This will surely be used by the Trump administration to silence criticism of their unconstitutional, illegal actions.

If you upload an image, the URL field is populated with the URL of the uploaded image, so there’s not really multiple fields like it appears.

Sure enough; I just discovered this for myself when running some tests. I also noticed that Lemmy offers an Alt Text field, which it looks like the bot is already populating.

Test 1 : The URL field and the image attachment field were used; the latter overwrites whatever is placed in the former. I guess this might be modeled after Reddit.

Test 2: A direct link to the image at xkcd.com was placed in the URL field, and the source link placed at the top of the body. Result: This is similar to the bot’s current format, including the flaw that a desktop browser with strict privacy settings won’t show the comic image as part of the post when the thumbnail is clicked, because it’s an off-site image. Having the source link at the top of the body does at least make it a little more convenient to click through to xkcd.com’s single-page view.

Test 3: Only the image attachment field was used; the URL field was left blank. Result: This allows a desktop browser to show the comic image in-line when the thumbnail is clicked even with strict browser privacy settings, if the post is being viewed on the Lemmy instance where the post was made, because then it’s not an off-site image. Unfortunately, it’s still an off-site image when viewed on other Lemmy instances. The source link was again placed at the top of the body.

(Side note: I used m.xkcd.com links instead of plain xkcd.com links in these tests, just to see how the mobile site looks in different browsers. In practice, either ought to work.)

Conclusion: I don’t have one just yet. It would be helpful if we could direct all Lemmy instances to make their own local copy of a post’s attached image, to avoid the off-site image problem. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a way to do this, and I suspect it would be too burdensome for some small instances.

Having the source link at the top of the post body is helpful, at least.

I’m not sure the current comment votes are representative, due to the selection bias that forms as people engage (or don’t) with idea comments & their replies, but I acknowledge that it is possible that a proper vote would end up as you expect.

EDIT: Lemmy posts have both an URL field and an image field. What would happen if the change I suggested was made, and the image field was used for the coming image? Hm… Maybe that’s worth a test.

If directly linking to the full comic page as the main link is a no-go, how about putting the source link at very top, as the first line in the body? That would at least make it a little easier for desktop users to target the link they need for a single-screen view of the whole comic.

KDE development isn’t limited to a fixed number of developers. Lots of the things that go into it are contributed by regular users who want to see something improved.

I guess this is going to come down to desktop vs mobile preference.

In that case, perhaps linking to the mobile site would make sense, since it ought to work for both mobile and desktop:

https://m.xkcd.com/3090/

Still not equivalent, since it still requires multiple steps, and doesn’t work with privacy settings that forbid off-site images.

That splits the comic between two separate screens, and requires multiple steps (and page loads) to read it.

It’s not as good as linking to the whole comic, intact, in one place.

The mobile browsers I’ve used let you long-press the image to see the hover text.

If yours doesn’t, you can always prepend m. to the domain name, like this: https://m.xkcd.com/3090/

The thing is, with xkcd, the image is not the full comic. Part of the comic is the hover text, which you don’t get with the image alone.

The way things are now, I click the title and it takes me to a bare image, so I then have to go back, and then read through the post body to find the link to the whole comic, and then click that. It’s a hassle.

(And since you mentioned viewing comments alongside the image, you should be aware that Lemmy’s default interface shows only a thumbnail fragment of the image on the same page as the comic. I guess you might be using a mobile app.)

Sometimes it’s cheaper to make one PCB in huge numbers

That works if you leave the pads unpopulated. You don’t save money by shipping with unused nontrivial components soldered onto the PCB (except perhaps in very small quantities).

and only enable the cellular modem on the higher priced models or when a subscription fee is paid.

In that case, its presence damn well better be clearly documented. Otherwise, it’s a spying device.

In order to retain our rights to private communications, we have to win every time.

In order to take them away, they only have to win once.

They will keep trying.

Stay vigilant.

Dear bot maintainer,

Any chance of getting the bot to use the source page as the post link, rather than linking to the image alone and burying source link within the body?

That would make it easier to view the whole comic, complete with hover text, in one place.

Edit: Linking to the mobile site would also work, and perhaps better accommodate both mobile and desktop users. Like this: https://m.xkcd.com/3090/

Sure, but most YouTube streams aren’t delivered as a single webm or mp4 file, and the language & subtitle selection you’re referring to aren’t implemented by the browser (but instead by a JavaScript application downloaded from Google). So it’s not what OP asked about.

I’m not suggesting that it’s outrageous. Merely that it’s probably not a high priority.

Maybe webm and mp4 files with multiple language tracks are usually played with a media player, not a web browser?

GNU Taler requires exchanges in order to function, and hasn’t had any so far. What exchange now exists for use in Switzerland? Is it Taler Operations AG?

It depends on wire transfers to move money into and out of a Taler wallet. Wire transfer fees are typically around 30 USD. That’s not practical for most people’s needs, even if covering batches of transactions. Are there plans to support a less expensive means of funds transfer?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/analyzing-kosas-constitutional-problems-depth

When the fuck will you people get it??

This is the wrong way to get people to care what you have to say.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/analyzing-kosas-constitutional-problems-depth

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