It's simple enough for me. And many of the people who have grown up with technology can probably work it out. But there is a huge difference in effort between the two.
Say my 70 year old uncle (that does not live nearby) needs to install Conversations.
Fdroid version
Please go to this fdroid website. Click the button to download the APK. Now when you get a warning that you aren't allowed to install software from this source for security reasons, click the button to take you to settings, then switch the toggle to allow from this source. There's a message telling you that your phone and personal data are more vulnerable to attacks and you need to take responsibility for any loss of data that results from this, but just ignore that. Now once you've installed it please go and disable it. When someone messages you a link to an APK you should never, ever install it. That's a common scam and it will put a virus on your phone. We need to reenable this setting so you don't accidentally do that since a link can just start the download.
Next, please open the Fdroid app, and search for the Conversations app. For some reason I can't send you a link because the fdroid website doesn't seem to have an open in Fdroid button, I dunno why, maybe it depends on your phone or your browser, just search it up and make sure you install the right one.
Right, now when you click to install this, you're gonna have to go through all the above stuff about accepting the security risk of losing all your data again, because it's another app we are granting this permission to. Don't remove this permission though, we'll just leave this one open.
Installed that? Great, now depending on your phone it may or may not keep the app up to date so make sure you open Fdroid from time to time, click the button to update, wait for it to download the update, then tap the button to install and then tap the button to install (again). Make sure you remember to do this because security updates are important.
Now whenever you want to invite someone else in, make sure you send them these instructions so they don't go thinking they have to buy the Play store app.
Compare this to the Play store version when it's a free app
Hey here's a link, click it, and an app page will open in the store. Tap to install it.
Maybe we should agree to disagree, but I do not think I can just leave people to invite other people and sort it out on their own. I'm gonna be spending my days hand holding people. Maybe my family is dumber than average.
It seems clear they just wanted to be the first in NZ to create an AI ad and then use that as part of their marketing strategy to get more views.
I can't wait until the microtargeting that big tech does to manipulate people extends to high quality AI generated TV shows that are generated for each person in order to manipulate your political views.
In my experience none of the federated platforms handle video well, especially the facebook like platforms. They are built around things being public, and expect you to upload to youtube or some other video site in order to post a video. If they let you upload videos at all, it's as an attachment. Admittedly HumHub is a bit like that, but it's not too janky from a user experience perspective.
One thing I liked about Zusam is the automatic resizing of videos to make them reasonably sized. If I record a 2 minute video, it can be 300 or 400MB. Zusam can be configured to resize the video to a set maximum size in order to make it more reasonable for people watching. HumHub doesn't do this, but I have wondered if I could use a cron job and ffmpeg to do it.
Do you want this social media to be for your family to use only with family members or for them to use with family and beyond?
I haven't decided yet. Initially we'd start with people who know our kids. But if some of those people wanted to set up a page for their own kids, they wouldn't want some of the people on our page who they don't know. And they might want people on their page that don't know our kids. So then all the HubHub privacy settings come in handy where people can create a space and control who can see what.
Revolt could be good as a local family group chat if you like the discord style.
I don't really think that's something that will be familiar enough to people, especially grant parents and other family of that generation. And I don't think a group chat is what I'm after, self hosting a group chat doesn't seem to have many advantages over say a Signal group chat.
You’ve probably already tried it but Pixelfed/mastodon/misskey sound like the easiest to get family on board with and seem like they would be good family social media platforms IMO.
These are generally public, and even if you have it set up as a private instance with no federation then it still feels like a shouting at the void kind of platform. None of the family I have in mind use twitter or mastodon, but everyone uses facebook. So I'm aiming for that sort of a feel. But IMO Friendica is not something I feel is good enough yet from a user experience point of view, the same with Diaspora*.
All the corporate gamification feature are probably quite annoying.
I might have missed that. What features are you thinking about? I haven't seen any points or badges or things like that?
