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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!

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  • Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me

  • Filen.io, a German cloud space service with affordable prices, encrypted savings and comms

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  • Thanks for that, sounds good.

    you can refer other new users (you will get an additional 10 GB for each referral with a 40 GB limit), and the one referred also gets 19 GB more.

    You should provide your referral code.

  • I spent the last year working on the Fediverse. Here's what I've learned.

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  • You're very welcome. Have a lovely rest of your day.

  • Onboarding experience needs to be simpler for mass adoption

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  • I've said it before but join-fediverse needs to ask a few simple questions to walk new users through a decision tree that offers them a couple of instances at the end of the process:

    • What service are you looking for?
    • Where are you located?
    • What languages do you speak?
    • What are your interests?

    This is just what I'd do if someone asked.me about joining the Fediverse and should help minimise decision paralysis.

  • What are some examples of original fediverse software, not emulating existing platforms?

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  • That's my take on it too.

    Late Web 1.0/early Web 2.0 we had a diverse ecosystem of forums, wikis, blogs (micro and macro), etc. The next logically step would have been to invent a protocol to get them talking to each other. Instead, the Big Web offered everyone convenience as long as they were happy living inside their walled garden, which was fine until it wasn't.

    We're now just trying to fix the mistake of trusting the Big Web and get back to where we were before it all went wrong.

    See also: !webrevival@lemm.ee.

  • Lemmy is so ez, btw

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  • Yeah, I've spoken to a few people on Reddit who have got themselves bogged down doing background reading where they just need to make the jump and learn as they go. Which is what most of us did.

  • I spent the last year working on the Fediverse. Here's what I've learned.

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  • You don't have to start big. Come up with a simple idea, figure out how you can make it in an accessible language (like Python or PHP), grab some tutorials and get cracking.

  • I spent the last year working on the Fediverse. Here's what I've learned.

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  • And thank you for being so supportive in their endeavours to make the Small Web kinder. 👍👍

  • r/ehbuddyhoser?

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  • Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill

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  • You jest, but that has potential.

  • Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill

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  • Buried cost fallacy

  • Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill

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  • Just imagine how his missus must feel!

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  • Default instances would go a long way, I know there’s a lot of hate for lemmy.world but defaulting to the biggest instance or a random one in the top 10 would help ease some of the early friction.

    I'd rather join-lemmy (and join-fediverse) were smarter.

    Have a series of questions (for join-fediverse add "what service do you want?"):

    • Where are you?
    • What languages do you speak?
    • Select your hobbies from the list below:

    And it then spits out 2 or 3 instances.

    It's what I'd do if someone asked me directly for a recommendation and should be relatively easy to do.

    As we say with someone posting a link to db0 on r/piracy, if you just say to people "this is the instance for you" and it seems relevant then they make the jump. I'm tempted to go to the main subs for Canada, Australia, the UK, etc and just post a link to the relevant instance.

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  • It's something I've raised with the other Admins and we may see if our users would be up for swapping the default frontend to one of the others.

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  • I know I favour this, but I may be biased.

    My main tip for picking an instance is go for a region or topic specific instance so your local feed is manageable and relevant.

  • What are some of the non-technical parts of the fediverse that appeal to you?

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  • Run by us, for us.

  • Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch

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  • Thanks, didn't realise some were unlimited. I've only just moved to peertube.wtf and I'll stay there for now. Any sign of pixelfed.wtf?

    I'll see how Tumblr federation goes as I do fancy trying to find ways to take advantage of their storage capacity. However, well see...

  • Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch

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  • Now that is Interesting.

    I had some thoughts about getting public domain short films into the Fediverse but you'd rapidly exhaust the allowance on most instances. However, this might just be the ticket. Time to brush off my Tumblr password...

    Maybe PeerTube can already do that, haven’t played with it enough to know.

    You'd think Peertube would be able to.

  • NeoDB is committed to creating a free, open, and interconnected space for collecting and reviewing books, movies, music, games, and podcasts.

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  • Online Safety Act - Feddit UK

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  • We should be fine, just working through it all now.

  • You can't park there, mate @feddit.uk
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    You can't put that in the bin, old son

  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Growth of far-right ‘active clubs’ in UK prompts call to tackle misogyny

    www.theguardian.com /world/2024/oct/05/growth-of-far-right-active-clubs-uk-misogyny
  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    £30k? In London? Bargain!

    www.zoopla.co.uk /for-sale/details/67111816/
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    Britons ‘healthier than Americans’ but more likely to doubt health, study finds

    www.independent.co.uk /news/uk/nhs-britons-americans-british-university-of-oxford-b2622969.html
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    'No evidence' Ian Hislop black cab in Soho was struck by gunshot, say police

    www.standard.co.uk /news/london/ian-hislop-private-eye-black-cab-soho-shooting-b1185405.html
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    Police investigating suspected gunshot fired at taxi containing Ian Hislop

    www.theguardian.com /media/2024/oct/01/police-investigating-suspected-gunshot-fired-at-taxi-containing-ian-hislop
  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Alan Moore

    feddit.uk /c/alanmoore
  • Alan Moore @feddit.uk
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    Alan Moore's second Long London novel is"I Hear A New World"

    bleedingcool.com /comics/alan-moores-second-long-london-novel-is-i-hear-a-new-world/
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    Monsters Maniacs & Moore

    Alan Moore documentary 1987

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    The Great When by Alan Moore review — the king of comics returns with a novel

    www.thetimes.com /culture/books/article/great-when-alan-moore-review-kmmhf288r
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Twitter's UK userbase has been absolutely decimated since Musk took over

    www.thelondoneconomic.com /news/media/twitters-uk-userbase-has-been-absolutely-decimated-since-musk-took-over-383172/
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    Michael Gove named as Spectator editor after GB News backer’s takeover

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2024/sep/25/michael-gove-named-as-spectator-editor-after-gb-news-backers-takeover
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    ASA bans adverts for Nike and Sky for using ‘dark pattern’ tactics

    www.theguardian.com /media/2024/sep/25/asa-bans-adverts-for-nike-and-sky-for-using-dark-pattern-tactics
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Aldi price match at Tesco - dozens of goods not like-for-like

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c0m0vrmlzgyo.amp
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Mohamed Al Fayed accused of rape by female ex-Harrods staff

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cz6x635wpjxo
  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Horror movies - lemm.ee

    lemm.ee /c/horrormovies
  • UK Nature and Environment @feddit.uk
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    Injured loggerhead turtle found in Cumbria released into wild

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c4g554gkkg5o
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    NHS to use drones to fly blood samples around London to avoid traffic in new trial

    news.sky.com /story/nhs-to-use-drones-to-fly-blood-samples-around-london-to-avoid-traffic-in-new-trial-13216420
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    Guardian in talks to sell Observer, the world's oldest Sunday paper

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cy80n75g5w1o
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    Social mobility in UK’s poorest areas ‘falling further behind’

    www.theguardian.com /society/article/2024/sep/11/social-mobility-in-uks-poorest-areas-falling-further-behind