ActivityPods 2.0 is out!
ActivityPods 2.0 is out!
We are thrilled to announce the official release of ActivityPods 2.0, a framework and platform that allows users to create a single account for multiple decentralised social applications while also providing developers with the tools to build and int…ActivityPods
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Holy shit.......I haven't tried it yet, but this sounds like one of the first ideas I pitched when I got here. One account, multiple platforms!
How do I do this? Can I do it with this account?
Glad you like it.
About testing it, not sure, hopefully someone more knowledgeable about it will jump in
Well......that kind of defeats the purpose then.
It needs to be compatible with ALL the things. Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, hell throw Bluesky in there! Get all the fediverse things interconnected. Otherwise, what is the point of having a service that connects all the things, and then making it compatible with none?
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Have you ever tried Mbin? fedia.io/
It has both Lemmy and Mastodon on the same website, and all notifications arrive in the same inbox
To be fair, it seems that the way it works behind the scenes is using SSO and OIDC (see docs.activitypods.org/app-fram… ) so applications would need to support that before.
Lemmy only added this three weeks ago, github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issu… and pixelfed still doesn't support it directly as per github.com/pixelfed/ideas/issu…
Likely the reason they went with Mastodon is because the support for the above is more mature there, but seeing as this is ActivityPub-based I think in theory it should work with Lemmy et al. (Doesn't rule out there being app-specific bugs and such that need to be ironed out, but that's often the case for new releases regardless.)
That said I'm having a bit of a hard time following the docs. If I'm reading docs.activitypods.org/architec… right you may not be able to use a lemmy.world account as your credentials - it seems like there's some configuration on the "application" end to enable this, meaning the lemmy.world admins would have to turn it on for this to work. (But if you had it turned on and successfully working elsewhere and then posted as that other account to lemmy.world, it would federate as usual.)
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It's how it SHOULD work.
Like if I comment on someones picture on pixelfed, and someone replies to my comment, the notification should go to my inbox.
Then, if I post a video on peertube, and 5 people leave comments, those comments should go in my inbox.
And if 30 people leave replies to my Lemmy comments, I should have 30 comments in my inbox.
And that inbox? It should be one inbox. One account. If I see the notification for pixelfed, and I click the context button, my browser should take me to that pixelfed post. Then, if I click back, to the inbox again, and click context for the peertube comments, it should take me to that video.
That's what I imagined when I first heard of the fediverse.
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Meh, just run several associated services and keep the same username on all of them. Nothing is interoperable, stop trying to force it. And a rogue app with bad user data handling practices is still going to leak your data, even if you store your copy of the data securely.
My fediverse accounts are always "patrick@.bestiver.se". I currently am only running Mastodon/Lemmy and a few supporting services (e.g. a link manager - bestiver.se/@patrick), but I'm adding more as I get to them. Pixelfed, Peertube, Loops(?), Piefed...
Adopting this ActivityPods thing looks like it will require each Fediverse project to make what I'd guess are fairly significant changes to their user data handling, and none of those projects are properly funded for this. In fact what this actually seems to be doing is asking every other Fedi app to build on top of their user data API.
I applaud the attempt at building a new standard in the Fediverse, but I doubt it's going to happen.
I think there are some misconceptions here.
ActivityPods does not build a new standard but actually implements existing ones instead (ActivityPub and Solid).
So if you are a dev, you can write your own app on top of ActivityPods and it gives you the ActivityPub support almost "for free". This gives you:
(1) freedom of the users where they have their account when logging in to your app (like a sign in with google) but the user data is stored with the user's personal online datastore (POD) not with the app
(2) the possibility to deploy multiple instances of your app which can be useful to build communities independent of the account provider.
Also (3) as an app dev, you don't need to worry where to store users' data.
For an existing ActivityPub application (take mastodon for example, we have an alpha stage app called mastopod which is intended for microblogging), there is nothing to do actually. If someone builds an app that supports the same types, for example the Article or Event type of ActivityPub (/ActivityStreams), they can understand each others activities.
You could for example imagine an app that functions like an aggregator for all types of Activities and all people you follow but you might want your blogging app to only show you Articles. And another app that is nice for organizing events.
, literally the original title text. Truly the year of the password manager
So you can host your POD which would be best or even use a provider which you still have access controls. It’s like renting a locker or storage pod
Opensource modern TTS engines for Android are now available!
I just found this.
This is huge!
As a german, I use thorsten medium as he simply made the best dataset.
Mixing english with german, speaking numbers, single letters, pausing without a "." but just a linebreak, all those can be essential.
And... it is nearly perfect! And all local!
This is crazy!
eSpeak can finally go to rest!
