The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes - Legal Eagle by ericjmorey in c/politics@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 20 points 3 weeks ago

I'd say it was 2000 when Gore's election win was stolen from him.

September financial update—and Beehaw needs your help rebuilding our donation base by ericjmorey in c/support@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is presented in a confusing way to me. But I see after reading it twice that monthly recurring contributions are $80.82 per month (I'm assuming this is after fees that OCEF charges).

You have set a rough target of increasing that monthly recurring contributions amount to about $185 so that one off contributions aren't being relied upon to meet monthly expenses.

This seems like a very reasonable ask and very attainable.

I'm copying a monthly donation link here for people that don't want to scroll back up:

https://opencollective.com/beehaw-collective/donate?interval=month

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Can China Avoid a Liquidity-Trap Recession? Some Unintended Consequences of Macroprudential Policies | Russell Wong | Economic Brief April 2024, No. 24-12 (www.richmondfed.org)
submitted 6 months ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/finance@beehaw.org
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Beehaw's new fiscal host is Open Collective Europe Foundation—please renew your donations there by ericjmorey in c/support@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 23 points 8 months ago

Are you going to report balances in € now?

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Murray Releases Text of Bipartisan National Security Supplemental | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations (www.appropriations.senate.gov)
submitted 9 months ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released text of the Senate’s bipartisan national security supplemental package and issued the following statement:

“As Ukraine runs low on ammunition to fend off Putin’s brutal invasion, it is imperative we finally extend our support. We must also live up to our commitments to our allies around the globe and quickly get more aid to innocent civilians caught in conflict, including in Gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is especially dire. I never believed we should link policy demands to emergency aid for our allies, but Republicans insisted—so Democrats negotiated in good faith over many weeks and now there is a bipartisan deal on border policy legislation. Ukraine’s fate and so much more hangs in the balance—it’s time for Congress to act.”

Summary and full text of the bill are provided within the press release.

You probably don't need a VPN by ericjmorey in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 21 points 10 months ago

When to use a VPN

VPNs are not magical fixes for privacy and security on the internet. However, there are some specific situations where they are useful tools.

Network blocks and internet censorship. VPNs can help you access sites and services that are restricted by your local network or government. That's why downloads of VPN apps in Russia skyrocketed in 2022, after the country's invasion of Ukraine and more services became blocked. The same trend happened in Virginia and other U.S. states after they passed laws requiring photo identification for adult websites.

Piracy. Internet service providers can sometimes detect when you are pirating movies, TV shows, music, or other media and send you angry letters. You can avoid that entirely by using a VPN when you download or torrent copyrighted material. Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free... but use a VPN.

Region-locked content. This is a popular selling point for VPN companies that is actually true: VPNs can help you access online content that is officially restricted to a certain region. Switching your VPN server to a different country can change what movies and shows are available through Netflix, and UK-based VPN servers are frequently used to access BBC iPlayer content in other countries. However, this is not always reliable, as service providers will usually detect VPN servers after a while and block them.

Accessing your home network. Setting up a VPN server at home is one way to access devices on your home network (such as self-hosted security cameras, media servers, and remote desktop) without opening up more of your network to the rest of the internet.

There are other more niche use cases for VPNs, but those are the most popular ones that aren't completely made up.

Musk’s X loses bid to block California content moderation law by ericjmorey in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 25 points 10 months ago

I feel like simply knowing that X, formerly known as Twitter, paid for neo-Nazi content and promoted it is all I need to know about their content moderation policies.

The law does seem like a generally good thing, but I doubt that anyone who would care hasn't already abandoned the platform.

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Debunking the Top 10 Myths About Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
submitted 11 months ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/fediverse@discuss.online
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Learn Python from interactively @ futurecoder.io (futurecoder.io)
submitted 11 months ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/programming@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/6470590

This looks like a great starting point for people with little to no experience with programming to learn to program using Python.

Everything taught by futurecoder.io can be used locally on your own computer. But futurecoder.io doesn't show you how to install Python on your machine but you can fill in that gap with the information provided @ https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download

Other resources are provided on the python.org Beginners Guide if needed.

Hundreds of OpenAI staff tell board to resign or they'll quit by ericjmorey in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

This whole thing has the smell of Microsoft pulling the strings to gain more control over the bleeding edge of AI. Idealists losing out to cold capitalists seeking profit and control is something we've seen many times before.

Hundreds of OpenAI staff tell board to resign or they'll quit by ericjmorey in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago

I don’t think anyone except for employees there know

I wouldn't even bet on that. It seems that no one has a full picture of what is going on.

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OpenELA - Community Repository for Enterprise Linux Sources (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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OpenELA is a non-profit trade association of open source Enterprise Linux distribution developers.

