do you dillydally?

#askfedi #research #opendata

At what capacity do you work on an average workday?

#askfedi

#AskFedi "Give me the #markdown of this #microblogging discussion please.."

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues/131

#fediverse #ActivityPub

Hey #Lockpicking #Experts of Fedi! I have two questions for you.

Several people have asked me to make a lockpicking zine for new folx, and I want to include some wisdom from y'all.

1. What are the top few tools in your kit that have gotten you into the most locks/places (specific pick profiles, bypass tools, turning tools)? It would be amazing if you provided a good quality, closeup photo of them so I can have an artist sketch them.

2. What's some advice you wish you had when you were still pretty new to lockpicking?

Please keep your responses to about ⅛ of a notebook page of text (like a few sentences) total.

---

Here are my answers:

1. A slim short hook, a sturdy medium hook, a two-hump w-rake, and a variety of turning tools.

2. If you can't open it with one of those tools, it's a skill issue. And you're better off learning more about the lock than reaching for another tool.

cc: @deviantollam & @LockEx for your valuable experience 🩷

#AskFedi #Locksport #RedTeam #LockpickingZine

How are you managing your business/company without Big Tech? I would love to hear specifically selfhosted tools.

I have been managing my one person firm with Nextcloud, Trillium Notes and Forgejo. But now I am getting an employee and need to have files/information shared with other person. I have used Cryptpad for managing tasks and files previously, but loved to hear other options.

#selfhosting #askfedi #nextcloud #opensource #bigtech

cahier des charges :
il doit monitorer des urls simple en https.
il doit pouvoir historiser l'uptime sur 1 an (c'est le point qui fache avec kuma).
il doit pouvoir mettre des messages de services.
il doit etre libre et auto-hébergable (sur du linux).
en plus mais pas obligatoire:
idéalement, il gère un historique des messages de service

voilà, si vous trouvez la perle idéale, je vous payes une bière ( ou verre du liquide de votre choix).

Can anyone recommend an #authenticator app that's neither Google nor Microsoft? #askfedi #askfediverse

#AskFedi for those of you who are #blind or #VisuallyImpaired , or regularly use #ScreenReaders but aren't either, is it better for readability if I capitalise words in #hashtags or use underscores? My Mastodon app keeps suggesting no spacing or capitalisation, which I've been told is awful for readability, but it will sometimes suggest words separated by underscores instead.

Boosts appreciated so I have a more accurate idea of what is more accomodating.

Has anyone here made alcohol ink for art marker refills before? Does anyone know of a recipe or guide they could share?
#askFedi #diy #ink

Few days ago I successfully configured #coturn to have a TURN/STUN server for in-family calls. But … looks like bots or some bad guys constantly trying to connect to my TURN server to use it for something :-(

Of course, it is impossible, since anonymous access or any other access without right key is impossible. But, there are no IPs of attackers in the log file, even wth "Verbose" directive — only my local and public IPs and my server's hostname

Maybe, there is some way to force coturn to display IP addresses of connected clients, so I could ban them all with fail2ban?

#TURN #STUN #selfhosting #networking #AskFedi

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Screenshot of turn.log with lines of unsuccessful attempts to connect to my TURN server. Sadly, there are only my IPs and hostname, no IPs of attackers.

hey #askfedi so i got added into a gaza support signal group, but one of our members who is in gaza has troubles sending messages through signal. does anybody know why? like, they keep loading, but they don't send.

Welche einfache aber gut konfigurierbare BackUp-Software möchte ein #Debian User denn heute so verwenden um einen Laptop auf ein NAS zu sichern? Was kann das Fediverse diesbezüglich empfehlen?

#askfedi #fragdasfediverse #followerpower #linux

#selfhosting #AskFedi - current setup: YunoHost on Hostinger provider. LetterBird.co as current contact form manager (centralized). Would like to have it on my platform. Yes, ContactForm7 on WordPress could be the solution but I'm looking for something which can go beyond #WordPress - and manageable by spam filters (no captcha if possible). #accessibility in front and backend priority. And no, NextCloud forms self-hosted, I tried it but it's for polls, rather than contacts.

Does anyone have tips or good/shareable examples/templates for filters? #askfedi #filters

Right now my tedious flow is to add keywords one by one as I see them on my feed.

Looking to have filters for US,UK,EU pol. I had one for genAI but it had a lot of false negative and positive. Thanks

W e4

Your turn.

#askfedi

Does anyone know a curated list of publicly available #Jitsi instances?

#Jitsi_Meet #AskFedi

Hey English or other gendered language-speaking friends. How would you feel if all pronouns would collapse to one? There would be no distinction, only one way to say “that person(s) who is not you”.

#AskFedi

Can anyone else confirm if they are having issues importing #YouTube videos into #Peertube with the ‘Import with URL’ feature?

Every attempt on my own server lately has failed. Trying to figure out if it’s me or?…

EDIT: issue was local in nature and has been fixed!

#AskMastodon #AskFedi

How many dormant fake accounts might exist in the fediverse or more importantly, how easy is it to fake that "joined on" date on a profile if you have access to the instance database ?

#Mastodon #Scams #askfedi

I would love it if people who ask questions would add a poll that expires in X days. I already secretly do that in a hidden DM reply to the toot, which reminds me after X days

Would you like to be reminded in 3 days so you can read the replies to this toot? #askFedi

Still having troubles with my Slackware installation using OpenBSD's vmm(4).

Everything goes great until it's time to install LILO to the MBR of the virtual drive. I then get an error that it can't find "raid:'/dev/sda1'" (or something of that nature). I'm thinking it has something to do with Slackware wanting to see the virtual drive using RAID and not AHCI, but as far as I know, I haven't seen anything in my UEFI firmware settings to indicate that the host drive is configured in that way.

To those who've run Slackware with vmm(4), have you been able to get it installed and running? Could use your help. ​

#AskFedi #RunBSD

#AskFedi: What are the best #Linux distros for the Blind and low-vision people of any tech level?

What are the options for a blind install or preinstalls that have functional screen readers?

(I know the options aren't great, some assistive features are disappearing without explanation, but I want to believe there's something worth suggesting for this year.)

Some advice please: I'm looking for a smart watch for my ageing father, which constantly tracks heart rate and heart rhythm. Needs to be easy to use and not mechanically fiddly, and I can help him with associated apps etc. I know absolutely nothing about smart watches and reviews on the web are a quagmire of slop, does anyone have any experience and recommendations? Thank you! 💕
#askFedi #smartWatch #health

Does anyone have a good example of an anti-ai license? I have some creative work I'd like to release for humans to play with.

#AskFedi
#noAI

Est-il possible de rendre les recettes d'un cookbook nextcloud publiques ?

#askfedi #nextcloud #cookbook

مسترینگ

Can anyone tell me how to write this Persian/Farsi word in the English alphabet?

#askfedi
#persian
#Farsi

Thanks for any help 👍

Apologies, I wasn't very clear in the op. I got the word by translation from 'Mastering' but wondered how the result would be 'written for pronunciation' in the English alphabet, having seen various other Persian/Farsi words notated in English in dictionaries etc.

I am still not explaining myself very well! 😂

#fediHelp #askFedi
So this just happened

https://beige.party/@mothninja/115996735752234403

Any ideas about what I can do here, if anything at all? "DMing to opt out" feels like a nope.
Deleting it is presumably closing the stable door after the horse with its seven AI generated legs has bolted.
I've edited the alt text to be less helpful, which I *hate* doing, but it's a tiny bit of defiance within my power.

