I have finished writing instructions for deploying lemmyBB on a production server, which you can follow at the link above. Right now the project is still in a very early stage, nevertheless main funcionality is already working. This includes browsing communities, posts and comments, writing posts/comments and registration/login....
Lemmy is structured in a way that backend (database, api, federation etc) and frontend (html, css, javascript) are completely separate. This makes it possible to create other frontends which can take the place of lemmy-ui. I have long been playing with the thought of having a Lemmy frontend that looks more like a traditional...
Lemmy.ml has long had some political conflict among the userbase, especially in communities like worldnews. This is because the instance is composed of both leftists (anarchist/communist) and liberals (those who agree with the mainstream political views in western countries). Additionally, the instance admins all belong to the...
Whilst the European Union talks of matters such as “strategic autonomy” and idealizes itself as a unified, independent force for good in the world, the reality could not be further from the truth. Espionage revelations are just the tip of the iceberg of a variety of ways in which the United States has, through its...
Recently there have been some discussions about the political stances of the Lemmy developers and site admins. To clear up some misconceptions: Lemmy is run by a team of people with different ideologies, including anti-capitalist, communist, anarchist, and others. While @dessalines and I are communists, we take decisions...
Besides @dessalines and me who work on Lemmy full time, there are many people who contribute to Lemmy without any financial reward. Those include translators, community moderators, programmers and others. Without them, Lemmy wouldn’t be what it is today....
Many elderly WWII vets in Russia live alone and haven’t the ability to improve their living conditions. Volunteers hear their dreams all across Russia starting projects to help WWII veterans improve their living conditions for free. The wave of civic engagement came after Anton from Ekaterinburg, Central Russia and Yaroslav...
Also much easier to learn than I thought. Just half an hour yesterday and half an hour today, and already I can go 20 km/h without a problem, or take tight curves.
Instructions for lemmyBB installation, test instance available (github.com)
I have finished writing instructions for deploying lemmyBB on a production server, which you can follow at the link above. Right now the project is still in a very early stage, nevertheless main funcionality is already working. This includes browsing communities, posts and comments, writing posts/comments and registration/login....
LemmyBB, a new frontend based on phpBB
Lemmy is structured in a way that backend (database, api, federation etc) and frontend (html, css, javascript) are completely separate. This makes it possible to create other frontends which can take the place of lemmy-ui. I have long been playing with the thought of having a Lemmy frontend that looks more like a traditional...
Free hosting for liberal/mainstream political instance
Lemmy.ml has long had some political conflict among the userbase, especially in communities like worldnews. This is because the instance is composed of both leftists (anarchist/communist) and liberals (those who agree with the mainstream political views in western countries). Additionally, the instance admins all belong to the...
Google will determine and store the location of any Wi-Fi access point whose SSID (name) does not end with "_nomap". (support.google.com)
The Web Is Fucked (thewebisfucked.com)
Why I don't use a smartphone (www.youtube.com)
Sprite Fright - Blender Open Movie (video.blender.org)
Youtube link
The Truth about Protests in China 2021 (www.youtube.com)
Media is finally covering immense crimes against indigenous peoples in Canada that were known about decades ago. So why now? (www.rt.com)
China and Russia urge independent probe into Canada’s treatment of indigenous people as anger over mass-grave discovery rages (www.rt.com)
What is lemmy.ml?
Recently there seems to be some of misunderstanding what the lemmy.ml instance is about, especially from newer users....
Hard work and poor pay stresses out open-source maintainers (www.zdnet.com)
PSA: Sharing lemmy.ml links on sites where they are blocked
Some websites block lemmy.ml links, for example Facebook as you can see in the screenshot below....
US caught spying on EU ‘allies’ again…not like the Europeans will do anything about it (www.rt.com)
Whilst the European Union talks of matters such as “strategic autonomy” and idealizes itself as a unified, independent force for good in the world, the reality could not be further from the truth. Espionage revelations are just the tip of the iceberg of a variety of ways in which the United States has, through its...
Biden isn't ending the Afghanistan War, he's privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain (thegrayzone.com)
Everything The West Claims It Values Is Invalidated By Its Treatment Of Assange (caitlinjohnstone.com)
The Free Market Isn't Free | The GameStop Saga Explained (www.youtube.com)
OVH datacenter burning (the old Lemmy server is somewhere there) (lemmy.ml)
Statement on Politics of Lemmy.ml
Recently there have been some discussions about the political stances of the Lemmy developers and site admins. To clear up some misconceptions: Lemmy is run by a team of people with different ideologies, including anti-capitalist, communist, anarchist, and others. While @dessalines and I are communists, we take decisions...
How to reward Lemmy contributors?
Besides @dessalines and me who work on Lemmy full time, there are many people who contribute to Lemmy without any financial reward. Those include translators, community moderators, programmers and others. Without them, Lemmy wouldn’t be what it is today....
Volunteers renovate homes of Russian WWII Veterans (www.youtube.com)
Many elderly WWII vets in Russia live alone and haven’t the ability to improve their living conditions. Volunteers hear their dreams all across Russia starting projects to help WWII veterans improve their living conditions for free. The wave of civic engagement came after Anton from Ekaterinburg, Central Russia and Yaroslav...
My electric unicycle is here, and its so much fun! (lemmy.ml)
Also much easier to learn than I thought. Just half an hour yesterday and half an hour today, and already I can go 20 km/h without a problem, or take tight curves.
The aftermath of "No, 'Open Source' does not mean 'Includes Free Support'" (raccoon.onyxbits.de)
Get an account on PeerTube·Social (write.tedomum.net)
Why scientists are turning to Rust (www.nature.com)