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TIL Nearly 84% of Telangana women who participated in a survey agree with domestic violence perpetrated against them. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

sir please forgive us

IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in? in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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TIL Nearly 84% of Telangana women who participated in a survey agree with domestic violence perpetrated against them. (www.thenewsminute.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[+] Allah@lemm.ee -13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yes i meant separate instance also we just have to put this, dark souls wiki also uses it

You don’t need to rewrite the whole page—just inject the pieces for Socket .io and your chat UI where indicated. Here’s exactly what to add or change in existing HTML (THIS PAGE):

1. Include Socket.IO on the client

Find the closing </head> tag and just before it insert:

  <!-- Socket.IO client library (served automatically by your server) -->
  <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
  <!-- Optional: simple styles for the chat box -->
  <style>
    #chat-container {
      position: fixed;
      bottom: 0;
      right: 0;
      width: 300px;
      max-height: 400px;
      background: white;
      border: 1px solid #ccc;
      display: flex;
      flex-direction: column;
      font-family: sans-serif;
      z-index: 1000;
    }
    #chat-messages {
      flex: 1;
      overflow-y: auto;
      padding: 8px;
    }
    #chat-form {
      display: flex;
      border-top: 1px solid #eee;
    }
    #chat-input {
      flex: 1;
      border: none;
      padding: 8px;
    }
    #chat-send {
      border: none;
      padding: 8px 12px;
      cursor: pointer;
    }
  </style>
</head>

2. Add the chat HTML

Find the closing </body> tag and just before it paste:

  <!-- Chat widget -->
  <div id="chat-container">
    <div id="chat-messages"></div>
    <form id="chat-form">
      <input id="chat-input" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Type a message…" />
      <button type="submit" id="chat-send">Send</button>
    </form>
  </div>

3. Wire up the client-side JavaScript

Right below that (still before </body>), add:

  <script>
    // connect using the global io() function
    const socket = io();

    const form = document.getElementById('chat-form');
    const input = document.getElementById('chat-input');
    const messages = document.getElementById('chat-messages');

    // render incoming messages
    socket.on('message', ({ from, text }) => {
      const div = document.createElement('div');
      div.textContent = from + ': ' + text;
      messages.appendChild(div);
      messages.scrollTop = messages.scrollHeight;
    });

    // on submit send to server
    form.addEventListener('submit', e => {
      e.preventDefault();
      const msg = input.value.trim();
      if (!msg) return;
      socket.emit('message', msg);
      input.value = '';
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

4. Ensure your server is serving this page and Socket.IO

On your Node/Express server (the same one you use to serve the Lemmy/lemm.ee front-end), you need to:

Install Socket.IO:
```
npm install socket.io
```

Hook it up to your HTTP server (roughly as in the example I shared before), making sure you share sessions so only logged-in users connect.

The minimal changes in your server.js (or equivalent) are:

const http = require('http');
const socketIO = require('socket.io');
// … your existing Express `app`

const server = http.createServer(app);
const io = socketIO(server);

// (if you have session middleware already:)
io.use((socket, next) => {
  // reuse your Express session middleware here…
  sessionMiddleware(socket.request, socket.request.res || {}, next);
});

io.on('connection', socket => {
  const user = socket.request.session.user; 
  if (!user) return socket.disconnect(true);

  socket.broadcast.emit('message', {
    from: 'SYSTEM',
    text: `${user.name} joined.`
  });

  socket.on('message', msg => {
    io.emit('message', { from: user.name, text: msg });
  });

  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    io.emit('message', {
      from: 'SYSTEM',
      text: `${user.name} left.`
    });
  });
});

server.listen(3000);

Summary of “what changed” in your HTML

Head: added <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"> + minimal CSS
Body: injected a <div id="chat-container">…</div> chat widget
Footer: added a <script>…</script> block to wire up io()

With those three small patches, your existing site will host a floating chat box that’s only usable by authenticated users. Let me know if you need help wiring up the session middleware or adjusting the styles!

IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in? in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

what? i think you mean drill?

IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Allah@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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try using this code do you think it will work?

