Posts by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
(DIR) Post #ANVB5OzbONwPztDFGy by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-09-12T19:09:01.283198Z
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@tek @snickerbockers How long ago were they bought? I feel like I only got to appreciate them for a year or two and then things were so bad I stopped using them.
(DIR) Post #ANZ47bqEfXthNbmDJ2 by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-09-14T18:52:48.474536Z
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@GigaByte4711 @tek @tavi I don't know much about this account, it followed me as well, but I've gone and blocked the instance due to the bits I've seen, including from the admin.
(DIR) Post #AO9GTSDynpy8JZwdcm by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-10-02T06:11:01.554974Z
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@bad_advice_bear Congrats! Sounds like a fun day.
(DIR) Post #APR2nySCuFWPGOgFt2 by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T18:04:44.283730Z
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General instance admin Q - is there any value in forcing email verification for a user these days?I think it's great for some sorts of notifications, but should it be a pre-requisite to having an account on a system?
(DIR) Post #APWGIyPzTmuyqS1a0u by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-11T16:17:21.640060Z
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@davidzipper If I had the time I'd be up for creating Monster Motors on brands.town showing studies at how much more effective our massive vehicles were at keeping YOU safe by obliterating everything in it's path.
(DIR) Post #APZhiq7IFP1crciWbg by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-08T21:57:30.671111Z
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@Stan Yes! Finally! https://fediverse.observer/mycrowd.ca
(DIR) Post #APZhir5YdLENsWueXY by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T00:47:11.141185Z
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@Stan Haha! Hey, I thought you liked 'em enough that you'd even use 'em as currency!
(DIR) Post #APZhisAYcEpBEKG9yK by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T03:02:39.655011Z
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@Stan I don't recall an expiry date on that offer. Yeesh.Yes, to get a description showing up on fediverse.observer, it looks for a description in one of two places - one, the nodeinfo, which apparently Pleroma breaks spec on (or seems to) by using nodeDescription rather than just Description, so that's part of why f.o doesn't pick up on it. The second place it will look is in the site's meta description in it's index html, which we generally don't have in either pleroma-fe or soapbox, I guess, so I just added it in to mine by hand (please feel free to have a look).Then, f.o checks for this change and will update it once per day - you can check whether it's done it recently or not at https://fediverse.observer/status where it's reporting on the language check.Now that you've seen it I should think of another short description for the instance.
(DIR) Post #APZhitC0oJaAP7wpsW by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T15:05:08.759042Z
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@Stan I haven't really done Soapbox, so that might be something you'll have to find. Hopefully it's static and pretty simple to find.Have a loon at the source for mycrowd. It's right near the beginning of the page.
(DIR) Post #APZhitkOkT5W7m2ITY by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T18:02:04.249402Z
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@Stan Have a loon... lol.I think it could be useful for us Pleroma admins to build up a database of tidbits for ourselves, our users. I've had a mediawiki for mycrowd.ca setup for awhile, but really have done nothing with it except document the bot accounts I have locally. I don't think I even mention it in the about page yet.If you'd like to have a look, it's at https://docs.mycrowd.ca - and I think I have more specific detail on the F.O thing so far than what I mentioned here.Maybe we can continue to pull & organize tidbits that help that either aren't clear, are missing, or aren't relevant in/to the Pleroma docs.I wonder if @mathias would be interested, too?
(DIR) Post #APZhiugtEzsN3BP0e8 by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-09T23:03:10.420325Z
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@mathias @Stan At the moment it's all of about a 30 second read. 🤣 But, the point for me is I'm going to be putting more effort in to catching & posting the Pleroma details as I can.I look forward to hearing further how your tweaks go, the experiences definitely deserve to be shared!
(DIR) Post #APZhive5gtEO0n6HvE by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-10T22:41:48.933751Z
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@Stan @mathias f.o's /status page says "Last Language check was 1 day ago", so I doubt it's looked for it yet.
