All of the primary Lemmy services have been updated as part of this maintenance. **PosgreSQL database**: 15 -> 16 **pict-rs image repository**: 0.4 -> 0.5 **Lemmy**: 0.19.3 -> 0.19.5 Also, as part of the migration, the **pict-rs** image repository's backend has been migrated from its internal **sled-repo** database to the shared **PostgreSQL** database, which will simplify backup and recovery in the future. Please report any issues on this post or a new post in !support@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz. Thanks for your patience as we work to improve your Lemmy experience.

We'll be taking the instance down for maintenance at **4PM UTC on Saturday 9 August**. Use [this](https://time.is/4PM_9_Aug_in_UTC) to convert to your local time. The instance will be upgraded to Lemmy 0.19.5, which requires upgrading several other services Lemmy relies on. **The maintenance window will be 5 hours**

We ran into some unexpected issues upgrading the instance to the latest Lemmy version, and troubleshooting was starting to take too long and extend past the previously given maintenance window. As such, we decided to restore from backup and attempt the upgrade again another day, next time with a larger maintenance window. Everything should be back as it was before the downtime. The next maintenance will be announced soon. Thanks for your patience!

We'll be taking the instance down for maintenance at **2PM UTC on Saturday 29 June**. Use [this](https://time.is/2PM_29_Jun_in_UTC) to convert to your local time. The instance will be upgraded to Lemmy 0.19.5, which requires upgrading several other services Lemmy relies on. **The maintenance window will be 3 hours**

Steam Deck frozen • 6mo ago • 97%

MoonDeck is awesome!

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I found MoonDeck while perusing the Decky plugin store and it's absolutely awesome. I've had Moonlight and Sunshine set up for a while because Steam streaming is very inconsistent between Deck and Linux, but I didn't use it often because it's a pain setting up launchers in Sunshine for each individual game. MoonDeck takes the hassle out of that completely, and I find myself streaming GPU-intensive games to my living room much more often nowadays. I highly recommend it!

Programming Horror frozen • 9mo ago • 86%

Who needs a commit message, anyway?

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I was looking through various RCON tools and found this. Someone does *not* like commit messages. 

Mildly Infuriating frozen • 9mo ago • 96%

This isn't a "hybrid" schedule, that's a 4 day work week

Also, the location on the LinkedIn job listing was a city nearby, even though I'm over 300 miles from SF. Fuckin' dumb.

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Not entirely sure what happened, but a routine backend upgrade from Lemmy 0.19.1 to 0.19.2 is causing issues with the past 3ish weeks of activity. The linked bug report has a bit more detail. I'm going to try to work with the devs to figure out exactly what happened and do my best to recover that activity.

Analogue Pocket frozen • 9mo ago • 100%

GBA core with RTC?

I've searched around, but the only GBA core that seems to exist is [spiritualized's](https://github.com/spiritualized1997/openFPGA-GBA), which doesn't have RTC support and hasn't had a release in over a year. I was actually under the impression that RTC support in cores wasn't possible, but then budude2 just released his [GB/GBC core](https://github.com/budude2/openfgpa-GBC) that *does* have RTC support. So now I'm wondering if it's possible for GBA. I ask because I play a ton of Pokemon ROM hacks that take advantage of time changes, and it would be nice to have some of the core features of the Pocket. For example, sleep/wake doesn't work for Everdrives, and save states / memories are iffy.

The storage backend for the instance has been upgraded, which means the instance should be faster by quite a bit. It also enables a few new data resiliency features, which is pretty cool. Hopefully we don't need them, but better safe than sorry! Please report any issues on this post or a new post in !support@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz. Thanks for your patience as we work to improve your Lemmy experience.

We'll be taking the instance down for maintenance at **6PM UTC on Friday, 22 Dec**. Use [this](https://time.is/6PM_22_Dec_in_UTC) to convert to your local time. This maintenance is due to a much-needed storage upgrade, which will hopefully speed up the instance quite a bit. **The maintenance window will be 3 hours** to account for full system backup and restore, but I'm hoping we'll be done quicker than that.

