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[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

And watch what exactly?

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have it set so that the dark mode turns on after sunset, but I prefer the dark mode, it just looks better. Light mode has a better visibility (readability) when its brigh outside. I don't have to crank the brightness all the way up to be able to read the text clearly with the light mode.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

I'll try it :D

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Serious question: How do you eat it? Egg almost always falls out when I eat it.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Chill, It's just a web comic...

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can somehow understand "following" celebrities lives. People like drama, it's not that much different than watching a shitty tv show or reality show. What I will never ever ever understand is people literally worshipping, giving money, defending and praising celebrities. It's straight up stupid behavior.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

I was looking for a bookmark app that can sync via Syncthing too, but I had no luck finding such an app.

I think I will end up using markdown editor (notes app), specifically Markor, because it allows appending links to a file (note) through the share menu. It's using .md files which you can easily sync via Syncthing, and then open the file on desktop with some markdown editor like Joplin.
On desktop you would have to manually copy and paste the link into the file though.

It's probably possible to streamline that process more, but if you don't save a lot of links it's ok, I guess.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Looking at Witcher TV series

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

:)

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[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and I am questioning, why is that the case. Because client apps are not doing the transcoding, server is.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It's a really nice app, I like the fact that it uses mpv, but you cannot pick the stream quality in this app? I always avoid re-encoding (picking different stream quality from jellyfin) but I noticed that it's missing in Findroid.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What did it rob?

 

There has been a big spike in growth over the last 2 days, and some rather suspicious new instances appeared out of nowhere with thousands of new users, even though there is close to no activity in any of them.
Could all those be bots? Would it be smart to block those instances preemptively?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/151060

Someone recently asked if there was a neat way to see where all of the now broken down subreddits moved.

Some moved to Discord, some to Lemmy, and some are somewhere else.

This seems to be a good place to find your communities again: https://sub.rehab/

 

created by @TenorTheHusky@kbin.social


from the original post: https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/52753

I had been having trouble getting meaningful results from the fediverse on Google, and after seeing this post, it seems I'm not the only one. So, I created a site that helps search the fediverse in your search engine of choice (it currently supports Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Dogpile).

It currently only searches the top 15 lemmy/kbin instances due to search engine query limits (I'm not sure how to fix this short of making my own search engine), but I've tested it and it seems to provide access to the majority of fediverse content.

If you have contributions or ideas for improvement, feel free to check out the project here or shoot me a message. Hope this helps people! :)

https://fedi-search.com/

Edit: Update in progress including improved search queries and support for Mastodon/PeerTube (Google only, unfortunately)

 

If you go over that limit, there won't be any kind of indicator/message saying so. If you try to submit a post, you will get a forever loading icon, and the post will never be submitted.
So make sure to check your character count.

 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/90459

LemmyTips

Couldn't find a community with all the useful Lemmy related resources in one place, so I made one.
Feel free to share all the useful things related to Lemmy.

 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/90459

LemmyTips

Couldn't find a community with all the useful Lemmy related resources in one place, so I made one.
Feel free to share all the useful things related to Lemmy.

 

So you signed up on one of many Lemmy instances, and now you want to start joining communities you are interested in.

There are a few ways to do so...

Using the Communities page:

The most obvious one... Communities link at the top of the page.
Once you are on the Communities page, you will see 3 tabs:

  • Subscribed - obvious enough
  • Local - communities that are made on your instance
  • All - a bit misleading because these are not actually all communities, but rather all communities that have been fetched by your instance so far.

Browsing the front page:

More specifically, browsing the front page with the filter set to All (Subscribed | Local | All)
If you are on a fairly popular instance, you will most likely run into posts from all kinds of new communities as other people from your instance fetch them.


Using the community browsers:

These websites index communities across all instances, and you can use them to search for remote communities.

In order to subscribe to or even see remote communities (communities hosted on other instances), they have to be fetched by your instance.

How to fetch them:

  • Copy the link to the community you want to fetch.
  • Go to the Communities page on your instance and set the filter to All.
  • Paste the link in the search field and click the Search button.
  • When the text saying "No results" under the Search button disappears, that means that the community has been successfully fetched by your instance (it can take a bit longer to fetch it, especially if the instance is overloaded).
  • That's it! Now you can delete the URL from the search field and find the community by its name.

