I just spent the afternoon squashing bugs for #qmlbook . I've neglected that project for far too long. It is good to be back!
Note that payment processing fees are quite high for small monthly transactions, so if you can pay in one chunk a year, it's more cost-effective.
This morning @Alastair and @matt have joined the opencollective, helping to keep this instance running!
Running the server currently costs $30 a month, and every donation helps keep that up for the long term.
Support your local server now, at https://opencollective.com/mastodon-me-uk
The road ahead is going to be bumpy. We're in uncharted waters and the seas are about to get rough.
The bottom line is if an instance isn't complying with what you consider "acceptable" you have to make the hard decision of whether or not to silence/suspend them or not.
You have to decide if you're gonna silence/suspend remote users from your instance or not.
If you think you're in over your head, move to another instance.
I've been an IRC op for 10 years. I'm ready.
Some Mastodon instances with higher security TLS configurations are not working in Tusky on Android 7.0. This is due to a regression in its system SSL library—fixed in Android 7.1—where the only supported elliptic curve is secp256r1.
As far as I know, there isn't anything that can be fixed on Tusky's part, aside from shipping its own SSL library, which is too big an undertaking.
Sorry to folks who can't use the app because of this.
Friending people on a young social network is a bit like primary school.
One interaction and you're BFFs.
Protip for my fellow instance admins using Docker, do a "docker image prune -a" once in a while, your HDD/SSD will thank you a lot ;)
#TransCrowdFund
#DisabilityCrowdFund
The 'check engine' light on my car came on last night and the diagnostic is going to be $150, not to mention any repairs that need to be done.
I'm a freelance writer/blogger on a fixed income. No one seems to want to pay writers much (if at all) these days, and I could really use your help.
If you can, please help. If you can't, please boost/re-toot/reblog this.
www.venmo.com/DarlingVictoria
Thanks! :heart:
FACT: The highest Mastodon uptake in London is in Tooting.
I've written 'toot', a very simple command-line utility to allow Mastodon posts to be sent from the command-line: https://www.npmjs.com/package/toot
For people wanting to verify their accounts with keybase, @ryanmaynard has written up instructions: https://ryanmaynard.co/mastodon-keybase :white_check_mark:
If anyone is in London tomorrow night, there's a redecentralize meet up happening.
Tech stuff finally starting to creep up in my home timeline. Good!
OpenELEC 8.0 Linux OS Officially Out with Raspberry Pi Zero W Support, Kodi 17.1 http://news.softpedia.com/news/openelec-8-0-linux-os-officially-out-with-raspberry-pi-zero-w-support-kodi-17-1-514715.shtml #linux #news via linuxtoday
400 known mastodon instances.
good number. https://instances.mastodon.xyz/
