Friendly reminder to folks on Fedi: the engagement *you* see on a post might not be the engagement the *poster* sees.
Take my silly polls, for instance. I occasionally see comments saying "you'd have more responses if it said [variable]".
Those commenters probably can't see the responses, so they assume few are responding.
My last poll has over 1200 responses, but federation might not show *you* all of them. And that's OK! But don't assume what you see is what others see here.
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@paradoxmo It uses the word "sheen" on the website, but the colour actually changes depending on the angle it's looked at from, which is why a photo would never do it justice.
Edit: typo
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Welp, I had hoped this would arrive before the Canada Post strike. I guess not.
That's unfortunate.
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Was mostly successful at this today. Winding the night down with some tea and a good book.
We'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow.
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"too much mental load? Simply reduce your mental load by writing a to do list"
It's like they don't know that writing a to do list exponentially increases mental load for someone with ADHD
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"eniko why won't your studio support mac anymore"
well, this might have something to do with it: hackaday.com/2024/11/01/apple-…
"Now it would seem that to distribute MacOS software you need to have an Apple Developer Program membership, costing $99/year."
if anything apple should be paying *me* $99 a year to put up with their bullshit. i'm not locking myself into development-as-a-service where every year i have to dish out $99 to even be allowed to make programs for mac and then every 4 years also have to buy an entirely new overpriced piece of trash laptop because apple arbitrarily decided the latest version of macos won't run on older macbooks
Apple Forces The Signing Of Applications In MacOS Sequoia 15.1
Many MacOS users are probably used by now to the annoyance that comes with unsigned applications, as they require a few extra steps to launch them. This feature is called Gatekeeper and checks for …Hackaday
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Typesetting question:
I've noticed that in many novels there will be a scene change within a chapter that is marked by a larger than normal gap between two paragraphs. Is there a way to represent this in a #LaTeX document?
@mattskala not internal,, as they are user level commands. But yes, it's part of #TeLaTeX without any package
NewDocumentCommand is the modern replacement of newcommand. (see `texdoc usrguide`)
The hook with OmitIndent allows to set the \noindent for the following paragraph, while \noindent has to be called at the beginning of that paragraph.(`texdoc ltpara-doc¸`)
Online links of the documentation:
texdoc.org/serve/usrguide/0
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@mattskala Oh and I of course I agree there are document class which support that by default. Just sometimes one may not use those or can't or whatever. So I wanted to provide a general option. Of course you should check the documentation of the document class first.
memoir's plainbreak is defined similar. But what I don't like about it, that it does not have a default value for the size. So I'd still define my own \chapterSep to be like \plainbreak{1} to be able to adjust that globally.
If you're not Jewish, do you mind re-logging this to help a Jew out in reaching other Jews on Mastodon?
If you're a Jew - hi! I made lots of nature inspired Judaica jewelry for you. Some have not been uploaded yet but if you see something you like please don't hesitate to reach out!
And lots more are available here on my website: emmanuelleskaly.com/
At a time in which hate crimes against us are rising so extremely fast, it's never been more important to be proudly, unapologetically Jewish. Only wear those where you feel safe, but wear them proudly. We are here to stay. ❤️
#art #israel #handmade #arts #artists #jews #jewish #shopsmall #jewelry #mazeldon
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Thank you so much!! If you'd like - I'm able to adjust or remake it for you without the star of David ❤️
There are also lots of non Jewish pieces on my website emmanuelleskaly.com/
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Setting timezone of org-mode
I'm just getting started with org-mode, and really like it so far. I work in London with xemacs running on OpenVMS based on the East Coast US. Is there any way to get org-mode to use a timezone otherStack Overflow
Newsletter: Independent writers are an important facet of the media ecosystem, but a recent legal threat helps to remind me that it’s not the path for everyone.
citationneeded.news/i-am-my-ow…
#newsletter #CitationNeeded #journalism #IndependentMedia
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.Molly White (Citation Needed)
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One of the big benefits of being your own legal department is that you actually have your own interests at heart.
Anyone who thinks a corporate legal department or a corporate HR department is looking out for the interests of the employee is living in fantasy land.
HR and Legal are there solely to protect the corporation. Never think otherwise.
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A few years ago, a Podcaster was wanting all their listeners to boycott Home Depot because the CEO hates Democrats. Guess who the same CEO endorsed this time? Kamala Harris!
