@tobi@tabletop.social @Tobi@computerfairi.es
So how come on Mastodon it's called *Instances*, when most - if not all - instances run on a separate "server" (whatever that means these days), but on Discord they're called *Servers*, even though they probably have lots of them running on the same "server"?
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Option 1 would probably be pretty bad, it'd potentially expose your current IP to everybody who posted a link into the chat.
Option 2 would expose whether you are online and present in a channel. But this is usually public information anyway? Disabling previews when "invisible" (where the chat supports it) should fix that? Am I missing something?
Option 3 would need some kind of sign-up I imagine, and would cost money to maintain. Not very practical for an open source thingy.
@ajroach42 @hummingrain Wow, that thing has been around for over 20 years! And it still works on modern system! And is still actively being worked on!
That is AMAZING!
@tobi@tabletop.social
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Dear Fediverse,
Soon, some venture capitalist will put $5 million into a startup that offers free fediverse accounts with unlimited storage, etc.
Unless every other instance instantly blocks such a service from Day 1, you can kiss your fediverse goodbye and say hello to a new Gmail. Once network effects kick in, they will make the rules.
It _can_ happen here but you have an opportunity to kill it before it does.
When I go to the gym, I listen to #TheAdventureZone!
I love it!
Just finished the 8th episode of the Eleventh Hour arc... whew, it's getting... heavy!
//cc @relsqui
@tobi@tabletop.social
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Request: could the 500 page become non-blinking?
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6060
Animated gifs on most public-facing Mastodon pages are auto-paused for accessibility, with a couple of exceptions - one of which is the error page gif, as can be seen here: https://mastodon.social/oops
This is an #accessibility / #a11y issue.
If this is a problem for you too and you have a Github account, go add your 👍. If you don't have a Github account, give it a boost. ✨
So I signed up for #pillowfort, and the default color scheme is unusable.
It's dark blue (#18729c, which has a luminosity component of .35 if I read that correctly) on black!
I can't read anything without turning my screen brightness up, which makes actually light colored stuff hurt my eyes 😦
@tobi@tabletop.social
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"Haven't you read that book before?"
"No."
"I'm sure you have."
"No, that was a different me."
"Why, what's changed?"
"I read this book."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
Thanks to my library having Switch games, I just played my first round of Tetris in way too long 😀
I don't know how to write a #userscript for #greasemonkey!
Tbf, I don't know much #javascript, either...
It runs fine in the browser console, but if I run it from greasemonkey it says the elements of the page I want to interact with are null...
I'd love to release this, but I need #help!
@tobi@tabletop.social
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I love mupdf, because of how simple it is and how fast it loads pdfs, but it doesn't support having 2 pages open side by side.
Is there any pdf viewer that is:
* available on linux
* loads really fast
* doesn't have huge chunks of gui (preferrably none)
* and supports 2 pages side by side?
(boosts ok)
@tobi@tabletop.social
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Rent is theft.
Promoted
@tobi@tabletop.social
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"Then... he pays /you/ thirty-five dollars a day to tell him to work faster!"
@jskellogg@tabletop.social @sjbrown I'm not a professional editor in any way (otherwise I'd have to ask for money 😉 ) but I can go over it, if you like...
No promises it will make it better, though 😅
You know what they should make a high budget TV show of?
#BattleTech
Some days (and especially some nights!) I am one of these "watches a tv season per day" people.
Oops.
This is going to take a little longer than I expected.
A proof of concept is apparently not a finished script 🤔
@axelspireseries@mastodon.social If it's like the alt-text bot, it'd be opt-in, right?
I agree that it is a good idea, but opt-out bots really bug me 😓