And I like having a bridge to blue sky, so please no lectures on why I shouldn't.

Any thoughts?

And fuck AI.

If you are recording live streams of #FOSDEM what (foss) app are you using?

#AskFedi

hey fedi, an entity is looking for a biology focused fedi server running on preferably a misskey fork or the like

any recommendations?

🔄☑️

#AskFedi

What do folk make of #Upscrolled app?

I've had a look at it and it's basically TikTok but new and created by a Palestinian man and is apparently censorship free.

But it's so far centralised and I wonder what difference that will make.

Do you think #enshittification will get to Upscrolled eventually?

#AskFedi #Palestine #Gaza

#AskFedi what's the best third party Android app for Mastodon?? Preferably one that can be found on F-Droid or Google Play. #Android #fediverse #Mastodon

#AskFedi

I'm writing an article about W Social and I'm mentioning how it's basically a fork of Bluesky / is using its open source code.

Are there any Bluesky / ATProto experts on here willing to help me understand something, in a "explain it like I'm 5" fashion?

Thank you! 🙏

Alt...

a screenshot of the old Wsocial staging page that is identical to the landing page of Bluesky

Alt...

a screenshot of dev-pds.wsocial.eu showing it is an AT Protocol Personal Data Server

Do you think Microsoft understands consent?

#microsoft #askfedi #windows #windows10 #windows11 #enshittification #privacy

Is this still the time to buy a #SteamDeck?
Should one get something else and slap #BazziteOS on it?
Or just wait for the next iteration of the Deck to come out?

#askfedi #videogames

Cryptography folks, I want your opinion: what is the most future-proof way to do private key based signing of relatively small documents/text files? Ideally, I'd like it to have at least acceptable support in both Python and JavaScript.

Thanks in advance. Boosts welcome.

#AskFedi #Cryptography #Programming #Software

The phone is a Nokia 8. I tried flashing LineageOS on it but I just can't unlock the bootloader. And apparently there's no way anymore to do so. Or is there someone out there who knows how to unlock it?

#AskFedi #Android #LineageOS

Frage an die #Linux Bubble hier: Ich benutze für die Erstellung von Screenshots #Flameshot und bin eigentlich auch zufrieden. Was mir allerdings abgeht, ist die Möglichkeit kurze Bildschirmvideos aufzunehmen, so wie es unter Windows #Greenshot macht.

Gibt es unter Linux ein Tool, das beides beherrscht? Oder was nutzt man sonst unter Linux?

#askfedi #fragdasfediverse #followerpower

What are the best setting for Phanpy? #mastodon #phanpysocial #askfedi

Sometimes marketing is the hardest challenge. I'm working on the App Store app preview screens for the Loops app, what do you think?

#AskFedi

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Screenshot of the app store previews

I'm looking for a used, as-cheap-as-possible audio interface that works well on Linux. The Focusrite Scarlett seems to be the most recommended, but it's recording focused and I want more balanced outputs (at least 6, which the Scarlett 8i6 don't actually have, despite the name). Alternatively, 4 balanced outputs and a headphone jack that can be routed separately (on the Scarlett's the headphone jack is always the same as outputs 1,2).

Any thoughts?

#AskFedi

waydroid to use molly.im on linux because none of the signal desktop clients have at-rest encryption :trollage:

also i REALLY need to get back to XMPP
i used it for work... but is there a smaller XMPP instance that i could use with.. ie: conversations?

maybe a fedi fren has an instance i could hop on 😳

poking you now, fedi

#xmpp #askfedi

Avez-vous le lien vers un site web bien conçu qui montre à quel point il est dangereux de rester dans les structures #numériques américaines et à quel point l'indépendance avec des #alternativesEuropéennes est importante ?
Je souhaite informer des personnes influentes dans mon milieu professionnel que je supprime mon compte #Gmail (que j'utilisais uniquement à cause d'elles).

J'aimerais avoir un lien qui pourrait les convaincre de faire de même. Il doit être en français!

#askfedi

I saw #FediHire work sometimes, so I'll try.

My wife is looking for a fully remote manual QA position with the ability to grow into QA automation.
She is an experienced manual QA. She can test anything, from mobile apps to APIs, using various tools or without them.

She is based in western Ukraine.

CV or LinkedIn upon request.

Please boost. Thanks.
#FediHelp #QA #AskFedi

This lemmy post didn't get the audience or response it deserves:

Is there any hope for accessibility on Linux?

https://lemmy.world/post/41912475

Poster is trying to move off Windows to Linux. Currently using Mint but frustrated with the Orca screenreader. They ask: "are there distros that people have actually used that make an effort to be accessible?"

#AskFedi #Blind #BlindMastodon #Accessibility #ScreenReader #Linux #Orca #LinuxMint

Quick question reference #Python What #linux distro would you prefer to code Python on? #ubuntu or #Fedora ? Many thanks #AskFedi

Looking for some advice here: I'm trying to find a USB capture device that can grab good-quality composite video.

I'll be connecting this to a Pi via USB to capture video from four cameras (multiplexed into a single signal). I'm not worried about latency and don't need audio; this is for the camera setup on our camper build. Idea is to continually record on all four sides of the camper, save that on a FIFO basis to some local storage, and if certain events trigger (eg, someone trying to open the vehicle doors, or a collision) send a snippet of that video off to the cloud somewhere.

I have an easycap knockoff that works as a proof of concept, but the video quality is terrible even captured natively from a single camera. I imagine it's going to be a blurry mess with those four signals combined.

I'm not expecting miracles from these ~500TVL cameras, but I know there's got to be a better capture solution out there!

#video #askfedi #camera #recording #streaming #recomendation #rca

#dba #NotForAFriend

Is there a way to set recurring tasks (daily, every Wednesday etc) in #NextCloud tasks?

#AskFedi

hey, #askFedi

if anybody know how to fix #windows computers, please help me.

i have an issue due to my laptop repeatedly bluescreening without any discernible reason why.

the amount of information i have is too much to fit into one toot so i posted a question on a Superuser forum, you can read everything there, and all my responses to comments and fix ideas

i rly need my laptop and i don't know what to do. please. help

https://superuser.com/questions/1933857/why-am-i-getting-windows-10-bsods-over-and-over

#tech

Ok Fediverse, hit me up at your nerdiest:

What's your favourite
Mini-PC + Linux distro setup
and why is it the best? 👀

#Linux #MiniPC #AskFedi

We talk a lot about the sustainability of open source. We rarely talk about the geography of it 🌍

I’ve had three separate messages this week from users trying to support my work on BuyMeACoffee, only to have the transactions fail. The reality of being in India right now is that while my code pushes to global repos, our payment gateways are stuck behind some very heavy archaic regulatory friction.

Stripe is effectively out.

I refuse to believe there isn't a clean solution. Looking for a gateway that actually works today.

If you are a FOSS maintainer outside the US/EU bubble, how are you bypassing the friction? 🙏

I'm looking for a reliable, low-friction way to handle one-time and monthly support. The current system is punishing users who just want to say "thanks." 😔

#opensource #askfedi #indieweb #enshittification #stripe #freelancing #webdev

Friends of the #Fediverse - I need some information about good apps for iOS. On Android, my favourite is #Moshidon but I also like #Tusky or #Pachli or #Fedilab etc.

