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

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

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

@ThatNomadCouple Wow, beautiful photo. Welcome to QOTO, hope you enjoy it here.

Safe travels too.

Do you know how Mastodon work, or if needed, here is a guide, or two. 😉

If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

Any question, just ask, and someone will try and help out.

@_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

@Vishsai @_lunawinters The first letter is quite important, I look at the user profiles and search for someone interesting. You can set parameters in the user search - from age to location, for example.

I like to select to show only with About Me - if people do not describe themselves there, it becomes difficult to judge if they are a good match or not.

I do not use the Automatch, just used it once, it was a shot in the dark. Although I got found by some penpals that way, and they worked out well.

best to look and find someone you would be interested imo.

I do block out some countries that have too many users - their number makes it harder to see people from othre places, as they take so much room on the lists. China and HK, those two I have disabled searching at. Although I will accept if someone from there finds me.

@_lunawinters

You are very welcome, I just thought maybe you could like it. It's nice to touch people from other lands, with similar interests or thing that you would like to know more about.

Glad you like it - any questions just ask, I am a big supporter of Slowly.

Check my account on twitter (same id as here, at twitter dot com), I have many posts there regarding #Slowly.

Many screenshots and stamp images, these are fun too.

@Vishsai

@Vishsai @_lunawinters It is a wonderful app. I have used it for 6 months now, and have wrote a lot of letters, you can find great people there.

@Vishsai @_lunawinters Aadit, have you ever thought of finding some penpals to correspond with?

I find it helps with making connections, sharing thoughts, it's really good.

I use the Slowly app, cn run on iOS, Android or laptop via Web mode.

https://getslowly.com/en/

@freemo We can also share our fave posters of pictures of fave species.

Like the awesome @catpostingbot

@mandlebro You are very welcome! Glad you joined us.

@maison_faim Oh, boy, that's not fun. Makes life harder, eh.

@mandlebro Hello mandelbo! and welcome to Qoto.

Pretty and colourful image, very nice. Need a guide maybe? Don't mind if you don't need it.

Enjoy the network and all it has to offer. If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

Any question, just ask, and someone will try and help out.

Have a good day!

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

@alyssontkd Olá Alysson, bom dia!

Bemvinda ao Qoto, espero que goste e aproveite a sua estada aqui.

Posso sugerir um guia para novos usuarios, mas no momento só tenho dois que são em Ingles.

Se não puder ler, talves traduzir via Google ou Bing Translate, ou fazer uma busca por guias em Português.

Até logo, escreva se tiver alguma pergunta, ok? 👍

EN : If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

Blog post now complete, adding Notes and References, etc.

Pretty too. ❤️ Write.Freely!

See it here: https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/story-time-how-i-got-started-in-computer-networking

Avant Garde poster, Political message spot on.

"Journalism has to incommodate State Powers."

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

@rcg Hello rcg, and welcome to Qoto.

Enjoy the network and all it has to offer. If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

Any question, just ask, and someone will try and help out.

Have a good day!

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... 😉