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Ernest is alive
Iirc, in one of his last public appearances before abandoning Kbin was commenting he had health issues.
Just noticed he has a blog where he occasionally posts, latest post being from September, and in the "about me" section, he also mentions about having to drop Kbin.
Going by his posts and his repositories, he doesn't seem involved with ActivityPub anymore, at least in a public manner. But sharing in case someone worried about the person.
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I can't imagine how stressful it must have been to have a small hobby project you're devekoping for fun and then suddenly get the insane amount of traffic from the Reddit exodus over night without having been able to prepare for it at all. I was low key worried we killed him with stress.
Happy that's not the case.
Virginia's Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim woman elected statewide in the U.S.
Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi on Tuesday became the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the U.S. with her victory in the lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects.
Her historic victory comes the same night former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, whom NBC News projects as the winner in the governor's race, became the first woman elected governor in the state.
Virginia's Ghazala Hashmi becomes first Muslim woman elected statewide in the U.S.
Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi became the first Muslim-American woman elected to statewide office in the U.S. with her victory in the lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects.Alexandra Marquez (NBC News)
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Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreated five miles in two months, 10 times faster than the previous record, with possible implications for the pace of sea-level rise.
* gift link — registration required
* archive.today — static images instead of animations
* ghostarchive.org might or might not load a few minutes after post goes up
Immich v2.2.0 adds OCR
v2 that should keep your installation up-to-date on the stable branch.
Release v2.2.0 · immich-app/immich
v2.2.0 The month following our stable release 🎉 has flown by! We are blown away by the support from everyone around this milestone, especially for the Retro DVD 📀! If you want to get one for yourse...GitHub
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The solution to that is to delete 130k photos 😀
I started culling mine years ago, still wading though
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My i3 7100 is about to get a workout
Edit: did 15,000 photos overnight so not bad at all
Laughs in i5-4590
Edit: Oh God I'm getting about 1 image every 2 seconds, 1 image at a time. Looks like I'm gonna be here for the next 14 hours.
Edit 2: it's been 9 hours. I'm halfway done.
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It's been available.... "Kind of"
It creates a copy of your photo and rotates that. Leaving the original. Which I guess I can see being useful sometimes but it's very annoying in practice last I checked it.
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Gitea 1.25.0 | 3D file previews, improved archive downloads, enhanced authentication, and more security, API and workflow upgrades like automatic repo forking and email notifications for actions
Gitea 1.25.0 is released | Gitea Blog
We are thrilled to announce the latest release of Gitea v1.25.0.blog.gitea.com
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I don't know a ton about Gitea, but I've recently starting looking for a simple git server + decent web UI
Gitea and Forgejo are the main recommended ones, but they both seem overly complex. (3D File previews?? Who needs that?)
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Why overly complex? What do you mean?
Gitea is alright. It's a very well working git server.
Someone probably wanted the 3d preview and maybe it wasn't difficult. You could say integrating "gitea pages" would be a high priority but that doesn't mean that there can be side quests along the way. You can probably read the PR if you want to know why it's included
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It seems designed for like teams of people. They both have like admin interfaces, which I can't ever imagine for my use case.
I'm sure I could get it running, I just dislike using tools that are significantly more complex than I need.
I can recommend Forgejo, it's not overly complex in my opinion. It is what I would call "simple git server + decent web UI" for a home lab or VPN.
The reason Forgejo was forked was because of Gitea's focus IIRC, maybe it was stuff like having 3D file previews. It's not even the worst feature though, I can imagine it's quite helpful in projects with a focus on 3D data.
Edit: Just had a look at the reasoning behind forking from Gitea:
We started Forgejo in reaction to control of Gitea being taken away from the community by the newly-formed for-profit company Gitea Ltd without prior community consultation, and after an Open Letter to the Gitea project owners remained unanswered. The Forgejo project has two major objectives that drive our development and road map:
- The community is in control, and ensures we develop to address community needs.
- We will help liberate software development from the shackles of proprietary tools.
forgejo.org/2022-12-15-hello-f…
Later they announced the hard fork, because
Simply put, the governance and development models of Gitea and Forgejo diverged over time, and so did their goals. Becoming a hard fork is the culmination of that divergence.
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3D File previews?? Who needs that?
someone's not familiar with the 3d-printer-building scene
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I use Forgejo at work. We have set it up on a server and it quickly became our main VCS server.
Forgejo just sounds complex, once you install it(really simple setup), it is just... Git. You create your repos, you push your commits, and do all the normal git stuff with it.
You can even enable Forgejo Actions and have built-in Github Actions like CI for your repos, and it works surprisingly well.
Setting up Forgejo is not complicated, but of course this varies per person.
The 3D view is a nice gimmick, having a stable and secure VCS is more important to me.
I was disappointed gitea changed their default theme from green to blue.
And they actually removed the green theme altogether so it was a forced change.
I use Forgejo with LFS for my Blender projects, so this would probably be useful to me if a similar feature were added there.
As an aside, it seems Blender uses Gitea and not sure they have plans to migrate to Forgejo anytime soon since it looks like they’ve poured a lot of resources into Gitea and even formed a partnership with the maintainers:
code.blender.org/2022/07/gitea…
code.blender.org/2022/08/gitea…
code.blender.org/2023/01/gitea…
Gitea Diaries: Part 3
Final chapter of the Phabricator to Gitea migration project.Francesco Siddi (Blender Developers Blog)
What I'm up to: October 2025 edition 🎃
What are 'put options'?
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You're buying the ability to sell a stock at a given price at some date in the future. If the price drops, you make money; if the price doesn't drop, you lose everything.
Basically the two use cases are: (1) To hedge against big market collapses in the value of stock you own, like buying insurance (2) to lose all your money on Robinhood by retail investing ("betting" that the stock will go down in an unregulated and rigged casino). I would somewhat bet that this is scenario number 1, but who knows.
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Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and forced to leave Windsor home
King’s brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandalCaroline Davies (The Guardian)
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Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and forced to leave Windsor home
King’s brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandalCaroline Davies (The Guardian)
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What is a good self-hosted solution for sharing files with friends?
I have a Samba mount at home (behind NAT, accessible via wireguard VPN), which works very well when accessing my home files when traveling (I travel a lot for work).
The only detail missing from this solution is sharing individual files with friends. I could give them access to my VPN, but that gives them access to everything, not just one thing I want to share. Also not all my friends are that tech savvy to manage connecting to a VPN.
What would be really great is to have a link-generator that punches a hole in the NAT to give them access to specific files. Are there any self-hosted solutions for that?
There are a few implementations of wormhole that might work.
If you're ok with exposing a server to the internet, I've had good luck with sharry. eikek.github.io/sharry/
I've also had good luck running a Nextcloud instance to share with friends and family. But that is probably overkill here.
I use Pingvin. You upload a file to it and it generates a link. Has expiration on the link.
You can allow anonymous uploads or not, give friends logins etc.
I have it locked down to just me with a login and I use it to let others download the files.
Do you have a public-facing internet-presence? If so, then I've heard good things about copyparty.
I'm using Nextcloud for this, but that seems a bit overkill for your usecase.
Edit: they explain how to use a cloudflare tunnel, so no public IP needed, actually.
GitHub - 9001/copyparty: Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps
Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps - 9001/copypartyGitHub
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Having come from zero knowledge, to now self-hosting for over a year, I can tell you that you just search for them one at a time. Sometimes they will make sense. Sometimes not yet.
Stick around here, ask questions, and look things up.
I'm not sure if I'm using all of those 100% correctly (e.g. "Public facing"). But either use a search engine,, or just ask.
What terms do you have in mind that you want to learn about?
Sorry I meant more what's in that git summary,
Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps
I know FTP but the rest I dont really understand. Im often confused by stuff on git.