On iOS, I remember I was using (back in 2022/early 2023) #Icecubes and #Tusker - which looks nice but I can’t find the quote post option.

Can you please help me and suggest something?

#AskFedi

#askfedi #peertube #makertube #spectravideo #activitypub #fediverse

I've recently been trying to remote follow some accounts from my own peertube instance from https://makertube.net and https://spectra.video and at first it seems as though it's successful, but shortly after the subscription disappears.

Is anyone else having this issue?

It has been a few months since the debate around Framework's sponsorship choices. I am curious where the community currently stands.

How much does Framework's financial support of controversial project maintainers (Vaxry and DHH) impact their reputation in the open/privacy space?

#Framework #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #TechEthics #Privacy #RightToRepair #Hardware #AskFedi #Fediverse #Vaxry #DHH

Few days ago I successfully configured #coturn to have a TURN/STUN server for in-family calls. But … looks like bots or some bad guys constantly trying to connect to my TURN server to use it for something :-(

Of course, it is impossible, since anonymous access or any other access without right key is impossible. But, there are no IPs of attackers in the log file, even wth "Verbose" directive — only my local and public IPs and my server's hostname

Maybe, there is some way to force coturn to display IP addresses of connected clients, so I could ban them all with fail2ban?

#TURN #STUN #selfhosting #networking #AskFedi

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Screenshot of turn.log with lines of unsuccessful attempts to connect to my TURN server. Sadly, there are only my IPs and hostname, no IPs of attackers.

What's the trick with this kind of sleeves when you try to pull out the record for the first time? Sometimes I just can't pull it out because of the static. Once I managed to do so I always put records with such sleeves in paper sleeves with an antistatic liner.

#AskFedi #Vinyl #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity

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Photo of a highly static record sleeve with the record partly pulled out.

#askfedi #huion #linux I got a huion kamvas 13 pro 2.5k. And it seems the linux drivers are missing the "calibrate Screen" button. And without it the pen is 5mm off in the corners. Which is basically unusable.

Will send it back if I cannot find a solution for calibration.

(edit) xinput_calibrator can be used for calibration but the display is still way to inaccurate to be used.

OpenTableDriver.net instead of the huion drivers. Same calibration problems though.

Will return product.

If there's a magic trick to buy brand new Apple AirPods Pro 2 online (not 3, only 2), or a way to somehow disable (physically disable, not just turn off) the on-by-default heart rate sensor from the AirPods Pro 3, I would love to hear about it 👀

#Apple #AskFedi

I've noticed that if I share or like a number of posts in quick succession, my GoToSocial instance gets more and more delayed in sending them out.

Is this more likely to be an issue with my VPS provider, or with GtS itself?

#AskFedi #GoToSocial #GtS

How much should people pay to be on social media? What would you say is a fair price for the benefits it brings? What are those benefits? Is it only worth it is it's free? #AskFedi

The money could go to server/relay operators, software devs, centralized companies, moderation teams... whomever you want. I'm just asking for your opinion on the value/price.

Anyone got some good accounts to follow for #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD related stuff? #askfedi

Hey fediverse.

I registered FedUpWithTiktok.com

I want to use this as a resource to direct people to https://joinloops.org

Anyone interested in helping?
Please boost for visibility 🙏

#AskFedi

Does anyone here know of a running Bonfire instance that has federation actually activated?

I want to try different platforms see if any other Activity Pub implementation makes better use of the actual protocol.

Already tried Sharkey, Pixelfed, Hubzilla, Friendica, GoToSocial and Akkoma.

#askfedi #activitypub

#askfedi hey, people who have had experiences with filing up visas in europe, or czech republic:

how do you enter your postcode if in your country postcodes are six characters long but the visa form only has space for five because they're five characters long in czech republic?

i am really afraid of messing up and getting a visa denial over small crap like that, and my visa coordinator is offline bc it's saturday

so please help or

#AskFedi #BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM

A community group I'm involved with is finally ready to leave Twitter after the latest fuckery. They want to:

1 - export all data (photos etc)
2 - delete all tweets
3 - leave a placeholder so no one can squat the name with a link to their website and new Bluesky account (I know, I've tried to lure them over here, believe me)

Does anyone have a link to a simple guide for the not particularly tech savvy to doing all of the above please?

#AskFedi

Hey, weird Mastodon question to #AskFedi. If I post something "Followers only" and @-mention someone who *doesn't* follow me, do they get to see it? (What I am looking for *is* "my followers, plus anyone I explicitly @-mention), but not sure if that's what #Mastodon's "Followers only" does or not.

(I realize this is a bit "hey would you net.search this for me" too, but I just worked an 18 hour day so give me a break. 😛 )

How many Mastodon accounts do you have?
#AskFedi #Poll #Polls #Mastodon #AskMastodon #LetsAskMastodon #ask_mastodon

Dear #AskFedi, #Ansible edition

I'm missing something about it and the way it should be run (not AAP)?

For Salt or Puppet there is a central authority server which constantly watch for changes in configuration, declares them HERESY, and expunges them.

Ansible tutorials and docs describe the workflow as: change the master config, run `ansible-playbook` and kthxbye.

Is Ansible is implicitly designed to be run from cron?

The #Fediverse is a decentralised world, but some things have established themselves in my timeline over the years. So as a refresher, here a few hashtags you could use, feel free to add more in the replies.

#FediHire when you are looking for a job
#FediGive when you have something to give away or donate
#FediBlock If you want to warn others of accounts/instances to block
#Caturday Needs no explanation ;)
#SelfHost to discuss running your own online stuff
#AskFedi #FediHelp to ask stuff

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@jwildeboer Thanks! I actually didn't know about #FediGive

There's also #AskFedi for questions others might know the answer to (just know I like to ask silly questions there).

Okay #xmpp nerds, what's your client of choice that works on Linux? Bonus points if you know it works with #PopOS Cosmic and #Wayland. I've got Gajim right now, and there's some sort of bug causing the icon not to show up in the tray, and that's kinda irritating to me. I wasn't particularly fond of Gajim to start with, but didn't know what to try other than one other client I liked less but forgot the name of. So, uh, what else should I try?

#AskFedi

I am thinking about taking a HAM radio certificate (the "standard" Swedish/European HAREC certificate)!

I have the Swedish book KonCEPT that SSA (https://www.ssa.se) has written. But it is quite info dense. I would love to alternate with lighter educational litterature, blog posts, videos, podcasts, etc.

Do you HAM radio people have any suggestions? Please boost :)

#Askfedi #hamradio #amateurradio #amatorradio

I was following loads of great cartoonists on my old account. I need them back. I want more!

Like @MrLovenstein & @existentialcomics, whom I've found again - who are your favourite online comic artist, fedi?

#askfedi #followFriday #art #MastoArt #comics #comicArt #recommendations

👋 I'm looking to connect with other small YouTube and/or PeerTube creators (<1,000 subs) who are strictly focused on #NoAI, #FOSS, #Privacy, and #OpenSource technology.

It is hard to find channels in tech not using "ai." If that's you, or you know of any, please reply with the channel link so I can support you!

🔄 Boosts deeply appreciated to help me find my people.

#AskFedi #FOSS #NoAI #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #Linux #GNULinux #GNU #Debian #SmallYouTuber #TechCreator #HumanMade #HumanContent #EthicalTech #Privacy #Homelab #SelfHosted #TerminalTilt #Disabled #DisabledCreator #DisabledArtist #Queer #QueerCreator #QueerArtist #Mastodon #Boost #boostswelcome #LinuxMint

Hey, on #Fedi is it still known as the Bird site?

