Hey Fedi, can you send me all your experiences with the "please no politics in my software" bullshit?
It often happens in tech communities but what I find most infuriating is when it happens in #freesoftware
communities because technology is political. free software is especially political.
Feel free to DM to vent about it. If you reply publicly, please use CWs as necessary. I will ask if I want to use your experience in the post.
Orrrrrr mein Signal Desktop-Client hat beschlossen, dass ich kein Signal mehr verwende und jetzt muss ich das wahrscheinlich neu installieren -.-
Aber ich weiß nicht wo, weil das Smartphone, das ich als "primary device" verwende, zu alt für die aktuelle Version Signal ist –.–
Und damit werde ich wahrscheinlich alle Chatverläufe verlieren —.—
While you can already use the @pixelfed API to syndicate to your Pixelfed account from your own blog
Wouldn't it be cool if you could syndicate from Pixelfed to your own server or even 3rd party service using webhooks and param placeholders so you can build the perfect webhook (example.org/api/webhook?caption=$caption&image_url=$mediaUrl) where $caption and $mediaUrl are populated by the backend
This is something I will pursue if there is interest!
Is there a decent desktop/browser app for mastodon with a scheduled posts function?
I'm on a PC with Windows 11/Firefox and have two mastodon accounts. It would be nice to be able to access both accounts with the same app, as I currently do with @moshidon on mobile.
What do you do when you have reached a ‘reading block’? I have a small primer to read and have no motivation whatsoever to complete it. I must add that I have also just finished a seven hundred odd page philosophy book.
Been reading r/worldnews for a decade now and lately it has been really revealing what a propaganda machine it has become. Just got perma banned for pointing out that "legal war targets aren't necessarily ethically correct"
With Artifact gone, reddit basically gone - what other sources do you use for #geopolitics?
You would not believe the struggles I've had sourcing footwear. For five years now, I have been completely unable to find a shoe that satisfies all three of:
Fits me and is comfortable to wear and put on;
Doesn't break within weeks (including not just aesthetic damage but breakage in the sole letting water in, which is both uncomfortable – I've had to buy waterproof socks – and makes the shoe stink and therefore unusable long-term);
Is of even a broadly acceptable style.
Ordinarily, "get an artisan to make you one" is not a helpful or considerate answer to the question of how to acquire something, but in this case I'm desperate. Hence, this #AskFedi, where I'm seeking a shoemaker in the South East of England who I can commission to tailor me a pair of shoes.
I'm willing to pay a fair bit of money (but not huge prices), because I can't afford to keep replacing shoes that are functional for maybe a whole fortnight if I'm lucky, or taking a punt on the latest shit that Long Tall Sally assures me will actually fit on my feet at all this time.
Got an email today from a very smart computer science professor who is totally flummoxed by the #Mastodon signup flow. He tried to follow it based on what Mastodon tells him (the standard verbiage) at my site after reading one of my posts via a URL, and despite creating several accounts at other sites doesn't understand how to use any of it. This is a smart guy. The onboarding and basic explanations situation is still a mess.
@FediTips plus, there really are a lot of helpful people around, just add hashtag #askfedi to your post, and someone will help. I think this is one of the greatest achievements in the fediverse: a really big bunch of nice helpful folks :blobcathappy: @lauren@ParadeGrotesque