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How are private front-ends built without APIs?
  • It's not very slow to scrape a website. Works quite well.

    That's good to know, I'll look into that some more. I was thinking that it might be slow if I'm having to scrape each page, every time a user changes categories (or something similar).

    The trouble with that is that it breaks easily when they change something on their site.

    I completely forgot about that :(

  • How are private front-ends built without APIs?

    I'm referring to projects like redlib or invidious.

    I was thinking about doing something similar for a local second-hand marketplace and got curious. Redlib seems to use token spoofing to get past rate limits and Invidious doesn't even use the official YouTube API.

    The only way I thought of, which would be slow, is to scrape the site (like you would with Beautiful Soup).

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    Match Thread: All Ireland Hurling Final – Clare v Cork

    I’ve seen this done on Reddit in the past with great engagement, hopefully we can get some here as well.

    Also, anyone going to watch the game in person?

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    What makes it “Legitimate Interest“?
  • Thanks for the explanation!

    Legitimate interest makes complete sense with something like an online shop, but trying to read a news article/blog post, do I really need to have 100s of vendors claiming "legitimate interest"?

  • What are some alternatives to Google Maps?
  • True to some extent. I know there’s been a big effort to get buildings mapped in the US, but it’s not always possible to get house/street numbers from aerial imagery.

    Once buildings are mapped you can either add the remainder of the details with on the ground mapping (e.g using an app like StreetComplete) or if the data (e.g from the government) becomes open and available to use.

  • What are some alternatives to Google Maps?
  • OsmAnd is free with enough contributions to OpenStreetMap.

    Personally, I was using MagicEarth for public transport when needed but it’s stopped working for some reasons. Once Organic Maps gets support for public transport (currently it only provides train times for me), I’ll fully move there. It’s great for everything else though!

  • What makes it “Legitimate Interest“?

    How would a company decide that something should be “legitimate interest” vs “consent”?

    EDIT: Definition of "Legitimate Interest", when hovering over the question mark.

    > How does legitimate interest work? > > Some vendors are not asking for your consent, but are using your personal data on the basis of their legitimate interest.

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    Developing GUI app on Immutable Distros
  • I’ve used Bluefin and Aurora for some light web development. I created a container with toolbox (I assume things would be similar with distrobox) and did what I needed. When I needed, I could run npm start and it was as if I had developed locally.

  • Stop ChatControl 2.0

    > Tomorrow (Thursday) EU governments are to vote on a bill (officially called “child sexual abuse regulation” but known as “chat control”) that would require automated searches in and disclosure of private chats, including end-to-end encrypted chats, that might contain illegal photos or videos.

    Further Reading:

    https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-politicians-industry-raise-alarm-over-eus-unprecedented-messenger-surveillance-plans/

    https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/council-to-greenlight-chat-control-take-action-now/

    https://stopchatcontrol.eu/

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    How can I fix this rotation issue?

    I’m using EndeavourOS with KDE.

    The display is correctly oriented when logged in but it doesn’t rotate correctly when I’m logged out.

    EDIT: corrected the post. This happens when logged out, locking the screen has it displayed correctly.

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    I’d love to know the reason for O’Briens being suspended on X

    I don’t use X myself but came across this when verifying some details for OpenStreetMap.

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    Parents with bilingual children, how did you do it?

    Although I mention parents specifically in the title, this isn’t just for parents to respond.

    My wife and I are trying to raise our child to be bilingual (English and Portuguese). Currently we’re both speaking a bit of both to our child and when they eventually go to school we’ll speak more Portuguese as they’ll be exposed to English everywhere else.

    Is this a good approach or is there something we can do better?

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    Are business cards still a thing?

    Do people still hand out physical business cards at events or is it all digital now?

    i should have asked before ordering 50, lol

    EDIT:

    Thank you for all the replies, I’ve got the answer I need but I’ll add some more information just in case anyone wants to know.

    • I’m based in Europe and not Japan
    • I’m working as a videographer and trying to build a film company
    • I plan on doing more event coverage so I’ll bring them with to quickly hand out my contact details.
    • The card has the following: Busines name, my name, phone number, email, and website.
    • I had thought about adding my social media but couldn’t find a nice way to do it that matched the rest of the card.

    EDIT 2: just now realised I didn’t complete the last sentence of the last bullet point

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    Gnome extension on KDE?

