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[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I got into ocaml recently. I love it. I honestly don't see issues with the syntax, maybe because I haven't used it enough.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Which sites or apps does it not pop up? It is rare for it not to pop up for me.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here is a docker compose: https://snikket.org/service/resources/docker-compose.yml

You only two configuration options in the config file: domain and email.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Arch works well for gaming. However, depending on what you're doing, you should keep this in mind:

  • on any distro, updates may break things or change the behavior of apps. The difference in arch is that youll update no less than weekly on average, maybe biweekly at worst. This would matter more if you have a complex setup. If you're just using steam, I wouldn't worry
  • arch only uses the latest versions of software. If you ever install something from outside the arch repos, you have to make sure it is compatible with recent versions. Sometimes it may not be.
[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been wanting to do this exact thing. I already have wireguard setup. Please update us if you do this.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

This makes matrix even less attractive to me lol. But you're right, that's a very good point.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

cumbersome to parse

Parsers have already existed for so long in every major language. Why need to worry about parsing?

And why need to worry about transports working differently if they achieve the same thing? They seem similarly convenient if I understood what you said correctly

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why is JSON better than XML? It's more modern, sure, but from technical perspective it is not objectively better right? Not something worth switching protocols for.

You mention XMPP has transports as opposed to Matrix bridges. I thought they give you roughly the same outcome. What's the difference?

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

From a quick look into XMPP's clients for android, they seem nice and some have modern features too.

Is there any technical limitation that would prevent xmpp client from having a WhatsApp-like UI?? WhatsApp started out with XMPP and probably still uses a variant of it. If anything, I'd imagine its harder with matrix given the complexity of the protocol.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes sense, but to me newness alone is not a benefit. In fact, it is a bit of a disadvantage. XMPP has more clients for example, and they are more mature.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just unpinned the post. I figured there may be others bothered by this, and plus its been enough weeks at this point. Thanks for voicing this to me :)

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Outside of academia, would you say it still provides significant upside over markdown?

 

anonymity and privacy seem to come at odds with a social platform's ability to moderate content and control spam.

If users have sufficient privacy and anonymity, then they can simply use another identity to come back, or use multiple identities.

Are there ways around this? It seems that any method of ensuring that a banned user is kept off the platform would necessitate the platform knowing information about the user and their identity

 

There's a lot of good information out there that would be lost otherwise.

I don't want to give Reddit traffic anyways, so maybe it's good to only look at the archived versions going forward.

 

feel free to list other window managers you've used.

I have been happy with bspwm, but considering trying something else. I love its simplicity and immense customizability. I like that it is shell scriptable, but it is not a deal breaker feature for me.

I like how the binary split model makes any custom partition possible.

 

Is wayland ready for gaming with nivida RTX series? I have RTX 3060 Ti. I wouldn't mind messing with it to make it work if I have to.

Would want to use a window manager like sway or river.

 

I've been dual booting Linux and windows for about two years now, but in those two years, I have never booted into windows, except by mistake.

This made me think about removing windows and just saving that wasted space for Linux. I only ever dual booted for the off chance the peer pressure to play anti cheat games was too great, but so far it hasn't.

For the off chance where I want to play a game that doesn't run well on Linux, is it a good idea to do that via VM instead of dual boot, or is it too much hassle? Will there be performance hit or any issues with those games?

 

I've read that standard containers are optimized for developer productivity and not security, which makes sense.

But then what would be ideal to use for security? Suppose I want to isolate environments from each other for security purposes, to run questionable programs or reduce attack surface. What are some secure solutions?

Something without the performance hit of VMs

 

I am a software developer by craft and a linux system admin by hobby. I cannot commit to moderating and managing my own instance, but I would be glad to help someone with the technical aspects.

The most common complaint I saw in Reddit and here about switching to Lemmy is the difficulty of setting it up, so I thought I would help bridge this gap.

While I have never hosted my own instance before, I already checked the setup guide and it looks pretty simple to me, so I am confident I can do it. Please feel free to comment or DM.

It would be great if you can comment general questions. I can then respond to you here and maybe others will see it and know how to host their own instances too.

 

Gentoo's Portage and NixOS' Nix are both interesting takes on package management. Both are powerful and open up a ton of flexbility to the user, but still do a lot of work for you.

Are there any other similarly interesting approaches to the package management problem?

 

I'm thinking there could be three types of communities here:

One for non-US-centric (or eurocentric) sharing of news and politics

One similar to the above, but for non-politically-centered content. Maybe more focused on culture and other types of discussions rather than politics

One for asking questions or discussion of AMAs

Do any of these exist? If not, could we make them? I could volunteer to moderate. I am not very online, but traffic here seems low and manageable.

 
 
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