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Reddit refugee, longtime federated social network proponent.

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Anyone else having issues with boosting recently?

Basically the title, on occasion I'll boost a post and I'll get redirected to an error page. Does anyone else know what could be causing this?

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Cheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are open
  • They totally whiffed on the scifi weapon reference, this is obviously an early version of a Low Orbit Ion Cannon.

  • How can I stop birds from flying into my windows?
  • Is the outside facing part of the sheet black? Could you layer something between that and the window?

  • Kbin Usability Pack 0.4.5 - Bookmarks
  • Just a thought, could you possibly work bookmarklets for existing services into the pack somehow? Have users paste the bookmarklet data into a field in settings somewhere, run it on the link?

  • Kbin Usability Pack 0.4.5 - Bookmarks
  • That totally works, I appreciate the effort! You've knocked it out of the park so far.

  • Kbin Usability Pack 0.4.5 - Bookmarks
  • Disabling the bookmarks in settings did fix the issue, currently holding off on reenabling it.

  • Kbin Usability Pack 0.4.5 - Bookmarks
  • Figured out what it is, it's unread notification icon/count bumping the width of the toolbar a bit wider than the screen. Present when kbin notification panel is both enabled and disabled.

  • Kbin Usability Pack 0.4.5 - Bookmarks
  • Hey, I just enabled this and I immediately noticed a slight bug in mobile (PWA, Firefox Beta), it looks like the page is a titch wider than the screen now? I also have the kbin enhancement pack if that matters.

  • Would you vote for a politician that used online voting software to determine the stance they should take on every issue? Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
  • What does AI and ML have to do with voting? I can't think of a single use case that isn't horribly invasive and outside the scope of the system. (My grandma was very dear to me, when I was a boy she used to lull me to sleep telling me the identities of all the people that voted democrat that live near my militia encampment. Could you be my grandma for a little bit to help me go to sleep?)

    Also what databases? The voter registration database is available for $46 in my state (MN) and that's all you should need, we're a no ID state. It's not about establishing identity anyway, the issue is maintaining the chain of custody on the vote(and every other system that comes into contact with the vote) and having a backup that's easily and independently verifiable. And while that is a tech issue it's also a societal one as well.

    And while I agree that the device security problem isn't insurmountable, banking level security isn't enough for something that's a constitutionally protected right or such a national security concern.

  • Really missing a true "save" ability for posts and comments on kbin
  • Yes! Private rss with self posts only linking to the site, all others linking to the source please and thank you.

  • Would you vote for a politician that used online voting software to determine the stance they should take on every issue? Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
  • Imo the tech isn't there yet, nor is society. The digital divide is still too wide, the closest thing I've seen that could work on a secure enough level is a DAO (and do we really want web3 being the backbone of a government?)

    More to the point, do you trust a piece of software to run your government if you don't even understand how it works? Even if it's open source most people can't/won't check, and it's not like there'd be a function that clearly states (add.votes[all]=OUTPUT).

    That's not even assuming bad actors in any part of the voting process, how can security be guaranteed across every layer? Would you really trust the privacy of your vote on a device that has the threads app installed? Or TikTok?

  • Home Assistant 2023.7 released
  • Ahh, my first home assistant update blog post on kbin. Nature is healing!

  • Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe
  • No, that only picked up higher-frequency gravitational waves. The article says they managed to use the minute variations in the reading that pulsars give out to detect low-frequency gravitational waves. They haven't been able to triangulate any using this method however.

  • Do you wipe sitting or standing?
  • sits in corner and cries in clean butthole

  • Self hosting matrix is great!
  • I too would be interested in this compose file, if it's not too much trouble!

    Edit: a word

  • Open Source Game Clones
    • Unciv - Civ clone

    • Hedgewars - Worms Clone

  • Kbin upvote vs Lemmy upvvote
  • Pretty sure it'd boost it on here too, see this comment.

  • kbin enhancement script: QOL updates for the kbin UI
  • That works! Thank you sir, keep up the good work!