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[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They're removing the ability to download ebooks from Amazon. You are still able to add books via USB to your device.

The piracy is because you could download your Amazon ebook, strip the DRM and transform it to a more generic format, and distribute it. Unfortunately this now means you'll be unable to make copies of your books for "backup in case Amazon decides to remove access" purposes.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 7 points 5 days ago

There was a fuss a while back since the released source appeared to be waaaay out of date compared to what was being used.

They came out and said that they wanted the usernames feature to be developed fully before it got pushed public. Which they then did.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 2 points 5 days ago

I get it, privacy is good and people should do what they can to feel comfortable.

But in the case of the now playing feature that's all done on-device - which is why it tends not to recognise the obscure stuff.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 2 points 5 days ago

"lightly used"

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 3 points 5 days ago

As the owner of an absolute monster shedder I also volunteer my floor.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fantastic and well put together post. I very much enjoyed the read and have been thinking about setting up something similar for myself - though I'd need to get TRV's fitted to my radiators and even replace some pretty poor ones to get the most benefit.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Given the topic, the response and the location I'm going to go with "because it seems neat and could be fun".

Now, since I now know if it I'm going to give it a crack. 😆

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 65 points 3 months ago

I'm dabbling in Bluesky atm. Having run my own Masto server for over a year at this point. Here's things I've found that Bluesky does just plain better - mostly cause it's not beholden to the whims of the ActivityPub protocol.

  • Shows me all replies to any post I happen to come across.
  • Lets me see all posts about things I happen to search/look for, including hashtags.
  • I don't have to worry about being unable to see content I haven't personally blocked (not so much of an issue on a small/single server like mine though).
  • I can repost things (not actually too bothered with this one but many people want it).
  • I can set per post reply permissions to a very granular level (no-one, mentioned, followers, specific followers)
  • It handles video in a way that works i.e. I can post them, and people can watch them with minimal buffering/waiting.
  • Gives me access to community built collections/algorithms that expose the content I want to see.
  • It defaults to providing an additional feed driven by what the people I'm following are liking/interacting with.
  • Finally, a big one for new users, it provided a default feed of content when I first logged in so that I had something to look at.

The first two are huge on a small/single user server. By default we get nothing, following a single account will get us the content of just that account and the replies that they happen to reply to. A post may get 200 replies, but unless I go looking on the original server I will see a fraction of that. Technical solutions exist to help with this but the Fediverse's penchant for privacy and control (quite rightly) limits the effectiveness (Fedifetcher, GetMoarFedi).

3 is something most people won't think about. But if they become aware they're not seeing something they thought they'd be able to they then have to deep dive into who's defederating who and why.

Most all the other points just make the whole thing a much more seamless experience for your average user. Bootstrapping a list of people to follow on a small server is hard (I'd absolutely recommend creating a Fediverse account somewhere large first to build up some sort of list before migrating)

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 1 points 4 months ago

They didn't specify, so yes, suspicious.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's important to note that Revolut is not a bank. Had it been a bank provable fraud would be protected up to 85k under FCA regulations.

What kind of ***** runs a business out of a "e-money" company.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When managed in A/B install partitions by a third party org that layers their own stable/alpha/main versioning over the top? ;P

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 10 points 4 months ago

Hugo can be as simple as installing it, configuring a site with some yaml that points at a really available theme and writing your markdown content.

It gets admittedly more complex if you're wanting to write your own theme though.

But I think this realistically applies to most all static site generators.

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Probably too many insurmountable issues with filming like this during a race but would certainly add something extra.

 
 

I had mostly no clue what I was doing. Managed 2 turns against a Death Guard force and 2 turns against a Space Marine one. (three of us with limited time)

I think I have some work to go before I know how to beat these two. Both are super tough and I’ve no idea how to play to my strengths.

PS. The fact that Typhus cleaved his way through the entire Destroyer unit in a single combat round makes me sad. They didn’t get a chance to do anything and they’re supposed to be tough (?)

 
 

It beats Relay and Boost which I used to use for Reddit in terms of UX/UI. It's great.

Now, when I can get it to talk to my kbin instance I'll be super happy :D

 

Why, when I search for a community my instance is not yet aware of, does it sometimes not bring back any posts in that community? This community is in example of that.

Most new additions will redline the CPU but then come back with a populated page for the community. Sometimes that doesn't happen and no amount of purging and retrying will cause it to.

I'm currently unable to subscribe to anything on Beehaw. I just get subscription pending and there is no content sent my way. Statistically they're also more likely to encounter no. 1 above. Can I fix this?

 
 

I’m getting some stutter/jank when scrolling my feed. I’m using compact mode if that helps.

Not sure what else to add. I’m using version 0.2.4 which appears to contain (according to github) some related performance fixes but I’m still seeing it.

https://imgur.com/0EN3TUQ

This is a 60fps video slowed to 30fps and you can see it happening quite clearly.

I don’t see this type of juddering on Voyager. But the MaterialU interface on Thunder is just ❤️

 

I've just set up a new personal instance (this account is on it) but I'm apparently not able to subscribe to beehaw communities. When I click the subscribe button all I get is "Subscription Pending" no matter how much I refresh the page.

Additionally, unlike communities on other servers the search for a beehaw one doesn't appear to bring down any posts. Is that normal?

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