Posts by DanielMReck@mas.to
(DIR) Post #Ab8AzaXAf1fOQFenke by DanielMReck@mas.to
2023-10-25T14:11:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Well @lowqualityfacts has finally explained why #Santa doesn't age: His daily exercise lap counterclockwise around the North Pole.Sometimes he skips a daily but Mrs. Claus makes him do two laps the next day. #accountability
(DIR) Post #AhNlTdSw4Qp2Dn7hTM by DanielMReck@mas.to
2024-04-29T13:53:12Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I was just on Friday telling a friend about your ant antics and he for real asked if they were good at networking and network infrastructure support. I should take this sign as a big no? Or a really big yes? :-D(He also invited you to come and collect the seasonal influx of ants at his place, because he really doesn't need them but wants them to have a good home.)
(DIR) Post #Am6jCvO5DfJIhEUJH6 by DanielMReck@mas.to
2024-09-17T21:58:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I immediately sent this to all my colleagues at work. No regrets.
(DIR) Post #Awb9UXm43K6tz4Jxom by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-07-27T15:05:25Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sinituulia Welcome to the #Linux family!I was nervous about getting my massive, ancient Ricoh laser printer going when I moved to #LinuxMint a few years ago. I was shocked when it *just worked,* even with the extra hardware modules installed. IPP for the win!My 20 year old Canon document scanner works reasonably well with the provided scan app. Can't say the same for #Windows11 thanks to the scanner relying on the outdated proprietary Canon drivers under Windows.#EndOf10
(DIR) Post #AxgmHpjWnuJ4MqTSUq by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-08-29T17:47:24Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
If this isn't an early concept sketch of #KermitTheFrog at the beginning of the #Muppet Movie, then I don't know what @lowqualityfacts are.
(DIR) Post #AyAJcfRnAqWgcPYg4W by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-09-13T13:55:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird If I had children, I feel there'd be a similar obligation to have "The Talk" with them, too.And of course, it's not just one talk. It's consistently modeling good behavior and engaging in frequent open conversation about shared values and responsibilities over the course of life.(Given the lifelong importance, I'm shocked at the number of parents who never have The Talk even just once with their children. The power of stigma: Terrorizing parents to silence with their own kids.)
(DIR) Post #B18nsZmhrV8CvkiWsC by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-12-11T14:01:38Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Needless barrier indeed. I want to boost your post because I absolutely fully agree, but I don't feel like I can because it has that word in it and I try to maintain a family-friendly feed. (This is not a criticism of your post, of course. How else would you talk about the word without using the word? It doesn't make a lot of sense to substitute the e-word or the s-word or whatever not-word we would use to talk about it.)
(DIR) Post #B1FIa8HddPFrx6d8gi by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-12-14T17:13:54Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird This is a fascinating idea and you've used an excellent social education metaphor in the school dance.The great roadblock I anticipate would need to be overcome would be the legal liability, followed by the political and moral panic.I was about to say no one freaks out about teaching math—but yeah, they do. Folks definitely freak out *more* when educators teach social skills or anything bordering on someone's idea of morality. This'd allow students to express themselves. Oh no!
(DIR) Post #B1Fog1O7NjW2pxVrkm by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-12-14T23:13:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird That's because you're sensible. Dances do not typically create a perfect digital record of everything that happens at them, and social media platforms typically do. That's great for people investigating actual wrongdoing, but it also makes a gold mine of innocent content to be used by profit-seeking lawyers and disingenuous adults to intimidate, harass, and legally destroy whatever school tried to implement such a platform.There's also those generally-ignored child privacy laws.
(DIR) Post #B1FyStzIaFy3f8HqVM by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-12-15T01:03:15Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Good point.I may have made an incorrect assumption that you were proposing that a school homegrow or otherwise implement its own social media platform...like a Mastodon instance.The services you identified are all provided by third parties under contract with the school. That contract provides obligations for those parties to assure FERPA-protected and other private data is kept safe. This provides a certain indemnity under the reasonable actor standard. (At least where I work.)
(DIR) Post #B2Wa2yDHs0aZ5GO46S by DanielMReck@mas.to
2026-01-21T22:32:41Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
RE: https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk/115935225656230867#SocialMedia outside of American corporate and government control is good. But… "Many have moved on from platforms like X and #Instagram, but even the alternatives, from #Bluesky to Mastodon, are US-controlled. W is designed to remain squarely under European ownership.”Huh? How is #Mastodon under US-control? The main developer is a German company and anyone anywhere can spin up Mastodon instances outside of the control of that company.Check your facts @PCMag! Better #tech #journalism please!