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- Comment on Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull 8 hours ago:
Fox, who also oversees Apache Maven, a popular Java build tool, explained that its repository site is at risk of being overwhelmed by constant Git pulls. The team has dug into this and found that 82 percent of the demand comes from less than 1 percent of IPs. Digging deeper, they discovered that many companies are using open source repositories as if they were content delivery networks (CDNs). So, for example, a single company might download the same code hundreds of thousands of times in a day, and the next day, and the next. This is unsustainable.
GitHub added rate limits for unauthenticated users last year
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- ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: 'Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era'discord.com ↗Submitted 2 days ago to fediverse@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on too many creators not enough destroyers 4 days ago:
Or the reaction videos where the original video plays in the corner while the person points, nods, and makes faces
- Comment on I don't know the reason why. 1 week ago:
I should have included the tag, I made it up 😄
- Comment on I don't know the reason why. 1 week ago:
Fun fact, the ketchup chips in Canada were inspired by these
- Comment on Travelling on a flying carpet must be terrifying 1 week ago:
most depictions of magic carpet flights have the carpet move very erratically because they have a mind of their own
That might be a good thing. If you fall, the carpet will rush down to catch you
- Comment on English Wikipedia bans archive.today 1 week ago:
UBlock helps to stop that script.
Would that be by default, or do I need to enable something specific
- Comment on Dinosaur Food: 100 million year old foods we still eat today 1 week ago:
They actually start producing in April, but as there’s a non-zero chance the pine nuts from April are from felled trees, I avoid it. The species is critically endangered; eating some nuts is not a big deal, but falling the tree is.
Good to know! I’d hate for these to suddenly become a fad and then endanger the tree even more. Knowing about the issue ahead of time means that people might check for it when buying it
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- Comment on Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025 | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
The “AI” benefit boils down to humans asking it to find patterns?
“Initiatives like developer verification, mandatory pre-review checks, and testing requirements have raised the bar for the Google Play ecosystem, significantly reducing the paths for bad actors to enter,” the company’s blog post explained, adding that its “AI-powered, multi-layer protections” have been “discouraging bad actors from publishing malicious apps.”
Google noted it now runs over 10,000 safety checks on every app it publishes and continues to recheck apps after publication. The company has also integrated its latest generative AI models into the app review process, which has helped human reviewers find more complex malicious patterns faster. Google said it plans to increase its AI investments in 2026 to stay ahead of emerging
- Comment on What's wrong with my dishes? 1 week ago:
Have you been paying for your dish subscription?
- Comment on Anyone other young people into Retro Computing? 1 week ago:
I think there is a good number of people who are interested, it’s just harder to get involved in it as a hobby without having time/money to throw around.
Also this is my first post on Lemmy, so I’m sorry if this is out of place here.
Nope you’re good, and welcome :)
- Comment on The simulation is coming apart 2 weeks ago:
Does anyone have the original photos of each, especially the second one?
- Comment on Epstein Files: X Users Are Asking Grok to 'Unblur' Photos of Children 2 weeks ago:
It feels like being back on the playground
“nuh uh, my laser is 1000% more powerful”
“oh yea, mine is googleplex percent more powerful”
- Comment on How to Cut the Cord in Canada (2026): The Ultimate Guide 2 weeks ago:
This is so detailed, especially the ISP bit. Thank you!
Feel free to cross post to !canada@lemmy.ca :)
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 2 weeks ago:
I find it odd, but a lot of newer users on Reddit go with the default suggested username and those follow the
word-word-0000template.At the same time, it might be better for privacy to do that since it’s less likely that someone can track you across platforms if you use the generator built into each platform.
- Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 3 weeks ago:
Looks great!
If you end up pinning any related communities in the sidebar, there is also !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” 3 weeks ago:
I had to double-check what Deflock was for:
DeFlock’s mission is simple: to shine a light on the widespread use of ALPR technology, raise awareness about the threats it poses to personal privacy and civil liberties, and empower the public to take action.
This app makes it easy to view and report AI powered surveillance cameras, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), and other surveillance infrastructure near you.
Sharing information about where cameras are located is terrorism now?
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- Comment on 'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise 3 weeks ago:
Pretty much, that’s what I understood it to mean anyway
I assume the phrase has been used in other contexts too
- Comment on 'Fake it till you make it' insinuates fakers stop being fake, once they make it; reality seems to suggest otherwise 3 weeks ago:
I understood “making it” as accomplishing what you were pretending to be, often in the context of self-confidence
- someone is scared of public speaking and thinks they’re no good at it
- they pretend that they are someone who is good at it, in order to get through situations where they need to do public speaking
- they eventually just get good at it
- Comment on Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster 3 weeks ago:
I’m also thinking of video games:
- Comment on VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files 3 weeks ago:
Whoops, I meant to say “only downside”. Edited it
There are lots of positive differences
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Unless I misunderstood, it will eventually dry up? Investors aren’t going to be willing to give money with no returns indefinitely
- Comment on VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files 3 weeks ago:
The only difference really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.
