger of Swartz's project Infogami and Reddit. With the merger of Infogami and Reddit, Swartz became a co-owner and director of parent company Not A Bug, Inc., along with Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian considers Swartz a co-owner of Reddit.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#cite_note-7

  • Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

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  • I was about to point out Greg Bovino, but he was allowed the opportunity to "retire" whereas reports are saying Bondi was denied that.

  • Russia asks major online platforms to block users with active VPNs by April 15

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  • How would they know? I assume they must track IPs used by popular VPN services?

  • Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

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  • I'm not so sure, the entire modern GOP culture prioritizes loyalty to the leader above all else (even the stock market!) I think it's possible these lieutenants understand that taking the fall for the leader will be viewed by the party to be an act that demonstrates the depth of their loyalty (and therefore helps their future career).

    EDIT: Giuliani I think is probably an exception along with some other characters like Mike Lindell that actually are too dumb to understand what's going on.

  • Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

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  • They must know that their primary role is to take the fall for Trump, right? Their job is to absorb the blows and bad press (and sometimes literal bullets), and once they get too much baggage they get dumped. It's mafia style governance.

  • What device are you guys hosting on?

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  • Yeah I run HAOS in a VM but I keep a backup on an SD card that I can pop into a raspi if for whatever reason the server is down.

  • Reddit no longer the front page of the internet

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  • The Venn diagram of 4chan users is a smaller circle entirely within the reddit circle.

  • What does your self-hosted e-book management workflow look like?

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  • CWA largely removes the need for running Calibre.

    I use CWA for the main book "hub" and upload everything (audiobooks and comics too) to it. Then I have audiobookshelf scan the calibre directory, and Komga do the same because the app I use for comics (cdisplayex) doesn't sync with Koreader yet.

    On the client side I use Koreader, Lissen and Cdisplayex.

    It works fine but it would be nice to have one app that syncs all progress. And my holy grail is one that can sync ebook and audiobook progress like Amazon's whispersync!

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    Google is killing the web.

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  • Call me naive, but from where I'm sitting the old web we all love is not only still there but getting better every day with inventions like ActivityPub and the fediverse. The Google feature listed in this article is stupid but it only affects Google users.

    Google and Meta and Reddit etc, have built their own walled gardens garbage dumps, but if you look at what's left when you remove their worthless fluff, all of the good bits are still there and getting better. Just because the Good Web doesn't move at the breakneck pace of silicon valley VC-funded startups doesn't mean it's not improving every day.

  • KDE Linux Hardening Their OS Against Updates Making Systems Unbootable

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  • Excited for the official KDE Distro. I am a big fan of Fedora Kinoite but will probably give KDE a show once it is out of beta.

  • GIMP alternative for Linux, but proprietary.

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  • No Photogimp is not enough lol

  • Proton launches new "Meet" privacy-focused conferencing platform

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  • They’ve just rebranded La Suite Meet anyway,

    I was basing it off the top comment here which said "They’ve just rebranded La Suite Meet" (which isn't E2E) but it looks like that person might have just been talking out their ass anyway.

  • GIMP alternative for Linux, but proprietary.

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  • Honestly? I would probably pay for a GIMP clone that has a photoshop-like UI and can be installed via flatpak. $70 is a little high but if it was $20 and received regular updates?