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"what if you're both on the same server"
yes yes technically if you send an intra-server DM (not just "Followers-only", it has to be "Direct") it won't ever be seen by anyone else. theoretically. if you trust your admins.

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um this is getting a lot of boosts and TIL that Mastodon is headed toward implementing ActivityPub and away from OStatus which would essentially make this post irrelevant in the future. github.com/w3c/activitypub/iss

of course, until that happens (supposedly v1.5?), Mastodon's privacy tools should still not be trusted with critical information.

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reminder that all privacy and filtering features on Mastodon are conveniences and deterrents. it is built on a protocol that was not designed with privacy in mind at all, and thus cannot enforce it absolutely. i don't know if this will ever change without, say, OTR crypto extensions.

Mastodon is useful for many of the same reasons Twitter is, but if you would say anything that absolutely requires privacy, please share contact info for other, more private services with your close confidants.

Tired: wiring all the things together
Wired: lighting all the things on fire

Tired: the Internet is a series of tubes
Wired: releasing live bobcats into the tubes

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I'm too tired and maybe-sad so I don't toot a lot

Birbsite feels easier, again. But I'm always going to return to the 🐘🐩~

consider: toots shouldnt be quoteboostable, but links to toots should open in the column thingy

How To Get Past Capitalism 

Folks, #capitalism is a massive, world-encompassing system.
In order to surpass it, we absolutely have to first try and understand what makes it keep going - try and identify its roots - and focus on fighting it at those points, where the whole system is vulnerable.
Simply cataloging every aspect of the world involved in it and tackling each and every one will just burn out our energy without leaving a dent in the grand system.

what are some interesting (not super difficult) communist books to read?

mastodon meta 

I don't believe "If you're scared, you must have something to be ashamed of."

Disputes escalate in the Fediverse very rapidly. The Discourse doesn't have any formal checks-and-balances or standard of evidence involved. Everyone makes mistakes and Good People can get caught up in Bad Drama, too.

Outrage is gratifying but taking a "trust but verify" approach is better for the community. And until we get better at that, it's okay to be cautious.

Open source education resources (or sometimes called just OER dropping the source)
free to use educational tools would be nice. In a nice and structured manner.

perhaps using as I previously mentioned, Gollum or gitbooks/GH-Pages
#programming #coding #education #opensource

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Is there a repository of assignments for learning programming? if not their should be but I need assignments to look at to create more :/

I just like goal orientated learning (not Euler)
#programming #coding

omfg dev.glitch.social has bio fields i'm jealous as heck!!!!!!! can I get a PR for that over here at toot.cat? ^_^

(ft. @Fidgetcetera)

toot.cat/media/MB2J6sc59JgY6j8

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