Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)C

Cyclohexane

@ cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

Posts
45
Comments
244
Joined
4 yr. ago

West Asia - Communist - international politics - anti-imperialism - software development - Math, science, chemistry, history, sociology, and a lot more.

  • What do you host for your finances and why!

    Jump

  • Weird question, but what does GnuCash do that you wouldn't get easily from excel? I haven't used any of these apps and wondering what I'm missing out on.

  • Syria’s Rebels Struck When Assad’s Allies Were Weakened and Distracted

    Jump

  • Only real ones will remember

  • Syria’s Rebels Struck When Assad’s Allies Were Weakened and Distracted

    Jump

  • They didn't reduce the entire war to that, and Syrian history says Israel is heavily involved in Syrian affairs and for many years bombs syria at least once a month, sometimes several times week.

  • Russia Flees Damascus: Abandoned Military Equipment, Command Shake-Up, Major Losses in Syria

    Jump

  • Russia has a better track record than any other major power in this regard. The above article is misleading, Russia is still actively assisting the Syrian army and is actually increasing the capacity in response to the Aleppo attack.

  • Russia Flees Damascus: Abandoned Military Equipment, Command Shake-Up, Major Losses in Syria

    Jump

  • He just met with Iranian FM in Syria. If he did leave to Russia, he came back after.

  • Removed

    Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

    Jump

  • Not world news. It's an internal matter of the US.

  • As Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army closes airport and roads, sources say

    Jump

  • Kurdistan will unfortunately get obliterated by Turkey now.

  • Syrian insurgents breach Aleppo after detonating two car bombs, monitoring group and reports say

    Jump

  • They have the entire city now, which never previously happened at the peak of the war

  • What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria’s 13-year war and why it matters

    Jump

  • Russia only occupies the small region of its naval base. Iran does not really occupy any part, although they do seem to have great influence on the government.

  • What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria’s 13-year war and why it matters

    Jump

  • Contrary to whats being thrown around, Russia's support hasnt shrank much. The major change was Hezbollah, which had to retreat from its positions in Syria to support the front against israel.

  • What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria’s 13-year war and why it matters

    Jump

  • Syrian here. It was never exactly wrapped up. The government had strong momentum supported by its allies, but upon reaching the last stretch of rebel stronghold, they mysteriously stopped back around 2017-ish. What seems to have happened is Russia making a deal with Turkey and agreeing to stop.

    Those remaining rebels have now launched a new offensive against the samw government army, but it is weaker than ever and severely lacking of ally support.

  • Iran: Lebanon ceasefire does not stop our retaliation plans against "Israel"

    Jump

  • Unfortunately this is just PR speak. While the Lebanese resistance was very successful in repelling an occupation of Lebanon, israel has succeeded in forcing them to abandon the support front for Gaza. I do not blame them at all, but it makes the victory in Lebanon bittersweet.

  • Ideally, what would "discovery" look like on a social network?

    Jump

  • I wish we had a nice tagging system (and I don't think they should be hashtags) that was also in common use.

    I want to be able to search any post related a certain topic, and sometimes, these may not always be in that topic's community, because topics can overlap. For example, I might want to read posts about Ukraine war, but those might be in world news, US news, or combat footage communities. Could be a community about Ukraine in general, or Ukraine war specifically.

    I also may not want to get it from a single Ukraine community. Maybe by finding posts with the "Ukraine war" tag, I'll see several communities and join the one I want. But there needs to be a way to group them somehow.

    Such a tag system may be useful for combined topics. For example, I may want to look for posts about music software. They might not be common in the music community, or software communities. But I could filter by both tags and find what I want.

  • What search engine should I use?

    Jump

  • If you're using something like tor, and rotate on every single search, then that would be ideal.

    I assume you're not using tor. That means all your searches can still be linked to you via the network source (ip address, etc.). Google can also use your search patterns to fingerprint you.

  • What search engine should I use?

    Jump

  • It may be one of the better solutions, but there are certainly privacy implications

  • Lemmy.ml will have around 1-2 hours of downtime tomorrow, Friday at 1430 CEST.

    Jump

  • Contribute code on github!

  • How save is XMPP really?

    Jump

  • Its best to use a protocol that doesn't allow unencrypted messages

    This is an implementation thing and not a protocol thing. What protocol doesn't allow unencrypted messages? I am sure signal's protocol would still allow it, it's just that the implementation doesn't.

    And same for XMPP. Just go with the implementation that doesn't.

  • How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

    Jump

  • Maybe because I'm not from an English speaking culture that I don't see the far right stuff

  • How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

    Jump

  • People prefer centralization, and it makes sense. The Fediverse resolves most of the issues with decentralization, but so does centralization, which came way sooner, and arguably did it better.

    Also, people seem to forget that Facebook was pretty cool back then. It had superior features, and was not the buggy mess it is today.

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    Cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

    If you want to host and manage your own Lemmy instance but are intimidated by the technical requirements, I can help!

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    Cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

    Any interesting approaches to package management (Linux or not)? besides Portage and Nix.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    Cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

    Should separate instances of Lemmy be topic-based? What else, if not?

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

    Some of the sanctions may accelerate the perfection of Russian society /s

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Cyclohexane @lemmy.ml

    Best cheap (cost effective), privacy-respecting VM / VPS hosting?