Notices by rixx (rixx@chaos.social), page 22

So, let's talk instance size vs instance culture!

If you're not on one of the >50k instances: How do you deal with new users?
If you're on an instance with one or two major topics: how do you deal with new users who chose your instance randomly and aren't all that much into your topics?

Mastodon doesn't really have a way to introduce new users to the instance, and to help them integrate with their new instance's culture, rules, and maybe topics (if applicable). A welcome message could help …

David Gerrold not only predicted smartphones very accurately in 1999, he mentioned their implications, too:

https://chaos.social/media/v-wQCGGWk08tS0tweIc

Der Diss! https://chaos.social/media/dPWJAR_2yn4nc8xw-m8

me rn
https://chaos.social/media/zNEWfBHNJbzMJhYbV3Q

ATTENTION, Public Service Announcement: Do not upgrade your npm. Do not upgrade to 5.7.0, released yesterday.

It changes file permissions of /etc, /boot, /user, … when run with sudo. Avoid, duck, cover, whimper.

https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883

Die Essener Tafel lässt jetzt Anmeldungen nur noch mit deutschem Perso zu … 🤢
http://www.essener-tafel.de/startseite/ https://chaos.social/media/Yv947Cfw-gWflqGef7U

Ich fahre am 11. März von Berlin nach Stuttgart (üblicherweise die Strecke via Hannover, Frankfurt, Mannheim, aber ginge auch via Leipzig), und kann eine Person kostenlos mitnehmen. Meldet euch, wenn ihr das brauchen könnt.

Wo guckt man sich denn nach Kinderbetreuer/innen um? Für ne Conf, die ich mitorganisiere, also one-off, 3-5 Tage ~8h/Tag, für vmtl ~3-8 Kinder.

Portale/Websites/direkte Empfehlungen? Boosts und Tips gerne.

So, das wars. Ich bin nur die 20 Seiten Zusammenfassung durch, nicht die weiteren 150 Seiten Volltext. Diese Infotweet-Reihe zum #Koalitionsvertrag dient dem ersten Überblick. Details könnt ihr selber nachlesen: https://www.cdu.de/system/tdf/media/dokumente/koalitionsvertrag_2018.pdf?file=1

Oh Facebook. New patent for their analysation strategies for if people belong to the upper, middle, or working class. Yay.

(Determining features: "Demographic data", device ownership, internet usage, travel history, household data, socioeconomic group)

http://images2.freshpatents.com/imageviewer/20180032883-p20180032883

Today can be the day you grep through your favourite documentation for mentions of "simple" and "easy", and replace them.

They are useless and can be harmful. If you mean "uncomplicated" or "few steps" or "like most projects", say so. Reading that something is supposed to be "easy" doesn't help the people who know how to do it, and people who run into issues will be frustrated, and more hesitant to report their problem with a supposedly "easy" step.

@rysiek I'm sure they're doing it ironically. (I'll just keep telling that to myself, right...)

@rysiek Look at all the Germans finding serious answers to the light and nice joke. ü

"Jeff Bezos is The Richest Man in the World, But 10% of Amazon's Ohio Employees Are on Food Stamps"

"Coincidentally, The Amazon Go Store Doesn't Accept Food Stamps"

Guckt mal in den #34c3-Talk zum Mietshäusersyndikat, wenn ihr das noch nicht kennt: https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9031-mietshausersyndikat_den_immobilienmarkt_hacken

(Fiel mir bei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmHTcxY0S8Y ein)

Die großartige @leah hat für den #34C3 ein Mastodon-Meetup eingekippt: https://demo.pretalx.org/34c3-workshops/talk/1052/