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

@chikara It is not an election as in open to membership vote -- that is clear from the administrator original posting for both the November and December elections.

The process was open in allowing for nominations by ANY member, in suggesting the name of another, active member here, with at least one month of activity on the system.

Your language is unfortunate, as it cames thru as pretty acerbic, even if that was not your intention. :sadcat:

I do find it unique in here - I have been a member of many communities over the years, and in quite a few was very active and raised to Staff positions. In all of those, the selection of possible new Staff members was entirely at the current staff members, with decisions most commonly made by administrators, considering the suggestions and advice of the moderation team.

See original from the screenshot below at : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/nomination-for-moderator-nov-2019/92

🇵🇹 🇧🇷 "A felicidade é um chazinho quente em noites de frio;
é um banho gelado no meio de um calor danado
é receber uma agradável e inesperada visita em um fim de tarde qualquer;
é pão quentinho com manteiga derretendo;
é café com o pão que escrevi na frase acima;
é cair de quatro no chão e morrer de rir;
é não morrer quando cair de quatro;
é fazer o bolo predileto e lamber a vasilha no final;
é cama limpa, travesseiro fofo e pijama cheiroso;
é sensação de alívio após uma situação resolvida;
é ligar pra bate papo com alguém querido;
é olhar o horizonte;
é ao olhar o horizonte, enxergar um mundo melhor.
Felicidade é inventar e fazer valer a pena a invenção, porque a realidade é dura demais."

EN version on next post...

Going for a little ride, brb...

@freemo must have new emoji!!

tag it sadness.

They have a great collection at another instance... will borrow a few... 😉

#Conclusions

when things get slowish in the #fediverse, there's always other places. #cats lovers rejoice.

#mastocats #catsoftwitter #catsofmastodon meet Reddit Cats : https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/

Anyone with an interest in Information Technology, an active robotic feed I found last night is available for following.

@itnewsbot

Fresh IT news from a variety of sources. Public service by @emanuel

@OglalaWarriorAW Hello James, Thank you for your post and telling us not only your personal story, but that of your nation as well. It's fascinating.

I traveled by bicycle along the Erie Canal trail and when passing near Lake Oneida came across a nice book telling the story of the beginning of th Iroquois Confederacy, which met at the margins of the lake, I believe.

There was some legends too, and I enjoyed reading this book as I camped nearby.

I did a search and found an interesting link, I don't think people know much about the Confederacy and how it was a democratic union of different peoples for the better of all.

We need this kind of thinking for the times we live in.

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There's a Python here looking for a Programmer by name...

She's going up to the boss's office now...

@_lunawinters @Vishsai

Sending my replies for letters with the new special edition Purrfect Holidays stamp set. 😺

which I actually got for free, just taking the time to watch short videos in the app, if desired, you get one coin for each (up to 20 sec or so).

Just received a letter from a penpal overseas, and with it a nice Special Edition, Christmas stamp I did not have yet. It's from last year, 2018, and I didn't know about the Slowly penpal letter writing app yet.

The app is great, Slowly allows you to find interesting people with shared interests and keep in touch via letters - not instant messages, but electronic letters, longer like a paper one would be, and which are not delivered instantly either.

They take time to arrive, depending on how far apart we are. From 3 hours or so for a close location, to 2 days to far away places like Australia, Indonesia, etc.

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

great fun! @_lunawinters @Vishsai

Preparing and researching a post, for me, is fun and serious work.

I love Writing, and am quite picky with visuals as well as words.

The screenshot shows the programs currently loaded here, used to produce this morning's two research posts.

And new Blog pages too. https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

#Irfanview image editor.
#EditPad Lite text editor.
#Waterfox Current Browser with a zillion tabs open.

@freemo #street #art with #dogsofmastodon #dogs

📷 “Puro Amor”, street mural in Coyhaique (Southern Chile) portraying the role of street dogs, most famously the late Negro Matapacos, in Chilean student protests of recent times. Thanks to “segundo tello” on Facebook for the tip.

Fuente: https://dogandcatcomics.tumblr.com/post/189693695384/puro-amor-street-mural-in-coyhaique-southern

RT from https://todon.nl/@soloojos/103317891651243276

Avant Garde poster, Political message spot on.

"Journalism has to incommodate State Powers."

RT from TW (@Skoknic), found in another instance.

RT from https://hackers.town/@rgx/103317533135685592

My first one was an US Robotics Courier 2400 bps, internal model.

I had to learn VERY quickly of all the intricacies of IRQs, Com port addresses and default assigned IRQs, Jumper settings to change those.

And -- even when perfectly configured for a Com 2, IRQ 3 (I think it was, been a long time), it did not work well at all.

More troubleshooting, and it was the beginning of my learning of many aspects of PC technology. Fast forward 5 years and I was teaching a Computer Repairs class, all from what I learned on my own, struggling but persevering and getting things working in the end.

Loved it, specially when things were working well!

Turns out, the modem problem wasn't the modem, or any ports on the ISA expansion card this system had. It was the mouse, a Logitech bus mouse with its own ISA controller card, which had been set by jumpers to use IRQ 3, the one I wanted, default for Com2 serial ports.

Once I figured that, a Jumper change and it moved to IRQ 5; no more conflicts.

And my adventures in the BBS world started. Becoming an active member of FidoNet was the next phase.

Internet? that took about 4 years before I could get access, when joining a University. NO consumer internet existed at the time, it only became more common later, 1996-7 or so.

#modem #DialUp #networking #IRQ #ISA #Retro #Computing #hobby #PCtech

Blog Post coming soon... 😉

Have now figured out a way to make my laptop settings for the mastodon Web Client really sharp – it is using the FULL screen width, but without the madness of the multi-pane, 3 pulsating Feeds running simultaneously which is kind of the Default when you enable it.

I have prepared a detailed Tutorial, with step by step notes, screenshots to help people wanting a similar setup.

Due to the amount of images, and the placement of them and the text, I used QOTO's Discourse Forum for the post.

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/setting-up-the-advanced-web-interface-for-mastodon-full-use-of-wide-screens/150

Will be preparing a Blog post with same content later today. Hope you enjoy, the Forum post is Visible to Anyone, to reply there you need a free account registration.

#AWI #Mastotips #desktop #laptop #newusers #tips

(@​) Puff the Magic Hater @​MsKellyMHayes @ birdsite

"If you are dating someone who has been subjected to abuse/
mistreatment, and you notice them idealizing the hell out of you for treating them w basic respect, don't take the ego boost. Tell them that they are always entitled to basic kindness and respect in every relationship."

An administrator at another instance posted a link to a free version of the Kaspersky Antivirus and Internet Security suite.

I downloaded and installed it. If you want to try :

https://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/thank-you/free-antivirus-download

#analog #modular #synth #patch streaming #live on https://aNONradio.net #tonite on OpenMic #electronicmusic

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#Slowly is for #foodies too... #xp #penpals #friendship
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RT @slowlyapp
A friend told us he’s been collecting authentic recipes from around the world via @slowlyapp 😋 What a mouth watering idea!
https://twitter.com/slowlyapp/status/1205691241700052992