

God, this video makes me feel old. The fact that folks can be confused about how a federated service works boggles my mind. I mean, I get it. Walled gardens have been the default for 20 years now. But still.
God, this video makes me feel old. The fact that folks can be confused about how a federated service works boggles my mind. I mean, I get it. Walled gardens have been the default for 20 years now. But still.
I know Voyager does, at least on iOS. I would suspect most of them do.
Generally speaking, you’re not wrong. But I’d say it also depends on the use case and your threat environment. If it’s not publicly exposed, I’m generally OK with running an older version of software. In the case of chat software, for instance, it would have to be available only on local network or a private VPN like Tailscale. That can limit its usefulness though.
Revert to an older version?
Your good if:
It’s a toss up if:
And you’re screwed if:
Self hosted in this instance means anything that installs and runs completely locally or on your own personal servers. If someone else’s servers are required I would count it as cloud. Phone apps generally count as “cloud” in this instance.
So they have. Even under President Trump that is good news.
That’s certainly one of the more aggressive Marine Corps ads I’ve seen in a while.
From my understanding most of the military branches have been missing their recruitment targets for some time, to the point where it is likely to start impacting their operational capability at some point in the near future. If I remember correctly, the Air Force was the only branch that actually hit their targets. I first noticed an uptick in recruitment advertising about 2ish years ago. Wasn’t too surprising given what we were learning (again) from the Ukraine War.
This seems more blatantly aimed at those seeking violence or views the use of violence romantically, but that does match the Marine Corps purpose and ethos. They are the hammer of the US international politics. They don’t do subtle.
Growing up, my mom had a sweater she got from my dad (I think) that read “If it absolutely must be destroyed overnight, U.S. Marines”, a play on the US postal service slogan from around the same time period.
For Windows, Exact Audio Copy has been the standard for some time. In Linux, what I run, I tend to use Ruby Ripper which should be available in most repositories.
Either path ends with me adjusting the tags using Picard. Which reminds me, it’s been a few years, I need to check and see if there are any new rippers available for Linux.
Possibly. The listing seems to mostly consist of things I’ve never heard of, or would be interested in watching for that matter.
Could he? Certainly, his actions certainly seem to fit the text of the law. Will he, under this administration? <laughter> That would be an incredibly cold day in hell.
Perhaps the next administration might pursue charges, but that’s still quite unlikely.
Depends what you call tech. I’ve been looking for a salt nic vape (say 10 watts) in the 1 ohm range with a easily replaceable battery for the last year. Bonus points if it doesn’t leak to hell and gone. Haven’t had a whole lot of luck with that so far.
Pretty much any portable device with a standard type, user replaceable battery. God bless Ryobi and the other power tool companies for building weird but useful tools beyond power drills. All with replaceable batteries.
At one point I was looking for any type robust portable storage media that had reasonable storage capacity and good shelf life (2+ years), and was large enough to actually write on a label what was on it. So far the closest I’ve seen since 2005 have been the portable SSDs and the newish USB m.2 enclosures but that’s still not quite what I’m looking for. Too large and non-standardized. Gave up on it several years ago and built a publicly accessible Nextcloud server. Yes I’m an old fart, dislike cloud storage and miss the floppy, Zip and Mini-Disk storage formats. I currently have a dozen mystery jump drives sitting on my desk in a 3d printed rack with only the vaguest clue whats on any of them. Most of them so small you can’t even put a key tag on them. I hate it.
A reliable multi port (4 or more) USB-C charger that can output 65+ watts on all of its ports at the same time.
A reliable source for 100w USB-c 3.x PD cables that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Anker makes good PD cables but tops out at USB 2.whatever.
Pretty sure more would come to mind if I sat and though about it for a while, but I’ve got to head to work now.
For a long time, many companies treated the SSN as a sort of secure password that only the individual would know. Some companies still do. Others, like schools and the military, just treated it like what it is. A unique id number. If you know name, address and SSN, it’s possible to do a lot of different things that can create headaches for the person who was targeted. New credit cards, bank accounts, loans, transferred utilities, rental agreements.
Because the social security number has become the default way to uniquely identify an individual in the US despite the fact that it was never intended for that function.
What could possibly go wrong! /s
I myself yearn to still be able to buy analog and mechanical things (varying, obvs; i.e im in good health so i dont need an electric salt shaker, etc) but they’re weirdly uncommon now, you just cant repair electrics the same :( (through random prodding, lol)
Digital gear is cheaper, lighter, and FAR more compact. The trade off is that it just doesn’t last as long. As for repair, It’s not really more difficult (so long as you can get the chips), it’s just a different skill set is required than in the past. Gen Z would be baffled looking at an old tube amp or spring reverb. God help them if they dug into an old Pinball or DJ machine from the 60’s or 70’s.
thank you for the appraising method reccomendation! I did also wanna quickly say that when I say local I don’t mean ‘artisinal’ but more 'i would rather avoid shipping costs, unneeded transport (for sustainanility reasons), and if you source things overseas, it’s likely a bigger name i.e, prone to enshittification. Is that odd?
