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Flipyap , to nostupidquestions in What's wrong with using a browser to view Lemmy? Seems like a lot of posts are about best apps for Lemmy. Am I missing out on something by not using an app?

I downloaded Connect for Lemmy as I’d seen others recommend it. I suppose I was drawn to using an app out of instinct rather than need. I’m waiting for Sync for Lemmy and can’t be bothered to try out a bunch of other apps before then.

WigglingWalrus ,
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I’ve tried a few and Connect seems most similar to Sync and most polished IMO.

Hildegarde , to nostupidquestions in What's wrong with using a browser to view Lemmy? Seems like a lot of posts are about best apps for Lemmy. Am I missing out on something by not using an app?

I’m pretty sure the desktop browser version of 0.17 had a memory leak. My Lemmy tab in firefox would crash when left idle for too long. I trust its been fixed now, but when I first joined, using Jerboa on my phone was a more stable and usable expierence than the browser.

Use Lemmy in whatever form you find most enjoyable. Web browsers are perfectly fine if you prefer it.

ButhJolokia , to showerthoughts in Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.

Decimal time was introduced in Revolutionary France, just like the metric system and a decimal calendar. They made it non-mandatory after 17 months, partly because of the enormous costs to replace all clocks. The decimal calendar survived longer and was abolished by Napoleon as part of his reconciliation strategy with the Catholic church.

Decimal time is still used by the way. Astronomers use fractional days because it’s easier to do calculations with. And that very same ease of use is why Microsoft Excel uses fractional dates to calculate dates, as it requires less calculations.

Kftrendy ,
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Love the modified Julian date. You’ll also find some satellite-based astronomers measuring their observations in kiloseconds (I think Hubble does it in orbits but most of the X-ray satellites use kiloseconds).

ulu_mulu , to nostupidquestions in What's wrong with using a browser to view Lemmy? Seems like a lot of posts are about best apps for Lemmy. Am I missing out on something by not using an app?
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You’re not missing anything by not using apps, as other people said, many people came here because reddit apps stopped working and they’re looking for replacements.

I never used apps on reddit, old.reddit on desktop was by far the best experience for me, I don’t intend to use apps on lemmy either.

WigglingWalrus ,
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There are some themes to make Lemmy style like old.reddit just in case you’re not aware!

muftiboy ,

desktop browser is the best! if you wanna write a quality comment that links to sources and quotes people, there's just nothing better. I couldn't imagine writing anything useful on some app on a touch screen. and even when I zombiescroll on the toilet, the mobile browser did fine with old.reddit. and no extra software clogging up my devices, that's a massive benefit for me.

InLikeClint ,
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Same, old.reddit

Sekemoto , (edited ) to android in What's the 3 apps that you can't live without?
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  1. YouTube ReVanced - I watch a lot of YouTube.
  2. Bitwarden - No need to remember all my passwords and autofill.
  3. Iceraven (Browser) - It has uBlock Origin along with other useful extensions.
shortwavesurfer , to technology in De-googled contactless payment?

Not that i am aware of. Our financial system is loaded with proprietary software. The only way i have found to fix it is to opt out as much as possible and use cryptocurrency which is what i have done

flashgnash OP ,

I love the idea of crypto as an actual currency but I think that’s probably never going to be widely accepted and stable

shortwavesurfer ,

I suspect it will. We in the western world (US, Canada, UK, EU, etc) are used to very stable fiat currencies. Ask a person from Argentina, Turkey, etc if they would rather have their national currency or crypto and i bet a lot of them would take the crypto. A 10% fluctuation to them is a blessing to them because if they hold their currency they may drop 100% a year because of inflation.

jpgb , to nostupidquestions in ELI5 Reddit to Lemmy

Hello this is my first comment on Lemmy, so consider me an expert.

The idea of ‘federated’ websites is that you can use your login from one server to interact with another server. An analogy is email: you can have a gmail account that can send a message to a yahoo account via shared and open source protocols (e.g. SMTP).

One question I do have though; if I create my account on Lemmy.world and then for whatever reason that instance disappears; does my account disappear or is it recoverable on another instance?

cmder , to android in What's the 3 apps that you can't live without?

Firefox, Bitwarden, NewPipe/Libretube (Youtube)

Tolstoy , to nostupidquestions in What's wrong with using a browser to view Lemmy? Seems like a lot of posts are about best apps for Lemmy. Am I missing out on something by not using an app?
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First of all hey and welcome to lemmy^^ As some people already stated, there’s a big “which app to use” wave because of the whole “Reddit shut down 3rd party apps” and since lemmy is growing pretty fast a lot of apps are popping up. You don’t have to use them but for my experience, it’s less clunky and feels smoother than any website. On Desktop I still prefer to website.

Darwinno , to books in What did everyone read in June?

Elantris, Warbreaker and started The Way of Kings, all by Brandon Sanderson. Read Mistborn Era 1 a couple years ago and loved it, finally decided to jump head in into the Cosmere.

sunglocto , to android in What are Android's Best Weather Apps?

I use prognoza - it’s open source and has MD3 widgets

github.com/davidtakac/prognoza

I started using it after the weather apps I use were just so fucking bloated I gave up and looked for another solution

CommanderShepard ,

I had never heard of this one before. Very clean thanks!

_MoveSwiftly , to nostupidquestions in What's wrong with using a browser to view Lemmy? Seems like a lot of posts are about best apps for Lemmy. Am I missing out on something by not using an app?

The only fully functional way to use it for me is via the website, until boost is ready.

Incendiary , to android in What's the 3 apps that you can't live without?

YouTube, Bitwarden, Niagara Launcher.

StephenJuniusBrutus , to nostupidquestions in Why does the infinity app still work with reddit?

I’m pretty sure Infinity is one of the few to move to a subscription model, so it’s still up.

briongloid ,
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It’s crazy to me that Infinity and Relay think they can get by on subscriptions, when the only people who use it enough to pay a subscription, use it more, making it exponentially more expensive as it’s based on usage.

Zerlyna ,
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That will give us a new post for leopard ate my face.

Thafirton ,

If you find that Lemmy, let me know! Still trying to find good equivalents and I’d love to add this one to my politics feed lol

KilgoreTheTrout11 ,

Yeah the subscription is going to have to be so expensive and almost all that money went would think would go to Reddit.

Eavolution ,
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The Relay developer has acknowledged this and has been tracking the number of users API calls, looking at the 90th, 95th, 99th percentiles as he expects these to be the users who pay a subscription. To me it seems like he's done enough research to come up with an accurate price.

I've been a Relay Pro user for years and loved it, but I just don't use Reddit enough to justify another subscription. I was okay with a 1 off payment (especially as it was just a couple of quid, although I would've been okay with way more), but I just can't justify a subscription to Reddit for the value I get out of it.

Tolstoy , to android in What's the 3 apps that you can't live without?
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Firefox, liftoff (slide before) and bitwarden

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