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Anyone else listening to Hard Fork from NYT? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vergecast

I'm going to give them a listen. Thanks!

In over my head in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, the VM is Ubuntu 22.04.

Edit: Replied out of context. Fixed.

In over my head in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good tip. Thanks!

In over my head in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now I feel dumb.

That didn't work earlier.

I just went to copy the error message I saw before and... it's working.

Maybe because I switched back to Namecheap's nameserver? Or maybe because I cleared my cache again? Or maybe because I game it some more propagation time?

Or maybe magic?

Each potential reason seems equally likely to me.

Thanks

In over my head in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lemmy Easy Deploy. I didn't know where to find any tutorials for using an Oracle Cloud VM. Did the official have that?

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In over my head (lemm.ee)
 

Today I decided to get an inexpensive custom domain from Namecheap and try self-hosting Lemmy. A few bucks later I was thinking, "Hey, this is going to be cake."

I'd read some of the warnings about Oracle Cloud free tier, but figured I'd still give it a shot for hosting. I found a simple how-to for quickly getting an Ubuntu instance spun up with Docker and Portainer. A few minutes later I'm thinking, "This is so easy!"

Then I try to access Portainer using HTTPS and see my first "Your connection is not private," warning. "No worries," I think. "Advanced>Proceed. I'm in."

So I run Lemmy Easy Deploy. "The lights are green, the trap is clean! Boom. Here we go!"

Nothing.

Ports seem to be open on Oracle, but no Lemmy at either 80 or 443.

"Maybe Lemmy is more particular about SSL certificates and such?" I think, for the first time getting worried.

"Err, I think that if I change my nameserver to Cloudflare I can destroy my Lemmy containers, re-run Lemmy Easy Deploy with a Cloudflare API token, and maybe fix it?

Four hours later, after repeatedly starting over, clearing my browser cache every 5 minutes, switching back and forth between nameservers, even deleting the whole Oracle Cloud VM and starting from scratch, I realize that an HTTP connection to port 443 is returning "Client sent an HTTP request to an HTTPS server."

"Were you there before, message?" I wonder.

Lemmy friends, can you help me? Or am I better off just deleting the VM and giving up the whole idea?

What file-sharing and media organizing software do you wish that existed? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

readarr

I thought it was ebooks-only. I didn't realize was for audiobooks also. Thanks!

What file-sharing and media organizing software do you wish that existed? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Something Overseer-like for requesting audiobooks for Plex.

What was the latest great audiobook you listened to? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No recent great ones, but Mo Gawdat's "Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World" was ok.

What is the planned solution for cross-host link sharing? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

ChatGPT and I came up with this bookmarklet which I'm using until this is resolved.

You set your home instance, then just click it when on a post on another instance. It grabs the post title and the author, redirects to a post search of the title on your home instance, and copies the author to your clipboard to Ctrl-F if there are too many results.

You have to be pretty quick on the draw to be able to enable clipboard access when using it on a new instance for the first time. So it's like a game, too.

javascript:(function(){
  let instance = "lemm.ee";
  const personListing = document.querySelector('.person-listing');
  const author = personListing.getAttribute('title');
  navigator.clipboard.writeText(author);
  alert("Post author copied to clipboard.\n\nCtrl-F + Crtl-V when redirected, if necessary.");
  var title = document.title;
  var lastDashIndex = title.lastIndexOf(" - ");
  if (lastDashIndex !== -1) {
    title = title.substr(0, lastDashIndex);
  }
  var encodedTitle = encodeURIComponent(title);
  let search = "https://" + instance + "/search?q=" + encodedTitle + "&type=Posts";
  window.location.href = search
})();
What's the best Android/iPhone app for Lemmy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (9 children)

There's a comprehensive list of Lemmy apps being curated here.

Right now I'm using Liftoff.

Is there a major difference between Lemmy and Beehaw (or other federated instances)? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

You might want to check out https://github.com/amirzaidi/lemmy. I stumbled upon it. Beehaw defederated Lemmy.world (info.) This section on defederating may help you understand that if it's unclear.

Most of us are also new to the Fediverse, but learning every day. Welcome!

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Anyone else listening to Hard Fork from NYT? (www.nytimes.com)
 

Lots of AI news, which suits me.

While UnderUnderstood feels more like the spiritual successor to Gimlet's Reply All, the co-hosts of Hard Fork (Kevin Roose and Casey Newton) banter in a way that reminds me of P. J. Vogt and Alex Goldman.

What would cause a large swarm of wasps to fly through a neighborhood? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL wasps swarm, and now I have a new fear.

According to this site wasps might swarm if their nest is disturbed, at a change of season, or to establish a new colony (like @[email protected] said.)

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