🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@mashirozx If you havent already checkout https://qoto.org/about/more if you want to see a fairly complete list of the extra features we have here.

@mashirozx check out the group directory, wont find it on many instances:

https://qoto.org/web/group_directory

@mashirozx Feel free its opensource after all.

@lupyuen

Ahh, I know less about singapore's political climate. China scares the hell out of me in terms of personal rights.

The one thing that comes to mind though is I think I recall chewing gum being illegal in singapore. Assuming I'm remembering correctly (please let me know if im wrong) that alone tells me you guys are probably way stricter than I'd find acceptable.

@Hyolobrika

@lupyuen

I'm glad to hear that. You are in China right? (feel free not to answer)

@Hyolobrika

@mashirozx Thanks! Its similar to the default but with just enough ttweaks to make it feel a bit more functional and clean IMO. A lot of people have said how much they like it, especially the full width.

@lupyuen

Luckily in the USA this is still optional, same in the Netherlands. Though its astounding how quickly the people are pushing to give up their rights in that regard.

@Hyolobrika

@Hyolobrika

I have not but very cool share indeed, I will check it out, this is the sort of stuff I find fun.

@lupyuen

@khird @arteteco @Sphinx

I just had to lower the difficulty on the captcha as it seemed to be triggering users based on IP address as spammers even if they were a legitimate user that passed the captcha.

As such we may start seeing an increase in spammers, I hope not, the visual part of the captcha is just as difficult but I believe it just wont block based on suspicious IP addresses anymore. so it may remain effective against spammers.

With that said if anyone notices an increase in spammers let me know and we may wish to discuss going back to approval for new signups (though I will only do that if the mods have a commitment to check it a few times a day which we werent doing before other than myself).

Hey @Gargron One of our users ( @zleap ) recently pointed out that the detect text in image link in mastodon doesnt work and the errors in the browser console at first suggested it was a configuration issue. See attached images

However on closer inspection it appears that this error is occuring on all mastodon servers including mastodon.social, which suggests to me this may not be a configuration issue but some sort of bug with mastodon.

A proper bug report will be filed on git shortly but I wanted to let you know and see if you had any idea whats going on.

@Music_of_the_Spheres Its a lovely platform for sure.

@Music_of_the_Spheres indeed it works!

@Music_of_the_Spheres

Hi, are you the same user as Eki on a different account, or just asking as the conversation made you curious?

QOTO is a fork of Mastodon, our code base is similar to, and based off Mastodon but we added a large number of custom features, some of which you can only find on QOTO. So while we are still Mastodon in a sense we are also different from mastodon, we are a code fork of mastodon.

STEM stands for "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics". I take it you are not not a STEM professional then?

Based on your questions it seems you may not have read our about page, which also includes are rules. Please take a minute to read it as all users should understand what QOTO is all about if you have an account here.

https://qoto.org/about/more

@Eki

@Wetrix

Its a backronym for "Question Others to Teach Ourselves"

@Eki

@Gina Looks spectacular. Happy new years and I hope you have a wonderful new year. I know the Dutch can be pretty serious about their new year.

Got any high grade explosive stocked up for after dinner? I hope you have enough fingers left from previous years to still enjoy yourself Dutch style 🎉

@Eki Hi there, I notice you've been on the server for a bit but never had a chance to welcome you, I am the admin/founder here at QOTO. Hello and welcome. Must have missed you as you seem to post sporadically.

How are you doing and how are you enjoying the community here at QOTO so far. I'd love to hear your perspectives.

Also what are your areas of interest, What sort of work do you do in the STEM field? How long have you been in STEM? Do you have any projects you've worked on you'd like to share. I haven't seen much in your profile about your STEM pursuits so would love to hear more about what you have going on.

Also if there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to reach out anytime.

@trinsec

I am in the same boat, drunk people are a rare occurance in my life.. I'm more than happy to have a crazy time and get drunk once a year, maybe every few years, but for the most part it doesnt really happen. To me getting drunk is for weddings or when you want to get half a dozen of your friends together and get a limo and party just cause.. which im happy to do, but again very rare.

Yea any friends of mine whoa re alcoholics are, thankfully, recovered and dont drink anymore.

Keep in mind getting drunk, even getting drunk often isnt always the same as alcoholism (though it may represent irresponsibility). that said alcoholics, true alcoholics, are really bad off. Its a hell of a disease and they have my sympathy to say the least.

@mur2501

@trinsec

I do find the assholes are often the ones who arent just drunk but alcoholics and it does seem correlated with more black-outs (not remembering). The nicer people seem to not get blackouts even when they are just as drunk... just my personal observation though.

@mur2501

@trinsec

By that definition would you say some people never get drunk no matter how much they drink, even if they drink so much as to be passing out due to intoxication?

I know people who can drink almost any amount and turn into an asshole. I know others who are generally funny and loving no matter how much they drink right up until the point they pass out.

to me tipsy and drunk are two different levels of intoxication and not two types of personalities.

@mur2501

@trinsec

Being drunk is fairly enjoyable, though not really worth the negative health effects long term or the next day.

I'm kinda glad for many of the fun times I had when I was drunk, they were great memories and a fun time. But the next day is always so bad as to remind me not to do it again for a long time :)

As the Irish say: Every moment of pleasure must be purchased with an equal moment of pain... about what I'd expect the irish to say :)

@mur2501