Lemmy’s new user retention rate is considerably better than Threads.

I like Lemmy and Mastodon. No ads or manipulative algorithms. Somewhat social and usually polite. Turns out that when you don’t automate the incitement of anger and invective in clever ways that people can actually be pretty civil. Whoda thunk?

recently bought 2 of the beelink mini PCs - they seem pretty solid so far - they are quite a bit more expensive than the pi but I think they offer pretty good bang for the buck for a small form factor server.

I did not know until now that it is possible to embed external images within posts and replies. I thought the only option was to upload to your instance.

this is bothersome, but if you use a VPN then at least there’s that.

otherwise it’s feasible to track captured addresses based on which posts they read by posting an external image in the post or a reply.

if you are seeing images in this post, then your client address is visible to any external image hosts.

no. the remote server will log the requests based on the client address. it is a good argument for using a vpn.

Given that they know exactly who you are, I wouldn’t get too personal with anything but it is amazing for many otherwise time-consuming problems like programming. It’s also quite good at explaining concepts in math and physics and and is capable of reviewing and critiquing student solutions. The development of this tool is not miraculous or anything - it uses the same basic foundation that all machine learning does - but it’s a defining moment in terms of expanding capabilities of computer systems for regular users.

But yeah, I wouldn’t treat it like a personal therapist, only because it’s not really designed for that, even though it can do a credible job of interacting. The original chat bot Eliza, simulated a “non directional” therapist and it was kind of amazing how people could be drawn into intimate conversations even though it was nothing like ChatGPT in terms of sophistication - it just parroted back what you asked it in a way that made it sound empathetic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

is your router’s dns definitely pointed to the pihole and was the router rebooted after that was set?

Not sure if this will help. It’s a searchable list of communities sorted by newest created community. Refreshes daily. https://lemmyfind.quex.cc/

1. After you log into your own instance, you don’t need to remember any other url, so instance urls don’t really matter - it’s just an address for the instance.
2. Less sought-after domain suffixes are significantly cheaper to register than .com and you can usually get what you want for a prefix (main reason)
3. Lemmy instances are not dot coms by nature so they may as well be something else.

The eternal question : Does a dog have buddha nature? https://buddhaweekly.com/the-gateless-gate-and-the-door-of-mu-does-a-dog-have-buddha-nature-and-other-breakthrough-koan-riddles/

Sounds like it will if Mali decides to take back .ml as Gabon apparently did for .ga. background here https://domainincite.com/28814-millions-of-domains-to-be-deleted-as-freenom-loses-its-first-tld

Connect the router’s WAN port into the cable modem. Plug your stuff into the router LAN ports or connect to the new router wifi. Set pi hole to a static address and then set the router’s DNS to point to that. Remove any secondary DNS in the router settings. Reboot everything and make sure it all works. That should be about it.

sidebar of lemmy.world (not the community) https://lemmy.world:

used it to create an animated birthday card. end result was quite good and lots quicker than coding it all manually. it’s better at basic css and javascript for layout and effects than I would be.

well, I’d venture that most people in this sub are running locally, which is quite doable. But even on a cloud instance there isn’t a lot of compute involved. The instances listed here for under USD 20/year would be fine: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/186441/from-14-95-yr-openvz-7-2-ipv4-solusvm-lax-nyj-jax-raid-10-ssd#latest

no you need a domain - if you already have one you can use a subdomain, e.g. lemmy.mydomain.com - then you deploy a server, point the (sub)domain to it, then install and configure lemmy. Then, if you’re so inclined, you can create communities on that instance that federated systems can participate in. The content is hosted on your instance but the subscribers are logging in mostly though other instances.

For any well-known software, ChatGPT – although it pains me to admit it it – is surprisingly good at providing reasonably clear installation and setup instructions.

for anyone spending a few days on Lemmy it becomes obvious that stripping off all the advertising, algorithms and gunk attaching itself to online forums makes for a much better user experience.

Meaning you’ll see what meta wants you to see. Sounds like same shit, different platform.

WaPo: Twitter has false users designed to undermine the political process by spreading manufactured outrage!!! We’re shocked! Shocked! There’s gambling going on in here!