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  • Hmm, ok. I see. When clicking on the last button in a category tree, it chooses randomly an instance.

    Tho for that specific category, I cannot access https://lemmy.sdf.org/. Why? I don’t know, maybe broken or regional block?

    If regional block, that is an argument to warts looking at user location. Tho not sure if it would be useful for anything else.

    It would also be interesting to categorize more instances. Maybe even put smaller ones to distribute the load. Tho sometimes the smaller ones may not be well prepared for a lot of users. And at the same time the local feed may not be the most active. Tho the all feed may be interesting for new users.

    The instance where I am, compuverse.uk is a general tech/computer instance, but had issues with storage for example.


  • So when does the random instance is chosen? When the website is loaded? When the user clicks on a category?

    Maybe currently there aren’t enough instances categorised on the website to get enough randomness.

    Is there, or would there be, a weight in the randomness in order to chose closer instances based on the user’s location?

    For example sh.itjust.works is an instance based in Canada. When the reddit exodus happened. That instance was slow due to the distance. While others closer to the western europe were faster because they where closer to me.

    Tho rn, it’s about the same. So not sure.



  • The bad news is that Android is still likely affected. Similar to Apple’s ImageIO, Android has a facility called the BitmapFactory that handles image decoding, and of course libwebp is supported. As of today, Android hasn’t released a security bulletin that includes a fix for CVE-2023-4863 – although the fix has been merged into AOSP. To put this in context: if this bug does affect Android, then it could potentially be turned into a remote exploit for apps like Signal and WhatsApp. I’d expect it to be fixed in the October bulletin.

    So a no-click device hack?


  • Do you have lots of cash to support the copyright and maintenance fees? The Web archive (I think, or another similar website) got sued for having knowledge and book contents on their website. You can’t just publish hacked books.

    Most likely you would need a way to generate money for a “business”.

    There would be some ways like advertising (can be OK, but not always the best, it depends on how many adds, how scummy ads, and how much tracking/data selling).

    Donations? = pretty much no expected revenue. The amount of revenue you can get is very low.

    Paid features, but what features could be paid while keeping free access?




  • Tibert@compuverse.uktoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhy do you use firefox?
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    Sadly not everywhere. On mobile it lacks behind. Even more on video content and low power cpus.

    Chromium is slightly better in a way where I could clic on the video buttons without lag : On my android TV, (sideloaded) Firefox had issues with video buttons. So I tried using kiwi browser (for the extension support), and it worked well for buttons. The video wasn’t a lot smoother, but it just seemed maybe just slightly better.


  • I don’t use it because of mobile adblock only. There are multiple private chromium browsers which have mobile adblock, and also one supporting extensions : kiwi browser.

    I use Firefox because it’s a competing engine to chromium, and it looks good.

    I also have all the synced bookmarks from my PC Firefox, which I use for the same reason, and because I got used to it.



  • There are services open source or free closed source which are in need of donations.

    VPNs do Not need your gratitude. The cost of running a VPN per user is extremely low (just look at the market prices to subscribe to a vpn). Even less for a for profit company. For vpn I would use one offering the best services for the needs at lower cost.

    Making a donation to an open source or free service (which doesn’t try to scam you, or get your wallet) would require more effort, but bring more satisfaction because it would keep that open source useful project afloat.

    Tho if you like a service and you need more from it, do pay for it. I’m not saying you shouldn’t.





  • Because you don’t wash them in a good way lol

    Or because you have the worst clothes ever.

    When you wash clothes look for the instructions at which temperature you need to wash them. If you can put them in a drier…

    Dont let clothes dry in a dryer machine, only let them a bit, then let them dry on a drying rack or whatever it’s called. Careful with clothes which aren’t rated to go into the drier, use low temperature, and never let them a long time if you put them in a dryer machine.

    If they seem chemical, or have a bad smell, check if the washing machine washes well, or use another program to wash them more, or a short program to wash them again, only with water.

    Maybe try another detergent, or put less of it.

    Also, if as other comments said, if you use a softener, try without.


  • Yeah it’s pretty easy to understand that the 84 is the professional reviews. I guess there aren’t just 64 people who put a comment, but 6190 who put a comment (from the image in the post).

    The more professional reviews come out the more the score has a chance to go down compared to the first reviews if they were very high. And give some sort of average.

    However profesional review scores don’t always align to what most users think, as people like different things, but also the users get very much bothered by a bad start. While the reviewers will give a score on the entire game.