A Democrat!
Every time I go to Home Depot to pick up some electrical wire, I can always depend on finding the podcaster's empty parking space, I chuckle to myself.
So, for the last few days, #Emacs has been glitching out on me. When I'd try to do certain things, it'd complain about an undefined variable and then just refuse to do the thing I asked it to do. Today, it started doing this when I tried to list the manuals.
I deleted the cache files and restarted it. Everything's fine now. I'm glad it's fixed, but... really?
@mocom I think this is what broke it.
I think the problem started when I installed the org-mode package fromM-x list-packageseven though it was already installed viaapt. I removed it again, but I think it broke things.
org 9.5.5 built-in Outline-based notes management and organizerSo no reason to install it
Our garbage can broke. It's one of those ones with a foot pedal and a soft-close lid. They're normally over $100, so obviously I'd rather fix it than replace it, but the damn thing is deliberately designed not to be repairable.
I've identified the issue though. I'm going to try to design and 3D print a brace to reinforce the broken part. It won't be a pretty fix, but I think it'll work, and it'll be on the underside so nobody will ever see it.
I'll have to get some epoxy to fasten it, though. I hope it works and I don't make it worse.
Yup, it's been a long day 😢
Honestly, I have a script that tells me when I should be tired. And it was pulling from that online data. And I was without internet for a while so I made it all offline and forgot to get back to uploading.
Was only really useful for people who can just ask me anyway 😁
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TIL that #Emacs' built-in web browser is named eww.
That seems an appropriate name for a web browser, tbh.
One of my favourite marketing weasel words (weasel phrases?) is "clinically studied".
It really means nothing.
"This product has been clinically studied.""Neat, what results did those studies yield?"
*crickets*
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We have a word for someone who pursues their own obscure, non-prosocial goals while skillfully pretending to be a prosocial person. That word is “psychopath”.
When we make anthropomorphic AI agents, we’re making psychopathic systems.
Worse, these systems do not fear the retribution of society like human psychopaths do.
Happy Friday!
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TBH, most of the moo programming I do is directly through tintin++. I'm considering switching to using emacs as a moo client, but I'd have to find a way to port over the rather heavy customizations I've made to tintin++. Things like managing the sushi bar are done via local scripts.
The org-mode stuff I'm doing right now is kind of separate from moo.
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Links to a lot of the background on the many, many discussions that happened around the GFDL and its compatibility with the DFSG:
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I've been an #Emacs user for a long time because it's just what I got used to. I had no particular loyalty to it.
The more I dig into org-mode though, the more I see it as its killer feature though. This alone is enough to keep me from ever switching to another editor.
Please note: if you like another editor better, that's perfectly fine. Use what works for you. For the love of God, I'm not trying to spark an Emacs vs. vim flame war.
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I keep not-quite fully embracing org-mode because I spend too much time outside of Emacs (e.g. on mobile devices). I probably just need to work out some scripting to dump into an inbox queue.
Plus work being absolutely inflexible about not letting work sync to anything else, though it helps enforce life boundaries. 😀
Since we broke the pens out of storage, Katy's been taking up calligraphy. She's rather good at it too.
Anyhow, I cautioned her against using cheap paper with a #FountainPen because I've found it to be an unpleasant experience. Despite this, she's using a notepad from the dollar store. As it turns out, the paper is surprisingly good quality. No feathering or bleed through whatsoever.
Colour me impressed.
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@Seven ✨🍂✨ For me, it's part practical, part just because it's cool. I have ADHD and sometimes my brain runs faster than my hand can write. I tend to type notes, but I don't always have a keyboard handy.
I also like being able to write notes without having someone read over my shoulder... unless of course they happen to be a British journalist, which is unlikely in Canada.
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FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client
FreeTube is a feature-rich and user-friendly YouTube client with a focus on privacy.freetubeapp.io
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My 2 cents: The biggest problem with #Mastodon is the inability to detect whether or not you're logged into an instance, and automatically redirect links to posts and the "follow" button to your instance without having to type your instance into the popup.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •Another aspect to this is replies. You might not see every reply to a post. It isn't like centralized social media... it's more like how you might miss some replies to an email chain if you weren't included.
This can fool us into thinking a post doesn't have nasty replies, or replies answering the question, or replyfolk being replyfolk, etc.
