Kalcifer

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Pay attention in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't exactly make out the tattoo in the image, and I can't tell if your remark was tongue-in-cheek. Would you mind linking to a source for the tattoo that you are referring to?

Definitely wasn't late to work making this in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 5 points 1 week ago

Also seems the most useful cause you get two colors for the price of one.

3's grip looks the most comfy in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Given my personal preference for the Uniball Vision Needle (not pictured), I'll go for 1.

Hungary To Use Facial Recognition to Suppress Pride March in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 2 points 1 week ago

Disgusting. At least, it seems that their (ie Fidesz-KDNP, Jobbik, and Our Homeland Movement MPs: Péter Balassa and Imre Ritter ^[1]^) public support is dropping ^[2]^.

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS

References

  1. Type: Article (Wiki). Title: "2025 Hungarian Pride ban". Publisher: "Wikipedia". Published: 2025-03-22T18:25Z. Accessed: 2025-03-24T02:11Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Hungarian_Pride_ban.
    • §"Amendments to the law". ¶3.

      On March 18, the Parliament voted in favor of the amendment by 136 votes in favor (Fidesz-KDNP, Jobbik, and Our Homeland Movement MPs; Péter Balassa and Imre Ritter) and 27 votes against. […]

  2. Type: Article (Wiki). Title: "Opinion polling for the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election". Publisher: "Wikipedia". Published: 2025-03-21T08:45Z. Accessed: 2025-03-24T02:19Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Hungarian_parliamentary_election.
    • §"Party polling". §"Graphical summary".

Share your Bash prompts! in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 14 points 1 week ago

HA, that's so cursed. I love it.

What tree is this? Deciding if i should save or not. in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 6 points 2 weeks ago

Avocado tree?

What do you put in first: Teabag or hot water? in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 2 points 3 weeks ago

An interesting alternative that I've found (for when making English breakfast or something similar) is to steep the teabag in the milk first before adding the hot water. I find that it cuts down on the bitterness and makes a much smoother tea.

Apparently there is a third member of Mario Bros and his name is _______ in c/[email protected]
Apparently there is a third member of Mario Bros and his name is _______ in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 6 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

S

What Lemmy app do you use? in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thunder

Acorns! in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

CMV: Trypophobia should be tagged as NSFW.

I mean we’ve done it twice let’s get it started already in c/[email protected]
[–] Kalcifer -4 points 4 weeks ago

[…] i don’t appreciate how you deleted then reposted to spam my notifs.

What? I haven't deleted, nor reposted anything in this context. Are you sure you aren't just getting a ping because I @mentioned you in the comment's references ^[1]^?

References

  1. Type: Comment (Through: Website. Name: "sh.itjust.works".). Author: "Kalcifer" ("@[email protected]"). Publisher: [Type: Post. Title: "I mean we’ve done it twice let’s get it started already". Author: "@[email protected]". Publisher: ["Political Memes" ([email protected]). sh.itjust.works. Lemmy]. Published: 2025-03-05T23:50:32Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33860262/17095410.]. Published: 2025-03-06T01:56:28Z. Accessed: 2025-03-06T02:26Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33860262/17095410.

      • Highlighted in yellow are the mentions to @[email protected]'s contained within the comment's "References" spoiler.
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You can see the exact moment when a bird swooped down to catch something on the snow (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
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In case you aren't sure what to look for: If you look at the left side of the tracks, you can see the imprint of the wing feathers on the snow. I'm guessing this is where the bird landed on top of the prey, which it saw on the surface of the snow.

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[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account? (self.lemmy_support)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
51 comments fedilink
 

Solution

The Lemmy server appears to have a database limit of 255 characters ^[2]^; however, individual instances appear to put their own limits on username length though the frontend ^[3]^ and/or the API ^[4.1][4.2]^.

Original Post

If you know, please also provide relevant documentation.

UPDATE (2025-02-02T06:06Z): I did some brute-force testing, and, at least for sh.itjust.works, it seems that the maximum username length is 50, and the maximum password length is 60 ^[1]^.

