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[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If OP is attempting a 3-2-1 Backup scheme, this is an irrelevant argument.

OP wants to store a backup in a different physical location while trusting that it won't be used to train AI. They are looking for services that can satisfy that.

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I finished my tunic! (pixelfed.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cipher@beehaw.org to c/creative@beehaw.org

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I finished my tunic over the weekend!

The pattern is Men's Tunic from Wardrobe By Me. The fabric is an extremely thin linen rayon blend my local fabric store called Blueberry Dreams. The fabric weight is surrealistically thin, and the drape is extremely fluid.

I've legitimately never had a shirt that felt this luxurious. It should be a welcome addition in the broiling weather.

Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The answer to your question is yes

Recommend me a decent but cheap NAS in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm just split between that or an odroid hc4. I wouldn't even need to buy a case for it.

Recommend me a decent but cheap NAS in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm also in the market for this.

I'm considering setting up a raspberry pi4 nas, and would love to hear pros and cons from people with experience on the matter.

I assume there are faster solutions, but I think it should meet my needs well

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Wow thanks for such a verbose post.

That's given me a lot to chew on

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I really appreciate that. Education was the foremost goal of this post, and I'm glad some of that may have come through

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I have absolutely seen some highly upvoted pillars of salt over there.

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I agree. These mechanisms are in place to stop the fediverse from becoming fedChan

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, and I should've been more clear and said people need to understand what the Fediverse is.

This is, ultimately, about what federation means and how this platform operates. Its deficiencies, and the way things work currently to address those deficiencies. What I have posted is just as true for kbin as it is for lemmy.

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I do, personally, think it's reasonable for an instance to have "private" communities exclusive to their own users. This is likely a subject that comes down to personal belief, but after dealing with so many trolls and bad actors on other platforms, I absolutely do see a need to have those kinds of permissions.

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

When/if refederation happens, the comments lost to the abyss will stay lost to the abyss. The source of truth will not update based on the past updates of a formerly defederated instance to my understanding

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Cipher@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

People need to understand what lemmy is. This is not monolithic social media like facebook or reddit. People need to understand that, or the mismatch between how they think it works and how it actually works is going to cause a lot of mental anguish that could be avoided.

As they say in software development, 8 hours of debugging can save you from one hour of reading the manual.

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Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cipher@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Like many, when the recent defederation went down, I decided to create a couple other logins and see what the wider fediverse has had to say about it.

I've been, honestly, a bit surprised by the response. A huge portion of people seem to be misidentifying communities as belonging to "lemmy" as opposed to the instances that host them. I think a big portion of this seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what this software is, and how it works.

For example, lemmy.world users are pissed at being de-federated because it excludes them from Beehaw communities. This outrage seems wholly placed in the concept that Beehaw's communities are "owned" by the wider fediverse. This is blatantly not how lemmy works. Each instance hosts a copy of federated instances' content for their users to peruse. The host (Beehaw in this example) remains being the source of truth for these communities. As the source of truth, Beehaw "owns" the affected communities, and it seems people have not realized that.

This also has wider implications for why one might want to de-federate with a wider array of instances. Lets say I have a server in a location that legally prohibits a certain type of pornography. If my users subscribe to other instances/communities that allow that illegal pornography, I (the server admin) may find myself in legal jeopardy because my instance now holds a copy of that content for my users.

Please keep this in mind as you enjoy your time using Lemmy. The decisions that you make affect the wider instance. As you travel the fediverse, please do so with the understanding that your interactions reflect this instance. More than anything, how can we spread this knowledge to a wider audience? How can we make the fediverse and how it works less confusing to people who aren't going to read technical documentation?

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Tofu Korma (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cipher@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org

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We felt like eating vegetarian tonight, so I modified a chicken korma recipe for tofu.

Pretty happy with how it turned out