[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Rather than take a defeatist veiw from this line if thinking, it will do well for your mental health to first spend more time, energy and thoughts on things you can control. Not just things related to environmentalism, but broadly reduce energy, engagement and focus from the things you don't have significant control over and direct them to those things you do have control. It's good to get a broad picture and observe the world around you outside of your control in small doses, but it's easy to over indulge in an unfocused survey of problems in the world, especially on social media. (I include Lemmy communities in the social media category).

Furthermore, when you do engage with these problems, do so with more narrow focus and in more depth with an eye towards understanding the level of impact the problem has and what organizations or policy positions you can support to amplify your limited influence over the issues that causee the problem. In this way you can mitigate the feelings of helplessness and sense of there being many existential and imminent problems you need to contend with but cannot remedy. You can turn seemingly untouchable solutions into real possibilities without overwhelming your emotional capacity by working with others.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I am not happy now.

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submitted 3 months ago by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/energy@slrpnk.net

July 1, 2024

Oliver Gordon writes:

Sodium-ion batteries are set to disrupt the LDES market within the next few years, according to new research – exclusively seen by Power Technology’s sister publication Energy Monitor – by GetFocus, an AI-based analysis platform that predicts technological breakthroughs based on global patent data. Sodium-ion batteries are not only improving at a faster rate than other LDES technologies but they are also set to be cost comparable with the cheapest forms of dispatchable power, and therefore enter mainstream use, as early as 2027.

Read Sodium batteries to disrupt energy storage market

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/tech@programming.dev

A tech service named Clerk put together a nice breakdown of how Passkeys work on a technical level. I've found many other explanations too focused on technical definitions rather than a conceptional overview or so simplistic they were unhelpful for me. This one feels like a nice balance between not enough information and too much.

The article is broken down into the sections below:

  • What are passkeys?
  • How does public key crypto work?
  • A practical use of public-key cryptography
  • How are passkeys more secure than a username and password?
  • Clerk supports passkeys [this last section is irrelevant to anyone not interested in the service provided by Clerk]

Clerk provides some sort of user management service; I don't know nor care if it's any good.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Academic fraud is in no way a thing that is limited or even disproportionately prevalent in China. Perhaps the flavors of it are biased to one form or another in different cultures, but don't mistake that for more or less fraud in that culture. Perhaps you notice more from China simply because there are simply more Chinese people in the world than any other nation behind Indian people in India.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Incentives matter in any system. The incentives are perverse right now.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

There was a whole season of The Wire that was dedicated to the theme of news publications demanding that more be done with less as budgets were cut. Craigslist was a major factor in the trend as it cut revenue severely for local publications.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

It would be great if corn got that feature

There's a variety of maize that does fix nitrogen:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/amaizeballs/567140/

There are some political and technical hurdles to adapting it more broadly to the agricultural industry.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

FYI: https://lemmy.ml/c/learningrustandlemmy

Maybe @SorteKanin@feddit.dk would be interested in helping people there.

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submitted 8 months ago by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/space@lemmy.world
[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

The biggest thing that PieFed has done is get up and running on public data with new accounts open to the public. This trial by fire will make it fail fast or become much improved. It seems that the main developer is quite experienced and has thought about architecture and improvements that have already been implemented. I think it's promising for all of these reasons.

My biggest potential concern is that moderation tools have not been implimented yet (unless the were very recently).

As far as Python being difficult in larger systems, this can be mitigated by experience and good practice. But I tend to agree that Python is typically not the ideal choice for a large project.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's easier not to look at when you know where it's prohibited from being posted.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To show up in your all listing, a post must be:

  • from an instance that your instance is federated with and has not blocked
  • from a community that someone on your instance is subscribed to
  • from a community you haven't blocked
  • from an account you haven't blocked
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/flyers@midwest.social

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/807946

212th pick in the 2023 NHL Draft Zaccharya Wisdom and his older brother, Zayde (a prospect on the Reading Royals [ECHL] of the Philadelphia Flyers farm system), are determined to make something of their careers to pay back their mother for sacrifices she made for them.

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Lemmy v0.18.0 Release (join-lemmy.org)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1465740

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top.

Major Changes

HTTP API instead of Websocket

Until now Lemmy-UI used websocket for all API requests. This has many disadvantages, like making the code harder to maintain, and causing live updates to the site which many users dislike. Most importantly, it requires keeping a connection open between server and client at all times, which causes increased load and makes scaling difficult. That's why we decided to rip out websocket entirely, and switch to HTTP instead. This change was made much more urgent by the sudden influx of new users. @CannotSleep420 and @dessalines have been working hard for the past weeks to implement this change in lemmy-ui.