References

  1. "Sign Up". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Accessed: 2025-02-02T08:49Z. https://sh.itjust.works/signup.
    • When creating an account on sh.itjust.works, the sign-up form will throw this error if the provided password is greater than 60 characters in length.
  2. @[email protected] To: ["[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.]. Published: 2025-02-02T05:57:26Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:44Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936/16442382.

    It might be 255 characters? […]

    • They pointed to code on GitHub for the Lemmy server which outlines the length of the username data in the SQL database.
  3. "[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:46Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.
    • §"Original Post". ¶2.

      […] I did some brute-force testing, and, at least for sh.itjust.works, it seems that the maximum username length is 50 […]

      • The maximum username length for sh.itjust.works was found to be 50 characters by brute-force testing the length limit.
  4. "Andrew" @andrew_[email protected] To ["[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.] Published: 2025-02-02T19:57:49Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:59Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936/16453656.

    1. curl -L http://lemmy.world/api/v3/site | jq -r .site_view.local_site.actor_name_max_length (26)

      • The maximum username length for Lemmy.world was found to be 26 characters via an API request.

    2. curl -L http://sh.itjust.works/api/v3/site | jq -r .site_view.local_site.actor_name_max_length (50)

      • The maximum username length for sh.itjust.works was found to be 50 characters via an API request.
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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America" (community.openstreetmap.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
53 comments fedilink
 

References

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TIL that Canada had anti-fraudulent witchcraft laws, and they were repealed in 2018 (self.til)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
25 comments fedilink
 
  • R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 365. Justice Laws Website. Government of Canada. Published: 2024-12-10. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:46Z. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-365-20030101.html.

    365 Every one who fraudulently

    (a) pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration,

    (b) undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes, or

    (c) pretends from his skill in or knowledge of an occult or crafty science to discover where or in what manner anything that is supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found,

    is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • "An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act" C-51. 42nd Parliament, 1st session. Parliament of Canada. Published: 2018-12-13. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:50Z. https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/c-51.
    • §41

      Section 365 of the Act is repealed.

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If I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist? (self.showerthoughts)
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To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see? (self.asklemmy)
 

And, if you are comfortable with sharing, what are some of the worst things that you've seen?

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Does reporting a user from Instance B on Instance A forward the report to Instance B's admin(s)? (self.lemmy_support)
submitted 3 months ago by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
8 comments fedilink
 

Say a user from Instance B commented on a post on Instance A, and a user on Instance A saw it. If the user on Instance A were to report it, would that report be seen by the admin(s) of Instance B, or would it only be visible by the admin(s) of Instance A?

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"Gaslighting ChatGPT With Ethical Dilemmas" by Alex O'Connor (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
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ReferencsTitle: "Gaslighting ChatGPT With Ethical Dilemmas". Author: "Alex O'Connor". YouTube. Published: 2024-11-30. Accessed: 2024-12-03T02:29Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOLlhGA9zg.

Cross-posts

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"Gaslighting ChatGPT With Ethical Dilemmas" by Alex O'Connor (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 

ReferencsTitle: "Gaslighting ChatGPT With Ethical Dilemmas". Author: "Alex O'Connor". YouTube. Published: 2024-11-30. Accessed: 2024-12-03T02:29Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOLlhGA9zg.

Cross-posts

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Meru (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

This was my first time using alcohol markers. They're definitely different, but I like them a lot. It's far from perfect, but I think it's alright 😊. Note: While this was done freehand by me, the pose and everything wasn't my idea — I used this image as a reference.

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[SOLVED] When creating a post, how does the "Thumbnail URL" option work exactly? (self.lemmy_support)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink
 

Solution

As was pointed out by @[email protected] ^[1]^, this feature was added in this pull request. It appears that the custom thumbnail field is only relevant for posts that share a URL: The "Thumbnail URL" field is used to specify a custom thumbnail to be used in place of what would've been automatically generated by the provided URL ^[2]^.