#BirdSite #AskFedi

My favourite meme of 2025. What's yours? (Please alt text your memes and CW Trump/Epstein stuff. No AI trash please.)

#askfedi #memes

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A fake news-screenshot that's made to look like a still from CNN. Live breaking news! Judith Butler begins holy war. Quoted as saying "The age of thinking machines is at an end."

Anyone have any podcast recommendations for mythology and such? Not any particular culture's stories, in fact variety is better.

#podcast #askfedi #mythology

#askFedi time. The kind folk who added me to their family Duolingo plan are rightly pissed off with how awful it’s got and do not intend renewing. So time to find an alternative.

I’m doing German and Japanese right now, and I use Duolingo to give me some daily exposure to the languages. I absolutely cannot do self-directed study from books or websites. I kind of need the gamification. Also, ads cause me to forget whatever it was I just did, so affordable ad-free is a must.

One thing I don't understand is, I sent a 100 MB video to a friend, and it says I'm using 100+ MB on the relay.

I thought the relays were just for moving files? Do I need to delete the video to free that up?

#DeltaChat #AskFedi #DuckDuckFedi

So, gonna #AskFedi, specifically those #FreeBSD users who #PlayOnBSD...

Has anyone had an issue with Yamagi #Quake II (yquake2) launching with sounds and everything, but no window or game video of any kind showing up? Been having this issue since 14.3 and now with 15.0. I've already played around with the "+set vid_renderer" options and no dice.

Thank in advance! ​

#Quake2

So maybe someone on fedi can help me here, but after updating my #ThinkPad #T14 #BIOS to 1.17, #fedora can no longer #suspend normally and freezes and requires a hard power-off each time. I tried some #grub stuff, many suggested fixes I found on the internet and a newer kernel (6.18 instead of 6.17) but nothing worked. So I think it may be a #Lenovo issue.

#Unix #Linux #followerpower #askfedi #gnome #AMD #LVFS #laptop

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/suspend-broken-s2idle-on-thinkpad-t14-gen-6-amd-after-bios-1-17-fedora-43/

Thanks!

Edit: Solved!

dear fedi folk,

does anyone here have experience with csf leaks (ideally as a result of hEDS but not necessarily)? i'm on day 12 (13?) of a devil migraine that's affected my balance and vision, worsened my POTS and tinnitus, is causing sporadic pulsatile tinnitus as well plus mega-weird pulsing pressure in my head, and is seriously messing with my brain/anxiety. plus ofc the nausea and flashes. and pain in my head and neck, which is sometimes quite severe. so i'm wondering if it's actually a migraine or not.

these symptoms aren't new-new (and i haven't had a headache-free day in literally years, migraine or "just" a headache), but they are getting worse / more frequent, and i'm getting worried.

i also don't have a doctor here bc multiple drs in this country have told me that ehlers-danlos and sjögren's and autonomic dysfunction, etc., don't exist. at all.

(i will go to urgent care if things get worse, but it's far and they'll likely just send me home, so.)

so if anyone's dealt with this and wouldn't mind comparing notes, i'd love to.

thank you!

#askFedi #hEDS #POTS

FOSDEM 2026 Social Web Speakers

I have been trying to create a list for #fosdem26 and realized that (ironically) most of the people in the socialweb track ... does not have a fediverse account listed there.

I am also at fault, btw, so shame to me.

If you know someone who is presenting at #fosdem26 please send them my way. I will update this thread with the list of confirmed speakers.

The Fosdem 26 social web track List:

@pfefferle
@andypiper@macaw.social
@andypiper@flipboard.com
@evan @evanprodromou
@haubles
@mapache
@darius
@bjoernsta
@django
@resieguen
@openforfuture
@iusondemand
@cwebber
@tsyesika
@zzepposs
@melaniebartos
@Pepijn
@Floppy
@tobias
@mayel
@ivan
@hongminhee@hackers.pub
@samvie
@benpate
@neiman
@hongminhee@hollo.social

Social Web Track

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

Boosts are also appreciated!

P.S. Special thanks to @liaizon for the suggestions.

#askfedi #activitypub #fosdem

Does anyone know of a DNA/ancestry company that is any good in terms of privacy; a company like 23AndMe (or however they stylize it; I forget), but also which doesn't suck in that regard, like they do?

#AskFedi #Privacy #PrivacyMatters

Boost pwease

#AskFedi #DuckDuckFedi

What's the difference between #DeltaChat and #SimpleX?

I want to pick one to invest my time in fully setting up. I've tried SimpleX and it's okay but I see DeltaChat is active on Fedi and maybe has more momentum?

All constructive thoughts are welcome!

Ok, #ActivityPub & #Mastodon geeks:

So, I use a combination a Firefox plugin & server settings to make sure all replies of threads I'm reading get downloaded for me to my local instance. Works great *except* it's really hard to keep track of what I read already & what I didn't. I just end up reading the whole thing over & over.

What I'd love is a way to “subscribe” (i.e., “follow a thread”) & have any reply on the thread put into my timeline.

Is there such a thing?

#AskFedi #AskFediverse

Chinese food has arrived, with enough for tonight and tomorrow.

Now for the obligatory movie-watching. Since I don't go to theaters any more and I have no streaming services, I'll be renting something from Apple. I've got a nice big display to watch it on.

Last year I watched My Neighbor Totoro and loved it. Maybe Princess Mononoke or Howl’s Moving Castle this year? If so, which one?

Or does anyone want to recommend a favorite? I watch very few movies, so there's a good chance I haven't seen yours. The only recent movie I've seen was Barbie, which I enjoyed. Before that, Don't Look Up, which I also liked.

No Christmas movies, please. And no horror. Recent movies or older ones (even much older) both welcome.

#AskFedi #movies

Someone please xplain to me why Conversations and Monocles costs money in Google Play and not in F-Droid.

Is it because of the Google fee to keep an account? Wasn't that a one-off thing?

I'm genuinely curious since I paid that fee a decade ago to put a shitty (yet useful) app there that I made with MIT App Inventor back in 2016.

#askfedi

Hey #Tabletop #RPG folx! I have an #AskFedi for ya!

GMs: What is your top tip for running good games (that *hasn't* been mentioned yet)?

Players: What's something your GM has done to make the game awesome that you wish more GMs would do (that *hasn't* been mentioned yet)?

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I'll start (with one of each).

As a GM, I use the 3-act play / 5-room dungeon style as often as possible. It keeps things tight, makes for satisfying progression, and can be scaled to work for almost anything.

As a player, I was shocked the first time a GM of mine rolled some dice and said "you hit, and it takes Blorp out of the fight, what does that look like?". Every GM I'd had previously would've just said "you kill Blorp". That one question has made playing characters *feel* so much more epic.

A question for #OpenStreetMap mappers. There is a mall in my city, which I'm using a lot and it was not mapped properly, since 2019 I think — there are a lot of non-existent amenities, a lot of new amenities don't exist on the map, and a lot of POI placed semi-randomly.

I tried to fix it "on foot" adding new amenities and removing the old, but it is not very easy for me with Every Door application and without JOSM (and without the big screen with a big keyboard) .

So, I think about to take the official website of the mall, which has the actual information about all the stores inside and about their position inside the building — and fix the #OSM map for this mall.