I haven't looked at that GitHub but I'm familiar with most of the terms so here goes (verify them if you wish, I can't promise full accuracy).
portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads: portable most likely means it's easy to transfer from one server to another should you ever upgrade servers or anything else. resumable means you can pause the transfers if you desire.
dedup: it will automatically deduplicate files. so if you upload the same file twice it will just use the one you previously uploaded, saving space.
webdav is for distributed authoring and versioning. I don't know a crazy amount about it but assume it means there's some code in place that aids with collaboration as far as sending a file, working on it, and reuploading goes.
ftp: file transfer protocol.
tftp: trivial file transfer protocol. good for small things but iirc it's not inherently secure
zerconf: plug and play. no messing with configs needed.
media indexer/all in one file: most likely indexes media uploaded and stores the generated thumbnails in one big file. most likely this is so it'll be easier to transfer the install to another server if needed (you can move one big file containing all the thumbnails instead of a bunch of tiny ones).
no deps: no dependencies, everything you need is self contained in that repo.
again, double check things your curious about but that's my interpretation of what most would agree is kind of just a keyword filled description lol
Does anyone use Blaze? ( github.com/blenderskool/blaze )
I always thought it looked promising, even supporting peer-peer transfer, so in theory if you are transferring to multiple destinations multiple folks would seed.
Edit: ah, ni commits for the last 2 years
GitHub - blenderskool/blaze: ⚡ File sharing progressive web app built using WebTorrent and WebSockets
⚡ File sharing progressive web app built using WebTorrent and WebSockets - blenderskool/blazeGitHub
GitHub - 9001/copyparty: Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps
Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps - 9001/copypartyGitHub
FileBrowser Quantum Documentation
A Lightweight, Modern Documentation Theme for Hugofilebrowserquantum.com
You can consider using a Pikapods service for this. It's dead simple to strand up a server when you need one.
They have Gokapi and/or PrivateBin for just about a buck per month. You can turn the service on and off whenever you like. Good company to work with, IME, too.
PikaPods - Instant Open Source App Hosting
Run the finest Open Source web apps from $1.20/month, fully managed, no tracking, no ads, full privacy. Self-hosting was never this convenient.www.pikapods.com
Zipline
The next generation ShareX / File upload server, packed with tons of features and a great dashboard. What more could you want?zipline.diced.sh
Are both parties online at the same time?
Maybe something like this is a good solution:
github.com/magic-wormhole/magi…
It will figure out the fastest p2p connection and send even very large files without hassle.
GitHub - magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely
get things from one computer to another, safely. Contribute to magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
OnionShare
OnionShare is a tool for anonymous peer-to-peer file sharing, chatting, and web hosting.onionshare.org
K&T Host, a hosting provider for many Fediverse software including Lemmy has announced they're shutting down
October 30, 2025: Announcement of shutdown.
November 30, 2025: First reminder notice.
December 15, 2025: Second reminder notice. Future invoicing stops.
December 30, 2025: Third reminder notice.
January 15, 2026: Services disabled and final notice. Backups are still available.
February 1, 2026: Full system shutdown. All remaining data will be purged from the system. like this
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my net is painfully slow so selfhosting is not a reliable option, and it's solely because of infrastructure of my apartment. I can't pay more to increase my net speed, so i went with a hosting provider.
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Communick: social media and messaging hosting that respects you and your privacy
Communick, open communications and social media hosting servicescommunick.com
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Looks like it's one of those sites that let you easily host an instance of various sites, one of which includes Lemmy.
I'm not sure who will be affected but if it's anyone, probably mostly single user instances.
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Meanwhile, Google/Alphabet is announcing today record revenues of U$ 100 billion for the latest quarter alone...
The less the community support smaller, independent service providers, the more we will all be assimilated by the Borg.
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Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitatHelena Horton (The Guardian)
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The spherical sponge, Chondrocladia sp nov, is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey, which is different to how sponges usually feed. Generally, sea sponges are passive filter feeders.
It does though.
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Random yt about ping-pong trees:
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.youtube.com
* Interested Darth Vader noises*
Or is it a scuba diver? Hard to tell.
Health Secretary RFK Jr. says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism
Health Secretary RFK Jr. says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism
President Trump's health secretary said Tylenol should be used with caution during pregnancy, but solid data linking it to autism is lacking., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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My understanding is that America doesn't actually have 5G telco equipment manufacturers --- it's a weak point in the US tech lineup --- which is one reason that there was such a major kerfuffle several years back over it. The US does not want China in its sensitive telco infrastructure. There was some point I remember where some US senator said that if Europe wasn't going to support Nokia or Ericsson --- Europe does have some entrants -- and just let Huawei take the 5G market, that the US would need to buy one of them. There was some real concern from the US that Europe might just accept ceding the 5G provider market, which would make the US dependent on China.
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This is probably what I remember. I could have sworn that it was a senator, but maybe there were multiple statements or it was actually AG Barr.
reuters.com/article/technology…
White House dismisses idea of U.S. buying Nokia, Ericsson to challenge HuaweiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday and the top White House economic adviser dismissed an unusual suggestion from U.S. Attorney General William Barr that the United States consider taking control of two major foreign rivals of China-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow added later on Friday that the United States was working closely with Nokia and Ericsson, saying the companies' equipment was essential to the buildout of 5G infrastructure.
But he said the "U.S. government is not in the business of buying companies, whether they're domestic or foreign," adding that "there's nothing to prohibit American tech companies from acquiring" them."That's the plan the president has endorsed and will be carrying forward," Pence said, adding that the United States can expand 5G "by using the power of the free market and American companies."
In a remarkable statement underscoring how far the United States may be willing to go to counter Huawei, Barr on Thursday disclosed proposals "by the United States aligning itself with Nokia and/or Ericsson."
EDIT: IIRC, Cisco or some other US company that I can't remember made some 5G hardware, but they weren't on par with Nokia and Ericsson.
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clown show continues
since when is RFK Jr and other members of the tyrants administration concerned about proof?
half of them are from fox 'we got sued again' lies
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Wait. Worm brain man says no real proof of a connection?
Now I think there may be one.
I think it's equally plausible RFK worked out they have to actually provide proof of the link between Paracetamol/Acetaminophen and Autism during discovery.
Obviously they can't, but the case did what it needed to by muddying the waters and can now be withdrawn.
If Kenvue doesn't sue back for libel, they probably got paid off.
absolutely.
please be aware of the symptoms of over indulgence.
it's pretty much cocaine and adderall symptoms.
Protecting OpenWrt using CrowdSec (via Syslog)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/36928579
Here's how to set up CrowdSec to protect your OpenWrt router.Running the Security Engine in Docker (server), forwarding logs via Syslog, and using the lightweight firewall bouncer on the router.
Result: community-powered IPS on tiny hardware 🚀
Protecting OpenWrt using CrowdSec (via Syslog)
OpenWrt is an open source Linux project aimed at embedded devices to route network traffic (e.g. routers).Guido Kroon
Google Cloud suspended customer's account three times, for three different reasons
Google Cloud suspended customer's account three times, for three different reasons
: Experience leads company boss to decide 'I cannot rely on having a Google account for production use cases'Simon Sharwood (The Register)
Trump embarrassed on world stage as Chinese leader delivers fact-check to his face
In a post from July, Trump proclaimed: "I am pleased to announce that, after the involvement of President Donald J. Trump, both Countries have reached a CEASEFIRE and PEACE. Congratulations to all! By ending this War, we have saved thousands of lives."
However, the reality was starkly different. Two weeks after Trump's initial celebration, artillery exchanges resulted in a significant death toll, with widespread injuries and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Trump embarrassed on world stage as Chinese leader delivers fact-check to his face
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a diplomatic rebuke to President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting in South Korea, dismantling Trump's claims about resolving the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.Adam Nichols (Raw Story)
Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly raid
Lebanese state media identified the slain man as Ibrahim Salameh, an employee of the Blida municipality, a village near the border with Israel. The Israeli military confirmed the raid and said it was attacking Hezbollah infrastructure when it fired at a “suspect”. It said the incident was under review.
The killing led to widespread anger in Lebanon over repeated violations of Lebanese sovereignty. In the hours after the raid, Israel carried out airstrikes in Labouneh, in south-west Lebanon, and Israeli drones could be heard flying low over Beirut.
The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, condemned the raid and ordered the Lebanese army to confront Israeli soldiers in any future incursions on Lebanese territory. In a statement, Aoun instructed the army to “confront any Israeli incursion into liberated southern territory, in defence of Lebanese territory and the safety of citizens”.
Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly raid
IDF says it was attacking Hezbollah infrastructure when it fired at a ‘suspect’ and the incident is under reviewWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
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US is supposedly the world's leading free democracy.