(DIR) Post #APZhiwXkLxkanP8jfk by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-11T15:56:45.785707Z
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@mathias @Stan That sounds... painful. Was it a big list you were working with? I've just been hitting the adminfe for doing this, as per attached screenshot. I'm not sure how federation would get affected here (unless you rejected connections from a wildcard?)
(DIR) Post #APZhixxJ6Pn5Ay6f9U by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-11T18:27:51.987365Z
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@mathias @Stan Yup, sorry guys, I should have mentioned that my screenshot was from the develop branch. The only real difference is that it's split up line by line now so it can get a reason for each addition (but one doesn't *have* to do so).Mathias - yeah, I always found that input box to be kind of clunky with the type/enter/click kind of routine. I like the new layout better, including having the reasonings for each if one desires, but still not helpful for bulk adds. I guess if you are just using the config files instead of config via db you could bulk import.That's quite the amazing list of instances you have in there, though. I try to keep mine as short as is reasonable, and remove dead sites, but I think I'm going to need an automated tool to help at some point here.
(DIR) Post #APbfdTz5IRllBJ7CnQ by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-14T21:10:27.236698Z
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@awildthorp His car company comes stock with fart sounds for the turn signals.What do we think is going to happen with Twitter? Fart sounds is his level of tech ingenuity.
(DIR) Post #APbhBI2KK9o5vUJfWq by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-14T21:05:56.891378Z
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@gme Thankyouforthis!That's awesome.
(DIR) Post #APoEaQACsD0ekv71E0 by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-11-20T20:59:27.791408Z
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@layeredstrange I love it when there's a helpful suggestion that then goes semi off the rails.You'll note that many people will block or reject or be somewhat unhappy about direct Youtube or possibly even Vimeo links, utilizing anonymizing or other 'filtering' services instead.There's a federated video hosting service called Peertube, and while there are indeed a bunch of junk instances, there are many that are moderated, don't federate with junk, and would love to have users making decent use of them.video.mycrowd.ca is one, @sean runs one, there's @tilvids etc.I do absolutely agree that video hosting should be put somewhere off of the microblogging platforms, and I would love to see more activity in the services that are activitypub federated.
(DIR) Post #AR6xukzh8n2X1IJaeO by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2022-12-25T17:32:59.002442Z
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Up until about 48 hours ago, and for the week prior, we had been going through a pretty cold stretch... -20C was about the warmest to -30C on the coldest. It managed to snow a couple of times in that stretch as well, but with it being as cold as it was I was only doing as minimal a snow clean-up job as possible.When it got down to -30C, and I hadn't had my PHEV plugged in during the day, the 12V battery wound up getting weak the night before we were heading off to visit family. While we weren't in any kind of rush, I had to spend a good chunk of the morning of the 22nd getting the 12V battery charged up, then plugging in the car so it could run it's big battery heater.I have no idea why I thought I should leave my poor outside-sitting vehicle unplugged in continuous -20 and below weather. Fortunately the bitter cold snap ended and it's -5C now, expected to get even a touch warmer, which means I'd better get more snow clearing done today or it's going to get really heavy.
(DIR) Post #ASW6RX2PHND7fDL4ds by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2023-02-09T20:49:39.096394Z
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@apps Howdy fedilab - Fedilab 3.17.0 here, and this is one of the timeline issues I see regularly. Fedilab sometimes doesn't figure out there's a huge jump in the timeline there and there's no option to load it in. Have to clear out the cache and start from the newest and then work backward to where I was.
(DIR) Post #AT70CM2EcsqARo2wrI by kinetix@mycrowd.ca
2023-02-27T16:37:29.274340Z
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@apps Is it possible to configure the length of link truncating when reading posts? I don't want truncated links at all if they're linked text, and I'd still want to see at least 100 chars worth of a URL to be able to better determine whether I should follow it or not. 3.17.