Nils

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[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think it would be taboo to save something that is public available, as you can just as simple visit those pages and print them to pdf for example.

The same goes to things you have access with your account, and it is not bound by a non-disclose agreement (you can still save, but not broadcast it - depending on the laws of your jurisdiction).

I looked into the lemm.ee default profile page, and you might have success with the tools I mentioned.

You just need to navigate these links, and make the tool open the post names.

https://lemmy.ca/u/megane_kun@lemm.ee?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts https://lemmy.ca/u/megane_kun@lemm.ee?page=1&sort=New&view=Comments

You will need to take in account navigation with "next" buttons, and some pages need to be scrolled down to load all the comments.

If you don't want to contact the Admins, and you are not pressed for time, put a delay on the tool's web requests to not overload the servers. The browser add-on might avoid that because it mimics a more natural way of navigating a website.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is ActivityPub, not Reddit. It is optional, democratic and auditable.

People are not sending posts/comment to be approved first, you can post whatever you want. It is a plus if the community found a bad faith actor and tagged them. So I am not forced to see their disinformation campaign.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

all of the comments, including any deleted ones (deleted by the user and deleted by mods/admins)

You probably will not have access to this.

Is there any other method I can do this without resorting to manual saving?

Only if you are an Admin. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html

The data seems to be stored in a postgres database, and could technically be queried.

And if I have no choice other than to save each and every post and comment manually? How should I be doing it?

It depends on your need, if it is for legal purpose, it depends on your jurisdiction. Maybe web archive is enough for this case, https://archive.org/.

Otherwise, you can use the API as others mentioned. Or you can use Selenium/Scrapy/BeautifulSoup to scrape the website.

If you would rather not program something with code, look into browser add-ons that scrape websites, they are mostly visual, and you click on the things you want to save or navigate into. I am not familiar with them to recommend you something, but there are plenty of videos on how to use them.

That said, depending on the security of your instance, your ip/account might get flagged.

Talk with the Admins of your instance first and express your intentions, maybe they can help with what you need.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I noticed that the option "local" is pretty much empty on piefed.ca I wonder if we create the same communities there and group them together would work.

Here is their repo, https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/issues I imagine you can propose some of those ideas there.

I think one of the problems on migrating users right now is how lemmy stores password compared to piefed. https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/issues/712 - But technically, it should work if you ask the user to write a new password.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some good takes there:

People who gravitate to downtown do so because their supports are all within a walking distance - health care, food, shelter for a bit, government services.

Ironically, those living hand to mouth embrace the 15 minute walkable city other wealthier residents eschew. They live a sustainable lifestyle because they must.

But some arguments and conclusions are a bit weak:

Downtowns have been dying for decades due to shifting buying habits to online, to malls, to going out of town to IKEA and outlet malls.

Cleary it is not the marginalized fault, downtown's declined has a lot to do with how the city is managed. And there are plenty of functional downtowns around the world where people buy online, Ikea and malls - so it is not their fault either.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I feel like Atlus filled the space Square left after the merge, and it is living the golden age similar to what Square enjoyed in the 90s early 2000s. A bunch of quality titles coming each year in the most diverse genres (I think just missing something like Ehrgeiz, maybe they pull it out with the Sega merge).

Not really sure what is different between the management of Atlus and Square Enix, but I feel like a bunch of Japanese companies are banking more on diluting their IPs and counting on the goodwill of people's nostalgia. At least Square Enix did not drop everything to pursue the pachinko business (I hope).

It seems that this article as based on this investor release, it has way more details omitted by the gamespot author https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20250514_01_en.pdf

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From ground news summary:

  • Brazilian police arrested a man and a teenager on May 3, 2025, foiling a bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga's concert in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Authorities uncovered the plot after identifying an online group spreading hate speech, radicalizing teenagers, and encouraging self-harm.
  • Authorities conducted raids at nine sites across multiple Brazilian states such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, confiscating electronic equipment and other items connected to the planned bombing.
  • Around 2.1 million people attended the free concert on Copacabana Beach, which aimed to boost the local economy and drew 500,000 tourists.
  • The arrests prevented a potentially large-scale attack involving improvised explosives, highlighting authorities' efforts against extremist online networks.

What the ground news summary did not describe that most publications seem to list are:

  • The Brazilian federal police was already investigating other groups like this
  • Authorities suspect the group was targeting the LGBTQ+ community.
  • The arrested teenager was in possession of child sexual abuse material, and was charged on that.
  • Another member of the group (not sure if he was charged) had religious motivations.
[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the admin team of .ca is great. They are organized, open to input and always take the initiative (.ca toughened up on disinformation this election cycle).

Yeah, but our ...

It was not supposed to be a negative critic of our instance/admins, on the contrary.

I was replying to the message who said this kind of trolling would be removed and banned right away in any instance, which is not true, I was even surprised that hexbear banned the troll just for that post...

But I just looked, the xiaohongshu2 was not banned for the post, xiaohongshu2 was banned for impersonating another user in bad faith. Hexbears took the post quite well, and the text is still there for people to read.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There are a few .world doing that non ironically. In .ca they always create their own communities. And they usually stay around unless they break the instance rules too many times.

As far as I know, they only get downvotes, nothing more.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That rain smell, I remember being happy when my mom allowed me to play in the rain.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
  1. Wash your face or any area you want to shave with gentle soap.
  2. Use a gentle shaving cream, no scent, no alcohol. If possible, spread it with a shaving brush gently.
  3. Shave in the direction of the hair, e.g. your moustache you probably go from nose to lips.
    a. Change your blades often, with a safety razor you most likely want a new blade after each shave. Blades get dull, pull the hair and clog the pores, they will accumulate bacteria over time, causing infections, disposing them after each shave will reduce the chances of those happening.
    b. Try to get good at passing the blade only once, avoid repeating on the same spots multiple times. If struggling, you might want to consider one of those razors that adjust to your face as you move, or an electric trimmer - avoid the ones that pull the hair before cutting.
  4. Wash your face again, if possible, use a soap with ceramides and niacinamide (they will help with your skin recovery).
  5. Tap your face gently with a clean towel, do not rub it, don't go hard. Leave some moisture.
  6. Use moisturizer (ceramides and niacinamide is a plus)
  7. SPF

A lot of the things that happen to your skin can be caused by bacteria, clogged pores by dead skin, dirty, hair, fabric... Those steps will help you minimize the chances and help your skin recover faster after shaving.

If possible, you should visit a dermatologist for a deeper understanding of your skin, and the care you need.

Also, on a special occasion, treat yourself to one of those old school barbers, with hot/cold towels and all the pampers.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Depends on the threat model and how long do you need the data.

Worked on a place long ago, that anything they needed to save offline from more than a few decades where stored in microfilm, the expectancy there where they would last 80 to 100 years.

Anything else was pretty much tape.

You also take in account the technology avaiability. The more complex is to use, harder will it be to reproduce in the future. Even with tapes, you might want to copy the data to another tape/recorder every decade or two, to keep it on par with the technology.

 

I am looking for a carpet cleaner machine, but it is ok if works for upholstery as well. I think some of them are also advertised as Steam Cleaner.

The company I see most people recommending, Bissell, is from the USA, and so are most of the other companies I see around except 2:

  • Noma
  • Dupray

But I cannot find much information on their products online, or reviews of their quality. Noma does not list their product on their website. It appears that none is made in Canada.

Do you have any recommendation on carpet cleaner machine, or where to buy them?

Thank you very much.

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