lemmy.net.au

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This instance is hosted in Sydney, Australia and Maintained by Australian administrators.

Feel free to create and/or Join communities for any topics that interest you!

Rules are very simple

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https://join-lemmy.org/apps

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is a selfhosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top.

Think of it as an opensource alternative to reddit!

founded 2 years ago
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Welcome to lemmy.net.au: Understanding Lemmy and How to Use It

Hello and welcome to our Lemmy instance! If you're new here, you might be wondering what exactly Lemmy is and how it differs from other social platforms. This guide will help you understand Lemmy's unique structure and how to make the most of your experience here.

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is a forum-style social media platform (sometimes called a 'link aggregator') similar to Reddit or Hacker News. Here, you can:

  • Share and discuss links, text posts, and images
  • Upvote and downvote content to determine what rises to the top
  • Join communities centered around specific topics or themes
  • Connect with users across the entire "fediverse"

What Makes Lemmy Different: The Federated Approach

The key difference between Lemmy and traditional social platforms is that Lemmy is federated. Here's what that means:

Instead of one central website controlled by a single company, Lemmy consists of multiple independent websites (called "instances") that are all connected to each other. Each instance is run by different organizations or individuals.

Think of it this way: If Reddit is like a single massive shopping centre with one owner setting all the rules, Lemmy is like George Street in Sydney, which has multiple shopping centres, each with their own management but where shoppers can freely move between them.

The Power of Federation

When you join lemmy.net.au, you're not just joining this instance - you're joining the entire Lemmy network. You can:

  • Interact with users from other instances
  • See and participate in communities hosted on other instances
  • Keep all your connections even if you decide to move to a different instance

This means if you don't like how one instance is being managed, you can move to another without losing access to your favorite communities or connections.

How Lemmy Works in Practice

Communities and Usernames

In Lemmy, both communities and usernames include the instance name:

  • Communities are shown as c/CommunityName@instance.org
  • Usernames appear as @username@instance.org

For example, a community on our instance might be c/Australia@lemmy.net.au, while a user might be @JaneDoe@lemmy.net.au.

Accessing Content Across Instances

With your lemmy.net.au account, you can:

  1. Subscribe to communities from any federated instance
  2. Comment on posts from any federated instance
  3. Message users from any federated instance

When you find a community hosted elsewhere (like c/Programming@programming.dev), you can interact with it just as if it were hosted here.

Finding Communities

To discover communities:

  1. Browse popular communities on lemmy.net.au
  2. Use the search function to find specific topics
  3. Try the Lemmyverse.net search engine for more comprehensive results

Reddit to Lemmy: Translation Guide

If you're coming from Reddit, here's a quick reference to help you understand the terminology:

Reddit Term Lemmy Equivalent
Subreddit Community
r/example c/example@instance
u/username @username@instance
Karma Score
Moderator Moderator (same!)
Award Not available (no awards system)
Crosspost No direct equivalent, but you can share links to posts
Sorting by "Hot" Sorting by "Hot" (same!)
Sorting by "New" Sorting by "New" (same!)
Reddit Premium No equivalent (no premium tier)

Finding Communities

There are several ways to discover communities on Lemmy:

  1. Browse popular communities on lemmy.net.au
  2. Use the search function to find specific topics
  3. Visit lemmyverse.net - This is an excellent search engine specifically designed for Lemmy that allows you to search across all federated instances

Lemmyverse.net is particularly useful because:

  • It indexes communities across the entire Lemmy network
  • You can search by keywords, topics, or community names
  • It shows activity levels and subscriber counts
  • It allows you to discover niche communities you might not find otherwise

When you find a community you like on lemmyverse.net, simply copy its full name (including the instance) and search for it on lemmy.net.au to subscribe and participate. You might need to wait a few seconds after you search for the community to show up as the lemmy.net.au instance needs to connect to that instance and pull the information back.

Managing Your Experience

Blocking Content

If you encounter content you don't want to see:

  • You can block individual users
  • You can block entire communities
  • You can even block entire instances

If you believe a community or instance violates our community standards, please use the reporting function to alert the admin team!

Same Name, Different Communities

Sometimes you'll find communities with the same name on different instances (like c/News@lemmy.net.au and c/News@another-instance.org). These are separate communities with different moderators and potentially different rules.

This flexibility allows for diverse moderation styles and community cultures to coexist.

Getting Started

  1. Complete your profile - Add a bio and profile picture
  2. Find communities - Search for topics that interest you
  3. Subscribe - Join communities to see their content in your feed
  4. Participate - Comment, post, and vote to become part of the conversation

Need Help?

If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to comment on this post or message the admins.

Welcome to the fediverse - we're glad you're here!

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Post a comment with your creds, looking for some moderators for the site

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/ysk/p/1503393/ysk-molly-signal-fork-has-not-been-updated-since-3-months-and-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-f

As of now, Molly lastest release was in 31 July (Version v8.19.2-4).

