Category: Fediverse

Car shop found more extensive damage when they dismantled the front bumper assembly. Need to wait for parts. Insurance alre…

Car shop found more extensive damage when they dismantled the front bumper assembly. Need to wait for parts.

Insurance already approved the original estimate. Here’s hoping they approve the update, because it’s a lot more.

I already returned the SUV we rented to haul stuff over the weekend. Sticking to walking and biking distance, and I can rent something smaller (maybe even electric?) for just the days someone needs to go farther.

I wonder if short term car rentals like Zip are still a thing….

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This looks interesting: Comics Are Dying: The Comic

This looks interesting:

Comics Are Dying: The Comic

For the better part of a century, people have said that comic books are dying. Crisis after crisis, the comic book industry has survived and lives to this day. So, to celebrate its harrowing journey into the 21st century, a satirical OGN about the history of comic books has taken shape. Introducing the ironically named Comics Are Dying: The Comic – a brief history and celebration of the comic book industry!

Interview with the writer who planned the book and teamed up with 100 artists:

You see, this whole project started because I am sick of pessimists, naysayers, whiners, bullies, and opportunists screaming from the heavens about how comics aren’t like they were when they were a kid. I see so many bigots and ignorant folk online complaining about diversity or inclusion and how they want comics to go back to the old days. I think that’s so stupid.

Comics are changing and they’ve always been changing. They’re art and no medium of art stays the same forever. Some of the stuff people complain about has been in comics for decades anyway, so it’s really just a “complaint of the week” for some people. Truly just a miserable lot of fandom. On a more positive note, I see and know the wonderful creatives working today and the heart and soul they put out into this work. But, the joy of it is that I’ve met so many people from all over the world living vastly different lifestyles, but they are unified in their love of this business we call home. It’s a great unifier and a source of creative community.

So, the only way to fight against those clambering for death is to live your passion and express your love on the page. That’s what this book is about. It’s a celebration of not only comics but the people who make them too.

#comics #crowdfunding

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My transition plan for Windows 10’s expiration may

My transition plan for Windows 10’s expiration may be a bit more expensive the first year, but it’s to get a new graphics card that plays more nicely with Linux, Proton and Wayland, and move the rest of my Steam games to the Linux partition.

https://www.osnews.com/story/139132/microsoft-announces-prices-for-the-windows-10-extended-security-update-program/
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Nice! The preliminary filter support in @gotosocial 0.15.0-rc1 can…

Nice! The preliminary filter support in @gotosocial 0.15.0-rc1 can be managed in Semaphore, and works in Semaphone and Tusky timelines.

Unfortunately: Tusky can’t manage the filters, and both clients treat them as hide completely (without the option to use a warning instead), but I suspect that’s because GTS has only implemented version 1 of the api so far.

Also: Elk doesn’t seem to support filters on GTS accounts at all, though it can handle filters on Mastodon accounts. I wonder if it’s also the api level, or if there’s another issue going on with it.

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sigh

sigh #Takahe and #Snac2 are both able to message #RSSParrot and get a response with the relevant feed, but neither seems to be able to follow the generated feeds.

Note to future self: Try again when I’m more awake and can look at some logs, then file bug reports where applicable.

(I should note that the authors of all three pieces of software have been very helpful in debugging and fixing compatibility issues with other platforms.)
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Got StreetComplete running under Waydroid! I don’t plan on editing with it on my desktop, but I can use it to find areas I’ve…

Got StreetComplete running under Waydroid! I don’t plan on editing with it on my desktop, but I can use it to find areas I’ve missed and do some armchair mapping with bing or mapillary images.

#OpenStreetMap

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It looks like Waydroid still doesn’t get location pass-through from the host system, but I can at least tell it “download data here” and see, for example, where I haven’t mapped sidewalks yet.