mcneely @mcneely@librem.one

@jaredwhite why does the marketing blitz have to be on the birdsite? Can't you just do marketing in other places? (serious questions, I don't know anything about marketing).

There are tons of sites that do courses these days and CSS is something that a lot of devs struggle with. I don't think the interest level will have changed at all.

@dubiousdisc I read your review! I would love to try it if you still have an invite.

@randomwalker Probably not the case study you're thinking of but Crassus was supposedly the richest man in Rome and a part of the first Triumverate. Got himself, his sons, and his army all killed seeking military glory to go with the wealth. His death helped kill the Roman republic in the process and now it's one of the things he's primarily remembered for.

@randomwalker it always seemed like there's more emphasis on exploring the tool than what the tool can be used for in traditional CS.

I think #CalmTech projects that place the primary emphasis on the individual are one way to address this disparity. Then again I'm someone who comes from a humanities background, not a CS one so take my generalizations about CS with a healthy dose of skepticism.

@heath@mastodon.cloud @mikegalsworthy I'm not sure of the underlying mechanics of fetching updates but I have noticed that opening up a profile in the browser gives a much more up-to-date view of a profile.

@mosu @JayJustice one of the most satisfying feedback loops of gameplay I have ever experienced

@evangreer @mmasnick every time I think they've hit rock bottom they keep on plumbing new depths. It's almost impressive in a trainwreck sort of way.

@JayJustice I mean if you're gonna play #MassEffect I feel like you HAVE to play with biotics! That's one of the defining characteristics of the series. I definitely LOVED playing Vanguard, especially in ME3. (Got the collectors edition of that one 😉 )

@fantinel I'm guessing you mean Aral's post from the other day about costs? That was basically the one that has me pumping the brakes on self hosting my instance.

I expect that monetary reasons are going to start being a limiting factor here for size very shortly.

The real test of how likely Mastodon can replace a centralized service like Twitter will be when v4 of Mastodon is officially released (currently, it is in a release candidate stage which is after beta but not quite ready for the official release). One of the major tradeoffs with federation is always fragmentation. How well do servers keep up to date? Will this make a difference to users?

I definitely don't have answers but I think that this will be the first truly big test of the #fediverse