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I have to teach my daughter different things than my son
  • I could go on and on, but I am pretty sure all this is just “misogyny” and I need to read certain theory and I need to surround myself with feminists who are thirsty to oppress men at all costs.

    Feminists are not "hungry to oppress men at all costs". You have no idea what feminism is, and its clear you're getting all your information about it from right-wing chuds. I recommend reading more books and actually engaging with feminist theory, rather than watching anti-feminist / manosphere troll channels. There are plenty of resources we can recommend, that you should read before going on these rants.

    Tread carefully, because we will not hesitate to issue temp ban for misogyny. Follow Mao's advice here: No investigation, no right to speak.

  • What drew you to the high seas?
  • The pirates innovated and made content available long before the corporations did.

    Before streaming services took off, it was the only way to get movies and music (besides some IRC rooms). There were even a few golden years where movies would get leaked to torrents in full quality, before the theatrical release.

    Music too was easier to find on napster, limewire, and torrents, than your local music store.

  • if you are here now, you will find joy
  • Classic orientalist moment, can't even get the country right when the president is right there in the picture.

  • Why FOSS projects are using proprietary, privacy invasive infrastructure?
  • I like codeberg, but they also removed a torrent project I was working on because it didn't comply with german law. Kind of unavoidable when you use any centralized service, especially in a country that's severely anti-piracy.

  • Why FOSS projects are using proprietary, privacy invasive infrastructure?
  • This is the main reason why we haven't moved lemmy's repo there (yet). Most of the devs are on board with leaving github tho at some point.

  • Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work
  • You must buy iphone, borger, and ford f-150 or the american economy will collapse. /s

  • President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China.
  • If you go into any USonian home, probably at least 60% of the products are made in China.

  • Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
  • They went over a year without publishing their server updates. And how do you know signal is running the code they say they are? Do you trust them?

  • Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
  • Signal can't see who is texting who. They can't see which groups you are part of. Those information are end to end encrypted, same as your chats itself, your profile picture, your stories, etc.

    This is completely false. They can absolutely see who is texting who, in fact they need it to be able to route messages. They have message timestamps, and phone numbers stored in their database.

    Question, why do you "trust" signal? You can't see what code their centralized server is running, unlike matrix which you can self-host and build from source. You don't have to "trust" matrix, you can verify it for yourself.

  • Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
  • Kind of wild that you use Haiti as an example here, considering the european genocide of the Taino people, as well as the european importation of african slaves, two groups that didn't speak european languages, and had their languages erased by the same process you're advocating for.

  • Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
  • So why are you advocating for the displacement of the majority of the world's language families based on european languages popularity it gained through colonial displacement?

    The majority of the world don't speak european languages.

  • President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China.
  • China is mostly building rail to solve its transportation issues, so this is completely unsurprising.

  • Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
  • Aren't you Irish? You know the English colonizers did their best to wipe out the Irish language and replace it with the one you're advocating for right???

  • Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
  • Recognizeable for whom, is the question. The majority of IALs to date have had a highly eurocentric vocabulary, so they can't be recognizeable to even a plurality of the world.

  • Lemmy Development Update 2024-04-26
  • Erps, my bad.

  • Lemmy Development Update 2024-05-11
  • Probably too soon to say, but hopefully.

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml Dessalines @lemmy.ml
    President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China.
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    Lemmy Development Update 2024-05-11

    Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

    We're readying the release of Lemmy v0.19.4 in the upcoming weeks, but still have a few more issues to address, and testing that needs to be done. If you'd like to help us test betas to help find issues, you can go to https://voyager.lemmy.ml for the newest beta, or run your own test ones locally from our beta docker tags.

    Please do not run unreleased builds in production, as these could cause issues which require some manual intervention to fix.

    We've also added a few github milestones for our upcoming releases, to keep track of what we'll be working on, but you can also look at our pending pull requests.

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    @ticoombs converted our docker upgrade script to the newer version, and has been readying lemmy-ansible for the next release.

    @dullbananas optimized the actor language inserts, and fixed an issue with triggers locking the tables.

    @sleepless Removed an unecessary login step from our crates.io publish, fixed a deprecated reliance on encoding.rs, fixed an issue with onBlur in lemmy-ui, and added a dependency on lemmy-rs-client for lemmy-ui-leptos, which included a lot of structural changes. Fixed an issue with broken direct messages in lemmy-ui, and a bug with newly-created communities.

    @nutomic added setting the show_nsfw site setting based on content_warning, fixed an issue with Discourse federation, added NodeBB federation, fixed an issue with crashes for missing domains, added wordpress federation, fixed an issue with early exits when only running scheduled tasks, added a timeout on incoming activities, and made instance.preferred_username optional.

