like on reddit, comments on posts from the OP have a [S]. Would be cool if we could get an indicator of who the OP is without having to check usernames etc.
Find the Path Podcast is the best I've found, full stop. There are still laughs, but they aren't the cheap one liners so nauseatingly prevalent in so many other actual play podcasts I've tried. Instead the focus is on the story, characters, and world around them.
Truly a unique and wonderful experience.
It's Pathfinder 1e and 2e. Production value is very high generally. Audiophile quality these days, though even in the first few episodes the audio is done well.
I've heard there's an official kbin app in very early stages. I don't know who's working on that, but it's not in the 2023 roadmap that Ernest has shared in the sidebar - and it rightfully doesn't need to be a main focus at this early stage. I know most people reading this have probably just gotten here as well, but I wouldn't...
There is no publicly available API for kbin yet, though it's intended. Once the lead developer has breathing room I'm sure that's still on the to-do list.
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.
Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.
One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?
(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.
Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it.
You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never excuted that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument.
Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD?
If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this:
Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag.
For 121k users at the moment (according to the website statistics posted here) it will cost €67/m, though I think we can all agree the system is a bit under provisioned at present, despite using the largest instance provided by the VPS (edit: not entirely true, see @ajar7 's reply below).
Assuming the truth is somewhere in between (I'm assuming the current state is ~30% under provisioned), and horizontal scaling will be both necessary and somewhat less efficient (I'm assuming ~40% less efficient than vertical scaling)
It comes to something like €0.001 per month per user.
At Wikipedia they get around 40,000 gifts of on average $15. They get something like 5.1B unique visits per month. That's roughly $0.00012 per visit.
The comparison seems to imply we need to get something like 10x the user/donor engagement of Wikipedia, which is very sobering.
Hey all! What have you all been playing? I've been tinkering with my migration to Linux so I haven't played much, but I'm looking into starting Morrowind.
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
Realistically, the problem from the get go with Reddit is that it's a company. They have staff, they have managers/directors/c-levels for their staff, they have marketing, they have HR, they have a board, etc etc etc.
These costs quickly dwarf even hefty infrastructure.
Any "company" that builds a product will inevitably follow this trend. You either find a way to milk your customers for all their worth, or you fold. Venture Capitol and lenders eventually lose their patience.
Fediverse is different because it's a passion project by a handful of programmers and sysadmins that are volunteering their time and in many cases money. The overhead is basically nil, the only real costs are time (which people are voluntary donating) and hardware.
I wanted to post this here since I want to help as much as I can in my own way to people coming here for the first time. I hope it is useful and helpful! I tried to assume low knowledge with the Fediverse in my responses which I collected here from a different post and assembled into a single article....
They have two large categories of content, "threads" and "microblogs". Threads are any content not a “post” while threads are articles, links, and media posts.
To clarify, I think one of these examples given for "threads" is meant to be "microblogs"
Kbin doesn't have a Lemmy compatible API, though it's something the lead dev (and the Lemmy devs) have been discussing. But the instances can federate to each other beautifully.
For now your best bet would be using kbin as a PWA, which works great in my experience.
Well Bell Canada was a division of the huge American monopoly of Bell Telephone.
I don't have first hand experience with Bell Canada, but with the American divisions of Bell becoming Verizon, AT&T, and CenturyLink, I don't have high expectations.
What the Chinese military has been doing in the straights of Taiwan has been a major escalation of over 50 years of peace. Taiwan has done nothing to threaten the position with China, this is 100% politically motivated by the CCP.
Just because the US does some pretty distasteful things with their military doesn't give others carte blanche.
Corporations caused massive inflation by hiking their prices and raking in proportionally massive profits. And now that everyone is seeing the inflation and a matching economic downturn they're trying to redirect blame so they don't end up like the (admittedly very few) bankers that were tried for the 2008 housing bubble burst and the resulting run on the banks.
I'm not hopeful for accountability sadly. This one was death by a thousand paper cuts. We simply don't have the resources or processes to hold that many accountable.
