So:

• They had nuclear records
• They expose the server to the Internet
• They don’t update their software since 2023

What the hell did they expect?

This. PeerTube is the best solution we have.

But I wonder… especially since 3rd-party apps do not show instance names by default, how many of such people had a run-in with Hexbear trolls and did not know how to block them all - i.e. might return if they could be assured that no hexbears would be here to harass them any longer?

PieFed (at least, piefed.zip that I tried) already has the answer - present the user opt-in global filters upon first sign-in. Allow people to block certain places, radical ideologies, or whatever - just make it a user’s choice. When that’s the case, even tankies themselves usually don’t complain.

The whole conflict is about having a blocklist that exists without users or even instance admins opting in.

Yes, I believe Dessalines came first, but now it seems like Nutomic pretty much took the reigns in maintaining the software. Hence, I listed Nutomic.

Instances hiding certain communities from main feed is a pretty normal thing, as long as it’s instance-level. I was not aware some defaults are set upon installation. Also, some transparency would be nice, if that’s the case.

And I also agree moderation actions should be more visible on Lemmy. But hey - this information is open, just poorly communicated.

In any case, thanks for extra context! I’ll take it into account.

Cute, even if deeply impractical for most server applications.

We need more of those weird enthusiast projects around, and we need to hear of them.

Still, going all green and then selling sets of four physical books is a little odd.

This man just saved the world

History tends to repeat itself

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Я выглядит как перевёрнутая R. Человек думал, что это HR, а это НЯ - милота, оно же nyan.

I believe there was some issue with this, at least I get to recall Nutomic discussing it in one of the GitHub issues

With little system administration skills and a habit of getting ahead of myself, I’ve grown to fear containers more than the bare metal lol

But maybe I’ll get to it one day. Still, there’s no use for a single-user Lemmy server on another network if it can’t connect to anything else.

For books of no particular interest, my local second-hand bookstore has a shelf which sells books at 10 cents each. And it gets refilled quite often!

You may really underestimate the demand here.

Also, yes, we want to live in a world where things are not made disposable. The longer we can maintain what we have, the less waste we produce and the less overproduction we need to rely on. It’s sustainability 101.

Same! Hosting and properly managing Lemmy is far beyond my expertise, even without the added layer of onion hosting specifically

Basically, this idea, illustrated through a terrible quality meme:

At some point, you get to accept the freedom this idea gives to you. And with that, comes not only appreciation of big moments of leisure and joy (like what you described as writing poetry and listening to cicadas), but also little moments of everyday life.

When you get to your job next time, try to stay out of your smartphone and be vigilant.

• A cute cat runs across the road
• Flowers bloom around
• A smell of recently mown grass fills the air
• Someone has made an art on the wall
• Someone wore a shirt with the inscription that made you smile
• People across talk about a BBQ party, or how quickly kids grow up, or plan a new friends meeting
• A stranger needs help. Maybe you can offer one, and you’ll wish each other a good day?

There are millions of such moments happening every day. Keep an eye out of them, and you’ll see the life happens all the time, not only on vacations.

It’s not necessary about books being sacred. It’s about throwing out things that can serve more people for much longer. This paper still absolutely has a use, contrary to what you say.

Don’t you have a store for second-hand books around? Or a library that would accept book donations? People will gladly make use of your old book stock. They won’t have to overpay, you will help the environment if nothing else, and some book nerd will finally find the specific edition of a specific book you have.

Back when I was in school, me and my classmates were once tasked to help clear the old books from the library. There was a big dump truck under the library windows, and we were tasked to, essentially, throw books out of the window.

You can be damn sure I took some gems with me. Books should not end like this. But also, for a younger me, it was somewhat fun.

It is one thing to hold an opinion; it is another to limit which opinions others can see.

Lemmy devs hold a very radical and strong opinion, but they don’t enforce it on anybody else. You can have any instances posting whatever. This fosters a healthy and open discussion and political development.

PieFed dev enforces certain optics by limiting the sources viewable through it, and some of the choices raises eyebrows in a major way. For example, did you know PieFed bans WikiLeaks? No matter the political stance, you’d rather be able to cite that. This open censorship limits political discussion and serves to reinforce Rimu’s political line instead of going for an honest intellectual exchange.

We have plenty of spaces trying to shape people’s opinion. Fediverse is the direct response to this threat among many. Why would we want to turn Threadiverse into this again?

Again, with that said, I tried to give a more neutral outline. Objectively, Lemmy the software is politically neutral, while PieFed is not. If you share the values baked into PieFed, you may end up enjoying this experience. But overall, this is often seen as problematic around these parts.

Lemmy

Technically: less often updated, may have less of the shiny features. Some see it as positive: Lemmy stays out of the user’s way.

Ideologically: devs are far-left, but the project itself is neutral. Wherever you find yourself politically, you’ll find a place.

Main dev: @[email protected]

Overall: Lemmy is a good option if you want to see the “raw” Threadiverse. Less bells and whistles, no content or moderational filters pushed on the user aside from what instance admins and users themselves decide.

PieFed

Technically: fast-paced development, “move fast and break stuff”, highly experimental, but feature-rich.

Ideologically: Liberal/moderate, enforced. All PieFed instances filter out “radical” left- or right-wing content (see no-qanon PieFed list), all user filters come on top of this list instead of replacing it. It also suffers from the backlash on some of the decisions made, such as vote throttling.

Main dev: @[email protected]

Overall: PieFed is a shiny and new, fast-paced, but also opinionated and controversial project. Whether it’s going to be a “peace of mind” or “power tripping dev hellscape” software is only for you to experience.

Potential compromise: PyLova

PyLova is a fork of PieFed designed specifically to cut out opinionated pieces while keeping the technology.

However, it’s only currently present on quokk.au, which is itself opinionated (anarchist, far left).

I mean, yeah, but then the same applies to Norton Commander as well :D