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SOLVED: Notification on Settings button, but what is it for? in c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I suppose this is what is fixed in 2.24.2: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/1845

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? February 04 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Finished the second novel of The Housemaid series: The Housemaid's secret, by Freida McFadden. While it's written with the same literary structure as the first one, it is also a gripping and surprising novel. I found it to be even better than the first book in the series, as it's much more difficult to predict what will happen next. The biggest issue with the first novel was the ending, which seemed more reliant on luck and wasn't very realistic in my opinion. However, the ending in this one is much better and more satisfying.

I'm currently reading the third, The Housemaid is watching and it's also gripping and fast paced.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 21 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's how I started last (2024) year, rereading all that good Tolkien's stuff, Bilbo, lotr, the silmarillion,... It's really the kind of masterpiece, you can always "discover" new details and links every single time you read it...

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 21 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just finished The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden and found it to be a gripping page-turner, very quick to read, and thoroughly enjoyable. However, I was a bit disappointed by the ending, which didn't quite match the level of the rest of the book. It seemed like the author struggled to find a satisfying conclusion. As is often the case with such an engrossing read, the ending can feel a bit underwhelming. Perhaps an 'open' ending would have been a better choice.

I just started The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden, continuing with the series and hoping it will be equally gripping.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 10 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just finished The Housemaid and found it to be a gripping page-turner, very quick to read, and thoroughly enjoyable. However, I was a bit disappointed by the ending, which didn't quite match the level of the rest of the book. It seemed like the author struggled to find a satisfying conclusion. As is often the case with such an engrossing read, the ending can feel a bit underwhelming. Perhaps an 'open' ending would have been a better choice.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 10 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you on all points about the science in Hail Mary. However, what bothered me more was the strict, predictable alternation between past and present. This rigid structure detracted from my overall enjoyment of the novel, making the narrative feel somewhat monotonous and, at times, overly predictable.

On the other hand, The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Cixin Liu was a real favorite for me.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 10 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Just finished Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. Nice sci-fi, well wrote, page turner, for sure not the best in its genre but it's quite a nice novel to spend a bit of time.

Next read will be The housemaid, by Freida McFadden and, if I enjoy, I'll read the two others of the serie.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? December 24 in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Finished a set of 3 books in French (my native language) which are a kind of memoir from a Belgian coroner (my country), Philippe Boxho.

Started Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. Took this one because I see it at top of hardcover trending list for a while.

Best FOSS note app with NextCloud sync in c/askandroid@lemdro.id
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks will give a try but it seems to well check all my needs.

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[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Indeed strongly recommended, one of the best Sci-fi novels IMHO.

Underrated benefit of lemmy is like minded people will tend to join the same instances and if I don't want to interact with those groups I can just filter the whole instance. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Very interesting opinion, thanks for it.

Underrated benefit of lemmy is like minded people will tend to join the same instances and if I don't want to interact with those groups I can just filter the whole instance. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] fievel@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I think a bit the opposite: I'm really worried about the trend to give people only information they care about. I think it's essential to be able to have information about everything. Of course there will always be stuff you don't care about but having it automatically filtered out is dangerous in my opinion. In GAFA-powered social networks, you are only given pieces of information about your own opinion, you never have something that make you question yourself about your opinion. The power of independent and open media like Lemmy is to not rely on such biasing algorithms.

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Color photo of Ypres, Belgium, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
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Dethroning lemmy.ml, lemm.ee rises as the second most active instance (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525

Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:

  • lemmy.world: 19516
  • lemm.ee: 3779
  • lemmy.ml: 2970
  • sh.itjust.works: 2355
  • feddit.de: 2293

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2712042

Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.

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A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2712042

Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.

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A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2712042

Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.

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IRM-RMI forecast data API (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2911046

Do you know if the IRM-RMI (meteo.be) have a public API to provide forecast data ?

I seen that some open source application provide data from meteo-france for France which provides much more accurate forecast locally than the global worldwide models. It would be nice to be able to submit a PR with focus on Belgium.

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IRM-RMI forecast data API (lemm.ee)
 

Do you know if the IRM-RMI (meteo.be) have a public API to provide forecast data ?

I seen that some open source application provide data from meteo-france for France which provides much more accurate forecast locally than the global worldwide models. It would be nice to be able to submit a PR with focus on Belgium.

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Twitter client privacy friendly with notification (lemm.ee)
 

As I'm not using it actively for months and want to stop using it, I want to delete my Twitter account. However I still have one use-case that prevents me doing that. My city local police is sending some traffic related news only on Twitter and I use the notification functionality of Twitter official client to be informed as soon as they post something.

I have tested some open source Twitter client which works pretty well for looking at content in my opinion but none of them have the capacity to push a notification when a post is done in a specific followed account.

Do you have some recommendations (it would be best if it's open source but I'm not completely closed to "free as in free beer" alternatives) ?

Thanks.

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GitHub - fievel/lemmy_backup: A script to backup/restore from one lemmy instance (github.com)
 

I made a script based on plemmy and LemmyHttp API to be able to backup the list of registered communities and user profile (for now, that's just the biography). It output in human-readable format on console and have an option to output in a json file. The next step will be to provide also a script to restore such json backup to another lemmy instance or user.

I decided to do this small development following the sudden disappearance of vlemmy.net instance which resulted in the lost of all my subscribed communities.

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Backup script for Lemmy (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/973445

Hello, do you know about a script or app or so that can backup data from a Lemmy instance as an end-user? At least the list of subscribed communities, settings, profile (bio) should be nice. I've been on VLemmy and lost one full evening trying to figure out what my subscription were (well not completely lost my time I also discovered new communities), but I want to avoid that in the future. If this doesn't exist yet I may develop it but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone and someone did it already...

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Backup script for Lemmy (lemm.ee)
 

Hello, do you know about a script or app or so that can backup data from a Lemmy instance as an end-user? At least the list of subscribed communities, settings, profile (bio) should be nice. I've been on VLemmy and lost one full evening trying to figure out what my subscription were (well not completely lost my time I also discovered new communities), but I want to avoid that in the future. If this doesn't exist yet I may develop it but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone and someone did it already...

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