    @dessalines fixed an issue with broken community outboxes, fixed an issue with search returning deleted / removed posts. The liked_only for GetPosts now doesn't return your own items, making this more usable to show a history of your likes.

    Support development

    @dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

    If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml Dessalines @lemmy.ml
    President Biden says Hamas is motivated by "ancient desires" to eliminate Jews
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    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml Dessalines @lemmy.ml
    President Biden gives speech this morning condemning pro-Palestinian college protesters as anti-semitic and violent.

    "Order must prevail"

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    Lemmy Development Update 2024-04-26

    Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

    We're readying the release of Lemmy v0.19.4 in the upcoming weeks, but still have a few performance and front-end issues to address. If you'd like to help us test betas to help find issues, you can go to https://voyager.lemmy.ml for the newest beta, or run your own test ones locally from our beta docker tags.

    Please do not run unreleased builds in production, as these could cause issues which require some manual intervention to fix.

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    @snan fixed parent comment context links.

    @matc-pub added mixins to simplify tippy popups and scroll-restoration, and conditional rendering to lemmy-ui. Also fixed deselecting community / creator filter for the search form. Added blur server-side-rendering by default for content-warning sites.

    @sleepless added an adult consent popup to lemmy-ui, to account for the new site.content_warning field. Fixed an issue with fallback images. Prevent video embeds from displaying, for content-warning sites. Added a way to view historical mod actions done on a single post or comment.

    @dullbananas moved the SQL triggers out of migrations, and into a reusable SQL file. This will really help with fixing / tweaking database triggers.

    @dessalines fixed extra modlog entries when filtering by post or comment id, removed the scheme from URL blocks to prevent duplicate http / https regex matches, made all single-row database fetches return an Option so as to catch the missing case more explicitly, created a LocalImageView so that front ends can better handle listing media. Also added the image upload views for users and admins to lemmy-ui. Full federated usernames are also always shown now for non-local users. Added vote display mode preferences to lemmy-ui, with upvotes / downvotes as the default. Added a banned indicator to the view votes popup.

    @nutomic and @kroese have been fixing / tweaking thumbnail generation.

    Support development

    @dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

    If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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    Lemmy Development Update 2024-04-12

    Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

    @snan fixed parent comment linking when not showing context in lemmy-ui in #2417.

    @matc-pub fixed deselecting community/creator filter for search form in #2416.

    @aeharding fixed incorrectly escaped user data export JSON in lemmy-ui.

    @kroese added a fix for the pictrs image mode setting.

    @richardj added a comment margin to lemmy-ui.

    @tracyspace fixed unecessarily duped notifications.

    @jim-taylor-business added ignoring lemmy config based on an ENV var. Has also been working on lemmy-ui-leptos.

    @dullbananas optimized set featured posts, added more test coverage.

    @SleeplessOne1917 added url blocking and post hiding to lemmy-ui and has, more generally, been preparing lemmy-ui to support the 0.19.4 features added to the backend. He has also been working on lemmy-ui-leptos.

    @dessalines added alt text and custom thumbnail to lemmy-ui. Fixed private message sort order. Fixed the docker release.. Partially fixed custom thumbnail updates.. Fixed a bug where comment notifs wouldn't be sent to blocked instances.. Changed defaults on user vote display mode to upvotes + downvotes. Converted many Result<..., LemmyError> into LemmyResult. #4614.

    @nutomic added metadata and thumbnail fetching in the background. Added caching of LocalSite::read. Added ignoring of old federated post edits.. Changed exponential backoff for federation sends.. Added a test for fetching from a local url. Fixed a wrongly merged breaking change related to public_key, and reduced api cache duration.

    Support development

    @dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

    If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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    Jerboa v0.0.66-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.66-alpha Release · LemmyNet/jerboa

    What's Changed Removing cardano, this was never used. by @dessalines in #1467 Moving to new LemmyNet repo. by @dessalines in #1470 Add tr locales by @mikropsoft in #1477 Fix Saved comments header ...

    Release Jerboa v0.0.66-alpha Release · LemmyNet/jerboa
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    [Poll] What should be Lemmy's default way of displaying votes?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14068273

    > We're adding the ability to customize this in the upcoming release, but I'm wondering what people think would be a good default. > > The 4 pieces of showable/hideable info are: Upvotes, Downvotes, Score, and Upvote %. > > In Jerboa, I had a temporary default (until the next lemmy release), of Score + Upvote %, but people seem to dislike this a lot. > > I'll check back on this in a week to see the result.

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    [Poll] What should be Lemmy's default way of displaying votes?

    We're adding the ability to customize this in the upcoming release, but I'm wondering what people think would be a good default.

