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@worldsendless@qoto.org
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
The thing about ghosts in the machine is that sometimes they just fix themselves as suddenly as they broke. #GhostsInTheMachine
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I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.
It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.
It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.
Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.
@scottjenson Isn't it wonderful that thinking about who runs your instance is even possible with Mastodon? It's always a sad revelation wit Twitter, Facebook; and unknowable/irrelevant with Instagram, Pinterest, Tik Tok, etc
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"Elon Musk wants every Twitter employee sending weekly updates about their work via email now"
Elmo's escalating the level of crazy. Or there must be very few people left at Twitter if the CEO can afford to waste time on such trivial and meaningless bullshit.
OTOH, this would be a great use-case for malicious compliance ✌️
@GenghisKen @daviwil You lost me there about tags. Non sequitur?
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It's past 1994, Spotify. Who has no "history" view, to find that 1 of 3 *not most recent* podcast episodes I listened to, which I want to share from this morning?
RT @BTowersCoding
The way Mastodon is working out so well for me is causing me to reflect on why Twitter never really did.
It was likely my own fault, because of how I reacted to needing to build a name for myself on a platform based on so heavily on clout.
@daviwil @GenghisKen I've never had a problem with the web interfaces, even on my phone, though. Their only weakness is that they aren't emacs :)
@GenghisKen @daviwil I have heard good things about Tusky. I will have to check it out!
I always remember to check my agenda. But I have a cheat "catch all" perpetual task that I spend hours on when I'm really reading articles or doom scrolling...
@daviwil I only have four at the moment. That's just more than I usually have :)
@daviwil I'll add it to my list of issues I need to file for various things :)
@daviwil I can't see an easy option for changing your Mastodon account, though. I used a number of accounts for keeping myself focused on Twitter and keep the same practice on Mastodon. Switching is the main reason I use Mastodon in the browser, so I have different accounts in different tabs.
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Mastodon is another example of a service that works great in Emacs. I'm posting this from mastodon.el!
@avelino we can already use RSS to follow people on Mastodon (great feature). Ability to write in Zulip-style would complete the experience as making Mastodon a full service/protocol and not just a client-dependent experience.
Is there a good way to post to a #mastodon instance via email?
last week my #orgmode started having severe issues (which is a major work issue), apparently not loading a crucial file. Today I was having problems with my bluetooth headphones, too; connected but not seen as an audio device. Suddenly everything is working again. I don't know why. #GhostsInTheMachine #emacs #guix #bluetooth
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