Mine currently tells me it's 2 hours away from changing to the new one (982 presumably), where as people are posting 980 from 9 hours ago. Is the time zone based on the local time zone (I'm about 2 hours from midnight here)? That's annoying, I'll never be in the same time zone as others!
I don't think Lemmy is really a good format for this. Many of the users won't be familiar with Reddit or forums, and it's better suited to strangers ranking things with the votes. Facebook style I think works better for people who now each other, and especially when they are only familiar with facebook.
I'm in a different day to everyone else 😆
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Fdroid is not suitable for the average person. The average person can install an app from google play, but Fdroid is quite a jump in steps, not to mention all the warnings that Android gives them, all but telling them not to do it.
The idea of a snikket server is good, but I feel it's not much different that any other chat app. HumHub works on both mobile and desktop, and provides many features above a chat app. It's more similar to Facebook groups (which people are already familiar with) but without the spying, whereas I don't get the benefit of Snikket over say Signal.
What is it that makes it unsuitable for families? It seems to be pretty familiar feeling to people used to Facebook.
Conversations says to purchase on the play store. I don't think I'm gonna get good uptake it every user has to pay money.
Thanks. These seem more like press releases and don't have the random clips which I'd be more interested in. Oh well.
I notice their website says they are working on releasing apps for Android and iOS by the end of 2023. I can find the Android one but not the iOS one :(.
Luckily most of my family uses Android.
Now you mention it, I remember seeing your post. Disappointing that you never found something. Was the lack of iOS app the only thing that put you off HumHub?
What I'm trying to avoid is on boarding a bunch of people to some platform then working out that it doesn't work for us and having to get everyone set up on a new platform! I was hoping to hear from others who had tried it, or others who have other solutions that work for them.
Thoughts on HumHub?
Over time I've been on the lookout for social media for family to use. I haven't really found anything suitable, key thing is that posting photos and videos needs to be user friendly. For example, Friendica all but requiring you to upload your video to YouTube and post the embedded video is just not gonna fly.
I've seen Zusam in the past, which looks like it could become something but I don't think it's ready for me to try to get extended family into. (It's worth mentioning here that certain extended family have shown interest in using something like this)
Recently I've had a look around at some Enterprise social solutions, and have had a play with HumHub. It has a much more familiar look, things are separated into spaces that are similar to Facebook groups, and while media uploads aren't perfect I think they will work well enough.
HumHub has modules, many of which cost a decent amount of money, because they target the enterprise market. However, the community version is open source and the base features and free modules seem to work well.
Does anyone have experience using it? Any warnings I should know about? Any similar software that does a better job?
Remember, Key has been shown to have close ties to the CCP. The CCP wants to destabilise the US's position on the global stage, and this feeds into that.
Hey sorry I've had a play and it doesn't look like this is a configurable setting in Lemmy.
Lemmy.nz runs the Lemmy software, but we don't develop it. I suspect the limit is set that low on purpose, though. Mobile screens are not that wide, and there's a lot of info to display for every comment, so it would need to be quite small to account for that. Note that not all people we interact with on Lemmy are using Lemmy software (e.g. they could be on instances using Mastodon, Kbin, Mbin, Piefed, etc), so different users may have different restrictions.
First I've seen this one, a cool twist on the wordle and I think it makes it less based on people's luck picking the right starting word.
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Do they post updates outside of X or are these only there?
Yeah I think that's a fun way to do I. I think we should probably specify whether we used google or not so people can accurately compare.
Aotearoa has reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the largest haka from France, with a preliminary total of 6531 people.
> Aotearoa has reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the largest haka from France after thousands performed Ka Mate at Auckland's Eden Park on Sunday. > > The previous official record was 4028, held by France since 2014.