Below is a minimal example of how you can add a real‐time chat box that only your authenticated users can use. It uses:

Node.js + Express for the web server
express‐session to track logged-in users
Socket.io for real-time messaging

You’ll need to adapt the authentication check to however you store your users (database, JWTs, etc.), but this will give you the core of “only logged‐in folks see/use the chat.”

1. Install dependencies

npm init -y
npm install express express-session socket.io

2. server.js

const express = require('express');
const http    = require('http');
const session = require('express-session');
const SocketIO = require('socket.io');

const app = express();
const server = http.createServer(app);
const io = new SocketIO(server);

// 1) Session middleware
const sessionMiddleware = session({
  secret: 'YOUR_SESSION_SECRET',
  resave: false,
  saveUninitialized: false,
  // store: you can add a store like connect-mongo here
});
app.use(sessionMiddleware);

// 2) Make session available in socket.handshake
io.use((socket, next) => {
  sessionMiddleware(socket.request, socket.request.res || {}, next);
});

// Serve static files (our chat page + JS)
app.use(express.static('public'));

// 3) A simple “login” route for demo purposes.
//    In real life you’d check a DB, hash passwords, etc.
app.get('/login', (req, res) => {
  // e.g. ?user=alice
  const username = req.query.user;
  if (!username) return res.sendStatus(400);
  req.session.user = { name: username };
  res.redirect('/chat.html');
});

// 4) Protect chat page
app.get('/chat.html', (req, res, next) => {
  if (!req.session.user) return res.redirect('/login.html');
  next();
});

// 5) Handle socket connections
io.on('connection', socket => {
  const req = socket.request;
  if (!req.session.user) {
    // kick out any un‐authenticated socket
    return socket.disconnect(true);
  }

  const user = req.session.user.name;
  socket.broadcast.emit('message', {
    from: 'SYSTEM',
    text: `${user} has joined the chat`
  });

  socket.on('message', msg => {
    io.emit('message', {
      from: user,
      text: msg
    });
  });

  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    socket.broadcast.emit('message', {
      from: 'SYSTEM',
      text: `${user} has left the chat`
    });
  });
});

server.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Listening on http://localhost:3000/');
});

3. public/chat.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Chat Room</title>
  <style>
    #messages { list-style: none; padding: 0; max-height: 300px; overflow-y: scroll; }
    #messages li { margin: 5px 0; }
    #form { display: flex; }
    #input { flex: 1; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Chat Room</h1>
  <ul id="messages"></ul>
  <form id="form">
    <input id="input" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Type a message…" /><button>Send</button>
  </form>

  <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
  <script>
    const socket = io();

    const form = document.getElementById('form');
    const input = document.getElementById('input');
    const messages = document.getElementById('messages');

    socket.on('message', msg => {
      const li = document.createElement('li');
      li.textContent = `${msg.from}: ${msg.text}`;
      messages.appendChild(li);
      messages.scrollTop = messages.scrollHeight;
    });

    form.addEventListener('submit', e => {
      e.preventDefault();
      if (input.value.trim()) {
        socket.emit('message', input.value);
        input.value = '';
      }
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

4. How It Works

Session setup We use express-session so that when a user “logs in” (e.g. via your existing form/database), we store { user: { name: '…' } } in req.session.
Socket authentication By re-using the same session middleware in Socket.io’s io.use(…), every incoming socket has access to socket.request.session. If there’s no session.user, we immediately disconnect() them.
Real-time chat
- On connect/disconnect we broadcast a system message.
- On client‐side, every message the user sends is emitted and broadcast to all.
Protecting the page We guard chat.html in Express so that if you go there directly, you’ll get bounced to /login.html (you’d build a real login page).

Next Steps

Integrate with your real user database. Replace the demo /login route with your own logic.
Persist chat history if you want to store messages (e.g. in MongoDB or MySQL).
Add rooms or private messaging by namespace or room support in Socket.io.
Style it and embed it in your existing layout (lemm.ee) CSS.

