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Capitalist development vs Socialist development in c/socialism@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Not invading other countries is a choice, not a skill.

U.S. Court Orders LibGen to Pay $30m to Publishers, Issues Broad Injunction in c/piracy@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

Libgen is domiciled in a piracy-friendly country, the US can waste all the legal resources they want on this one. Libgen ain't going anywhere.

Languages in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

I don't think many ppl are down on rust... it's won developer's most favorite to use for like 5+ years now in a row on stackoverflow.

Languages in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I was tempted to say Ruby, but based on my friends that are learning (or tried to learn Japanese), it seems like Ruby is trying to be the opposite. So not sure.

Ruby would maybe fit with toki pona : terse, simple, predictable.

What is your favorite movie of all time? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

I love so many of these, I'm gonna have to download the rest that I haven't seen.

All about Eve, Witness for the prosecution, maltese falcon, and now voyager, rear window, these are some of the best movies ever made.

What is your favorite movie of all time? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you like legal dramas, presumed innocent (the movie with harrison ford) is really good also.

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What is your favorite movie of all time? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you got that backwards. Magnificent seven came out in 1960, seven samurai in 1954. It even says magnificent seven is just an adaptation of seven samuria.

What is your favorite movie of all time? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (13 children)

Seven Samurai

Exclusive: US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles, sources say in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What's more dangerous for a US citizen? US companies forwarding info to local police (as facebook and google have and continue to do?), or another country with no such power doing that?

German police chase a 10-year-old boy with Palestinian flag during pro-Palestine protest in Berlin in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it true that a lot of people arrested under germany's antisemitic speech laws are jewish (mostly for supporting palestine)? I saw this somewhere recently but can't find anything now.

As a Brit. I see nothing wrong here in c/memes@lemmy.ml
Project for people leaving Google Maps. in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Thx, I'll give it a try.

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Question for those knowledgeable about alternative web protocols (gopher, gemini, etc): Would it be possible to create a tool that translates http sites to those formats, on demand? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
18 comments fedilink
 

We all know how awful most modern websites are in terms of bloat, javascript and tracking. Not only that, but designing and maintaining web-browsers has become such a gigantic undertaking (almost the size of an operating system), that only a few companies have the resources to do it (google and mozilla, and mozilla might not hold on for much longer).

These alternative protocols offer a minimal set of features, and are trying to get back to what the web should've been: static content with images, text, and links, with local applications filling the void for anything more complicated than that.

Lets say I wanted a privacy-friendly way to view a page on a news site. I could:

  • Copy the URL of the page
  • Open some tool, (or website, anything), paste that url.
  • It converts the content in the url to the necessary privacy-friendly alternative format, and I can view it with my gopher/gemini browser (or even maybe a markdown viewer).

I know there are a few html -> markdown converters that can do the last step.

Does anyone know if this would work?

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Lemmy Development Update 2024-09-20 (lemmy.ml)
 

Here is an update that explains what we have been working on recently (apologies for not having these for a few months, summer vacations and all that). This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

@privacyguard added Single-Sign-On (SSO) support to lemmy (this still needs some UI work and testing, but the bulk of the work is done). Special thanks to Privacy Portal for working on this!

@carlos-cabello added a way to filter posts by title only (and not body) when searching.

@Freakazoid182 added custom emoji and tagline views.

@nothing4u made our scheduled cleanup job delete denied users.

@sunaurus made a few image proxy fixes.

@sleepless has been working hard on lemmy-ui-leptos, which may eventually replace lemmy-ui. He made improvements to how posts are displayed; made SI formatting consistent with how the current UI handles it; added translations; added post content actions, creator, and community listings; and made some plugins for markdown-it.

@nutomic cleaned up the issue tracker by closing invalid issues and adding tags like good first issue. He also made some simple improvements, like adding a category to RSS feeds, fixing an issue with activitypub ids, and removing the enable_nsfw setting in favor of content_warning.

@dessalines integrated a new rust clearurls library into lemmy that will remove tracking params for any post or comment text (Much thanks to @jendrikw for creating this library), increased the bio max length from 300 to 1000, removes lemmy's reliance on openssl, made the list logins response more uniform, added the ability to restore content on an unban, added a default comment sort type for both the local site, and your user.

Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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Lemmy.ml is back up, apologies for the downtime. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
14 comments fedilink
 

We're testing some beta's for the upcoming release, and it had some performance issues, so I had to downgrade and restore from a backup.

We do this testing here so other instances don't have to, and so we can find any bugs before a release. Again, this is my bad, I apologize.

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Israeli strike on Gaza school slaughters over 100 Palestinians during morning prayer (thecradle.co)
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Photos from a Pro-Palestine Rally today in Yemen (lemmy.ml)
 

More photos here: https://xcancel.com/Aldanmarki/status/1819379179084767462

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Casualties reported as rockets hit town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights (www.aljazeera.com)
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The Largest green battery in the world: China's Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station. (cleantechnica.com)
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The Largest green battery in the world: China's Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station. (cleantechnica.com)
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Rank-My-Favs - An open-source Android app to help rank your favorite things. (github.com)
 

Do you keep lists of your favorite things, such as movies, books, recipes, or music albums? You might keep list(s) that looks like this:

  • Network (1976)
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Devils (1971)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • ... Many more films

But how do you rank these?

You might be tempted to order them by preference, but this could quickly get overwhelming for long lists.

A much easier method is to use pairwise comparisons, which shows you single head-to-head pairs, and has you choose which one you like best.

After doing a small number of these matchups, Rank-My-Favs can confidently create a ranked list for you.

Under the hood, Rank-My-Favs uses the advanced Glicko rating system, to determine how many matches are necessary, and for ranking.

Features

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Installation / Releases

Support / Donate

Rank-My-Favs will always remain free, open-source software. We've seen many open-source projects go unmaintained after a few years. Recurring donations have proven to be the only way these projects can stay alive.

Your donations directly support full-time development, and help keep this maintained. If you find yourself using rank-my-favs every day, consider donating:

Crypto

  • bitcoin: 1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK
  • ethereum: 0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01
  • monero: 41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV

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Rank-My-Favs - An open-source Android app to help rank your favorite things. (github.com)
 

Do you keep lists of your favorite things, such as movies, books, recipes, or music albums? You might keep list(s) that looks like this:

  • Network (1976)
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Devils (1971)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • ... Many more films

But how do you rank these?

You might be tempted to order them by preference, but this could quickly get overwhelming for long lists.

A much easier method is to use pairwise comparisons, which shows you single head-to-head pairs, and has you choose which one you like best.

After doing a small number of these matchups, Rank-My-Favs can confidently create a ranked list for you.

Under the hood, Rank-My-Favs uses the advanced Glicko rating system, to determine how many matches are necessary, and for ranking.

Features

Built With

Installation / Releases

Support / Donate

Rank-My-Favs will always remain free, open-source software. We've seen many open-source projects go unmaintained after a few years. Recurring donations have proven to be the only way these projects can stay alive.

Your donations directly support full-time development, and help keep this maintained. If you find yourself using rank-my-favs every day, consider donating:

Crypto

  • bitcoin: 1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK
  • ethereum: 0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01
  • monero: 41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV

Social / Contact

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Dicio v1.0 Release (An open source digital assistant) (github.com)
 

Tested and it works well so far.

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