I get you. I’m part of that supply chain, drive a truck for a living.
Not sure where your from, but here in the US it is almost impossible to buy locally made for anything except services. Manufacturing is too thinly spread out, assuming you can even find something US made. Best we can do here is to try and buy from local suppliers where possible, which for many of the things I often need is not always possible.
should I bite the bullet and even buy second hand from overseas?
Secondhand junk is still junk. Though, if you can get it for a reasonable price you might get some use of it and delay it’s trip to the dump. Though it has to be extremely discounted for me to bite.
also, I’ve tried looking at surplus, but it’s really hard to sort through (feels like its your mentioned cheap chinese copies), or is being sold for ‘collecting’ (i.e vintage and very expensive)
Military surplus is VERY regional. Here in the US, most of the Cold War surplus got sold off back in the early 2000’s. Iraq and Afghanistan didn’t generate nearly the build up of excess material that Vietnam did, hence the slim pickings. Given the World landscape, I’d say the picking will be slim for a good long while.
Like others have said it depends what you are looking for, but durable goods still exist. I’m generally on the look for tech but digital tech isn’t really going to be BIFL no matter what and no one really makes analog or mechanical tech anymore. Asking around in this community and others like it for suggestions for specific things that you are looking for may be your best bet. Additionally, some folks like myself will occasionally write up a review on something that they have bough new that has the makings of being durable.
Basically what I look for is how “stout” does the thing feel (does it feel like it might fall apart just looking at it?), will it fail gracefully (will it remain somewhat functional even if parts of it have failed), how difficult will it be to repair (in the case of tech how is it sealed and are parts available), and what is the reputation of the company in question (do they make trash or do their things last a while). Edit: Another thing I look for is, is the thing overly complicated in design. The simpler it is made the more likely it is to survive the kind of abuse I am likely to put it through.
As for locally made, I wouldn’t worry about that overly much. Just because something was “Artisanally crafted” does not mean that it was necessarily well made.
You mentioned clothing specifically so I’ll put in a good word for Carhartt’s work wear. Most of their stuff that I’ve owned has been destroyed through actual abusive use and not shoddy workmanship. I can also vouch for Saddleback Leather, at least as of about 10 years ago. The bags I’ve bought from them are still going strong despite borderline abusive treatment by me. Not sure of their current reputation though and their owner is a bit “odd”. Military surplus also tends to be well made, assuming it is actual surplus. I’ve seen multiple examples here in the US where cheap Chinese copies have been put on the shelves and called surplus, particularly with uniforms and bags.
For tools, I’m fond of Husky and Kobalt hand tools and Ryobi power and yard tools, though in truth I haven’t had to buy new tools in 10-ish years, Though I did just have a Ryobi leaf blower die on me after 6 years service. Still debating with myself whether to replace it with another Ryobi blower or begin transitioning to Ego. Which is another tool company I hear very good things about.
The first one that comes to mind is the order on birthright citizenship. Most of others I’ve looked into are in the borderlands of maybe. I seem to recall LegalEagle did a video on it, but I haven’t seen it yet. Haven’t had time.
Here’s the video if you’re interested.
And your just now figuring this out. 🤨
So this is my third go at replying. First attempt was damn near collage level. Second attempt found me rewriting the Internet for Dummies book that originally taught me about how the internet works when I was 10. Seriously, if you can find a copy of that particular edition, give it a read. It’s the third edition from 1995. You may need help from !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to find it though.
Honestly, the Fediverse has the same problem that the internet itself has. That is that it is far easier to just use than it is to explain what it is but the fediverse and the internet itself work almost exactly the same way, at least at the user level.
I’m going to completely ignore everything under the hood for the sake of simplicity. Additionally I’m going to over simplify to the point of inaccuracy, because it gets really complicated really quickly once you scratch the surface.
Imagine a spider web. Each point where the web interconnects is a server. Each server on that web can communicate with every other server on that web (don’t ask how, that’s part of the bit we are ignoring).
Now each fediverse service is kinda on its own web. Lemmy is on one web, Mastodon is on another, Pixelfed another, websites, email, Matrix, NextCloud, XMPP, IRC, Gopher, Usenet, and a million more are each on their own little webs.
It doesn’t really matter which Lemmy server you pick to join the conversation on Lemmy but your account is only with that server. But because that server is a part of the Lemmy web you can talk to anyone that is also on that web.
That’s the best Eli5 explanation I can give. It’s not particularly accurate because anything, any system, involving more than about 3 people will contain more exceptions than rules. And the fediverse has a lot more than 3 people in it.
My advice for new users on the fediverse is, once you have decided what service (Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, email, or whatever) either join a server that is most in line with your interests, or look up the largest servers of that service and pick one from the lower end of the top 20.