Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
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Now that I'm really cranking through this project, I had the fleeting thought "wow maybe it *would* be profitable to sell these" until I did the math. It will take 8 hours to weave the fabric and another 12 to finish it (tying fringe, washing, ironing) and sew it into a tote. I realized if I sold them for $350 I'd cover material costs and pay myself a $15/hr minimum wage.
So if you are wondering why I'm not opening up an Etsy store or something, that's why. #weaving
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Hello Fediverse!
I'm sharing a thing that I hope can be the beginning for many conversations, and represents for me a statement that is the result of many years of conversation:
I call it the #slocanstatement, and I'm sharing it here first, in public, in the spirit of the Fediverse.
I hope you'll read it, share it if you think it's a valuable statement, and comment and revise it towards building consensus across the Fediverse.
Though I see that you're arguing that the voice of the crowd can be / is madness, I think
@aallan Perhaps he used the quote incorrectly, but that in and of itself isn't an argument against what he *meant*.
@thebusychristian You're welcome!
@dnsprincess Aaaaaand Firefox wins. Surprise! I would expect that the people being polled would generally use Firefox.
@thebusychristian ‘When you get what you want, that's God's direction’ — certainly can be! But sometimes what you want and get isn't what God wants. For example if you pursue something evil, and you get it, that isn't God's direction.
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Introducing the first alpha release of Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups!
Available for Windows 95 
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@tarheel Oh man, that's a neat site. Thanks!
@hllizi Oh I'm sure many people would still do work, but I think the distribution of work would be all wrong. There are jobs that need done that most people would rather avoid. And many people would rather play games and have fun all day; less work would get done.
@tarheel So as I understand it, each server keeps an index of hashtags on its own (maybe it works differently actually but it seems to be this way effectively). So you can go to your server's website ( https://toot.cafe/ ) and from there, search for hashtags.
@servant That's pretty cool.
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I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.
It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.
It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.
Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.
As much as it seems otherwise though, it is ultimately worth it, since it helps me get a better, higher-paying job. But still, wow, it is inefficient!
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I don't want to just be posting about numbers like a clock, but the 2 million mark of monthly active users across the network is a pretty big deal. This is going big numbers! Shout out to all the server operators who are absorbing this wave.
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Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.
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Have I mentioned I *really* enjoy working on shaders? Here's some volumetric lighting implemented in URP for Farewell North.
This was done a few months back and I'm still pretty thrilled with the result!
@kylebanks That's very pretty!
@Frederik_Borgesius It is normal for a lot of programs to remain in the background when you close their window... what's the complaint there?
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