    The 4 pieces of showable/hideable info are: Upvotes, Downvotes, Score, and Upvote %.

    In Jerboa, I had a temporary default (until the next lemmy release), of Score + Upvote %, but people seem to dislike this a lot.

    I'll check back on this in a few days to see the result.

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    Jerboa v0.0.65-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.65-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa

    What's Changed Prevents posts from reloading when changing the comments sorting by @rodrigo-fm in #1462 Fix email required error when saving user settings when no email set on email required insta...

    Release Jerboa v0.0.65-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa
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    Lemmy Development Update 2024-03-29

    Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

    @sunaurus fixed our rate-limiter and is working on federation of local site bans.

    @SleeplessOne1917 added banned_from_community to post and comment views. Added a matrix account link to the create private message form. User emails are now shown for registration applications, to stop spam emails. Worked on notifying users when they're banned from a community.

    @matc-pub reworked and cleaned up lemmy-ui's query parsing.

    @rodrigo-fm added a loading skeleton for posts / comments to lemmy-ui.

    @phiresky and @dullbananas have been doing a lot of work reviewing PRs, and finishing up current ones.

    @nutomic worked on generating post thumbnail/metadata in background, deleting old avatar/banner/icon's when uploading a new one. On registration, automatically set content languages from accept-language headers. Migrated apub block activity to standard endTime property and deprecate expires. Added delete user field removeData to apub assets. Fixed handling of apub downvotes.

    @dessalines has worked on fixing some issues with Woodpecker, our CI, deleting a person's local images on account deletion., adding a listMedia endpoint for users and admins to view local image uploads. Also added a creator_banned_from_community to vote views, and fixed an issue with comment replies being wrongly marked as read.. Also made jerboa use a new preference library.

    Support development

    @dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

    If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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    Jerboa v0.0.64-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.64-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa

    What's Changed Add community mods and admins to sidebars. Fixes #1343 by @dessalines in #1450 Subscriptions list ignores case when sorting by @MV-GH in #1457 Moving to a new preferences library. b...

    Release Jerboa v0.0.64-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa
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    Lemmy Development Update 2024-03-15

    Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

    We failed to publish the update last Friday as scheduled, so this update contains more changes than usual. We also added @dullbananas as maintainer for the Lemmy backend repo.

    @matc-pub reduced the amount of data that needs to be fetched by the browser for rendering lemmy-ui, by loading only translations which are actually used.

    @flamingo-cant-draw added a URL Blocklist, to prevent link spamming.

    @SleeplessOne exposed Lemmy errors in the Rust API. In lemmy-ui he added a badge for number of local subscribers to a community and added a UI to see and edit community visibility. In the leptos UI, he made the UI use the lemmy-client crate for API requests.

    @Nutomic fixed synchronization of featured posts. He added a 'delete content' checkbox for account deletion which was missing from previous releases. He also fixed various bugs related to password reset, signed fetch from Mastodon, search listing type, password reset and 2FA. He updated the federation library with security improvements. Added dont require leading ! or @ for webfinger resolve. Fixed video thumbnail generation.. Added including an apub hashtag with a post.

    @Dessalines added a new API endpoint for users to hide posts. He made various moderation improvements, such as removing content from local communities when a remote user is banned or purged, viewing mod action history and report history for specific posts and comments. Additionally he added an alt_text field for posts, and a new user setting for vote display mode. Also added extra fields to PostReport and CommentReport views. Has also, along with @MV-GH, been making many improvements to Jerboa.

    In personal news, @nutomic's daugher will be born next month. Afterwards he will take a break from Lemmy to take care of her for some months.

    Support development

    @dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

    If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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    Jerboa v0.0.63-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.63-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa

    What's Changed Fix Strikethrough rendering by @MV-GH in #1445 Fix migrations 1 by @dessalines in #1446 Correcting a few wrong defaults. by @dessalines in #1448 Full Changelog: 0.0.62...0.0.63

    Release Jerboa v0.0.63-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa
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    Jerboa v0.0.62-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.62-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa

    What's Changed Fix issues caused by edge to edge by @MV-GH in #1443 Fix migration changing the the app settings by @MV-GH in #1442 Full Changelog: 0.0.61...0.0.62

    Release Jerboa v0.0.62-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa
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    Jerboa v0.0.61-alpha Release
    github.com Release Jerboa v0.0.61-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa

    What's Changed Upgrading git-cliff init. by @dessalines in #1387 Adding legal / privacy policy info. by @dessalines in #1382 Bump deps + Update baselines profiles by @MV-GH in #1389 Fix sizing by ...

    Release Jerboa v0.0.61-alpha Release · dessalines/jerboa
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