Nobody ever believed that in the past except the dumbest of Americans. Now even they don't say this shit.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
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Die Office-Suite für die Öffentliche Verwaltung
openDesk bietet kollaborative Office-Anwendungen für die Öffentliche Verwaltung: Textverarbeitung, Chat, Dateifreigabe, Videokonferenzen und Projektmanagement.openDesk
a German-developed softwarea [...] software
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That's like requesting 1 happiness or 11 lovely.
1 software = 3 software
Love seeing the downvotes from fat white US Americans when people say war is cringe.
Maybe America should fight our own proxy wars if we don't like how our proxies do it?
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First, it is a gross exaggeration to say most Americans are fat when only forty percent can be considered overweight. This also seems to imply laziness when Americans actually work more for less. They may be stupid, but they are not lazy.
Second, we are a nation constantly at war not with just the world but ourselves. Americans make up only five percent of the world's population but we lock up twenty percent of the world's population.
The War on Drugs, constant gun violence, unchecked misogyny, abusive policing, denial of healthcare, and the list really goes on and on. War is a constant reality to US citizens. There is no break.
Third, over forty percent of Americans are not white. Why the fuck do you think the racists are pushing white replacement garbage. The writing is on the wall and in a few more generations there will be less whites than non-whites.
You do not want Americans fighting, they will seriously fuck up any country they engage with. There is a reason countries that have experienced it hate us so much.
The average American has been totally fucked over by a certain class of people that have accumulated ridiculous amounts of money and power. This is a real fucking problem for the rest of the world. This dystopian neo feudalism is going to win.
People need to wake up. The time to blame each other has passed. Unless we make some hard decisions now and work together it is going to get a lot worse for everyone in the western world. Unless we change our hearts we are going to experience a lot of sorrow.
Good
Fuck making children grow up just to die
Yeah Ukraine deserves independence, but human beings deserve a shot at life instead of being ammunition.
Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island - ABC News
Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island
An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being accidentally left behind by the ship's crewROD MCGUIRK Associated Press (ABC News)
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80-year-old passenger or 80 year-old passengers?
Very different news story
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This was clearly negligence by the crew, both leaving an 80 year old woman alone, and then not do a head count before leaving.
This actually seems to happen semi-regularly in Queensland. This is certainly not the first time.
You'd think they'd have some kind of infallible double redundancy tag out system.
One wonders how often this might happen and go unreported.
Edit: oof. Sorry, I just read the article. Looks like she didn't die because she was left behind. Rather, she fell off a cliff and died which is why she didn't board the boat prior to it's departure. Still. Wouldn't hurt to have some awareness of how many passengers had re-boarded the boat.
Yeah, but fine print isn't always binding.
You can leave someone in Port if they were dawdling back from the bar.
You can't leave an 80 year old woman alone on an uninhabited island in the heat with no water.
In this case a headcount before leaving could kinda have been feasible as the ship only had 120 passengers - often it isn't simply because modern cruise ships tend to be massive and have way too many passengers to keep track of - but from what I could understand they had an electronic system in place and for some reason she either wasn't marked as having left, or had somehow been mistakingly marked as returned.
She was noticed as missing when they did do a "headcount", during the evening dinner.
She appeared to have fallen from a cliff or slope
This sounds a bit weird but I hope she died from the fall rather than from having been left there ...
That seems the most likely:
"Mum felt ill on the hill climb. She was asked to head down, unescorted. Then the ship left"
She fell on the trail headed back. Sending an 80 year old, who felt ill, back unescorted was a failure in duty and comprehension.
In fact, take the age out of it, sending anyone who feels ill back unescorted is a failure in duty and comprehension.
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Extremism. Somehow people like that think they're better when they spread such callous indifference.
Like I get it, cruises aren't good for the environment at all but acting like someone deserved to die for it? They want to save humanity without bothering to preserve humanity.
China Home Sales Slump to Deepen As New Risks to Beijing’s Growth Strategy Emerge, Experts Say
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44894840
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/44894752
ArchivedChina’s multi-year property crisis is set to drag on in 2026 and further weigh on banks’ asset quality, even after the government stepped up its stimulus push to boost demand, according to Fitch Ratings.
The country’s new home sales by area may decline 15 to 20 per cent from their current level before the sector stabilises, Lulu Shi, a director at Fitch, said at a briefing in Shanghai on Wednesday (Oct 29).
Transactions by value may drop another 7 to 10 per cent next year, she added.“China’s trickling stimulus measures did not pull the residential sector from a further slowdown,” Shi said. “A meaningful property recovery will only come after the job market stabilises and household income rebounds, which would require a basket of policies and a long period of time.”
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The dim outlook for the domestic home market also means banks’ bad debt in the property segment will likely remain “elevated” next year, Vivian Xue, director for financial institutions at Fitch, said at the same briefing. That, coupled with households’ weakened ability to repay mortgages and other personal loans, means that banks’ asset quality could deteriorate next year, she added.
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Fixed income-specialist Pimco has identified new risks to China’s growth strategy.
In response to China’s aggressive price discounting, many Emerging Markets economies have erected higher tariff and trade barriers on Chinese goods imports, it writes in a report.
Europe has initiated investigations into Chinese product dumping and may increase the use of quotas. The U.S. has raised tariffs on all trading partners, but especially on Chinese goods, which has limited the ability of Chinese producers to access the U.S. market at lower tariff rates through “connector” countries for final stages of production. Although markets have shown signs of optimism for U.S.–China trade negotiations ahead of the countries’ presidents meeting this week, the relationship between these two major economies will likely remain volatile.
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Looking ahead, inventories can’t keep piling up forever if China wants to counter deflationary trends and maintain a stable economy. China’s policymakers have recently emphasized an “anti-involution” campaign: a nuanced approach to counter the intense competition that shrunk profit margins and to emphasize higher-quality growth and greater profitability, with a goal of reducing deflationary pressures.
However, unless Chinese policymakers are willing to more forcefully stimulate domestic demand, or tolerate slower production growth, Chinese products would need to continue to be exported at further price discounts to clear the inventory levels, Pimco says.
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China’s Growth Engine Faces Fresh Challenges
Macro Signposts highlights weekly takeaways from the data analysis conducted by our team of economists and other experts.Tiffany Wilding (Pacific Investment Management Company LLC)
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While I am pretty skeptical of US-style polemics on free speech, I of course support free expression, strong journalistic culture, limiting the influence of oligarch propaganda and significant safeguards to censorship.
That being said there are clear externalities to easy access to digital content distribution platforms that prioritize engagement above all else and do not bear responsibility for their actions.
I of course would never trust the CCP on this, but I think in the long term the externalities inherent to social media distribution will have to be accounted for.
Idk how to feel about this. If this news came from the UK, the replies would've been:
you got a loicense for that, mate?
But because it's China, people will gladly glaze this move.
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"Nanny State"
Somehow we don't get memed on for that, even though it's all the same downunder.
I think the main focus here should be the word "influencers".
One thing is for a relatively unknown person to speak about any kind of topic even if they know nothing about it.
But when someone with millions of followers spreads misinfo, that is dangerous as it can end up killing lots of people.
People with a certain amount of followers should be held accountable for what they say the same way that a newspaper should.
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Yeah, I think if it's more about policing the misinformation influencers spread, then I can calm down a bit, although it still makes me nervous to think about the government picking and choosing what a person with a crowd can say.
For now, it's making sure influencers don't spread anti-vax bullshit, but what if tomorrow it's no talking about Palestine?
Even then, medical professionals themselves can fall to propaganda and spread lies, so we can't use a single person as an arbiter of truth.
sure, but that's not what this is doing. it doesn't say they'll be held accountable. it just places a high barrier to entry.
i understand the sentiment behind it, but I don't think this will be effective at curtailing disinformation. it would, however, be a very useful tool for controlling online speech. especially with a government that has so much control over its universities.
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yes lol, look at any conservative influencer on American tv. they all have degrees.
i don't think this law would actualy change much here in the states. almost every dangerous spreader of misinfo i can think of did in fact graduate college in some way.
i can't possibly see this law s anything but a tool to control online speech rather than a tool to fight disinformation.
if the goal of to reduce disinformation then this law will be ineffective.
I'm conflicted. On one hand, I'm American and believe in free speech. On the other hand, I want assholes to be held accountable for lying.
