small-time fedi trainwreck personality & long-abiding fedi development attempter. been here since 2017 and haven't accomplished a damn thing besides making friends :) I used to work in 9-5 software engineering but found it wasn't for me, and then life took me on a ride. I'm still on that ride, and now trying to reboot as an indie developer. Pet project #1: @fediseeds Pet project #2: @surfhosting
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Last Notes npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I found this to be a useful overview on the state of #Wordpress #Gutenberg in 2026: Project Gutenberg 2026 Status: What Happened to WordPress's Biggest Editor Bet https://vapvarun.com/project-gutenberg-2026-status/ npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino can anyone comment on how good, or not good, search (for posts) is between self-hosted fedi platform apps good for single-user servers, such as #Snac2, #Mitra, #GoToSocial, #Bonfire, etc? I am looking for search which is actually usable by someone who wishes to find things and perhaps sort what's found, unlike that provided by e.g. Mastodon, Akkoma, etc. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…ypu3 the 403 message is custom for the Tor project so I'm kinda wondering tbh npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino new week rolling around already, time to power-cycle all these routines again npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino #direct2gulag https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/654/019/047/358/349/original/eed90d1aba01c5ba.jpg npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ping @nprofile…0p47 - see above conversation, are you aware of this already? @nprofile…zgz0 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…zgz0 oh that's interesting, I didn't realize it wasn't thru iCloud or whatever their version of Firebase is... I'm not sure I have the mental bandwidth but it would be good to find the docs and share with the people doing this effort. I have nothing to do with this one other than being a heavy CalDAV user, I just posted the link because I am trying to drum up support/awareness/usage of CalDAV on fedi. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…zgz0 I didn't, but I dropped Apple ... wow, 10 or 11 years ago now. damn, time flies. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…gxk3 I just did a depressing web dev gig which came about because the people were desperate to be cited by chatbots, and apparently the SEO/marketing bottom-feeders have divined various ways to make one's content more attractive to said chatbots, etc etc etc npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino this small black cat is so cute it should be against the law npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…3n0a that little kerfuffle over the attitude was one of the later straws in the pile which ultimately broke this camel's back; I already didn't use GNOME except when I can't avoid it, but now I've started making an effort to drop apps with GNOMEified UI and GTK apps in general in favor of others where there's an equivalent available. if I'm gonna be contributing in any way (such as bug reports), I want my contribution to go toward building a healthy non-GNOME, non-GTK ecosystem. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…mxv0 I charge less than I'm worth because my deliverability and turnaround time are in the 🚽 due to chronic burnout. I'm lucky that I know how to touch computers, so my discounted rate is still half decent compared to something like fast food or Walmart. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…k79m I'm using teabags because it's less exhausting than waiting for the tea and dealing with the strainer after, but: * I'm really exhausted most of the time * the teabags go in the compost so it's fine * I buy them in boxes of I think 500 so at least it's not as expensive as it could be npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…mxv0 in other words, your video is a good & valuable reframe, but depending on what business one is in, a certain minimum level of consistency may be required in order to viably self-support in said business. and it's very possible to get stuck in scenarios where that's not possible due to one or another limitation plus having inadequate support, sometimes for many years. I know too many people on the spectrum who are living some version of this, myself included. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…mxv0 the biggest impediment to my ability to self-support for nearly 15 years, and the reason I've been lowkey homeless for 10 years, is because I am not able to actually use my abilities consistently enough to be able to plan anything, deliver work, etc. the first 5 years were burnout, the next 10 have been due to inability to meet my sensory requirements after I lost my home. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino 2000 lumens is honestly not bright enough, but it's a good start, and it's not super easy to have a portable LED lamp which puts out more light than that, plus any more light than that from a compact lamp would cause a serious glare issue. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino the idea is to have a lamp that's * portable, because I'm nomadic against my will * RGB, because good lighting / mood lighting is a Special Interest™ of mine * tunable white, for similar reasons and to better simulate a daylight photoperiod * BRIGHT in the white output (≥2000 lumens) so I can maintain a useful artificial photoperiod when staying in a random bedroom * contain a half-decent little server, to keep a local Syncthing cache of my data, plus do whatever else. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino now the longer term trick here is gonna be to not forget for the rest of my life how critical it is to be getting enough daytime light on a schedule which is not dependent on me turning lights on manually. gonna have to figure that out for when I go catsitting at other people's houses for weeks. which, it's worth noting, is a major use case for the extremely bright portable RGBW server lamp project idea I came up with like 6 or 7 years ago but still haven't managed to build... npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino pretty sure I bounced off the bottom 2 to 3 days ago. this wasn't really a mood and/or energy cycle in the traditional sense; I've been dysphoric as FUCK but it's existential + delayed processing of bullshit, as opposed to oscillatory. the oscillations have reduced a lot since I made changes to my lighting setup, though I'll note I've been sleeping less for other reasons, which tends to have a + push on mood. if that weren't the case, maybe I'd have fallen into a - state since December. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…yshj sure wish I could open that in any way whatsoever on my Peertube account, but no. believe me, I tried. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I hate to say it but I absolutely would not recommend Peertube to any creator who isn't already all-in on a decentralized-first approach, until the UX improves a lot more. it's absolutely not ready for prime time. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 honestly just the fact we're having this conversation gives me hope, I've been expressing and trying to refine these points on fedi occasionally since about 2018. the way I use tumblr is a minority faction, but for users who do approach it like this, there's absolutely nothing else to replace it. especially for those who actively poke around finding blogs. over time you can refine your list to your taste so well it hurts. some of that is critical mass of users but a lot is discovery. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 it's not the whole oyster, but an important part of the discovery enabled by the classic tumblr UX is ability to discover users who reblogged silently, with no addition to the post content, no tags, etc. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 good I was gonna say! :) IMO the difference is discovery, in two ways. 1. somebody I follow (or whose blog I'm checking out) reblogged a cool post: I can see (and easily click on) *who they reblogged from* as well as OP. this is huge for discovering less-popular users who mostly just reblog, and for refining one's follow list until there's such chefkiss taste on your dash at 1am Saturday it makes your eyes water 2. finding cool blogs by poking around in / crawling up the reblog chain npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 right now there is no other social platform that I'm aware of where those type of users could fluorish if Mullenweg chokes the life out of tumblr. maybe pillowfort? I haven't tried that one because I'm kinda all-in on the decentralized model at this point and tumblr is one of my legacy accounts :P npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 if I were implementing my own tumblr workalike, I'd be satisfied if all the other AP implementations worked with it like they do now, as long as mine did it the classic tumblr way. that'd probably be the minimum bar to shoot for. I will say that if Wafrn ever came out with tumblr style reblogs, over time it'd likely widen & deepen the Wafrn community and also be a huge boon to fedi overall. reblog curators are a small % of users but they do a LOT to keep people's feeds interesting. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…84r4 I really appreciate this input. ActivityPub isn't easy to understand, and I have cognitive roadblocks which make it even harder for me personally. so I'm pontificating with incomplete knowledge. anyway that's my fear with this, that there may be no good way to reimplement the tumblr reblog chain on ActivityPub. which would suck, because IMO it's a crucial enabler of curator and aesthetic tumblr, which is the wing I've spent 15+ years inhabiting 💜 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…h6f0 yeah, something like that is my hunch. I haven't been able to cram enough understanding of ActivityPub into my brain to have a sense of the possibilities when the goals (in priority order) are 1. fully replicate tumblr reblog UX for users on instances of the tumblr-clone platform, and 2. provide sufficient compatibility with the de facto implementation of Mastodon-style reblogs that users on every other platform software can at least interact, and not be annoyed. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino (while I'm on the topic, Matt Mullenweg of Automattic infamy is currently dealing out what I suspect will be the final strangulation of classic tumblr culture which was enabled by emergent properties of how the software worked: recently, "notes" were separated into likes and reblogs, and then about a week ago they rolled out a *massive* and horrible change to how the reblog chain worked, and the reaction was so swift and full of rage they actually rolled it back... for now) npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino the simple fact that reblogs on most (all?) ActivityPub softwares are always reblogs of the OP and not the person reblogged from is a *huge* problem for building a #tumblr clone on fedi. is it even possible to have it work any other way? npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino it might be cool to sit down and write and then obsessively refine a product spec for tumblr but optimized for sleepy curator introverts and implemented on ActivityPub, but I have so many more life-critical things that I haven't been managing to do. one thing I've never answered for myself in all these years of learning: how close an experience to the classic reblog chain UX could be built on ActivityPub? because trust me, that shit's important to the emergent culture. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino still haven't lost my longstanding desire to reimplement classic tumblr (but highly optimized for sleepy curator introverts) on ActivityPub, Wafrn is great but still missing a certain je ne sais quoi npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…sklk exactly that. I heard the 3 dots described as a meatball menu a while back and it kinda stuck, although I've also heard it referred to as a kebab menu since then. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino the very first time I used the new meatballs drawer in #Firefox Android, I tapped the quit button instead of the refresh button 👍 my settings have "clear browsing data when quitting" turned on, so in practice I rarely quit unless I want to clear browsing data, so this nuked all my recent history. maybe if Mozilla wasn't squandering immense resources on AI slop nobody wants, #UXfail like this wouldn't make it to general release. https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/297/373/218/103/987/original/13f546d8f0cce362.png npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino oh, and by the way? this is the end result of "freeze peach isn't important / is harmful" rhetoric. so I guess you can call me a "freeze peacher" or whatever thought-terminating cliche you feel is best. the First Amendment (and the Bill of Rights in general) is one of the very clearly good things to come out of the American experiment, founded as it was on some really egregious bullshit which denied many of those rights to the people who were there before. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino anyway, I won't be complying with any of it, period, and anybody who thinks they're going to make me can kiss my lily-white ass. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I'm not even saying Israel is behind it, I'm just saying it's fucking weird and unusual, and that it'd be real convenient for Israel if these laws did indeed roll out in every so-called democratic country. you know, considering people in the UK and Australia are already GOING TO FUCKING JAIL for criticizing Israel. just saying. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino believe me, I'm not discounting the independent desires of cops and bootlickers everywhere to mandate this sort of thing - one look at the history of similar legislation in the US, UK, and Australia proves that - but I'm saying, it doesn't stand out to anyone that similar legislation appeared all around the world at the same time and with the same excuses? especially in the context I gave (and the context of *extensive* and concerted Israeli meddling in American politics?) npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ...why the fuck is no one talking about how all this so-called "age verification" legislation materialized in every western "democracy" simultaneously, at the same time as Israeli interests started overtly consolidating ownership over journalism + broadcasting + corporate social media, and very shortly after Israel was unable to repress pushback on the Gaza genocide to their satisfaction? #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #NoIDontThinkIWill npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…l264 I do wonder how Cinnamon-on-Debian (and thus Cinnamon-on-Devuan) compares to LMDE... npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ..and Devuan just got a huge shot in the arm, which it sorely needed. I just recently started using #Devuan in LXC installs due to systemd requiring LXC options to be enabled which greatly expand attack surface, I'll now accelerate and widen my adoption of it elsewhere. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino first morning without beanie wasn't bad at all, but that could be because I'm sufficiently sleep deprived from circadian rhythm shift that it was much easier to go back to sleep after the disturbance of floodlights pointed at my face popping on... npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino also, the light coming thru the beanie I pull down over my eyes while sleeping isn't helping regulate me thru closed eyes enough. I'm gonna have to take the L and stop wearing the beanie and be miserable for 3 days when the artificial sunrise pops on until my brain compensates. none of this would be an issue if I could afford a fade-in artificial sunrise, but I'm doing it with $5 mechanical timers. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino getting to the point of sleep cycle shift (plus change to summer time) where just staying up all night in an attempt to reset is looking like an option npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…tsag https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/So7c/ npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino literally the first entry in the 'freelancers' category on xmrbazaar 😹 https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/172/711/674/451/582/original/1e6b9adaebd5bc84.png npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I'm increasingly thinking that my comment here on this absolute monster of a #TasksDotOrg issue might be a viable way for me to get back into coding, if only bc I've written so much PHP in my past life that it's gotten to be like riding a bike: https://github.com/tasks/tasks/issues/1256#issuecomment-3550856765 tl;dr #TasksOrg is *the* full-featured Android CalDAV tasks solution, every competitor is missing something, but #tasks_org is missing a web front end, and no existing #CalDAV web front ends fully support its features. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/105/269/449/106/228/original/27e28618e7ce9cc8.jpg npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino gotta find the tea npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino what's this, another exodus from dot-art? :blobthinkingsmirk: npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino you know what that is? the philosophy of an advertiser. my social media accounts are for my benefit. I will filter whatever I want, whenever I want, at all times. