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Ifa Quick Guide - KQM (keqingmains.com)
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Kind of a rant. Hoyo blocked my SimpleLogin email. I couldn't receive verification codes. Clicking the "Send" button just returned a "Too many requests. Try again later" error. Every. Single. Time.

No matter how long I waited between login attempts, it kept giving the same error. I also tried logging in through my phone and with different IP addresses.

So I opened a ticket but they were unresponsive after giving my Genshin Impact UID. I found an "account retrieval form" in the Hoyoverse account management webpage, filled it up and had my email address changed. I was able to log in now so it looks like they're blocking SimpleLogin email addresses which sucks. Now I'm thinking of changing my email addresses on other accounts that use SimpleLogin.

Anyway, if you use a SimpleLogin email address, you should probably change it, or at least be prepared to have it changed in the future. :/

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Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll be updating the TOU in the coming weeks to include suggestions from the comments.


Policy Updates

I made changes to the policies found in https://ani.social/legal in response to users creating communities that might not be fit for ani.social. The new policy is titled "Community Creation Policy" which aims to limit the scope of communities created in ani.social. Below is a breakdown of the entire policy:

  1. The community should be related to anime, manga, or other related otaku and moe culture.

This should be obvious but "anime" is very broad. Especially the term "otaku culture" which could mean things not completely related to anime and manga (like trains or military) so I would like to limit those. Though in the globalized context, otaku is associated with anime, so I'm thinking of calling it "globalized otaku" or "otaku" (with scare quotes) as suggested by Patrick Galbraith.

  1. The community should have a clearly defined purpose or intent available in the community sidebar before any post, icon, or banner is submitted or uploaded.

This is very specific but I'd like to avoid communities created without any real purpose. This is mostly to avoid spam.

  1. The community should have rules available in the community sidebar. Likewise, the community must not deviate from the AniSocial TOU.

This is self-explanatory. All communities should have rules, otherwise it can't fulfill Rule 2 of this policy. Also, no community can be "above" ani.social's policies.

  1. The community should not feature content displaying genitalia, scat, extreme gore, snuff, or beastiality.

This is to limit "hentai" communities from being created here. I think it's best that hentai communities are created in other servers that can better support pornography. But I'd like to revise this so that discourse on hentai is allowed.

  1. The community’s purpose or intent should not exclusively focus on any of the following topics or niches:

Artificial Intelligence or AI-generated works; Cults or religion; Piracy, leaked media content, or violations of copyright laws; Political ideologies; Sexual intercourse or masturbation

This is to limit niches that might be better suited in other servers or to avoid controversy. It doesn't necessarily mean these topics are completely banned from the server. It just means the purpose of a community cannot be specific to these.

AI, piracy, political ideologies, and sexual intercourse already have their own Lemmy servers. I also banned cults and religion to avoid offending people.

Feedback

I'm looking for feedback specifically for the new Community Creation Policy. I'd like to make changes based on what the community thinks so if there's any changes you'd like, you can post it as a comment here so others can also talk about it. It can be for the other policies too.

I'll just note that policy changes are never really "final" as they change and evolve over time to address new issues and changes in the social atmosphere.

As for now, I'm considering adding these to the current Community Creation Policy to further avoid possible unwanted scenarios:

  • Limitation on number of communities created
  • Age of account or karma required to create communities
  • Limits on commercial activities

As much as possible, I'd like to very specific with the policies to avoid being overbroad. I would also like to avoid a "admin's descretion" clause to avoid abuse.

(a few other things)

I'm slowly adding more tasks to @[email protected]. Recently I added keyword filters to remove certain spam that might come up in the local feed. If Gaen mistakenly removes your post, you can send me a message.

The instance now requires registration applications. This was something I was completely against but we were removed from join-lemmy.org again because of open registrations. As compromise, new sign ups only have to type "I agree" in the text box as part of agreeing to the TOU which will be auto-approved (thank you Lemmy.World for the idea). Also, Gaen denies disposable emails and will send a welcome message to new users. Overall, I think this will turn out to be a good change.

There will probably be more posts like this in the future. Other than policy changes, I'll make a post on updating the site logo in the coming months.

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This video essay explores recurring imagery of trains in the work of Hideaki Anno. By linking together disparate audio and sound effects from Anno’s TV and cinema, it attempts to explore Anno’s coiled, labyrinthine train space, and chart its phantom contours. It begins by analysing train carriages as a site of mental unrest in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1996). It then contextualizes Anno’s train fixation within film and Japanese history more broadly. In its conclusion, it looks at Anno’s live-action works, before ending on a scene from episode four of Evangelion which uses a train station for a moment of stasis and reconciliation.

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Iansan Quick Guide - KQM (keqingmains.com)
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Varesa Quick Guide - KQM (keqingmains.com)
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Share your pulls here.

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Hello everyone!

Recently, we had hours of downtime yesterday (March 16) and today (March 17) and some slowdowns last week. Basically, the server was suffering from storage performance issues. I talked to the hosting provider about it and we got it fixed. Hopefully we don't run into issues like that again (or soon at least).

