Reddit Plans To Lock Some Content Behind a Paywall This Year, CEO Says - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Reddit is planning to introduce a paywall this year, CEO Steve Huffman said during a videotaped Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Thursday.tech.slashdot.org
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Import from Instagram has been re-enabled!
We're working on improving support for older archives, with our update expected next week!
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Repairs on bears and much more
www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/repairs-on-bears-and-much-more
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Foundations laid for new Aviation museum
www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/foundations-laid-for-new-aviation-museum
The new and improved Ashburton Aviation Museum is well underway, with the foundations set to be finished by February.Building committee chairperson Owen Moore said a bit more money has come into the bank, which has been welcome.“We were initially just…
Foundations laid for new Aviation museum
The new and improved Ashburton Aviation Museum is well underway, with the foundations set to be finished by February. Building committee chairperson Owen Moore said a bit more money has come into the bank, which has been welcome.Daisy Hudson (Ashburton Guardian)
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Today in 1974, 51 years ago: in Shaanxi (China), a farmer discovers part of a red-baked clay warrior. It is the beginning of the most important discovery of the century for China, this humble peasant discovers in his lands, the tip of the iceberg of the Terracotta Warriors.
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@RaccoonForFriendica I'm seeing a lot of new users from Google Play's statistics, even if the app is not yet in the production channel. Welcome everyone, I hope you'll enjoy #friendica and #raccoonforfriendica!
Thanks to all the translators who continued to work on the app UI and store description, your dedication is really appreciated. @Fitik @Cătă @TamilNeram @Ricky-Tigg
To old users, I've added two new big features: swipe navigation which allows you to navigate between posts from the conversation detail and the "shortcuts" section, where you can explore other instances and see their local timeline "as if" your were registered there. Plus, as usual, small fixes and enhancements listening to your continuous feedback.
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#friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #foss #procyonproject
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Bluetooth chat app for flights
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The last session of Day One of #fluConf2025 will be @coopcloud's
"Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation"
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Co-op Cloud: Grow Your Own International Democratic Tech Federation
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Russian language Satellite TV
I think its great that independent media is available via satellite tv for Russian speakers. My thought - Should we be including a rqnge of russian language entertainment in those packages to attract audiences?
denisdiderot.net/svoboda-packa…
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That is a fair point, I see where you are coming from and I agree on a abstract level.
I guess it's more that I personally don't believe the majority of russian want to change. Platitudes about "peace with Ukraine, but also we continue to occupy 20% of your country and continue to eradicate Ukrainian culture/language/identity) in the occupied terroritories" notwithstanding.
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Sure.. so you need to work away at changing minds which never really works if you are just yelling at people.
I think the opportunity is to demonstrate that Sat TV could be the space (sic) where people.might prefer to go to get away from wall to wall news.
I think this article is an interesting read...ridl.io/how-the-war-changed-ru… and a quote "Some entertainment and infotainment programs were removed from the broadcast schedule." - That is something that external broadcasters could fill.
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I am not arguing against this initiative and to be honest I support it even though I don't believe in it. I am just sharing my own perspective and it's not meant to be a critique of this post (even if it comes off that way). FWIW, I upvoted this post after reading the linked page.
I don't believe there is any point in engaging with russians (be it yelling at them or any kind of dialogue revolving around what I see as platitudes). This is not because they are inherently bad or incapable of change or anything like that. They are very much capable of change, not to mention that framing their behaviour in essentialist terms in many ways allows them to avoid responsibility.
Based on the facts on the ground, the lack of information is not relevant when discussing broad support for genocidal imperialism among russians. They are adults, they full well understand that invading another country, annexing their territories and enforcing their language and culture is wrong. The stuff about "nazis in Ukraine" and NATO/BATO expansion is all a ruse and the russians who promote such polemics know this.
For someone to change their mind, there has to be some sort of driver or incentive. Ethical and humanist arguments cannot change minds when a strong majority (at the very least) of the population explicitly endorses and supports a genocidal imperialist position (while also engaging in duplicitous messaging in order to whitewash their crimes in context of the world at large).
