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[–] [email protected] 2 points 40 minutes ago

Firefox PWAs.. Wish it would be true, but seems to be some custom "Taskbar Tabs" for Windows 11.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

As a freelancer, I would really like something to replace UpWork.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Love Nick's videos

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

For me the EU should make all hardware manufacturers provide open source drivers with the full range of configuration options available. This is one of the biggest hurdles to moving away from Windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Slightly tangential but PeerTube is never going to compete with the Big Red Play Button if people use juvenile domain names like "peertube.wtf"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

No, what's stopping me from using peertube and other alternatives is that half the time the video just doesn't want to load.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Do you know if it’s any particular instance this happens with?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Same, I wonder how the economics work out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

It’s initially not very expensive to run, but as it grows you’ll have to pay more and more for storage.

Videos not loading could be a client issue, low bandwidth from client or server, misconfiguration on the server etc.

A reload usually fixes this, unless the server is actually down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Then use another PeerTube provider, if you don’t like the domain name.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's federated, so one can setup whatever instance they want on whatever domain they want.

If the admin feels ".wtf" is edge, cool. If someone else believe it's NSFW or wouldn't help promote the cause, they can setup another instance on another domain. If the content itself is federated, they might share that link instead.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I know all that, but for whatever reason this dumbass domain seems to be the only one I ever see. Personally I'm all in favor of having a respectable ,canonical domain for newbies and occasional users, but this one is not going to cut it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Then post some PeerTube videos yourself from whatever PeerTube domain you wanna see lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I just thought it was funny. Don’t know what’s juvenile about “wtf” though. Unless you’re an old fart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Avatar checks out.