We also had downtime around 1 month ago which was caused by really aggressive web scrapers which should be fixed by now. I blocked their ASN and I started blocking AI bots too. Other Lemmy instances have been affected by the same scrapers too.

There might be a bit more downtime during the next few days as I make a few changes to the way I do backups. It should only be a few minutes though.

Lastly, I'd like to introduce @[email protected] - a kind of AutoMod that should take care of spam. If you've been on Lemmy for a long time already, Gaen shouldn't remove your posts/comments or ban you. If you think Gaen made a mistake, you can send me an email: [email protected].

Occasionally it might send you messages if you've forgotten to mark a post as NSFW, but I'm still testing this. I'm also looking into a way to remove the "Nicole spam" with her.

Gaen is named after Gaen Izuko from the Monogatari Series because she claims to "know everything".


If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :D

[-] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago

I'm gonna wait for the platinum ultimate mega collector's anthology edition at a 90% discount after 7 years.

[-] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago

screenshare with audio when

[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago

Personally, I recommend AmogOS.

[-] [email protected] 200 points 2 years ago

which government? there are plenty of those.

[-] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago

Most people in my media classes seem to be so obssessed with the content of social media as opposed to the systems of social media. A lot of other students and professors are only interested in alternative content rather than alternative systems. They talk about the "algorithm" as some kind of sentient being instead of something programmed by people. It's a weird shift in media studies going from concerns over systems to content.

Another one is how people will only watch things that are on Netflix or whatever the popular streaming app is now. Some people have asked me for film suggestions but when they find out that it's not on Netflix, they lose interest even if I provide them with a link to it from archive.org or other very special places.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago

There's a PR for it. Hopefully we get it on the next update.

[-] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago

DaVinci Resolve is much better than any open source NLE. Generally, most closed source media production software is better than their open source counterparts except Blender. Blender is incredible and it gives me hope that other open source software can be just as successful in the media industry.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago

This should explain the fmhy situation:

[-] [email protected] 104 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Out of curiosity, other than fmhy.ml, lemmy.ml, and lemmygrad.ml, what other Lemmy instances were using .ml domains? Also, how are the latter two still running but fmhy.ml isn't?

edit: This has triggered a chain of comments I wasn't expecting. I'd appreciate it if someone can answer on a technical level. Is the latter two using a different registrar or name server which is why it still works for them?

[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago

There's a lot of subs like these which I don't want to name. Basically, subs with anti-corpo principles but refuses to leave corpo Reddit. I'm happy for the subs who are still dark even until now (and even more reason to be now that Reddit is deleting older DMs and removing awards/coins).

[-] [email protected] 274 points 2 years ago

My favorite r/selfhosted comment.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here's my experience with some search engines:

A Tier -- Gives me the closest results.

  • Google: A classic and oftentimes, it gets what I want. A lot of the links are redirects which is annoying.
  • Kagi: It's paid but it has a lot of features like "lenses" and "quick answer". The results are pretty good. It gives me good articles and PDFs instead of a blogspot post.
  • You.com: The WORST UI EVER but the results are surprisingly decent. It's pretty close to Kagi. It might actually be the same thing. It also has an AI chatbot but I don't think it's as good as Bing's or OpenAI's.

B Tier -- Gives me decent results.

  • Startpage: ~~It used to use Google search results but they switched to Bing. It is worse than Google.~~ EDIT: Search results are still closer to Google but they "incorporate Microsoft Bing results". From my experience, it filters out some of Google results that were very useful for me. Their widgets (particularly the Wikipedia one) sometimes displays irrelavant information.
  • DuckDuckGo: Results are worse than Google. One time a referral link came up in one of my searches.
  • Bing: There's no dark mode. The AI chat tool is pretty nice and is comparable to the OpenAI one (significantly better than Google's Bard). Search results are worse than Google.
  • Yandex: Search results are similar to DuckDuckGo.
  • Ecosia: Search results are similar to the ones above.

C Tier -- Gives me poor results.

  • Brave: Search results feel so inconsistent and out of place. Maybe worse than the ones above.
  • Mojeek: Independent search engine. Results aren't very good.

Open Source Front Ends - Results quality varies.

  • SearXNG: It depends on which instance you're using. Sometimes search results error out due to rate limiting but you still get results anyway. It has a lot of options and configs so it fits to your liking so you can choose which search engines you want to include.
  • LibreX: Actually one of my favorites since I've never encountered errors due to rate limiting but using it to search for images is terribly slow. It has a cool feature where you can add front ends like Libreddit and Wikiless. It also has a built-in torrent search engine.
  • Whoogle: The UI isn't very good and it performs poorly on most public instances. A smaller or private instance might be worth looking into. It uses Google search results.

F Tier -- It sucks.

  • Qwant: Not available in my country.

If anyone knows of any other search engine not in this list, let me know so I can try it out.

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