friendly neighborhood kbin.run admin, possibly a sentient lifeform... likes pizza and beer.
professional pixie wrangler and rf magician
Mbin contributor and maintainer, aka nobodyatroot on GitHub.
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The future of kbin.earth... (kbin.earth)
This post doesn't directly affect kbin.social users, but it is relevant. It discusses some of the potential pros/cons of Kbin and Mbin, and also the direction the kbin.earth server is heading.
Teacup.social siezed by German Officials?
I went to login to my mbin (previously kbin) account today for the first time in a few weeks, and I was greeted with an image that indicates the assets of teacup.social had been seized. teacup.social...
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some https://twitter.com/t3dotgg/status/1777425000133468582 began https://twitter.com/___frye/status/1777432913497465082 that posts https://twitter.com/__justplaying/status/1777433986500853845 via X for iOS were...
outbox test (kbin.run)
send it!
Calmara suggests it can detect STIs with photos of genitals -- a dangerous idea | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
You’ve gone home with a Tinder date, and things are escalating. You don’t really know or trust this guy, and you don’t want to contract an STI, so… what now?...
help, my queues have gone crazy! (kbin.run)
test
[v1.4.1] (kbin.run)
v1.4.1 is here to address some critical bugs that were discovered in v1.4.0 that may cause 500 errors and/or odd behavior under the right conditions...
A reminder to review the kbin.run terms of service [TOS] (kbin.run)
Hi everyone, I saw a conversation on a certain magazine about the wording of kbin.run's terms of service. I'm not going to reply there because its unproductive and irrelevant to the conversation being discussed. I do; however, encourage everyone to (re)review the privacy policy and terms of service of the instance....
What's going on with kbin.social?
It’s been inaccessible for roughly 24hrs right now and I’m having a hard time finding any group talking about it. Was there a change recently, or some kind of an explanation posted?
YSK: Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit mix makes fantastic waffles. (lemmy.world)
I promise I’m not shilling for any of these companies....
'Alarming rise' in measles cases in Europe as 'national incident' declared in UK (www.euronews.com)
With a “national incident” over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?...
Google and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service (arstechnica.com)
[ADVISORY] Network Maintenance - Jan 27, 2024 5:00 AM UTC to Jan 30, 2024 4:59 PM UTC (kbin.run)
Relaying a notice from my ISP that may impact kbin.run availability:...
[FEATURE] kbin.run status page (kbin.run)
I've added a "cloud-based" status monitor to kbin.run for those wondering if there's an ongoing issue with my infrastructure and/or when I've scheduled maintenance....
People who can don't get mad and just go with the flow, how do you do it?
Here recently it seems like everything just gets under my skin so quickly and easily. It’s not that I get mad and take it out on others, it’s just the fact that I’m constantly annoyed and stressed. Something as simple as the dogs tracking some mud through the house will just ruin my mood. I know some people who would just...
OC Updates on Interstellar kbin app: account login, voting, subscriptions, and more
If you haven't been following the Interstellar magazine, I've added a lot of functionality since the last thread here, including views for magazines/users/domains, better navigation for wider screens, QoL additions (like the @ button to reveal originating domain, inspired by Artemis), and a lot of different bug/functionality...
Where are we on the Threads issue? (kbin.run)
Out there in the broader Fediverse there is a big debate on whether to block federation with Threads when it launches or not....
If you happy and you know it clap your hands (gehirneimer.de) German
clap clap
Testing from kbin.run (kbin.run)
Heyo, moderate me!
A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks (english.elpais.com)
Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros (www.notebookcheck.net)
Kernel 6.6.6 is out 😈 (cdn.kernel.org)
This is the update metalhead nerds have been waiting for.
Another round of performance optimizations completed (kbin.run)
I spent a fair amount of time this weekend optimizing the interaction between NGINX, PHP, Symfony framework tuning handles, Postgres and Cloudflare before I give up on this server and move kbin.run to a more powerful machine. The big change that will improve performance: I'm force rewriting the caching headers on images that are...