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It is FOSS, and the build instructions are here
k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/a…
Those guys are incredibly active, look at this!
k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/i…
(And no, not on F-Droid, if you look at the crazy amount of packages that makes sense)
This is amazing! If you are looking for US EN and use a phone with arm64 I can recommend sherpa-onnx-1.10.27-arm64-v8a-en-tts-vits-piper-en_US-kristin-medium and sherpa-onnx-1.10.27-arm64-v8a-en-tts-vits-piper-en_US-norman-medium.
Edit: I don't seem to be able to get the engine to show up as a tts engine but it works well within the tts app itself. Hopefully I'll find a fix I've been searching for a good tts engine for android eBook apps.
Edit 2. Fixed I mistakenly downloaded the standalone version from k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/t… instead of k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/t…
Yes of course :) I use sherpa-onnx-1.10.26-arm64-v8a-de-tts-engine-vits-piper-de_DE-thorsten-medium and there is nothing irrelevant in that name.
Still after another commenter wrote how overwhelmed they are with that INSANE download page, I felt that when you dropped those 2 names
That would then require running code from memory, which needs to be enabled in recent GrapheneOS. But all fine, they should absolutely do that as they obviously do that currently but during compilation.
Client app + wizard to select language and model type + downloaded model
Thorsten high is silly haha. Emotional is also not meant for TTS more for research I think.
I think thorsten made the only good model in German, I really want to make my own one! Or get some famous people on board?
Just to clarify, this is standalone and doesn't need a local LLM or anything yeah? Also, any tips on tutorials for the install process?
Edit: Nevermind, I realize it's install and use
rhasspy.github.io/piper-sample…
Yeah well you need a .apk XD
just search for
- your language
- your android architecture (normally modern phones use arm64 or aarch64 or arm v8a
- your preferred model, or just try out all
Example
Uhm that is the site I have linked
Trust me, I checked 3 times and that tiny link isnt making it easier XD
You linked the download apk directly, not the index with all the apk's.
Edited my previous reply for you to see the url better
I added the same link also to the text so that you can find it there too.
Click on either of these links, they are the same
People of South Asia reaffirm solidarity with Palestine on anniversary of genocide in Gaza
People of South Asia reaffirm solidarity with Palestine on anniversary of genocide in Gaza : Peoples Dispatch
Left and progressive forces in the region continue to express solidarity with Palestinian resistance movements in defiance of their governments who have tried to suppress the voices of solidarity.Abdul Rahman (Peoples Dispatch)
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People of South Asia reaffirm solidarity with Palestine on anniversary of genocide in Gaza
People of South Asia reaffirm solidarity with Palestine on anniversary of genocide in Gaza : Peoples Dispatch
Left and progressive forces in the region continue to express solidarity with Palestinian resistance movements in defiance of their governments who have tried to suppress the voices of solidarity.Abdul Rahman (Peoples Dispatch)
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This is neat.
Does CR have rules about flag desecration? If so, if you cut a perimeter and just make it a smaller flag is this exempt?
The erotical love of the local flag is a US only thing, noone cares about that anywhere elso on the planet. Do whatever you want with that cloth.
"Desecrecation" what a word.
"Actually" Czech flag should be destroyed if it touches the ground. Also while in CZ there are rules on what should be the order of flags, if it is flying with other flags.
There are more rules, but the main point is ... Noone really cares.
no bc you have to zoom in on exactly the center
anywhere else and it's either all blue, all red, the flag of poland, or the flag of france
'They Cannot Defeat Us': Lebanon Stands Defiant Against Israel's Assault
‘They cannot defeat us’: Lebanon stands defiant against Israel’s assault
Israel has tried twice before to subdue Lebanon and failed. Despite stunning acts of terror and the assassination of Nasrallah, the resolve of the Lebanese people remains.Ju-Hyun Park (The Real News Network)
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I wont eat those big ass pieces and i dont want to break my hand trying to divide them.
If I have to get a knife out to eat my chocolate bar it's already become more hassle than it's worth.
They could have rectangles and squares of uneven sizes that still have normal break lines, they choose not to. Heck they could even have triangles that break neatly if they really wanted to by putting a diagonal line down some squares or rectangles.
I mean if you’re eating it in pieces instead of the whole thing you already need to put the thing away….
Buy smaller bars then. The situation has remedies…
Having stuff on hand for cravings is unreasonable…? Seriously?
Than get a different brand of you want to be this bloody entitled lmfao.
First, I do get a different brand, that's my point. Second, now you're telling me to buy it in bulk to always have around? I don't want to spend that much on an already expensive chocolate and it'll probably just go fast from my kids anyway. Plus in summer it'll either melt from the heat or be rock hard from being in the fridge, neither is ideal.
