James R Kirk
- 1 Post
- 115 Comments
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Reddit@lemmy.world•A possible tactic for overcoming a permabanEnglish51·4 days agoNo opinion is so important that it needs to post it to Reddit imo
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Looking for a theme that looks like thisEnglish7·5 days agoSuuure
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Looking for a theme that looks like thisEnglish161·5 days agoAre you a bot lmao it looks nothing like lcars
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•This Week in Plasma: time-of-day wallpapersEnglish6·7 days agoThis is cool but why can’t we change the whole theme😖
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from MozillaEnglish11·7 days agoKevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian own Digg now. Alexis Ohanian never worked at Digg and Kevin Rose was replaced as CEO by the board in 2010 for non-involvement. It’s still going to be a non-federated for profit platform. But there’s no reason to think they would ruin Pocket or even change it dramatically.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Google's new AI video tool floods internet with real-looking clipsEnglish3·7 days agoI agree, I really don’t think the concerns about “not being able to tell what’s real” will be a major issue (at least to those who care about knowing what’s real). Social media has been full of human-made slop for years and if someone is getting their sense of reality from social media posts, then that is the problem and AI isn’t going to dramatically change that.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from MozillaEnglish1·7 days agoInstapaper is nice and probably where I’ll end up. Others have suggested Wallabag to me which has a less than 1€/month plan.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from MozillaEnglish3·7 days agoI never view it as a “to do list of must reads” but as just another feed but curated really good stuff.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from MozillaEnglish163·7 days agoIs there a better free read later app?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Google's new AI video tool floods internet with real-looking clipsEnglish20·8 days agoI have a feeling if any of these video generators tried to make a “clip” longer than a couple of seconds they would rapidly become a lot less “real looking”
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How can I contribute processing power to the community?English4·8 days agoA Fedi instance requires a time commitment, there are some good suggestions in here but I recommend some alternative frontends.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to MastodonEnglish6·10 days agoWhen using the official Mastodon app (as suggested in the “guide”) “instances” are not a factor at all (unless the user specifically goes out of their way). A new user could have never even heard of the term “instance” and the above steps would work fine.
You don’t just download the app, create an account, and go.
Actually with Mastodon this is literally how it works.
EDIT: I should say this is how it works now, it didn’t always used to be this way. The official Mastodon app used to ask the user to pick an instance, but for a number of years now it defaults every new account to mastodon.social unless they opt out. There was a big brouhah about centralization but the Mastodon devs felt it made for easier on boarding.
Potentially unpopular protip: I’ve blocked most of the “prolific” posters. My entire feed was becoming repurposed memes from 2015.
I’m happy there are people out there dedicating time to keeping Lemmy “active” but that is not how I want to live my life.
I love being able to have the small-forum feeling of my home instance but also feeling connected to communities elsewhere.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was the biggest pill you've had to swallow about your own self or habits?English11·15 days agoTikTok → Reddit → Lemmy → …grass?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free LibraryEnglish1·17 days agoIt’s definitely the first thing I thought of too
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Is it safe to upgrade to paid version of a distro if I'm dual booting?English2·18 days agoI agree re: Fedora, especially the atomic varieties. I do think Zorin is good at what it is but it has a pretty specific use case.
Also, had no idea you were also in this community. Pleasant surprise.
Had the same thought, it’s always nice to encounter a civilized person of distinguished taste and culture out in the wilds.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free LibraryEnglish4·18 days agoFTA:
In response to the closure of the library entrance to Canadians—who represent at least half of the library’s clientele—the Haskell did what libraries do: found a way to serve its community anyway. It opened a back door, allowing all Canadians to continue to access the library via a small storage room, without crossing the border. Haskell also set up a fundraising drive to renovate this entrance and make it more accessible, asking for $100,000. In under two weeks, it raised $170,000 and counting. The library is essential. The community and the country at large are responding.
Unless I’m misunderstanding it looks like they do work with rclone https://rclone.org/protondrive/