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rimu , 1 hour ago to Fediverse in I just had an idea that people smarter than me have probably had long before I heard of Lemmy.....but I don't see it implemented, so I'm sharing it anyways!!!

It's going well, thanks for asking. I enjoy using it and improving it every day.

Over the last year I've learnt a lot and if I started again today I'd lay some of the underlying foundations differently - in a way that supports a medium sized app instead of a small one. At the time I didn't know if it would ever grow beyond being small... Good problem to have!

rimu , 19 hours ago to Fediverse in I just had an idea that people smarter than me have probably had long before I heard of Lemmy.....but I don't see it implemented, so I'm sharing it anyways!!!

Yes, it's a bit different.

In Kbin they are user-defined. If kbin.social was online I'd share a link.

rimu , 22 hours ago to Fediverse in I just had an idea that people smarter than me have probably had long before I heard of Lemmy.....but I don't see it implemented, so I'm sharing it anyways!!!

Yes, like this https://piefed.social/topics

rimu , 23 hours ago to Technology in Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

I agree on the sensationalism in the article.

rimu , 1 day ago to Technology in Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

The article links to this as technical proof https://grizzlyreports.com/we-believe-pdd-is-a-dying-fraudulent-company-and-its-shopping-app-temu-is-cleverly-hidden-spyware-that-poses-an-urgent-security-threat-to-u-s-national-interests/

There's analysis of decompiled source code.

rimu , 1 day ago to World News in Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly

No one is keeping track of how enthusiastically they do it or writing official reports on it or encouraging more of it. It's the interest the govt takes in it that makes it weird(er).

rimu , 1 day ago to World News in North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says

This might all be made up. See https://www.nknews.org/2024/06/fact-check-north-korea-has-not-announced-plans-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-yet/

I've never heard of NK News before so - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nk-news/. Seems Ok.

In other news articles they're described as support troops or engineers. They'd be building things, cooking meals, driving trucks, repairing stuff. Maybe occasionally get a HIMARS dropped on them but certainly not storming trenches.

rimu , 1 day ago to No Stupid Questions in So is Israel just going to completely overtake Palestine?

Yes your frustration is totally understandable. It is a very heated topic and a lot of bad faith arguments are thrown around.

Sometimes I remind myself not to hope that the person I'm replying to will understand my reply or acknowledge that I'm right - instead I post my reply for the lurkers to read, who are far more numerous. The lurker has not publicly said anything so their ego is not fixed on defending their position and they are more likely to receive what I contribute with an open mind.

With this wider context, the goal changes. When the target audience shifts to the readers then there is no longer a need to continue a long back and forth discussion (the person replying to me will never change their mind anyway!) once I have made my point clearly. It's ok if the other person has the last word if by having it they discredit themselves by demonstrating a closed mind - the lurkers will see it.

I hope this helps.

rimu , 2 days ago to No Stupid Questions in So is Israel just going to completely overtake Palestine?

I've been reading your posts. You make excellent points very often, clearly drawing from a deep knowledge of the region.

However continually calling people names and insulting their intelligence will tend to stop them from really hearing your message and just inflame the situation. You could just not type that stuff and then everything else you type would have more impact. It'd be a pity to waste all that effort.

rimu , 2 days ago to Autism in Is it possible that gender dysphoria could be misdiagnosed as autism?

No, not really. Autism is pretty distinctive, there's far more signs to spot than being quiet and awkward.

rimu , 3 days ago to Free and Open Source Software in Advice on best way to replace personal Atlassian Jira subscription

I don't think trac has any kind of kanban UI to it, btw. They might have added it by now, it's been years since I used it.

rimu , 3 days ago to Free and Open Source Software in Advice on best way to replace personal Atlassian Jira subscription

It depends what you were using Jira for - it has a lot of features, most of which you were probably not using.

Trac has a wiki, tickets and git all in one - https://trac.edgewall.org

NextCloud has a plugin called 'Tasks' which looks similar to Trello.

Forgejo is similar to github - https://forgejo.org/

rimu , 4 days ago to Fediverse in Lemmy is a failed Reddit alternative

Sports - https://piefed.social/topic/sports-fitness
Gaming - https://piefed.social/topic/gaming
Science - https://piefed.social/topic/science
Cooking - https://piefed.social/topic/food
Gardening - https://lemmy.world/c/gardening

It is understandable that you didn't find those communities, discoverability is a real issue with Lemmy. I have tried to solve this by curating communities into groups of Topics - https://piefed.social/topics

rimu , 5 days ago to World News in Drag Goes Mainstream in the Philippines, a Bastion of Christianity

The only other country where divorce is illegal is Vatican City.

rimu , 6 days ago to General Discussion in This Robin Williams scene perfectly encapsulates why AI is fundamentally shitty

‘Good Will Hunting’ Bench in Boston Public Garden Becomes Robin Williams Memorial