That's true, but tbh even with quite a techy background I looked at what's needed to do that and noped out. Hopefully we'll get to the point where you can just buy pre-made instances from a host, that would do a lot to mitigate some of these issues I think :)
Hadn't seen that second one yet, cheers!
Ok so TLDR for people who don't quite know what this means.
Beehaw are going for a walled garden approach and cutting off our access to content from some of the bigger instances. This is fine, it's their right as instance admins and it creates a safer space for anyone who was only browsing Beehaw local communities anyway. It's best they've done this now before even more people join, but it does suck for those of us who already built a nice feed.
As users we now have a decision to make. If you're an active member of a community on one of these two instances, you'll probably need to migrate your account.
If you're an active member of a community on another instance, bear in mind if that instance grows large you may then be in the same position.
The bad news is there's no easy way to migrate accounts here like there is on Mastodon, and we're going to have to resubscribe to everything all over again from whichever instance we move to. Unless anyone knows any handy tool or anything?
(p.s. It seems like I can still click through to my communities on, say, lemmy.world but presumably they'll no longer update. This is going to really confuse people as there's no visual indicator that the community is blocked from my pov)
Yeah I think you're right. And they'll hopefully fix their tech issues soon so we can all be one big happy family again haha
Kbin seemed to be pushed more on Mastodon than Lemmy was, during and in the run up to the blackout. Lots of people giving new things a go this week, even from places other than Reddit!
Honestly it is a bit weird, yes, but you do you 😄
I mostly used RiF, but installed the official app during a trip last year to do logistics with someone who was using the built in chat.
I don't tend to always have data on my phone, because WiFi is everywhere, and just add some when I'm going on a trip like this. I'd loaded up a fiver's worth the morning we left, which usually sees me through an entire month in these situations.
Woke up after the first night away to an alert that my data was all used up. And on further investigation, guess which app was the culprit? Just literally sitting there overnight while I was asleep, gobbling up a month's worth of data to do god knows what.
I uninstalled the app.
Think you ended up in a different thread to where you intended, fyi.
Yeah everything is taking an absolute hammering atm and federation is all over the place. I've got two accounts myself. Just couldn't bear the idea of OP having like ten accounts for different instances by accident :D
I know it's not the point of your post (which I did read and also agree with) but just in case nobody else has mentioned it..
In your summary you said you'd signed up for "other instances of Lemmy" and I just want to make sure you know you don't need to do that to join communities in other places! :)
Subscribed, new comments. It's the perfect combo as it shows me new posts but also ones getting recent action.
I do regularly flip to local or all just because it's fun to stumble across random new stuff, and also because I'm not subbed to many actually big communities (yet).
Smell = good. Taste = uncomfortable and confusing.
It was right in front of me!
I've been trying to get into a routine of going for a morning walk. It's not far, just basically climbing a hill near home, sitting down on a bench at the top pretending to enjoy the view but really trying not to pass out because I'm terribly unfit, then back down.
Well, guess what used to be in that patch of dirt? Yep, my bench.
Who suddenly took it away? No idea. For what purpose? Beats me.
Now I just have to defiantly sit on the grass next to it and dare anyone to comment.
Hmph.
What's grinding your gears today?
Going with a knitting post today! Any other keen sock knitters about? Feel free to show off your cozy feet and recommend good patterns!
I love knitting socks, they're the best travel project and you can just get so many stunning sock yarns from indie dyers.
These beauties are the "Drippity Drop Socks" pattern by Kay F Jones which I was gifted by a very kind Instagram friend. The yarn was by Castle View Yarns, their Fear of the Dark colourway on a typical 75/25 merino/nylon base.
One thing I'll say about this pattern is that the toe section was weird. Instead of just decreasing down each side which is what I've seen in basically every other cuff-down sock pattern, it had me decrease evenly around the whole toe so it has a slightly odd "bunched" feel. If I make this pattern again I'll probably just do the toes the normal way tbh.
Other than that though, absolutely love them!
Like probably most of you I do own at least the majority of the books in physical form. But sometimes it's just easier to read on Kindle.
Sadly they're about £5.99 each, which is absolutely worth it if you can afford it, but x41 books it really adds up.
The good news is, if you check regularly you'll find that one or two books go on sale at a time for as little as 99p. Personally I pick up anything that goes under £2, currently I think that's just Guards! Guards! but they change all the time.
If anyone knows what schedule they change on that would be useful info, atm I just have a reminder to check back every couple of weeks.
(link is to the UK page but I'm sure the same applies on other Amazon sites too)
Joining @Wigglet@beehaw.org in the quest to fill this place with fun craft projects. Yesterday was sewing, today I present to you...wedding crochet!
I taught my bf (ok yes now husband but that sounds weird still) to crochet last year, so we made these simple little crochet flowers together for our small ceremony a couple months ago. The smaller white flowers are just artificial Baby's Breath from Amazon.
The pattern was Crochet Ranunculus from Moara Crochet but fair warning that the written version didn't make much sense and the video was much better. There's lots of blue and white sock yarn left over so I may yet end up with some kind of souvenir ankle socks out of it.
My ribbon wrapping technique left a bit to be desired but it was the night before and things were fraught!
Tried to sew my own wedding dress too but that was a fail so I just picked up a £30 thing off Amazon. Worked out just fine!
Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question I'm sure you're having to answer all kinds of ridiculous things with the influx of us newbies.
I'm finding that often I can't actually see most of the discussion in a thread while logged into my account. I'll see a thread with no comments, and be able to reply to it normally, but if I view that same thread in incognito mode suddenly I see all the other comments that are apparently invisible to me while logged in.
On Mastodon there are sometimes similar issues that can be got around by following users or searching specific toot URLs to help federate, but I have no idea what the equivalent action is on Lemmy.
Any pointers very welcome, thanks!
I've been a massive fan of Eurovision since I was a little kid and this was the first time it's been hosted in the UK since 1998, so if there's ever an excuse for a special make it was this one!
I used the "Magnolia Boat Neck Dress" pattern from My Golden Thimble, which I've used before and is fairly beginner-friendly. It comes with all kinds of options for different necklines, pockets, additional ruffles etc but for this one I just stuck to the basics. I did make the pocket insides out of some red cotton scraps though because why the heck not, although I can't figure out how to attach more than one image to show you...
The main fabric is just some flag print polycotton that you can find all over eBay, technically it wasn't 100% accurate to the list of participating countries this year but hey, close enough.
We had a fantastic time in Liverpool, and as luck would have it the person sitting in front of us in the arena recognised my dress from a Mastodon post about it the day before! What are the chances?!
Pattern link: https://www.mygoldenthimble.com/summer-dress-sewing-pattern-boat-neck/
thegiddystitcher @beehaw.org Hopefully migrating to @thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee , come find me there