Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
One of the main challenges for new servers on here is discovering content to interact with.
Relays speed up the discovery process, and allow even a single user server to automatically see a large part of the Fediverse.
There's a new relay service by @astro@c3d2.social called FediBuzz Relay:
It allows servers to subscribe to custom relays based on tags or instances. (If you use this, can you let us know your experiences in the replies?)
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Don't you wish you had extra hands?
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Libraries when you're homeless.
Libraries when you're homeless.
People talking about libraries, and I'd like to add from long-term experience that if you're homeless, those places are vital. Reading the newspaper while sitting on, y'know, a *chair*, hopefully a drinking fountain (No dehydration? Fancy) reading some books, not being too cold or too hot, lovely.
Oh, and you can sort out official stuff, which is handy when you ain't got an address. There was even a lady at one who liked to share food around. Like, you didn't eat it inside, obviously, but food? Nice.
Hell, just about the only things they didn't have were a place to wash or sleep, but you could learn stuff, rest a little, get out of the weather, not be on your guard all the time, (and can't get arrested, cause you're not 'loitering' in a library) and, here's the good part:
You could send your mind somewhere else. Like, without chemicals. You pick up a book and you just escape. That's priceless if you're homeless.
Which is the perfect price, cause you ain't got money.
A heart. A soul. A mind. That's what a library is. And bless em for existing.
Gonna stop there, cause I'm getting all teary and shit.
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
My family owned 1,000 slaves and profited from the trade: this is how I am trying to make amends | Laura Trevelyan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/25/slaves-trade-amends-grenada-laura-trevelyan
Dan Jones shared 2 years agoNot one of 'em?
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
“I’m using Linux. A library that Emacs uses to communicate with Intel hardware.” — Erwin, #emacs, Freenode
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
Glide by the people as they stop to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance
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Mantis raising it's arms in the air
It's been one of those days. I'm exhausted physically and emotionally. I wish I could just crawl into bed and watch a few hours of anime and sleep.
But, I have to clean up and get the kids to bed.
This is definitely a day I wish I could opt out of adulting.
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Somebody just called me a hypochondriac and I have no idea what that is but I'm pretty sure I have it.
Dan Jones shared 2 years agoDo they not see me?
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
The US really proved the saying that if libraries were created today, they would be illegalized and shut down instantly
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
So @internetarchive scanning books for their digital library is copyright infringement:
http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/
But OpenAI slurping all of that to train a model that then can generate text and put actual authors out of business (already happening with copywriters), is not.
Figures, there are no $billions of VC / corporate money behind Internet Archive, why would anyone want to support a public service, right? 🤦♀️
IA ≠ AI, know the difference!
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Kahless tells us rain makes a hole in stone not by violence, but by falling often. The tenacity of persistence should never be undervalued. If your goal is not met, do not give up. For if mighty stone can be cracked eventually, so too can you find victory.
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Reminder that "just move" is not a viable solution for a lot of trans people and our families.
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
In 1968, at 30 years old, Lynn Conway transitioned. In doing so she lost her wife, her children, and her job at IBM. She continued on, living authentically as her true self and continued her career as an electral engineer. In 1978 she became an associate professor at MIT and taught a course in VLSI (very large scale integration) that became the basis of the Mead-Conway VLSI Design Methodology, changing how we design integrated circuits. In 1985 she became a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan, and later the associate dean of engineering.
32 years after transitioning, Conway came out publicly as a transgender woman. Since than she has been a advocate for transgender people in the tech sector. In 2020 IBM formally apologized for firing Conway for being trans, over 50 years after the fact. Just a bit of #transHistory I learned today.
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Headshot of a white woman with blonde hair
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
The superbly located fishing and ferry port of Ullapool in Wester Ross, gateway to the amazing far north-west of Scotland and terminus for the ferry service to Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ullapool/ullapool/index.html
#Scotland #Ullapool #WesterRoss #Harbour #UndiscoveredScotland
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Ullapool in Wester Ross. The image shows a telephoto view of the harbour area of Ullapool, with moored fishing boats. There are smaller boats moored to buoys in the foreground, while in the background the white buildings of Ullapool give way to a loch, on the far side of which the land climbs out of the frame.
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
The International Space Station Over the Horizon
Credits: STS-129 Crew, Expedition 21 Crew, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography
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The International Space Station Over the Horizon
Dan Jones shared 2 years agoWhy should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone?
Dan Jones shared 2 years ago
Mozilla´s yearly festival MozFest had three sessions about the fediverse this year. I visited them to see what people are talking about.
One session was about community-led moderation, proposing the partial outsourcing of moderation needs for servers. Another involved an interactive workshop on designing the fediverse, with participants excited for other platforms beyond Mastodon, and talking about what can be better.
Read the full report at: https://fediversereport.com/mozfest-and-the-fediverse/
