"All Star Mechanical more like No Fucks Mechanical"
https://twitter.com/VernorsHerzog/status/1542564325956755456?s=20
I remember, years back now, coming across someone arguing with fervor that proprietary software was better than open source software because it was more secure. It was a culture shock to me, because usually I am surrounded by people for whom the benefits of open-source software are self-evident. I got the same feeling today arguing with some folks who genuinely believe that being locked into a proprietary, centralized silo is actually better than having control over your own platform...
If you use the @FediFollows directory (at https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/108521414258703203), when you click on an account's follow button it will ask you to enter your own Mastodon address, in a process called "remote follow".
Remote follows are annoying as you have to keep entering your details again and again, even though you've already logged in on your home server 🤬
Fortunately, there is now a solution, a new plug-in for Firefox browsers called "Mastodon Simplified Federation":
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation
When the plug-in is installed, you don't need to enter your address any more when doing remote follows 👍
The plug-in is written by @rugk and you can find out more info at https://github.com/rugk/mastodon-simplified-federation
(Thanks @aral for mentioning this plugin!)
#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #RemoteFollows #Follows #RemoteFollow #Follow #Following #FireFox #Plugin
A nice alternative to other web browsers on Linux, perhaps?
GNOME Web is getting better with extensions:
⚠️ TIL
If you use #Microsoft #Outlook, it scans all of your arriving #email and sends the URLs to #Bing for indexing.
😬 #infosec
@pixelfed how does one register for pixelfed? Only login shows on the website pixelfed.social.
@craigmaloney Why is Google never able to settle on one chat system?
I like the Information Superhighway. Into retro stuff, gaming, computers, photography and cars. Rather spend my days and nights online than in the real world. Dabble in Lego too.