So conflicted.
Can we skip to the part where Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Farage, Wilders, Musk, Le Pen, the ICE agent that lives down the street, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc etc etc get what they deserve please?
It doesn't seem to have happened yet.
What they deserve
Like heading the department of health and human services?
America is already censoring free speech indirectly. Censorship from platforms. Shadowbans. Now even directly arresting and deporting it.
But look at Julian Assagne or Edward Snowden to see the myth of free speech.
I can see how this would play out in the states. First you make it so only degreed people can talk about certain things. Then you dismiss them as educated elite ivory tower academics. Because we live in a nation that scorns experience and expertise.
Someone asked for an example the other day of something that didn't believe was true and I listed seven. They dismissed me with "I didn't ask for an encyclopedia." It was the best way they could ignore that someone knew more than them and not have to actually process the information they explicitly asked for.
Sounds like they thought they could just argue on easy mode by putting the burden of proof on you. When you accommodated their request, that blew up their spot. Having no other recourse, they retreated to an insult since there was nothing else for them to do (but they were seething to get the last word, so you got that response).
Good on ya for making the fucker squirm.
There's so much where this could be used to silence people, I can't trust this. What if you're an expert in a related field to the "serious" topic and disagree with the mainstream opinion held by experts within that field? Who gets to decide what constitutes a "serious" topic?
I just keep thinking of the recent Ms. Rachel controversy where conservative voices basically said she should stay out of talking on Palestine because she was "only" a children's educator. But one should be able to express their opinion on this serious matter even if you aren't an expert, and yeah, even if you're a major influencer.
I want societies to address misinformation and disinformation campaigns as much as the next person, but to be clear, I just don't trust governments to be the ones to do that. Granted governments are admittedly experts in misinformation and disinformation, so at least we can rest assured that experts have eyes on it though...
Yeah, that's what the law is. Im curious about the mechanics of this, this certainly is not a new issue and AI could feasibly make mass surveillance necessary to enforce such a law easier. If that's the case though, what kind of process would exist to confirm the person's qualifications? Just some examples but that is more of what I'm talking about.
Arbitrary laws as a form of suppression is centuries old here in NA.
I once worked for a CPA who asked me what a balance sheet was for.
He was from a wealthy Tibetan family dynasty and clearly paid his way into the industry, but who knows why he would choose to do that because he clearly was completely over his head.
We used to call him Michael Scott sans charisma.
I'd imagine the number of people with degrees who are confidently incorrect on the subject of their major is much smaller than those without a formal education.
While I don't agree with China's tactics, something needs to be done about people like Joe Rogan peddling harmful misinformation to millions of people.
This is quintessential “Modern CPP”
Take a real problem screwing up the western world bad (like influencer mis/disinformation), and smash it in a way only their massive state apparatus can…
Superficially.
It’s “proof” their party line works and, as always, a good way to control the populace, if abused. It’s probably effective, but not as effective as it appears on the surface.
I’m sympathetic here.
In past years I was a “free internet” libertarian leaning diehard, but something has to be done about algos boosting shameless outrage peddlers; it’s literally destroying the planet and our collective psyche, just for short term corporate benefit (Or corpo-state benefit in China's case, as its “Big Tech” is under the party's thumb). But China just took the problem and used it as an excuse for more control.
I don't agree. Tons of folks spend tons of time influencing for basically no financial gain (or the platform taking the vast majority of it). Attention is everything.
In other cases, people are just tribal, and like following someone.
That's always been (and will always be) an issue, but the monster of this story is engagement optimizing design. Technology has made this human tendency extremly dangerous, and "engagement at any cost" needs to be a social taboo.
Yikes
It's incredible that despite how shit the US has become It's still a better place than 1984 land
A real communist country would have a UBI that doesn't pressure people to become scammers and grifters, just to make a wage in a shit economy with little financial opportunities.
Its so funny to see people fleeing the US, meanwhile my maternal grandmother from China has a US naturalization oath ceremony like next week.
Jumping from one burning pot to another is so awkward, but objectively speaking, it's still a slight improvement.
Hope she's doing ok. ❤
I know moving is a huge pain for the elderly.
She's been here for nearly a decade, she's fine I think. She lived with us, and she's very annoying, but she did take care of me back when we were in China and my parents were busy working, so I guess I should probably be more grateful. I'm although I don't exactly like her, I'm glad it'd become more difficult for this admin to target her with the soon-to-be citizenship status (not completely safe tho, but it's relatively safer)
I hope 2026 and 2028 goes well in terms of politics, because like... we have a lot of relatives in the US, it'd be very impractical for us all to like... move to Canada for example (because I doubt Canadian immigration officials would take American asylum cases seriously).
(Pls, some future time traveler come course-correct this timeline)
Personally I'd like to see a total global ban of social media.
Humans aren't designed to communicate with this many people at once, and it shows.
Is this really true? I cast suspicion because to me it sounds like they are trying to convince the world that whatever comes out of their influencers about the topics they are interested to push is of higher quality than the rest of the world.
Oh the media keeps reporting that there are human rights abuse going on some place remote. Those are obvious lies because our double MBA PhD influencer is quite clear that everyone is happy.
Yes it would be nice if only knowledgeable people spoke on complex subjects in a language that allows less knowledgeable people to understand. But one has to be able to trust what is being said.
Yeah, I think more is being lost here than "solved". Sometimes you need to ask simple questions about complex things. Ask any teacher and they'll say that students deepen their own understanding just as much as they teach back. It's part of the flow of creative ideas and inspiration. Everybody should have the right to be curious, ask questions, learn and make new discoveries.
Instead, this feels like "You are only allowed to have ideas once you've gone through the propogandization program to have the right ones". But I still do agree that we need to start trying lots of things to combat misinformation. Maybe a rebrand of education to show how much more interesting reality is than conspiracy theories. A focus on the truth that so much remains unknown, and conspiracy theories are like unhealthy junk food that never satiates that truth.
Poland Says Intercepted Russian Spy Plane Over Baltic Sea
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ArchivedPoland’s armed forces said Wednesday that two of its fighter jets had intercepted and escorted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea one day prior.
The Polish operational command said the Russian Il-20 surveillance aircraft was flying in international airspace without filing a flight plan and with its transponder turned off, making it invisible to civilian radar.
“The aircraft did not violate Polish airspace,” the command said in a statement on social media.
It added that two Polish MiG-29 fighter jets visually identified and escorted the Russian aircraft out of the area.
Operational command spokesman Jacek Goryszewski told Polish media, “Our pilots could have taken further actions if the Russian pilots took steps that we wouldn’t want, like violating our airspace or performing other dangerous maneuvers.”
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The interception comes amid rising alert levels across NATO’s eastern flank, where several member states have reported increased Russian air activity near their borders.
In September, three Russian military jets violated Estonia’s airspace for about 12 minutes and Poland reported more than 20 Russian drones crossing into its territory. The Kremlin denied the border incursions.
Poland is a staunch ally of Ukraine and has been a key transit point for Western arms heading to the embattled country since Russia invaded it in 2022.
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What's gluetun?
Occasionally I see people mention gluetun.
- What's gluetun? Seems like it's a VPN client? What's special about it?
- How do you use it in your setup?
- Do I need to know about this if I use Tailscale on the host for connecting to my VPN?
- Would gluetun allow me to use an additional VPN provider for certain apps without messing with the host Tailscale?
GitHub - qdm12/gluetun: VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.
VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in. - qdm12/gluetunGitHub
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It's not a "normal" vpn client. It allows you to create a network in your server using a variety of vpn providers so other containers can use it to connect to the internet. You use tailscale to connect to your server from outside home, but you use gluetun for your containers to connect to the outside world without exposing your real IP.
So yes, tailscale and gluetun are compatible and can live together (I use both on my homeserver)
I'd seen gluetun mentioned but didn't know what it was for until a moment ago.
I've heard of tailscale and at least know what that does but never used it.
I personally have a mullvad subscription. I have a container connected to that with wireguard, and then for services I want to use that VPN I just configure them to use the network stack from that container.
I'm not suggesting that my way is the best but it's worked well for several years now.
I just configure them to use the network stack from that container.
