Isn't that just a further recipe for disaster? Isn't that just additional energy that will turn into heat sooner or later and heat up the planet?
If I'm not mistaken regulat solar is one of the few energy sources that doesn't have that problem and there's plenty sun to go around, so how is this helping anyone? (I guess it might have some applications in space?)
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?...
Yes, it's different. Self-hosting means you set up a running version of kbin (or whatever) on your own server. All the different domains you see (lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, lemmy.world, kbin.social, fedia.io etc etc) are on their own servers. Theoretically you could also set up a version where you are the sole user even.
Many of the subscriptions I'm making are to magazines that are coming from lemmy or other nstances because these are the ones making their way into my feed. Is there any downside to this in the fediverse?...
There are some minor things. Accessing communities on your own is probably more efficient in terms of server load. A community from your instance can never get cut off from you due to defederation.
But those are honestly just very minor things.
Similar to SFaulken, I think a lot could be done in terms of onboarding, documentation and communication.
openSUSE has a lot of great and unique tools and operates in a way that makes it comparatively easy to contribute. But the how to get there is often not very accessible/obvious or very technical.
Even most of the Linux apps use Shazam or similar for the backend. Most everything you will find in that area has some proprietary components and I can imagine that being hard to avoid for something that has to interface with licensed content (the music)
I've heard of immutable OS's like Fedora Silverblue. As far as I understand it, this means that "system files" are read-only, and that this is more secure....
How does installing packages or configuring software work, if system files can't be changed?
On reboot. You install your changes into a separate part of the filesystem that's not running and then "switch parts" on next boot. Different distros do this differently. Vanilla OS has an AB system which basically works like Android does it, openSUSE uses btrfs snapshots and Fedora also uses btrfs I think but they got a more complex layering system on top.
I get that there's a security benefit just in that malware can't change system files -- but that is achieved by proper permission management on traditional systems too.
Is it though? All it takes is a misconfiguration or exploit to bypass it, so having several layers of protection isn't a bad thing and how any reasonably secure system works. And having parts of your system predetermined as read only is a comparably tough nut to crack.
Not really. The real life thing is carefully guided process with serious obligations in which the professionally trained and educated judge is still the main arbiter. The jury is segmented to a very specific part of the process with a clear protocol for a reason.
What you're asking for is giving every Xth rando a police badge because law enforcement is understaffed.
Merge in what way? In terms of user interaction, they already are merged. Lemmy users can comment and make threads in kbin communities and vice versa.
And in terms of underlying codebase, there isn't anything to merge. Lemmy and kbin are written in two very different programming languages. Trying to unify them would mean huge amounts of effort for no tangible gain.
I would use this site a heck of a lot more if I actually saw when people replied to one of my "article" posts. But right now my notifications sit empty unless I tag a user or they tag me....
New to kbin. I’m trying to wrap my head around how federation works. If a community develops on a different server/instance than where I created my account, can I create threads and reply to others? Or just view? I read everywhere that federation allows following across different instances, but viewing content is different...
One of the simple features of Reddit (and Digg before it) was that upvoted comments would float to the most visible part of the comments section and downvoted comments would end up buried where no one would see them....
I don't know if it's due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012...). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around....
Yeah, it's a bit of a conundrum. Lemmygrad is the most egregious part of it and easy to block thankfully.
But I agree with some of the other posters that lemmy.ml is still pretty bad in terms of what gets allowed and who gets modetated. Luckily, this still is not an unsolvable problem in a federated world. Of course lemmy.ml could also just be blocked, but many instances will probably be reluctant to do that, as it also hosts some of the bigger communities currently. But we can make an effort to prioritize non lemmy.ml communities over their counterpart, a different meme community over memes@lemmy.ml etc, and if consensus is strong enough and enough communities shift, lemmy.ml could theoretically find itself in a position where it will have to clean up their moderation practices or risk wider defederation.
The reputations system is still a bit messed up and still works like in th earlier days when upvotes were actually boosts. It's probably gonna get changed eventually.
