Police allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal info • The Register by bdonvr in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 15 hours ago

I feel like with the advent of nearly ubiquitous unlimited mobile data plans (in some parts of the world) a lot less people use public WiFi. However on a plane you have little choice, so it makes sense.

Sovcit needs help, gets crazy advice. by bdonvr in c/insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 16 hours ago

The website:

If Liberals truly belive that Trump is an existential threat to democracy, their is no excuse for Biden to not shoot Trump on live national television by bdonvr in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 32 points 18 hours ago

I'd gain a little respect for the old fella that's for sure

Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ by bdonvr in c/world@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 18 hours ago

Yes, however the nude section is the furthest parking lot, which is 4 miles north of where this was taken. Still a spectacle and much closer than most people will see a rocket launch, but if you came to see a launch then you probably want to be as close as possible

Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ by bdonvr in c/world@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Playalinda beach on the space coast, near Titusville and next to the launch pads. Last parking lot is clothing optional. Really clean and natural beach. Also great for watching rocket launches, if they keep the beach open for it.

(The structures in the distance are rocket launch towers, it's legitimately the closest you can get.)

Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ by bdonvr in c/world@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 27 points 1 day ago

There's one in my area of Florida. It's the busiest part of the beach lol. Other people get judgy if you tell them you go, but the people there are super normal. It's really more about yourself being free in nature. If you go to ogle at people you'll be disappointed and also unwelcome, naturists don't generally tolerate creeps. They like to keep it chill and everyone interacts like any other beach. Occasionally there's even kids there.

But it's technically illegal in the state... But the cops turn a blind eye and haven't gone after it (it's been this way for decades). The (federally run) park even put up signs to warn that you made encounter "nude sunbathers" at a certain part of the beach.

Estoy muerdo inseido by bdonvr in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've been learning Spanish using a method called "Comprehensible Input" in which basically you just.... watch and listen to things in Spanish. That's it. No translation. No grammar study, no vocab memorisation. I've been at it about 9 months, and almost 800 hours of listening/watching time. (Which is about half of what supposedly will get you to conversational fluency, at least for romance languages. Less related to English languages can take longer)

It works. I can understand day to day conversation easily. I'm watching Breaking Bad with a Spanish dub. I can read YA novels (and listen to audiobooks). I miss some words and phrases here and there of course, but I still get the meaning from context most time and that helps me learn.

My speaking lags significantly behind my comprehension skills of course, as I've only practiced that a small fraction of the time. But it's grown leaps and bounds. I can speak 10x better than I could a month ago. Supposedly it doesn't take nearly as long to develop that skill once you start racking up listening/reading hours and that's been my experience.

The beginning is a slog though since you have to watch things you can understand.... Which basically amounts to videos of people talking at you like a baby with drawings and hand gestures so obvious that you can understand what they're saying even if you muted the audio, but once you get to the point that you can understand actually interesting content it becomes SUPER easy. You just replace all the time you spend watching and listening and reading things with.... Watching and listening and reading things in the language you want to learn. Once you reach that point it doesn't take effort. Learning Spanish has changed from something I'm trying to do to an inevitability. It's honestly like magic. If I've gotten this far in less than a year I can't imagine where I'll be in two.

If you're interested in the method check this playlist and this guy can explain in detail (turn on English subtitles if you don't understand Spanish): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpPf-YgbU7GrtxQ9yde-J2tfxJDvReNf

I'm not trying to advertise for the site he runs, you can totally apply the method through free resources (and he has hundreds of free videos for this too). But it is an incredible resource that's super cheap and can get you past the beginning stages. I've moved past their content at this point but it was invaluable in the beginning.

Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll by bdonvr in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 days ago

If only Redbox had 4k blurays I'd probably have used them more, but I know that's probably way too niche.

Earth divided by bdonvr in c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago

Why did they decide to lump in Australia/NZ with Latin America?

Biden resists allies’ calls to exit race after debate performance: ‘I know I’m not a young man’ by bdonvr in c/politics@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That quote is so stupid.

"yeah I'm in cognitive and physical decline, but I'm totally capable of leading one of the most powerful and influential nations in history. Trust me bro."

FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days by bdonvr in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 3 days ago

In your circle maybe, I'd love the statistics on this though because I'm pretty sure the overwhelming majority are paying for their phones on installment through their carriers.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 34 points 4 days ago

Your instance blocks one of the biggest porn instances, so that's probably why.

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/news@hexbear.net
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus.

The clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation.

Reuters identified at least 300 accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus.

(More on site)

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The Lemmy Club has updated to Lemmy 0.19.4! (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 weeks ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/announcements@thelemmy.club
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Sorry it took 35 minutes over my promised timeframe. My fault. I should've been keeping up my Ansible config not bumbling around manually. Then I would've known that I needed to uncap pict-rs' memory limit. Ah well we got there in the end.