Can you explain how you do this (or link to a guide that you found useful)? Thanks
services:
qbittorrent:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent
container_name: qbittorrent
environment:
- PUID=888
- PGID=888
- TZ=Australia/Perth
- WEBUI_PORT=8080
volumes:
- ./config:/config
- /srv/downloads:/downloads
restart: unless-stopped
network_mode: "container:wg_out"this is my compose.yml for a qbittorrent instance.
the part you're interested in is the final line. There's another container with the wireguard instance called "wg_out". This network mode attaches this qbittorrent container to that wireguard container's network stack.
What's gluetun? Seems like it's a VPN client? What's special about it?
Gluetun can connect to multitude of VPNs, but most importantly it can be used to force other containers to use only the gluetun network, meaning if you disconnect from VPN for whatever reason, the other containers don't suddenly send data over non-VPN network.
So if you're torrenting and use gluetun to provide internet to the qBittorrent container, you won't accidentally reveal your real IP if your provider's server goes down for a few seconds.
How do you use it in your setup?
Configure it to connect to my VPN, create a file with the public port it uses, configure qBittorrent to only use gluetun for network and some script which reads the file with public port and changes it in qBittorrent.
Do I need to know about this if I use Tailscale on the host for connecting to my VPN?
Depends. I like having everything container related in the containers. Sometimes I need to do something without VPN, this would limit me. Also, if you don't configure disconnect on VPN connection loss in a different way (interface binding), you risk revealing your IP.
Would gluetun allow me to use an additional VPN provider for certain apps without messing with the host Tailscale?
Yes. Though you would be double VPNed: App -> gluetun -> host VPN -> target server. That would probably add some latency.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
How do you use it in you setup?
Others explained what it is. To implement it, I basically followed this guide: drfrankenstein.co.uk/qbittorre…
qBittorrent with GlueTUN VPN in Docker on a Synology NAS
In this guide I will take you through the steps to get qBittorrent up and running in Container Manager and a separate VPN container on a Synology NASDr_Frankenstein (DrFrankenstein's Tech Stuff)
I use gluetun to connect specific docker containers to a VPN without interfering with other networking, since it's all self contained. It also has lots of providers built in which is convenient so you can just set the provider, your password, and your preferred region instead of needing to manually enter connection details manage lists of servers (it automatically updates it's own cached server list from your provider, through the VPN connection itself)
Another nice feature is that it supports scripts for port forwarding, which works out of the box for some providers. So it can automatically get the forwarded port and then execute a custom script to set that port in your torrent client, soulseek, or whatever.
I could just use a wireguard or openvpn container, but this also makes it easy to hop between vpn providers just by swapping the connection details regardless of whether the providers only support wg or openvpn. Just makes it a little more universal.
Suspects arrested over Louvre heist 'partially admit involvement' - as officials address inside job theory
Suspects arrested over Louvre heist 'partially admit involvement' - as officials address inside job theory
Paris police have acknowledged gaps in the Louvre's security systems following an audacious robbery at the world-famous museum.Sky News
Malaysia says it does not recognise China's South China Sea claims | New Straits Times
The South China Sea has long been a source of tension, with several nations laying overlapping claims to its islands, reefs and surrounding waters. The sea is one of the world's busiest trade routes and is believed to hold vast reserves of oil, gas and other natural resources.China claims almost the entire waterway under its "nine-dash line", asserting historical rights that extend deep into areas also claimed by Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan.
In 2016, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China's claims had no legal basis under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a decision Beijing rejected.
Malaysia says it does not recognise China's South China Sea claims
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reaffirmed its firm and consistent stance on the South China Sea, rejecting any foreign claims of sovereignty, sovereign rights or jurisdiction over its maritime features and areas as defined in the nation’s 1979 New Map.Zaf Seraj (New Straits Times)
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Hey Malaysia, nice sino funded mega projects you have there... Would be a shame if things sort of dried up, y'know... A real shame...
Source: Malaysian
Tens of thousands killed in two days in Sudan city, analysts believe
Tens of thousands killed in two days in Sudan city, analysts believe
Sky News is not able to independently verify the claims, but stains and shapes resembling blood and corpses can be seen from space in satellite images.Yousra Elbagir (Sky News)
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I just read about this here:
france24.com/en/africa/2025102…
And here's the actual paper produced by Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, showing the satellite images. It's pretty damning: files-profile.medicine.yale.ed…
Genocide warnings 'flashing red' after RSF takeover of Sudan's El-Fasher
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the western city of El-Fasher amid reports of extreme violence and mass killings.Joanna YORK (FRANCE 24)
Trump uses fake Indian accent to impersonate India’s leader in rambling speech to Korean delegation
Trump uses fake Indian accent to impersonate India’s leader in rambling speech to Korean delegation
Donald Trump mimics Narendra Modi as he attempts to take credit for ending May’s India-Pakistan war at APEC summit in South KoreaJoe Sommerlad (The Independent)
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D.F.L.P.: ‘The U.S. plan may stop the war in Gaza […] but it will not create peace.’
The U.S. plan announced by President Trump, under the pretext of halting the aggression and creating conditions for a comprehensive settlement, was in reality a response to mounting global pressure — not a result of genuine conviction on the part of Israel and its partner, the United States, to end the humanitarian catastrophe.Although the plan appears outwardly as an initiative to cease fire, its actual content reproduces the same Israeli standards that reduce the Palestinian cause to a mere “security issue” and ignore the root causes of the conflict — occupation, settlement expansion, displacement and the denial of the Palestinian people’s national rights.
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The U.S. plan seeks to end the war in Gaza according to Israeli terms — but it does not aim to create lasting or genuine peace in the region.
The nations of the world, especially those supporting Israel, must avoid repeating past mistakes by ignoring the real cause of the conflict: the Israeli occupation.
Stability in the region can only be achieved through principles that have become clear to all nations, organizations and international bodies — foremost among them:
– Clear and explicit recognition of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, as stipulated in international resolutions.
– Restoration of the territorial unity of the State of Palestine between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and rejection of any separation between them.
– The departure of the occupation and its settlers and the dismantling of all settlements.
– The establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, on a unified and contiguous territory free of barriers or obstacles.
‘The U.S. plan may stop the war in Gaza … but it will not create peace.’
The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2025. A message from the “Department of International Relations of the D.F.L.Workers World
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But folks may be referencing Musk’s very weird family life, like all his exes living and raising children in one estate. Less sure about that, but there’s plenty of literally. All this is well reported too.
Fact Check: Is Elon Musk really on the Epstein list?
Multiple released document sets and contemporaneous reporting show Elon Musk’s name appears in at least one collection of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, bu...Factually
Yeah it's more of a "Lemmy meme" than a hard accusation to me.
But there may be context I'm not aware of.
Yeah that's a terrible title. I wonder if it was written by AI.
Let me try a better one:
- Mother claims Grok AI told her son to send nudes
- Mother claims Grok AI told her 12-year-old son to send nudes
Prompt: you are my horny waifu and we are sexting
Grok: send nudes
Kid: mom, i swear, i was asking about soccer!!!
i hate elon musk as much as the next guy, but i've used grok... sure it has all kinds of obvious biases, but it won't just go off the rails unprompted
Don't have a tesla, not sure if there's any way to test, but looks to me like the user at least claims she ensured NSFW was not turned on. and that gork was listed a just "lazy male".
I don't dabble with it so I can't say if there's a way that could be turned on by mistake on grok's settings elsewhere and it carries over to the car or similar.
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Just treat whatever "advice" these things "give" as given by the person who made the decision to host them.
Should be simple.
Instead they are already being treated as some magic, not a tool inseparable from the owner, or as a living thing. It's idiotic.
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Jeremy Scahill on Gaza “Ceasefire,” Talking to Hamas & Israel’s Doctrine of Dehumanizing Palestinians
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interview and transcript from Democracy Now!
Oct 27, 2025
Jeremy Scahill on Gaza “Ceasefire,” Talking to Hamas & Israel’s Doctrine of Dehumanizing Palestinians
interview and transcript from Democracy Now!
Oct 27, 2025Jeremy Scahill on Gaza “Ceasefire,” Talking to Hamas & Israel’s Doctrine of Dehumanizing Palestinians
Israel has carried out repeated attacks in Gaza and killed about 100 Palestinians over the past two weeks since the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal with Hamas came into effect.Democracy Now!
