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A couple useful (for me) shortcuts
Just thought I'd throw these out there, somebody might like them. There are a lot of different ways of getting the same result.
Screenshot (I shortcut it to F6):
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maim --select | xclip -selection primary -t image/png
One key and then I just select the screen shot and middle-click to paste the image where I want it.
OCR a screenshot (I shortcut it to ctrl-F6)
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TMPFILE=$(mktemp);maim --select $TMPFILE.png ; tesseract $TMPFILE.png $TMPFILE ; xclip -sel primary $TMPFILE.txt
This may be a little messy as a forced one-liner. This way I can select text from an image on screen, and have the OCR'd text available with, again, my middle click.
Should go without saying it uses maim and tesseract, both should be available with your package manager of choice, and there are alternatives to both of those utilities.
Lemmy.World April update
Hello world,
we've had various smaller updates lately that didn't all warrant their own update posts and we don't want to post too many announcements around the same time, so we collected them for a single larger post.
New alternative Lemmy frontend: Tesseract
We have recently added a new alternative Lemmy frontend to our collection: Tesseract.
Tesseract was forked from Photon a while back and includes a variety of additional customization options and moderation utilities.
It is available at https://t.lemmy.world/.
Lemmy-UI update to 0.19.11-ish
We have deployed a custom build of Lemmy-UI, the default Lemmy web interface, which includes most of the features included in the official 0.19.11 release.
While we haven't updated our backend to a newer version yet, as we still have to find a solution for dealing with the newly integrated functionality to send emails on rejected registration applications, all the frontend features that
Appending the removal reason from the modlog to comments. Good idea? Bad idea?
cross-posted from: https://dubvee.org/post/3139278
I'm testing a feature in my current dev branch and would like some feedback. The technical side of it is complete, but I'm curious about the human side of it.
When loading a removed comment in the comment section, it automatically fetches the removal reason from the modlog and appends it below 'Removed by Mod" on the comment. The "Removed by Mod" text is also linked to the modlog entry for the item.
Additionally, if you're a mod, it will also append, in a spoiler block, the original comment that was removed. Somewhere between 0.19.3 and 0.19.9, the Lemmy devs decided mods should no longer be able to see removed comments in their own communities, which I think is a huge regression (though thankfully admins can still see them).
Thoughts? Is this asking for drama, or would it be g
Appending the removal reason from the modlog to comments. Good idea? Bad idea?
I'm testing a feature in my current dev branch and would like some feedback. The technical side of it is complete, but I'm curious about the human side of it.
When loading a removed comment in the comment section, it automatically fetches the removal reason from the modlog and appends it below 'Removed by Mod" on the comment. The "Removed by Mod" text is also linked to the modlog entry for the item.
Additionally, if you're a mod, it will also append, in a spoiler block, the original comment that was removed. Somewhere between 0.19.3 and 0.19.9, the Lemmy devs decided mods should no longer be able to see removed comments in their own communities, which I think is a huge regression (though thankfully admins can still see them).
Thoughts? Is this asking for drama, or would it be generally beneficial? Right now, in the dev branch, it just does it,
Seeking Contributers and/or Possibly Someone to Fork/Take Over the Project
publication croisée depuis : https://dubvee.org/post/2950452
Cela concerne directement l'interface alternative de jlai.lu : https://p.jlai.lu/
On verra si des personnes continueront ce projet ou non. La nouvelle maj de Lemmy prévu pour jlai.lu sera supporté. Les suivantes dépendront de qui reprend ce projet.
Late January, I had to step away from the project for a while to deal with some family stuff. That's resolved, but try as I might, I just cannot force myself to get back into development mode on this.
I've got other projects I want to work on, both hobby and home improvement. I need to focus on the latter, and really want to focus on the former. Like anyone else, my time is finite.
The Hard Truth
Tesseract was written for Lemmy, and I'm tired of porting it to Lemmy over and over again because the Lemmy devs keep breaking the API. Yes, yes, pre-1.0 technically means they can shred the API and break everything from release to release. But when a pro
So you want to join the fediverse?
I have a draft designed for all types of fediverse software, but i narrowed it down to just threadiverse stuff
This is a guide meant to be linked for beginners, to explain the fediverse in as short time as possible.
Concepts
What's "federation"?
In easy terms; it's a concept where instances seamlessly integrate with each other. Users can talk to each other and participate in their communities. For example, my account is on lemm.ee and the community i am posting to is on slrpnk.net, yet i feel no friction.
What's an instance?
An instance is a server running software, with users, and communities, etc. (Each of these is like a mini-reddit/twitter/etc!) The software part is important, since instances can either be forums, microblogs, video-sharing sites, etc etc. And they can all interact with each other!
What's the "fediverse"?
The fediverse (federation + universe) is a coalition of federated instances running all types of different software, so a user from a forum instan
Additional frontends?
Hey, just wondering if there'd be any interest in midwest.social hosting additional frontends. I'm thinking of Tesseract in particular, since it's got support for embedding loops, but there's a number of other good frontends. Is that something that would be possible, or is that too much?
Lemmy.zip Server Update December 2024
Hello and welcome to the Lemmy.zip December Server Update!
This update is stuffed fuller than a turkey on thanksgiving (I'm not American, I have no idea if you stuff turkeys. I've seen that one gets pardoned every year though, which seems a touch like psychological turkey warfare) - all the stuff that has happened over the last month is below, and it's a busy one!
