Notices by Zordon (Linux Walt) (zordon@mastodon.social), page 8

~ HOW TO INTERACT WITH A TOOT THAT HASN'T REACHED YOUR INSTANCE YET ~
(because it's a question I see a lot from new users)

1) Right-click on the timestamp to copy the toot's URL or open it in a new tab.

2) Paste the URL of the toot into the search bar in the Mastodon web UI, then press enter.

3) The toot will appear in the search results and you can boost or reply from there.

#mastodon #meta #mastoclass #mastopedia #tootorial

https://cybre.space/media/29vaM-LP-SXYhMScsm8 https://cybre.space/media/EtT1oAcS3hSTCUESDt4 https://cybre.space/media/1tbmoC1oGW0w1xyP6Y4

Link rot is a problem for most websites, but it's especially hard on news orgs. How are we expected to take the arbiters of information seriously in their duty to inform the public when they can't even maintain access to their archives for a few years?

More importantly, the Web Archive can't capture every news source and it's an increasingly vital role too. We're losing access to vast swaths of public knowledge almost as soon its generated

Any #Pharo #OpenBSD enthusiasts? Here is an initial PoC that I want to discuss with upstream on how to get the needed bits into their tree. There are still some issues to iron out but I am done with guessing for today.

https://github.com/ckeen/opensmalltalk-vm/tree/OpenBSD_PoC

Enjoy!

I want to do a bit of research on opinions on federation for my #decentwebeu project. I'm digging for arguments in favor of decentralising. Please boost and/or answer any of these questions:

1) How aware are you of the federated nature of this network in your day-to-day use?

2) Which, if any, concepts of federated networks do you find challenging, confusing or foreign?

3) Why are federated networks "better" than centralised social networks (silos)?

(The last question is biased, roll with it)

More doodling on this visual programming language #crazyidea

https://octodon.social/media/5uGHP2cPV4dXdZ1fR1o

Hard not to feel like a broken discarded puppet when you realize that a job you were supposed to hear back from "in 3-5 days" hasn't contacted you and someone you know is starting a new job real soon now.

And we press onward because that's all we can do.