Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org

Media are calling the Fediverse a failure because they want it to fail—and they believe if they repeat the same narrative, it will some day come true.

But they were wrong about the Internet in 1995 when they called it a novelty.

They were wrong about social media in 2008 when they called it a fad.

They are wrong about the Fediverse now.

11 million people are here now.

12 million people will likely be here next month.

Most startups wish they could “fail” like we do!

Made a little Python script that pulls your current Mastodon follower count and updates a sensor in Home Assistant with the number every 30 mins. It’s all wrapped up in a Docker image. Would anyone be interested if I was to release it? #docker #python #weekendproject

I quit my job at Nike.

I just couldn’t do it anymore.

Hello beautiful 🥰 My Omni arrived yesterday, the +2 grey really looking good on it. Will be doing a write up for it in the next few days, but first impressions are I absolutely love it

Focus groups ruin everything.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Worked Waco Texas from Western Washington on 10m mobile today.

Little truck

#art #3d #b3d #blender

IBM PS/1 at the reuseum

has a soundblaster of some sort in it

486DX33 stock, can't get it open to see inside

not a "i'm buying this now" price

Now you can use GPT to prank people over the phone: https://www.prankgpt.com/ #ai

It's interesting that a completely nonprofit social media protocol with 11,000,000 users is being deemed a "failure" by some tech media pundits. But also, they make their bones by reporting on corporate drama, stock moves, creeping dark patterns, surveillance, etc.

So, actually, of course they're uninterested in a smallish, boring, mostly-just-working social media project.

Movie theaters: "People need to come back to the theaters!"

Also movie theaters: *shows an ad for a PG-13 movie with swearing and violence before the Mario movie*

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>making an app federally illegal
1984 by George orwell