Browsing the communities that promote new communities:

There are a few different communities that you can use to find new and interesting ones.
Some of them:


Browsing Kbin magazines (communities):

Process of subscribing to Kbin magazines is the same as subscribing to remote Lemmy communities.
If you go to https://kbin.social/magazines (or any other kbin instance and add /magazines at the end), you can browse and search for magazines.
To subscribe to one of them, follow the "How to fetch them" instruction from above.

 

Apex Legends Dressed to Kill Collection Event Trailer

Apex Legends Dressed to Kill Collection Event Trailer

Stay sharp and look the part, Legends. Scope out the competition or just straight blast them in Armed & Dangerous, available for a limited-time during the Dressed to Kill Collection Event. Read on to learn more about the dashing details of our latest collection event running from June 20-July 4.

LTM: ARMED & DANGEROUS

Big damage is abound with this returning limited-time mode. Your talent will be put to the test with two vastly different weapon types: shotguns and snipers. Looking for more bang? Check the replicator for a Fully Kitted Peacekeeper or Charge Rifle. This is the only way to grab the Charge Rifle in this LTM as it has been removed from ground loot.

COLLECTION EVENT ITEMS

We’re bringing the drip with 24 slick limited-time cosmetics, with Legendary skins for Crypto, Horizon, Mad Maggie, and more!

All items are available in exchange for Apex Coins or Crafting Metals and in Dressed to Kill Event Apex Packs for the entire duration of the event.

Unlock all 24 before the end of the event and you’ll automatically receive our latest Heirloom, Horizon’s Gravity Maw.

REWARD TRACKER

You can earn up to 1,600 points per day and challenges refresh daily. All these challenges also stack with your Battle Pass so you can complete multiple challenges at once.

STORE TAB

Explore limited-time offers in the Store tab including the Die Tired Bundle and Bounty Hunter Bundle, and check out event long offers like Crypto’s [CLASSIFIED] available June 20 - July 4, 2023.

PATCH NOTES

Balance Updates

  • Weapon Crafting Rotation
    • R-99 enters the crafter
    • Rampage LMG enters the crafter
    • Alternator SMG returns to the floor
    • Sentinel returns to the floor
  • Evac Tower: reduced spawn rate to match Heat Shields
  • Mobile Respawn Beacon: slightly increased spawn rate

Weapon Updates

  • Nemesis Burst AR
    • Projectile Speed reduced 
    • Projectile gravity increased
  • EVA-8
    • Increased base rate of fire
    • Increased white bolt rate of fire
    • Rate of fire with blue, purple, and gold bolts is unchanged

Legends Update

Seer

  • Passive: Heartbeat Sensor
    • Range Reduced to 50m ( was 75m )
    • Initial Heartbeat delay significantly reduced
  • Tactical: Focus of Attention
    • Range Reduced to 60m ( was 75m )
    • Firing Speed Increased ( ~30% faster )
    • Removed Heal Cancel
    • Removed Revive Cancel
    • Removed Respawn Beacon Interaction Interrupt
    • Scan Time Reduced to 2.5s ( was 8s )
      • Scan once again includes a full body highlight
    • Enemies hit by Focus of Attention are now Slowed for 2.5s
    • Silence Time Increased to 10s ( was 1.75 )
      • Enemies who are silenced by Seer are now also highlighted with a threat outline to Seer and his teammates but only when they have line of sight
  • Ultimate: Exhibit
    • Throw Range Reduced to ~15m ( was ~50m )
    • Removed Diamond Scan Markers on Enemy Movement
      • Exhibit will now only show the footsteps of players moving in the zone
      • Diamond Markers will now ONLY appear with enemy gunfire for 1.25s

Quality of Life

  • Firing Range
    • Customize Range menu additions
      • New option to switch to 3rd person 
      • New option to show a general-purpose timer 
      • New options to match dummy helmet levels to shield levels.
    • General dummies and collision updates
      • Spawning distancing and frequency improvements
    • Firing Range target redesign
  • Added more hotlinks to how to gain weapon mastery XP to the overview tab and the end of game weapons tab
  • Audio engine stability improvements
  • Bloodhound Trials: updated loot on World’s Edge to now dispense Smart Loot for the active team in the Trials at the end of each challenge round
  • Newcastle: now destroys Jump Pads and Crypto Drones on Castle Wall Impact like other placeable objects
  • Extended Supply (Support) Bins have a higher chance to give an MRB to Support legends who have dead teammates, banners are not required for higher chance
  • Legends Menu
    • Added new Legend Bios tab
    • Removed the classes subtabs
  • PC
    • Added a new menu option: “Clamp Mouse Cursor to Game Window”
    • FPS in the Lobby is now capped at 60Hz, which should give high-end graphics cards a chance to cool down between matches
    • Intel ARC users will receive a popup prompt to consider the DX12 Beta, which has shown improved performance characteristics on ARC hardware. Players can try the DX12 Beta by following the instructions here: https://go.ea.com/ApexDX12
  • Updated podium screen to minimize white flashes
  • Weapons Menu: added new Weapon Backgrounds tab

