techno156

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[–] techno156@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

And if they could do that, someone else could use the same trick to do worse things, since they're just running bare JavaScript.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

No. The existing Lemmy-Lite that was advertised on join-Lemmy.org appears to be massively out of date, and no longer actively maintained.

It was a bug with Lemmy-UI, so you might be able to get away using an app or site that isn't vulnerable. Whether that is Wefwef, one of the apps, like Jerboa, or something that is Federated, but not Lemmy, like Kbin, or Mastodon (things might be a bit clunky if you do, since Lemmy threads aren't well handled by Mastodon).

[–] techno156@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds like a horrid decision. Imagine having to troubleshoot a relative's computer, which isn't working because their internet is down, or is too slow to support streaming Windows like that.

It just sounds like a nightmare all-round, both from a Microsoft Standpoint, since they would have to build all the hardware to support it, people who would have to troubleshoot an issue that might show up on either the local or networked version of Windows, but not both, and from a security standpoint, since it seems like it would make it a lot easier to just hijack the whole computer using that kind of mechanism, with the user being none the wiser, for the most part.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Have you never been to /r/SubSim2Interactive?

Although you have to wonder how much advertisers would actually pony up if most of the Reddit users weren't actual users at all. They want people to do the clicking, and if the users are all bots, they're likely not going to bother wasting their money at that point.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's also accessible with <WinKey> + ;. Not quite sure why Windows has multiple shortcuts for the same menu, but there we are.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unless it's using the Registry for some config values.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It doesn't seem to have been implemented for the time being. You might have to make do with using a search engine with the site:kbin.social/m/[magazine] parameter.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've seen a few spam bots, but most of the bothersome people are probably kept out either by curation, the barrier of entry, or are simply on their own instances.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's also a bit bothersome if you're there. The people who stay are probably aware of the alternatives, but also don't feel like moving, so people going over and trying to get them to join Kbin/Lemmy are the equivalent of people asking you to join the Church on the street. Having the alternate community on the sidebar, or if the sub shuts down is fine, but probably not a good idea to shove things into people's faces.

You're already aware that the Church exists, and the advertising is not going to make them want to join it any time soon. If anything quite the opposite, or it'll make them want to cause trouble just out of spite.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Indeed. You would have expected it to have been occupied by a domain squatter or something.

[–] techno156@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The regulations did exist, but the CEO/company just ignored/sidestepped them (and was quoted as complaining about them being onerous).

[–] techno156@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Nah. Kbin might connect to Lemmy, but it isn't Lemmy. It's its own thing, much like how Mastodon also isn't Lemmy, although they can interconnect.

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