TerryTPlatypus

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Canvas 2024 is live! - Shall we try to draw the solarpunk logo? in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, this was a very cool experience. Being able to log in with a Lemmy account on the open Fediverse showed me a taste of what is possible. Now if we can figure out how to migrate accounts to different instances I'd honestly love that so much.

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Design Patterns for Civic and Social Engagement (publicsphereproject.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381

I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

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Design Patterns for Civic and Social Engagement (publicsphereproject.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231391

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381

I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

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Introducing yet another AutoMod for Lemmy (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7701186

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787

I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, lemmy.basedcount.com. The bot covers the following features:

  • Automated removal
    • of posts, based on their title, content or link
    • of comments, based on their content
    • configurable with either regular expressions or substrings
  • User whitelisting and exceptions for moderators to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users.
  • Mention based pinning and locking of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team
  • Discord notifications for new registration applications through a webhook. [only for admins]

Naturally, the bot is completely open source. I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) documentation and some examples.

This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there).
The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation.

Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

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Introducing yet another AutoMod for Lemmy (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787

I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, lemmy.basedcount.com. The bot covers the following features:

  • Automated removal
    • of posts, based on their title, content or link
    • of comments, based on their content
    • configurable with either regular expressions or substrings
  • User whitelisting and exceptions for moderators to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users.
  • Mention based pinning and locking of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team
  • Discord notifications for new registration applications through a webhook. [only for admins]

Naturally, the bot is completely open source. I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) documentation and some examples.

This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there).
The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation.

Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

I'm so tired of the current state of the internet in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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🐝🌻

SAG-AFTRA Seeks Approval for Second Strike Against Video Game Companies in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 87 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I hope this really hapoens. I've heard that video game development is a toxic jndustry to be in, from underpaid developers to strict dealines to meet. I really hope they will unionize!

Ideas for programming rizz? in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Girl, you are my Two's Complement, you're always my plus one on any occaision"

Cuz if you invert the bits of of a binary number and add one you get its negative number, so your girlfried is an equal part of you

What was your gateway product to open source? in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

For me, Blender was probably my very first introduction into FOSS. I was using it because it was free, but I also liked the concept behind having a useful software the people used everyday to make cool projects like movies and animated shows. I did a project on it in. What really got me down the rabbithole was Debian. I had come across it in computer class, and I really liked the interface. i did more research and came to love Debian for being a stable distro run by the community. From thereit's history.

Lemmy Handshake: Mobile tool to synchronize multiple accounts across instances in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure, but if it gets the ability to sync comments and posts across instances, i'd love that feature!

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Lemmy Handshake: Mobile tool to synchronize multiple accounts across instances (github.com)
Any good tools for converting a YT playlist to mp3? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

you're probably right about that, i never thought of it that way!

The ongoing survival of Beehaw may NOT be what you think in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We need outoftheloop, or something like that for lemmy, i enjoy reading all the juicy drama thats bound to come from the wonderful concoction of early unstable-ish foss software and people problems.

The ongoing survival of Beehaw may NOT be what you think in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Penguins are the bomb. They're cute, adorable, and help keep the world running ^w^

Any good tools for converting a YT playlist to mp3? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There might be, but as a standard mp3 is by far the most cross compatible format on any device. Plus, if you feel like it later you can just create a program to convert all the mp3 files into other formats.

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How do you grow community online? (beehaw.org)
Safe spaces are important in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Honestly, so far, for my lemmy experience, Beehaw, as well as a few smaller instance, have been pretty safe spaced, and a lot more chill than the general atmosphere of the Internet. They are a good example of what good moderation looks like, and i hope this style catches on as instances grow.

Social media channels in China are filled with anti-black racist content, rights activists say in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

They're really pulling an America, aren't they?

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On 'Unnatural' GMOs: How One Company Poisons the World through Weedkiller (m.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org
3 comments fedilink
 
  • [ ] GMOs are bad, but not for the reason you think.
    • [ ] Company called Monsanto (now under another company called Bayer) made a weedkiller called Roundup which contains glyphosate, which is a possible carcinogen
    • [ ] Roundup killed crops as well as weeds, so they sold GMO seeds that could withstand Roundup
    • [ ] However, due to the monopoly/doninance of Monsanto, a lot of food, both processed and unprocessed, contains GMOs, which also contain a lot of glyphosate (which may be bad for you)
    • [ ] To cover up further investigation of glyphosate, they captured and bribed the EPA to look the other way and even to support Monsanto's research -- at least until the WHO cane out in 2015 and said that glyphosate could be carcinogenic
    • [ ] So GMOs aren't inherently bad, but they can be used for evil purposes like these
    • [ ] So try and at least buy organic food or grow your own food to avoid glyphosate
    • [ ] However according to a youtube comment, Roundup is also used to make plants mature faster...

Edit: misspelling, changed Montesanto to Monsanto

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How do you deal with frustration and anger? (beehaw.org)
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What are the different branches of futurism? (beehaw.org)
 

As the title says, what are all of the different futurisms, or like imaginings of the future?

So far in my sphere, i know of a few: solarpunk, cyberpunk, retrofuturism, and transhumanism.

  • solarpunk: green new decolonialized future where we use technology, natural systems, and cultual wisdom to live sustainably and in harmony with the Earth and others

  • cyberpunk: dystopia where technology is capable of many things, but is used in all the wrong ways. Megacorps control everything, and tech is ubiquitous

  • transhumanism: future where humans can overcome their linitations through technology, and we also delve into deeper questions of how technology and its use affects people

  • retrofuturism (i'm probably thinking more of atompunk, help me here???): Star Trek-esque, optimistic, 1900s view of the future with the typical flying cars, space hotels, and luxury comforts in a utopic setting

Can you guys think of any others? And if i'm wrong, please do correct me

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