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  1. Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes

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    I would say the standard of "avoiding bait" can reasonably be higher for a title than a comment.

    I would say the standard of "avoiding bait" can reasonably be higher for a title than a comment.

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  2. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    It's just frustrating from the perspective of someone with a hobbyist website that realistically will never be a MITM target, I just didn't want anyone's browser giving them scary warnings. I...

    It's just frustrating from the perspective of someone with a hobbyist website that realistically will never be a MITM target, I just didn't want anyone's browser giving them scary warnings.

    I procrastinated setting up a cert for a long time because automating it was nontrivial and not automating meant replacing it every 3 months. If the cert was good for a year, I probably would have set it up it day one.

  3. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

  4. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    I thought if you're connecting with an expired certificate, the encryption still works, it's just that your cert authority say you're a bad person. Is that not true?

    I thought if you're connecting with an expired certificate, the encryption still works, it's just that your cert authority say you're a bad person. Is that not true?

    4 votes

  5. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    I didn't have the energy to figure out a portable docker installation, so I went with doing all sorts of sketchy shit

    I didn't have the energy to figure out a portable docker installation, so I went with doing all sorts of sketchy shit

    4 votes

  6. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    Ha, you assume I'm competent. I also messed up my crontab entry, and I'm hosting on a sketchy seedbox where I don't have root.

    Ha, you assume I'm competent. I also messed up my crontab entry, and I'm hosting on a sketchy seedbox where I don't have root.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    A certificate is something that you request from a certificate authority (like Let's Encrypt) for a website. A website administrator does that because it allows them to run your site with HTTPS...

    A certificate is something that you request from a certificate authority (like Let's Encrypt) for a website. A website administrator does that because it allows them to run your site with HTTPS instead of HTTP - HTTPS is encrypted and means nobody but your user can see the communication between the two of you, and proves to your user that the data they're getting is actually from you.

    Unfortunately, you can't do anything if it breaks except wait for the admin to come back and fix it.

    10 votes

  8. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    ... Me, last week. My script to call certbot failed =(

    ... Me, last week.

    My script to call certbot failed =(

    3 votes

  10. Comment on iPhone Duo sells out immediately, now backordered until next year in ~tech

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    Do we know the typical number of iPhones sold? I have to imagine RAM purchasing was a constraint for Apple in how much inventory they had prepared.

    Do we know the typical number of iPhones sold? I have to imagine RAM purchasing was a constraint for Apple in how much inventory they had prepared.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes “orphans”, what do you do for Christmas? in ~life

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    Second Jew chiming in: It's always kind of awkward because of how the world basically stops. I could technically work the week between it and New Years, but nobody else will be there, so I'm...

    Second Jew chiming in: It's always kind of awkward because of how the world basically stops. I could technically work the week between it and New Years, but nobody else will be there, so I'm basically forced to take vacation days at work or be sitting around getting nothing done because there is noone to answer questions or code review.

    A few times, I've gone visit a orthodox Jewish friend of mine that week just to avoid sitting at home doing nothing. She home schools her son, and they actually make a point to do ordinary schoolwork that day.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Someone ‘torturing’ LLMs in a robot prison has triggered the dumbest debate in AI yet in ~tech

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    If you want to get more mainstream, there are also the people who torture their Sims characters for fun - I've seen homeless Sims, Sims whose house is a maze so they repeatedly wet themselves,...

    If you want to get more mainstream, there are also the people who torture their Sims characters for fun - I've seen homeless Sims, Sims whose house is a maze so they repeatedly wet themselves, pass out on the way to bed, and finally starve to death, Sims burned to death, forced to drown in the pool, purposely electrocuted, etc.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Our AI midwife in ~health

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    I suppose I was thinking from the perspective of something like the pan-scans that are famous for finding "incedentalomas" that turn out to be nothing, so this was thought provoking, thank you.

    I suppose I was thinking from the perspective of something like the pan-scans that are famous for finding "incedentalomas" that turn out to be nothing, so this was thought provoking, thank you.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Our AI midwife in ~health

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    I'm glad that the family in the article had the great outcome they did, but I wonder what the ratio between outcomes like this, and the mirror opposite outcome - - extra unnecessary tests and...

    I'm glad that the family in the article had the great outcome they did, but I wonder what the ratio between outcomes like this, and the mirror opposite outcome - - extra unnecessary tests and health anxiety over a routine illness.

    Does anyone know of any studies on this topic?

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Someone ‘torturing’ LLMs in a robot prison has triggered the dumbest debate in AI yet in ~tech

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    I'll admit I murdered an anthill for fun as a kid and I think I still turned out OK? A little weird, but nothing illegal or hurtful 😅 So there's hope at least, for your imaginary fly murderer

    I'll admit I murdered an anthill for fun as a kid and I think I still turned out OK? A little weird, but nothing illegal or hurtful 😅

    So there's hope at least, for your imaginary fly murderer

    9 votes

  16. Comment on F-Droid 2.0: A new chapter for Android freedom in ~tech

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    I updated, thank you for the notification - I think my phone had snoozed F-Droid because I hadn't used it in a while. This update is a massive improvement, kudos to the F-Droid team!

    I updated, thank you for the notification - I think my phone had snoozed F-Droid because I hadn't used it in a while.

    This update is a massive improvement, kudos to the F-Droid team!

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Who gets the Steam Frame? Did Valve pick you for the first wave? in ~games

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    My Steam Frame (really, my friend's reservation) is arriving Tuesday, and I'm super excited. Just put of curiousity, I've left the reservation on my own account, to see how long it would have...

    My Steam Frame (really, my friend's reservation) is arriving Tuesday, and I'm super excited. Just put of curiousity, I've left the reservation on my own account, to see how long it would have taken.

    I'm in the US, and it's a 1 TB

    1 vote

  18. Comment on The literary world’s DEI checklist in ~books

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    Yes, I absolutely eventually found things, but I was surprised by the gender balance, especially when I was looking for something published recently instead of a classic.

    Yes, I absolutely eventually found things, but I was surprised by the gender balance, especially when I was looking for something published recently instead of a classic.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on The literary world’s DEI checklist in ~books

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    Those are all great, and I did eventually find things. It's worth mentioning that everything on your list (with the exception of The Timewarp Trio) was out when I was a kid. If you look at new...

    Those are all great, and I did eventually find things. It's worth mentioning that everything on your list (with the exception of The Timewarp Trio) was out when I was a kid. If you look at new releases - - the books specifically marketed to today's children - - they're almost all aimed at girls. Most of the exceptions are chapter books about other media (like Bluey or Paw Patrol).

    4 votes

  20. Comment on The literary world’s DEI checklist in ~books

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    Apropos of this, has anyone tried buying books for an early independent reading boy recently? 80% are marketed to girls

    Apropos of this, has anyone tried buying books for an early independent reading boy recently? 80% are marketed to girls

    11 votes