HTTP on its own is already more lightweight than websocket. Additionally it also allows for caching of server responses which can decrease load on the database. Here is an experimental nginx config which enables response caching. Note that Lemmy doesn't send any cache-control headers yet, so there is a chance that private data gets cached and served to other users. Test carefully and use at your own risk.

Two-Factor Authentication

New support for two-factor authentication. Use an app like andOTP or Authenticator Pro to store a secret for your account. This secret needs to be entered every time you login. It ensures that an attacker can't access your account with the password alone.

Custom Emojis

Instance admins can add different images as emojis which can be referenced by users when posting.

Other changes

Progressive Web App

Lemmy's web client can now be installed on browsers that support PWAs, both on desktop and mobile. It will use an instance's icon and name for the app if they are set, making it look like a given instance is an app.

Note for desktop Firefox users: the desktop version of Firefox does not have built in support for PWAs. If you would like to use a Lemmy instance as a PWA, use use this extension.

Error Pages

Lemmy's web client now has error pages that include resources to use if the problem persists. This should be much less jarring for users than displaying a white screen with the text "404 error message here".

Route Changes

Pages that took arguments in the route now take query parameters instead. For example, a link to lemmy.ml's home page with a few options used to look like this:

https://lemmy.ml/home/data_type/Post/listing_type/All/sort/Active/page/1

The new route would look like this:

https://lemmy.ml?listingType=All

Note that you now only have to specify parameters you want instead of all of them.

Searchable select redesign

The searchable selects, such as those used on the search page, have a new look and feel. No more inexplicable green selects when using the lightly themes!

Share button

Posts on the web client now have a share button on supported browsers. This can be used to share posts to other applications quickly and easily.

Lemmy-UI Overall look and feel

lemmy-ui is now upgraded to bootstrap 5, and every component is now much cleaner.

Special thanks to sleepless, alectrocute, jsit, and many others for their great work on improving and re-organizing lemmy-ui.

Database optimizations

Special thanks to johanndt, for suggesting improvements to Lemmy's database queries. Some of these suggestions have already been implemented, and more are on the way.

Query speed is Lemmy's main performance bottleneck, so we really appreciate any help database experts can provide.

Captchas

Captchas are not available in this version, as they need to be reimplemented in a different way. They will be back in 0.18.1, so wait with upgrading if you rely on them.

Upgrade instructions

Follow the upgrade instructions for ansible or docker.

If you need help with the upgrade, you can ask in our support forum or on the Matrix Chat.

Support development

We (@dessalines and @nutomic) have been working full-time on Lemmy for almost three years. This is largely thanks to support from NLnet foundation.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. No one likes recurring donations, but they've proven to be the only way that open-source software like Lemmy can stay independent and alive.

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The National Capital Commission is willing to wait to get a deal in place to build a new home for the Ottawa Senators at LeBreton Flats.

Tobi Nussbaum, the chief executive officer of the NCC, confirmed after the board of directors meeting Thursday morning on Elgin St. that the Senators have been given an extension on the due-diligence period of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) until the fall.

https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/ncc-confident-andlauer-will-want-lebreton-flats-for-arena

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submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/hockey@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/390485

By my count, the following channels/streaming services will all broadcast Hershey/Coachella Valley Game 7:

*NBC Sports Washington (Hershey broadcast)

*WPMT Channel 43, York, PA (Hershey broadcast)

*AHL TV (likely Coachella Valley broadcast)

*NHL Network (Coachella Valley broadcast)

*KDFX Channel 33.2 (cable channel 11), Palm Springs, CA (Coachella Valley broadcast)

Game 7 will start shortly after 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on Wednesday night (June 21st).

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submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/hockey@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/393507

NHL News
@PuckReportNHL
First-year eligible players for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2024 include:
• Patrick Marleau
• Ryan Miller
• Pekka Rinne
• Shea Weber
• Pavel Datsyuk
• Ilya Kovalchuk*

* - Kovalchuk has not officially announced his retirement from hockey yet, but he has not played since 2021

https://twitter.com/puckreportnhl/status/1671599082714849293

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/352283

They're not bad IMO, but that IBX jersey ad is 🤮

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submitted 1 year ago by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/canucks@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/233953

Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson had fewest points since rookie season in 2010-11, will become free agent July 1

https://www.nhl.com/news/oliver-ekman-larsson-bought-out-by-canucks/c-344911236

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NixOS and Lemmy (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Anyone with experience using NixOS to create a Lemmy instance, please share any caveats and troubleshooting tips you have.

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