0.19.4 mostly changes things in the backend, but there are a couple notable user features:

  • You can now see all media you've uploaded and delete what you wish (only affects media uploaded after the upgrade)

  • Better federation with Mastodon and other similar software, all posts are tagged with the community name (in the background, you won't see it) so that Mastodon users can see them.

  • Vote totals now have settings. You can see a total (Upvotes minus downvotes), both seperate, or a percentage.

You can see the full changelog here.

As always, thanks for being a member of The Lemmy Club.

If you’d like to help contribute to our ongoing costs, or would like to show some appreciation, you can at OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/thelemmyclub

This instance is funded primarily out of my own pocket with no return whatsoever. The costs aren't too high (~$250/yr) but community donations are always very appreciated. At the moment, we're about 10% community funded. Either way, The Lemmy Club isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

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The Lemmy Club will be going down for up to 2 hours @ midnight ET/04:00 UTC Jun 11 to upgrade to Lemmy 0.19.4 (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 weeks ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/announcements@thelemmy.club
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0.19.4 mostly changes things in the backend, but there are a couple notable user features:

  • You can now see all media you've uploaded and delete what you wish (only affects media uploaded after the upgrade)

  • Better federation with Mastodon and other similar software, all posts are tagged with the community name (in the background, you won't see it) so that Mastodon users can see them.

  • Vote totals now have settings. You can see a total (Upvotes minus downvotes), both seperate, or a percentage.

You can see the full changelog here.

You can follow the upgrade process at https://status.thelemmy.club/maintenance

As always, thanks for being a member of The Lemmy Club.

If you’d like to help contribute to our ongoing costs, or would like to show some appreciation, you can at OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/thelemmyclub

This instance is funded primarily out of my own pocket with no return whatsoever. The costs aren't too high (~$250/yr) but community donations are always very appreciated. At the moment, we're about 10% community funded. Either way, The Lemmy Club isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

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The full video from the famous "Tank Man" photo (vimeo.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/videos@lemmy.world
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Edit: YouTube link if Vimeo gives you issues

https://youtu.be/qq8zFLIftGk

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Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 month ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/world@lemmy.world
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Israel orders people in more areas of Gaza's Rafah to evacuate (www.reuters.com)
submitted 1 month ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/news@hexbear.net
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JERUSALEM, May 11 (Reuters) - Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza's southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah.

In a post on social media site X, a military spokesperson also called on residents and displaced people in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, and 11 other neighbourhoods in the enclave to go immediately to the shelters west of Gaza City.

According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, 24 Palestinians were killed overnight after Israeli jets targeted several areas in central Gaza.

Despite heavy U.S. pressure and alarm expressed by residents and humanitarian groups, Israel has said it will proceed with an incursion into Rafah, where more than 1 million displaced people have sought refuge during the seven-month-old war.

Israel's military said that so far, about 300,000 Gazans have moved towards Al-Mawasi.

Israel says it cannot win the war without rooting out thousands of fighters of the Islamist Hamas movement it believes are deployed in Rafah.

Israeli tanks captured the main road dividing Rafah's eastern and western sections on Friday, effectively encircling the eastern side in an assault that has caused Washington to hold up delivery of some military aid to its ally.

The White House said on Friday it was watching the Israeli operations "with concern," but they appeared to be localized around the shuttered Rafah crossing and did not reflect a large-scale invasion of the city.

The war was triggered by a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in which some 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 people taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's military operation in Gaza, which it says aims to eliminate Hamas, has killed close to 35,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry. The bombardment has laid waste to the coastal enclave and caused a deep humanitarian crisis.

The Biden administration said on Friday Israel's use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its Gaza operation, in its strongest criticism to date of Israel.

But the administration stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying that due to the chaos of the war it could not verify specific instances where use of those weapons might have been involved in alleged breaches.

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Biden condemns campus violence: 'Order must prevail' (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 2 months ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/news@lemmy.world
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Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes (citing "provisions of the US Blockade") (www.telesurenglish.net)
submitted 2 months ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/news@hexbear.net
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Vietnamese Billionaire Truong My Lan sentenced to death in $12.5bn fraud case (www.aljazeera.com)
submitted 2 months ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/news@hexbear.net
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Defederation of eviltoast.org (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/announcements@thelemmy.club
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Hey all -

Just a quick announcement that we're currently not federating with eviltoast.org - it seems to be the base of the spam bots we've seen recently. I don't think the site administration teams have anything to do with the spam however they also seem to be absent, and are not doing anything to combat it. Until such time that they are actively cleaning up their spam issue they will remain defederated. I'm pretty lax about our federation, but this has been a persistent issue (See rule 9). I'm sure the spammer will probably find another host at some point though.