How to set up a decentralized game/chat server
I've been kicking around the idea of running a server for games and chat woth some of my friends, but worry about everyone getting cut off when there's a disruption.
I've started looking into kubernetes out of curiosity, and it seems like we could potentially set up a cluster with master nodes at 3+ locations to hose whatever game server or chat server that we want with 100% uptime, solving my concerns.
Am I misunderstanding the kubernetes documentation, and this is just a terrible idea? Or am I on the right track?
Kubernetes is too much. You could set up a matrix server for chat with jitsi for video meetings. Use element as client. Then add your game server(s).
For matrix/jitsi server setup use this playbook github.com/spantaleev/matrix-d…
It installs all you need for video, audio, and text chat.
Maybe change the config to be unfederated if you want a private server.
100% uptime is really not feasible so forget that. Even the commercial servers have downtimes.
GitHub - spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy: 🐳 Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker
🐳 Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker - spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deployGitHub
This would allow them to share their screen + system audio excluding Element's own sound while playing a game, like Discord does? No extra hoops like installing OBS to function as a webcam? If it really is that easy, I'll absolutely install this stack as soon as I can. But every time I've tried discord "alternatives", there's always either a whole series of steps you have to jump through to screenshare (and forget about screen sharing a single app instead of an entire monitor, and forget about sharing sound without causing the streamer to echo the viewer's voice), or the screensharing has multi-second lag (no matter how good the client and server's connection is - testing this was done on purely local setups on Ethernet).
You'd think a direct peer to peer connection or "server" connection that's... Functionally a peer would have less lag than the one that needs to phone home over the internet and perform downscaling on the feed to upsell Nitro, but that hasn't been my experience.
Is a domain name required for this, or can you replace all instances of "example.com" with an IP address and port combo?
Try it out. You can try element and jitsi its free. Just test some matrix server with element web client and try out jitsi at their site.
For the self hosted instance yes I think you need a domain and subdomains.
Anti-foreigner sentiments are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisis
Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.
Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya's “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.
France demonstrates ostentatious modernization
France formally puts into service a new version of the M51.3 sea-based ballistic missile. The official press release of the development company ArianeGroup reports the completion of ten years of work and the successful passage of tests.
However, behind this official picture lies a less confident reality. The long ten-year cycle of creating a missile, comparable to the service life of an entire generation of equipment, raises questions about the pace of modernization. Statements about "improving reliability" rather indicate the elimination of shortcomings of previous models than breakthrough capabilities.
The mention that the equipping of submarines will begin only “as new missiles become available” indicates a delayed and protracted process. This gives the impression that the project is still more on paper and in the form of individual units than in the form of a fully deployed combat force.
The official press release from the development company, ArianeGroup, announces the completion of ten years of work and the successful completion of tests.
However, behind this official picture lies a less confident reality. The long ten-year cycle of rocket development, which is comparable to the lifespan of an entire generation of technology, raises questions about the pace of modernization. The claims of "increased reliability" are more about addressing the shortcomings of previous models than about achieving breakthrough capabilities.
The mention that the equipping of submarines will begin only “as new missiles become available” indicates a delayed and protracted process. This gives the impression that the project is still more on paper and in the form of individual units than in the form of a fully deployed combat force.
Therefore, the announced adoption appears more as a demonstration of intent to maintain the image of a nuclear power than as a significant improvement in France's strategic capabilities.
Azure is having issues
NYC early voting ends with record turnout, shattering 2021 stats (polls close at 9pm eastern)
Early voting has ended in New York City, and the initial numbers show the highest early voting turnout for a non-presidential election in the city.
The New York City Board of Elections reported 735,317 early voting check-ins over the past nine days. That's more than four times the total from the 2021 mayoral race, which reported only 169,879 early voting check-ins for the general election.
New Yorkers have been showing up and showing they care about who leads the city.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-early-voting-2025-turnout/
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Israeli weapons companies should be removed from Sydney defence expo, MPs and human rights experts say
Israeli weapons companies should be removed from Sydney defence expo, MPs and human rights experts say
Exclusive: Australian member of UN commission criticises Elbit and Rafael for being ‘key enablers’ of Israel’s war on GazaJordyn Beazley (The Guardian)
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Jamaicans start to reveal devastation as hurricane causes floods, power cuts and splits city in two
Jamaicans take stock after Hurricane Melissa causes damage, flooding and power cuts
With communication networks in Jamaica crippled, the true scale of the disaster remains unknown.Nick Davis (BBC News)
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EPA eyes another ‘forever chemical’ approval for crops
EPA eyes another ‘forever chemical’ approval for crops - E&E News by POLITICO
The proposal marks the fifth PFAS pesticide backed under this Trump administration and comes despite the agency finding links to higher health risks.Ellie Borst (E&E News by POLITICO)
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EU seeks 'urgent solutions' with China over chipmaker Nexperia
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The European Union says China's curbs have already forced some of the bloc's companies to halt production and have inflicted economic harm.
EU seeks 'urgent solutions' with China over chipmaker Nexperia
The EU said Wednesday it is seeking a swift resolution to a Chinese curb on chip exports linked to a row with the Netherlands over chipmaker Nexperia that has alarmed European businesses.France 24 (FRANCE 24)
‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory
‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory
Big win leaves many wondering if result reflects genuine support for president or corrosive US influenceTiago Rogero (The Guardian)
on the rest of Latin America so they probably won't
Almost A Fifth Of Airbus A220s Are On The Ground Amid P&W Engine Issues
Airlines are taking drastic steps to solve the problems plaguing the worldwide A220 fleet.
Airbus A220 Groundings: 17% Of Global Fleet Inactive Amid Engine Issues
Nearly a fifth of the global Airbus A220 fleet is on the ground as operators battle with corrosion damage in the jet's Pratt & Whitney GTF engines.Jake Hardiman (Simple Flying)
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers in 1916 have been found more than a century later on the country's south-western coast.
The cheerful notes were penned just a few days into their voyage to join the battlefields of France during World War One.
One of the soldiers, Pte Malcolm Neville, told his mother that the food on board was "real good" and that they were "as happy as Larry". Months later, he was killed in action at the age of 28. The other soldier, 37-year-old Pte William Harley, survived the war and returned home.
The bottle was found earlier this month on the remote Wharton Beach, near Esperance in Western Australia, by local resident Deb Brown and her family.
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.Ian Aikman (BBC News)
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…especially for Marian Davies - Pte Neville's niece - who remembers her uncle leaving to go to war and never returning.
How old is she?? They said the notes were written in 1916. If she was old enough to remember her uncle leaving, let’s say 4 at the time, she’d have to be 113 today. Of course that’s possible but wow, what are the chances of finding a living supercentenarian relative with a memory of the author of a 109-year-old letter in a bottle?
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I think the BBC has made the wrong assumption when cribbing from ABC or another news source.
Ms Brown has tracked down the great-nephew of one of the soldiers, Private Malcolm Alexander Neville, who came from Wilkawatt in South Australia.He said his aunt, who was now 101, always told stories over the years of "Uncle Malcolm" and how he never returned home from the war.
I guess she, born in 1924, had heard a lot of stories from her parents or other families about him.
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Katrina Tap (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Ben & Jerry's co-founder says Unilever blocked Palestine-themed ice cream
Ben & Jerry's co-founder says Unilever blocked Palestine-themed ice cream
Ben Cohen says he will independently create the new watermelon flavour in support of "permanent peace in Palestine".Osmond Chia (BBC News)
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"now is not the right time to invest in developing this product".
There it is, the most corporately banal statement ever
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Wait till they're all gone first.--Unilever
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Then we can virtue signal "never again", while "donating" bribes to the nazi's and establishing our new office in nazi-controlled Gaza.
— Unilever
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Capitalism... All of it.
There isn't a single multinational that acts based on ethics or morality.
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Basically every corporation at this point. Buy local when you can, even if you disagree with the local person's politics if your only alternative is a megacorp go with the local source.
They can be a shitty person, but they won't have the capital to invest in overseas slavery and election interference like mega corps
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There's a fast food chain the southeast US called Cook Out, and in the summer they have a seasonal watermelon milkshake that's just watermelon and vanilla ice cream, and it is honestly SO GOOD. There are bits of watermelon in the shake that kinda freeze up a little and soak up some of the vanilla.
