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New blog post about the recent migration of our project's website and build infrastructure, kindly sponsored by our new #hosting provider, Mythic Beasts (here in the Fediverse as @beasts ).

blog.prosody.im/new-server-new…

The transition was fairly smooth for most of our services, but let us know if you spot anything not working which should be!

New server, new sponsor

It shouldn’t surprise you, but here we have an obsession for self-hosting. We fought off many requests to migrate our hosting to Github (even before it was cool to hate Github - Prosody and Github were both founded in the same year!).
blog.prosody.im
#hosting @Mythic Beasts

This article explores the barriers blind students encounter when accessing learning content online. Some of their findings include images lacking alternative text, math content presented as images, inaccessible tables, and buttons without labels. The article also highlights accessibility barriers present in video games too. Please check out the full article for more information. #accessibility proquest.com/openview/793393e2…

Accessibility Barriers for Blind Students in Teaching-learning Systems - ProQuest

Explore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.
www.proquest.com
#Accessibility

Duck Duck Fedi, where do you get cool desktop wallpapers?

Bonus if they're either ultra-wide or you make them yourself!

Please promote your own stuff in the replies, thank you.

Chin hammocks are a fashion statement that say:

"I can't follow basic instructions"

Living in the middle of hope and fear:

"Conservatives are the party of toxic optimism. They’re recklessly overconfident, whatever their actual chances. That’s what you’d expect from a party run by religious fundamentalists who believe God is on their side. Blind faith is the supreme virtue, and admitting to any doubt is ferociously discouraged and will get you cast out.

Progressives have the opposite problem. We’re excessively pessimistic, often more so than the facts support. We’re overly susceptible to doom and gloom and catastrophizing. After bad headlines, I often find social media becomes unbearable for a few days, as people I follow engage in a collective lamentation.

I try to bear this in mind and calibrate my expectations accordingly. I find it’s most pleasant to live in a state of mild optimism: hoping for the best, but being prepared for the worst."

freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/…


Living in the middle of hope and fear

freethoughtblogs.com
in reply to Adam Lee

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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> Progressives have the opposite problem. We’re excessively pessimistic, often more so than the facts support.

Do you think this is a new problem after the shock of the 2016 election? I think a lot of us were optimistic that Trump would lose.

in reply to Matt Campbell

Adam Lee
Adam Lee
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@matt Nah, it's older than that. I remember liberals freaking out the same way in 2012 when it was Obama versus Romney.
@Matt Campbell

23 Years of the iPod: How Elite Obsolete Electronics keeps the music playing 9to5mac.com/2024/11/04/elite-o…

23 Years of the iPod: How Elite Obsolete Electronics keeps the music playing - 9to5Mac

Discover how the iPod stays alive 23 years later through Elite Obsolete Electronics, a community preserving and reviving this iconic music device’s legacy.
Bradley Chambers (9to5Mac)

Hundreds of Rogers, Bell and Telus customers angry prices can increase during contract #press

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rog…

#press

Out of safety concerns, I hope anyone going to vote tomorrow (especially in blue cities in red states ie #Atlanta) stay alert and aware of their surroundings.

I suspect voter intimidation tactics, including violence are possible to occur tomorrow. I absolutely hope I’m wrong and overly paranoid - but I always operate from a place of “better safe than sorry”.

#atlanta

Ahora que algunos grupos de extrema derecha están recogiendo ayudas para las zonas afectadas de la DANA, recordar esta noticia de lo que pasó en La Palma

aldescubierto.org/2021/11/10/l…


Los afiliados de Vox denuncian la desaparición de los fondos recaudados para La Palma en su festival Viva21 - Al Descubierto

Durante el festival de Vox Viva21 se recaudó un dinero para los afectados por el volcán de La Palma que ha desaparecido, denuncian afiliados.
Adrián Juste (Al Descubierto)

Quincy Jones, American music titan, dead at 91

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. #press

cbc.ca/news/quincy-jones-obit-…

#press

Is it possible to install an add-on or configure something in #KODI (#LibreELEC) so that I may use Kodi as a play-back device for anything with sound on my Android mobile?