Also, usually I'll just buy it as a treat when we're already out. If I'm trying to split a chocolate between 4 people at a shopping centre, I'm not going to be carrying around a knife, I want to be able to just easily break it into 4 sections. Nor am I going to think before we leave "I should grab 4 of those chocolates I bought online in my pocket in case we want some".
I have no problem just getting a different brand to avoid the hassle, all I'm saying is maybe I'd get theirs if it wasn't designed so stupidly. But I'm sure they don't care enough about getting business from 1 random guy to change it, so I'm fine getting others.
They seem pretty cool!
Unfortunately I can't eat them, since the one thing they can't seem to certify on is gluten... May be pretty good gifts though.
Why are your bars unequally divided?It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 180g bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.
And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon.
That's awesome!
Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut)
lol
People don't know about the weird chunk sizes representing inequality.
They do know about Chocolonely being marketed as a more ethical product.
Slavery!
That’s why it’s the color that it is
Edit: my bad, I guess it’s shaped like the coast of Africa
Haven't seen that before but, I am okay with this.
Make it a Nautilus spiral or fractals and I could theoretically have endless chocolate.
Im pretty sure some people said that
If not, are all the memes with "nobody: " in them werent made by anybody and that is the signature?
really? we can't allude to anything now? oh no someone referenced a movie, they must be working for the studio!
I'd really appreciate it if we kept Lemmy without the miserable grumpy cat that is r/hailcorporate just running around accusing people of shilling for literally mentioning anything in any context whatsoever.
Sudan's warring sides target local aid volunteers fighting famine
Reuters spoke with 24 volunteers who manage kitchens in Sudan's central state of Khartoum, the western region of Darfur and parts of the east where millions of people have been driven from their homes since fighting erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
International humanitarian agencies, which have been unable to get food aid to parts of Sudan at risk of famine, have ramped up support for such groups. But that has made them more of a target for RSF looters, 10 of the volunteers told Reuters by phone.
"We were safe when the RSF didn't know about the funding," said Gihad Salaheldin, a volunteer who left Khartoum city last year and spoke from Cairo. "They see our kitchens as a source of food."
Both sides have also attacked or detained volunteers on suspicion of collaborating with their opponents, a dozen volunteers said. Most of the volunteers spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
🛹 🍦 "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", the story is now available as a animated movie.
"The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.
This animated movie tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
An Open Educational Resource that inspires children to tinker and create technology."
Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream
The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.This animated movie tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
An Open Educational Resource that inspires children to tinker and create technology.
Find out more about this film and book at ada.fsfe.org
Copyright (c) 2024 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
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Mastodon 4.3
Mastodon 4.3
Grouped notifications, notification filtering, better onboarding and a refreshed look await in this new release of our decentralized open-source social media software.Mastodon Blog
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
Risk of societal collapseThe climate emergency is not an isolated issue. Global heating, although it is catastrophic, is merely one aspect of a profound polycrisis that includes environmental degradation, rising economic inequality, and biodiversity loss (Hoyer et al. 2023). Climate change is a glaring symptom of a deeper systemic issue: ecological overshoot, where human consumption outpaces the Earth's ability to regenerate (Rees 2023, Ripple et al. 2024). Overshoot is an inherently unstable state that cannot persist indefinitely. As pressures increase and the risk of Earth's climate system switching to a catastrophic state rises (Steffen et al. 2018), more and more scientists have begun to research the possibility of societal collapse (Brozović 2023). Even in the absence of global collapse, climate change could cause many millions of additional deaths by 2050 (WHO 2023).
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiledRipple, William J (Oxford University Press)
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
Risk of societal collapseThe climate emergency is not an isolated issue. Global heating, although it is catastrophic, is merely one aspect of a profound polycrisis that includes environmental degradation, rising economic inequality, and biodiversity loss (Hoyer et al. 2023). Climate change is a glaring symptom of a deeper systemic issue: ecological overshoot, where human consumption outpaces the Earth's ability to regenerate (Rees 2023, Ripple et al. 2024). Overshoot is an inherently unstable state that cannot persist indefinitely. As pressures increase and the risk of Earth's climate system switching to a catastrophic state rises (Steffen et al. 2018), more and more scientists have begun to research the possibility of societal collapse (Brozović 2023). Even in the absence of global collapse, climate change could cause many millions of additional deaths by 2050 (WHO 2023).
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiledRipple, William J (Oxford University Press)
On Israeli Apathy
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/21177135
By Mairav Zonszein[Insightful article on current events and moods in Israel. Dehumanization of Palestinians has deepened]
Ms. Zonszein is the senior Israel analyst with the International Crisis Group. She wrote from Tel Aviv.
