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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 :)

  • Insider trading was massively underestimated: 52% of ‘long shot’ Polymarket bets on military action were successful

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  • Why wouldn't they, it doesn't seen like anyone is facing consequences for it.

  • Hi Everyone, l've created this community to dedicate it to the people of South Asian origin. If you are one, please post in your own language. If you're not, please feel free to comment on the posts.

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  • The Dutch government just built its own GitHub

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  • News headlines are usually worded in a way that's accessible to most people, and then the article can go into detail about the topic. The other commenter said nothing about how products should or shouldn't be named. By "the wrong thing", they likely meant "things that the average person can recognize, but is not the best way to introduce the topic".

    People who haven't heard of Forgejo will scroll past a headline that says "The German government has started a Forgejo instance", even if they were interested in the topic. They could have also said "code repository", but it's not as eye catching as "GitHub", a name and logo that a lot of people have seen before.

    Also GitHub is the incumbent that is being replaced, and is relevant to the discussion

  • This is what they took from us.

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  • Nigeria’s military backs local startup unveiling drones, mine-clearing vehicles

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  • Mine clearing robots are neat, but strapping a gun to one seems problematic 🫤

  • Nestled in a Cloud

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  • The eyes are closed as if to say resignedly

    "Goodbye cruel fluffy world."

  • TIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy water

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  • The earliest known reference to a vending machine is in the work of Hero of Alexandria, an engineer and mathematician in first-century Roman Egypt. His machine accepted a coin and then dispensed wine2 or holy water.3 When the coin was deposited, it fell upon a pan attached to a lever. The lever opened a valve which let some wine flow out. The pan continued to tilt with the weight of the coin until it fell off, at which point a counterweight snapped the lever up and turned off the valve.

    Neat

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    What is the funniest fucking thing you've ever heard or read?

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  • Take part in a study on AI Resistance

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  • No problem! I can confirm that we received a verification from a University of Toronto email address.

  • A tiny terminal Pomodoro timer I made for myself in Python

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  • That comment is helping potential users vet your project before they use it, since not everyone has the motivation to go into the repo and take a look

  • Take part in a study on AI Resistance

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  • I'm seeing some reports on this post from people who are suspicious about its legitimacy. It looks to be the same format as other Canadian university studies I've seen, and the fediverse is the right place to find people for such a study. To me it looks legitimate.

    Maybe I can do a verification from the admin side? If you can send us an email from your institution account to support@lemmy.ca, I can leave a comment confirming that you are indeed from UofT.

    You could also post this in !reddit@lemmy.world

  • A Tribute to Attribution - Chainsawsuit, November 23, 2011

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  • Did they also promote the attribution removal?

  • DeepSeek ditches Nvidia for Huawei chips in V4 launch

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  • America decides to tariff anyone using Chinese technology

    America already decides to tariff countries regardless of what they're doing

  • I used wget on Ubuntu to clone pages from piefed to build Zyke, a Reddit alternative

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  • Why don't you just implement federation normally instead of taking this roundabout way of doing things? As long as your site contributes content back, and makes it clear where content is from, other projects like piefed and lemmy would be happy to have your project join the network.

    Continuing like this will likely get you IP blocked from wherever you're mirroring content from.

    Also these platforms are open source. You are allowed to copy and modify things for your own projects, as long as you follow the basic rules in the license.

  • How to explain to a tech illiterate how Mastodon works?

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  • Similar to what other comments have said, we created this page to go over the basic analogy to email and phone numbers:

    https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started

    For the people who are really unfamiliar with tech, I research an instance for them and make a recommendation. All they need to do is make an account as they usually do.

  • What Lemmy Client are you Android users using in 2026?

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  • New strat about to happen 🚨

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  • Types of Board Game— I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion

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  • What happens in family game night stays in family game night

  • Framework Laptop 13 Pro and highlights from the Framework [Next Gen]

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  • I haven't seen that yet

  • Buy Canadian @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Canada Grows a Hell of a Lot of Lentils. Why Won’t We Eat Them?

    thewalrus.ca /canada-grows-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-lentils-why-wont-we-eat-them/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    AT Protocol - Bluesky PBC Dominance Index

    burningtree.github.io /bsky-dominance/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    TIL that soda crackers were shipped in barrels, and that's where the name of the store came from

    www.tastingtable.com /1947515/what-cracker-barrel-name-means/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    What strategy would you use to estimate the number of hazelnuts

  • Public Health @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Comparative Analysis of Tuberculosis Management in Indigenous North Canada and Alaska, USA from 1950s to 2019

    www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0168851025001770
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Super | Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    A problem and a solution

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    When it comes to topic lists / multi-communities, how will Lemmy and Piefed differ?

  • Community Promo @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca
    meta

    Updated the sidebar to clean up the wording and remove some redundant/outdated links, rules, and images

  • Buy Canadian @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Rakuten.ca Launches Interac e-Transfer Payouts

    www.montrealgazette.com /press-releases/globe-newswire/article1072691.html
  • Community Promo @lemmy.ca
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Sandwich-Posting: 'Post pics of and discuss the holiest food. Sandwiches'

    sh.itjust.works /c/SandwichPosting
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    In the Bin | Poorly Drawn Lines

  • World News @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts

    www.abc.net.au /news/2025-08-02/indonesian-volcano-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-erupts/105603868
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Eat | Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    You’re Trash | Poorly Drawn Lines

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    Excuse Me, Spider | Poorly Drawn Lines

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    'Disjunction' - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    'Number One' - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    'Number One' - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
    Otter @lemmy.ca

    'Flettner Rotor' - xkcd