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Keeping the backlog of media I consume under control:
- 12 articles to read
- 12 podcasts episodes
- 12 videos in a list in NewPipe
Inevitably, I add new media to the lists daily from Twitter, etc.
Once a day I select 12 articles/podcasts/videos, and delete the rest.
This is cool. #AndyWeir, of #TheMartian fame, shares his own notes & highlights from the #book.
https://www.goodreads.com/notes/18401393-the-martian/24821860-andy-weir
#science #literature
[#Spain #España 🇪🇸 #Madrid #elecciones #politics #eleccionesMadrid2021]
#Público titula una #noticia entrecomillando un tuit satírico cualquiera, escrito por nadie importante, que no tiene ninguna relevancia en absoluto, y que está escrito… como si fuese el titular de una noticia. El resultado es una noticia que no dice —pero torticeramente parece que sí dice— algo muy concreto que de ser cierto —no lo es— sería grave y consecuente. Y todo esto en un artículo en el que precisamente acusan a otros periodistas de mala praxis, de parcialidad, de falta de rigor y de insultar al #periodismo. 
https://www.publico.es/tremending/2021/04/24/vicente-valles-vox-la-junta-electoral-estudia-si-el-informativo-de-vicente-valles-es-publicidad-electoral-de-vox/
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#RunningSession 🏃 (cross-country fartlek among steep olive groves)
4.76 km / 28′52″ @ 10 km/h ≡ 5′58″/km
~346 kcal
Only justification: preemptive apologies when (miss)typing on small portable devices. But even then, you don't need to go with the default message: when I used to send e-mail from my phone, all my messages had this line at the bottom:
“Written on the go — please excuse brevity and typos.”
I can't stand the
“sent from my iPhone”
footer in mail, nor the
“REDMI NOTE 9”
watermark on photos, nor any of those stupid ads.
How come folks don't disable them immediately after unwrapping their new device?
“The most important thing in #life is that the most important thing is the most important thing.”
(apocryphal)
[#Spain #España 🇪🇸 #Madrid #elecciones #politics]
Estas son las opciones para #eleccionesMadrid2021 de las que estás oyendo hablar:
🔴🔴🔴⚫🔵🔵
Y estas son todas las opciones que tienes disponibles:
⭕⭕⭕🔴🔴🔴🔴⏺️⏺️⏺️⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪🔵🔵🔵🔵🔘🔘🔘
De nada.
https://elecciones.comunidad.madrid/es/formaciones-politicas/listado-candidaturas-proclamadas
For reference (#Markdown), the source of https://qoto.org/@tripu/106098161630290544 is:
*This is _a test_.* (`MD`). /Ignore./
_foo_ *_bar_* _*baz*_ *qux* **quux**
line
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* one
* two
1. one
1. two
1. sub1
1. sub2
1. three
```
code is neat
```
code is neat
```js
const foo = null;
```
> *Quoted _verbatim_ here*, including [a link](http://example.com/)
*This is _a test_.* (`MD`). /Ignore./
_foo_ *_bar_* _*baz*_ *qux* **quux**
line
line
* one
* two
1. one
1. two
1. sub1
1. sub2
1. three
```
code is neat
```
code is neat
```js
const foo = null;
```
> *Quoted _verbatim_ here*, including [a link](http://example.com/)
#RunningSession 🏃 (cross-country fartlek among steep olive groves)
~31′
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@tripu I agree that the UX of @pixelfed could do better. I'm following the development closely, because I enjoy using the platform very much and many odds and ends have improved over time. So I hope there's more to come.
I'm afraid, comment and description handling is indeed unfinished. Other features have been dropped, like double-clicking the image for full size. Why?
Points 4, 6, and 8 seem to be bugs. An alternative view and navigation mode inspired by Flickr would indeed be very handy.
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Some IMHO important thoughts about shortcomings of the UI and UX of #Pixelfed by @tripu :
https://qoto.org/@tripu/106091353468149241
I criticise #Pixelfed from a place of love for #FLOSS, and gratitude towards @dansup and the rest of developers. I even contributed a tiny fix to the codebase myself a while ago.
Perhaps it's just that I dislike #Instagram and its UI so much that a copycat (even a free, open and federated copycat) simply isn't for me. I understand I should find an image-sharing project that better suits my preferences, and contribute to it, either with money or with code (my problem is: I haven't found any!).
Still, I felt like sharing my frustration about Pixelfed here — either to find agreement, or to be corrected.
✊ #Fediverse FTW!
@anonymoose @tripu I’m curious about the disappointment with #pixelfed as well.
#Pixelfed's major shortcomings, IMHO.
I realise some of these derive from the very proposition (ie, cloning #Instagram's horrible UI), and perhaps others are configurable or specific to my instance (#pixelfed.de). Still.
0️⃣ No distinction between “title” (short & descriptive; shown on media previews and thumbnails) and “description” (long text; on post pages only).
1️⃣ Images are too small (on my laptop, limited to 732 px in width); no “open largest size by default” or “full screen mode”.
2️⃣ Can't navigate between adjacent images; ie swiping or pressing →/← to move within a collection, tag, or profile.
3️⃣ Small thumbnails (mosaic on collection, tag or profile pages) don't show the (beginning of the) description.
4️⃣ Small thumbnails always indicate zero comments, even when there *are* comments.
5️⃣ Large thumbnails (entries on home page) aren't clickable; one has to click on tiny “x days ago” in footer.
6️⃣ New comments don't appear under “notifications” (/account/activity).
7️⃣ Collections are limited to 18 posts.
8️⃣ “Edit” action fails consistently.
9️⃣ Even short descriptions and comment threads are truncated/hidden (eg, 4 clicks are needed to reveal/expand everything on https://pixelfed.de/p/tripu/265782587476283392); text is squeezed in that narrow column.
@tripu never used Flickr, or really ig. What's wrong with pixelfed?