Bug Fixes

  • [CAR] correct active ammo now shows in the inventory when infinite ammo is active
  • Fixed “are you sure you want to leave” prompt in states that were not applicable (ex. squad wipes)
  • Fixed tops of buildings not registering as out of bounds on World’s Edge
  • Fixed Ballistic’s Tempest VFX staying on while cloaked or phase shifted
  • Fixed Ballistic’s sling weapon icon not updating for spectators
  • Fixed death recap appearing blank if you were dead or died when the game ended
  • Fixed “decoy destroyed” message not displaying when destroying a decoy with Newcastle’s Castle Wall
  • Fixed Extended Supply Bin logic to address MRBs not awarding to players with dead teammates and MRBs are in ground loot
  • Fixed invisible optic on a primary weapon after swapping it with the sling weapon
  • Fixed MRB icon being squished in Control on ultrawide monitors
  • Fixed occasional client crash when exiting an IMC armory
  • Fixed occasional crash when changing legends while emoting as Ballistic in firing range
  • Fixed pinging Icarus Bridge on Olympus while holding a vault key displaying incorrectly
  • Fixed pinging weapon icons on the map and minimap being squished
  • Fixed teams being unable to craft banners if the support legend on the team leaves
  • Replicator: players should no longer get stuck when crafting
  • Weapon Mastery: badge preview now correctly updates after earning the first one
  • Volume sliders now increase/decrease correctly when using controller

Audio

  • Fixed certain movement sounds taking priority over footsteps
  • Fixed hearing Ballistic’s tactical sound effect in other firing ranges
  • Fixed incorrect sound effect when Ballistic hits a teammate with Whistler
  • Fixed more issues with server audio dropouts
  • Fixed players emitting falling audio after dying

Legends

  • Ballistic
    • Backpack no longer stays open when downed while Tempest is active
    • Fixed an exploit where players could get a weapon with attachments into Sling
    • Now auto-cycles to his sling weapon when other weapons run out of ammo
    • Tactical lock-on effect no longer stays if downed while locked on
    • Tactical lock-on effect no longer stays if hit by Seer’s tactical while locked on
  • Lifeline: fixed Shinobi Surgeon skin textures
  • Newcastle: fixed inconsistencies on landing with Castle Wall
  • Rampart
    • Nemesis voiceline no longer plays every time the gun is picked up
    • Placed Sheila turrets no longer keep the fast reloads from Ballistic’s Tempest
  • Valkyrie
    • Dummies not scanning in the firing range while skydiving
    • Heartbeat Harmonizer skin no longer blocks ADS with Prowler + 1x Holo
    • Improvements to Skyward Launch avoiding obstacles that appeared above her after she had already started launching
  • Wattson
    • Fixed fences occasionally being invisible through doors
    • Solar Static skin is no longer extra toothy
  • Wraith: Into the Void no longer prevents skydive from Evac Towers.

Source

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/149743

ou might have seen that we've been defederated from beehaw.org. I think there's some necessary context to understand what this means to the users on this instance.

How federation works

The way federation works is that the community on beehaw.org is an organization of posts, and you're subscribed to it despite your account being on lemmy.world. Now someone posts on that community (created on beehaw.org), on which server is that post hosted?

It's hosted on both! It's hosted on any instance that has a subscriber. It's also hosted on lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, etc. Every instance that has a subscriber is going to have a copy of this post. That's why if you host your own instance, you'll often get a ton of text data just in your own server.

And the copies all stay in sync with each other using ActivityPub. So you're reading the post that's host on lemmy.world, and someone with an account on beehaw.org is reading the same post on beehaw.org, and the posts are kept in sync via ActivityPub. Whenever someone posts to that community or comments on a post, that data is shared to all the versions across the fediverse, and these versions are kept in sync. So up until 5 hours ago, they were the same post!

