Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer @magicaltrout@qoto.org

I, for one, welcome my friends @BBCRD to the #fediverse - running their own Mastodon instance! 🎉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

Any UK #cassette fans want a freebie grab bag of cassettes? I have...erm...a somewhat sizeable stockpile...of tapes that I need to thin down into a smaller, more curated collection.

Here's the deal: you give me a genre, list of artists, or a time period and I'll try to include at least some to suit. The rest will be selected at random from 4,000 items.

I'll send you 15 tapes (you tell me how many you want) for a fixed postage cost of £5.

That's it. No tricks. Just free tapes!

Please boost.

X.com v/s X.org #Linux

Hey lovely Mastodon folk. I've just released an HP-35, HP-45, HP-80 simulator called HP-1973 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the HP-45 calculator. (Free) standalone versions for Mac and WIndows (no need for any Python installation or knowledge) & Python source for Linux. It's been a coding marathon, so it'd mean a lot to me if you could boost this post, so it gets in front of the right people. Download here: https://sarahkmarr.com/retrohp1973.html Enjoy. #retrocomputing #calculators #python #coding #rpn

In a field of 17 candidates, I came 8th. And for the second time in three years, I beat UKIP and Piers Corbyn in a democratic election. If that’s not a sign of hope, nothing is.

My new social media app is called Grouse. You can only post criticism of the 3,000 other new social media apps.

Posts are called “Gripes.” No likes or reposts—just one button to “Commiserate.” If a Gripe receives enough Commiseration it’s elevated by the algorithm into a “Complaint.”

Also there’s an academic version called “Faculty Meeting.”

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

How to use Mastodon:

Step 1: Sign up.

Step 2: Do regular social media stuff.

Journalists: Only those with advanced degrees in computer science should even attempt to navigate Mastodon, the frustrations of its complexities will drive the average user to a state of hysteria.

Hopeful request:

Does anyone out there have the machinery, interest, & skills to compile the current version of GIMP with the latest G'MIC-Qt plugin for an M1 Mac?

Partha at www.partha.com made a version in 2020, but there are new destriping filters in G'MIC-Qt that would be very helpful for JWST work.

I've tried building it myself, but it keeps failing on things I'm not savvy enough to fix.

Please boost for maximum spread 🙂👍

https://gmic.eu/download.html

One week to go, humans. I’m comin’ for ya. #VoteBinface #UxbridgeAndSouthRuislip

It has happened! #DOStodon, the #MastodonClient for #RetroComputers running #MSDOS, is now listed on the official App-Page of https://joinmastodon.org/apps