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  • iOS 26.5 Beta 4 - Discussion

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  • There's no feature in that minor update I'm looking forward to. So, no need to waste my time installing the beta versions. 🤷‍♂️

  • iOS 26.5 Beta 4 - Discussion

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  • There's also always a post about any new beta on betaprofiles.com. So far, the 26.5 Beta isn't worth it to me. I'll wait for the RC to update.

  • Voice notes are massive in some countries but not the UK - here's why

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    • are more conscious of the inconvenience the person receiving a voice note goes through.

    Yeah, I don’t get why these 10-minute-monologue people can’t just use the dictation feature instead of recording a voice message. Text I can parse and find the important bits very quickly, a voice note I have to listen to carefully and sometimes even take notes. I hate them.

  • What was the smallest python hobby project you worked on?

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  • What I did when starting out with Python: I've bought a book similar to the O'Reilly Pocket Reference and read it cover to cover to get an overview of the structure, syntax, and available objects and methods. Then started piecing my tools together by looking at other people's code and copying the bits I could use. If you want some inspiration, have a look at my Python projects.

  • Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore

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  • I was merely explaining why using a different term for the same procedure makes sense in some cases. My post was not about the general practice of manufacturers trying to prevent people from installing non-sanctioned apps.

  • Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore

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  • Everything is a computer nowadays. But the moment you make “installing random apps” an official feature, you’ll also need to provide support to your customers for this. That’s why we have devices where there’s no official way to install apps and we call the process “sideloading” instead.

  • Meshtastic

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  • Meshtastic is good for local mesh nets with a limited number of participants. If you rather want to connect to larger meshes, Meshcore is the better choice as it’s far more reliable in larger nets.

  • Alternative AppleTV clients - anyone tried them?

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  • Yeah, that rewrite doesn't sit well with me either. Thanks for investigating.

    And my gut feeling is that Neptune will also be some vibe-coded thing...

  • Alternative AppleTV clients - anyone tried them?

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  • No issues per se. I'm still mostly using Plex and have Swiftfin and Infuse installed. Just wanted to see whether I've missed a gem before trying to wean the rest of the family off of Plex.

  • Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System @lemmy.ml
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    Alternative AppleTV clients - anyone tried them?

  • Locked

    Welcome to the Fediverse where mods and admins alike will ban you for no reason whatsoever

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  • Not much to expand. Some German left-wing politicians "ordered" a report on the German right-wing party. That report was deemed "secret", so nobody was supposed to see it. Left-wing politicians told everyone that this secret report is the ultimate proof the right-wing party is extremist and can finally be forbidden and banned. Which is the part I said I doubt until there's a way for everyone to see the actual report and verify the findings. (I've compared that to "Sure, I did my homework. But then my dog ate it.")

    Someone reported me with the note "supports <name of Germany's right-wing party>". And that's that. Shadowban for life. No way to contest it or explain myself as support auto-responds with "we only answer to actual members of

    <instance>

    ".

    (And yes, that "report" leaked later and turned out to be just a collection of quotes from social media from party members. Nothing against the law and lots of quotes were taken far out of context. It was great stuff for the media for a week or two but that's it. Nothing ever came out of it.)

  • imaging question in python

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  • Locked

    Welcome to the Fediverse where mods and admins alike will ban you for no reason whatsoever

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  • I've earned a lifelong shadowban on the largest Mastodon instance just because I doubted a political paper (which later turned out to be as unsubstantial as I said it would be). And there's no way to contact support as support only answers to actual members, not people from a different instance. So, ever since, whenever I reply to someone from there, they need to approve my comment before anyone else from that instance can see it. Same for when I want to follow someone new from there. It's ridiculous.

  • What do you want out of a coding monospace font?

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  • Ligatures, slashed zeros, clearly distinguishable Il1/O0, not too big of a gap between lines, and maybe script-like italics. My current main monospace font is IosevkaTerm Nerd Font.

    I also find the idea of using retro pixel fonts interesting, but so far couldn't get myself to actually try some of the fonts mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708411 .

  • Solid-state nuclear battery claims 100-year power for ultra-low energy devices

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  • NurdRage did this 9 years ago and the mentioned NanoTritium batteries exist since 2008... so, the only big advantage of these new Ni-63 ones is their longer half life of 100 instead of 12 years, it seems.

  • Kagi brings its 'small web' of a human-only internet to mobile devices | TechCrunch

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  • Yes, besides Gopher and Gemini, “small web” usually includes traditionally coded HTML+simple CSS+handmade/small JS websites. I.e. websites that are not using a big JS framework or huge amounts of CSS.

  • What are some OpenMediaVault alternatives?

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  • There's also XPenology - a hacked Synology software to run on non-Synology systems. Awesome when you've got it running, can be somewhat adventurous and/or nerve-wrecking when a major update is due.

  • Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update

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  • But this can be used as an argument for the OS to provide a simple and anonymous “yes, this user is an adult” flag instead of having to scan your face or ID on each and every website or for every browser app.

    Also, Apple is doing TV, Music, Podcasts, so they probably need the age check for one of those.

  • Snow?? What the actual fuck?

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  • No snow but hail in West London. And only for a minute or so. Not confused, but still cold. 😁

  • mastodon.social has some serious hickups today (and lately)

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  • This is your sign to find a smaller instance and support that one instead. Or, maybe even go the selfhosting route and setup a GotoSocial instance for yourself.

  • Motorcycles @lemmy.world
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    "Yalla Habibi!" - FortNine's take on Long Way Round releases today

  • Motorbikes UK @feddit.uk
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    "Yalla Habibi!" - FortNine's take on Long Way Round releases today

  • iOS Beta @lemmy.world
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    iOS 26 RC

    Anybody got Live Translation?

  • Mastodon @lemmy.world
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    Mastodon.social shadowbanned me and there's no way to contact anyone about it

    blog.mbirth.uk /2025/05/30/mastodon-social-and-shadowbanning.html
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Selfhosted Trakt.tv alternative?