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@ otter @lemmy.ca

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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • Nato ready to defend ‘every inch’ of territory as Russian drone hits Romania

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  • Neat

    Use all capitals if an abbreviation is pronounced as the individual letters: BBC, VAT, etc; if it is an acronym (pronounced as a word) spell out with initial capital, eg Nasa, Nato, unless it can be considered to have entered the language as an everyday word, such as awol, laser and, more recently, asbo, pin number and sim card. Note that pdf and plc are lowercase.

  • The LanguageTool extension will now be paid

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  • It's still FOSS, and you can either download it offline or selfhost the server if you want to use it without paying. Services cost money to run, I'm not going to ask for them to run that for free indefinitely 🤷

  • The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida

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  • Space @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida

    arstechnica.com /space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

  • You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail

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  • This is still confusing, do they mean that you can open other mailboxes on the proton mail app/web client? That would be nice if implemented well

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    PeerTube 8.2 Video Platform introduces channel ownership transfers, live stream catch-up support, Studio editing improvements, and admin updates

    linuxiac.com /peertube-8-2-video-platform-adds-channel-ownership-transfers/

  • Human proof for FOSS contributions

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  • This makes a lot of sense, but it might take some getting used to. I think people are more self-critical and embarrassed about their coding ability and mistakes than they should be, and they might worry about all that being public.

  • DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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  • Assuming this is about duck.ai, I didn't know they got shit for it. People I've talked to generally enjoy having that option available. It's free and about as private as you can get with the current LLM chatbots, unless you self host one yourself.

    At least until Confer gets off the ground. Once that happens, I'm hoping DDG switches to a similar model

    https://confer.to/blog/2026/01/private-inference/

  • DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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  • That's a bit of a stretch?

    People who pay for Kagi likely tried the trial and found the results to be far enough better than google/microslop that they are willing to pay for the ongoing service. Or they want to support a business model that isn't based around the advertising industry, so that someday Kagi can realistically compete with the incumbents. I don't need to search for things often enough to justify the cost, but I know people who use it for work and consider it to be worth the cost.

    Meanwhile people who bought NFTs thought that they could sell a copy of a digital image for lots of money.

  • DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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  • I think they're talking about DDG, not google

  • Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi over gambling licences

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  • I'm surprised it took this long. The skill argument makes no sense, since you could just as easily try to apply it to any form of traditional gambling.

  • Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes [Video]

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  • The article speculates that this isn't intentional by Motorola. I've also seen mentions speculating a compromised library

    Secondly, we can speculate as to what’s going on – and that’s what the following is, speculation and conjecture. While many would quickly, understandably, point the finger at Motorola here, my gut says something else is going on, and that it might not be a decision Motorola actually planned out. The redirect through a seemingly fake website and affiliate code of an influencer that has no obvious ties to Motorola is just too bizarre to ignore.

  • Created the android app I wanted for Frigate, want to test?

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  • My bad, I missed that 😄

  • Created the android app I wanted for Frigate, want to test?

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  • The links are dead for me, maybe it's set to private? The first one doesn't open anything, and the second one takes me to a login page

  • these eco-facist stickers

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  • From what we can see on our end, this account doesn't match the pattern of the other harassment accounts

  • Flatpak’s Future May Leave Non-systemd Distros Behind

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  • They're somewhat sandboxed, likely to be up to date, and it behaves similarly across different machines. It's nice for GUI programs that don't need access to the wider system, and it won't mess with anything else that I already have installed. I guess it would have similar pros and cons as containerization with Podman/Docker?

    I get the vast majority of my GUI programs from Flathub. I didn't know there was a controversy with it, other than just wanting a different way of doing things.

  • How to get started with pixelfed?

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  • Expanding on a few areas that the other comment didn't cover:

    1. It has a focus on federation with Mastodon, and so you can take advantage of that whole side of the fediverse. For Lemmy, you can tag a community (as if you were tagging a person) and it will show up there. You can't tag a bunch of communities though, and I imagine that is to prevent spam. If you view a Pixelfed user on here, you will only see the posts that tagged a specific community. I'm hoping that changes in the future. Pixelfed was also exploring their own implementation of groups / communities, but it will likely be a while before that is implemented.

    2. It does have DMs

    3. For culture, you could see the results of a census we ran: https://fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults#_3-2-pixelfed-related-questions

    Generally I would say

    • post as much as you want to
    • if you post something you sourced from elsewhere, just mention it and give credit where its due. People won't complain unless you are lying or trying to take credit for someone else's work
  • Removed

    Wouldn’t it make more sense for Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Foggy Nelson to be prosecutors or civil rights lawyers instead of defense attorneys?

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  • That might actually work for a chaotic storyline with an antihero version of Two-Face. The dichotomous nature is baked into the character, maybe even too rigidly

  • Featured

    YSK Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

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  • Odd, its a pretty old website so maybe something broke. Looks like they have issues with their certificate or something

    When I manually edit it to https, I needed to accept the risk to see it

  • Featured

    YSK Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

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  • Featured

    YSK Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

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  • Voyager @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Lemmy v1.0.0 is in open beta testing now, and has released the new API v4 for app developers

    lemmy.ml /post/47547535
  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Lemmy v1.0.0 is in open beta testing now, and has released the new API v4 for app developers

    lemmy.ml /post/47547535
  • Boost for Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Lemmy v1.0.0 is in open beta testing now, and has released the new API v4 for app developers

    lemmy.ml /post/47547535
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Announcing the Zulip Foundation

    blog.zulip.com /2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Turns out I have been updating wrong all this time! 🤦🏼

    the.unknown-universe.co.uk /tech-stories/update-conundrum/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Zulip 12.0: Organized chat for distributed teams

    blog.zulip.com /2026/04/27/zulip-12-0-released/
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Zulip 12.0: Organized chat for distributed teams

    blog.zulip.com /2026/04/27/zulip-12-0-released/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Lemmyvision 3: Vote for Canada's submission to the contest

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    GitHub - minio/minio: "This repository was archived by the owner on Apr 25, 2026. It is now read-only."

    github.com /minio/minio
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    Next Gen

    Framework Laptop 13 Pro and highlights from the Framework

    frame.work /blog/framework-laptop-13-pro-and-highlights-from-the-framework-next-gen-event
  • World News @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

    apnews.com /article/japan-earthquake-tsunami-0746aebae49fc6cc37e20836ca37d570
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What tool would you recommend to mirror Lemmyvision music playlists across different platforms?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    CLOSED

    Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Claude Code Unpacked: A visual guide of 'What actually happens when you type a message into Claude Code'

    ccunpacked.dev
  • Malicious Compliance @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles

    sightlessscribbles.com /posts/the-paperwork-flood/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    RESULTS: Fedecan 2025 Instance Census

    fedecan.ca /en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults
  • Lemmy.ca's Main Community @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    Featured

    RESULTS: Fedecan 2025 Instance Census

    fedecan.ca /en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults