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Rimu

@ rimu @piefed.social

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Web developer. Lead developer of PieFed

  • When will the Fediverse deal with the undisclosed self promo that is happening here, before it turns Piefed/Lemmy into sloppy spam links discussion platform?

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  • No problem!

    BTW in PieFed you can report a user account, not just individual posts. So if you go to https://piefed.world/u/stermy4u@lemmy.world then click on More -> Report that'll ping the piefed.world admins about it. It looks like in this case they've been responding to individual posts by removing them and not seeing the bigger picture but they will see it once they look at the user profile.

  • When will the Fediverse deal with the undisclosed self promo that is happening here, before it turns Piefed/Lemmy into sloppy spam links discussion platform?

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  • It varies by instance. PieFed has "spam detection" (not really) which is just a list of the posts and comments that have been downvoted a lot in the last 3 days so it's easy for admins to spot unreported badness and take action. I don't know how often other admins do but I check that report multiple times per day.

    For example I nuked unlogopoco from piefed.social a month ago

    Looking at the modlog for stermy, I'm seeing a fair bit of moderation action being taken on them and very few posts since then:

    On piefed.social I banned townflex.com entirely weeks ago, which must be why I'm not seeing their latest spams.

    Basically Lemmy has really poor tools for this which makes mods and admins do a lot more work then necessary, causing them to burn out. If they used PieFed they'd have a much better time.

  • The bill we never see | The hidden costs of electricity, and the good news about counting them

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  • So much AI slop on substack.

  • People are able to comment (locally) on posts remotely locked on Lemmy?

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  • People are able to comment (locally) on posts remotely locked on Lemmy?

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  • Yes, looks like the lock didn't federate for some reason.

    I'll test it out sometime, thanks.

  • Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?

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  • World News @beehaw.org
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    New front in US-Iran war escalates as Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilities

    www.aljazeera.com /news/2026/7/26/new-front-in-us-iran-war-escalates-as-houthis-fire-at-saudi-oil-facilities

  • ePaper + eInk community

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  • When the scrapers get really active I put poefed.social into private mode temporarily.

    The best way to view the community is with !epaper@piefed.social because then it'll open on Lemmy.world.

  • Attitude?

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  • I think it only looks at recent votes, like the last 30 days or something like that.

  • Is there a fediverse service that access most fediverse networks?

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  • Attitude?

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  • More downvotes than upvotes. -100% is always downvoting, 100% is always upvoting, 0% is in the middle and that's the threshold.

    Most people sit around 70%.

    I just had a bit of a dig around, looking at the worst attitudes. There was one guy who did 1800 downvotes (and no upvotes) and wasn't blocked because it was all on the same day (this must have been before the vote quota was added). So the system is pretty loose.

  • Attitude?

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  • People with a really bad attitude (always downvoting more than upvoting) lose their ability to downvote. Not straight away, after a couple of days. So someone can have a bad day but not every day. Once they upvote enough they get the downvote ability back.

    It automatically defangs serial downvoters, basically. The vast majority of people upvote at least 5x more than they downvote so this very rarely has an effect.

    Also in the admin area the user list can be sorted by attitude to find all the serial downvoters. What admins do next is up to them. I doubt most ever check this.

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    ePaper + eInk community

    piefed.social /c/epaper
  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    How learning te reo Māori in her 70's transformed one Pākehā grandmother's view of Aotearoa

    www.rnz.co.nz /news/te-ao-maori/794950/how-learning-te-reo-maori-in-her-70-s-transformed-one-pakeha-grandmother-s-view-of-aotearoa

  • Bryan Johnson says he cloned himself as a newborn to grow organs and young blood

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  • Yeah I'm about his age but I think I'll outlive him.

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Huge wildfires in Canada, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia

    www.theguardian.com /world/live/2026/jul/25/france-spain-wildfires-latest-news-updates-madrid-cap-ferret-bordeaux-gironde

  • [AIT] The Codeberg ban on LLM content

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  • Ahh yep, that'll be it. Thanks.

  • [AIT] The Codeberg ban on LLM content

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  • That I regret link isn't working for me.

  • Uncle Bob becoming even worse:

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  • I enjoyed that book and it gave me a lot to think about. It changed some of how I do things.

    But no way am I going to adopt hexagonal architecture wholesale everywhere all the time. It's pretty over-engineered for the kind of projects I do.

  • Thailand scales back US$30 billion 'land bridge' on commercial viability concerns

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  • It found the project's net present value had fallen from 637.7 billion baht to negative 10.3 billion baht.

    lol, oops

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    Debian is debating the use of LLMs

    www.debian.org /vote/2026/vote_002

  • What fedi accounts are you following?

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  • Yes some people really really overdo their boosting so it needs to be avoidable somehow!

  • What fedi accounts are you following?

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  • There isn't a correct way yet. I'm getting other things tidied up before opening the flood gates.

  • What fedi accounts are you following?

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  • I'm not following anyone yet. It'll get a whole lot more interesting once we can accept boosted posts, which I'm working on now. Currently we're only seeing posts the authors wrote, not posts boosted by people we follow.

    It's a bit complicated because in Mastodon people often boost a post halfway through a conversation so when it arrives here we've got a fragment of a conversation and need to go out and get the rest before it can be stored. In contrast with Lemmy the top-level post always arrives first, followed by comments on it so it's simpler to accept them.

  • Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related @lemmy.world
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    Bryan Johnson says he cloned himself as a newborn to grow organs and young blood

    www.newsnationnow.com /us-news/strange/bryan-johnson-clone-himself-newborn-organs/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Tech ain't that deep - and that's a problem

    deadsimpletech.com /blog/tech-aint-deep
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

    www.theguardian.com /business/2026/jul/19/bank-of-england-bonds-coal-loans-assets
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Drawing a PieFed logo in the top left of the canvas right now

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    You can now block posts based on their flair

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    The Naturalist’s Library

    www.c82.net /naturalists-library/
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Solar generated record 25% of EU power in June with Germany, Spain and Poland leading the race

    www.euronews.com /2026/07/14/solar-generated-record-25-of-eu-power-in-june-with-germany-spain-and-poland-leading-the-ra
  • Python @programming.dev
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    Serving a Frontend with FastAPI: A Practical Guide

    modernpython.io /serving-a-frontend-with-fastapi-a-practical-guide/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    S&P downgrades Oracle stock to BBB-

    www.heise.de /en/news/S-P-downgrades-Oracle-to-BBB-only-one-notch-above-junk-level-11363472.html
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    PieFed monthly active users hits new all-time high

  • Space @beehaw.org
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    Beautiful aurora seen from ISS in 4K video

  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
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    Tracy Chapman - New Beginning

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    The Lancet got a bunch of scientists to figure out what needs to change in our food production

    www.thelancet.com /journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/abstract
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Still a long way to go on the Mastodon integration front

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    PieFed now has a font for people with dyslexia