I run everything on a lean Ubuntu server install. My Ansible playbooks then take over and set up ZFS and docker. All of my hosted services are in docker, and their data and configs are contained, regularly snapshotted, and backed up in ZFS.
I run basically all of the Arr stack, Plex (more friendly to my less tech savvy family then my preferred solution Jellyfin), HAss, Frigate NVR, Obsidian LiveSync, a few Minecraft worlds, Docspell, Tandoor recipes, gitea, Nextcloud, FoundryVTT, an internet radio station, syncthing, Wireguard, ntfy, calibre, Wallabag, Navidrome, and a few pet projects.
I also store or backup all of the important family documents and photos, though I haven't implemented Immich just yet, waiting for a few features and a little more development maturity.
Switching from a consumer to a creator: I realized that if I want more people to engage w/ content, I have to be the change I want to see. I interact w/ content more regularly as a result...
Honestly, kbin.social. It allows me to continue to leverage the amazing existing Lemmy corner of the Fediverse while also adding tons of interesting features and functions. Though it's based in php instead of rust, so you win some lose some I suppose lol.
It integrates directly with other sources of info in the Fediverse, like mastodon. Organizes related Lemmy communities into groups called "magazines" that span many instances. Allows you to follow individuals and customize what content you see.
Giuliani now claims witness with ‘Smoking Gun’ evidence on Biden died under ‘mysterious circumstances’ (www.msn.com)
Witness With ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence on Biden Died Under ‘Mysterious Circumstances’: Report
Sharp decline in appetite for news in recent years, Reuters Institute says (www.bbc.com)
Could we get an indicator of who the OP is?
like on reddit, comments on posts from the OP have a [S]. Would be cool if we could get an indicator of who the OP is without having to check usernames etc.
OC What DnD (or other TTRPG) podcasts are you guys listening to?
I've tried out NADDPOD, TAZ and am currently listening to one in the Stars Without Number universe called Astronomica which is pretty funny....
Any third-party apps being developed?
I've heard there's an official kbin app in very early stages. I don't know who's working on that, but it's not in the 2023 roadmap that Ernest has shared in the sidebar - and it rightfully doesn't need to be a main focus at this early stage. I know most people reading this have probably just gotten here as well, but I wouldn't...
GitHub - wez/wezterm: A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust (github.com)
Found this while poking around on fedoramagazine and thought I'd share in case anybody was looking for multiplexer alternatives to screen and tmux....
i like gnu and all but that's a bit of a mouthful...
to vi or not to vi
Donating $5/month to Kbin to keep the lights on?
I was trying to work out how much to donate to Kbin to keep the lights on. I read somewhere it costs something like $1/month per user?...
What did you play this weekend?
Hey all! What have you all been playing? I've been tinkering with my migration to Linux so I haven't played much, but I'm looking into starting Morrowind.
Realistically how does the fediverse make money and remain sustainable? only donations?
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
Recommend link bookmarking service
What are you using for bookmarking links?...
A small FAQ to hopefully help new users to kbin (kilioa.org)
I wanted to post this here since I want to help as much as I can in my own way to people coming here for the first time. I hope it is useful and helpful! I tried to assume low knowledge with the Fediverse in my responses which I collected here from a different post and assembled into a single article....
The first true philosopher (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
/r/kbinMigration created.... and quickly banned by reddit
I took a quick look while it was up and it was just a user guide, similar to the lemmymigration subreddit
Brace Yourselves (lemmy.ml)
Is there a Patreon/Ko-Fi/OpenCollective for Kbin?
What's the best way for us to chip in and help fund Kbin's development or the hosting costs for kbin.social?
Setback for Bell Canada in $400m Movie Piracy Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)
US prepared to address ‘aggressiveness’ of Chinese military (archive.ph)
The moratorium on repaying student loans in America was a bad idea (archive.ph)
Any of y'all have a NAS? What's your setup?
Curious what you've got installed on it. What do you use a lot but took awhile to find? What do you recommend?
What tweaks have improved your Lemmy experience?
Switching from a consumer to a creator: I realized that if I want more people to engage w/ content, I have to be the change I want to see. I interact w/ content more regularly as a result...