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kris

@kris@outmo.de

Main admin of this instance.

Interests: #selfhosting #xmpp #permacomputing #solarpunk #anarchism #foss #libregaming

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kris, to random
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Finally on the way to the congress... Better late than never 😅 Looking forward to meet everyone!

kris,
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And I messed up the hashtags 🙄

sam, to random
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Debating moving my book lists again. I'm currently on a random @bookwyrm instance, and I like it okay but like all of them I've tried it's rather slow. Does anyone have a good one that doesn't just drag loading every page? Or is there something else? OpenLibrary seems okay, though I don't like its centralization (but it's run by an organization that I like and trust, so maybe that's fine). Either way I don't like the lack of cooperative governance, but I know I likely won't find that. Recs?

kris,
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@sam @bookwyrm did you try applying at https://books.solarpunk.moe/ ?

But is also a good idea as there are really not enough instances yet.

sam, to random
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Is everybody else making the traditional Christmas seafood gumbo right now? That's a thing, right?

kris,
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@sam looks bad, but probably tastes good?

kris, to random
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Our Lemmy server on https://slrpnk.net is having hardware issues that will take some time to fix. Please be patient with us.

kris,
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SLRPNK is back for now on the old server. Looks like I need to revise that SATA controller setup again as it corrupted the main boot SSD. Luckily caught it early and locked the filesystem, so I still had remote access and was able to migrate everything somewhat gracefully.

pavot, to Matrix

I'm really surprised there isn't at least one client that's compatible on all (most) platforms, like how has .

I think attempts to bridge this gap, but uses different client sources for different platforms, so it lacks unity between clients.

Does anybody have some insider news as to whether or not something like this is in the works? Perhaps a shiny new client?

kris,
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@pavot besides Movim https://join.movim.eu there is also a soon to be release new multi-plaform client: https://prose.org/

mathiasx, to solarpunk
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On the same thread of the question about more efficient serialization between fediverse instances, I think we need: options for low CPU (de)serialization, lower bandwidth protocols, markup that takes less CPU to render.

For networking, I keep thinking of the “polite” wireless networks in Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway that jumped frequencies to avoid current usage and used a mesh to route.

What is the hashtag for live-within-our-means computing rather than the dystopic collapse computing?

kris,
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@mathiasx seems to fit the bill.

thomas, to random
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Currently metalhead.club is using the DeepL Free API for post translation, which means we can translate up to 500,000 characters per month.

Usually the "payment" period ends on 7th of each month but most of the time we run out of free characters shortly before the "reset" and the translation service is not available for a few days each month.

We could upgrade to 1,000,000 characters per month, which you'd probably suffice. But that's an additional € 25 on our invoices. What do you think?

kris,
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@thomas self-hosting LibreTranslate would be another option.

lascapi, to email French
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Do you think that it's possible to build compatible with , and ? (and why not even with ?? )

Where I can just send a message to user@server and build some groups discussions and forget about the technology behind.


just a service who

https://lascapi.fr/blog/2023/10/25/build-an-open-source-chat-service/

kris,
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@lascapi we run an hybrid chat network that is fully compatible with , and on https://f-hub.org

kris,
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@lascapi yes, any IRC channel is automatically available via XMPP and Matrix as well. Private messages also work beween all these, but are somewhat limited to the IRC feature set (sadly neither Appservice-irc nor Biboumi have good IRCv3 support yet). Also keep in mind that while all messages are transport encrypted, there is no e2ee.

veloren, to random
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We are thinking of potentially moving development from Discord to another platform (Discord would remain as a community platform).

Do you have any recommendations for platforms and reasons why?

Examples of potential options are Discourse and Mattermost

kris,
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@veloren Sounds like you are looking for something not necessarily for chat? I think https://www.loomio.com/ is great and it can integrate via webhooks with Discord and some chat platforms as well. I have an instance running for FOSS projects if you are interested, otherwise I would be happy to give some suggestions on how to self-host it.

ariadne, to Amazon

"South American heading towards ‘tipping point’ likely to cause Amazon dieback - ‘Shocking’ study finds will be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture once ‘regime shift’ occurs - The South American monsoon, which determines the climate of much of the continent, is being pushed towards a “critical destabilisation point”, according to a study that links regional rainfall to Amazon deforestation and global heating.

The authors of the report said they found their results “shocking” and urged policymakers to act with urgency to forestall a tipping point, which could result in up to 30% less rainfall, a dieback of the forest and a dire impact on food production.
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Human degradation of the Amazon – by land clearance, fire, logging and mining – is pushing that system towards a tipping point, after which drier conditions would be expected to cause an abrupt “regime shift” in the rainforest, which would be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture.

Other biomes in the region would also be affected, along with swathes of agricultural land because the monsoon stretches thousands of miles south from the Amazon to the River Plate (Rio de la Plata) basin. There would also be a climate impact because the Amazon – which would be worst affected – has historically served as an important carbon sink, though another study this week suggests it is now so degraded that it is at best carbon neutral. A dieback of the forest would release enormous amounts of carbon.
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The researchers on the Amazon-monsoon paper saw several precursors of the tipping point, including falling rainfall in many areas, the steady lengthening of the Amazon dry season, reduced soil moisture and the increasing frequency and intensity of droughts. There have been three statistically one-in-100-year droughts in the space of a single decade.