I can play back Android-local mp3 files using Yatse but I want to use my sound setup for playback of all sorts of stuff like podcasts, videos, ... without having a second app/data setup on Kodi.

#kodi #LibreELEC
in reply to Oskar

Karl Voit
Karl Voit
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@oskar_mbr Thanks!

I'm looking for a more generic solution. Using yatse, I do already have the same functionality compared to Kore, as it seems.

🙇

@Oskar
in reply to Karl Voit

Oskar
Oskar
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thank you for the clarification. it seems i did not understand the question in the first place. i don't use kodi for generic sound playback but a bluetooth audio connection

📣 Do-It-Blind (DIB) online Besprechung am Montag, 4. November, um 19:00 Uhr. Du bist eingeladen! bbb.metalab.at/rooms/joh-szv-o… Wöchentlich am Montag um 19:00 besprechen wir neue Formen der digitalen und inklusiven Zusammenarbeit. Mach mit! 🛠️ #make #blind #inklusion
Mobile Braille-Tastatur Metabraille mit 8 Tasten. Das Gehäuse ist rot und die Tasten sind weiß. Das Gehäuse ist ungefähr fünfeckig. Ein Rechteck wird an der Breitseite durch ein Trapez erweitert. Die Form ähnelt einem Haus mit Fenstern in der Mitte.

Do-It-Blind (DIB) Besprechung

Learn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.
bbb.metalab.at
#blind #inklusion #make

I was today years old when I learned that the French for 'mansplaining' is - delightfully - 'mecsplication'/'mecspliquer'.

('Mec' basically = 'bro'.)

And the French-Canadian variant - 'pénispliquer' - is even more direct.

👋 greetings from Florida 👋
🙌 U Got This! 🙌
🙏 be kind to one another 🙏
#PositiveVibes
An orange glow illuminates the horizon over a wide, calm blue river. At the center, a bright, blinding sun gets caught between some small cloud formations which causes sun beams extended out in all directions. The warm glow reflects onto the water's surface where gentle ripples of movement.
#positivevibes

Hey lovely beings of the fediverse, I'm a #neurodivergent woman seeking others who have a passion for #breathwork, #hypnosis, and #meditation, and other subjects that might be related. I'm actively working on being able to speak about these things in everyday conversation, both because I'd like to connect with more folks who have at least some understanding of any or all of these things, and in an attempt to teach myself that the world won't end if people don't have that prior knowledge/understanding. To that end, any and all replies are welcome.
PS: I'm also a #writer, and maintain a youtube channel where I post soundscapes and other things, though mostly soundscapes at the moment. That channel can be found here:
youtube.com/@rozaya8476

Rozaya

Music, and anything else I feel like sharing.
YouTube
#neurodivergent #writer #meditation #Breathwork #hypnosis
in reply to CommunityBelonging

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Hi, lovely person! I am another kind of neurodivergent person, who also loves meditation, breathwork, and might sometimes write, I also occasionally break things. :) I hope you're well. Oh and did I forget to mention I live on the other side of the world? Exaggerated of course, only now, I have to wish you good afternoon. :) I'd love to chat, or whatever is comfortable. If I find something interesting, I tend to talk a lot.

Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia
tomshardware.com/software/linu…

Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps in

Kneejerk announcement or a serious plan, time will tell.
Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
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««Hay una cosa muy evidente, y es que la evaluación de la gestión de la catástrofe generada por la DANA la hacen quienes la padecen, y estos han dictaminado que hay deficiencias graves cuando a una semana semana de la lluvia aun hay basura sin retirar que puede ser foco de infecciones, hay posiblemente cadáveres en los garajes, o hay falta de alimentos y suministros básicos que no llegan a la población más vulnerable.».

📌 Aquí está la rueda de prensa de Antonio Maíllo: youtu.be/OnjTzrueQOU


🔴 Rueda de prensa de Izquierda Unida | 04/11/2024

Rueda de prensa del Coordinador General de Izquierda Unida en Sevilla para tratar distintos temas de actualidad política.
YouTube

modern corporate-sponsored cyberpunk stories are like 'every time you augment your body you lose a little bit of your soul.'

