Posts by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AOIsPSj5rtUEg0qMjY by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-10-06T21:39:07Z
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I have never owned a #Casio watch in my life. Am hoping to avoid the inevitable Watch Trials. I’ve heard there will be cries of “Witch!” @fosstodon @kev #CasioCult 😄 😄 😄 ⌚ ⌚ ⌚
(DIR) Post #AOIveqM6b63qAS7JOS by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-10-06T22:24:01Z
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@joel @fosstodon @kev Ah, well, as Tony Soprano would say, “Watch-a gonna do??”
(DIR) Post #APGeY5lxHaI9OA3zPs by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-04T16:44:00Z
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For those looking for the instructions on killing your Twitter account, I’ll save you the trouble. You start with **deactivating** it:https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-deactivate-twitter-accountOnce you deactivate it, a 30-day countdown begins to automatic deleltion of the account. During that time, you can undo this by logging back in. (This is reminiscent of how it works with Facebook, IIRC.)This also deactivates any Twitter Developer access you may have had.
(DIR) Post #APR0Y2uEO0oKWt482K by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-06T10:14:34Z
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#introduction (pinned/edited from an earlier effort) ...Retired in 2021 after 40+ years of work, including over 30 as a marketing/tech professional.Website is https://www.brycewray.com (RSS and JSON feeds, hint hint).Nerdy advocate for static websites and the tools that build them. Inveterate supporter of the Oxford comma.Husband, father, grandfather, son, brother. Native Texan but opinions are atypical for an Old White Guy from Texas.I keep some odd hours.
(DIR) Post #APR0Y77qhK53cHT3om by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T17:31:52Z
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@JonChevreau It’s also called the “serial comma.”Example:“I am going to Atlanta, Boston, and Cincinnati on my trip.”The Associated Press style says not to use the last comma (which is the aforementioned Oxford or serial comma):“I am going to Atlanta, Boston and Cincinnati on my trip.”While that example isn’t so confusing, the problem comes in more complex pairings... 1/2
(DIR) Post #APR0Y7yJYG32F00xay by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T17:43:58Z
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@JonChevreau Oh, yes; it maximizes clarity.Besides, the reason **why** AP style prohibits the Oxford comma is from long ago, when newspapers were the only mass media about which the AP cared. It was based only on saving ink by not printing the extra character.
(DIR) Post #APR0Y8meX6JWl7ZA3c by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T17:34:49Z
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@JonChevreau ...such as:“Today I will be backing up files, checking my emails, and sorting through and reviewing some old cassette tapes.” That’s perfectly fine with the serial comma, but without it, things get awkward. And, believe me, in what you generally see in business writing or complicated news stories (all adhering to AP style), I mean **really** awkward.2/2
(DIR) Post #APV0VVBdgDBrWcItu4 by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-11T16:06:59Z
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@mastodonusercount IOW, that means over 10% of **all** currently active accounts were created **in the last week**.
(DIR) Post #APrkqYwZk19FYGBbyy by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-22T15:26:41Z
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Fifty-nine years ago today, I was an eight-year-old boy who was absent from school due to a case of the mumps. Thus, that afternoon, I was home, lying on the couch in the living room (the only room in the house with a TV) while my mother watched _As the World Turns_ — only to hear Walter Cronkite’s first bulletin about the shooting of President Kennedy. To this day, I still recall the look of horror I saw on my mother’s face when I turned to get her reaction. #JFKAssassination
(DIR) Post #APuGSX0grexlSCcElM by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-23T20:23:51Z
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@kwf Followed by a countdown to mass ban in 4...3...2...1..
(DIR) Post #APuGSYbavw4qOwtDvM by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-23T20:26:17Z
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@kwf I was being facetious — as of now, there’s no way to do that AFAIK — but I’d guess just about every other instance would individually ban such an instance, much like some of the pro-hate instances have been banned by virtually all other instances.
(DIR) Post #APuGkISlgmcLY7Dhsu by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-23T20:34:55Z
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@kwf @adam Yes, will be like fighting ants away from a sugar-dusted countertop.
(DIR) Post #APuGw1YaN6F2agX7Nw by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-11-23T20:38:52Z
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@adam @kwf This suggests only blocking: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/moderation/#server-wide-moderation
(DIR) Post #AQSgrLmGy2yM2U0LdQ by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-09T20:21:41Z
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Question for those of you who read feeds (such as RSS) from websites — and thanks in advance for boosting this to help the data be more meaningful...For each article included in a feed, what’s your preference regarding how the feed provides it?#RSS #JSON #feeds #poll
(DIR) Post #AQSviqpDf9l52NmvmC by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-10T13:56:05Z
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@FortyTwo That definitely makes a ton of difference. Thanks for the response!
(DIR) Post #AQT2oQrLoZJTvIOSu0 by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-10T15:15:29Z
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@finlaydag33k Very cool! Thanks for the info.
(DIR) Post #AQXfpdY8nAHaPnoUJE by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-12T20:13:43Z
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@zachleat Indeed. As I wrote once:“If you’re reading a URL to somebody, don’t say ‘forward slash.’ That’s the only kind of slash that URLs have. Let’s keep that ‘backward slash’ crap in Windows where it belongs.”
(DIR) Post #AR2qrvCzEKHp9ry6M4 by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-27T21:34:23Z
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@benjaminhollon @joel ...but always using it is more logical than what its opponents (like the AP) suggest, which is using or not using it on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes not using it results in confusing sentences. It would be simpler if — as in my long-ago youth — the OC were taught as *the* way to go.(The AP hates the OC because it uses more ink. Hard to care in a time when print media are dying.)
(DIR) Post #AR7c3eh5vheSFmPeXA by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2022-12-29T21:47:46Z
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Poll (please boost for better data if you’d be so kind):On how many different Mastodon instances do you have accounts?#Poll #Mastodon #Instances
(DIR) Post #AcTr2XY8E87j5AggKG by BryceWrayTX@fosstodon.org
2023-12-04T23:02:49Z
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@changelog Thanks for the plug! 👍