Oct. 7, 2024
Opinion | On Israeli Apathy
The lawlessness and state violence directed at Palestinians for so long has at last started to seep into Jewish Israeli society.Mairav Zonszein (The New York Times)
I do not feel sorry for them, and I never will. You have persecuted people, who were there before you, for 75 fucking years. You have humiliated them, you have subjugated them, you have raped them, tortured them, killed their entire families.
Fuck you, Israelis. You and your country are disgusting, and an embarrassment to Judaism. Genocidal monsters.
I’m sure they’re all out protesting the criminalization of rape in their prisons. No holding people accountable for rape in Israel.
Palestine Action just Hit TEN Branches of Israel Genocide-Enabler Allianz
Palestine Action hit offices of Allianz across the UK over Israel links
Palestine Action have targeted 10 British offices of Allianz, the world's largest insurance firm and a financial backer of Israel's arms tradeThe Canary
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Hurricane Helene kills at least 44 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast
Hurricane Helene kills at least 44 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast
Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 44 people, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people…CTVNews
Meet the man in charge of prosecuting war crimes - ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/21175343
Based on interview withh International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan. Article also contains a link to actual transcript of interviewSeptember 26, 2024 9:53 PM ET
ZOOM Platform store announces new tool to run Windows games on Linux with Proton
ZOOM Platform store announces new tool to run Windows games on Linux with Proton
Some fun news here. ZOOM Platform, a games store that offers DRM-free games both new and old (as well as helping update some older games) now offers a special tool for Linux gamers to run Windows games with Proton.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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That's really cool, especially because they are using umu under the hood.
And they even have Thunder Brigade, which I loved as a kid.
My concern with this and other platforms like gog is that I can be fairly confident valve isn't going under anytime soon, and that they have no interest in taking games away from people
I don't have nearly that same faith in a project that's only just started and doesn't have the amount of money behind it valve does
Sure, once you own these games you own them but that means having to store every single game I've bought somewhere incase they go under and it all vanishes
The common thing between this and GOG is that they apparently offer DRM free games so if you've got the game backed up, you'll never lose access to it. If Steam suddenly disappeared, we'd all be fucked.
Oh and I mean since we're talking DRM free games, they'll get uploaded to torrent sites anyway. Don't even need to keep them backed up yourself.
At which point what's the point of even buying it if you're going to torrent it later on anyway though
Would have just the same claim to ethically pirate it if I were to buy it there as if I bought it on steam
I think torrenting someone else's copy of a game is still illegal regardless of if you own a copy yourself
I'm talking purely ethically, I don't consider it to be any different where I paid for the game originally if I can no longer access it via that platform
Pretty sure roms are only legal if you rip them yourself from your own console.
I don't think it's legal for people to distribute them but torrenting makes that an unwinnable game of wack a mole to shut down so they don't bother usually
What about when that HDD gets lost or dies, then I need a backup.
Without an automated system will be unreliable and a pain in the ass to maintain
If it's automated and not just a hard drive I shove games on every now and then it requires a machine to run it and constant electricity
So far I've had one hard drive fail and lose a bunch of my work from long ago (before I knew to use git), have physically lost memory sticks to similar effect
On the other hand I've still got everything in my Dropbox that I worked on as a child, everything on my old web server was still there until I pulled it down and cancelled it, all the contacts on my phone I have ever made, and I've never lost a steam game
I get not wanting to put your faith in big companies and I don't like the idea but so far they've proven far more reliable than I am in looking after my stuff
(I also tend not to keep anything sensitive in there and open source all my code nowadays anyway so leaks and ai training don't bother me that much)
What's the point of this when you can already use proton ge with lutris or bottles?
Am I missing something? Is the idea just to make the process easier?
India: mixed results in state elections
Elections to the territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Haryana gave mixed results for political parties. A coalition led by the J&K National Conference won 49 (JKNC 42, Congress 6, Communist 1) of 90 elected seats in the territory. This puts JKNC leader Omar Abdullah in a comfortable position to form the next government, even with the addition of five members nominated by the federal government. The BJP, which leads India's federal government and controversially removed J&K's special status, won 29 seats.
In Haryana, the BJP overcame anti-incumbancy and farmer protests to win 48 out of a total 90 seats, thanks to a strong local campaign and a popular leader in Nayab Singh Saini. The opposition Congress improved its vote and seat-share, but failed to dislodge the BJP. Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat - who had accused Wrestling Federation President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh of sexual assualt - was elected from Julana constituency representing the Congress Party.
While the JKNC and the BJP have cause to celebrate, these results weaken the Congress, challenging its demand for the leading position within the opposition. In the upcoming Maharashtra and Jharkhand state elections, it may have to concede seats - or even coalition leadership - to its allies.
NC-Congress alliance set to form govt. in J&K, BJP wins big in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls: National Conference wins 42 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP retains Jammu with 29 seats, shaping political landscape.The Hindu
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