But the original spirit was more 'these augments are awesome but leave you at the mercy of faceless mega corporations that we should fight with every fiber of our beings.'

as in 'mechanical eyes that let the blind see are amazing right up until you have to pay amazon $150/month so you can see the color blue.'

Quantum entanglement explained:

Socks come in pairs. If you put a sock on your left foot, the other sock of the pair instantly becomes the “right sock,” no matter where it is located in the universe.

Po dlouhé době vyhrál k obědu dönner od Turků. Porce jak pro dva. Hrozná nálož. Fotku sem raději dávat nebudu, nebo řeknete, že jsem prase. 😀
in reply to Archos

Petr Skála
Petr Skála
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@fabia_man My u nás v Sudetech jíme kyselo. Ale kebab ve Vrchlabí máme taky. A obojí OK.
@Robin Bedrunka 🐞

Take a job that could be done literally anywhere, use it to make people live like this so that office buildings stay valuable and then announce that the health and wellness program now includes mindfulness coaching and yoga.

gizmodo.com/san-francisco-star…


San Francisco Startup Sees Big Demand for Sleeping Pods That Cost $700 a Month

$700 a month to live in a coffin where you can't even have sex.
Thomas Maxwell (Gizmodo)
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in reply to mhoye but spooky

mhoye but spooky
mhoye but spooky
• •
A real question: has anyone done the correlation of valley company board members, their real estate investments, and return to office mandates?
This entry was edited (3 days ago)

You know it
How to secure your Open Source project Perform the steps you already know you should
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

truh
truh
• •
I fear this would cost me the most active member of my community. (dependabot)

oni zo mňa urobili lídra aliancie, to sú magori :kekw:

Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 55 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link minepi.com/FreakyFwoof and use my username (FreakyFwoof) as your invitation code.

Pi Blockchain, Community & Developer Platform | Pi Network

Pi is a network of tens of millions of humans mining Pi cryptocurrency to use and build the Web3 app ecosystem.
Pi Network
in reply to Andre Louis

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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Great to see this many pi miners, more than I've seen in a very long time. Until last Friday there were only two in my circle mining. Now there are 7. Love to see it.
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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there'll be a limit at which you get actual cash out of this thing though, surely?
I have no idea how any of it works.
in reply to Andre Louis

Patrick Perdue
Patrick Perdue
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I stopped a couple of years ago, didn't really see it going anywhere. Am I wrong? Is it more interesting than I initially thought?
in reply to Patrick Perdue

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@BorrisInABox Given that Pi Coin is worth a fluctuating amount of USd, last I checked around 39/coin, I'd say it might well be. I never got into Bitcoin when I should have, stupid to do that. With this even if it went nowhere, pressing a button on a screen once every day doesn't hurt. I've amassed quite a collection doing that, as I think I've missed less than a week in all those years.
@Patrick Perdue
in reply to Andre Louis

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Quite interesting. Are they actually convertable? and transferable nowadays, or? Because I read about these yesterday, but, I think that paper was a bit older. Haha.
in reply to Andre Louis

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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also, how do you check how much it's worth? Is it somewhere in the app?

to je asi moc toto ale tie ponožky.. 😂

I'm skipping out of the online version of IETF (again) because it feels silly to pay 200 USD to listen in to a one hour meeting.

Gerade auf Droidblind gepostet: App-Updates vom 04.11.2024 droidblind.de/blog/updates-202…

App-Updates vom 04.11.2024

In den letzten Monaten haben sowohl Google als auch F-Droid anscheinend mit einem "Großreinemachen" in den Stores begonnen. Dadurch sind auch in…
DroidBlind

soy el único que piensa que podríamos usar la mierda de ley de partidos para ilegalizar a los movimientos fascistas?
in reply to modulux

Juan CBS
Juan CBS
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@modulux siempre se puede buscar al juez adecuado para que lo tome en cuenta, igual que hacen ellos, sólo que ellos lo tienen más fácil, hay más donde elegir.
@modulux
in reply to Juan CBS

modulux
modulux
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No, estas cosas van directamente a una sala especial del TS.

Buttons are superior to touch interfaces in almost all places.

Our previous gas stove and oven had buttons and dials and it was clear, easy & quick to operate.

