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withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto Technology@beehaw.org•YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blockingEnglish1·2 years agoPeertube just doesn’t have the content.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Technology@beehaw.org•Is Jerboa for Lemmy crashing for anyone else?1·2 years agoJerboa: what version? Server: what version?
Latest Jerboa is 0.37-alpha. Latest server: 0.18.1 (?)
Servers running 0.17 (and below) don’t play nicely with Jerboa 0.36 and later.
Jerboa 0.36 had a lot of problems, that 0.37 fixed.
I’m running Jerboa 0.37 and finding it great.
But if you don’t like it, try connect, liftoff to thunder or another. I haven’t kept track of all the new apps.
The web interface works well to.
I’ve tried to like Mastodon, but each time I end up deleting my account in frustration, vowing never again. Mastodon is horrible to use, and they like it that way.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto World News@beehaw.org•Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it16·2 years ago“Many of you may wonder how we have a search team that’s iterating and building all this new stuff and yet somehow, users are still not quite happy,” Raghavan reportedly said.
Their search has been getting worse and worse for a long time before the Reddit protest.
withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto Technology@beehaw.org•Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fakeEnglish5·2 years agoOnly the bots knew of it.
withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto World News@beehaw.org•Janitor heard 'annoying alarms' and turned off freezer, ruining 20 years of school research worth $1 million, lawsuit says | CNNEnglish4·2 years agoSpecially as:
A warning was posted on the freezer, according to the court filing.
“THIS FREEZER IS BEEPING AS IT IS UNDER REPAIR. PLEASE DO NOT MOVE OR UNPLUG IT. NO CLEANING REQUIRED IN THIS AREA. YOU CAN PRESS THE ALARM/TEST MUTE BUTTON FOR 5-10 SECONDS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MUTE THE SOUND,”
withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto World News@beehaw.org•Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report saysEnglish2·2 years agoAll the triumphant renewable growth headlines are giving people a false sense they renewables are replacing fossil fuels.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Technology@beehaw.org•Users Have Had It With Reddit...But Are PowerlessEnglish9·2 years agoThey are not powerless. They have their own choice. Stop going there!
Break/brake
Write one long block of text, no punctuation, capitalization or paragraph breaks.
The masterclass link is blocked for me “unreviewed content” with a use the official app message.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Technology@beehaw.org•Civil Rights Defenders launches Off.guard - the first tool created to share vital information when internet shuts down4·2 years agoTook a long time following links to find:
In order for off.guard to work properly make sure to activate push-notifications for this website in chrome settings and click activate notifications below. Then off.guard will take care of the rest.
So it’s using net access to push info out.
I gave up finding more. Lots of marketing buzz words and little technical details.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Technology@beehaw.org•Reddit alternative? Google introduces Perspectives, a search feed with results from humansEnglish18·2 years agoThis will be saving you typing in +reddit +stackspace on searches. Still the same results.
Wish they’d include a -pinterest option.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is the easiest way to convert physical book to digital?9·2 years agoFirst you need to get images of them. Better quality images make the ocr step better. Then image to text.
Make a frame to hold the camera at the right height above the page. Good lighting.
It’s not quick unless you have the hardware.
Another option is to send the book to a place that will scan it for you. Google for options.
withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto World News@beehaw.org•Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase CommunityEnglish2·2 years agoWalking beside the 6 lane road yesterday. Traffic was backed up as always. Seeing all cars, mostly with just the driver. I wondered if in the horse & cart days if people talked to each other as the traveled along on their horse. Or crossed paths. I bet they did.
Instead today, everyone isolated in their box.
withersailor@aussie.zoneOPto World News@beehaw.org•Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize populationEnglish10·2 years agoTaking the hard path!
withersailor@aussie.zoneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What do you use for a domain registrar?English2·2 years agoNow out of the blue, Google Domains is shutting down and Squarespace is buying all customer accounts, barely a year after the product exited beta.
So Google domains becomes square space domains.
withersailor@aussie.zoneto World News@beehaw.org•US says Wagner coup is ‘real’ and ‘serious’ as White House consults allies1·2 years agoHe’s hoping Ukraine will attack and they’ll help him topple Putin?
Saving money is my guess. Running it is costing more than it makes. Company shuts it down.