RagingHungryPanda

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Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That would be a very long bridge, probably too long to biuld. Notice the size of lake Ponchartrain by New Orleans, which is 24 miles. This would be a bridge hundreds of miles long. It's likely not feasible, sadly.

Pixelfed maximum quality defaults in c/pixelfed@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

that's a good explanation, thank you very much ๐Ÿ‘

What sort of things can I do to make the landing page more interesting for new registers? in c/pixelfed@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

thank you for that actual laugh out loud ๐Ÿซก

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What sort of things can I do to make the landing page more interesting for new registers? (piefed.social)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social to c/pixelfed@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink
 

I am still getting a new pixelfed instance up and I don't see anything like a feed relay like what mastodon has to pull in things on the server.

This is what I see when I log in as a new user (edit: since this screenshot I fixed the default avatars):
image

Right now it looks like pixelfed.social has an allow-list for who they allow to search and federate with, so I can't pull or search anything from there, but I was able to pull in the Europe user, which is why it's seen here.

I'd like to get things looking pretty interesting on the front page before I announce the service.
Does anyone have any tips or best steps?

I was thinking of whether to have a separate account that follows hashtags and then auto-sub new users to that account, or am I confusing with mastodon?

Thank you for the help and suggestions!

Pixelfed maximum quality defaults in c/pixelfed@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

hey there and thanks for sharing your findings. I'm also trying to get set up with an instance and am using the 80%, but explicitly. Did you do something to convert PNGs to WebP or are we stuck with the resizing?

I'm just using

MAX_PHOTO_SIZE=20000  
MAX_ALBUM_LENGTH=15  
IMAGE_QUALITY=80

as the only restrictions. But really, my instance isn't really a photographer blog, so super high res images probably wouldn't be necessary.

Looking at the source code you linked, all photos are getting resized anyway? Should we expect that a PNG upload will typically be about 3MB? Thanks for sharing :)

How Much Each Project Gets Monthly in USD in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

not quite. While it's true that rust has a reputation for taking longer to write and release in, green field development is a lot easier to work in than stuff that already has a lot of moving parts and places that you need to consider the affects of changing one thing to somewhere else.

Infallible Code in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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After seeing Mamdani win (infosec.pub)
Feedback on whether to host Lemmy or Piefed for niche community in c/ask@piefed.social
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

correct, they're pretty interoperable and federate with each other.

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Feedback on whether to host Lemmy or Piefed for niche community - Cross post PieFed (piefed.social)
 

I'm considering launching a server for some fediverse applications for a niche group. Since the Lemm.ee announcement, I got back in to PieFed, partially because my company blocks xxx.zip (lemmy.zip, etc). I would want to make these fediverse services easily available and reachable to newcomers.

I'm thinking of sticking with Lemmy and maybe the photon UI instead of the default, or have the default hosted at another address. I like the features of PieFed, but I think that the lack of apps could be a barrier to entry.

I'd like to hear others' thoughts as well. Lemmy seems to be more ubiquitous and has better app support, so I think that would be better so serve. I don't think that hosting both would be a good idea, as it'd create fragmentation in an already niche area.

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Feedback on whether to host Lemmy or Piefed for niche community (piefed.social)
 

I'm considering launching a server for some fediverse applications for a niche group. Since the Lemm.ee announcement, I got back in to PieFed, partially because my company blocks xxx.zip (lemmy.zip, etc). I would want to make these fediverse services easily available and reachable to newcomers.

I'm thinking of sticking with Lemmy and maybe the photon UI instead of the default, or have the default hosted at another address. I like the features of PieFed, but I think that the lack of apps could be a barrier to entry.

I'd like to hear others' thoughts as well. Lemmy seems to be more ubiquitous and has better app support, so I think that would be better so serve. I don't think that hosting both would be a good idea, as it'd create fragmentation in an already niche area.

Starcrash (1979) - Mastodon watch party this Sunday evening! in c/bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I thought this was not a real movie! ๐Ÿ˜‚
...or something else

That's a cool way to do chats though, I never thought about live updates on the tag.

I also heard the term "refug.ee" before in c/memes@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

trying to get sucked into the lemm.ee "after shutdown" anime?

Has anyone pirated their internet? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 19 points 1 month ago

There are a few towns that became their own internet providers b/c the big guys wouldn't bring them either any or adequate service and they realized they could do it themselves more cheaply. They had to fight anti-socialism propaganda and of course lobbying and disinformation campaigns from the big providers, despite the fact that they had no intention of ever going there.

Behold in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RagingHungryPanda@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just looked in to it b/c my browser isn't showing it either. It turns out the alt text is just for when the image doesn't load or screen readers. The title text is supposed to be for tooltips, or what you'd get if you hover over the image.

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๐Ÿ“บ Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media (piefed.social)
 

๐Ÿ“บ Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media

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What is the resource usage for PieFed? (piefed.social)
 

I've been considering launching a Lemmy server for a community lately, but am now back exploring piefed with the Lemm.ee shutdown.

I've read that Lemmy for some has been quite resource intensive and piefed was much easier on CPU and RAM. Is anyone able to share some metrics, say, for this server for reference?

It looks like documentation is better for piefed and the mod tools are better. I like the topics organization.

Downside is that the interstellar app didn't seem to have that feature built in.

Also, my phone really does not like the word piefed lol.

But I'm starting to consider whether to trim a piefed instance instead of Lemmy. Is there anything I should know ahead of time? Such as unexpected gotchas or federation issues with Lemmy?

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how to make photos fit in timeline (piefed.social)
 

forgive my ignorance, in trying the different views and want images to be viable viewable without me having to click on them. is there a way to get them to fit by width and height?

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