(It can also fool us into thinking Fedi feels safer than it can be for some of us, but that's a different topic.)
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •When I first got here, I incorrectly assumed that everyone could see what I saw.
Nowadays, as a poster, I try to keep in mind that the audience for my toots might not see the replies. Leaving space in the original post for clarification edits can help reduce redundant replies.
Grace toward Fedifolk is another thing, and I can't teach anyone that. But patience is a virtue and keeping in mind that not everyone here sees what you see is going to serve you well.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •If I want to see what you're seeing and any conversation I might be missing then I select "Open original page" from the post menu and that takes me to your server.
At least I think that shows me everything.
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in reply to Mackaj • • •@mackaj Not everything. It won't show you things from servers I've blocked, and things I've said privately. Also, I believe AUTHORIZED_FETCH can kill that but I'm not sure.
If I say "I don't want my server to host content from [bad server]", I don't think you're going to see it via "open original page". At least, that's what I observed in my testing, I'm not an ActivityPub dev and I only admin for myself.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •Absolutely the nature of the Fediverse uniquely contributes to misunderstanding, but "Not everyone sees what you see" is good advice for writing in general.
Misunderstanding is very common. Even in the best case when writers avoid poor word choices or other blunders that lead to miscommunication, readers often interpret words differently, skim, and miss context.
This effect is even more pronounced in longer forms of writing, where there can be as many interpretations as there are readers.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •One other thing that doesn't always get federated is edits, I've had to explicitly search for a post to get the updated version [1,2]. But maybe the Mastodon official clients do something that Brutaldon doesn't?
[1] social.sdf.org/@njsg/113369896…
[2] social.sdf.org/@njsg/113357134…
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in reply to Andy Alderwick • • •@alderwick I doubt it. If I tell my server "ignore [bad server]", I don't think you're going to see those replies here, but you might see them on a server which federates with [bad server].
I'm pretty judicious with my blocks, too. I don't give servers much benefit of the doubt if I'm getting hate from them. After that I don't see those nasty replies but sometimes folks think they're "helping" by DMing or emailing me the worst of it.
Andy Alderwick
in reply to Veronica Explains • • •I love how you freely block arseholes on sight, but I thought that the whole AUTHORIZED_FETCH config setting was to prevent servers you've blocked from ever seeing your posts, whether directly or indirectly? That's a real bummer if it doesn't work that way (but I'm making the assumption that you've turned it on).
(Obviously this doesn't help with folk taking screenshots and DMing or emailing you, but I thought Mastodon at least had the above feature.)
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in reply to Andy Alderwick • • •@alderwick AUTHORIZED_FETCH seems neat, I don't think I've deployed it yet just because I haven't had time. My previous server did that, I believe, and I would need to do some research to figure out the ramifications.
What I would prefer TBH, is allowlisting servers instead of blocklisting the baddies. As in "these servers are great and I want my posts/replies to appear there" and "every other server is to be treated as potentially hostile with limits". But I don't see it happening.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •This can have many different effects. I have taken you at your word regarding the stuff you're putting up with here, and occasionally I feel like replying with something supportive. But since I don't see many replies it feels like I'd stick out in an empty room, which discourages me given you're often complaining about the volume of attention you *do* get.
So instead I usually just hit the "like" button and keep scrolling.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •@Life_is do you know if you get the real proper number when the notification comes through for a poll ending?
Or is that just a timer on your instance rather than sent from the asker's instance?
TBH there are some polls I'd like to get completion notifications without voting. I'm not in the population of people who can answer but the results might be interesting.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •on an even more granular note, there can literally just be replies missing
I saw person A say something, then person B reply something that seemed weirdly harsh in response especially when it seemed like A and B agreed
Turns out I couldn't see person Z's post in-between them that B was replying to, which made the reply look like it was to A.
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •on here you have 5 replies and 8 boosts.
I was aware of this problem and honestly I dont like that it is like this. I want to see the real amount.
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in reply to Sakura | 🅥 | • • •@sakura I understand why you feel that way, I felt it too at first, and sometimes still do.
A thing I try to think about with Fedi is that a side effect of decentralization is that the data about who reacts to what isn't "owned" - whatever that means - by all parties. What my server does is my business, what yours does is yours, etc. In that sort of network, we might have to let go of certain expectations.
But that feeling sucks sometimes.
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