"True"-ness

A key concept that will matter in the next section is the idea of a "true" version. Effectively, one version of these posts is the "true" version, that every other community reflects. The "true" version is the one hosted on the instance that hosts the community. So the "true" version of a beehaw.org community post is the one actually hosted on beehaw.org. We have a copy, but ours is only a copy. If you post to our copy, it updates the "true" version on beehaw.org, and then all the other instances look to the "true" version on beehaw to update themselves.

The same goes for communities hosted on lemmy.world or lemmy.ml. Defederation affects how information is shared between instances. If you keep track of where the "true" version is hosted, it becomes a lot easier to understand what is going on.

How defederation works

Now take that example post from earlier, the one on beehaw.org. The "true" version of the post is on beehaw.org but the post is still hosted on both instances (again, it has a copy hosted on all instances). Let's say someone with an account on beehaw.org comments on that post. That comment is going to be sent to every version of that post via ActivityPub, as the "true" version has been updated. That is, every version EXCEPT lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works. So users on lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works won't get that comment, because we've been defederated from beehaw.org. If we write a comment, it will only be visible from accounts on lemmy.world, because we posted to a copy, but our copy is now out of sync with the "true" version. So we can appear to interact with the post, but those interactions are ONLY visible by other lemmy.world accounts, since our comments aren't send to other versions. As the "true" version is hosted on beehaw, and we no longer get beehaw updates due to defederation, we will not see comments from ANY other community on those posts (including from other defederated instances like sh.itjust.works).

The same goes for posting to beehaw communities. We can still do that. However, the "true" version of those communities are the ones on beehaw, so our posts will not be shared to other instances via ActivityPub. And all of this is true for Beehaw users with our communities. Beehaw users can continue to see and interact with Lemmy.world communities, but those interactions are only visible to other Beehaw users, since the "true" versions of the Lemmy.world communities (the ones sent to/synced with every other instance) is the Lemmy.world one.

Communities on other instances, for example lemmy.ml, are unaffected by this. Lemmy.world and beehaw.org users will still be able to interact with those communities, but posts/comments from lemmy.world users won't be visible to beehaw.org users, as defederation prevents our posts/comments from being sent to the version of these posts hosted on beehaw.org. However, as the "true" version is the one on the third instance, we can still see everything from beehaw.org users. So we see a more filled in version than the beehaw users.

Why can I still see posts/comments from beehaw users?

Until they defederated us, posts/comments were being sent to lemmy.world, so we can see everything from before defederation. After defederation, we are no longer receiving or sending updates. So there are now multiple versions of those posts.

Why can I still interact with beehaw communities?

This won't ever stop. You'll notice that all posts after defederation are only from lemmy.world users. You won't see posts/comments from ANY other instance (including instances that ) on beehaw.org communities.

Those communities will quickly suck for us, as we're only talking to other lemmy.world users. Your posts/comments are not being sent to any other lemmy. I highly recommend just unsubscribing from those communities, since they're pretty pointless for us to be in right now.

Why do I still see comments from beehaw users on lemmy.world communities?

Again, comments from before defederation were still sent to us. After defederation, it will no longer be possible for beehaw users to interact with the "true" version of lemmy.world communities. Their posts/comments are not being sent to any other lemmy. They also aren't getting updates from any other lemmy, as the "true" version of those communities is on our instance.

Why do I see posts/comments from beehaw users on communities outside lemmy.world and beehaw.org?

That's because the "true" version of those posts is outside beehaw. So we get updates from those posts. And lemmy.world didn't defederate beehaw, so posts/comments from beehaw users can still come to versions hosted on lemmy.world.

The reverse is not true. Because beehaw defederate lemmy.world, any post/comment from a lemmy.world users will NOT be sent to the beehaw version of the post.

This seems like it's worse for beehaw users than for us?

Yes. In my opinion, this is an extraordinarily dumb act by the beehaw instance owners. It's worse for beehaw users than for us, and will likely result in many beehaw users leaving that instance. They said in their post that this is a nuke, but I don't think they fully assessed the blast area. Based on their post, I don't think they fully understand what defederation does.


Additional explanation with examples is in the comment bellow (couldn't fit here because of the character limit)

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de to c/lemmytips@discuss.tchncs.de
 

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