*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

Navigating the neighbourhood, gotta map...

"DES MOINES — Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in Iowa, leapfrogging Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to hold a commanding lead among likely Democratic caucusgoers, according to a new poll from The Des Moines Register and CNN.

The poll showed that Mr. Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., was the first choice for 25 percent of would-be Democratic caucusgoers, a significant increase from the 9 percent he held in September, when The Register last polled the state. The support placed him far ahead of the rest of the field — with the other three top candidates in a virtual tie for second: Ms. Warren, at 16 percent and Mr. Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders at 15 percent."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/politics/iowa-poll-democrats.html

Not just a pretty face, but on a pretty village too.

Pérouges, France.

OP by Cat Posting Bot
https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103150716176914634

Fedilab LITE version -- link Correction !

I did the two posts above from Fedilab Lite, which still not very familiar with it.

The LITE version page at F-Droid is on this location : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.lite/

The Lite version is *NOT* listed at Google Play at this moment, or at least I can't find it on a search or under the author's other programmes page.

Compared to the full version, which I haven't used yet, this is less than half the size; might signal it's easier on battery life as well.

Was looking around in the Settings menus, which in the Lite version are simplified. Took some snapshots, my phone uses Portuguese as systems language.

Interesting, was able to increase maximum toot size to 3,000 characters. 👍🤗

Not that I would ever type that mu h on mobile, but it's the first client I tried that allows it, other than the mastodon web client, which gets the instance settings perfectly.

It looks nice, I would recommend it, and it does other Fedi tasks like video and music sharing too.

The counter on the bottom. Of the editor area already shows me near 600 characters on this post, and it's not. Locking me from sending it. YEY!

And a good reporter should try out things, so here I am... Via Fedilab Lite, which I just discovered on F-Droid. 👍😏

It seems nice and this is smaller version, 12 MB download only.

Fedilab (Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse) - https://f-droid.org/app/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon

Screenshots from and sent thru Fedilab Lite. ®️

From the Fedilab page at F-Droid.org:

"Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of micro blogging, photo sharing and video hosting.

It supports:
- Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, Peertube, GNU Social, Friendica.

The app has advanced features (especially for Pleroma and Mastodon):

- Multi-accounts support
- Schedule messages from the device
- Schedule boosts
- Bookmark messages
- Follow and interact with remote instances
- Timed mute accounts
- Cross-account actions with a long press
- Translation feature
- Art timelines
- Video timelines"

** Important Note -- TRANSLATION support, handy if you need help with a non native language. Unique, at this point, I believe.

You can get it from the Google Play store, where it COSTS $3.29 USD

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android

OR -- you can get it FREE of charge, donnations accepted, from F-Droid :

https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon/

F-Droid is easiest if you install their client app - from there you will have access to many interesting and clean Open Source Apps.

You CAN get an apk from their page, and Side Load on your device if desired. Android 5 minimum version required.

"If you think cream and butter are required to make amazing mashed potatoes, then this recipe might surprise you. It calls for Yukon Gold potatoes, which are naturally creamier than russets and need only to be mashed with a little of their cooking water to become rich and fluffy. "

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020592-vegan-mashed-potatoes?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

12 Acres of desert land near Tucson, Arizona, USA, including a Cold War era Titan II missile silo underground.

Asking price, USD$395 K

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/16/old-nuclear-bunker-for-sale-arizona-desert-includes-original-equipment

A bit of a Fixer Upper, but you can see a pristine one at the Titan II Museum nearby :

https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

Yes Album cover by Roger Dean.

Loved the group. Back when music was more than the sound you heard, album art being trippy like this.

https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/92147544831/retro-sci-fi-landscapes-artists-in-order-jim

More great album art.

Uriah Heep, Demons and Wizards. Listened to this a lot! 😏

Album cover art, by Roger Dean.

From Sci-Fi landscapes album - https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/189098190024/70sscifiart-retro-sci-fi-landscapes-part-two

"San Francisco saw a 17% increase in its homeless population since its last homeless count, with numbers rising to levels that haven’t been recorded on these streets in 17 years."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/16/san-francisco-homeless-increase-tech-ipo

Some great photos too...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-you-love-trains-well-you-can-buy-one-11573834371

New version upgrade for
@bluestacksinc@twitter.com BlueStacks Android emulator/environment for Windows systems.
... Installing, Thank you!

#slowly @slowlyapp@twitter.com Android version runs really well on this environment, have been using it so for 5 months or so. Even with the NEW Web version of the app, I still remain with the Android one, feels comfortable..

https://www.bluestacks.com/

https://www.getslowly.com/en/

@qoto A CORRECTION is needed here -- as I have just learned and understand better the Privacy settings to messages.

On one of the posts above, I took as snapshot and described setting the Privacy choice to use for a group message.

In it I selected the "UNLISTED" mode, thinking it was the best, not showing on the public feeds - Local or Federated.

BUT --- it DOES allow the message to be sent to ALL of your followers (blowing away any privacy intention, and maybe annoying people). It ALSO shows the post in your Profile, to anyone curious enough to look there.

That's NOT good;

And upon reading a Guide by Mastodon's lead developer, I now think we should use the "DIRECT" message choice.

- it will have only ONE attribution, the group name we chose. In my example, "@qoto-bikers"

- it will send a message to Guppe, and the bot will process and send a DIRECT message to each person already subscribed to the group.

- Your message will NOT show on public feeds. It will NOT show on your profile either.

*This is Better * -- what we would need.

** Privacy details in the screenshot are from: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/

A good definition of what each type of Privacy setting on a Toot will result on.

Unlisted ? Private ? Direct Message ?

From https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/

Another user here had posted a link to this - it was on my open, To Read tabs and now I have checked it out. RECOMMENDED!!

And it's a Good Guide! Even after been using the fediverse pretty intensively for the past week, I learned a few things.

Like, what's the result of selecting UNLISTED as the privacy setting for a toot? (it does not show on the public Feed lists, as expected. However it DOES show in your own profile page! 😞 )

https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

Just saw a mention to an extension for Firefox and compatibles, that can replace uBlock Origin. With extra privacy and finer controls. uMatrix for Firefox :

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/28/a-umatrix-guide-for-firefox/

Another system photo. IBM ThinkPad, model T23, a powerful model at its time, I used it for ten years at work.

Still runs well, used it for some Cad work the other day, the version of AutoCAD I have won't run on newer opsys.

Maxed out with 1 GB of ram, 1.1 GHz PIII processor, single core. XP for Legacy systems os.

Photo by Xiao MI Red MI Note 5 Prime. Sys specs greatly outweigh the ThinkPad.

8 cores processor, 3 GB RAM, Arm 64 processor. Android 7.1.2,. MIUI 11.

#retro #vintage #computer