TerryTPlatypus

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Canvas 2024 is live! - Shall we try to draw the solarpunk logo? in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Honestly, this was a very cool experience. Being able to log in with a Lemmy account on the open Fediverse showed me a taste of what is possible. Now if we can figure out how to migrate accounts to different instances I'd honestly love that so much.

JWST: NIRCam - Arp 142 (Penguin and Egg) in c/space@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Awwww, it's so adorable! Hope we can find more amazing images from James Webb Space Telescope!

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Counting on Justice: Stories of Truth, Change, and Data (www.countingonjustice.com)
 

I happened to stumble across this book when a friend recommended it to me. I hope you guys might be interested in it!

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Design Patterns for Civic and Social Engagement (publicsphereproject.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381

I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

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Design Patterns for Civic and Social Engagement (publicsphereproject.org)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org to c/inperson@slrpnk.net
0 comments fedilink
 

I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

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Introducing yet another AutoMod for Lemmy (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7701186

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787

I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, lemmy.basedcount.com. The bot covers the following features:

  • Automated removal
    • of posts, based on their title, content or link
    • of comments, based on their content
    • configurable with either regular expressions or substrings
  • User whitelisting and exceptions for moderators to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users.
  • Mention based pinning and locking of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team
  • Discord notifications for new registration applications through a webhook. [only for admins]

Naturally, the bot is completely open source. I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) documentation and some examples.

This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there).
The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation.

Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

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Introducing yet another AutoMod for Lemmy (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787

I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, lemmy.basedcount.com. The bot covers the following features:

  • Automated removal
    • of posts, based on their title, content or link
    • of comments, based on their content
    • configurable with either regular expressions or substrings
  • User whitelisting and exceptions for moderators to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users.
  • Mention based pinning and locking of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team
  • Discord notifications for new registration applications through a webhook. [only for admins]

Naturally, the bot is completely open source. I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) documentation and some examples.

This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there).
The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation.

Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

SAG-AFTRA Seeks Approval for Second Strike Against Video Game Companies in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 87 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I hope this really hapoens. I've heard that video game development is a toxic jndustry to be in, from underpaid developers to strict dealines to meet. I really hope they will unionize!

Ideas for programming rizz? in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Girl, you are my Two's Complement, you're always my plus one on any occaision"

Cuz if you invert the bits of of a binary number and add one you get its negative number, so your girlfried is an equal part of you

What was your gateway product to open source? in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

For me, Blender was probably my very first introduction into FOSS. I was using it because it was free, but I also liked the concept behind having a useful software the people used everyday to make cool projects like movies and animated shows. I did a project on it in. What really got me down the rabbithole was Debian. I had come across it in computer class, and I really liked the interface. i did more research and came to love Debian for being a stable distro run by the community. From thereit's history.

Lemmy Handshake: Mobile tool to synchronize multiple accounts across instances in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure, but if it gets the ability to sync comments and posts across instances, i'd love that feature!

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Lemmy Handshake: Mobile tool to synchronize multiple accounts across instances (github.com)
Any good tools for converting a YT playlist to mp3? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

you're probably right about that, i never thought of it that way!

Any good tools for converting a YT playlist to mp3? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There might be, but as a standard mp3 is by far the most cross compatible format on any device. Plus, if you feel like it later you can just create a program to convert all the mp3 files into other formats.

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Camp Lo - Luchini AKA This is It (youtu.be)
Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class in c/bannedbooks@literature.cafe
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Banned books are a sort of weapon. They are a physical testament of someone's experience that can't be easily destroyed or forgotten like a conversation or digital formats. Even more important is that books allow for reflection and conversation, and can open up someone's worldview.

SUSE To Be Taken Private By Its Largest Shareholder in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Debian for the win! Still kicking after 30 years!

SUSE To Be Taken Private By Its Largest Shareholder in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Debian for the win, baby! It's been standing for 30 years and still kicking! Back, Grim Distro Realer!

Social media channels in China are filled with anti-black racist content, rights activists say in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

They're really pulling an America, aren't they?

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On 'Unnatural' GMOs: How One Company Poisons the World through Weedkiller (m.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org
3 comments fedilink
 
  • [ ] GMOs are bad, but not for the reason you think.
    • [ ] Company called Monsanto (now under another company called Bayer) made a weedkiller called Roundup which contains glyphosate, which is a possible carcinogen
    • [ ] Roundup killed crops as well as weeds, so they sold GMO seeds that could withstand Roundup
    • [ ] However, due to the monopoly/doninance of Monsanto, a lot of food, both processed and unprocessed, contains GMOs, which also contain a lot of glyphosate (which may be bad for you)
    • [ ] To cover up further investigation of glyphosate, they captured and bribed the EPA to look the other way and even to support Monsanto's research -- at least until the WHO cane out in 2015 and said that glyphosate could be carcinogenic
    • [ ] So GMOs aren't inherently bad, but they can be used for evil purposes like these
    • [ ] So try and at least buy organic food or grow your own food to avoid glyphosate
    • [ ] However according to a youtube comment, Roundup is also used to make plants mature faster...

Edit: misspelling, changed Montesanto to Monsanto

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Drag Queen Tops Christian Music Charts Following MAGA Pastor's Anti-Gay Attack (youtu.be)
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What is your opinion on GNOME 3 and 4? Why do you like/dislike it? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
62 comments fedilink
 

I made this post because I really like the design of GNOME, and although i'd like customizability, it is mostly enough for my everyday needs. But I want to understand why people may choose other desktop environments..or why you would/would'nt use GNOME.

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Help the EFF protect our digital privacy (www.eff.org)
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[🚨⚠️Epilepsy Warning⚠️🚨] Aleph-0 (i.e. Your Brain on Math) (m.youtube.com)
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