“It is shocking to see these signs of destabilisation,” said the lead author, Nils Bochow, of the University of Tromsø and the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research. “But we shouldn’t lose hope. We can still act. We need stricter rules regarding the rainforest.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/04/south-american-monsoon-heading-towards-tipping-point-likely-to-cause-amazon-dieback

kris,
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@Barbramon1 @ariadne well there is also the Sahara forest... checks notes... oh :neofox_0_0:

ailyaut, to free
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Hi!
For the past few weeks, I worked on a new #XMPP project: #1999 !
1999 aims to be an XMPP client that is:

  1. #free and #opensource
  2. cross-platform (mobile and desktop)
  3. modern looking, with a uniform look across platforms
  4. user-friendly
  5. secure

The goal is to have an xmpp client that has the same name, ui and features on every platform, which I believe is what xmpp lacks right now.

I am not a programmer so this is only a UI at the moment!

More info: https://1999.robotfumeur.fr/

kris,
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@ailyaut That looks very cool and I like the idea for the name and the logo! But yeah, actually making this is another story all together.

There are however two recent projects that have similar goals:
Moxxy https://moxxy.org/ (currently Android only, but it uses Flutter which is cross-platform), and Prose https://prose.org/ (not yet released, but should come later this year).

kln, to foss
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Anyone know of a app ala that supports multiple chat protocols? Mainly looking for and with E2EE and room/group chat support... other protocols are a bonus.

(Not asking for much am I... :blobnerd: )

kris,
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@kln Another idea is to use chat networks that offer native gateways. So instead of having to juggle multiple protocols on client level, the server "simply" speaks all of them. I have been working on such a hybrid network available on and and it works pretty great: https://wiki.f-hub.org/books/chat-network

Codeberg, (edited ) to random
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currently suffers from high load, and we are having a hard time to stay ahead of the scaling issues.

If you mostly test our software or sync your small private projects, consider using https://next.forgejo.org for the time being.

Benefits include:

  • it runs on the same hardware and stack managed by Codeberg
  • you can make use of the latest features
  • better performance
  • dogfooding helps the Forgejo developers (please report problems!)
  • it reduces the load on Codeberg

Read on …

kris,
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@sam @jeang3nie @Codeberg That's what we have been working on with https://f-hub.org (Forgejo + chat + Loomio and a few other services). Not quite complete yet though and indeed mainly waiting for federation to become available.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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What's a food people aren't into because they haven't had it fresh?

kris,
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@ZachWeinersmith Mangos, but they are basically impossible to get in a tasty form unless you are in a country where they grow naturally.

valkyrie, to random
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    kris,
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    @valkyrie I used to work in an sector that was at least equally represented, in fact probably over represented for women in leading positions. It had a problem with consent as well.

    My impression from that is that people that succeed, often do so because they care little about consent. The gender plays only a small role in that at best.

    cohanf, to solarpunk
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    A question, or set of questions, for the community: I'm working on a number of short stories which will be connected in various ways directly or indirectly, but which are set in a not quite this world. I don't need technology to our current level, but I'd like some options for possible sustainable solutions for communication and transport particularly (possibly for lighting etc in homes, though I haven't run into that need too much..) cont-

    kris,
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    @cohanf Maybe transfer of private text messages (like encrypted email) via Packet Radio from a solar-powered public terminal with solar-powered ham radio relay stations on hilltops operated by nearby villages? This kind of community radio is quite easy to maintain and could also function as an emergency broadcast system.

    skyflare, to gamedev
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    Hello, I am Skyflare, a Free Software fan. who is interested in , decentralization and customizing my stuff.

    I like Free/Libre Games would love to contribute to them, although under the pretense of "research" I don't mind "researching" non-free games.

    I am always happy to discuss stuff (excluding irrelevant politics) so feel free to to reply to me or to message me.

    My Interests also include:

    kris,
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    @skyflare @olives Embrace the endings! All things must end, and no end is worse than one dragged out because writers are forced to add another season due to popularity. The best shows (Anime or not) are those planned from the very beginning with a clear story arch and a well thought through end.

    mima, to random

    Who tf is this heartless, sysadmin monster who blocks all at the port level in my university's network

    kris,
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    @jr @mima Is there an example config for reverse-proxying that via Nginx somewhere? Most public servers already serve HTTPs on 443 and would need something like that.

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    kris,
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    @valkyrie https://ergo.chat/ is pretty much a complete package and works great. A basic bouncer is integrated.

    dulsi, to gamedev
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    Better but still not as good as I'd like. I think animating this would be a lot of work too.

    kris,
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    @dulsi maybe segment the wings a bit more and animate it as individual sprites via bones?

    kris, to solar
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    After much contemplation, I went out and got some LiFePO4 based -battery packs and a fitting hybrid inverter today.

    The batteries were on discount, which made it a good deal compared to the broken lead acid batteries I used so far.

    Interestingly the inverter has an UPS mode that I can probably use to directly connect my servers for as well.

    Will be an interesting project to hook everthing up :blobcatscience:

    M0YNG, to Matrix
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    I keep returning to the idea of running a #matrix server attached to mastodon.radio

    We have an #xmpp server already, but I don't think it gets much use and not many projects host discussions on xmpp these days, and many use matrix so it feels like matrix would be more useful.

    However, it is more resource intensive, I'd probably need to spin up a new vps dedicated to running the #synapse matrix server, and I don't want to use donations wastefully. Plus more admin overhead.

    So, do you want it?

    kris,
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    @M0YNG Maybe first try making your nicer to use by adding a https://movim.eu webclient? I doesn't need much extra resources.

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