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RSS and OPML
  • @perishthethought I see. So the feeds from the OPML file are imported into the reader's own database, right?

  • RSS and OPML

    Can somebody explain me how OPML works for RSS? Are these files usually imported into the RSS reader apps or are they used where they are? If I import multiple OPML files with multiple feeds, will the feeds from the first OPML be overwritten by those in the second one or will they add up? Will article read/unread status be synced to multiple devices if I use the same OPML file or not?

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    Ukraine Has Changed Too Much to Compromise With Russia
  • Seems someone went ahead of me and archived the very same link, if anyone stumbles across it afterwards:

    archive.ph/uE7mT

  • 'Neom' project: Forces in Saudi Arabia 'told to kill' to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, ex-intelligence officer says
  • @apis weird that it doesn't show. I said it is translated into n o n - h u m a n

    Hope it's not blocked again in any way if I type it like this...

  • 9th of May is Europe Day, is it a big thing in your country?
  • I did learn about it (at school, maybe? Or I can't remember), but totally forgot it until I saw buses and trams with the European and the National flags stuck to their side mirrors.

  • 'Neom' project: Forces in Saudi Arabia 'told to kill' to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, ex-intelligence officer says
  • @tardigrada slightly funny thing: neom in Romanian kinda translates as non-human which seems perfectly fit to the company's overall project.

  • *Best* video for explaining the Fediverse to a total noob?
  • @hedge Not really a video, but the 1st pic in this article seems the best for me.

  • What is your go-to app for IR remote?
  • @Riven Yea, it also needs the software. Here in Romania, every phone I've owned had an FM Radio app preinstalled, including the current one. Didn't try any jackless phone to see if it's there as well, and if yes, how does it work.

  • What is your go-to app for IR remote?
  • @Riven Probably phones without headphone jacks are those that can no longer be used as regular FM radios - as the antenna was actually the headset (at least that's my experience) - and another reason why phones without the jack suck. Never had a phone with a built-in FM antenna FWIW.

    But yea, I do get your point. Phones could do so much more than accessing Facebook, Instagram and posting photos there or something like that.

  • What is your go-to app for IR remote?
  • How can I see if my phone has an IR Blaster? 😁

  • I want to settle on a browser independent bookmark solution. What do you suggest?
  • @shortwavesurfer That would be cool, but if I was to make some quick saves for something I was looking for, this wouldn't be just as easy.

  • I want to settle on a browser independent bookmark solution. What do you suggest?

    I got inspired by this article to look into such a solution. I tend to use different browsers on different devices, so using one browser vendor everywhere is not the solution. Main reasons are storage space available, device performance and basically general opinion about a certain browser or another, that might change or not. I previously used the browser's native bookmarks importer tools, but I always ended messing up their structure, then switching back to a certain browser and re-exporting the same bookmarks and ending up with duplicates.

    So I got into using third party services, but I'm unsure what to choose. Here's what I tried:

    • start.me - I actually had an account here since when I tried Palemoon once. It's a really complete solution, that I can use to replace other services as well. You end up with a customizable web page, where you can add not only bookmarks, but also RSS feeds, notes, tasks, weather and whatever you can find on the web and embedd there. And since it's a start page (hence the name), you can easily access all these if you set your page as the home page of your browser. You can also create up to 3 start pages with a free account, so I can have one page as home page for desktop browsers, one the phone ones and maybe one for a tablet when/if I'm going to have one. This should sound like heaven, right? Problem solved. Well, not exactly. There's no way I can set up 2FA on my account there, and they are not so private - they collect user data to show you ads (especially if you're a non-paying customer).
    • Courtesy of my Fedi server, I also have a small Nextcloud account, with the Bookmarks app installed. I think this option is the most private option I have available, as I do not think my server admin would sell my data to a third party or whatever 😁. It's also the most limiting one, being able to only save up to 200 bookmarks, but since I am not using bookmarks as a reading list, only for saving interesting websites or apps, I think I am fine. However, I need the Floccus app installed on my phone (not sure if the UI of the Bookmarks app is manageable enough on mobile) to access the bookmarks. I did not find any way to display these bookmarks in an overview of some sort on the web, that I can set as a home page, similar to how start.me functions (even without all the extra stuff that is non-bookmark related). Maybe there is something that I am missing?
    • I was also eyeing Raindrop.io as an option. It has lots of features and integrations, add-ons for basically every mainstream browser, 2FA (just like Nextcloud). I do not have an account there, unlike the other options, however. And I also don't see a way to see these bookmarks as a dashboard or something that can be set as a home page. Am I missing something? I also see they are heavily advertising their smartphone app, so if there's no integration that I can set on IFTTT or the likes, I don't think I have any solution for this.

