Mark Shane Hayden @msh@coales.co

python: 16 * "na" + " batman"

If u don't want mastodon to have certain content, either filter the content, or make an instance that doesn't federate with other instances that have content you don't like and moderate heavily. Sorry but the responsibility is on the consumer for moderation. For example, most good instances moderate Nazi and other horrible shit. Cool as a community we did good. But if ur problem is like 'birdsite shit' then make an instance and block everyone who allows birdsite shit.

Who on Mastodon is into #retrocomputing and #retrogaming? Looking for accounts to follow! :)

Finding new people to follow is hard for newbies on any platform. I'm hoping that #Trunk can help. What I need is people volunteering to be on lists so newbies can follow a bunch of people right away. Please reply to this post if you agree to be on a list. Feel free to suggest new lists that I haven't thought of. (Living in my own filter bubble, I know!) Please boost!
https://communitywiki.org/trunk
Also looking for more lists. 😃

Not just a fad: the surprising, gut-wrenching truth about gluten.

It's not just the gluten that's the problem with bread. It's highly manufactured, most of it. And full of carbs, making it a no-go for me.

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/07/not-just-a-fad-the-surprising-gut-wrenching-truth-about-gluten?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true

good thing: it fits my notebook perfectly so i can annoy people on the go as well

@phooky @drequivalent @charlag @bhtooefr I was *just* thinking of the "Heirloom Computer". Bunnie and Sean really are amazing

I was also reminded of this masterpiece from Bunnie. Wooden laptops are totally my aesthetic

https://makezine.com/2016/01/15/electronics-that-last-how-i-built-an-heirloom-laptop/

Thinking of writing a blogpost about some of the things I've been saying lately: "Privilege isn't a sin, it's a responsibility and a debt to be repaid"

Please boost this toot.

Fair warning everyone.

hackers.town will be prepping for a major move tomorrow. There will be extended downtime.

The costs of operating this instance on Azure have gotten too consistently high for me to be cool with, I will be moving to a self-hosted environment.

I know of one particular issue that I may face by doing so. If it gets to be too much of an issue, I'll look into fixing it.

A small price to pay for security.

I'm making a game and I need your support in terms of feedback, signal boosts, and money if you've got any to spare.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/miketiv/byte-driver

It's a "port" of an imagined 1979 arcade game. I hope you'll liked it. 👍

There's an amazing number of #ActivityPub #alternatives now available or under development:

Twitter -> @Mastodon and #Pleroma

Instagram -> @pixelfed and @anfora

YouTube -> #PeerTube ( @Chocobozzz )

Soundcloud -> @funkwhale

MeetUp -> @GetTogetherComm

Medium -> #Plume ( @BaptisteGelez )

Reddit -> @prismo and Anancus ( @tuxether )

LinkedIn -> @cloutstream

Google Calendar -> @calendar_social

Anything missing from the list? What else is needed?

#Federation #Fediverse

Kroeg by @puckipedia was one of the first applications to take ActivityPub implementation seriously. Puck has been rewriting it, and it sounds like things are shaping up: https://puckipedia.com/kroeg/

my wife picked this up for me at a thrift store; it's a device for elderly people to check and write email without "a computer".

I really love the form factor. the keyboard is pretty good for a row staggered layout but I haven't identified the switch type yet.

tempted to retrofit it with a linux soc...

ah, load balancing related.

networking is tricksy.

based on previous google outages, i'm going to bet it is "an uncaught configuration update error which was automatically deployed globally", and "we're working on a process to ensure this doesn't happen again"