But I unable to find — is it legal (in terms of OSM) to use this external source of information (floor plans for mall visitors) in OSM mapping?

#AskFedi

Does anyone have some sort of bookmarking or pinning system (beyond browser bookmarks) that you use to save stuff on the web that you actually, like, go back and read?

No data-sucking, no big tech. Self-hosted possible, paid is also possible if it's great. I use Firefox forks, in case that's useful info.

#AskFedi #privacy

question to other xmpp operators: is slidge any good? #askfedi #xmpp

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Hey open source folks that have large repositories and contributors on their projects, is GitHub still a safe and viable option?
What alternatives are worth considering?
And are the pipelines available well tuned and compatible to build flatpacks and snaps?
#askfedi #openspurce #github

Do you still use Google Search? Choose all that applies to you.

#AskFedi #Poll #Polls #GoogleSearch #Google_Search #Search #SearchEngine #Search_Engine #SearchEngines

The federated feed is great, but I want to follow more experts who are deep in the weeds.

Tag a Mastodon account that posts high-quality content about:

• Reverse Engineering
• Vintage Computing
• Network Security
• Accessibility / UX
• Privacy
• Enshittification
• Art
• Photography

Who is your favorite "must-follow" account that deserves more eyes?

#weekend #followfriday #feditips #askfedi #linux #sysadmin #mastodon #vintage #infosec #enshittification #art #photography #writing #design #ux

Can anyone tell me whether I actually NEED - from a security point of view- to update my iPhone? I have no time to learn new things right now, just want stable software & a phone that works all the time (ha ha, referring to the findings of a Telstra survey a long time ago).

This is the bumf that describes the update & I don’t see anything important listed:

“ iOS 26 brings a new design, intelligent experiences and improvements to the apps you rely on every day. The new design with Liquid Glass brings a more expressive and seamless experience to your Lock Screen and Home Screen, as well as apps, navigation and controls. Apple Intelligence is integrated into even more places, giving you the ability to learn more about the content on your screen, powering Live Translation features to help you communicate across languages, and unlocking new actions in Shortcuts so you can get more done fast. Updates to Phone and Messages help you stay connected while eliminating distractions like unwanted calls. iOS 26 also brings meaningful enhancements to Camera, Photos, Wallet, CarPlay and so much more.”

#AskFedi

Something funky has been going on with my @moshidon notifications lately (on @GrapheneOS).

Anyone else seeing lots of duplicated notifications from Mastodon in the past week or two?

#AskFedi #Bugs

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Notification dropdown page for Alice's phone. It shows 9 notifications from Moshidon (though one has been cleared) from three different people, two have been tripled, and one has been doubled. They're all within a minute of each other.

Fediverse friends and acquaintances:
when self-hosting a service, what do you prefer?

I need your help to improve the developer experience (DevX) of #badgefed. #fediverse #askfedi #mastodon #activitypub

Local bookstores on the fediverse, some active, some inactive. 📚 Who am I missing? Reply below!

🇬🇧 @blackwellrare
🇬🇧 @booksandink
🇬🇧 @fredsbookshop
🇬🇧 @fiveleavesbookshop
🇬🇧 @bertsbooks
🇬🇧 @wonderland
🇮🇪 @Sheelaghnagig
🇮🇪 @bookshopIE
🇮🇪 @gutterbookshop
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @TheEdinburghBookshop
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @WedaleBooks
🇳🇴 @prismaticpages
🇫🇷 @hon_bookstore
🇩🇪 @Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl
🇪🇸 @libreriapraga
🇺🇸 @iffybooks
🇺🇸 @firestorm

#Books #BookStores #BookShops #ShopLocal #AskFedi #bookstodon

Help! #Gamepads confuse me!

Root permissions:

$ ll /dev/input/event17
crw-rw----+ 1 root input /dev/input/event17

I'm not root:

$ groups
dcz dialout video wireshark

but I can read it!

$ head /dev/input/event17
#7-i�▒.#7-i�▒#7-i�C/#7-i�C#

SSH connection? Permission denied!

What's the access mechanism here?

#linux #askfedi

Speaking of the end goal of this project; I'm planning to work with some folx to design and build a decorative structure that I can attach one thousand love locks to. Then find a gallery to exhibit the interactive installation.

I want folx to be able to come admire, pick, and rearrange the love locks, and I plan to have ten integrated lockboxes with slots for depositing love letters (if you can open them, then you can read the notes inside).

Now comes the #AskFedi part: what kind of design should I do for the installation?

1. Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life covered in locks with lockboxes dangling down like fruit.

2. Broken Hearts Club, where there are two pieces for hanging locks: a whole heart and a broken one. All the locks would start on one side, with five lockboxes on each side. Hopefully people would pick locks and move them to the other side over time.

3. Wedding Cake, a multi-tiered cake, frosted in love locks. There would be two "bride" and two "groom" figures that folx could unlock to swap out the ones at the top of the cake.

4. Red Team / Blue Team design that would be like the broken hearts club, but more of a nod to security (and I'd put 500 locks on each side to start).

5. Something else (see comments).

#Locksport #ArtInstallation #LoveLocks #Poll

I'm looking at the architecture of things like Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, and the Steam Deck.

The concept of an immutable root filesystem with atomic updates seems like the technically correct way to do an OS. No more dependency hell, no more breaking the system with a bad sudo command. But the muscle memory of apt-get install / dnf install is hard to break. Containerizing everything (flatpak/distrobox) feels like a friction point for quick tasks.
For those who daily drive an immutable distro: Was the learning curve worth the stability? Or is it still too much friction for a machine? 🤔

#askfedi #linux #fedora #steam #steamdeck #NixOS #foss #opensource #programming #sysadmin

Saved my sister's old #chromebook by installing #xubuntu - Followed an online guide to the letter with no probs.

She reminded me today of this message that pops up on boot for a brief while at the start.

'OS verification is off'
'Press Space Bar to Enable'

I told her to ignore it and in fact definitely *not* press the space bar.
She's fine with that and delighted with the rejuvenated machine.

But I am only guessing that's the correct advice tbh. Anyone know anything?

#GoogleOS #askfedi

[ Solved, likely a #Coreboot bug, see downtread. ]

So, I'm now desperate: the only blocker for my @novacustom laptop to meet my computing requirements.

Hibernation (suspend-to-disk/deep sleep) to an encrypted partition *is* tricky,but the tricky part isn't the problem b/c (given logs) hibernate image is found during startup. Key error message is:
> “Hibernate inconsistent memory map detected!…PM: hibernation: Image mismatch: architecture specific data”

Details: https://novacustom.com/forum/d/619-resume-after-hibernation-initially-worked-but-now-fails-every-time

#Linux

When it comes to cooking, my spouse is a bit of a germophobe and tends to prefer a plastic cutting board that can be cleaned in the dishwasher. I am more of a microplasticphobe and thus prefer wooden cutting boards that I clean with hot water, soap, and a brush.

Whose phobia is more in line with the current state of science?

(This is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one. Replies from subject matter experts would be excellent. Boosts appreciated!)

#AskFedi #AskScience

Haven't made a poll for some time.

Android users, on your Android phone, do you mainly use official Firefox or fork of Firefox?
#AskFedi #Poll #Polls #Browser #Browsers #Firefox #FirefoxFork #FirefoxForks #FirefoxBrowser

Hey fedi, what do y'all think about the L-series #Thinkpad s? They are not listed in that famous used thinkpad buying guide, and I've found mixed opinions as to their quality vs price values.

