When launching a new Lemmy instance, your All feed will have very little populated. Also as a small instance, new communities that crop up may never make their way to you. LCS is a tool to seed communities, so your users have something in their All feed, right from the start. It tells your instance to pull the top communities...
I think most of us who moved here from Reddit are enjoying our time here on kbin.social. We've left a lot of the riff-raff behind us and made new friends with intelligent, thoughtful members of kbin, Lemmy, Mastodon, etc.....
I may move on to a private or semi privately run instance in the future but I'm definitely a fan of kbin over Lemmy and the current state of self hosting kbin is a mess. When things have gotten better on that front I will look at moving on and expanding the fediverse.
I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search...
I still have some issues with Bing from time to time but as far as I can tell that's because they are changing stuff and the SearXNG devs just need to push a fix.
Got banned from torrent leech after uninstalling theyr broken cracked softwares that i couldnt manage to run properly, dropping my ratio above 0.4... that's a shame, my qbittorrent ratio is 5 and i quite seed anything untill i need more space on the drives. Any (free of course) alternatives ?
I’m currently using Eero eero.com for my home network, as it mostly works well and is easy for my partner to enable and disable our kids devices at bedtime etc. The interface is quite slow, and I worry about being so cloud and Amazon dependant....
Are you looking for a mesh wifi setup or can you run an Ethernet cable to each location you want an access point? If you can't run a cable to each spot then an off the shelf mesh wifi system is still your best bet, there may be some that are less cloud connected but they are meant to be dead simple so that usually means an app and a cloud service of some sort.
If your just looking for an alternative to content and ad filtering for the kids I would recommend AdGuard for a partner friendly setup and Pihole for a more enthusiast setup.
Since you don't need an off the shelf mesh you could definitely go with just regular access points, check out ruckus and ubiquity (they have cloud stuff but it's completely optional) used stuff on ebay. You can just setup each access point with the same SSID and password and your devices will pick the best one for the most part. You could also play with broadcast strength if they overlap too much.
TL;DR, my computer broke because I spilled water onto it. I got a new phone recently and my number was changed, so I couldn't use that to log back in with 2-step verification, and I tried send it to my alternate email instead. It says I have to "wait 24 hours" but I never get the fucking verification email so apparently I have...
The news about Meta is not the real reason I’m sharing this; rather the parenthetical question in the subject is. Does anybody know if this law affect Lemmy instances at all?
I'm not a huge fan of Meta but why do they think that having a link to a newspaper or tv report is causing them to lose revenue? Wouldn't it do the opposite and drive more eyes to your content and thus more opportunities to monetize?
Beyond spez (and the fact that he is a greedy little pig boy), I’m curious about the corporate dynamics that prevent a company like Reddit from being profitable. From an outside perspective, they make hundreds of millions per year via advertising, their product is a relatively simple (compared to industries that need a lot of...
I'm a bit confused at the explosive growth of Lemmy and the slower growth of Kbin. Do the stats reflect the reality or is there a problem with the data being fed back to the various stat hubs?...
Kbins documentation for hosting is a bit of a mess and leaves a lot to be desired where Lemmy is much more turnkey for someone looking to setup an instance.
I don't believe one exists, correct me if i am wrong. I believe something like this should be worked on as i sense youtube is going to tighten down soon, too. Would it even be possible?
Are most of you using Torrents or Usenet?
I’m a bit surprised to see so many torrent posts. Are most people still using Torrents? Are most piracy users aware of programs like sonarr or radarr?
Netflix got rid of the $9.99 basic plan in Canada (www.narcity.com)
It's like they are trying to irritate people into canceling their accounts....
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Has at Least Two Different Versions Playing in Theaters (www.ign.com)
Lemmy Community Seeder (LCS) - For pre-populating the "All" feed (github.com)
When launching a new Lemmy instance, your All feed will have very little populated. Also as a small instance, new communities that crop up may never make their way to you. LCS is a tool to seed communities, so your users have something in their All feed, right from the start. It tells your instance to pull the top communities...
What’s the difference between Local and All?
Still trying to understand my probable Reddit replacement. Like what the title says, what’s the diff.? I don’t get it.
Why we need to move on from kbin.social
I think most of us who moved here from Reddit are enjoying our time here on kbin.social. We've left a lot of the riff-raff behind us and made new friends with intelligent, thoughtful members of kbin, Lemmy, Mastodon, etc.....
Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it?
I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search...
torrent leech alternatives?
Got banned from torrent leech after uninstalling theyr broken cracked softwares that i couldnt manage to run properly, dropping my ratio above 0.4... that's a shame, my qbittorrent ratio is 5 and i quite seed anything untill i need more space on the drives. Any (free of course) alternatives ?
BattleBit Remastered is dominating Steam because there's no catch: it's just a lot of game for $15 (www.pcgamer.com)
PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote
Like the title says, if you want to upvote something on KBin, you should use the Boost link, not the upvote button (Why? Don't know...)...
Options for a local-only (or mostly) home network
I’m currently using Eero eero.com for my home network, as it mostly works well and is easy for my partner to enable and disable our kids devices at bedtime etc. The interface is quite slow, and I worry about being so cloud and Amazon dependant....
lost my email because of Google 2FA
TL;DR, my computer broke because I spilled water onto it. I got a new phone recently and my number was changed, so I couldn't use that to log back in with 2-step verification, and I tried send it to my alternate email instead. It says I have to "wait 24 hours" but I never get the fucking verification email so apparently I have...
Meta Tells Canada: No News for You! (does this law affect Lemmy instances in Canada??) (gizmodo.com)
The news about Meta is not the real reason I’m sharing this; rather the parenthetical question in the subject is. Does anybody know if this law affect Lemmy instances at all?
How is a company like Reddit “not profitable” yet?
Beyond spez (and the fact that he is a greedy little pig boy), I’m curious about the corporate dynamics that prevent a company like Reddit from being profitable. From an outside perspective, they make hundreds of millions per year via advertising, their product is a relatively simple (compared to industries that need a lot of...
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Day[0] Podcast (DayZeroSec) - a deeply technical podcast that covers infosec news, vulnerabilities/exploits, and per-episode "Spot the Vuln" challenges (youtube.com)
In my opinion, this is far-and-away the best infosec audio/video content out there (and no, I'm not affiliated in any way)....
image generators like Midjourney or stable diffusion?
Is there any way or any instance of free image generation tools floating around the internet?
Why is Kbin seemingly growing considerably slower than Lemmy?
I'm a bit confused at the explosive growth of Lemmy and the slower growth of Kbin. Do the stats reflect the reality or is there a problem with the data being fed back to the various stat hubs?...
AI-generated Secret Invasion intro angers Marvel artists and fans alike (arstechnica.com)
federated youtube competitor?
I don't believe one exists, correct me if i am wrong. I believe something like this should be worked on as i sense youtube is going to tighten down soon, too. Would it even be possible?