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I once read a post from someone who literally said "my struggle is not for you to just scroll past let alone filter" and I chuckled a little bit as I reached for the mute button npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I thought to myself, if M*st*d*n ever implements save & load of filter lists, I'll definitely share my 400 term English (and a little Spanish) politics filter. then I thought: nah, not worth getting crucified by the type of M*st*d*n denizens who will get mad that their pet political issue is included on the list. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I finally had enough of the endless self-promotion and unfollowed npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino Kruder & Dorfmeister - "Bug Powder Dust" man, the 90s. what a fucking time that was! 🧓🏻 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino Live - "Lightning Crashes" 🥺🕯️ there really is nothing like a minimally constrained but not entirely unconstrained late night shuffle play session and I'll die on that hill npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino and directly after that it's Barenaked Ladies - "Jane" 🤣 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino there's nothing quite like when you have the shuffle criteria wide open to "anything 90s and the slightest bit poppy" and Nine Inch Nails - "Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix)" is followed immediately by Seal - "Thinking About You" npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino like, at least we're (well, some percentage of us >50%, maybe) now in OMEMO days and not still being tormented by OTR. so that's good. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino love the concept... execution is slightly less awful than it was 10 years ago... that's about all I can say for the platform. if Delta Chat is afforded sufficient time to get their shit fully together, XMPP is done for. 😐 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino so it's 2026, and remembering to manually set up message retention for multiple devices is something I should *definitely* have to think about when using an E2EE chat application. #XMPP npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino if not wife, why wife shaped? npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I just activated my settlement card from a failbook class-action lawsuit. $4.88. lol. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino honestly can't wait until all construction equipment backup beepers age out and are replaced with white-noise units npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino hey #Wordpress peeps, anybody out there using a centralized management console you like with a free option? major bonus points for open source and little or no cloud upsell. I'm currently using MainWP, but their last UI update screwed the pooch and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…q4tx I'm hoping to build skill in alternatives over time... sadly it's at the point that a lot of mom n' pop webdev clients want Wordpress because it has by far the widest selection of web 🐒s like me to work on it if something breaks or they need changes. I've tried to get unemployed/underemployed software friends to work with me on WP site development in the past and they won't do it, and believe me I get it. it's like sanitation work. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…3y0m sure! ❤️ https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/issues/1240 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino lel, I was blocking the bluesky bridge before it was cool :ablobcool: npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino oh shit, #BunsenLabs next release rc2 is out: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=9657 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ughhhhh, Gin Blossoms, I hate to love you :( npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…v8ld I think it's just named that because a guy from a podcast called Hard Fork made it (by vibe-coding all the config files, allegedly) npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino never a more reliable honeypot for dolts than any post on failbook regarding astronomy or biology npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…wjdn I think they're co-admins but Masto only allows one account on the about page npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…c9kz yes, I agree. I'm interested in experimenting with local models, but as someone who's always broke I wasn't able to upgrade my hardware before scumbag Sam Altman single-handedly ruined the PC market, so now I'm stuck with hardware that's quite limited in that regard for the foreseeable future and I'm pissed about that (and even more determined not to give people like him a dime). npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…c9kz this is an example of why I'm not in the "throw all bathwater + any babies out" camp with respect to genAI. I've barely engaged with it thus far and am committed to doing so deliberately and thoughtfully, but the people saying it's 100.0% a useless scam are engaged in ideology-first thinking. it's also got potential for much more boring tasks like document classification and semantic-aware info extraction where a bit of fuzz is acceptable. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…zvpj yup. probably a flash in the pan, but who knows. seems like some of 'em may fit this place based on the podcasts involved, anyway.. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…jff5 I have a titanium spork (for backpacking, it's lightweight) on the covfefe table next to me npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino anyway, 4000 noobs is a drop in the bucket compared to Eternal November, and (thankfully) like 85% of the Novemberites didn't stick around, and maybe a third of the ones who did were the ones that happened to actually be cool. