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chromodynamic

@ chromodynamic @piefed.social

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  • Linux Operating Systems - Alternatives to Windows and MacOS

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  • Did you know that you can setup the default layout to "galery mode" for picture community on Piefed ?

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  • It's not. But it would be good if it could be done by the feed creator, if the feed is for image or video communities.

  • Did you know that you can setup the default layout to "galery mode" for picture community on Piefed ?

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  • It would be nice if we could set a default layout for feeds as well.

  • Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation— The Times says Wikipedia was "hacked" and calls it an "important victory" for Jeffrey Epstein

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  • Using Kiwix you can keep older versions of Wikipedia locally on your computer, so if the online version reaches an unusable state, you can still view the articles as they used to be. Of course, it won't have information about anything that happened after that point, but it could still be useful for some purposes.

  • Do you think PeerTube is a mature platform for new creators?

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  • There needs to be a Fediverse platform just for viewing and commenting on videos without being a video publisher yourself. Then we'd see a lot more traffic coming to PeerTube channels. It also needs to provide a good mechanism for discovering channels you're not already aware of.

  • Featured

    What this Community is for

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  • It can be. Controlling your own devices enables you to reject planned obsolescence, which produces unnecessary e-waste. It also allows you to avoid having unwanted "generative AI" features, which are responsible for a lot of electricity and hardware consumption.

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    What this Community is for

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  • Thanks. Privacy can be one benefit of controlling your own computing. I also aim to promote subject matter that is more accessible to people with less technical expertise, whereas self-hosting seems to involve quite a bit of technical experience.

    I created the comm after realising that a lot of the problems that people are raising (very valid) concerns about in recent times (declining quality of platforms, privacy issues, etc) all stem from a root cause, that being the transfer of computing tasks to centralised platforms.

  • HomeComputing @piefed.social
    chromodynamic @piefed.social

    Kiwix - Offline reader for Wikipedia, Old Books and Technical Docs

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    What this Community is for

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  • Thanks for commenting. I checked my comment, and it seems I did just write "Internet connection" - just a mistake from rewriting the comment and not leaving it in a coherent state. Sorry about that.

    I use the Internet daily as well. I'd just like to avoid being locked-in to some remote service.

    For someone to participate in this subreddit, they only need to want to rely more on hardware/software that they control instead of those controlled by someone else. As for why they might want this - different people might have different reasons.

    A few possible reasons people might be interested:

    • They have an unreliable Internet connection
    • Concerns about the privacy implications of using centralised services
    • Centralised services can arbitrarily change their behaviour or interface at any time
    • "Smart" devices that require use of a networked app can often be less convenient than "dumb" alternatives
    • Centralised control over one's operating system can mean unwanted updates being forced on the user
    • Concerns about having access revoked due to financial difficulties or other issues

    But the community is open to members regardless of why they are interested.

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    What this Community is for

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  • Red Flags:

    • Always Online
    • User Account Sign-Up Required
    • Paid Subscription
    • Cloud Computing
    • Software-as-a-Service
  • HomeComputing @piefed.social
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    What this Community is for

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    HomeComputing

    piefed.social /c/homecomputing

  • Meet UpScrolled, the anti-censorship TikTok alternative

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  • Looks like Skylight is app-only, no website.

  • You need to stop using Brave

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  • Not the Internet, but rather the World Wide Web. The once-humble webpage has become such a complex stack of technologies that it's impossible for small dev teams to make alternatives to the established web browsers.

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  • Because I want to control my own computer. I had to pay for the device, so I should be treated as the owner, yet Microsoft and Apple act like they own people's computers, and build software that treats the computer as property of those corporations.

    I don't like tinkering just to get stuff working, so I use more user-friendly Linux distributions, and it's been very smooth.

  • The Better YouTube NOBODY Uses

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  • Replace your boss ... before they replace you

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  • The real top boss is the Chairman of the Board of Directors, although the Chairman is often appointed CEO, it doesn't always happen. The Board of Directors is made up of large shareholders - the people who actually own the company. The CEO is technically just an employee and needn't own any shares at all (although that would be extremely abnormal).

    So, there may actually be a time when a corporation's Board decides to use an "AI" as their CEO to cut costs.

  • why would my privacy settings mess with this?

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  • The real security hole is how much information the browser gives to the web server. The only thing a web server needs to know is what content the user is looking for, but sadly web browser send a ton of identifying information to the point where it's become expected behaviour and some websites won't work without it.

  • Piefed now has an emoji button in the text editor

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  • It's still useful. You can't guarantee that someone will have access to an emoji picker. I don't think it's built-in to the DE I'm writing this comment in.

  • "loops", the Fediverse Alternative for TikTok-style Short Videos, is now federating

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  • Thanks. I did try again a couple of days ago and it works now.

  • "loops", the Fediverse Alternative for TikTok-style Short Videos, is now federating

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  • How do I actually use it? I have an account, but when I go to the site it only shows me my "account dashboard" - how do I actually see what people have been posting?

  • OpenAI signs $1 trillion worth of chip deals to feed its AI habit

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  • I'm talking about the software side of things. Generative "AI" seems to be a "brute force" approach to artificial intelligence - just throwing hardware at the problem instead of finding a better approach. Given the limitations of GenAI, it just feels crazy to keep going this way. Like a sunk-cost fallacy. These are just my thoughts though, not a real scientific analysis.

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
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    Referring to Fediverse services as "Alternatives" is bad marketing

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    How to find offline alternatives to software-as-a-service and apps with unnecessary internet connections?

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
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    Are Threadiverse Platforms (Lemmy, PieFed, etc.) convenient for making official forums?

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
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    Federated Multiplayer Gaming?

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
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    Account Portability and Cryptographic Signing

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
    chromodynamic @piefed.social

    Seems like there is a problem between PieFed and the Voyager App

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
    chromodynamic @piefed.social

    Just curious, why do people sometimes choose to post to a Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed community on a different instance?