Thanks for being a member of TheLemmy.Club

Edit: it looks like thier admins have cleaned it up. Removing for now.

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Immich release v1.99.0 (and new logo!) (github.com)
submitted 3 months ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
20 comments fedilink

v1.99.0

New logo

The new logo is now rolled out on all platforms, including the web, mobile, and documentation pages. If you are a content creator, you can grab the logo vector and raster files in the repository's design folder.

Social Preview

Highlights

Welcome to release v1.99.0 of Immich. This release adds the new logo, fixes many bugs, and improves the application. Some of the highlights include:

  • [WEB] Sort photos and videos to display direction in an album.
  • On-disk cache on the mobile app to provide a better viewing experience.
  • There is a new endpoint for OpenTelemetry metrics to monitor performance.
  • Optimized queries for large libraries.
  • Add upload progress and speed indicator.
  • XMP sidecar file is now recognized with both photo.ext.xmp and photo.xmp extensions.
  • Drag to select - Now press your thumb to drag and select in the selection mode.
  • Improve user feedback in the mobile app's backup and album selection screen.
  • Various improvements for the library scanning process.

Asset's display direction in the album

We added an option to change the order of the assets in the album so you can view the assets from older to newest and vice versa.

album.view.order.mp4

Mobile asset caching

Improving cache for remote thumbnails and the images, they now stay on disk so that they can load faster and give a better experience while used offline. You should feel a faster loading experience across the app.

Performance monitoring with OpenTelemetry integration

Immich provides a variety of performance metrics to allow for local monitoring and insights. This integration is primarily in the form of Prometheus metrics. However, exporting traces is also possible due to OpenTelemetry instrumentation. Please visit the documentation to learn how to enable this feature

Note

This opt-in feature allows you to monitor Immich's performance. This data isn't sent anywhere beyond what you've configured.

File size progress and upload speed indicator

We added an indicator to show the file's size that has been uploaded and the upload speed under the progress bar in the backup screen.

Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.15.Pro.Max.-.2024-03-14.at.18.08.37.mp4

Drag to select

You can now drag to select in the mobile app when in selection mode; this will help make selecting in bulk easier.

drag_to_select.mp4

And lastly, I want to express my gratitude to @immich-app/contributor who make this behemoth of a release happen 🎉

And as always, bugs are fixed, and many other improvements also come with this release.

What's Changed

🗄️ Server

  • fix(server): face search results not always sorted by @mertalev in #7839
  • fix(server): serve static directory only if it exists by @benmccann in #7857
  • feat(server): Add OAuth auto-redirect enable/disable CLI commands by @ddshd in #7841
  • feat(server): OpenTelemetry integration by @mertalev in #7356
  • feat(server): YAML config file support by @bo0tzz in #7894
  • feat(server): Update XMP sidecar search to look for both photo.ext.xmp and photo.xmp by @kokulshan in #7813
  • feat(server): lower library scan memory usage by @mertalev in #7939
  • perf(server): optimize getByIds query by @mertalev in #7918
  • fix(server): queue library asset refresh in batches by @etnoy in #7914
  • feat(server, web): album orders by @martabal in #7819
  • feat(server): added support for SVG files by @declan8010 in #7960
  • refactor: global validation pipe by @jrasm91 in #7985
  • feat(web): add millisecond options to storage template settings by @sevtdy in #7942
  • fix(server): prevent feedback loop during library scan by @mertalev in #7944
  • feat(server): use nestjs events to validate config by @danieldietzler in #7986
  • feat(server): memory includes partners assets on timeline by @alextran1502 in #7993
  • refactor(server): library service by @jrasm91 in #8050
  • chore(server): change save -> update in asset repository by @mertalev in #8055
  • fix(server): "view all" for cities only showing 12 cities by @mertalev in #8035
  • fix(server): use extension in originalFileName for libraries by @etnoy in #8083
  • test: temporarily disable flaky audit e2e test until #7436 is fixed by @zackpollard in #8089

📱 Mobile

🖥️ Web

🧠 Machine Learning

  • fix(server): ml gunicorn listen on ipv4 and ipv6 by default by @growse in #7930
  • chore(deps): update onnxruntime-openvino by @mertalev in #7854
  • feat(ml): add cache_dir option to OpenVINO EP by @dvdblg in #8018

⚡ CLI

📓 Documentation

🔨 Maintenance

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Is Fedora Kionite shipping with KDE6 yet? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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It's distrohop time. Want to go immutable for the first time. But waiting for KDE6.

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