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Lodra

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  • At first, I found this funny. Then I realized how scary, sad, etc. the reality is.

    Companies typically prefer users to use a native app for two reasons. First, the software is sometimes easier to build. Second, they are capable of scraping a vastly larger and more valuable set of data from the user.

    Browsers can hit many differs sites, many of which are dangerous. Thus, web browsers have to be as secure as possible to protect users from malicious sites. This includes Facebook, TikTok, every medical site you’ve ever logged into, etc.

    I know a lot about software. Personally, I view every installed app as a means of attacking my privacy. If you have the choice and your experience isn’t diminished, use a web browser instead of a native app.

    Edit:

    Something else to note. The larger companies are almost always much worse. Take a look at Facebook on the Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215

    Go down to App Privacy and View Details. It’s absolutely terrible how much data they collect. Unethical at a minimum. Now compare to Voyager for Lemmy: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762

    “Data Not Collected”

  • Composerize - online tool converts docker commands to compose yml

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  • I recently discovered k3d. It’s a light wrapper around k3s, which is kubernetes on docker. It’s amazingly easy to use! If you have docker installed, you can learn the commands and create a k8s cluster in under 5 minutes.

    For anyone like me that likes k8s, k3d is a fantastic alternative to docker compose!

  • Monthly Release Notes - March 2024 (version 1.88)

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    • Extension update improvements - Restart extensions without reload & update extensions with VS Code releases.

    I gotta admit, that sounds like a nice change

  • AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers

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  • This is regulated. And there are penalties for violating those regulations. But it’s just not enough. Even a class action lawsuit won’t help the victims. Most of that money goes to lawyers.

    Honestly, I don’t expect any of it to change until the penalties are so severe that major companies go under. Aka a corporate death penalty (which the US used to have). But even then, good software security is extremely hard. Almost everyone screws up something.

  • Grafana dashboard as alternative to Google Analytics?

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  • Professionally, I’ve spent the last year almost entirely focused on o11y, a numeronym for observability. IMO you want to run opentelemetry (aka otel) for a lot of this stuff. It’s a fantastic tool. We tell clients that if they don’t use otel, then they’re probably doing o11y wrong.

    You can run it as a collector to scrape log files. If your apps are instrumented, they can emit telemetry via OTLP to otel instead. Then otel can process and export the data to various data backends like Minor (metrics), Loki (logs), and Tempo (traces). Then use Grafana for a UI. That particular set of tools is known as the LGTM stack. if you only want to handle logs, your stack could be simpler: otel, Loki, and Grafana.

    A final thought is about a seeming want for metrics generated from logs. Otel can do that for you too.

  • What Meta-corp can give the fediverse: Money

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  • I agree in full!

    I’ve thought quite a bit about corporate funding of the fediverse. The only possibility good way that I currently see is if there’s a not-for-profit acting as a middle man to dispense the funds. And that not-for-profit can’t voice opinions on how the fediverse is developed. Even this is wishful thinking.

    I’ve actually given thought to creating this non-for-profit but I don’t really know how to get started or get attention for significant donations.

  • Guide to Votes on Lemmy

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  • Well this confuses me. I’m only aware of upvotes and downvotes. What do the 4 colors mean? And what do the left and right arrows mean? Arrow size?

  • where quickly share code ?

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  • Well that’s an interesting take! What aspects are you opposed to?

    IANAL but I did read through the patents agreement that you linked. It basically says do whatever you want with Go as long as it different infringe on Google patents. Which is pretty much backed by US law anyways and I assume other countries as well. The sketchy part is that your license is revoked as soon as they file a lawsuit rather than win it. Honestly, I’d be surprised if Google ever used this in a legal dispute because there would be a huge community backlash.

    That also only applies to Go developers. You would only be a user for a tool written on Go. How does your using a tool written in Go translate to support for Google and its bad practices? Do you not use any software written in Go?

    Sorry if this is sounding argumentative! I’m generally a big fan of Go and definitely opposed to Google and using its products. This is a topic that I haven’t considered before so my questions represent my sincere curiosity.

  • where quickly share code ?

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  • The admins just launched a bunch of new services, including Blocks. I’m not sure if it checks all of your boxes. But it’s an obvious choice to look into

  • Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyone

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  • TST = Tree Style Tabs STG = Simple Tab Groups

  • Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyone

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  • Sidebery provides this functionality as well. Don’t get me wrong. If you like TST and STG, then enjoy!

  • Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyone

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  • Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyone

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  • Gotta check out Sidebery. It’s a big upgrade from TST

  • Threads Federation Poll

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  • Head nod regarding the ranked choice voting

  • Best way to dockerize a static website?

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  • The simplest way is certainly to use a hosted service like GitHub Pages. These make it so easy to create static websites.

    If you’re not flexible on that detail, then I next recommend Go actually. You could write a tiny web server and embed the static files into the app at build time. In the end, you’d have a single binary that acts as a web server and has your content. Super easy to dockerize.

    Things like authentication will complicate the app over time. If you need extra features like this, then I recommend using common tools like nginx as suggested by others.

  • Film Companies Seek 'Torrenting History' Related to Redditor * TorrentFreak

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  • Absolutely a good perspective on the surrounding infra! I fully agree. Thanks for sharing.

  • Film Companies Seek 'Torrenting History' Related to Redditor * TorrentFreak

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  • An interesting discussion! You’re probably right about most Lemmy instances. But it’s entirely possible that some instances are running a modified version of Lemmy that collects more data. And only those admins will understand why. They could sell it as easily as any company.

    You need to trust your service providers or accept what they’re doing.

  • What causes that saliva smell that you get in your mouth after breathing a lot in freezing weather?

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  • I can agree that crisp, cold air has a taste sometimes. But I would never describe it as milky. To be fair, I’m not sure how to describe sooo

  • Monthly Release Notes - February 2024 (version 1.87)

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  • Confirmed! I found them a little barren