It contains vulnerabilities that had been simply fixed in mainline Signal.

Take for example the latest exploit disclosed in October, it has been fixed in Signal 8.27. 1. Meanwhile Molly remains vulnerable.

It's currently recommended to use mainline Signal and delete Molly till they at least return to updating their app adequately, if they ever will.

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“If we want more growth, we need to allow creative destruction so new companies can deliver the productivity we need.”

Octopus energy ceo greg jackson

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The particles carry a customized dose of cancer antigens that can provoke a strong immune response against tumors.

A nanoscale particle with a unique structure, developed at MIT, holds potential as a customizable delivery vehicle for personalized cancer vaccines.

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Today’s game is Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave. I picked up a physical copy used from my local area and have been playing it all day. Especially handy because I went to a Party and while everyone else was passed out I got to sit by myself and play.

Fire Emblem has kind of always been a special franchise for me. Winter of 2021 I was in a rough spot and bought my 3DS and modded it. At that time Fire Emblem was that weird franchise in Smash with all the sword guys. I had decided to try Fire Emblem Fates, it resonated with me in a way that I don’t think many games have since.

Anyways. I was surprised when I found out they were already making a DLC. It kind of has my hopes high this game will hit the same for me as Fates once did. The soundtrack alone is already really good and I like it. That’s pretty standard for Fire Emblem for me though.

So far I’ve found the gameplay to be really enjoyable. I decided to play in Hard Mode for a challenge. I’m thinking of lowering it though because I’ve gotten stuck on this bit with the braziers. I know the logic behind it. But I just can’t seem to get it right. I’m 4 attempts in so maybe attempt 5 will be the go.

So far Leda has been my favorite character. I find her story interesting and the whole musician thing is cool. I like these support classes, though I am used to them just giving other units another turn.

Tomorrow I’ll give it another go. I don’t want to lower the difficulty but I may have too just to pass this roadblock.

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What are you guys doing for Halloween? Any cool costumes!?

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Princeton alumni have designed what’s called a first-in-the-world device to filter microplastics out of wastewater at scale, and it’s already been deployed in Atlantic City.

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Note: I'm not asking for legal advice. Rather, it's a thing in some countries (like Japan or Indonesia) as I recall watching a video depicting an Australian tourist in Indonesia witnessesing people pursuing the phone snatcher by ganging up on him in which they eventually caught the dude & undercover cops managed to arrest him. Now, the question remains: are people in the US allowed to conduct a citizens arrest in the US?

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my incredible badposting qualities which i would list but im sure all of you already know them make me the perfect candidate for the leader of the badposting revolution which will finally let us achieve our badposting golden age, i will make sure the posts remain bad

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Proton Uservoice. (protonmail.uservoice.com)
 
 

These are my thoughts on the matter:

I applaud the employees that pushed back and have spoken out. You guys/gals Rock!! Thank you so dang much!!!

To Andy Yen, you obviously have no flipping clue who your actual customers are. Your views are incompatible with what I thought Proton was. I don't care how inconsequential of a decision you thought it was. That attitude over anything, especially security!?, is the exact opposite of what I thought Proton was when I signed up in 2020. I especially did not expect something like this when I became a buisness level subscriber in 2022. For me to continue using the services of Proton, you need to resign from Proton in any and all capacity.

Furthermore to Proton as an entity. Any and all who shared in this kind of mentality and disregard needs to be scrutinized and removed if necessary. Don't be crazy about it, but you know who NEEDS to go I think.

Look, we all are seeing that AI is here to stay. And it has gotten incredible at coding if I am to believe what I have read. The world is abruptly changing, but that is why now more that ever we need you to move as securely as you possibly can. Yes that still means using every tool at your disposal, but with the utmost concern and scrutiny supporting security and privacy. Even the crazy conspiracy/science fiction would never happen stuff, we're counting on you guys not being susceptible to it. We want privacy and security, not features and shinn-shi-curity.

If that is not the company Proton is striving to be, I will be taking my business elsewhere. I expect many others will be doing so as well. Imagine the fash.crud on top of all this. Don't know why I was sticking around truthfully.

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"Paid collaboration" my ass. More like, let me pay you a pittance and sell your knowledge for 100x.

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"The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that they did not carry out any operation toward the Saudi depth today," Saree claimed, adding that "what the Saudi enemy claims regarding intercepting a drone in the airspace of Mecca is a great falsehood and fabrication."

Saree claimed the group's declared targets across the border, stating: "Our operations target its oil installations and military bases, and there is no longer anyone in this world who believes these fabrications and lies."

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Like come on, people are otraged about the most minor stuff, but somehoe can't be bothered to boycot or change the situation with convenience pricig, where same stuff you buy at a store is 10-20x the price per unit.

"Youre taking advantage of my tiredness, making me pay more of my hard-earned money for the privilege of being too tired to prepare my own food/drinks myself, essentially making me work more hours for having worked too many hours and being tired as a resilt of it. So: making me more tired for being tired already"

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