    So, if you were me, which solution would you choose? Is there anything that does what at least one of these options does, minus the drawbacks mentioned?

    Edit: I am also okay with using my personal cloud storage accounts for something like this.

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    What is your favorite Open Source Game on Steam Deck?
  • Yea 😁 There are plenty of other FOSS games that are also in the Steam Store as well, like OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth or Red Eclipse

  • What is your favorite Open Source Game on Steam Deck?
  • Desktop mode so far. Didn't try it directly yet.

  • Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps
  • @shortwavesurfer And they need taxes to authorize that. Makes perfect sense.

  • Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps
  • @shortwavesurfer Even when those taxes are going into the healthcare system?

  • Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps
  • @shortwavesurfer That depends on which country you fill your taxes in.

  • Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps
  • @shortwavesurfer There's no way you compare something as mundane as this to mass murder. And be sure that every country's government has all the means necessary to prosecute you for stuff like this, sooner or later.

    Anyway, for me there are some useful such apps that I use:

    • One is for my city's public transit - really useful, it even displays the vehicle position in real time so you can make up your mind on your route.
    • One is for train tickets (you can also do related stuff as well, like check if your train is late).
    • One is to check if there are any breakdowns in the heat distribution system to see if I won't have heat overnight.

    I'm sure as hell there are some others, but I did not need them so far. If the government was to spy on me, it could install some malware or some sort without resorting to the Play Store.

  • Is there any online service that I could use in order to have a private Debian repository?

    Or maybe a way to use existing cloud services like Google Drive or OneDrive or Dropbox for this purpose?

    I just have a bunch of .deb files and I think this could be really useful. Plus I will be offloading some of my storage 😁

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    Help.

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    Cartography Anarchy @lemm.ee petrescatraian @libranet.de
    Map of Australian-Hungarian Empire
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    🔴 Live | M.C.N. Podcast | Episodul 10 - Întâlnirea anuală a cetățenilor cu primarii

    Din ce am înțeles doar Nicușor Dan, Clotilde Armand, Ciprian Ciucu și Radu Mihaiu au răspuns invitației. Csf, ncsf, aia e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzvY3\_TusQ

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    Even Graffiti was better under Romans

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    URAC Bucharest's latest tram model, V3A-93-PPC-PAFS, going through the flower tunel on line 24, Bucharest, Romania

    Yes, I know this tram looks funny. According to the Metrou Ușor forum (Romanian), PAFS comes from Fiber-Glass-Armed Polyester. Just in case you didn't know if there was something else having collections of acronyms in its name in this entire world (a la GNOME), the fully expanded tram model name reads as follows:

    > Triple-Articulated Car with Partially Lowered Floor and Fiber-Glass-Armed Polyester

    Or in Romanian

    > Vagon Triplu Articulat cu Podea Parțial Coborâtă și Poliester Armat cu Fibră de Sticlă

    I'm personally having trouble even spelling out the short name of that thing.

    Anyway, this is a refurbishment effort on the part of URAC (Uzina de Reparații Atelierele Centrale), the tram factory and repairs shop of the transit authority in Bucharest to make the older V3A-93 cars more modern, along with adding a composite material to prevent rust from forming (the original V3A-93 is made of steel, just like another car that rusts, made by Tesla 😉) - and more of a prototype. The vehicle also has a refurbished interior, a lowered 2nd section (as the name implies) and new seats, with more padding compared to the previous plastic seats. What do you guys think of this?

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    petrescatraian petrescatraian @libranet.de

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