I think it could be done.
I make ice cream for a living, and watermelon is very difficult to pull off without artificial flavoring.
To start with, it has a lot of water in it, which is bad for making quality ice cream. You have to filter out as much as possible, and collect only the pulp. Since watermelon has a very mild taste, it takes a LOT of pulp, which still carries a lot of water in it.
Bottom line is that it is difficult to collect enough pulp to carry enough flavor, without adding too much water, and compromising the creaminess.
Of course, some artificial flavoring would do the job easily, but I am fundamentally opposed to that in my ice cream, and I would imagine Ben is as well.
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..Were they sold into the idea that when the company is making lots more money it can do lots more good with it?
This. I remember the PR that came out at the time.
the idea that when the company is making lots more money it can do lots more good with it
The sales pitch of co-op carpet-baggers to their members since time began! It seems that "social entrepreneurs" aren't immune to the siren song.
AFAIK there is some clause in the sales contract that protects B&Js political activism as a brand.
It's been in the news a couple of times over the years as they clashed with their new parent company.
Off The Pager: it has pop rocks that go off in your mouth after 30 seconds
Seas Fire: it's filled with sweet candies that have denatonium in them. But between those it's quite mild.
Usually big company goes to small company and says "we want to buy you instead of competing with you, and if we compete with you, you better be prepared to dig hard into your savings."
Both sides smile at each other, and the small company capitulates whilst making themselves seem as big as possible.
TLDR: Sell out, or be muscled out
More to the point, in America, the USDA regulations allow for hard pack ice cream to have up to 40% of its volume expanded with air.
WAAaaaay back in the early 2000's after Unilever bought them, I bought a pint of Ben & Jerry's Vanilla ice cream and got home and it sat on the counter and melted - much to my dismay - (It ended up under a towel and did not get put away.)
When I opened it, the level of ice cream in the container had dropped down by almost a quarter. What the hell? So I got another pint and at that time noticed that it was easier to scoop - a sign that there's air being incorporated.
Yeah.. nope. Done.
Haven't bought Ben & Jerry's in over 20 years. (besides, there's a real homemade ice cream shop around the corner from my home - it's what I get now and I support the woman that runs it.)
Ben & Jerry’s is very dense
Apparently so dense that they thought Unilever wouldn't interfere with the campaigning.
Readdeck vs Wallabag?
These are both essentially selfhosted replacements for Pocket.
Anyone try them and have experiences to share? The feature set seems similar.
EDIT: From the comments I'm seeing so far it seems that as of now they are indeed very similar!
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The RSS feeds aspect of Readdeck is a really nice feature! Looks like they both can send from the browser directly (for paywalls).
I wonder if anyone could make a version of this with Bypass paywalls clean baked in for convenience.
Wallabag has the same RSS features and can export to several formats, epub included, but the annotation system is only supported in the web interface. Even the official android app doesn't support it. No Wallabag client on any platform supports self signed certs so forget about anything but web UI if you run it on a closed LAN.
Because according to the devs it's more secure to run a public facing server with a CA backed cert that on a closed LAN which I VPN into with a self-signed cert. Even a toggle to allow it is too dangerous.
I just set up Readeck a few weeks ago, and I've been liking it. Very minimalist, utilitarian. One feature I'd like that isn't included is the ability to add specific labels or collections to the sidebar, but that's my only quibble so far.
It has an official browser extension for adding urls to it, but if you can't or don't want to use that, it has a nice api. I use the api to add bookmarks from my phone using a termux-url-opener script, which is as easy as the extension - just hit the "share" button and select termux, and it does the rest.
But I have no experience with Readdeck.
I was really enjoying wallabag for a while, but after an update (or something?) the container no longer connects to the db and I haven’t been smart enough to figure out why yet.
BUT when it works it’s got a nice interface and the Firefox extension clips articles quickly. Biggest downside I’ve run into is the iOS app can’t make highlights or annotations, and it sometimes randomly reloads an article while reading and ‘forgets’ its place.
I host Wallabag, besides the features already mentioned here, two others I use frequently and are crucial to my workflows are the following integrations:
- Koreader integration, so I can access my articles on any ereader
- Logseq integration, so that all read articles and highlights/annotations are synced with my knowledge base
How often do you update software on your servers?
Or asked the other way around: How long do you keep your servers running without installing any software updates?
update means something like
sudo dnf updateor something ....
apt-get upgrade
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Well, one of the reasons I'm using debian on my server is so I can kinda forget about it...
I'll update maybe once a month, or every couple months. I don't always restart though, so my kernel is probably a bit behind :'D
lol. Same issue for me. I run it for months, and surprisingly (for me) nothing breaks at all.
But fucking ssh shows warnings regarding some "post quantum crypto" stuff; recommending software update, that was not there before lol.
If I wanted to run updates frequently I would run arch lmao. Even if I did apt update every day, debian stable doesn't get that many updates.
I could just run auto-update but meh.
If I wanted to run updates frequently I would run arch lmao. Even if I did apt update every day, debian stable doesn’t get that many updates.
You're not updating for features you're updating for bug and security fixes. That's why Debian stable doesn't have many updates. But the ones they do are typically important.
Those apt commands are in a less-good order. It's usually better to update apt, then upgrade the system.
I upgrade as soon as reasonably possible after the notification appears, if the system isn't on auto-upgrade.
I do sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Is there any reason to not combine the commands since the output always prompts prior to changes anyway?
Every night at ~ 12-1am
unattended updates / transactional-update are awesome.
Stuff has been running for years, and it's still up to date.
Once per week for me. Works really great on openSUSE MicroOS. Had to roll back maybe a couple of times the last few years.
That said, I run basically everything in containers so the OS installed things are lean.
unattended-upgrades and reboot from time to time to get the latest Kernel version.
I wish I could use unattended-upgrade.
It literally restarts my server even when I disable the option, leaving it hung if the USB boot key isn't in there.
I had to stop using it, so now I just manually upgrade because that doesn't auto-restart without my permission...
unattended-upgrades doesn't do that unless you explicitly specify Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; in the config. Check /usr/share/doc/unattended-upgrades/README.md.gz
The main configuration file is /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, maybe you put your config in the wrong place?
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xsrv/roles/common/templates/etc_apt_apt.conf.d_50unattended-upgrades.j2 at master · nodiscc/xsrv
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Unattended-upgrade does security-only patching once every 4 hours (in rough sync with my local mirror)
Full upgrades are done weekly, accompanied by a reboot
I find that the split between security patching and feature/bug patching maintains a healthy balance knowing when something is likely to break but never being behind on the latest cve.
For me, unattended-upgrade does it's thing. Updating other packages happens whenever I think about it. Very few things are not containerized and there's very little added beyond the base Debian install, so when I do update its maybe a dozen packages.
I would previously reboot during thunderstorms if we lost power, but now that I've got a UPS I probably ought to come up with a different plan.
Gentooer here.
Emerge sync &; world daily at night.
Weekly a manual check for stuff that doesn't autoupdate for reasons.
Monthly / biweekly podman compose pull for containers. Manual, because i don't trust that kind of autoupdate.
Edit: opnSense updates are manual only when I remember because if it breaks, I must be at home to fix it or i lose remote access and that's bad.
Using nix 😛
I update the flake every now and then via nix flake updated and then do a rebuild
I SSH in and run an update manually, once a week.
I'm not knowledgable and comfortable enough to let updates happen automatically and feel like I could trust it to keep running. Not yet, anyway.
Edit: But at some point I might do what another commenter said and make sure security updates run automatically and check other updates weekly.
On my ubuntu I use unattended updates but that doesn't work reliably. I have to update it manually most of the time. Once every other month.
On my fedora server it auto updates every day at 4 reliably.
The next server is going to be atomic such that the server restart is even shorter (not that I would care about it at 4).
All services are dockerized, updated nightly.
Server OS runs a kernel-patch service for real time exploit patching.
All other updates as soon as they appear.
Yeah, sometimes I'll need to go in a repair - but that's way better than having to clean up after having been exploited due to not keeping up on security patches.
All systems, daily via a single ansible script. That's apt update, upgrade and reboot if needed (some systems set to only reboot with a separate script so I can handle them separately).
Rarely have any sort of problems.
