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Iced Raktajino

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I'm beautiful and tough like a diamond...or beef jerky in a ball gown.

  • Will LW PLEASE do something (ANYTHING!) about that obnoxious hit-and-run account?

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  • Seems like they're creating a new account per post now.

    Suggestions (keep in mind I don't know the technical viability of these):

    1. Rate limit signups in Lemmy to one per 24 hours per IP (if I understand the rate limits correctly). Anyone requesting multiple accounts per day is immediately sus anyway.
    2. Block their IP address
    3. Use registrations the way they're meant to be used instead of rubber-stamping them with a bot
    4. In addition to the above, check against a list of their known accounts. There's not an easy regex way I can see, but the account names all have a similar "feel" to them.

  • Where to buy ebooks without DRM?

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  • I get mine from ebooks.com

    Not all are DRM free, though, but there's a good selection available. It's up to the author/publisher whether to release them DRM-free, though, so it's not their choice.

    For the DRM-free ones, you can just straight-up download the epub for them which is fantastic.

  • [SPOILER PICARD SEASON 3 TALK] What happend with the the new and old Borg after Picard season 2 and 3?

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  • They're separate queens and separate collectives/cooperatives.

    The Jurati Cooperative is, as of the end of Season 2, guarding the spatial anomaly that formed in the beginning of S2. They're completely absent from the third season. Which I can understand since S3 was a fan-service reunion (which I loved) and there just wasn't room in the 10 episodes for them.

    The queen from S3 is the same one from VOY: Endgame and First Contact and part of the same collective since they were first introduced in TNG.

    The new one affected the other one?

    AFIAK, no, they had no effect on each other. The alternate timeline queen (that turned into Queen Jurati) was not the same queen seen in S3 or elsewhere. That queen was from a 2401 that no longer exists. She and her cooperative only exist because they went back in time and took the long way back to 2401.

  • Just Reserved Mine 😁

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  • I almost regret not paying in full and getting the 2 free back covers, but I don't really bling my phones so figured I'd just opt for a place in line instead.

    In my mind, these will ship in August/September. I'm basing that on literally nothing, but it feels about right. I haven't seen a video or any promo material that didn't look like they were holding a mock up device, so they probably don't even have one yet.

  • Stromae - Alors on dance

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  • That's what that song was! I recognize this from an episode of The 100 but could never figure out what it was. Now I know.

  • Meet UpScrolled, the anti-censorship TikTok alternative

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  • Loops finally seems usable now. I tried the beta a while back and it was kinda "Meh" but it's improved significantly since. And you can browse on the website now, too. I'm not into short form videos, but credit where it's due.

    Well, I do like short form videos, but I hate panning for the gems and just let my friends send me the ones that rise to top.

  • Meet UpScrolled, the anti-censorship TikTok alternative

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  • It's so common for "anti-censorship" to be code for "Nazi-friendly" that I'm immediately suspicious of any platform that uses that as a selling point.

    I'm similarly suspicious, but it's not just code for "nazi-friendly" but also crackpots, maladaptives, etc. Rational people who read and say "anti-censorship" in this context know it means that it's not beholden to corporate or government interests. But everyone else seems to want to interpret that as "I can say whatever I want! How dare you mod anything I say?! Freeze-peach, y'all!"

    I wish they'd pick a different term for these non-corporate alternatives, but I don't have a better suggestion to offer right now.

  • How much trash is there on the surface nearest to you right now?

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  • Trash? None.

    Clutter / work-in-progress: No comment.

  • Best CAD software for open source hardware design

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  • I asked similar a few weeks ago: https://startrek.website/post/33957879

    The answers were all pretty much what you've already listed: FreeCAD/OpenSCAD for parametric parts and Blender for sculpted shapes.

    The only one not covered in that post was OnShape because I was specifically asking for ones that weren't SaaS/cloud based.

  • Straight to "The Bad Place" with you.

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  • Lol, touche. Also:

  • Straight to "The Bad Place" with you.

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  • In order and in character:

    1. [Chidi]: No, that would be highly unethical
    2. [Eleanor] Of course. How else would you do it?
    3. [Eleanor] Obviously they had it coming so no harm no foul.
    4. [Jason] Nah, Pill-Boi said it was fine.
    5. [Tahani] My heavens, no. I would never want to upset my friend Ray. Charles. Ray Charles was my friend.
    6. [Jason] In Jacksonville we're legally required to.
    7. [Chidi] Given the ethical implications of restraining user freedom but also providing safety for the majority of people, we have to take into account several factors [ pulls out a blackboard, stomach ache intensifies ]...

  • Straight to "The Bad Place" with you.

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  • I mean, it might if you did all 4 of those with the same post. lol. The Judge would invent "The Super Bad Place" for that.

  • Straight to "The Bad Place" with you.

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  • Just seeing that is giving me a horrible flashback to Reddit and not being able to block "Superstonks". By the time they eventually rolled out the ability to mute subs, I'd already learned there was a 1,000 user limit on the number of people you could block b/c I started blocking anyone who posted there lol.

  • Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

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  • I don't even bother with local ports anymore. It's just too much hassle when I switch providers, email services all seem to universally sinkhole anything originating from a residential IP even if I am able to convince them to unblock 25/TCP, and I refuse to pay extra for a static IP or upsell to business class at a massive price increase.

    My ISP, while otherwise fine, still has not rolled out IPv6 yet and the DHCPv4 lease duration is short and will randomly assign a different IP rather than renewing the lease on the existing one. I don't like relying on dynamic DNS or relying on running a daemon to update my public DNS records when my public IP changes. Been there, done that, and bought a crappy t-shirt at the gift shop.

    I've had a VPS for close to 10 years now that is my main frontend and, through some VPN and routing trickery, allows me to have my email server on-prem but use the VPS for all inbound and outbound communication. A side effect benefit of this setup is I can run my email server from literally anywhere and from anything with an internet connection. I've got a copy of my email stack on a Pi Zero clone that stays in sync with my main one. During long power outages, I can start that up and run it from a hotspot with a power bank running it for almost 2 days (or indefinitely when I'm also charging the power bank from a solar panel lol).

  • Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

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  • Yep, same except being one of the first ones in the state.

    The best part is it works when the power is out and doesn't flap constantly if the electricity blips. Every cable provider I've ever had has failed spectacularly at maintaining the UPSs in the neighborhood nodes.

  • Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

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  • I can understand that speeds vary by area, but it's not like it's difficult at all to have those in a database where a web tool can return them based on your zip code. But yeah, it was like that when I signed up with Optimum (nee Suddenlink) years ago.

    The other thing they do is require a truck roll for any kind of hookup. They almost got some of my business back but were so rigid that I said "the hell with it". My fiber provider was having some growing pains and I called Optimum to reactivate my service on a lower plan to use as a backup connection (I work from home). All they needed to do was setup the account and re-authorize my modem (my hookup was still live and I had my own modem). They flat out refused to do any of that and required a tech to come "within 3-5 business days" and read the modem serial number to them to activate it. So I said hell with it, called T-Mobile, and activated my old 5G hotspot.

  • Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

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  • I would guess it's not just Comcast. Optimum serves my area and they've basically been begging people to switch back since this area got fiber a few years ago.

    Their offers are like $25/mo for 200/10 Mbps and no data caps. But they're not guaranteeing the price. Seems like they're going after the lower end of the market.

    I basically say "boo hoo". This is what actual competition looks like. Cable companies have sat on their ass and milked their infrastructure for decades (only updating the headend equipment to keep up).

    Optimum cold called me once and I flat out told them if they wanted me back, they need to run fiber to my home, give me the same symmetrical speed I have now, for at least $10 less than I'm paying my fiber provider, and lock that price for at least 5 years. The rep basically kinda sighed, so I guess they've heard that response from more than just me.

  • How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform?

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  • Chee-chew-choo-cha-chooo

  • What are you watching and what do you recommend this week?

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  • Just did a full binge re-watch of The Good Place, and I always recommend it.

  • Systemd Founder Lennart Poettering Announces Amutable Company

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  • The irony of Lennart "let's change everything about Linux because I know better" Poettering creating a company called Amutable is not lost on me.

    But also, that tracks because now it's "I know better so now you can't change anything" which is pretty on brand.

  • Retro Technology @lemmy.ca
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    Inside Air Traffic Control: The IBM 9020

    computer.rip /2026-01-17-air-traffic-control-9020.html
  • Dad Jokes @lemmy.world
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    What do cows call their tabloid magazines? Fake moos.

  • 30 Rock @dubvee.org
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    Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr / Civil Rights Day. Or, as Colleen calls it...

  • me_irl @lemmy.world
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    me🍗irl

  • PieFed help @piefed.social
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    Possible Bug Report: When a Piefed user edits a post and changes the community, Lemmy only half changes it.

  • Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? @lemmy.ca
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    Community for discussing solar power setups, getting started, planning, etc.

  • Risa @startrek.website
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    The man, the legend, the one-man show

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    MOOSE: A proposed emergency "bail-out" system capable of bringing a single astronaut safely down from Earth orbit to the planet's surface

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MOOSE
  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    'Starfleet Academy' Begins With Something Old and Something New

    gizmodo.com /starfleet-academy-premiere-recap-holly-hunter-paul-giamatti-2000710349
  • 30 Rock @dubvee.org
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    When your instance is going down for maintenance and you gotta get some things off your chest

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Android 11 is the "Windows 7" of Android

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Going about my day in 2026 be like...

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year

    gizmodo.com /qwerty-phones-are-really-trying-to-make-a-comeback-this-year-2000709717
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Current Mood

  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
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    Deck

    A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work

    hackaday.com /2026/01/12/a-linux-power-user-puts-steamos-to-work/
  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard

    hackaday.com /2026/01/11/smart-home-make-it-smart-quarters-with-this-lcars-dashboard/
  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
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    Got my T1000e today

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
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    old.reddit.com is overrated and 2021-era "new" Reddit was better

  • Risa @startrek.website
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    No thoughts are safe around her

  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
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    Heltec Horror Story

    PSA - Don't charge your Heltec V3's from a quick charge capable USB charger