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2 years on Mastodon. According to my calendar, though I’m pretty sure that’s the date when I signed up for mastodon.social. In May 2024 I switched to dragonscave.space, and for 1 year and 1 day now, I’ve been on someplace.social and am still enjoying it.
Regarding clients, Tweesecake, Pachli, and Mona were my go-tos, with Tweesecake now being replaced by the awesome FastSM.
I’ve learned a lot on this platform, from getting to know Tailscale and Linux servers to many other great applications and much more.
It took a while to gain the engagement I have now. As I mentioned earlier, Mastodon often seems quite boring, but once conversations evolve, it’s actually quite fun to chat with all the different people.
At this point, I think I’ve found a solid base of users to interact with and enjoy communicating and discussing things here.
Thanks to everyone sticking around, reading my random tech rambles, boost spam, or complaints about all the other stuff life throws at me. And thanks to the developers of the clients and Mastodon itself. Looking forward to more good times here.
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JamminJerry

@jdking92 I don't know about other people, but I do it because I want too. I am interested in weather, and I know of a few people that live near me that are interested, and there could be others I don't know about that might be interested as well. I could ask why people post sports stuff, but I don't because it is there mastodon, and they can post what ever they want, even if it might be something I am not interested in.
@Joseph King

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RE: hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/1…

Für alle die sich Fragen ob wir es hier nicht etwas mit dem Datenschutz übertreiben.

Die #ICE in den USA nutzt eine App von #Palantir um Leute zum deportieren zu lokalisieren.

Die Daten dafür kommen u.a. aus dem Gesundheitsministerium.

Polizeiliche Überwachung mit #Palantir wurde für BW eingeführt und soll in Deutschland für weitere Bundesländer eingeführt werden.

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 (@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io)

‘ELITE’: The #Palantir App #ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential #deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s c…
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 (Hachyderm.io)
#palantir #ice

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Nice, just made my first app with Claude Code, a swift UI app reminiscent of Babble from back in the day. You can type in text, select a language and a voice installed on the system, speak the text, export audio as .wav, and change volume, pitch, and speed. Only took me about 10 to 15 minutes to build. Very impressed. If anyone wants this I'm happy to upload the code and Apple Silicon binaries to Github.

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Today on AppAddict - Tailscale: The Best Free App Most Mac Power Users Aren’t Using - Someone asked me to name the best free app available to Mac users in 2026. I didn’t hesitate before choosing Tailscale.

Tailscale is a VPN, but not in the usual sense. It’s a private, encrypted, identity-based network where your devices recognize each other no matter where they are. It uses... - appaddict.app/post/ailscale-th… - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

The Tailscale App on my home computer

Tailscale: The Best Free App Most Mac Power Users Aren’t Using

Someone asked me to name the best free app available to Mac users in 2026. I didn’t hesitate before choosing Tailscale. Tailscale is a VPN, but not in the usual sense.
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#apple #MACOS #mac #appaddict

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You’re not depressed, you just need:

- 8 hours of circadian rhythm appropriate sleep

- a diet that prioritizes protein

- aerobic and anaerobic exercise 3-5X a week

- electrolytes, creatine, methylated multi, caffeine and magnesium

- family/friends who love you

- 10 million dollars

#Humour #Sarcasm

#sarcasm #humour
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I looked at the new Yamaha MGX series digital mixers. Not that I'm in need of an audio mixing console (I'm not these days), but they're new, and I wanted to see what they're all about. Looked pretty good, until "oh yeah, by the way, it has a 4.3 inch touch screen."
Yep, that's how you make me instantly uninterested in your product.

I have decided that if I ever can set up my studio again, I will just mix everything in the box, and then get a decent analog mixer for use with analog synths and outboard effects... but who am I kidding? That probably won't actually happen before I lose what hearing I still have left. Fun to think about though.

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Pete Hoesktra, everyone — #PuttingTheAssInAmbassador yet again. This guy cannot be declared *persona non grata* soon enough.

#CanPoli #USPoli #ElbowsUp #Never51

ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/we…


‘We do not need Canada,’ says U.S. Ambassador during Montreal visit

The U.S. ambassador to Canada, Peter Hoekstra, repeated during his stop in Montreal on Wednesday, President Donald Trump's claim that the United States doesn't need Canada.
CTVNewsMontreal.ca Staff (CTVNews)
#canpoli #uspoli #elbowsup #puttingtheassinambassador #never51
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Hubert Figuière

Relevant (not by me):

I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me

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I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me

Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral compass and inner strength.
Dylan Roth (Aftermath)

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I really miss using a MacBook Air. My 2020 MacBook Air is not able to upgrade to Tahoe. I feel like it is really showing its age. I am interested as to how much better voiceover would perform on a new MacBook using the latest operating system. I usually mostly use it for work. I use the Messages app a lot because I text members of my team. I find that Google Chrome actually works better than Safari for most things that I do on the MacBook. Right now, I am bringing my windows computer back-and-forth from home to work. It works, but I don’t like the form factor of my PC as much as I did the MacBook Air. I don’t have the money to spend on it right now, but I am wondering if I should start saving and see what’s out there by the time the money comes in. If I had a nice new computer, and if VoiceOver was in better shape, I would love using the Mack.
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