Our new induction stove and oven uses touch. Everything takes easily three times as long.

spectrum.ieee.org/touchscreens


Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back

Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand
Gwendolyn Rak (IEEE Spectrum)

"Il est toujours libre d'exprimer son opinion. Mais bloquer une voirie n'est pas l'expression d'une opinion, mais un comportement antisocial et dangereux. Nous ne le permettrons jamais à Anvers."
– Bart de Wever, le 26 octobre 2024, commentant les arrestations d'activistes #coderouge4
#coderouge4
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#CodeRouge
Screenshot d'un post Instagram du collectif Code Rouge avec 3 images. La première montre un avion au sol avec le slogan "Government subsidies aviation". Le deuxième montre le même avian au décollage, avec la légende "The 1%". La troisième montre une rampe d'embarquement d'aéroport remplie de personnes attendant un avion qui n'est pas là. La légende est "the 80% who never fly". Le texte à droite précise : "1% of the population is responsible for half of all emissions from passenger flights. And 80% of humanity has never flown. Emissions from the aviation industry are expected to triple by 2050. The Social injustice doesn't stop here. Belgium misses out on €800 million in annual taxes from aviation, the impact of Brussels Airport costs €1 billion a year in health costs and Antwerp Airport even receives €3 in subsidies for every euro of profit. …
#coderouge
This entry was edited (1 week ago)

Existe una petición oficial a la Unión Europea para que desarrolle y aplique activamente un sistema operativo basado en Linux en todas las administraciones públicas de los Estados miembros de la Unión.

Puedes adherirte y apoyar la petición (previo registro en el sitio del Europarlamento) en:

europarl.europa.eu/petitions/e…

Inicio | PETI | Comisiones | Parlamento Europeo

Página principal del Portal de Peticiones. Información general, últimas peticiones cargadas y otros enlaces con páginas reglamentarias. Otros enlaces con el sitio web del Parlamento Europeo.
www.europarl.europa.eu
in reply to Linux Spain

Ramón Corominas
Ramón Corominas
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@modulux Interesante, porque si esto fuera una realidad estarían obligados a hacerlo completamente accesible para cumplir con las directivas europeas
@modulux
in reply to Ramón Corominas

modulux
modulux
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Es la esperanza que nos queda, porque hasta ahora... la accesibilidad es bastante deficiente.

Bueno gente, pues junto a mi hermana he creado una web de ayuda (principalmente, dar información y servir de punto de encuentro digital) para los damnificados por la #DANA, focalizada en #Paiporta (que es donde vive ella), pero con un enfoque que tal vez le pueda resultar útil también a gente de otras zonas afectadas. Si podéis difundir, se agradece:
paiporta.illustietor.com/

Paiporta entre todos - Plataforma autogestionada para informar sobre el estado de Paiporta tras la catástrofe de la DANA de 2024.

Desde Paiporta creamos esta plataforma para informar del estado de nuestros vecindarios, visibilizar nuestras necesidades y echarnos una mano en lo que podamos.
Paiporta entre todos
#dana #paiporta

Here's an idea for a talk by me at #fosdem Interesting?

Title

"Tightening every bolt"

Abstract

Things to do in order to sleep well while having your C code in twenty billion installations. A talk about what the curl project does to minimize security risks: Security, Safety, Reproducibility, vulnerability handling and the processes and tooling around it.

#fosdem
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daniel:// stenberg:// reshared this.

in reply to thejikz

daniel:// stenberg://
daniel:// stenberg://
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@thejikz right, because that is the real-world challenge isn't it? Knowing is one thing, actually being able to do it and to keep doing it, is the hard work.
@thejikz
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

thejikz
thejikz
• •
this is probably on a motivational poster in some form, if not, let it be. :D

Are you a policymaker, an IT officer or do you work in public service delivery in public administration in EU Member State?

We offer trainings that helps ensure that the policies are digital ready, from planning to the implementation stage.

Help us make our trainings better fit your needs 👉 europa.eu/!h4t48f

Digital-ready policymaking - What would you like to learn? We want to hear from you!

