A handful of alt accounts of course, and me: beep boop, hello fellow human

While I still see a lot of people scrolling through traditional social media while I’m out and about, it does feel like more people are starting to disconnect (which I think is a good thing) even among my younger friends and family.

I still browse Reddit every now and then, especially for the more niche subreddits, but I don’t have an account nor do I plan on making one. I’ve definitely noticed a lot of low-effort comments that makes Reddit look more active, but the substance really isn’t there. So while a similar (if not the same) post here on Lemmy would have less or no comments, it substantially feels the same to me.

Despite the fact that I’m usually a lurker and don’t have much to add to most of the posts here, I’ve recently been making more of an effort to be more active here on Lemmy to combat this. But honestly, as someone who hasn’t had a proper social media account for over a decade now, I actually prefer a more empty internet vs one filled with nonsense.

Yeah, what Vittelius mentioned is correct, it’s more that I don’t like how most Electron apps on Linux look due to the lack of CSD, causing that flat shadowless look in the screenshot with VS Code next to Dolphin. So, if anything here’s to hoping more devs will test their Electron apps on Linux Desktop Environments/windowing systems to make their apps look more native in these environments. But I do appreciate the clarification on SSD, it’s nice for me to finally learn the terminology used to describe why I find most Electron apps on Linux to look janky.

Ah I think I might be misunderstanding then.

For this:

Many popular apps, including Visual Studio Code, Obsidian, and Discord, use frameless windows with custom title bars. Prior to Electron 41, frameless windows did not support CSD at all, so they looked like featureless rectangles on Wayland.

Am I misinterpreting that Electron on Wayland now supporting CSD for frameless windows would make it possible for developers currently using them to better mimic the look of Qt or Gtk apps (with shadows and rounded corners, etc.)?

I’m using KDE Plasma and Electron apps sometimes have that sharp-cornered, shadowless window vs the way Qt or Gtk apps are rendered. The most noticeable difference for me is the lack of outline, rounded corners, or shadow.

But do correct me if I’m wrong since I don’t know much about Electron development.

First it’s the ethernet in the air filter, and now this. I wonder what’s next lol

It’'s neat to learn about CSD. That flat frameless window with a custom title bar look is what I dislike the most about electron applications. Hopefully those become less apparent with these new updates.

Omg, this is embarrassing, I just realized my dyslexia strikes again. I read that as ports and not expose. That’s nice, I rarely ever see that being used. Thank you for the explanation.

First, thank you for AI disclosure. Second, thank you for auto-filling the credentials for the demo. That small attention to detail is always a green-flag for me. I also had a great laugh at Rich’s timeline in the demo.

There was actually another CRM-like self-hosted software that I had written down to check out called Nametag, but the last time I looked at it, it didn’t have CardDav support, so I wonder how this would compare.

I am curious why you’ve exposed the backend port by default for the Docker Compose file. Is this for future external API access or just to ping the healthcheck thru something like Uptime Kuma? Why not just put both the frontend and backend in a network (I do already see the frontend having a depends_on dependency? I guess my assumption would be if the frontend is down, so would the back.

But this looks really neat, thank you for sharing! The next time I get some free-time I’ll spin up a little test instance for a deeper dive.

And I get it, I do, but I think what rubs me the wrong way is how cagey the dev is about AI disclosure.

Use it for your project, it’s open source (which allows me to see that AI is being used) and free to self-host. Like I mentioned previously, I do see the dev being pretty responsible about their usage from the few merge requests and individual commits I looked at.

Personally, I feel like FOSS is built on a foundation of trust, and I find it very hard to trust a dev/project that (in my opinion) lies by omission. So, while I won’t use/contribute/pay for this project, I’m not judging anyone who does and I wish y’all the best. At the end of the day, it’s your time, effort, money (if you donate and or pay for the hosted plan), and or hardware (if you choose to self-host).

Especially, after fiascos like Booklore (another project I now feel vindicated for writing off early) and the general trend of enshittification for almost all software and services, can you blame people for being a bit more skeptical?

I feel like I’m going crazy, because I distinctly remember checking out this project a couple of years ago (before they were called Linkwarden, and then when they renamed it) and noticing all the ai-looking commits (especially after the rename) in the repo so I wrote off the project. Also notice how OP doesn’t deny that they’re using it, just says he started the project before ChatGPT. I went through his profile and the AI profile picture and https://github.com/daniel31x13/gstack fork are pretty telling.