We are now running Lemmy 0.19! There were a lot of cool changes in this release, definitely check out the [release notes](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue) if you're interested in the specifics. The important ones for users are: 1. **Improved Post Ranking** - Scaled sort! This is similar to Reddit's Hot sort, that is, ranking is based on the proportion of votes to active users, not just votes. This will greatly improve visibility for small communities, which is great! 2. **Instance Blocking for Users** - Users can now block entire instances themselves. If there's an instance you personally dislike but doesn't technically break our instance rules, you're now free to block it yourself. 3. **Two Factor Rework** - Enabling 2FA is now a two-step process, so it's harder to lock yourself out. There may be breakage depending on what Lemmy client you use, so be sure your client supports the breaking changes in 0.19.

No local content, but we run several seeder scripts to keep the All feed nice and populated. Sensible rules, minimal censorship, and we're even guaranteed on Fediseer! We also host the alternative front-end Photon at https://photon.frozeninferno.xyz. Come hang out and lurk, or make the next hit community, whatever you like! Just be sure to fully read the application question when registering, we deny all applications that don't follow instructions.

Lemmy Instances frozen • 1y ago • 100%

lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz - well-maintained self-hosted instance

No local content, but we run several seeder scripts to keep the All feed nice and populated. Sensible rules, minimal censorship, and we're even guaranteed on Fediseer! We also host the alternative front-end Photon at https://photon.frozeninferno.xyz. Come hang out and lurk, or make the next hit community, whatever you like! Just be sure to fully read the application question when registering, we deny all applications that don't follow instructions.

In the interest of transparency, we're announcing the implementation of defed list synchronization from Fediseer. Fediseer is a community of fediverse instances that work together to crowdsource classification of both safe and harmful fediverse instances. This instance has just recently been "guaranteed", which means a member of the Fediseer community has sponsored us to join them. You can see details of our Fediseer presence [here](https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz). This enables a couple of things. * This instance's admins can now guarantee, endorse, or censure other instances. * We can implement block list synchronization with our endorsed instances. * Block list synchronization can be filtered by tags. Given this instance's stance towards censorship, we've been hesitant to implement block list synchronization, as we don't want to block an instance prematurely. However, given the recent influx of loli / pedo content creeping in, we feel it's in the best interest of this instance to at least synchronize blocking by loli and pedo tags. So going forward, we will sync block lists with our endorsed instances' block lists filtered by loli and pedo tags. We'll also include spam tags, since there's been an influx of that, too. As always, comments and questions welcome.

We'll be taking the server down for general maintenance at 5PM UTC on Monday, 23 Oct. Shouldn't last more than an hour. Use [this](https://time.is/5PM_23_Oct_in_UTC) to convert to your local time.

Hey All, First point of business, we're **defederating from burggit.moe effectively immediately**. I'm currently purging all burggit.moe communities, but if I miss one, please report it. The reason is closely tied to the second point of business. Second point of business, I never thought we'd have to do this, but we've added a 6th rule: **No loli / pedo shit.** Pretty self-explanatory and straightforward. We don't care if it's "technically" legal, we're not hosting it. I don't even know if it's actually legal where the server is physically located, and I'm not putting that in my search history. Again, we're staunchly against almost all types of censorship, but if that's the kind of material you're after, we have to ask you to look for it on another instance.

We are now hosting [Photon](https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon) at https://photon.frozeninferno.xyz! I've personally used a few different alternative front ends for Lemmy, but this is the first one I liked enough to host myself. Please feel free to leave any feedback here, and enjoy! P.S. If you don't like Photon, the default Lemmy UI is still available at https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz as always. :) P.P.S. If you want a wider interface (for desktop, for example), go into settings in the top right and disable Limit Layout Width.

I received a user report of (text) pedophilia on a post from rqd2.net. I considered banning the user, but after further investigation, much of that entire instance is dedicated to similar content. As such, I've decided to defederate from the instance. As much as I dislike censorship and want users to be able to decide for themselves what they do or don't see, I don't feel comfortable hosting or providing access to content like that. Edit: I'm also in the process of purging all rqd2.net communities from this instance. If I miss one, please report it.