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I like how when I click a link in Mastodon it opens immediately instead of taking me on a world tour of 5 different redirect servers on 3 different continents
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Why hullo there fediverse! :strawberry:
@abgd See? Even with toot.cafe it took me a while to understand what @nolan is referring to, and shitposting is relatively easy as well. Now who is the weird flag, highrise building and pause button?
If the number was small you could memorize them, but these are not very memorable or distinguishable sequences.
@abgd True, but many emoji are utterly useless and translating literal puns to visual ones is something that I think is way beyond any current algorithm and better left as an exercise for the :poop: :envelope: er.
@abgd The 'display name' Could possibly be used for that. One of many problems, though, is that it can contain only very few emojis.
@Roshbud Most of nobody, I guess. It's just a lure made to tempt you to relinquish all your worldly posessions. >:)
@Roshbud Welcome!
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Honestly, there should be a .coven TLD
J.
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oulipo.social exists now?
nice!
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Why I don't buy into all the 'Mastodon is taking off' hype
@cooler_ranch@witches.town I'm not sure it stands for what I think it stands for, but if so, ewwww. :D
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Facebook: Everyone knows me. I am me
Twitter: Some people know me. I am a persona based on me
Mastodon: Nobody knows me. I am a transient, sentient beam of ultraviolet light
HTTP ERROR 540 Not Enough Hametz :expressionless:
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mastodon install instructions for rails devs
(preqs: git, postgres, ruby, bundler, npm)
git clone git@github.com:tootsuite/mastodon.git
cd mastodon
bundle install
npm install
psql postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE mastodon_development;'
rake db:migrate
rails s
Explaining the powers of instance admins over user data and identity, I find I far too often use the phrase 'weakly godlike'.
@bergmayer @xor lol [part 17 of 4312]
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This site is making me feel like I should read up more on Usenet federation (and censorship). Any suggestions?
Why I don't buy into all the 'Mastodon is taking off' hype
woolly.af is still available. You people are not serious.
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- yair
Past physicist, future bassist, presently kernel hacker and mastodon admin.
alterego: @yair :strawberry: :strawberry: :strawberry:
Joined Apr 2017
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It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!