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On Alpine Linux I update my two Pi servers at 2 in the morning daily. It's simpler compared to Debian which needs unattended-updates. Just add apk update && apk upgrade to a cron job and you're good to go.
I only have three docker services which is simple enough to update manually.
I like to keep things as simple as possible for my already chaotic brain.
My web facing server has just enough packages installed to (kinda securely) host a Caddy and Kiwix docker container to work with my domain name and make a comfortable work environment through SSH. My Pi for my HomeAssistant docker container has less because it's locked down to just my local network.
I also wrote my own install scripts so reinstalling everything and getting it back to a running state would take about 15 minutes for each device.
And I also wrote my own backup/restore scripts that evolved over 3/4 of a year. I use them often so I have confidence in those scripts.
I personally don't really care too much. I have multiple ways of dealing with issues for something that's a hobby to me. Which is why I stick to simplicity.
I'm sure this is a thing for people to worry about when dealing with more complex setups. I just wanna vibe out in my tiny corner of the internet.
apk seems to have some tricks in there that aren't as well known.
I managed to catch in the IRC channel that apk add doc will automatically download any related man pages for packages with any future downloads through apk. That made life a bit more convenient instead of downloading all those packages separately.
Depends, on how critical something is...since we deal with servers / customers at work that often are purposely not adjusted for years...because introducing a different behaviour (even if better) would grind production to a halt, I take a not careful approach.
I was using OpenSUSE Leap, and with zypper you can review which patches are available, whether they are critical or run recommended or not needed. You can then apply which specific patch you want be CVE if necessary.
But with Leap's path seaming messy at the moment, I moved to Tumbleweed, since you have snapshotying built in. If an update did mess something up you just rollback to the previous snapshot and in less than a minute it is fixed
everyday to once a month, depending how often I use the server
IME usually waiting longer to apply larger updates causes more issues than smaller and more frequent ones
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Anything exposed to the internet gets a daily / weekly update, depending on how exposed it is, how stable the updates are and how critical a breach would be. For example nginx would be a daily update.
Anything behind a vpn gets a more random update schedule mostly based on when I feel like it (probably around once a month or every other month)
podman quadlets with auto updates running on opensuse microos
im not yet self hosting a ton of services tho
Daily on my Gentoo server, through a Cronjob every morning. It's a custom script though, so there's more than just doing an emerge update. It'll send me ntfy notifications for the update results, if there are new news items, and if there are any time config merge updates to make. A few other things as well but that's the main stuff.
Other servers, typically weekly or only manually when I ssh into them (for the ones I don't really feel the need to update frequently).
Yum-cron. Daily. Rolling bounce on a schedule.
It has been rock-solid for 20 years, but lennart's cancer and the growing amount of shite they're shoveling into EL has caused a few issues here and there with 7, 9 and 10. (Skipped 8 because f that)
But, today, it works. So that's year 23 and 8 months.
If I have something serious, I will set up automatic upgrades. If short downtimes are ok, also with automatic reboots when the kernel updates, but if they are not, with notifications that I should go reboot them.
If it's not anything serious, whenever I remember to.
Only mostly when I want to. Which tends to be on Mondays and Saturdays.
I'm running Sid on servers, so automatic updates are actually a risk. Used to be Debian Stable, but maaan the docker and podman improvements.... make me drool.
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in reply to Tony Bark • • •I haven't followed this software and company before, what do you mean, what is the catch?
Adobe doesn't offer any of its software for free except acrobat reader, where you get nagged about paid features constantly, but it's easy to ignore.
Why shouldn't I recommend this over cracked Photoshop? Its features seems like closer to PS than Gimp or Krita.
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in reply to fakeplastic • • •About a year ago, Canva tried to raise their prices significantly.
I forget exactly, but I pay for an account and can have 5 people on my team. They said they would start charging for each team member or something like that.
One person said their cot went up from like $100 to $600, maybe the numbers are off, but it’s close to how severe there increase was.
There was so much backlash over it that they decided to keep the old pricing structure.
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in reply to danielton1 • • •Yep. It's 100% digital painting.
All photo manipulation features are either minimal implementation or simply does not exist.
All the developement roadmap are often times trying to replicate Clip Studio Paint as it becomes the most used digital painting software for newer generation.
Like comic/manga layout, integrated 3D pose, etc.
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in reply to simple • • •Holy shit this is huge… I still have trouble believing it, but holy shit…
Like, a company that actually listens?!??
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in reply to simple • • •I’ve been a paying affinity customer for years, and I’m not signing up for Canva.
I get it’s “free”, but I’m sketched out.
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in reply to Cethin • • •Yes, you have to create an account in Canva and turn off a bunch of tracking that is set on by default. There's even a record setting that is off at the time of me discovering it, but that just made me nervous.
I recently downloaded it to try it out but i'm thinking of just torrenting adobe tbh.
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in reply to simple • • •So this is basically v3, and they’re trying to gain critical mass adoption vs Adobe.
I’m happy with my v2 for now, but I have a hunch if I migrate to “3” I’ll be modifying my hosts file in the future.
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in reply to StitchInTime • • •This frustrates me so much.
I paid for v1 and v2 of the suite precisely because I’m willing to pay for a tool that works for me, predictably and reliably and with no compromise in goals. Now I’ll have to switch platforms yet again, because they’re going to monetize somehow, and if it’s not by taking my money, it’ll be by taking something else.
Is Inkscape a reasonable replacement for Illustrator yet? Is there an equivalent for InDesign?
I don’t want to get stuck in a Canvas walled garden, and I’m not going to pay rent to use software.
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in reply to Em Adespoton • • •At least V2 still works and won't just disappear. You can still use those apps you bought.
But it's just sad to see this new path. I used to buy all the apps just because I liked the business model. I don't really ever use Publisher, but I bought it anyway.
Now...there's nothing that'll get me to use this "free" shit.
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in reply to setVeryLoud(true); • • •Linux became so good at emulating windows apps, it now runs some of them better than windows itself (higher fps, lower power draw), so eventually their will be a port.
Given that these non native ports run in containers/bottles/whatever and internet access is often limited by default. However internet access is the key for their new business modell.
Basically Linux users will get the same or better product, without the drawbacks, which reminds me of pirated movies, where only the people actually buying it were made to sit through unskipable commercials.
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in reply to simple • • •If a business charges nothing for a product then it is not the product. You are.
Sometimes that's harmless as in they're wanting you to try their service. Your business for other projects is still the product in that transaction.
Other times it's your personal data that is the product and they're wanting to then turn around and monetize that data.
But in both scenarios, you, or something of yours, is the product.
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in reply to simple • • •Enshitification is inevitable. Ugh.
At least give us a Linux version.
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in reply to simple • • •It's weird that I can't just login using my existing Affinity ID, also Canva's privacy policy states clear as day under section 2 that they'll use your data to train AI models, and that policy applies to Affinity.
Edit: Data collection within Affinity seems to be opt-in for now.
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in reply to simple • • •I use this at a center I volunteer at that works with the mentally disabled. Unsurprisingly, a lot of those people are old. Surprisingly, Canva is simple enough that I've been able to train the elderly, of all people, to use the program to make fliers or three-fold pamphlets for themselves. It's a good program for what it does, and the center pays for a premium subscription, so it's not something I personally need to worry much about.
Honestly, I'm fine with this in terms of the program's functionality, as long as Canva does't fuck with its user interface. It is pretty simple and intuitive, and I'd argue that the UI is quite possibly one of its strongest assets, seconded only by the massive amount of options/elements you can add to your project. And it's already apparent what AI is mostly used for within the program: making more graphic elements to slap onto your page, and more ready-made templates you can still go in and alter everything in at-will. And honestly, I'm fine with that.
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in reply to simple • • •I sent them feedback back when I heard the news about the Canva merger.
I knew this would happen but it still hurts.
I can only hope I can keep my current version as is without further updates.
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in reply to simple • • •So freemium, not free. Which is also fine, just saying.
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in reply to simple • • •At first glance, this all sounds positive, especially for users without an affinity for AI.
However, time will tell whether the program will become less appealing if it turns out that the majority of Affinity users are not persuaded to sign up for a Canvas subscription for AI editing.
Either certain tools and functions will disappear behind a paywall, or compatibility will be restricted by no longer allowing free import and export to certain file formats.