> People travelled from far and wide to support the kaupapa, with American TV host Conan O'Brien, director Taika Waititi and boxer David Tua spotted in the crowd. > > Gates opened at 4.30pm before the haka attempt itself just after 8pm. Local entertainment included Six60, Alien Weaponry, Che Fu, Rob Ruha and the Topp Twins. > > The haka had to be performed for one minute, so those present performed Ka Mate four times in a row.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 27/9/2024
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What are some nice short videos for youngish kids to watch?
I have kids ages 4-7 and they quite like watching a little snippet of something while they brush their teeth.
One thing they have been into recently is these stop motion videos on youtube on a channel called Peapea. However, it's obvious that M&Ms and Coke give them lots of money because it's all you see in many of the videos. But these are good videos, as the kids like them and while the full youtube videos are 30 mins long, within this there are lots of shorts only a few minutes long each. Perfect for bushing teeth. Also a bonus is those videos don't rely on sound, so they can watch and understand it without telling each other to brush queiter.
Does anyone have suggestions for anything similar that isn't plastered with Cocacola and is suitable for the 4-7 age range?
Parents of students absent for 15 days could also face prosecution, while changes to teacher-only days are coming, David Seymour has announced.
I didn't "watch live" but I guess that's a warning the article may change. Here are some snippets as it currently stands:
> Schools won't be able to hold teacher-only days during term time and parents of students absent for 15 days could be prosecuted, Associate Education Minister David Seymour has announced in a new truancy crackdown.
> Schools must have a stepped attendance response (STAR) plan in place by the beginning of the 2026 school year. > > Seymour set out an example: > > - Five days absent: School contacts parents/guardians to determine a reason and set expectations > - 10 days absent: School leaders meet with parents/guardians and student to develop a plan to address barriers to attendance and "the obligation goes onto services such as attendance, Oranga Tamariki and the local police" > - 15 days absent: Ministry takes over the response, including possible prosecution of parents > > Each school would also be asked to share attendance information with Oranga Tamariki, police, and MSD, he said.
Members of a group believe they are exempt from NZ law used fake ID to reach the PMs floor, according to a police presentation.
> The police powerpoint presentation, released to Stuff under the Official Information Act, said members of sovereign citizens group Mauri Nation used fake ID to reach the Prime Minister's floor at Parliament. > > The presentation from the Police Security Intelligence and Threats Group in November last year, does not say whether the Prime Minister - then Jacinda Ardern - was present.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 20/9/2024
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A yet-to-be published study also found achievement improved at some schools participating in the Ka Ora, Ka Ako scheme.
> Budget documents show the government was told of "profound" wellbeing benefits from the free school lunch scheme months before it decided to trim its funding.
> The research was supposed to be published in June but was still under wraps. > > However, Budget papers published this week referred to the study's early findings.
> "Emerging findings support previous evaluation findings, but also highlight further benefits of the programme, including improvements in achievement and the importance of universality," said a December briefing note to Minister of Education Erica Stanford. > > "This includes that learners are more settled and able to engage with classroom activity and learning, with some schools showing increased academic achievement resulting from an enhanced learning experience from being more settled and less distracted. Initial findings also indicate that the programme is having a profound impact on the wellbeing of learners," it said.
> Earlier this year, the government cut annual funding for the scheme by $107 million, reducing the per-student spend for children at intermediate and secondary schools to $3. > > A March briefing paper about changing the model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako said it was not clear whether lunches could be provided at that price. > > "The most significant risk from the proposal is that we have not market-tested or otherwise analysed the proposed $3 per head price. We do not know whether sufficient supply exists to offer lunches to the specified standard at this price across the full range of schools," the document said.
Pihole on gateway device?
I'm looking at getting a gateway device to replace the ISP router that sits between the internet connection and the mesh WiFi.
I am running pi-hole on a (very old) raspberry pi, but I know some gateways get quite fancy so I'm wondering if it's possible to have pi-hole on the gateway itself, to run as DNS and DHCP servers?
Other things I'm looking for in a gateway are VPN as a client (preferably Wireguard) and PoE ports for cameras.
