Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
@jonn_blanchard @darth totally understand that 100%. So I take it you think that the Fediverse can accommodate everyone without it becoming a "wretched hive of scum and villainy" due to the nature of it being federated?
I'm not suggesting that I know either way (I don't). I'm asking for your opinion. I'm curious.
@jonn_blanchard @darth the other question is does Mastodon (or any other social network) have to accommodate everyone?
Or is it fine to simply be great for those users to who it caters to without being discriminatory?
I'm new here, but I don't think it is wrong for a social network to be great for a specific target user base.
@darth @jonn_blanchard maybe I am super naive, but I think the main way that non-technical users will feel immediately at home is if they don't have to think of joining a server that's federated with a bunch of other servers.
They want to just "join Mastodon".
@jonn_blanchard @darth sadly true. It's too common for technical users to think this way, I'm guilty of it.
@darth @jonn_blanchard OK, that's really great 👍
@darth @jonn_blanchard one things that interestes me about the instances would be a section on "How are we hosted".
I'd like to see where and how they are hosted (someone's home or office or a data centre), is there redundancy, growth plans, backup policy, etc... Given the nature of it being community hosted I think this is important.
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Such an iconic #Usborne80s type-in book. Enhanced for the #Commodorer64.
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On one of my infrequent trips back to the other platform I saw two posts that were disappointing. One was slightly more disappointing than the other, someone tried to join Mastodon, got a server not accepting new joins message, stopped trying and went back to make fun of it. The other is more understandably bad, the server they joined up with has been down for 3 days. We really need to do something to address stuff like this. It’s not easy, but it’s a major roadblock to adoption
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@gpowerf The first problem is, at least partially, solvable. We don't need central control to have a dynamic directory that can poll servers to check they're responding and I imagine the API has a way to see if a server is allowing registration. The other is more of an education issue, for that we need better constructed web pages and videos
@jonn_blanchard it is difficult with a decentralised platform like this as there's no central control of how servers are set up. One server might have redundancy and another might be a RaspberryPi in a small apartment.
The other problem is the users who are coming from the other site, they might not appreciate how to use a service like this and that they have to work differently and even do a little due diligence before choosing a server to be their permanent home.
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Oh, schon wieder #RetroMontag?
Mein Beitrag heute ist halb Retro. Neues System, alte Spiele. Die Rede ist vom Analogue NT Mini.
Ein Premium FPGA NES welches kaum Wünsche offen lässt. Akkurate Wiedergabe von Original NES Spielen in bis zu 1080p, 2 Cartridge Slots, digitale und analoge Videoausgänge, volle Kompatibilität mit Original Zubehör, ein edles Aluminium Gehäuse und weitere Extras.
Entsprechend auch der Preis und ist inzwischen nicht mehr in Produktion. :(
This lawsuit has implications for how we train and use AI in the future.
One thing I don't understand is why attributions cannot happen automatically in order to comply with MIT, GPL, Apache etc. #xp
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The posts you make here have a language attribute. And it matters! 
In the preferences you can actually select which languages you understand, and any post in any another language will be invisible to you. 😮
But the language of a post is not automatically detected. 🤦♂️
It defaults to the language of your interface.
So even if you post in English, if it's marked as German a lot of people won't see it.
You can configure the default languages in Settings » Preferences » Other
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Long hair and drains comic
#longhair #longhairproblems #comicstrip #comicdiary #MastoArt
@LordArse did you have to pay anyone $8?
@NanoRaptor lol! excellent.
I miss the days when there were unique and bizarre new phone designs. The modern smartphone slab is perfectly practical but terribly boring. #xp
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Any tips for recovering from vertigo imbalance? I've been suffering some inner ear thing for the last three days. Any head movement faster than a snail's pace results in a trippy experience, and I'm walking a bit like I'm drunk without the fun aspect of the alcohol.
@TheStrugglingScientists 100% true. Carmageddon was a problem for me.
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Dr. Guillermo Power has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