I've found some good (but not spectacular) deals on used ones, so just wondering whether to consider them next.

Comments appreciated!

#askfedi

#GameDev #AskFedi
How do you bootstrap a MUD from zero players? Is it possible in 2026 when there are so many good graphical games?

hey can i ask for advice? i am dualbooting mint and windows and unfortunately i need to clean wipe reinstall windows in its partition again due to technical issues. how do i do that so it doesn't nuke mint when being reinstalled?

"just use linux only lol" will be ignored.

UPD: question is moot. i forgor i had two drives 💀

sorry!!!!!

#tech #linux #windows #help #askfedi

If you could do one thing, what would it be?

#AskFedi

Well, thanks to #askfedi and @eaterofsnacks in particular I have found and now purchased for #BandcampFriday this beautiful song! Originally heard on #RadioFreeFedi who were also kind enough to play my tunes too 😊
https://meshe.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-key-of-e-2

"It has to be in E"

There was a lovely song I used to hear on the wonderful #RadioFreeFedi all about writing a song that... see above! 😁

I never bookmarked it, doh!

So I must #askfedi if anyone can illuminate me with a name or link please, if they remember/know it?

As a guitarist it especially delighted me, plus it's a really good song regardless.

Question for the white-collar workers on here: Are you a member of a union? If so, which one and what has your experience been?

I want to test a theory that blue-collar workers tend to be more organised than their professional sisters and brothers.

#capitalism #socialism #work #AskFedi #unions #auspol

My home network is at the point where I want to segregate devices - currently every device can see every other device and has outbound network access. I've got a Fritz Box from my ISP but it's not up to the job.

Is there a good piece of consumer hardware that will do this? I want everything in one box (FTTC modem, switch, wifi etc.) and a device that does most of the work for me.

I am looking for *recommendations* that people have used at home/work. Budget: up to £500.

#networking #AskFedi

Wait so
Have OpenIndiana/illumos/whatevertheycallitnow diverged substantially from Solaris now? In particular, have they gained their own triple names (as opposed to reusing xxx-yyy-solaris* stuff)?

Mainly just want to know if "if thing works on Solaris then thing will work too on OpenIndiana" is still a reasonable assumption to make

#AskFedi #Solaris #illumos #OpenIndiana

Trans musicians of fedi, I come to you with a plea for help!

Do you have any footage of yourself playing gigs that you 1) have the rights to and 2) would permit the use of?

Can be as short as ten seconds. Big stage, small pub, camera phone or professional cam, doesn't matter, just as long as it it's from a gig and looks the part. Audio not required.

I'm working on a trans-themed music video for a cover song and I'd love to cut a little montage of performances in the last chorus.

If that call speaks to you, I'd be delighted if you replied or DM'd me!

#AskFedi #TransMusicians

Okay nerds (affectionate). I spent not a little time DuckDuckGoing earlier for advice on this front, but wasn't able to get sufficient information that satisfied me, so I'm #AskingFedi for advice from #DIYers and other creative people.

As of late, I've been finding myself out at night in areas with less street lighting and whatnot (think local parks that don't close at sunset, but at a set time year round). I picked up a pair of small LED headlamps on sale today to help with that. Set to the low setting, they're fine, and I'm usually using my phone while out doing these things... but it occurs to me that since I have two of these, it might not hurt to modify one to a more night vision friendly red color instead.

Most information I've found for projects of this sort are designed for small 2x AA or AAA wand style flashlights, and usually are just like "buy some red wrapping cellophane and rubber band a couple to few layers over the end of the flashlight" which given the form factor of my light isn't ideal. I did also eye tape designed for temporarily fixing car tail light housings, but wasn't sure how well something like that would work on a flashlight.

How would you go about making a red lens cover/filter for a small headlamp? I attached a picture of the units I bought, if that's a help for what sort of advice you might give.

Edit: More information that's come up in the replies I've gotten so far: I don't have a soldering iron and don't think I know anyone local with one I can borrow, so replacing the LED with a red one is probably not within the budget constraints I had in mind here. It does look like the front plate of the light will come off with a hex or star bit if I do find a soldering iron to borrow, so that idea isn't completely out. Someone has suggested I look for a broken bike tail light and rig up an attachment with magnets, so I might poke my nose in at a local bike shop and see if they have anything broken they could spare or sell on the cheap. Magnets are easily picked up from the place I bought the headlamps originally. I'm still open to other ideas if anyone has anything else for me to consider.

Thank you to everyone who's replied so far! ​​

#AskFedi #AskFediverse #DIYHelp #DIYAdvice #RedLightFlashlight #DIYRedLight ​​

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A pair of silver/grey oblong light units with orange rings around the light emitting area in the center. They're on little hinged stands that are designed to slip onto the bill of a baseball style cap.

Stickers on laptops?

#tech #poll #AskFedi #laptop

What do you use more often in TypeScrypt?

(Yes, I have copied the question but I'm looking forward to today's opinion of the WebDev's.)

#typescript #javascript #webdev #ts #js #coding #string #vote #plsshare #dev #share #retoot #plsretoot #askfedi #array

#askFedi

where the hell did i put that thing???

Hey lovelies

We'd like to ask you all for your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas to help us resolve an ongoing issue.

The issue

At a high-level, we are a neurodivergent (AuDHD) spoonie with a mixture of health issues that are preventing us from being able to get or do a "typical" job and earn an income.

By "typical" job, we mean one where the company and role just aren't well-suited to many folks who are disabled (including being neurodivergent), have support needs, and/or have other health issues.

Most "typical" jobs broadly:

• Have fixed hours (start/finish times and total working hours required).
• Require a minimum fixed amount of time in a physical office.
• Require a lot of interaction with other people (including colleagues).

... and so on, so you can probably understand how difficult it is for us to find any suitable paid employment that we can do 😅

This is made harder by the fact that:

• We only know how to search for "typical" jobs.
• There is zero support within the UK for finding suitable employment outside of "typical" jobs.
• The welfare system within the UK is fundamentally (and intentionally) broken

The request

We have zero idea where to even start, so we are genuinely asking for your input and recommendations here.

We have decent reading comprehension, writing ability, and neurospicy pattern recognition, but we also have an inconsistent level of executive function and energy (physical and mental), so we can't do a job where we have to clock in and out at set times, even on a part-time basis.

Even whilst writing this post, we're already out of spoons and on to knives today, meaning that we're pushing through to ask for help.

Any suggestions will be appreciated, and we'll add additional details to the post based on any questions or thoughts from others 🥺🫶

Thank you in advance for your thoughts, as well as your empathy, understanding, and kindness

#AskFedi #GenuinelyAsking #GetFediHired #neurodivergent #neurospicy #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #spoonie #disability #disabled #LateStageCapitalismSucks

Dear #AskFedi, #France #jobhunt edition,

what are some good portals to look for a job in IT?
I would like to avoid #LinkedIn, unless it's the 5 sites, with 1 site is filled posts from the other four.