DRPM training needs survey

EUSurvey is an online survey-management system built for the creation and publishing of globally accessible forms, such as user satisfaction surveys and public consultations.
europa.eu

fun apple watch tip

Sensitive content

#apple #tip #watchos
in reply to Casey Reeves

Casey Reeves
Casey Reeves
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fun apple watch tip

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@Andre Louis
in reply to Casey Reeves

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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fun apple watch tip

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in reply to Andre Louis

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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fun apple watch tip
Yeah, always tapped here three times as well. To wake it up I mean.
in reply to Andre Louis

Casey Reeves
Casey Reeves
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fun apple watch tip

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@Andre Louis
in reply to Casey Reeves

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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fun apple watch tip

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in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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fun apple watch tip

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@Andre Louis
in reply to Sean Randall

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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fun apple watch tip

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@Sean Randall

#dobréRáno
#dobrerano

#Dnf this #Fanfiction. The opening chapter was enough to tell me that the Harry Potter mentioned in the summary holds very little relation to the Harry I might enjoy reading about.

After the war Harry Potter's world falls apart. Then he is offered a chance to try and make a better future for himself and his friends. Of course things are never simple.

[Let's Try Again by DayDreamer315]](archiveofourown.org/works/1446…)

Let's Try Again - Chapter 1 - DayDreamer315 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
#fanfiction #dnf
in reply to Sean Randall

modulux
modulux
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All the themes I like least: head of a billion houses, blocked from magic because of evil evil, love potion...
in reply to modulux

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@modulux Trope or not, Manipulative Dumbledore is always an attention-catcher because truly, he's ugly enough inside for it to b believable. May not be the point behind this particular fic, but it rings true imo.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

modulux
modulux
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Yeah, it's not my favourite, but some stories with a manipulative Dumbledor, evil or just ruthless, are well done. I just think the stories of making this absolutely overpowered lord of all the houses, shis diamonds, marries 50 girls type character is not something I'm into.
in reply to modulux

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@modulux One of the better Dumbledore's I've read in recent times are in the fics by Wok Fried Rice. Really brilliant writing all around.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@modulux He's good in those stories, and actually cares about his students.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@FreakyFwoof @modulux I only read a taste of magic, but he didn't have much of a part in it as far as I recalled?
@modulux @Andre Louis
in reply to Sean Randall

modulux
modulux
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Oh a taste of magic was very fun. He did play some role, though mostly as the headmaster figure rather than a political mastermind.
in reply to Sean Randall

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@modulux I'd say he had a fair part to play, no? He got Harry away from his relatives, allowed him to have the club room etc, didn't try to stifle him, I mean yeah. I'd say he did quite a lot.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@FreakyFwoof @modulux I guess I'm so used to him meddling in fanfic that to me, he just let Harry get on with things in this one. That's more rolling with what happens than directing in a positive way. But he's been written so many ways, I guess a light hand on the wheel might come across to me as not doing much.
@modulux @Andre Louis
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@FreakyFwoof @modulux I can't say if I wouldn't have grown to like it, it's a biggy.
But from the offset it's a very different story.
@modulux @Andre Louis

The age old question.

Am I testing the code, or is the code testing me?

#developerlife #fun #funny #meme #hidethepainharold #coding #programming #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment #development

A two panel meme with Hide the pain Harold. First panel reads "Am I testing the code", the second panel reads "of is the code testing me"?
#programming #development #coding #Funny #Meme #fun #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #developerlife #hidethepainharold

Hey #FRZ peeeps! (and everyone else)

There is a new spam wave that seems to be abusing weakly secured instances. The toots look like this:
[Some @ mentions]
[Picture with QR code]

If you see any of these, please report them as spam so we can block them at the source. I'm not sure if anyone here needs to hear this, but obvs do not follow the URLs in the QR codes, they are probably malicious.

#FRZ
in reply to szakib

szakib
szakib
• •

Addendum for mods/admins:
In the last spam wave, we found that most of the spam comes from instances we have had zero, or negligible, contact with. If you check the details of the server in the Moderation/Federation menu and it shows that there are no followings to/from it, it is safe (and wise) to suspend the whole server, not only the reported user. (More new users are usually spawned as long as the server is unsecured.)

#moderation #spam #admin

A screenshot of the Federation details of an instance, with 0 followers both ways.
#admin #moderation #spam
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