Let’s be honest, a lot of FOSS projects have been inundated with ai pull requests, and I looked at some that were merged. At least the dev looks like they’re being responsible about them. Look at the contributors for the last 6 months, claude is right there: https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden/commit/8bd3bd376316332693c5074a59dc3ab03559f1dc. Look at that contributor’s profile and website. For another one: https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden/pull/1553. Look at that user’s GitHub profile, look at the activity, look at his website. I’m not saying he’s not a good programmer or anything like that, but be for real, he’s absolutely using AI for his code, if not an ai agent of some sort.

I also find it hard to believe an app that features ai tagging wouldn’t also use ai. So it seems disingenuous to tag their Reddit post with “No AI” in r/selfhosted.

At the end of the day, I’m not personally invested, and they’re free to use ai in their project (it is a tool after all and can be used responsibly). But I’m really developing trust issues with how dodgy some projects are about disclosing their AI usage. Like just say you use it to debug, qa, brainstorm, or write your docs, and or that the outputs are actually reviewed by a person.

I high-key need all three outfits in my life asap. They look fantastic!

Yup, and originally I was also aiming to put together a full SSD NAS, so I wanted to use multiple 4TB sticks for that since it was reasonably priced (at the time) for the amount of storage and speed. Alas, now I’m just waiting to see if it’ll ever go back under $400, but I’m not holding my breath.

Let us drink our Microslop hateraid and support a great channel/company at the same time. It’s just a bit of fun in these bleak times.

I had a similar thought at first as well, but then I saw Tux. It also helps that it’s 100% cotton and would be good for loungewear since I’m also not a t-shirt with graphic type of person. The best part, for me at least, is that this purchase helps support Gamers Nexus.

Use them as a form of currency at this point lol

And here I thought $399 for a 4TB Samsung NVMe 990 Pro was a bit too expensive. Little did I know. I’m so glad my friend talked me into impulse purchasing it last year. What I’m more annoyed about is not picking up HDDs for my NAS last year, I refuse to pay NVMe prices for HDDs.

Nah, it’s legit. You can find the store link thru Gamers Nexus’s youtube channel if you don’t trust: https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus

Lol thank you (and tech jesus) for this, both my friend and I insta-ordered.

I view that as a pro. Switching to Linux made it easy to quit that addiction lol.

It depends on where you live, I’m going to make an assumption you live in the United States. There are a few options for Korean products:

In person, I’ve seen limited products in Marshalls/TJ Maxx. If you live near a TESOLife they also stock quite a selection of Korean cosmetic products (lip tints, blushes, etc.) but not much Korean skincare and I don’t remember ever seeing any Korean sunscreens. Most of their skincare is Japanese (and where I purchase sunscreen if I can’t online; they stock my holy grail: Skin Aqua). I know they have a website, but I’ve only shopped there in person and haven’t tried online. Most Asian markets also stock some form of skincare/cosmetic products, especially places like H Mart or Lotte Plaza Market.

If you live in NYC, you can go in person to Senti Senti, they also have an online shop I’ve ordered from when I needed to order something quick back when they were known as oo35mm. I remember there was an Asian grocery market near their original location that had a whole floor dedicated to skincare/cosmetics but I’m blanking on the name right now.

There’s also Costco if you have a membership (check their online stock, it’s not extensive but sometimes it surprises me; no sunscreen though). Most Korean brands now have their own online storefront (but I do think the prices on Amazon is still cheaper, so it’s up to you if that’'s worth it). Granted their official storefronts in the United States won’t have the Korean version of their sunscreens. I’ve also been impressed by iHerb’s selection of Korean skincare, but I’ve yet to see sunscreen there.

Directly from Korea, there’s Olive Young and most shipping estimates are 5 to 7 days. There’s also Jolse, but I haven’t ordered anything from overseas since the tariffs have been in place so I couldn’t give you accurate time-estimates.

Overall, it’s pretty tough avoiding Amazon since most Korean companies usually sell directly through Amazon with deals that undercut even their own official website pricing (ex. celimax, S. Nature, Physiogel, haruharu). But I’m in the same boat as you in trying to avoid business like Amazon, but for now, I’ve simply reduced my consumption.

Sunscreen is always a tough one (one day we’ll get some new UV filters lol), and I mostly stick to my tried and true Skin Aqua sunscreens so apologies in advance for my limited knowledge of Korean sunscreens. Hopefully this helps!