*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

@globcoco

Database fields are usually fixed size -- there's a maximum length for the strings of text stored in each.

That name would be pushing it, along with being very challenging to pronounce.

@hansw @Sphinx

@globcoco

You win, that's the worst. I would have trouble traveling there.

All of those are Gaelic, Celtic in origin, which explains their bizarre sounds and spellings.

@hansw @Sphinx

@nipos @joaopinheiro@mastodon.social

Thank you guys -- this discussion is dear to me. I wrote a long form reply, and posted at the top level, just so it CAN be seen and maybe raise discussion, much needed on this topic.

Posted at top level here : https://qoto.org/@design_RG/104342887523163680

@rgx

@jegpeek A Hello World is a common choice, Josh.

Welcome to Qoto. 🙂

@techmagus Thanks for the Heads Up!

Can you tell everyone a bit of why Mint is a good distribution to consider, compared to Ubuntu and the others?

Thank you!

@zleap

Very good Paul, thank you.

We can have an impact if we organize and put in a focused effort. I try to do that, for things that are important to me. Avoiding distractions helps too, as our time is always limited.

Let's hope you get people's curiosity up and some visitors come knocking. Cheers!

@freemo

@realcaseyrollins
Thanks, Casey -- lovely photos!

@chaichai

@nipos

Thanks for letting me know, Niklas -- I will let @koyu@koyu.space know, as it would be better to edit that source and have locally storage images.

Having an EU location is important to me, avoiding Google spaces also. Those are only thumbnails, easily copied and hosted. TY!

@globcoco Imagine the wonder of being a Kitten and finding such a nice hidding spot! 😘

@globcoco
>> Btw, I love the welsh accent.

How about their place names, eh?

Aberystwyth for example. Tongue tied here.

Llancynfelyn ?

@hansw @Sphinx

@nipos

Thanks, Niklas! I will look into those.

I managed to find an extensive listing of all Mastodon instances -- huge, but which includes the ones with the '+glitch-version' so I can try and copy their URLs from there.

The Federation.info site has that but is slow as molasses and it will take patience. But I will do it, it's needed.

I have a planned Blog post exposing my thoughts and verbally attacking this dismal 500 chars toot limit.

coming soon, as I have written extensively back in January about it -- time to Blow the Horn and let people know.

So Glad that Glitch-Social is available. The Mastodon project is really slow in accepting any suggestions and moving ahead.

@joaopinheiro@mastodon.social @rgx

@joaopinheiro@mastodon.social

Try it, João -- you won't go back to the 500 chars sh1t.

@nipos @rgx

@nipos

Hallelujah Brother -- so good to see an Enlightened administrator.

The number of times I requested (and was turned down) an increase in the dismal 500 characters Toot limit.

Many times since Eugen likes the 500, and intentionally makes it cumbersome to change -- burying this in various source code files.

Every time you get a new version of mastodon (pretty frequent), you need to find them all and edit them all again. Typical obstructionist behaviour, and it's working as planned.

Thank you so much Niklas! And for listing those other GS instances too.

One of my ToDo list plans is to create a nice list of Glitch-Social instances, all in one place, which I haven't been able to find in the web so far.

@rgx @joaopinheiro@mastodon.social

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@rw Amazing streak, great work, Robert! 🌞