I haven't used Inferno but it looks similar to React. Is knowledge of React transferrable to Inferno or should I spent a bit of time learning Inferno specifically? I've got ~10 years React experience (started using it the same year it was open-sourced).
The reddit blackout is even more effectivte than expected! 5177/8829 (~60%) of subreddits are still dark [1] and the posts per minute are down to 1000 from 1400 [2]....
GDPR (for EU users) and CCPA (for Californian users) both have the right "to be forgotten", which means they must delete all your data upon request. Even if they block the third-party bulk deletion sites that use their API, they should still delete all your data upon request, at least if you're in a jurisdiction with such a requirement.
You'd be surprised. Advertisers wouldn't be running the ads if they didn't have positive ROI (return on investment). A good ROI is usually at least 5x (that is, for every dollar the advertiser spends on ads, they make five dollars). Google's estimates are even higher at 8x:
we conservatively estimate that for every $1 a business spends on Google Ads, they receive $8 in profit through Google Search and Ads.
Retargeting ads - the ones where you view a product somewhere then see ads for it on Google, Facebook, etc - are especially successful. They have a very good clickthrough rate since the product is already something the user expressed interest in.
It's worked for cable TV (and some streaming services) for a long time. I guess other companies want in on it too. Strange to see Uber doing it though.
Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can't stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything....
There's a great piece of software called Kill the Newsletter that converts email newsletters into RSS feeds. Each feed gets a unique email address, and all emails to that address go into its RSS feed. It's open-source so you can self-host it. It's a good way to clean up your email inbox a bit.
After the (temporary) defederation announcement of earlier i checked the Lemmy repo to see if there was already a ticket on the federation limiting option like Mastodon's that people mentioned Lemmy doesn't yet have. Not only i didn't find it, i also saw that there's about 200+ open tickets of variable importance. Also saw that...
People were saying that PHP was dying when I started using it - that would have been around 2003 I think, with PHP 4.3. 20 years later, apparently it's still dying!
WordPress powers a crazy number of websites. I think around 35%? All of those sites are using PHP. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the most widely deployed backend technology across all websites.
A lot of people would trust their DNS providers far more than their ISPs, especially if the DNS provider has a no-log (or short log) policy. Using DoH or DoT prevents your ISP from collecting your DNS requests for analytical purposes (building an ad profile based on the sites you go to)
If you run your own Plex server, Plexamp is a fantastic music player. You do need to have a Plex Pass subscription or lifetime pass though.
Aegis and Authenticator Pro are good choices for TOTP two-factor authentication. Both are free and open-source. Authenticator Pro supports WearOS which I like since I can get my 2FA codes on my watch. Aegis is very principled and don't allow any non-open-source code in their project. I really respect that, but it does mean that they don't support watches, as supporting WearOS requires using a closed-source SDK from Google.
I mean don't get me wrong, its cool a lot of subs have and still are participating in the blackout, but I think it wouldve been better to link a new home for the subreddits participating somewhere in the private message. Show spez, hey if you dont change, we aren't going to use your site (or use it less).
Same with Lemmy. I think kbin and Lemmy are good because they're relatively uncomplicated. Reddit's been adding junk for years which has bloated out the new site and app significantly. They spend a long time and lots of money developing some NFT thing for example.
I'm so glad I don't have to use Comcast any more. A small local ISP (Sonic) expanded to cover my area last year and offers 10Gbps symmetric fiber for $40/month - half the price I was paying Comcast for 1.2Gbps down / 35Mbps up.
Reddit pops up all the time when I'm searching for questions I have about DIY projects around my house, as inevitably someone else has asked the exact same question in the DIY or HomeImprovement subreddits. Same for technology questions.
I was glad to be a contributor to the Geocities archival effort.
ArchiveTeam have software called "Warrior" that you can run to help with their archival efforts. I'm running it on a few spare VPSes. It's a Python app and they provide both a VM and a Docker container (you can use either). Their current list of projects is here: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Projects#Current_projects. You can pick which ones you want to help with.
All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology....
You don't need to know too much about Docker to use Mailcow. It comes with a preconfigured docker-compose.yml so you just need to install Docker and follow Mailcow's installation instructions (which are pretty straightforward)
If you have any spare domains that you aren't using (or domains you're not currently using email with), you could test it out with that domain before moving any domains you care about :) That's what I did.
Lemmy is in serious need of more devs [CROSS POST]
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/570507...
60% of subreddits are still dark! Reddit activity down 30%
The reddit blackout is even more effectivte than expected! 5177/8829 (~60%) of subreddits are still dark [1] and the posts per minute are down to 1000 from 1400 [2]....
Video Ads Are Coming to All Your Uber Apps | The Wall Street Journal (archive.today)
Archive Link from archive.today...
Why did you choose your instance?
I'm currently struggling to find my home. I have an account here at lemmy.ml, where most of my posts are, and one at kbin....
What are your favorite browser extensions?
Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can't stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything....
Intel drops ‘i’ processor branding after 15 years, introduces ‘Ultra’ for higher-end chips (www.engadget.com)
With the decline of twitter and reddit, it's time to take a look at RSS again if you haven't already. (voidfiles.github.io)
It's always good to be in control of your own content sources.
Lemmy is in serious need of more devs
After the (temporary) defederation announcement of earlier i checked the Lemmy repo to see if there was already a ticket on the federation limiting option like Mastodon's that people mentioned Lemmy doesn't yet have. Not only i didn't find it, i also saw that there's about 200+ open tickets of variable importance. Also saw that...
Tips for a long-lost android user
Kia ora!...
Anyone else a little disappointed how the blackout is going?
I mean don't get me wrong, its cool a lot of subs have and still are participating in the blackout, but I think it wouldve been better to link a new home for the subreddits participating somewhere in the private message. Show spez, hey if you dont change, we aren't going to use your site (or use it less).
Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard (arstechnica.com)
Comcast blasted for seeking "loopholes" in rule requiring disclosure of all fees.
Parts of Reddit are staying dark. Our search results may suffer for it. (archive.is)
Like it or not, years of insight, experience and expertise live in Reddit threads. But accessing some of them just got harder.
Why made Lemmy so popular the past few days? Wrong answers only!
Wrong answers only. The stranger the better!
[Question] Does anyone run their own email server?
All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology....