@shibaprasad Inflection Points are memorable and something to reflect on.
On one of possible multiple parallel universes, I might have followed on and graduated in Engineering. What would that life lead to?
@TuvixJaneway Good morning, C'ptain!
That ain't many hours, but I can relate - been doing the same myself.
@shibaprasad hackers.town .
Number of users are up by 20%, since the admin opened registrations for about 24 hours this week. Added about 30 users.
window is closed now, although it's possible to get an account even then (I did, a few weeks ago)
@maison_faim It is a film version of Jules Vernes wonderful book.
Disney did a great one, back when their content was much higher quality than what they do nowadays.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/plotsummary
Internet Archive has a FULL copy on offer!
https://archive.org/details/20000LeaguesUnderTheSea_201707
@maison_faim Nice photo. Did you watch Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea? I would imagine you did.
Some memorable moments with this fella's Big Brother there.
@freemo
Well put, and I think the no-editing allowance is by design, similar to what Twitter has.
While the regrettable FB does allow editing at any time - while keeping any edits on the record to be looked up if needed.
Wish they would also look at providing desktop/laptop users with a larger toot editor box - I look at my client running in a full screen high rez laptop, and the amount o wasted space in the columns at left and right sides is disheartening. 😞
@chikara
@shibaprasad Yes, the numbers are odd.
If we look at the raw users number, it should indicate a whole different scene in the Local scene. Which is not happening.
A lot of people are new, probably shy, and may or may not stick around for long.
Some might just need a base address to reach out to the larger community, and post in unlisted mode, or DMs mostly.
But that would assume a more experienced user, and I don't think we are getting that many of them.
Another instance I participate in had about 250,000 posts earlier this week when I took snapshots - and the whole userbase there is -- 160 users at that time. 😮
A vocal bunch! LOL.
It is great that we can see and experience so many different places.
@chikara Thank you for your reply, and yes, the process works as you described in general.
Although there are BETTER ways to do long posts, which I do use here and elsewhere.
I am with you 100% in considering the Toot Editor box too small for serious posting - and use a plain text editor on my laptop instead to compose larger pieces.
That gives me full screen capability, a spell checker if desired, and once I am happy, a cut and paste into the tiny Toot editor box will send it into the fediverse.
In smaller posts and *specially* if I am not tagging other users (which will fire up notification to them instantly), I used delete/Redraft and fix small errors as needed.
With people being called in, that is less optimal.
When I make a post and address a whole site's Staff team -- and then take the post away from them while they read it, it's less proper.
Not to use the word annoying, which in fact I consider it is.
We welcome dialogue, but addressing the whole crew, raising issues is not casual posting.
@maison_faim @Full_marx Never political, mind you, (where we would be facing from opposite quarters), but delightful reminiscing for me, who love #retro #computing
@maison_faim Ah, understood. Hope all went well. It's nice to see friends we miss return to the timeline. 😃
Really miss my good friend @Full_marx , we had great conversations here too.
@ae Thank you for all the beautiful photos you post here, Hiraeth!
@shibaprasad @jahnke And I am also grateful for the wonder of the world wide web, which brings wonderful resources to further our curiosity and allow us to keep learning, curious and happy.
A wonderful interactive tutorial for MarkDown language : https://www.markdowntutorial.com/
Can't recommend it enough, not only for the MarkDown content, but as an example of how you can implement great educational content in the web.
@shibaprasad when I was in first year engineering school, there was a joke about us and the gals in History department.
I did find a sweetheart there and never forgot her.
Changed course after the first year, one of those inflection points we recognize in hidsight, and wonder where things would have led to if I took the other branch.
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