It's just a play on words: Le(mmy) + Stat(us) or Le Stat(us)
I think it's short and easy to remember, the fact that it's also the name of a famous vampire is just a bonus.
Of all the ones to miss!
Thanks for pointing it out, I've added it now.
cross-posted from: https://lemdit.com/post/408034
I like keeping across what is happening with other Lemmy instances so lestat.org was born out of this curiosity.
URL: https://lestat.org
It's similar to lemmy-status.org but with a few notable differences:
I will add any instance to Lestat based on these prerequisites:
If you are an instance admin, I can set you up with the following:
Send me a message if you'd like any of the above.
I hope you find Lestat useful!
Edit: Added clickable URL and expanded on free admin services to include badges.
That's entirely up to you, it can be the same username if you want. Speaking as an instance admin, there is no problem with users creating multiple accounts across instances, even if they're the same username.
Spam would be creating as many usernames as you can on any given instance (e.g. trying to register 100 users on lemmy.world because reasons) - there's obviously a problem with that. Creating you@instance1, you@instance2 and you@instanceN is perfectly fine.
Not at all, it's perfectly fine to have accounts on multiple instances.
The DB migration at the end of this upgrade is significant, I was surprised how long it took when I upgraded my instance. Lots of room for things to go wrong considering the size of their DB.
In practice UPC will probably have some kind of fair use policy buried in its terms of service - your best bet is to go through those terms and see what you find. Fair use typically means they will start throttling you beyond a certain point. Most ISPs keep this reasonably vague (e.g. if your usage is in excess of what they deem to be reasonable, but no actual data amounts defined).
Not all ISPs have a fair use policy though, and typically you're better off on large ISPs where your usage doesn't really stand out that much.
It's not a mass exodus. There was a sizeable influx of people from Reddit to Lemmy/kbin, sure, but that's measured in the (low) hundreds of thousands. Reddit has hundreds of millions of active users.
The reality is it's not even close to a mass exodus, not yet.
I have a Pine phone that I bought some time ago.
I tried a couple of distros/environments:
My experience: As a basic phone, it mostly works. Everything else is pretty bad. The Pine phone is underpowered, the environments are not very well optimised and polished, basic browsing was almost unusable, things didn't work properly, I had to use the CLI to get around UI issues (which is very sucky on a phone), etc. Battery life is bad, the camera is a joke (if it works), the screen has dead pixels after less than a year, it's not a great picture.
I fully support what Pine phone is trying to do, in fact I bought 2 of them and I don't regret buying them, but know what you are getting into. It's nowhere near ready for mass adoption. If you're a hobbyist then it's a fun toy to play around with.
Purism is more expensive/better hardware and uses the Phosh graphical shell. I haven't tried it but I imagine the experience is a lot more polished. You could probably use that as a daily driver if you were happy to give up most of the apps / quality of life stuff your spyware phone currently does for you.
If you're not, then going the degoogled route is probably your best choice.
lemmy.world was briefly back to normal and there had been a post saying that everything was fine now - it's not.
The site has just started doing the same thing again.
Please do not try using lemmy.world for the time being.
cross-posted from: https://lemdit.com/post/35084
Today I received this text message:
- Opening the URL from a desktop computer redirects to the real NZ Post website.
- Opening the URL from mobile shows a convincing spoofed NZ Post tracking page:
The objective of the scam is to get you to click on "Schedule a Redelivery" and give them your personal details:
They will use this information to contact you and attempt to scam money from you, as well as try any future scams they may come up with.
The combination of URL + believable phishing page makes this scam particularly easy to fall for. If you're from NZ, then it's a good idea to warn your friends and family about it.
I will report the domain but it usually takes a very long time for anything to be done in these cases.
My 2 cents:
Simple, no domain required stuff:
More advanced, should pair with a domain:
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T430 that is by now almost 10 years old, it runs perfectly on Linux and is a fantastic choice even today. It's built like a tank and that Intel i5 powering it is immortal. DDR3 RAM is dirt cheap now and it takes up to 16Gb, you can swap its HDD to a SATA SSD (if not done already) and batteries for it are still cheap and plentiful.
If you're looking for something affordable for software dev, I can't think of a better choice for $200-$300
https://www.lenovo.com/lt/lt/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t430/
They really built this one right, they don't make them like this anymore.