If it's possible to host something like pi-hole directly on the gateway then hardware recommendations are appreciated!
Prices are high, competition is tricky - and what's Bin Inn got to do with anything?
> We're paying higher prices, specials are confusing and loyalty schemes aren't delivering overly significant rewards. > > Those aren't just the musings of a frustrated supermarket shopper - but are some of the findings in the Commerce Commission's first annual grocery report, issued on Wednesday.
> Rewards schemes were only giving a return of between 0.71 percent for Flybuys and 0.75 percent for Everyday Rewards.
>Between 2007 and 2019, the average weekly spend on grocery food increased 7.3 percent every three years but the latest data showed a leap of 28.9 percent.
> The commission's report said supermarkets would point to their own rising costs as the reason for price rises. > > But it said margins had continued to grow - all of the major supermarkets had experienced an increase in price-cost margins, which meant that retail prices were increasing faster than the cost of the goods.
> The report said supermarkets "continue to achieve higher levels of profitability than we would expect in a workably competitive market".
> It was not likely that Costco would be able to expand to the point where it could become a serious third supermarket contender, it said. > > The report said the Warehouse could be an option - its network of shops meant it was in a good position to encourage shoppers to split their shopping in many cases - but it had said it had no intention of raising the capital needed to compete.
The "five things" don't work that well as a list, but they are:
- High prices aren't in your head
- Competition is not bringing down margins, or prices
- Other competitors aren't finding it easy
- Innovation, but is it what we want?
- Would fines make a difference?
Five central city shops have had windows smashed or damaged and police are investigating whether the attacks are linked.
> A man has been arrested after five central Wellington shops had windows smashed or damaged overnight.
> Wholly Bagels owner Junwei Hu said the damage had been been done on purpose with "lots of force". > > He said he had no idea why someone would break holes in the windows and push mushrooms through to the shop floor. > > "There's quite a bit (of) mushrooms... I don't know how they did it, but like, it's inside everywhere. Maybe they squashed through the hole."
> A dairy on Lambton Quay also had windows damaged. > > Security footage at Lambton Mart showed the glass was shattered by a hammer, manager Mayank Patel said. Cards similar to bank cards had been dropped inside.
> Patel said the hammer hit a letter 'o' on the Lotto logo at Lambton Mart, Patel said. > > The same part of the Lotto logo at TJ Superette was targeted, as was the letter 'o' at Coco Wellington and in the word 'Hottest' on window of Mecca on Lambton Quay.
A passenger saw sparks out of her window - then flames "coming out of the engine".
> Just after 4pm this afternoon NZ5366 travelling from Christchurch to Wellington landed safely after smoke was seen coming from the engine," Air New Zealand Head of Flight Operations, Hugh Pearce said in a statement. > > "The aircraft was met by emergency services and all passengers have disembarked safely. > > Pearce later added that the cause remains under investigation.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 26/8/2024
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Police say the man missed his calling: "He should have been a marathon swimmer."
> A suspected boat burglar has been arrested after jumping into the tide and leading police on a slow-motion chase in the Bay of Islands.
> He refused to come ashore, instead rowing towards the ferry ramp then abandoning his dinghy and swimming towards Russell. > > Officers, including a police dog, followed him in an inflatable boat.
> The police spokesperson said the man had missed his calling: "He should have been a marathon swimmer."
A deep dive into police bias
Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law
> Ground-breaking work on fairness and equity within New Zealand's police force has quantified for the first time the gap between Māori and Pakeha when it comes to how they're treated. > > It comes from the world-leading project Understanding Policing Delivery, which granted a research team unrestricted access to police staff and data. > > Controlling for all other relevant factors, including previous criminal history, youth and gang affiliation, Māori are still 11 percent more likely to be charged with an offence than a Pakeha person in the same situation.
Philip Morris planned to apply "political pressure" to get tax cuts for heated tobacco products, a document shows.