Question: Have there been any attempts to rigidly define the composition of a "Software Stack" (i.e. with less information content than the whole #SBOM)? Maybe with a machine-readable format? Even with a scanner??
#SoftwareArchitecture #Infosec #SCA #AskFedi

I installed #xubuntu on my sister's laptop and she's had an issue with a disappearing icon on the launch panel? There's a space where it was and hovering the mouse pointer over it causes the popup pictured. Clicking on the space does still launch the application. Anyone familiar with this in either #linux Xubuntu, #ubuntu or any other #distros ?
#askfedi

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Image showing what's described in main toot. The popup shows the icon with a sort of bluish no entry icon to the left.

Whats the easiest and cheapest way to transcribe a 2 hour audio file of two people talking? I tried with ChatGPT but it says it can't do it. I don't have a GPU either to just run whisper locally. #askfedi #ai #llm

OK, it finally happened - I'm stuck with only being able to host services over IPv6 at home, while my mobile service provider only provides IPv4. So, most of the reasons why I self-host -> trashed.

(I know, I know, I should've signed up with another mobile provider. But their pricing and offers are reeeeeally hard to ignore at this point for me)

So, what are the options that I have to be able to reach IPv6 addresses from an IPv4-only network on an Android device?

Thanks already Fedi! #boostsapreciated

#askFedi

Out of these, who do you trust your data more with? [poll continued below]

#askfedi #google #microsoft #apple #capitalism #facebook #instagram #whatsapp #writing #art #photography #privacy #enshittification

Next question: how the fuck do I play this sexy thing?

Any video channels for (effectively) absolute beginner electric guitar players? I'm looking to play punk/grunge/classic rock/metal (probably in about that order).

I'm planning on searching around YouTube, but if anyone has specific links or channels they highly recommend, I'd love to hear them!

https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/115583748592178947

#AskFedi #DIY #Guitar #Lessons

Heeeyyy Fedi!!! I have a question that I *know* a bunch of you are going to be able to answer.

For the past couple decades I've wanted an electric guitar, but my ex always shot it down. So, now that I've escaped that abusive relationship, and with it nearing the holidays again, I've decided I'm going to finally get one.

Last time I played guitar was in middleschool (and some bass in highschool), so I'm starting from scratch.

My constraints:
- 6 string electric guitar
- under $200
- used/hand me down is great
- pink would be awesome
- probably right-handed (because that's what I learned on)

Does anyone have a recommendation (or better yet, an old guitar near Seattle that could use the sweet, sweet love of a new owner?)

I looked at Amazon (🤢) and found something that seems like it fits my needs, but I hate supporting them, *and* I have no idea if it's garbage or not.

https://a.co/d/1Daaxxw

#AskFedi #ElectricGuitar #Music #Recommendations #RepairReuseRecycle

Which is the one true way to indent code?

#askfedi #programming #softwareengineering #java #python #csharp #javascript #kotlin #ide #linux #windows #macos

I have a question for people with deep familiarity (or at least extensive experience) with #Windows:

First of all, thank you for your service, and are you ok? Are you being held against your will?

Ok, right. So, anyway, I have a question:

My uncle bought a Dell laptop in 2017 (Inspiron, 8th-gen intel core CPU), which (for reasons utterly beyond my ability to comprehend) came with a 2TB HDD. That's right. A spinny disk. In 2017. Someone please go give Michael Dell a wedgie for me.

Anyway, I helped him order a 1TB SSD, swapped the HDD for it, and I installed Fedora onto it.
My idea is to set it up so he can run the Windows HDD from a vm, but it would be nicer to have it as a disk image on the SSD.

I don't know how much actual data is on the HDD, but I doubt it's much more than a few hundred gigs.

Is there any way to non-destructively reduce the size of the disk so that it can be an image file of several hundred gigs (which would fit on the SSD), rather than a 2TiB image file?

I can image the HDD onto a 4TiB SSD I use for backups, and then hopefully manipulate that image to make it smaller, but I don't know if there is any way to do that within Linux.

Any ideas, #HiveMind? ( #AskFedi )

I am looking for an online storage to backup my photos and videos. Any advice? #AskFedi
I've heard about Swissbackup or Internxt. Any feedback from users?
What's important for me is that the data are stored in Europe. It's better if the company has values and works with open source solution.
Thanks!

How many hours do you usually sleep?
#AskFedi #Questions #Poll #Polls #Sleep #Sleeping

Gecko-engine browser users, which browser do you use?
#geckobrowserengine #GeckoEngine #firefox #iceraven #ironfox #firefoxfork #firefoxforks #weblibre #weblibrebrowser #mull #mullvadbrowser #mullvad_browser #mullvadfirefox #librewolf #librewolfbrowser #mozilla #mozillafirefox #mozilla_foundation #fennec #firefoxfocus #askfedi #poll #polls

I'm looking for a lightweight single account fedi server that's suitable for a small company wanting a fedi presence on their own domain. Any suggestions for projects I should look at? #askfedi

#askFedi does anyone know of a list of IPs to block for web scrapers, big tech, and/or anything LLM related? I understand that I won't be able to block them all, and I understand there probably isn't one comprehensive list I can copy, but if any web hosters have a preferred list that blocks a significant amount of non-legitimate bot traffic without blocking humans who just want to use the site, I can take a look at as many lists as I can get a hold of!
#webHosting #sysAdmin #ipBlocking #nobot

Can anyone help me identify a video game?

A family member remembers playing a game, some time ca. 2005–2010. They remember there being a scene in a submarine and a scene at a market where melons or something could be bought, and water was somehow important.

Somewhat sure it wasn't first person, but it might have been some isometric pseudo 3D thing; they say it might have been one of those "you can only walk left or right" things.

Long shot, I know, but if anyone has an inkling, I'd love to hear it.

Would have been running on Windows XP at the time.

#AskFedi #Retrogames

Do you like that AI is being integrated into search engines? And if you wish, do share your reasons for why you feel that way about it.
#ai #artificialintelligence #artificial_intelligence #search #searchengine #searchengines #poll #polls #askfedi

Two different issues yesterday with websites not working correctly (in once case, completely broken) in Librewolf. And it's not a Librewolf issue, it's a Firefox issue as I tested both sites in that browser as well. Changing user agents didn't help either, it's obviously a deeper issue than that. I had to install Chromium (yuck) to get both sites to work. This, combined with the increasingly broken Firefox/Mozilla Sync, is making me begrudgingly look into switching to a Chromium based browser.

I'm NOT going to use Google's account sync for so many obvious reasons, so there's no need to have Google's API available. That opens me up to a bunch of truly FOSS Chromium based options so I'm going to spend some time looking into them. I have to have *BSD compatibility as I spend most of my time in FreeBSD and OpenBSD these days (I'm posting this from a FreeBSD workstation).

With all of that said, any suggestions or advice? And no, I will never use Brave; even if it wasn't a crypto and AI scam disguised as a browser, its founder is a gross misogynist and Christian nationalist. No thank you.

#foss #librewolf #firefox #chromium #askfedi #freebsd #openbsd

What is the best thing you've ever spent money on?

#askfedi

Je viens de passer prêt de 1h à faire du lait épeautre noisettes dans le presse fruit, même pas un litre, et c'est pas fini. Pas du tout la bonne technique.
Mais ça me saoule toutes ces bouteilles en carton... (j'en consomme 1/2 litre par jour).

Vous avez testé ces nouvelles machines dédiées aux laits végétaux ? Ça vaut le coup ? Des conseils ?

Le repouete sent bon la noisette 🐿️

#askFedi

Have the METR study (investigating AI's impact on coding speed) or the "Your brain on ChatGPT" study (investigating AI's impact on critical thinking and memory) been replicated?