Original Post

I thought it would be for adding a custom thumbnail that appears for the post in the feed, but then that seems to be a duplicate of adding an image. At any rate, I tried adding an image link to it, and no image showed up for the post. So I'm not entirely sure what it's actually for.

EDIT (2024-11-30T22:22): Perhaps it's for the pre-expanded thumbnail for a post if it has an image? Does that mean that it only works if you have an image specified? Can it be used to override the thumbnail that's generated from a shared article? Does it work for a text post?

References

  1. @[email protected] [To: "When creating a post, how does the "Thumbnail URL" option work exactly?". "Kalcifer" (@[email protected]). sh.itjust.works. Published: 2024-11-30T22:24:10Z. Accessed: 2024-12-02T07:06Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/28843300]. Feddit.org. Published: 2024-12-01T23:37:14Z. https://feddit.org/comment/3413077.
  2. "crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs". LemmyNet/Lemmy. GitHub. Published: 2024-12-01T01:14:07.000Z. Commit: 5085d1c. Accessed: 2024-12-02T06:40Z. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/e49d346535f0769b85ad0fa4b0baabfbdba0deff/crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs.
    • L91-L99 
      // Only generate the thumbnail if there's no custom thumbnail provided,
// otherwise it will save it in pictrs
let generate_thumbnail = custom_thumbnail.is_none();

// Fetch post links and pictrs cached image
let metadata = fetch_link_metadata_opt(url.as_ref(), generate_thumbnail, &context).await;
let url = proxy_image_link_opt_apub(url, &context).await?;
let thumbnail_url = proxy_image_link_opt_apub(custom_thumbnail, &context)
  .await?
  .map(Into::into)
  .or(metadata.thumbnail);
      • L93: A check is done for whether a custom thumbnail URL was provided.
      • L96: If it wasn't, then one will be generated from the shared URL.
      • L98: If a custom thumbnail URL was provided, it will be fetched from pictrs.
      • L99: If a custom thumbnail was not provided, fallback to the generated thumbnail.
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MVX Nexus is a proposed rail network for the south-coast (self.britishcolumbia)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]
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MVX Nexus, envisioned by Mountain Valley Express ^[2]^, a non-profit ^[3.1][3.2][4.2]^, based out of Metro Vancouver ^[4.1]^, is a regional rail network ^[2.1]^ proposed for the south-coast ^[2.1]^.

^[5]^

References

  1. "B.C. group proposes railway to connect most of the South Coast". CBC British Columbia. YouTube. Published: 2024-11-28. Accessed: 2024-11-30T03:35Z. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYRUAkEUu4.
  2. "MVX Nexus". Mountain Valley Express Society. Published: 2023. Accessed: 2024-11-30T03:29Z. https://www.mvx.vision/assets/nexus-min.pdf.
    1. §"Executive Summary"

      MVX Nexus is a fresh take on mobility on the South Coast. It is a 350-km regional rail network that connects Metro Vancouver with the mountains and the valley with connections to ferries and is future-proofed for eventual transborder high-speed rail.

  3. "About". Mountain Valley Express Society. Accessed: 2024-11-30T03:30Z. https://www.mvx.vision/about.html.
    1. Mountain Valley Express is a nonprofit Research and Advocacy organization dedicated to bringing world-class regional rail to the South Coast of BC.
    2. §"About the Society"

      MVX is a member- and donor-funded nonprofit society. The Society exists to conduct research and advocacy on public transit/transportation in the Lower Mainland.

  4. "Mountain Valley Express (MVX)". LinkedIn. Accessed: 2024-11-30T03:36Z. https://www.linkedin.com/company/mountain-valley-express-mvx/.

    1. Headquarters: Metro Vancouver

    2. Type: Nonprofit

  5. "Mountain Valley Express". Mountain Valley Express Society. Accessed: 2024-11-30T03:46Z. https://www.mvx.vision/index.html.
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