I’ve been trying out VSIX Manager for my extensions so that I can keep track of which ones I want to install on each machine. This can make it easier to install the weird extensions that you can’t install otherwise
- Comment on Work smarter, not harder 3 weeks ago:
RadioShack is still around. Not sure how good it is.
Interestingly, it started as a mail order business in the 1920s, switched to retail stores in the 1960s, and then in 2017 it switched back to an online only / mail delivery business.
- Comment on YSK about this Italian tradition of putting corrupt politicians in a cage and dipping them in the water 3 weeks ago:
If anyone is more familiar with this, what is the culture around this like? I get the feeling that the nominations would be for scandals that are “bad” but not so “bad” that people are actually angry about it. Do people usually accept the punishment if nominated, has anyone said no?
Some interesting bits:
Before the Tonca comes the Tribunale di Penitenza (Court of Penance) during which members of the “court” name someone as deserving of being dunked in the river and make their case for the nomination. The comedic satire—which features a judge, defense attorney, prosecutor and someone playing the role of the accused—eventually finds some innocent while declaring the serious offenders guilty and condemned to the Tonca as a penalty. Reportedly, Tonca is held on the final Sunday before June 26 when the festivities come to an end. Last year, it happened on June 19 and six people were found guilty.
In today’s time, the ones who are nominated are not blasphemers but they might have done something which was scandalous or controversial. While it is mostly politicians who are nominated, this is not always the case.
Last year, the nominees were the last four presidents of the province for delaying a new hospital and a nurse who was charged with falsifying COVID test results. Not all people are nominated for serious offenses. Two politicians were put up for punishment for their opposition to a concert by popular Italian singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi.
The final verdict comes a few days later and the ones who are deemed the worst are placed inside the cage. The person is ceremoniously dunked in the river three times, just as it was done in the past.
- Comment on Where do we go from here? 3 weeks ago:
It’s hard to tell what was wrong with that post without seeing it. At the same time, we’re not a hive mind. People will disagree from time to time :)
or they need a third party APP
I’ve seen this complaint from other new users. Is there something wrong with a lack of an official app? Would it be an ok compromise for the official project to recommend some third party apps?
A lot of these projects don’t have the capacity (yet) to develop an official app on top of the main platform.
As for the recommendations
- Pixelfed is a good alternative to Instagram
- Mastodon and similar platforms are good alternatives to Twitter/X
These are harder, or there’s not as much motivation for them. The projects are still going, but they’re slower:
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Facebook: a lot of people dropped Facebook completely without replacing it with anything. The only real value is private groups and buy/sell tools, of which the first can be replaced with chat platforms and the second already has a patchwork of proprietary alternatives depending on where you are
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LinkedIn: network effect is extreme with this one since it depends on where everyone else in your field of work is hanging out. Some fields don’t use LinkedIn at all already
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Amazon: I don’t see the benefit of having a fediverse version of this? Building tools that independent stores can use to stay competitive might be better
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Spotify: Funkwhale exists, but there are some concerns around piracy. Other options are self hosting or using one of the many other proprietary streaming platforms
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Cloud storage: there are a number of alternatives ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/category/file-storage/
- Comment on People espousing that unions don't work should have a look at police unions. 3 weeks ago:
For those that haven’t read the link
A company or “yellow” union is a worker organization which is dominated or unduly influenced by an employer and is therefore not an independent trade union. Company unions are contrary to international labour law (see ILO Convention 98, Article 2).1 They were outlawed in the United States by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act §8(a)(2),2 due to their use as agents for interference with independent unions. However, company unions persist in many countries.
A company or “yellow” union is a worker organization which is dominated or unduly influenced by an employer and is therefore not an independent trade union. Company unions are contrary to international labour law (see ILO Convention 98, Article 2).1 They were outlawed in the United States by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act §8(a)(2),2 due to their use as agents for interference with independent unions. However, company unions persist in many countries.
I also didn’t know this:
Japan
Main article: Labor unions in Japan
Company unions are a mainstay of labor organization in Japan, viewed with much less animosity than in Europe or the United States. Unaffiliated with RENGO (the largest Japanese trade union federation), company unions appeal to both the lack of class consciousness in Japanese society and the drive for social status, which is often characterized by loyalty to one’s employer.25
- Comment on No low ballers, I know what I have 4 weeks ago:
Maybe it’s a banana pepper? The yellow green thing under the crust at the bottom right