I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
🍁⚕️ 💽
Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)
It looks like Social is the platform that released v1, and the other ones are still in various stages of development.
https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/flavours.html#what-is-a-bonfire-flavour
My understanding is that “Bonfire Social” is very similar to Mastodon, with their own way of implementing certain features, and the other features in their funding campaign are still in development
They launched version 1.0 of a platform similar to and interoperable with Mastodon, and they’re doing a funding campaign for what projects they will work on next.
Also they have some art for those that participate:
The code is a commons, so art is offered as a reward. This campaign includes a limited‑run, hand screen‑printed artwork by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind Bonfire’s icon and other illustrations.
For context, this is what reddit’s limited automod is like
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/automoderator/full-documentation/
I’m sure we can do better. For example, being able to use variables
Neat!
I didn’t know about kolf. It was fun, even if it looks a little dated.
You only need a server if you want to run an entire instance (ex. lemmy.world). Anyone can create a community on most instances.
The graphics on this guide might help:
https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview
Likely related
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Microsoft, for example, cancelled Khan’s email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in his home country of the U.K. have been blocked.
Microsoft has since denied this, but they haven’t released much info on what they say happened instead.
A Microsoft spokesperson said that it had been in contact with the court since February “throughout the process that resulted in the disconnection of its sanctioned official from Microsoft services.” The spokesperson added that “at no point did Microsoft cease or suspend its services to the ICC.”
Khan’s email disconnection has sparked Europe’s fears that Trump could flip a “kill switch” to cut digital services through American tech giants, as the continent seeks to become less dependent on U.S. technology. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others dominate Europe’s cloud and digital services sectors.
Microsoft declined to comment further in response to questions regarding the exact process that led to Khan’s email disconnection, and exactly what it meant by “disconnection.” The ICC declined to comment.
They also said that they’ll be adding legal clauses that would stop them from doing that, but I’m not sure how much that actually helps in practice.
I’ve had a smoother time with Bluetooth since switching to Linux than I did on Windows.
On Windows it would randomly disconnect, or I would need to manually forget and re-pair the device every few months. Now when I turn on the device, it reliably reconnects to either my phone or the Linux device, depending on which one it was connected to last.
Maybe it’s distro / device dependent
I didn’t understand this one, was there additional backstory from previous comics about the Pen and Paper or Guzzler?
I’m happy participating as a community member, and stepping up as a mod later on if the team could use some extra help. I don’t mind either way :)
Oh on that note, would it be helpful to lock and redirect !newtopiefed@piefed.ca to that community?
I would say the main thing is being nice and letting people explore, and providing spaces/communities for people to come back and ask questions when they have them. When people bring up issues or suggest things that they want to see, we shouldn’t crap on what they prefer their online experience to be (ex. preferred algorithms, content they want to block, etc.)
Resources wise, we created this guide and I like to link these two particular pages for fediverse/lemmy. I feel that they help give a high level overview of how things work:
KRunner, Plasma’s search/launch/unit converter/calculator/“but wait, there’s more” tool, uses fuzzy matching to look up applications. This means that even if you misspell an app’s name, KRunner will probably still find it for you. How search results are ordered has also been improved, and KRunner will start to provide those results after the first character is typed.
Oh nice!
I also didn’t know it could do unit conversions lol
I have Jellyfin, but I haven’t tried it with music. How does it compare to Navidrome?
For chat, I was thinking something super simple for the weird situations like this. Alternatively, Briar if you’re near the person you want to contact
It makes me wish I was selfhosting more services, music & chat in particular. It wasn’t important enough to set up yet
Is there no way to check the doorbell video locally?
An Amazon employee misconfigures something and now your doorbell doesn’t work
Is tailscale running / logged in on those other devices? Does it auto detect the server like it did on the phone?
Is there a downside to using the term “provider” when talking about choosing an instance? Ultimately, that is where the difference would be. The entity in charge of the instance needs to be trustworthy and have a moderation style/philosophy that the user agrees with.
I like “home”, I might try using that in the future :)
Very cool, it’s on my list of things to try out at some point
I’m curious what this has been like, if you don’t mind sharing 😄 What is each person working on?