One has to be honest with russians and explicitly tell them their ruse is not going to work. That they will be treated as genocidal imperialists until they change their behaviour (end of occupation, extradition of all russians involved in war crimes, compensation for all killings and damage). Tell them that they are welcome to play the victim, lie about russophobia or support putin or do whatever; they will be treated based on their actions. If you do evil things, you will be treated as evil people, no one is buying your lies.
Now you might say this approach is unreasonable, unrealistic or lacking in pragmatism. To that I will answer; look at it from a more long term perspective. Over the last 110 years, 16 nations have de jure liberated themselves from the yoke of russian imperialism (I am not even counting Warsaw Pact countries). Reagan took an explicit position (evil empire) and lo and behold, the USSR did collapse.
I simply don't believe the vast majority of russians have any interest in changing their views (based on ethical arguments). They know what they are doing is wrong and they still support it. They need real incentives to change their tune.
Regarding the BBC article, I will point out that the Nazi regime was defeated by military force. Denazification was implemented via multi-decade allied occupation aimed at limiting any hint of revanchism both via positive initiatives such as the marshal plan and long term education initiatives. Unfortunately, this is not viable when it comes to russians.
Like I said earlier, this just my opinion and I do think it's a well meaning initiative. I would be glad to be wrong regarding the above-mentioned arguments.
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Using Aurora Store to access Apps in other regions
Of course I prefer to use #Fdroid but for some apps I would love to be able to access a few apps that for silly reasons have been restricted to Google Account in other regions. (I Travel often)
Is it possible to use #aurorastore to access these apps? If so - how?
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That seems to be available on APKPure, which I've used in the past without any apparent issues. Keep in mind third-party APK websites like this can be used to distribute malware, although my searching hasn't found any incriminating evidence against APKPure. Proceed at your own risk according to your acceptable threat-level.
Also, this is just for my own curiosity, why do you want a Spanish grocery store's app if you're not in Spain? 😅
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EROSKI 4.3.0 APK download for Android. Save with coupons, exclusive discounts, offers and promotions with EROSKI clubAPKPure
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The 2025 opportunity for credit unions to penetrate commercial banking
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The 2025 opportunity for credit unions to penetrate commercial banking - CUInsight
Picture this: A thriving local business owner walks into your credit union, frustrated after years of being treated like just another account number by their national bank. They're looking for…John Ballantyne (CUInsight)
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#Eurostar monopoly gets track access fee reduction - But won't pass on savings
msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/euro…
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in reply to Cătă • • •@Cătă aș putea să încerc să-i gătesc și eu, carnea tocată se găsește oriunde, în sfârșit.
Am o altă întrebare pentru tine: dacă traduc descripția aplicației pentru Play Store, poți să-mi dai o mână de ajutor cu proof-reading ca data trecută?
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in reply to 𝔻𝕚𝕖𝕘𝕠 🦝🧑🏻💻🍕 • • •@𝔻𝕚𝕖𝕘𝕠 🦝🧑🏻💻🍕 I think I just searched for Friendica and Raccoon came up as the first suggestion. I'm motivated to trust anything named after those little bandits, so it was an easy download. Looks good so far.
I like that it's multi-purpose, but switching between the accounts wasn't straight forward to me. Maybe just a UI hiccup, or maybe user error on my part.
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in reply to xinit • • •@xinit I'll check to see if there are any issues with account switch, thanks!
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in reply to 𝔻𝕚𝕖𝕘𝕠 🦝🧑🏻💻🍕 • • •I think it's a "feel" issue more than a "functional" issue. I went to double check but the app is just stopping on me. Might be my phone''s being difficult.
I think the account switch is maybe a bit too far out of the way to be readily available. The menu opens up to access the account dropdown, and then you switch to the other account and the menu stays there.
My first thought is that switching to the account should acknowledge the change and then retract the menu. It took me a while to guess my way into swiping the menu to the side to dismiss it.
I was able to switch between Friendica and Mastodon well enough, but maybe there's a way to float that switch up to the top a bit more.
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in reply to xinit • • •@xinit ok I'll add a message in a snackbar to acknowledge that the change has happened and close the side menu.
You can also switch the account from your profile screen using the top right button, even in that case I'll add a snackbar when the change happens.
Thanks for explaining it to me.
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