    I know the title sounds a little strange but hear me out. The time tracking software I use for work doesn’t work on Wayland, unless I’m using Gnome as my DE. They have an extension that allows it to work in this case. Personally, I don’t enjoy Gnome on my desktop (I use it on my laptop). Is there a way for me to get the functionality that this extension provides on KDE so that I can use Wayland on my desktop as well?

    Time tracking software:

    • https://hubstaff.com/
    • https://support.hubstaff.com/screenshot-capture-support-wayland-linux/

    Linux install script:

    • https://codeberg.org/governorkeagan/hubstaff-linux

    EDIT: I have included more files in the codeberg repo. I hope this helps.

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    anti-snap stance is anti-consumer

    cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/9650372

    > The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops. > > What are your thoughts on this? > > EDIT: > > Here’s the original comment: https://mastodon.social/@popey/112591863166141029

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    anti-snap stance is anti-consumer

    The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops.

    What are your thoughts on this?

    EDIT:

    Here’s the original comment: https://mastodon.social/@popey/112591863166141029

    EDIT 2:

    Some clarification for those accusing me of not following the thread or being disingenuous.

    > Didn't bother to follow the thread? > > https://mastodon.social/@popey/112593520847827981

    I posted my question here before this particular response from the OP. I asked the question on Lemmy out of interest and wanting to get a wider perspective. I also engaged with the OP on the thread so that I can get their perspective on their stance.

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    How much does a pint cost at your local?

    €5.80 isn’t that bad for Dublin

    EDIT: I keep reading this wrong, it’s €6.60 for a pint of Guinness

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    Gaming vs Regular Distros

    TL;DR: Is there really a performance benefit to a gaming distro over a regular distro? Or is it more of a “this is the least work” to get setup?

    ——

    I run EndeavourOS on my desktop and haven’t had any issues with performance. I just like playing with new things and learning from the experience.

    I’ve seen loads of people recommending Bazzite as a gaming distro for various reasons. It’s gotten to the point that I installed it on a second SSD to do my own testing but I’d still like to see others perspective.

    From my research, there doesn’t seem to be that much performance to be gained (generally speaking). I’ll be testing this on my own hardware but is this generally true?

    I think a big draw (especially for new users) would be that these distros would require very minimal work to get up and running into a game.

    I think the TL;DR at the top best describes my question. I’ve just been thinking about this and haven’t been sure how to express it in a clear manner for others to understand. Also, this video got me thinking more.

    EDIT:

    Glad to see that I’m not alone in my thinking. Biggest benefit of a “gaming distro” is the convenience of having everything setup and there is no real performance difference.

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    Is it difficult to build a web app for Lemmy?

    Context, I’ve got some web dev experience but it’s all self taught from enjoying it as a hobby. Personally, the design aspect is probably worse for me.

    I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to do something with the Lemmy API (even if it’s never shared publicly) but I’ve seen a handful of people complain about the API, is it really that bad?

    I’d probably use React if I did do something.

    EDIT: This is a prototype design I came up with, I'll play around with the API and see what I can do. I think that it could be a fun project, thanks for all the help!

    Post Card:

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    Why don't more websites/services offer 2FA?

    I've been going through updating all of my accounts (passwords, 2FA, etc.), and I've noticed that there are a lot of sites that don't offer any form of MFA.

    I can understand smaller services that might not have the bandwidth, but surely larger organisations are able to get this setup?

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    Meta AI Intergration - Right to Object

    Has anyone outside the EU/UK recieved a response from the right to object form? I've heard that people outside of the EU/UK aren't getting responses with their wishes being honoured.

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    How do you backup 2FA setup codes/QR codes?

    After everything that has happened with Raivo over the last few days it’s reminded me that I need to go through my accounts with 2FA enabled.

    However, how do others keep things organised? My main 2FA app is Proton Pass but I’ll be adding Ente Auth as a backup alongside my Yubikey. In the past I saved a copy of the QR codes when setting up 2FA but I’d occasionally forget to save new ones.

    Does anyone have a good system for saving either the QR code or setup code (not actually sure what it’s called) for future use?

    EDIT: the code I’m referring to is the initial secret code used to setup the 2FA

    Final Edit: I’ve settled on saving the QR codes into a folder that is setup as a git repo.

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    [SOLVED] How would you tag this?

    I’m referring to the advertising/digital display. I thought of using man_made=advertising + advertising=* but not of the examples on the wiki seemed to match very well.

    EDIT:

    I feel like an idiot for missing this but I found advertising=screen (1) after posting this

    EDIT 2: Fixed the examples link

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    “The Spark” - The Kabin Studio

    Absolute banger, fair play to them!

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