The host I was using for radiation.party became extremely unreliable, extremely quickly, leading to an extended downtime while I worked on finding a good alternative.
I've shoved my lemmy instance onto one of my other dedicated servers for the time being, with the goal of eventually migrating it to its own beefier server.
There will be, unfortunately, a flood of posts for missed content on current sources. This has already happened as of me posting this post, so I sowwy.
If you'd like to help fund shoving this community onto a beef boy server, let me know here - I might set up a tipjar or something to allow folks to contribute at will.
Hi all! I frequently see irrelevant garbage posts being published on these so-called tech news sources, frustrating you and me alike.
This morning, I've updated the bot to support loading a list of blocked phrases from its config. As of writing this, the block list currently contains:
"blockedPhrases": [
"couches",
"vegan",
"diet",
"progressives",
"save $",
"astrology",
"disney plus",
"hulu",
"apple deals",
"prime day",
"linoleic acid",
"freedom caucus",
"mental health",
"laptop deals",
"smart gadget",
"and your money",
"folding phones",
"chatgpt"
]
If there are common phrases that are usually used in blog spam, but not in real tech news, feel free to let me know and I can update the config when I have a few minutes to SSH in and tweak it.
Aggregated tech-related news from various sources, automagically brought in by a robot
Changelog
07-28-2023
- Updated to Lemmy 18.3
07-27-2023
- Added rudimentary phrase-based blocklist. See this post for additional details as of initial release
07-07-2023
- Updated to Lemmy 18.1 (Hot works better now! yay!)
06-23-2023
- Updated to Lemmy 18.0
06-14-2023
- Updated to Lemmy 17.4
[TECHCRUNCH] Will X’s addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app?
Will X's addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app? | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/will-xs-addition-of-audio-and-video-calling-create-stickiness-in-the-app/
Elon Musk announced Wednesday that an early version of video and audio calling is now available on X, formerly known as Twitter. The move is another step
[HN] Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler
research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler
https://research.swtch.com/nih
[HN] Chaucer's Works Go Online
Just a moment...
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/10/chaucers-works-go-online.html
[TECHCRUNCH] ULA aims to launch Astrobotic lunar lander on Christmas Eve
ULA aims to launch Astrobotic lunar lander on Christmas Eve | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/ula-aims-to-launch-astrobotic-lunar-lander-on-christmas-eve/
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is set to take off on United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Christmas Eve.
[TECHCRUNCH] Ford and UAW negotiators reach ‘tentative agreement’ to end strike
Ford and UAW negotiators reach 'tentative agreement' to end strike | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/ford-and-uaw-negotiators-reach-tentative-agreement-to-end-strike/
Ford has reached a "tentative agreement on a new labor contract" with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for the automaker's U.S. operations.
[VERGE] Ford and UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike
Ford and UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23932799/ford-uaw-auto-worker-end-strike-gm-stellantis
The UAW says this contract raises the starting wage by 68 percent.
[TECHCRUNCH] Electron will likely return to the skies before the year is out, Rocket Lab says
Electron will likely return to the skies before the year is out, Rocket Lab says | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/electron-will-likely-return-to-the-skies-before-the-year-is-out-rocket-lab-says/
Rocket Lab's Electron will likely fly missions again before the year is out, the company said in a new statement Wednesday.