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Advice Request - Lens question in c/photography@lemmy.ml
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Only certain mirrorless lenses ate compatible with teleconverters, and that one isn't. Teleconverters are also surprisingly expensive. RF mount is also expensive because Canon banned third party lenses entirely until recently and continues to heavily restrict them.

What camera should I buy in c/photography@lemmy.ml
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I think the the least amount of BS from a major camera company is probably Panasonic:

  • Panasonic uses two lens mounts (micro four thirds and L-mount), both of which are shared with other body and lens manufacturers
  • Old bodies get firmware updates
  • Features are rarely artificially restricted for market segmentation
  • Third parties have written apps to talk to Panasonic cameras

The biggest downside to the brand is that until very recently, Panasonic bodies had only contrast-detection autofocus, which can pulse if used in video and doesn't track moving subjects very well.

Flashlight for EUC riding in c/flashlight@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed in Sofirn for not making the battery in their bike light field-replaceable without tools. They're a real flashlight company. They know how to do this.

Flashlight for EUC riding in c/flashlight@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Zebralight W51

You probably mean H51, or H51w. The H53 series is the current equivalent.

I think OP wants something with a little more power. Zebralight has a suitable offering in the SC700d HI. It is, by all accounts excellent, and it is priced accordingly.

I tried to selfhost Nextcloud at work in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There was a recent related discussion on Hacker News and the top comment discusses why this sort of solution is not likely to be the best fit for smaller organizations. In short, doing it well requires time and effort from someone technically sophisticated, who must do more than the bare minimum for good results, as you just learned.

Even then, it's likely to be less reliable than solutions hosted by big corporations and when there's a problem, it's your problem. I don't want to discourage you, but understand what you're committing to and make sure you have adequate buy-in in your organization.

What's your default pocket loadout? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
  • side left: flashlight, keys
  • front left: phone
  • front right: knife
  • side right: pepper spray, coins
  • back left: wallet
Meet DAVE: Discord’s New End-to-End Encryption for Audio & Video in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I'm confused by why they would do this, and at the same time, why not for private text messages.

I'm in favor of encrypting as much communication as possible, but I don't think many of Discord's users were complaining that their voice chart wasn't secure. I'd expect more of them to care about text chart, which is less effort to spy on.

Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open social web with a new direct link feature | TechCrunch in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

The fact that it's been out for a year and federation is still only half-implemented suggests to me the decision to add it was pretty late in the development process, even if it was early in the marketing process.

Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open social web with a new direct link feature | TechCrunch in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Threads is for whoever Meta can sell it to, and I think it was pretty far along in its development before they actually committed to ActivityPub support.

iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Having used a butane iron before, I don't think it would. They don't have the temperature control modern digital irons can, and they're forbidden on flights.

United Airlines to Provide Starlink-powered Wi-Fi For Free on all flights in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Signal and WhatsApp work with the free messaging option. I was a little surprised by Signal.

Arguments why Telegram is not a good idea for anyone in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm inclined to agree, and said so in the linked thread.

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EDC just came up in another community, so it's time for a pocket dump (lemmy.world)
 
  • Old leather wallet
  • Flashlight (Skilhunt H150)
  • Knife (Spyderco UKPK)
  • Pepper spray (Sabre Red, with a pocket clip from a random flashlight)
  • Phone (Pixel 4A)
  • Keys, and another flashlight (Skilhunt EK1)
  • Flash drive (Sandisk 128gb)
  • 1.38€
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The HP35R, a new heavy-duty headlamp from Fenix uses 2x21700 batteries and runs at 1200 lumens all night (www.fenixlight.com)
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Recommend a server-side email classifier (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Zak@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink
 

I've been self-hosting email with Maddy for a bit, but haven't shared any of the addresses widely yet in part because I haven't set up a spam filter. I'm pleased with Maddy; there's much less to learn to get a server up and running with sane default behavior than with the email software of old.

Ideally, I'd like to go beyond just spam filtering and have something with arbitrary categories like newsletters and password resets. I would prefer that it learn categories when I move messages to IMAP folders from a mail client. Maddy can feed messages into arbitrary programs and pick a destination folder based on their output.

Web searches turn up a ton of classification programs, most of which seem to be more interested in playing accuracy golf with well-known corpora than expanding functionality beyond simple spam filtering.

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Please stop blocking VPNs for established accounts (lemmy.world)
 

I often use a commercial VPN service, which I suspect is not rare among Lemmy users. Most of the time, I'm able to post to lemmy.world, but on occasion I am not. The default web UI provides zero feedback, just a spinning submit button forever, but if I look in the browser dev tools, I can see it's being blocked.

I understand that some limitations are necessary to prevent spam and other abuse, however this is a very blunt instrument. The fact that I have a 10 month old account with consistent activity should outweigh any IP address reputation issues.

Perhaps the VPN limitations could be narrowed in scope to cover only account creation and posts from young accounts.

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Anduril firmware adds dark mode (github.com)
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What RSS readers should I recommend to others? (lemmy.world)
 

If I want to quickly pitch "you should follow X, Y, and Z using RSS because [problems with social media]" to people who have never heard of RSS, what readers should I recommend?

I want at least web (not self-hosted), Android, and iOS options. Native apps for Mac and Windows would be nice as well. Linux users probably already know what RSS is.

There absolutely must be a free option good for at least 25 feeds because unfamiliar tech is a hard enough sell without having to pay. I'll grudgingly accept ads if that's the tradeoff for something beginner-friendly.

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Image uploads blocked by Cloudflare (lemmy.world)
 

When I attempt to upload images to lemmy.world via the desktop web UI, I get the following error message:

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

Looking at network traffic in dev tools, I see that I'm getting a 403 page from Cloudflare saying:

Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access lemmy.world Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks....

I also get error messages when trying to upload images using Connect and Sync on an Android device. I successfully uploaded images in the past.

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2000 subscriber giveaway (lemmy.world)
 

We just hit 2000 subscribers! I’d like to thank everyone for showing up here to create a new community, and what better way than giving stuff away?

I’m giving away the Nitecore MH10 v2 I reviewed. I can ship it anywhere in the USA or EU, but EU winners will have to wait until mid September. This is a basic, beginner-friendly flashlight that can accept almost all 18650 and 21700 batteries.

To enter, leave a top-level comment on this post before midnight UTC on Sunday, August 27, 2023. Only accounts that have posted or commented on /c/flashlight prior to this being posted are eligible to win.

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Kaidomain has 3000K high-CRI SFT40s (kaidomain.com)
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Today's knife and light (lemmy.world)
 
  • Skilhunt M150 v2 (519A swap)
  • Kershaw Launch 5
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Webpack hashing problems after Mastodon server update (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Zak@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

I just updated my Mastodon server to the latest version due to a security vulnerability. I got a 500 page and error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported in the logs from mastodon-web.

I could reproduce by running bin/webpack from the command line. Some searching led me to try Node 16 LTS, but then I get an apparently blank page when I load the site and call to eval() blocked by CSP in the browser console.

The API works normally; this only affects the website.

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YSK: Your phone camera's aspect ratio is 4:3; setting it to anything else crops your photos (lemmy.world)
 

Why YSK: I've been seeing an increasing number of phone photos shared online in 9:16, 9:21 or similarly tall aspect ratios, often with parts of the subject cut off. I've asked a few people why they cropped their images that way, and none of them knew they were cropped.

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