You can download your data/posts and move to another instance, but you can not upload your posts to that instance, you can import who you follow and blocklists I think and your followers get migrated automatically.
Not just likes. Any post a user from another instances sees from you, is also stored on their instance. But I don't think it's stored indefinitely and it's also not stored in a way you can make use of. So if the server your account is stored on explodes, technically there are still a lot of your posts stored all over the fediverse's servers, but there's no feature that would allow you as the (former) account owner to ask for them or easily collect them.
Use the app as you would want to use it normally and if you encounter any errors, weird behaviours or oddities, report them to the place they are supposed to be reported to in a descriptive way and answer any follow up questions.
As kbin gets more popular I've started to notice a recurring trend: when people respond to my comments I will get notified. I click on the notification, and it brings me to the thread....
This one's already reported and ernest has responded to it though. If things go well he'll br able to start looking at pull requests today. Doing any fixes beyond that would probably come after that.
Beaming Solar Energy From Space Gets a Step Closer (www.wsj.com)
Plus this article from Science Magazine about the same topic that provides just a bit more information about process.
First ALP Architecture Team meeting on 27th June at 1430 UTC (en.opensuse.org)
The ALP Architecture Team kick-off meeting will be on Tuesday 27th June at 1430 UTC for 1 hour....
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?...
A lingering question about Federation from a user perspective
Many of the subscriptions I'm making are to magazines that are coming from lemmy or other nstances because these are the ones making their way into my feed. Is there any downside to this in the fediverse?...
What would you like to see openSUSE do better?
Personally, I'd like for YaST to be more responsive. I love how easy it is to use, but for a control panel it's really slow
Is there an Open Source Equivalent of Shazam for Android
If someone doesn't know what Shazam is, it listens to music playing on the radio or TV and identifies it and helps you find the name/artist....
ELI5: What is an immutable OS, in practical terms?
I've heard of immutable OS's like Fedora Silverblue. As far as I understand it, this means that "system files" are read-only, and that this is more secure....
contributing to kbin front end development?
Is there a discussion happening somewhere about front end changes that are in the works, or ones that are wanted?...
I'd love to make a kbin mobile app. Is the REST API ready?
I've been poking around the API docs here: https://docs.kbin.pub/#introduction...
Moderate by lottery?
So this is a half formed idea that might be horrible, I thought I'd throw it out there for critique....
Why is the upvote color so dark? I need to get really close to the screen and squint to read the number after I upvote. Why not a bright green?
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Why not kbin and lemmy merge?
So it can digg and bury reddit once and for all
I'm still confused by this site - where are notifications???
I would use this site a heck of a lot more if I actually saw when people replied to one of my "article" posts. But right now my notifications sit empty unless I tag a user or they tag me....
Can I post to magazines on another kbin instance?
New to kbin. I’m trying to wrap my head around how federation works. If a community develops on a different server/instance than where I created my account, can I create threads and reply to others? Or just view? I read everywhere that federation allows following across different instances, but viewing content is different...
Why can't we sort comments by 'Top' or 'Best'?
One of the simple features of Reddit (and Digg before it) was that upvoted comments would float to the most visible part of the comments section and downvoted comments would end up buried where no one would see them....
Was anyone else surprised to see Kbin being written in PHP?
I don't know if it's due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012...). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around....
Is lemmy.ml just a tankie recruitment zone? (lemmy.ml)
The shear amount of tankiness over on lemmy.ml is making me seriously consider leaving the platform.
How does the reputation system work?
I gots lots of up beans but still in minus... I know I shouldn't care
If one instance of Kbin die for whatever reason, there is no way to retrieve users and posts from it ?
Title,...
Question about beta testing
I have seen @hariette's announcement that they are working on an unofficial app for kbin and is accepting volunteers for beta testing....
Beehaw is defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, two large lemmy instances
See Beehaw's Post to find out why
Notifications not bringing me to the reply to my comment?
As kbin gets more popular I've started to notice a recurring trend: when people respond to my comments I will get notified. I click on the notification, and it brings me to the thread....
ernest runs the nsfw magazine lol (kbin.social)
I was wondering how porn would be dealt with here.