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

Discovered the PinePhone on posts across the fediverse, and I am intrigued by it.

I consider the current two major players situation a real problem -- not only due to Privacy and huge Security concerns, but also for the lack of choices we end up with.

I have used a variety of systems in the past. Miss many of them, which were great products, in terms of Design, features, creative User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI).

The best don't necessarily win. Witnessed by the numerous examples of superior ones being left behind and to the memories of their orphaned users.

What is PinePhone?

"An Open Source Smart Phone Supported by All Major Linux Phone Projects

Perhaps you’re in a line of work where security is a must, or a hard-core Linux enthusiast, or perhaps you’ve just got enough of Android and iOS and you’re ready for something else – the PinePhone may be the next Phone for you. Powered by the same Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit SOC used in our popular PINE A64 Single Board Computer, the PinePhone runs mainline Linux as well as anything else you’ll get it to run.

The purpose of the PinePhone isn’t only to deliver a functioning Linux phone to end-users, but also to actively create a market for such a device, as well as to support existing and well established Linux-on-Phone projects. All major Linux Phone-oriented projects, as well as other FOSS OS’, are represented on the PinePhone and developers work together on our platform to bring support this this community driven device. "

from : https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Just found a couple of disgusting posts here in our lounge.

Porn, actually, with animated gifs and disgusting text.

Everyone, if you see any posts are clearly WRONG, considering what QOTO is, please REPORT to mods so it can be taken down ASAP.

Here's an example of how to do it (the post in the snapshot is not that bad, just an example).

- Click on the 3 dots at the bottom of the post.

- a popup menu has the options you can use. Select REPORT at the bottom, a new window will pop up, fill in WHY the post is not appropriate (hate, crime, etc) and send it in.

Thank you! 😉

I remember our professor drawing diagrams in the board, and explaining the functions of each of the core internet protocols. TCP and IP are brilliant, having been created to handle situations with massive network failures, like a nuclear attack.

[honest, the whole project was funded by DARPA, way back in 70s. Cold War times]

@Full_marx , miss you buddy, Hope all is well!

Good reference article : https://tournasdimitrios1.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-basics-of-network-packets/

Not as strong as the rest of the chain, but this rope loop joins two lengths quick and easy.

Plus, removable. Neat.

[source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/mustadmarine/31958194737/ ]

Given a container, cats will fit to accommodate them.

OP from Cat Posting Bot, thank you.
https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103161863476020107

"I have two ways of loving You:
A selfish one
And another way that is worthy of You.
In my selfish love, I remember You and You alone.
In that other love, You lift the veil
And let me feast my eyes on Your Living Face."

3146 | Rabia al-Adawiyya, Islam, Sufism
Source : Doorkeeper of the heart: versions of Rabia. Trans. Charles Upton

https://www.onelittleangel.com/wisdom/quotes/saint.asp?mc=51

Being a sys admin / instance host is not an easy job!

This totally explains why. A current thread developing today.

https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103157648331364058

** Bookmarks!!

the little Flag icon allows adding a thread to a bookmarks folder, similar to the Favourites one.

Added it, and the next screenshot shows the Bookmarks folder, and the thread included.

@freemo I already found the answer, glitchsoc is a full separate version of Mastodon, with added experimental features.

Documentation here (for those curious to see what is different):
https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/

It does have some nice enhancements, which I already noted on my very short experience there.

Long Posting using Pinafore - Testing and worked.

I have been trying out different fedi clients, looking for how they feel, speed and features, ergonomics and design.

Really liked Pinafore, which is simple to setup (runs on a web browser window, similarly to the Mastodon web client).

Pinafore is well built, well designed, simple and elegant. I liked it much!

However, I hit a significant SNAG, and had mentioned it to other people, in local conversations here at qoto and in others with friends in other instances.

The problem is, when I am using Pinafore to access my Qoto account, which has a very large, 65,000 characters maximum per post limit, in Pinafore (and similarly in Tusky also) I can only use the 500 characters usual post limit. 😞

That is a show stopped for me, as I like to write Long Form and develop ideas. Argh.

A friend from another instance mentioned that she could use it on her instance, and it worked.

The main difference we could see is that she mentioned having 'glitchsoc' installed, which I am not sure we have here at qoto.

I created an account earlier today at another instance, (for different posting and a lower profile). Just now I made a post size limit test.

** Test conditions:

- acess via Pinafore web client.

- the new instance server allows a maximum of 10,000 characters.

** Test method:

- to avoid clogging the public feeds with something irrelevant, I sent myself a Direct Message, DM, which is a normal Toot, which has the privacy flag set to DM.

- the same usual size limits apply to DMs, same as regular posts.

** Test Results:

- Even as I entered the text I could see the counter in the Toot editor box started up with 10,000 chars.

- as I typed and later copy/pasted a large block of text, copied from one of my posts here, all thru this the Toot button was enabled, and the counter was decreasing.

- that indicated the input was accepted normally, if using the same Pinafore client with qoto, it would GREY out the Toot button, show an angry RED line at the bottom of the edit box.

- the screenshot attached here shows the characters left counter at about 8,600; which means my post was already at about 1,400 chars length.

I hit the send button, and it was delivered to my qoto DM inbox perfectly.

Sucess! 😄

Conclusion, there's something missing here, I believe what is enabling the outside clients to work properly is glitchsoc being installed, or not; or maybe a configuration problem.

The footer of the instance's web client shows this message:

"Glitchsoc is free open source software forked from Mastodon. You can contribute or report issues on GitHub at glitch-soc/mastodon (v2.9.2+glitch)."

...which might mean the whole server setup is a custom, forked version of mastodon, not an addon?

@freemo Could you look at this? can we have glitchsoc or is it a full rebuild and too much work (which I wouldn't expect, certainly)

Breaking Bad comes to RL ?

"It sounds like something from the award-winning former A.M.C. series “Breaking Bad”: The authorities charged two chemistry professors in Arkansas on Friday in connection with the production of methamphetamine.

The instructors, Terry D. Bateman, 45, and Bradley A. Rowland, 40, were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and using drug paraphernalia, the Clark County Sheriff’s Department said. Meth is a highly addictive drug that can be manufactured illegally with chemicals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/us/arkansas-chemistry-professor-meth.html

Visual recipe is good. Yummy.

Chicken Hakka Noodles Recipe Desi Chinese Version By Food Fusion

https://youtu.be/KrejvDCM3mo

Just found. Great pics.

Have you Seen “I Saw the Future” by Artem Kubatkin
https://stampsy.com/stamp/9758

@Full_marx
A nicer photo, showing a used card and details.

We can see the card's instruction, I highlighted in green :

Z(1) = Y + W(1)

In English, it takes a lot more wording to transmit the instruction, but I believe it would read as: "Let array Z, cell 1 be equal to variable Y plus contents of array W, cell 1"

...where Z and W were previously defined and initialized as single dimensional (think a straight line of mailboxes, each cell contains some value you chose to store there) arrays.

It's been a long time, Fortran. 😉

One line of computer programming, whichever language you were using. Up to 80 characters wide, same as the card's width.

I remember. And we loved it. No home computers, no cellphones, no internet. Mid 70's in my case.

@Full_marx

From a wonderful Gallery of vintage imagery.

https://danismm.tumblr.com/tagged/vintage-computer

Chalk and a good blackboard. And a talented genius at work.

Professor Einstein's note and office blackboard pics.

OMG, wonderful art.

"Eclipse Phase is a science fiction horror[1] role-playing game with transhumanist themes.[2] Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs,[3] Eclipse Phase is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a Creative Commons license.[4][5][6][7] "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase

see also: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284022/Eclipse-Phase-Second-Edition

and: https://www.eclipsephase.com/

"Birth order refers to the order a child is born in their family; first-born and second-born are examples. Birth order is often believed to have a profound and lasting effect on psychological development. This assertion has been repeatedly challenged.[1] Recent research has consistently found that earlier born children score slightly higher on average on measures of intelligence, but has found zero, or almost zero, robust effect of birth order on personality.[2] Nevertheless, the notion that birth-order significantly influences personality continues to have a strong presence in pop psychology and popular culture.[3][4] " from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order

This is a wonderful theory, that really makes sense to me. Wish I had an older Sister to look up to growing up.

Who sees What, Where does my post Show?

A good guide is on the Privacy page: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/usage/privacy/

The page also has good explanations on muting or blocking users if needed.

Good read!