My take on GIF: Pronounce it however you want, but don’t claim that the other way has no precedent in a language that contains both “gift” and “gin.”
Category: Fediverse
Oh, yeah, the support-your-admin model is definitely healthier!
@Satsuma Oh, yeah, the support-your-admin model is definitely healthier!
I’d like to see something other than the current attention-based-surveillance-and-advertising model become the norm.
But as long as that’s the business model, I’d prefer a world where they found it more profitable to make things better for the rest of us than continue to make things worse.
There’s some manipulation inherent in any structured interaction
@Satsuma Of course – that’s a large part of why a lot of us are here on Mastodon, after all.
But there’s some manipulation inherent in any structured interaction.
The fact that we can boost, favorite or reply, but not quote, is a deliberate choice on Gargron’s part.
The character limits, the number of images, visibility of CWs, the size of the edit box, column width, all of these things influence how people use the app.
@Satsuma I remember @anildash mentioning changing the size of the text box on (presumably) Movable Type & finding that people would write longer or shorter posts based on that, even though the length limit itself hadn’t changed. The UI influenced people’s choices.
Even if you are registered to vote, check with your state to make sure you’re …
Even if you are registered to vote, check with your state to make sure you’re *still* registered!
Some states purge voter rolls based on inactivity or suspicion.
And sometimes voters get dropped from the list by mistake. (This happened to a member of my family in the California primary this year.)
Check to make sure you’re still registered, and re-register if you have to!
I don’t normally post pictures of food, but when I do, there’s usually something odd about it.
I don’t normally post pictures of food, but when I do, there’s usually something odd about it.
The monster/human relationship in Monsters, Inc. is upended when it’s discovered that laughter produces more power…
The monster/human relationship in Monsters, Inc. is upended when it’s discovered that laughter produces more power than screams of fear.
It’s like the opposite of social media discovering that anger produces more engagement than cat pictures.
Imagine if social media discovered something *positive* that drove more engagement than anger?
Politics just takes over the birdsite conversation
@brion I know some of it is who I follow, and some of it is that it’s become the main place where I interact with political commentary. But some of it is the online culture.
I’ve considered splitting politics/other topics across two accounts, or making it just politics, or unfollowing more political commentators.
For some stuff I just need to post w/o being able to read, and come back later when I have time.
Hmm, Buffer might work for that.
Went over to Birdsite to post about something cool I found (which I’d already posted …
Went over to Birdsite to post about something cool I found (which I’d already posted here). Ended up reading and boosting political threads posts before closing the window in frustration.
Forgot to post about the cool thing I found.
This sounds amazing: BOOM is going to be doing graphic novels based on The Magicians …
This sounds amazing: BOOM is going to be doing graphic novels based on The Magicians (the books, not the TV show), starting with an OGN next summer focusing on Alice: her life before Brakebills and the events of the first book from her POV.
I’m not familiar with artist Pius Bak, but writer Lilah Sturges is a perfect choice.
Boom! Studios Brings Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS to Comics
THE MAGICIANS: ALICE’S STORY original graphic novel is slated for release by the publisher in July 2019.
Local Target’s Minecraft event is a bit disorganized, but the kiddo found all the stickers …
Local Target’s Minecraft event is a bit disorganized, but the kiddo found all the stickers for the scavenger hunt. And was willing to stop at 2 toys & leave, which was a nice surprise.
I found this old post I wrote on how Marvel or DC would have milked Lord of the Rings…
I found this old post I wrote on how Marvel or DC would have milked Lord of the Rings as an “event” comic book, with tie-ins, spin-offs, and character spotlights…
…and realized it’s not that far off from what the Hobbit movies actually *did*.
What If…Lord of the Rings had been an “Event” Comic?
@abetterjulie Entirely possible. I’ve had several devices that stopped charging reliably, or started draining faster, …
@abetterjulie Entirely possible. I’ve had several devices that stopped charging reliably, or started draining faster, or started turning themselves off, and replacing the batteries has fixed the problem.
With luck it’s just something stuck running and using up the power, in which a restart might help.
(Then there was the Minions home screen widget my son had, which would cause the tablet to lose 20-30% overnight if it wasn’t plugged in. That was ridiculous!)
New college courses by a neural net…
KelsonV shared a status by janellecshane:
New college courses by a neural net trained on the @UCSanDiego course catalog. I would at least read the syllabus for some of these.
http://aiweirdness.com/post/178311759162/college-courses-of-the-future-courtesy-of-a
@janellecshane Syllabus, nothing, I’d sign up for several of these!
@LOLspam I’d forgotten just how many of these quotes were weird euphemisms.
@LOLspam I’d forgotten just how many of these quotes were weird euphemisms.
@dansup Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about how many domains I have parked or …
@dansup Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about how many domains I have parked or redirecting.
Interesting: Plume authors and blogs both show up as profiles in Mastodon, but (so far, …
Interesting: Plume authors and blogs both show up as profiles in Mastodon, but (so far, anyway) I can only follow an author, not a blog.
Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS…
Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS.
On one hand, I’ve thought it was a cool idea since I first heard about it. (And now I’m thinking of that cache problem with HTTPS sites and high-latency connections.)
On the other hand…it’s a lot easier to remember and type ‘example.com/whatever’ than a hash value.
I updated my article on posting from #IFTTT to #Mastodon again to clarify a few …
I updated my article on posting from #IFTTT to #Mastodon again to clarify a few things, and to recommend botsin.space for accounts that will *only* include automatic posts.
I use this technique for several things:
– Link to every new post from an #RSS feed at @SpeedForce
– Post differently tagged links from #Pocket here & at SpeedForce
– Cross-post a very occasional #WordPress blog here
It’s possible to post from IFTTT to Mastodon using their webhook feature
@ibagail @packbat It’s possible to post from IFTTT to Mastodon using their webhook feature. I wrote up a blog post on how to do it:
https://hyperborea.org/journal/2017/12/mastodon-ifttt/
Let me know if you have any questions!
Whitney Frost cosplay by CasualCosplayKatie
Whitney Frost cosplay by @CasualCosplayKatie@Instagram.com.
Google Photos reminded me that it’s been exactly 2 years since she was going to debut the cosplay at Long Beach Comic Con, but ended up not being able to go. We did a photoshoot anyway that morning, and she’s worn the outfit at several conventions since then, including the following year’s #LBCC
#cosplay #longbeachcomiccon #LBCC2016 #LBCC2017 #WhitneyFrost #AgentCarter