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

@Craig47333 actually it's switter, I had the name wrong on screenshot above. Got it now.

click on any of those user results, and it will take you to their profile page, at their server.

Alas, their server is down atm.

https://switter.at gives error shown.

@Craig47333 I am on my laptop, and the search is on the top left corner. Enter what you are looking for.

On a mobile device it should be there somewhere.

@Craig47333 ...search box, top left corner? 😛

"Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: 'greatest propaganda machine in history'

In a speech, the actor argued that Facebook would have run ads by Hitler. Here are his remarks in full."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/22/sacha-baron-cohen-facebook-propaganda

@thegibson Tesla site was creating that much of a load?

Wow, they must be cryptomining to make petty cash this month. 😜

@georgia LOL. 😜

@SecondJon Yes, I agree. Sadly, as it's just to engage people at a very superficial level, or worse, to enrage and radicalize people.

We can have a dialogue with respect for the other person's views. It just takes civility and respect from both sides.

A user at another instance was commenting about having bought this exact router, and that it solved his problem with patchy coverage in some areas of his home.

That can be difficult, specially if there are solid walls, masonry or even concrete, between the router and the client devices.

I searched and found this review, read it and liked it. A fair and detailed evaluation. The router is currently VERY pricy - listed at near 300 UK Pounds.

And you really only benefit from that investment if you already have one of the few devices that are new enough to support the 802.11ax protocols, aka WiFi-6.

The design is pretty interesting, makes me think of a Death Star fighter in a Star Wars sequel. 😜

His testing measured thruput, download speed from a local server to a client, of up to 60 MegaBytes per second. That can only work with a Gigabit connection from server to router, as that thruput is already approaching 600 Mb/s.

I personally like and use wired networks for any static device; desktop, smart TV, media box, I would wire them all. But this is neat. 😃

What do you all think? A bit pricey, but it's coming.

@freemo

I have just sent a DM to someone posting a new topic, along the lines we have been discussing here.

Sent via Direct Message, so it's private and not embarassing. I used the following text:

" (user handle(s) at the top)

Hello, good afternoon.

We have been discussing some issues in a thread here, could you scan thru it? It's relevant and important.

Thank you!

https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103181749788422818"

...the URL links back to this thread. 🤔
@arteteco @Surasanji @johnlitt

@alice@playvicious.social Great photo, Alice, poor kitty.

I read it as he wants out too. 😛

Reminds me of Maneki-Neko!

@rgx@nerdica.net
The post/replies editor in Friendica also has many new options we don't have yet in Mastodon.

It seems a pretty neat environment; we just need to get used to it and learn the new options and functions.

@realcaseyrollins I remember reading a real nice story - part of the Jargon File.

This was "The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer". These date to a time when a hacker was a highly skilled MIT computer scientist, working in low level languages and squeezing the most from anemic systems.

You got to read this -- but do it when you are rested, and enjoy, It's a great piece.

http://foldoc.org/The%20story%20of%20Mel,%20a%20Real%20Programmer

The whole Jargon File is great fun. I remember another story on it called the Magic switch, also wonderful reading.

@Erenbulbul

I tend to find those hard, and told my kids that it will usually always get better in the following days. They told me later they agreed. YMMV. 😉

@togs

@realcaseyrollins I would refer you to the classic "Jargon File".

Which goes back to when hackers were computer scientists, very brilliant people working at the cutting edge, doing the best with the little power and storage that they could access at the time.

It was seen as a badge of Honour, not a negative implication as a break-in artist of somewhat shady character like the media has been implying for many years now.

"The Meaning of ‘Hack’

“The word hack doesn't really have 69 different meanings”, according to MIT hacker Phil Agre. “In fact, hack has only one meaning, an extremely subtle and profound one which defies articulation. Which connotation is implied by a given use of the word depends in similarly profound ways on the context. Similar remarks apply to a couple of other hacker words, most notably random.”

Hacking might be characterized as ‘an appropriate application of ingenuity’. Whether the result is a quick-and-dirty patchwork job or a carefully crafted work of art, you have to admire the cleverness that went into it."

A small quote from: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html

"Netgear Nighthawk AX12 review: A high-end 802.11ax router with bags of bandwidth"

" The Nighthawk AX12 is an exceptional router. It’s one of the first wave of 802.11ax devices (also known as Wi-Fi 6), offering real-world download speeds of 60MB/sec and more when accessed from a compatible client. What’s more, it’s the first router we’ve ever seen with 8x8 MU-MIMO capability. That means it can smoothly handle up to eight simultaneous wireless connections – perfect for a modern household that’s packed with smart devices.

The catch? All 802.11ax routers are expensive and this one is pricier than most. Sure, the specs are impressive, but are they really worth £360?"

https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/netgear/1410004/netgear-nighthawk-ax12-review

@W10x12_UNO@mastodon.sdf.org

Great posts, Pete, thank you!

@Shufei@mastodon.sdf.org @Optionparty

@chikara WE are all learning, the software is new to most people arriving here. And the network this server connects to is large, supports multiple protocols and different places.

I noticed your editing on the post above, at first you had two blank lines between paragraphs, now it's showing only one. Which is fine as spacing goes, that's what I always use too.

You do not need the "." period to force a new line; just hitting Enter twice will push the cursor down and skip a line.

Important Note regarding Editing posts :

The mechanism we use is not really a classic 'Edit', where the same post is touched and saved; the time stamp is the same as it was, etc.

When you use 'Delete and redraft' here, the old post is removed (and any Favourites, Boots it might had are lost forever). Any references to the post in other people's own writing are also Broken, since the old post is gone forever.

SO - I would suggest editing that way only if done immediately; otherwise you see the possible consequences above.

It is more limited than what we have in Facebook, for example. But at the same time, it's better than Twitter, where I don't think we can do that kind of thing (I don't use the site there much at all, might be wrong).

I am thinking of finding a good place to host and start a Blog, which will allow long writing, text formatting, images and links, etc.

And can be referred to here, in an announcement post for each new page you created.

We lack Bookmarks here at the moment, so things disappear soon into the mass of new, incoming posts.

Something great here is that "Search" is wonderful -- it does find content I posted in a blink, so I use it frequently to grab a link, image or locate a thread.

@_lunawinters
You are very welcome. 😺

I am really a cat person; can be friendly and opinionated, but always with a good heart. 😄

I loved Moonshine's joke about Qoto really being running on Freemo's brain, lol.... He sure responds like it did!

@freemo @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com