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Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Israel warns Europe that Palestine recognition may be met with West Bank annexation in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

Annexing is a formal legal process, it's not just creating settlements and occupying. Almost none of the West Bank has been annexed by Israel ...........................

YET

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Israel warns Europe that Palestine recognition may be met with West Bank annexation (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world

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Coskun prosecution could spell return of blasphemy laws, NSS warns. NSS says successful prosecution "could represent the effective criminalisation of damaging a Quran in public" (www.secularism.org.uk)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/Muslim@lemm.ee

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Apple’s Smart Glasses Expected to Hit the Market by Late Next Year! (www.retailnews.asia)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YSK sleep loss is a metabolic disorder (www.science.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Allah@lemm.ee to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world

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TIL some Hindus in Sindh, particularly Jats, were influenced by Shi'ism and participated in internal conflicts of rashidun caliphate, including the Battle of Camel which tore apart rashidun caliphate (dailytimes.com.pk)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Allah@lemm.ee to c/Muslim@lemm.ee

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A painting depicting Abd al-Rahman (ibn Awf or ibn Abi Bakr) witnessing the purported conspiracy of Abu Lu'lu'a (Assassinator of Caliph Umar), Hurmuzān, and Jufayna (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/Muslim@lemm.ee

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read science articles for free (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Why did gandhi ask britain to seek peace with nazi germany? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

good point

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Why did gandhi ask britain to seek peace with nazi germany? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by Allah@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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We Can Win the War on Misinformation — Here’s How in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

read this by Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

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The people who think AI might become conscious (www.bbc.com)

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Consciousness in AI: Some experts, like Profs Lenore and Manuel Blum, believe AI could achieve consciousness soon, possibly through integrating sensory inputs like vision and touch into large language models (LLMs). They’re developing a model called "Brainish" to process such data, viewing conscious AI as the "next stage in humanity’s evolution." Others, like Prof Anil Seth, argue that consciousness may be tied to living systems, not just computation, and that assuming AI can become conscious is overly optimistic.

Scientific Efforts: Researchers at Sussex and elsewhere are breaking down the study of consciousness into smaller components, analyzing brain activity patterns (e.g., electrical signals, blood flow) to understand its mechanisms. This contrasts with the historical search for a single "spark of life."

AI’s Current State: LLMs like those behind ChatGPT and Gemini can hold sophisticated conversations, surprising even their creators. However, most experts, including Prof Murray Shanahan of Google DeepMind, believe current AI is not conscious. The lack of understanding of how LLMs work internally is a concern, prompting urgent research to ensure safety and control.

Alternative Approaches: Companies like Cortical Labs are exploring "cerebral organoids" (mini-brains made of nerve cells) to study consciousness. These biological systems, which can perform tasks like playing the video game Pong, might be a more likely path to consciousness than silicon-based AI.

Risks and Implications: Prof Seth warns of a "moral corrosion" if people attribute consciousness to AI, leading to misplaced trust, emotional attachment, or skewed priorities (e.g., caring for robots over humans). Prof Shanahan notes that AI will increasingly replicate human relationships (e.g., as teachers or romantic partners), raising ethical questions about societal impacts.

Philosophical Context: The article references David Chalmers’ "hard problem" of consciousness—explaining how brain processes give rise to subjective experiences. This remains unsolved, fueling debates about whether AI could ever truly be conscious.

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

know when to be evil? i am assuming you meant to say when do we have the right to defend ourselves?

Tea shop owner, 58, rapes minor in UP village, arrested in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Allah@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Source: The Hindu, published August 21, 2024, citing Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report. Total Cases: 151 sitting MPs and MLAs in India have declared cases related to crimes against women. Rape Charges: 16 MPs/MLAs are charged with rape under IPC Section 376. Party Breakdown: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 54 MPs/MLAs with cases of crimes against women. Indian National Congress: 23 MPs/MLAs with cases of crimes against women, including 5 charged with rape. Telugu Desam Party: 17 MPs/MLAs with cases of crimes against women. Data Source: Analysis of 4,809 out of 4,863 election affidavits of sitting MPs and MLAs as of August 2024.