#AskFedi #AI

can i ask people who immigrated in czechia if healthcare and other stuff is easily available? i just have a lot of problems to deal with and i feel afraid that as someone who is a foreigner i will have less opportunities

also i wanna know how much people are xenophobic/racist towards east europeans or central asians there lol. i suspect there's islamophobia and while not muslim myself the fact i am from kazakhstan might raise questions

#czechia #askFedi #cz

Newbie question: can you import your YouTube favourites in NewPipe?
#AskFedi

Where do you guys get MiniPCs that is not Amazon?

I've got a fixed IP address and I don't feel like having my big tower on the whole time for a ocuple of services but I'm tired of running stuff on clouds that should be running here at home.

I'm looking for ethical, European and cheap if possible to put FreeBSD on it and slowly transition from Nixos.

#askfedi #minpc

Wanna tell me what makes you choose mastodon over other social media?

[ #askfedi #mastodon #question #linux #art #music #writing #photography #privacy #drawing ]

Hey dear #FrontEnd friends, is there a way to deal with fonts with different heights? I want to use a fancy handwritten font alongside a serif one, but the former is so tiny compared to the later.

Or are there font libraries that help finding fonts which heights match?

#WebDev #AskFedi #Fonts

Edit: sorted, it's https://mastoreader.io/

Dear fedi, is there a "threader" type thing for fedi theads?

As in: give it a multi-post Fediverse thread, receive a single HTML page with it written out kinda sorta like an article?

Thanks!

#AskFedi #Fediverse

A question for men who used to have long hair but now wear theirs short: what prompted you to cut it? I'm really curious.

#AskFedi

If you came with a warning label, what would it say? 💋

#AskFedi

does anybody know a way to configure file explorer inside linux mint so i can preview images without opening them? i am sorting stuff in my external ssd and i would love to speed up the process without having to check every single image

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I need a self-hosted webhook solution, where I can create customized webhooks that triggers bash-scripts,

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C'est quoi votre client web préféré au quotidien pour Mastodon ? J'essaye d'explorer d'autres options

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Question for #Fediverse experts: There's a new community I became a part of that communicates primarily through a #Signal group atm.

Pretty good (#Whatsapp is still the standard here) but they're not completely happy with it. One of the reasons I heard was that they'd like some way to organise #events, hold #polls, distribute #files and other info..

Is there a #Fedi #platform that offers these things? Or would something like #Nextcloud be a better option?

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I've got a new handlebar grip which leaves a bigger gap compared to the ring of the shocks lock switch. What would you use to pad it securely?
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shocks lock switch with the ring larger than the handlebar grip inside it.

#askFedi quelqu'une a déjà fait jouer l'assurance de son prêt immobilier pour un temps partiel thérapeutique ? Apparemment j'aurais droit à une demi prise en charge pendant 6 mois mais je veux pas faire de connerie...

Le retoot fait ronronner les chats

How can I reset mssql express permissions when I can't even login to a single user mode? ("Account is disabled")
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#askFedi Does anybody know if there is an #ActivityPub software that *produces* multilingual objects leveraging the contentMap feature?

#askFedi would you like to have the possibility to make multilingual (ML) posts, i.e. a *single* post with the text available in multiple languages *at once*? Currently, you have to either do separate posts, or squeeze multiple languages within your server's character limit, and only mark it for one of the languages (see e.g. https://sociale.network/@oblomov/110872023337803783 + https://sociale.network/@oblomov/114983566130691059).

(Select appropriate option based on whether you're a native English speaker.)

#poll #internationalization #languages

Are there any #ornithologists ? I have a dumb question about sparrows (both house sparrow and eurasian tree sparrow).

Near 3 days ago, I saw a lot of sparrows on the streets. Also a lot of them flew to my window to eat some seeds. Despite the air temperature was near 0°C.

But suddenly, after one night all sparrows are disappeared from the streets — I see no one, only another species: crows, wagtails and tits.

First, I thought that all sparrows are migrated somewhere. But from Wikipedia I learned that they may migrate only to nearby rural areas to eat some insects, if there are no food in the city. But (again) in my district are enough bird feeders with food.

So I really have a question — where (and why) are all the sparrows flew? I live at the outskirts of city with a big count of trees and a small forest nearby, so looks like here should be good conditions for birds

#ornithology #sparrow #migration #AskFedi

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The sparrow sitting on the asphalt, with one paw on the border stone. The bird is looking far away from the left of the camera.

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The sparrow lit by Sun, sitting on the metal fence. The sparrow turned the head back to look to the camera.

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Good morning Fedi friends!

I'm writing a guide about how to install the #YunoHost self-hosting system... from the POV of a newbie.

I did so last December and it was the most empowering thing. I'm now the admin of my own GoToSocial, Pixelfed, PeerTube and NextCloud instances.

I'd love your input: which app should I feature / install in my guide?

#SelfHosting #DigitalSovereignty #AskFedi

hey. can i ask a question for people in prague, especially those who have studied in there as foreign students

how's the job situation for students? i just wonder how i am going to get money there and i am afraid of solely relying on mutual aid in case something happens. is it realistic to be able to make 500 euro a month without compromising the university?

please share

#askFedi #prague #czechia #eu

Is there a way for me to collect build timings from e.g `make` or `ninja` categorized by process names?

Like I want to know something along the lines of "the build took xx time, yy time spend in `cc` and zz time spent in `ld`"

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#AskFedi: Are there (commonly used) codecs (audio, video, image) that can handle outputting multiple “scales” (resolution, quality, …) simultaneously well?
Like can they, without great additional effort, encode at a high and a low “scale” at the same time? Think maybe the “packets” they use come in the base scale, and the higher scale stuff is in an optional block of bytes or something.
Stuff like that should be possible and I have… ideas, but I wonder if there is stuff out there already…

Do I know anyone in #France who would be willing to post me 3 collector's coins from laposte.fr?

They won't accept my Australian address, nor a German shipping forwarder.

(No heisted art needed)

Does anyone know what hashtags would be used by French users?

#AskFedi #BoostPlease

Edit: found, see replies and thread.

#AskFedi I am looking for a dead simple notes app on #Android and I would welcome suggestions.

The need is to take ephemeral notes to help me organise my thoughts. Some may contain personal data.

Essential:
- plain text
- work offline
- delete = gone forever, not archived

Nice to have: basic formatting like bullet points

Not wanted:
- sync to cloud
- "feature rich"

Does anyone know a good app for this?

is there a knitting/crochet technique that's not hurtful for people who have hands that stiffen up quickly?

i have inflamed muscles & tendons due a rare genetic disorder. I remember i loved knitting as a child and I wanted to try that again but it's really painful. ;m;

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Should I pick up learning German?

#askFedi #language #learning

are there any good queer managed hosting providers based in europa tha offer hosting for different services?

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Android is just pocket Linux, right?

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There is no way in #PeerTube to essentially 'boost' (retweet) a video from another instance, is there?

I want people to be able to go to my PeerTube instance and watch a video that I recommended without leaving my instance but all likes and comments should obviously go to the original source. (And the video itself should obviously be streamed from the original source as well.)

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Question #linux

Edit: merci j'ai la réponse!!

je fais mon back up et je nettoie les fichiers/programmes qui servent plus a rien.
Est ce que je fais une mise a jour des drivers avant ou apres l'installation d'ubuntu?

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C’est quoi le alt neg ?

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