nullifidian @nullifidian@qoto.org
- Location
- Totally Normal Island
- Bookmark
- https://fedi.tips
- $8chan (dead)
- https://twitter.com/nullifidian
Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec
Joined Nov 2022
js, code, b**dsite
I am both lazy and impatient.
```
const sleep = ((ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)));
do {
var el=document.querySelector('[data-testid="unlike"]');
el.click();
await sleep(1000);
window.scrollTo(0,document.body.scrollHeight);
} while (el);
```
nullifidian
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Welcome to the home of BBC Micro Bot!
This is now the main, the Twitter account will be downgraded to a mirror in the coming weeks.
The bot ran its first Mastodon toot yesterday, I expect it to be up full time at the weekend.
Thanks for joining us on this journey 👾
nullifidian
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Please click for more information.
For more information please re-read.
nullifidian
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Me when I first learnt about type hints and type checkers:
Wow, so powerful for writing better, cleaner, safer code! Never again will I write
```
def f(x, y, z): ...
```
Instead, I shall write:
```
def f(x: Any, y: Any, z: Any) -> Any: ...
```
mypy reports no errors... we're good to go!
```
DELETE * FROM twitter.tweets WHERE creation_date >= $now;
```
nullifidian
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UK politics
This is really worrying. Arresting journalists just for doing their job is something we would expect in Putin's Russia or Xi's China.
We should really not be seeing this in a western democracy.
You should all #follow @astrojenny for your #AstronomyNews.
Subtoot
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a metric megashitload of opprobrium, snark and derision, apparently. #SubToot
nullifidian
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In my opinion, criticisms of mastodon being unusable by the general public are over blown.
nullifidian
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It’s interesting that the biggest communication challenge facing Mastodon communities is explaining that it’s basically a protocol and a network of independent, interconnected servers, which is what the Web, e-mail, even DNS and most of the fundamental services we use on the internet are, and always were.
It just illustrates just how much ‘Big Tech’ proprietary social media platforms swallowed up and walled off, if it’s now difficult to explain what the internet actually is!
Meta: Mastadon vs OtherPlace
And thankfully there is no annoying “you should follow these random accounts and celebrities” and “give us your address book so we can annoy your friends and colleagues too” bull ever ten posts.
Meta: Mastadon vs OtherPlace
One thing I love about 
#Mastodon is the fact that they explicitly give you the controls they denied you on the b**dsite.
For example: I can filter *everything* with a keyword. This semi-worked in the #OtherPlace, but not reliably, never for adverts, and not for the other crap they forced you to see.
nullifidian
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Someone in a group called Twitter “$8chan” 🤣
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Hold up. We have a 512 character limit here on Mastodon! Can’t wait to see what people code with it 
We need better dogs. I just asked the one in my office if she could please make me a sandwich, and she looked at me as if I'd asked her to cater an entire seven-course banquet!
nullifidian
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Tip 1: Use hashtags. There's no algorithm to suggest followers or shove posts into your feed in the hopes you follow someone.
Tip 2: Boost (re-post) toots liberally. *You* are the algorithm.
Tip 3: Use CW (content warnings / content wrappers) to discuss politics, the meta.
Tip 4: To create "threads", make the first post public and each reply "unlisted" to prevent clogging up your instance's feed.
Tip 5: Provide text descriptions, even just basic ones, when attaching photos or media.
Tip 6: Use the "report" features for moderating trolls so your admins can take action.
Meta Mastadon
Me likey. I can already feel my endorphin producers hammered from exposure to the b**dsite returning to normal functioning.
- Location
- Totally Normal Island
- Bookmark
- https://fedi.tips
- $8chan (dead)
- https://twitter.com/nullifidian
Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec
Joined Nov 2022