There are many Linux Distributions that are perfectly suitable for enterprise use cases and environments. For the purpose of this charter and project, OpenELA recognizes “Enterprise Linux” (EL) as 1:1 and bug-for-bug source code compatibility which today is aligned to RHEL and CentOS.

OpenELA's mission is to provide a secure, transparent, and reliable Enterprise Linux source that is globally available to all as a buildable base.

OpenELA is a collaboration created and upheld by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE.

Read the recent article on the formation of OpenELA by Richard Speed at The Register

ParanoidFactoid may be interested in this development.

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What I Learned from Maintaining a Repo During Hacktoberfest and Merging 356 PRs (November 2, 2022) (www.freecodecamp.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook by ericjmorey in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 31 points 1 year ago

And they won't collect information about the subscribers, right?

the October 2023 Beehaw Financial Update by ericjmorey in c/support@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

Is there a level of funding that would make the admins comfortable hiring a developer to work on whatever platform that Beehaw will eventually move to?

Trump's mugshot has been released by ericjmorey in c/politics@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago

6'3" 215lbs was reported. I don't believe that for a second.

https://journa.host/@w7voa/110947325004066228

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I'm looking for a new Mastodon instance. I'm not satisfied with the moderation on fosstodon. Does anyone have any recommendations? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I'd also like a larger character limit.

The ongoing survival of Beehaw may NOT be what you think by ericjmorey in c/chat@beehaw.org
This ad has to be good for *AT LEAST* four or five clicks. This is perfectly the kind of AI bullshit Zuck thinks sells. HOW IS THIS COMPANY SUCCESSFUL? by ericjmorey in c/chat@beehaw.org
[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

I don't understand your title

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Gopiandcode > logs > How I wrote an Activitypub Server in OCaml: Lessons Learnt, Weekends Lost (gopiandcode.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/functional_programming@programming.dev
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Table: kbin / Lemmy Apps with Detail (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/73564

In table format with FOSS status, platform, and OS for your viewing pleasure:

FOSS Name Platform OS Stage Source Code Info
YES Memmy Lemmy Android, iOS Android Release (Pending Play Store Approval) Github memmy@lemmy.ml
YES Morpha Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development Gitlab morpha@vlemmy.net
YES Thunder Lemmy Android, iOS Alpha Release Github thunder_app@lemmy.world
YES Mlem Lemmy iOS Submitted for App Store Review (July 1) Github mlemapp@lemmy.ml
YES Jerboa Lemmy Android Released Github jerboa@lemmy.ml
TBD Artemis Kbin, Lemmy Android, iOS Private Beta (Starts End of June) Unreleased ArtemisApp@kbin.social
TBD Limbo Lemmy iOS TestFlight Beta Unreleased limbo@lemmy.world
YES Beyond Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development Unreleased original Beehaw post
NO Sync Lemmy Android Research N/A syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
YES Slide Lemmy Android Under Development (More information coming) N/A original Lemmy post
YES Lemmynade Lemmy Android Under Development N/A original Lemmy post
  • TBA kbin app from @developerjustin (iOS, kbin Only, in development) - I've had a chat with the dev of this as-yet-unnamed app, but it's not ready for testing yet.

Important note from frasassi@kbin.social

Am super open to any apps, code repos, communities, or info I'm missing as well as updates.

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UPDATED: There are now multiple iOS / Android apps in development for kbin & lemmy! (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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More up to date and more detailed information at: https://beehaw.org/post/683217

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/71764

The amount of apps being developed for iOS / Android is getting really crazy now and new apps keep popping up every day. Updated list below:

  • Artemis (iOS, Android, kbin, lemmy): link
  • Memmy (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Mlem (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Morpha (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Thunder (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Beyond (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Limbo (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Jerboa (Android, lemmy): link
  • Slide (Android, lemmy): link
  • Sync (Android, lemmy): link
  • Unnamed (kbin): link

Most apps on the list are lemmy apps, meaning they don't work with kbin. Artemis is specifically designed to work with kbin, not sure if or when any of the other ones will go in that direction or become interoperable as there are some challenges with the kbin API at the moment. Having said that, a new API is in the works (https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/357) so things should get better with time. Some of the apps are in very early stage of development so it may happen that they adjust OS availability and platform support.

See info in table format with more details:
https://beehaw.org/post/697419

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What are your favorite browser extensions? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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What browser extensions do you use that you'd recommend to others?

Do you contribute to any FOSS browser extension projects?

Are there any non-FOSS extensions that you wish had a sufficient FOSS alternative?

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Which programming languages do you use? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/programming@beehaw.org
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It seems like there are about ~~22~~ ~~27~~ ~~46~~ ~~219~~ ~~320~~ ~~493~~ 1840 active subscribers here. I have a few questions for you all.

  • Which programming languages do you regularly use?
  • Which are your favorite to work with and why?
  • Which do you have interest in trying and why?
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