Fediverse is an append-only log if you federate with the wrong people (you do). Good luck!
#feditips #fedifacts
The child who swatted me hundreds of times, issued bomb threats to commercial airlines, and DDoS'd PSN and XBL during Christmas of 2014 now has an international warrant out for his arrest.
This time, he extorted tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients, threatening to release their private therapy notes if they did not pay a ransom.
But check out how he got caught... He accidentally uploaded his entire home folder to the darknet forum he was using. Whoopsie!
This not at all spoiled kitty has a big heater running just for her, and she still keeps yelling for more service! #cat
Often times people ask me, "But how do I learn about how ActivityPub works? Where do I get started?"
Friends! The ActivityPub spec itself is here to help you! There's a really lovely story-driven tutorial about ActivityPub right at the top of the spec in the "Overview" section! https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#Overview
Give it a read! I tried really hard to make it easy to follow, and it has beautiful illustrations from @mray!
I've seen a lot of people asking about DMs here. I wrote an article about this today, but thought it'd be more useful to just say it in a post: Privacy is not the purpose of DMs. DMs are a courtesy to your followers. You’re communicating with another user directly because the information is of no value to anyone else, and there’s no reason to flood other people’s timelines with irrelevancies. Do not use DMs to discuss personal or sensitive information. (Use Signal).
There should be a dashboard of waiting times for all polling stations on #electionday . All eyes should be on a map showing where the waiting times are longest. Instead of obsessing over incomplete numbers, it is much more important to make sure every voter who shows up gets to vote.
Remember how #twitter doesn't show your replies in your tweet feed?
In #mastodon , you can differentiate between "Public" and "Unlisted". You can reply with the setting "Unlisted" if you don't want your replies to clutter your profile. E.g. courtesies like "you're welcome", or if the reply is only relevant in context of the thread.
To do that on the web client, click on the globe icon below the compose box, and choose "Unlist".
You can also change the default to "Unlist" or "Followers-only". To reach that setting: scroll down the right side bar, Preferences > Other > Posting defaults > Posting privacy.
@aturon You are not alone!
The big day for GAT hasn't come though. I long for the day async trait lands.
The latest #Rust release is a blockbuster—but I feel slightly guilty that I’m more excited about let-else than GATs. 😅