> A leaked document from tobacco giant Philip Morris says the company should target political parties including NZ First to get more favourable regulation for its Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs). > > RNZ has obtained the 2017 document 'Designing a Smoke-free Future in New Zealand', a corporate affairs plan to lobby for HTPs and other smokeless nicotine products to be embraced as part Smokefree 2025. > > The Philip Morris New Zealand (PMNZ) lobbying plan, dated August 2017, was drawn up as the National-led government of the day was legalising vaping products. The document maps out a path for HTPs to gain similar recognition. > > "It is essential that we move proactively to control the narrative about PMNZ, our products and in particular, our potential contribution to harm reduction," the document says. > > "We would like to force those opposing PMNZ's role in a Smokefree NZ … into a position whereby to oppose PMNZ's RRPs (Risk Reduced Products) is to oppose harm reduction, or be pro-harm."
NZ is slipping in international anti-corruption measures and a "she'll be right" attitude is adding to the decline, report says.
> Tougher rules are needed to combat the risk of political corruption in New Zealand, according to the Helen Clark Foundation. > > In a report for the public policy think-tank, set up by former prime minister Helen Clark, author Philippa Yasbek set out 26 recommendations to strengthen the country's anti-corruption measures. > > They included penalties for those who failed to comply with the Official Information Act, capping a person's political donations to $30,000 per electoral cycle, mandatory reporting of all gifts offered to politicians, and a three-year wait before any former politician could become a lobbyist.
> "Corruption is an insidious cancer. It is not enough for democracies like ours to pay lip service to principles of transparency and steps which need to be taken against corruption," he said in a foreword to the report. > > "New Zealand must critically examine these issues on a regular basis. That is why this article is so important and why it raises very serious questions about New Zealand's current commitment to transparency." > > Yasbek said anti-corruption measures in New Zealand were largely governed by social norms, but laws were needed.
The government aims to test just over 3.3 million drivers a year in its plan to increase roadside tests for drink and drug-impaired drivers.
> The government aims to test just over 3.3 million drivers a year in its plan to increase roadside tests for drink and drug-impaired drivers. > > Transport Minister Simeon Brown is launching a $1.3 billion Road Policing Investment Programme which will run for the next three years. > > He said 65 percent of breath tests will be done at high or extreme alcohol risk times. > > The scheme will also have a target of carrying out 50,000 drug tests per year. > > Brown said another priority will be speeding on open roads and at high-risk locations. > > "This plan has a clear focus on outcomes and has clear targets to ensure police are focused on the most high-risk times, behaviours, and locations.
The move comes as rising energy, insurance and staffing costs lead to a $30m funding gap.
> Te Papa will begin charging an entry fee for international visitors from September. > > Entry to the museum will remain free for New Zealanders.
> The entry fee will be $35 and will apply from 17 September to international visitors aged 16 years and older. > > With nearly 600,000 international visitors in the 2023/2024 financial year, Te Papa is expected to earn an additional $5-$10 million per year from the move.
> Johnston said visitors would self-identify their nationality. > > "You'll walk into Te Papa and we'll say, 'Kia ora, how are you? Where have you come from today?' And if you say, 'Oh, I've come from Johnsonville', then we'll say, 'Great, head up the stairs, head into the museum, have a wonderful visit'. > > "And if you say, 'Oh, I'm from France' or 'I'm from Germany', we'll say, 'Awesome, head up the stairs, you'll see the ticket desk right there, that's where you can buy your ticket'."
Rate cuts on Wednesday are likely to be start of persistent shift down, commentators say.
> Home loan borrowers can expect rates to fall throughout the rest of this year and next, commentators say. > > The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25bps to 5.25 percent on Wednesday. > > While it was a move that was forecast by several economists, it was a u-turn from the bank's position in May. Infometrics chief executive Brad Olsen described it as a "WTH moment" and "the biggest flip-flop ever".