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino lol, oh dear. #forkiverse #theforkiverse https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/895/076/757/622/030/original/6908a3010b1a0d71.jpg npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino questions for #electronics builders from a noob: I want to build a weird lamp composed of sub-lamps with a slider pot to control the brightness of each one via a microcontroller watching the pot on an ADC pin and doing PWM. * what resistance range is good for this such that the slider will have an effect over its full range of travel? * slider pots tend to have a huge tolerance of like 20%, is this usually fixed by testing each one and adding fudge factors to the code? #LearnElectronics npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino my friend @nprofile…v8ld is right, the only viable way to use public assistance health coverage is in 100% maximal Karen mode so fucking sick of it npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino unfortunately I can't dump these morons right away, since I'm scheduled to get labwork done next week and sent to them, and then need them to send it to my primary care physician, so I can't jump ship for at least another 6 weeks or so ... one more appointment and then hopefully the month after that I will have managed to find a med manager with an organization which is less of a raging dumpster fire 😑 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino my shitty and incompetent med management provider managed to fuck up my prescriptions not once but TWICE this month. achievement unlocked. I didn't think that was possible but they proved it. unreal. I'm out of one critical med by Tuesday if these worthless idiots don't manage to resolve it in time and the pharmacy happens to be out of the particular med, and I start getting sick within hours of missing a dose 👍 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino just remembered I dreamed about encountering someone's pet female lion last night npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino meanwhile, these fucking idiots consider distrust of the medical establishment to be a symptom of mental illness and a reason to act all the more paternalistic, while they continue to provide care which is sub-optimal at best. fuck every bit of that. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino this country is fucking ridiculous, btw. if there's a natural disaster where I live - where they're infrequent but REALLY BIG - and it comes when my meds are running out, I will go into severe withdrawal and decompensate during what may well be one of the biggest disasters in the United States in its entire history. the system is fine with this. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino well I was going to get a badly-needed emergency supply of my critical meds thru Jase Medical, but they only carry a limited selection of medications, and mine aren't on it. fuck. back to attempting to get somebody to write me a paper prescription that I can fill somewhere for cash, I guess. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…3y0m I'm begging you to release the filters fix for Fedilab, it's been essentially unusable for months npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…7j8f got any newish thoughts on Bonfire? best for instances with >1 user, given all the features? npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…3y0m just as a reminder, Fedilab has been mostly unusable for anyone with lots of filters for close to half a year now. I've switched to Moshidon but I'm still missing several Fedilab features. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino one thing is as clear to me today as it was by 2018: the need to reduce the median instance size on ActivityPub fedi is alive and well. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…k79m hell yeah. also, I fucking love kale. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino @nprofile…v8ld in America they're also not good at treating a lot of the time, so you have to be super proactive about finding decent doctors and such. it's exhausting. I feel bad for people who are on Medicaid and don't have the expertise, time, or energy. they just get fucked. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino and speaking of that, at this point I'm gonna have to give #PhotoPea a try and see how well it works with adblock enabled. I hate the idea of a non-native photo editing app for some reason, but if it works and the UX is good.... npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino I will say this... checking in on the eternal Gimp flamewar a couple times a year does in fact serve a purpose. every so often, I try out a potential alternative. so far nothing has stuck, but eventually, I'm going to find an app that does what I need it to do, and never have to use that cursed pile of hacks again. OR, I'll check in, and somebody will say "they've implemented Adjustment Layers and also merged 3472 fixes starting with the text tool" and all will be right with the world! npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Circle-in-Gimp *cackle* #gimp #uxfail npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino at least they are ***FINALLY*** working on the fucking text tool https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/GIMP/Design/gimp-ux/-/issues/392 npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino okay I lied, I couldn't stop https://old.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/glkxl5/how_to_change_font_in_gimp/ hahahaha fucking amazing :blob_laughing: #gimp #uxfail npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ...and you know what, since today has been a UX ranty kind of day, I think I need to give the Photogimp guy $5 if he has a donation link, and count my blessings. npub1kjk7dfwgn9e5m2045y97clsqmqm44xm9py9p85r0cpnqknughqcq8pjn2j deutrino ANYWAY this is all a giant waste of my time so I'm going to stop now, but what can I say, I enjoy peeking in on this trainwreck from time to time, just like I enjoy peeking in on the GImP UX trashfire that's 20 years running, and on the 1d8 threads per month about matrix :p