Communities
Take a look at these new communities. If you enjoy them, give them a subscribe and join in with the conversation!
- Luanti (Formerly Minetest, a community for the open source voxel game engine)
- Retro Gaming (A community based around retro gaming and retro hardware)
- Soulslike (A community based around the Soulslike gaming subgenre)
- Captain's Mess (Star Trek memes!)
- Shitty Admin (I probably belong on here)
Thank you to all the mods who take their time to foster th
Upgraded to lemmy 0.19.6 and the return of Tesseract
As mentioned earlier, I have now finished upgrading lemmy to 0.19.6 which should bring massive improvements to federations speeds and a ton of other stuff. So many thanks to all the developers who made this happen! I love FOSS!
Fortunately the upgrade took less than 10 minutes and everything appears to have gone quite smoothly.
A little while ago, I disabled mlmym as it was not working and someone in the comments suggested I re-add tesseract, as it's still under active development and compatible with the lemmy API. I had initially removed it at the suggestion of its core developer, but since it's still working, why not, eh?
So you can once again use https://t.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ to browser using the tesseract frontend. Let us know how it goes
Finally, if you appreciate this instance, [please con
1.4.16 Released
Bugfixes
Flairs in Post Titles
It was pointed out that words in brackets meant to act as clarifying text were being converted to flairs and making some post titles hard to read. This is because the [tag syntax] is the same as is used for clarifying text, so there was some overlap causing that behavior.
Now only bracketed text at the beginning and end of the title will be converted into a flair. This should allow flairs using the [tag syntax] to co-exist with all but a few edge cases of clarifying text.
Example:
[Flair] [Flair 2] The title [of the book] goes here [Published 2022] -> The title [of the book] goes here with the flair tags being Flair, Flair 2, and Published 2022. The clarifying text in the middle remains unrendered.
The other bug I discovered in this area was that if the whole title was inside brackets, it would be converted into a big flair tag. Now, if there is no title text left after extracting the flairs, the title will be used as-is.
Should I remove Invidious and Piped Support?
I've been on a bit of a development hiatus the last couple of months, but I'm starting to work on the project again. One thing I've been wanting to address is the broken support for Invidious/Piped.
With Youtube seemingly hellbent on making sure those no longer work, should I remove support for them in Tesseract or give those projects a while longer to find a workaround? I don't closely follow development of either of those, but last I checked, it seemed pretty much dead because of YouTube's shenanigans.
The code could be a lot cleaner if I removed that support, but if there's a chance of either of them coming back, I'd be willing to leave it in.
Questions for the Community
- Is it just public Invidious/Piped instances that are broken?
- Do private instances still work?
- Do you think either project will come up with a medium to long term workaround?
I'm thinking if private instances still wo
Capivarinhes, Capivarosos e Capivarias, temos serviços incríveis para vocês!
🎨 Opções de Interface Variadas:
Escolha a que mais combina com você!
Photon: Considerada por muitos a melhor opção de front-end!
Alexandrite: Interface moderna, perfeita para desktop.
Voyager: Ideal para mobile, leve e funcional.
Tesseract: Parecida com o Photon, mas com mais funcionalidades.
old.lemmy: Se você curte uma interface mais familiar, essa é a pedida.
🌐 Segurança e Confiança:
Nosso lemmy.eco.br faz parte da cadeia de confiança **Fe
Metal with soft or no vocals?
I'm developing some pretty odd taste in music...
I REALLY like metal, but REALLY dislike the screamy-yelly bits, which I acknowledge is kind of contradictory.
I think I just don't like vocals, period, metal or otherwise. Anyway...
The symphonic stuff especially, like Blind Guardian (Wheel of Time, Orchestral is probably my all time favorite song!), Nightwish, and Therion, are fuckin amazing; but even within that subset the vocals are kinda overbearing for my taste - a lot of them have operatics, which I also file under the "eh, I'd rather not" category. Fortunately they have some instrumental versions of their songs, AND I LOVE THEM!
...but I keep plugging them into services like Pandora, Spotify, and Youtube Music, and I get either 1) "Oh you like any type of metal? Here's a playlist of 16 hours of dudes ejecting the entire contents of their lungs into a microphone! BWAAAAAAAAAA---" or, 2) "Oh, you like symphonic metal? Here's t
Periodic Check In: Infra Status, Image Uploads, Consolidating Lemmy Frontends, New Default UI
Figured it was time for another status update. Will try to keep it brief.
System/Infrastructure Status
We are within allowances for all metered resources (bandwidth, disk, etc) and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Translated: it still isn't costing me any extra money to host DubVee.
Image Uploads Have Been Re-Enabled (With Limits)
Image uploads have been re-enabled but with a limit of 150kb. This is mostly to support setting your profile avatars, but I don't have enough granular control to limit it to just that purpose. As such, you can add images to posts/comments as long as the file you're uploading is less than 150KB.
Consolidating Lemmy Frontends
For quite some time, I've offered just about every alternative Lemmy front-end available. Logs have shown some to never be used, including by me. To simplify administration, I've removed Voyager and Photon from the offerings.
The remaining options are:
- [Alexandrite](https://alex.dubvee.org
Alright you dogs, here's 4 more self-hosted Lemmy frontends for y'all!
mlmym (AKA old reddit style)
That should give you plenty of option to use whatever look you prefer for this lemmy instance
And remember, if you appreciate the work I'm putting into this, please do consider helping cover the infrastructure costs by [buying me a grog](htt