Sly Gryphon @sgryphon@qoto.org
Lead Consultant @TelstraPurple, doing Internet-of-Things (#IoT), #dotnet, #blockchain, #DevSecOps. Certified Azure IoT Developer, MCSD: ALM, #PRINCE2, Scrum. Tabletop gamer.
Joined Oct 2020
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The GIMP, the popular open-source Photoshop alternative just released GIMP 3 RC1.
GIMP 3 is a release that's been 20 years in the making!
https://gamefromscratch.com/gimp-3-release-candidate-is-here/
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One of the TorchLite bits that I'm most proud of is that you can make a character by picking three items off of three lists. Hard to get more rules Lite than that!
If you wanna see those three lists, check out the teaser at https://xine.ink/2024/11/08/torchlite-gives-you-options/
Also worth mentioning: there's a chunky sneak peek with even more character creation options available to patreon subscribers today... https://www.patreon.com/Xine
Waymo now does 100,000 driverless taxi rides per week. https://www.autoweek.com/news/a62735122/waymo-2024-robotaxi-statistics/
Funny how I still see people claiming the technology is not viable, will never happen, or is impossible -- sorry, but too late: reality (it already happens) trumps your opinion!
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you are asking what features the new ActivityPub plugin version has?
thanks for asking! ☺️
* Support for post visibility - you can choose between "public", "only followers" and "no federation".
* Attribution-Domains - that should fix the fediverse:creator issues, if you had issues
* Improved compatibility with caching plugins
https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/4.0.0
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This is your reminder...
There is no algorithm that brings posts to your timeline. The only posts you will see under your Home tab will be either people that you follow, or the boosts from people that you follow.
BOOSTING IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF MASTODON.
If you read something that is interesting, funny, thought provoking, news worthy, or beautiful, then BOOST IT.
Hitting "Favorite" lets the poster know that you liked it BUT IT DOESN'T LET ANYONE ELSE KNOW.
Keep Mastodon alive. BOOST.
#ArsMagica #ttrpg, famed for it's flexible magic system and troupe-style play, has launched their definitive edition crowd funding on #backerkit. Although the overall system is a bit clunky, the magic rules for casting freeform spells are great, and I try to play the game at conventions, etc, whenever I get a chance.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/atlas-games/ars-magica-5th-edition-definitive
And, as part of their stretch goals (which they have already reached a bunch), they are releasing the game text under #OpenSource #CreativeCommons licencing, joining a bunch of other great open games (#Fate, #DungeonWorld, #BladesInTheDark #bitd, #Gumshoe, #EclipsePhase,#Ironsworn, and -- of course -- #DungeonsAndDragons #dnd).
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At the Organized Play Foundation, our mission is to cultivate a vibrant global community united by the transformative power of play.
Whether you're a creator, industry expert, volunteer, or devoted gamer, we're eager to join forces with gamers from all corners of the globe. Together, let's amplify the mission of the Organized Play Foundation, creating an inclusive community where games become the bridge that unites us.
Interested? Email info@orgplayfoundation.org.
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Hey Penpot community! 👋
We’re constantly working to improve Penpot and make it the best tool for your design needs, and we want your input!
We’ve put together a list of the top 10 issues and feature requests that have come up frequently, but we’d love to hear from you too:
https://community.penpot.app/t/help-us-what-issues-or-enhancements-matter-most-to-you/6763
@nbaileydev@mastodon.social on the positive side, at least you got IPv6 ?
I think my mobile service is similar. No prefix delegation, but I can pass through and request as many IPv6 as I want (via my hotspot).
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GREAT change is approaching. NIST will standardise prohibition of requirement of composing passwords from various character styles, and requirement for periodic password changes. These are harmful and obsolete rules. Now they will be treated as a cybersecurity weakness https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html
@deshipu counterpoint: I suggest looking into Freakonomics and their interesting books; apply economics to alternative domains. https://freakonomics.com/
I think your word-derivation conclusion is a bit misleading (and I'm sure you know that).
@cynical13 there are both solo games (single player, such as journalling games like Thousand Year Old Vampire, as well as oracle based and more choose your own adventure style), and also GM-less games for multiple players (either oracle based like Ironsworn, or collaborative games like Fiasco or Polaris).
@kpeace forcing anything (by government mandate, backed by guns) is against free markets.
Instead a free market would choose to buy the labelled product over the unlabelled one, if that is what they want.
You can always refuse to buy an unlabelled product, and if no one did that manufacturer would go out of business unless they change.
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👀 BrowserPub: A browser for exploring #ActivityPub and the ⁂fediverse
#GoPlay #Brisbane, a FREE tabletop RPG #ttrpg convention, on Sept 7th & 8th, has opened player registrations https://www.goplaybrisbane.com.au/register-to-play/
There are heaps of free #rpg roleplaying games on offer, including: #dnd, #dcc, #marvelmultiverse, #dontrestyourhead, #knight, #paranoia, #bladerunner, #eclipsephase, and heaps more.
@jamesoff @froge @aaisp at the physical network level both are the same, e.g. ethernet packets to MAC addresses, although some places may run separate (single stack) networks, so I think "congestion" isn't relevant.
The main speed benefit of #ipv6 is avoiding multiple levels of NAT.
On top of the ping to your router, for outbound calls there would also be NAT on your router; or for inbound port redirects.
Inbound (or outbound) IPv6 to an end device is just a firewall check, and then forward. Also makes it easy to use 80/443 for multiple end devices. (Rather than non standard ports)
@simonzerafa I'm also happy to recommend @beasts. Excellent #ipv6 support, they run modern internet, not stuck in 10+ year old legacy networks.
I run some #ipv6only servers with them (cheaper) and for legacy support you can reverse proxy through a CDN like CloudFlare, or MythicBeasts has one in their network.
@shupfel you probably still need to use both for a while, but longer term DHCPv6 is probably unnecessary overhead.
I do find DHCPv6 useful for assigning static leases, so I have fixed addresses I can put in firewall/DNS.
But things that support DHCPv6 probably also support manual config.
@CenturyAvocado @zymurgic servers are generally okay. You will want some kind of NAT64 for outgoing connections, and IPv4 for incoming reverse proxy (eg a CDN). The default config, like you found out, often isn't correct.
Home/personal computers are a lot worse, as there are things that just don't work, eg Steam.
Lead Consultant @TelstraPurple, doing Internet-of-Things (#IoT), #dotnet, #blockchain, #DevSecOps. Certified Azure IoT Developer, MCSD: ALM, #PRINCE2, Scrum. Tabletop gamer.
Joined Oct 2020
