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Just Me<p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <br>Do domestic freezers with variable rate compressors exist? Search engines respond with links to laboratory equipment.</p>
Silmathoron ⁂<p>Hey fedizens,<br>I'm having some issues with <a href="https://floss.social/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> using <a href="https://floss.social/tags/NewPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPipe</span></a> and I'm wondering whether it's just me or if it's a more general issue.</p><p>Some PeerTube channels are missing sound on NewPipe, e.g.:</p><p>- <a href="https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/5Vym5Rso2gPJ8HdEA3D3Bc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/5V</span><span class="invisible">ym5Rso2gPJ8HdEA3D3Bc</span></a><br>- <a href="https://subscribeto.me/w/ucv4VNJJqZkmxyd8jZfMas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subscribeto.me/w/ucv4VNJJqZkmx</span><span class="invisible">yd8jZfMas</span></a></p><p>Could anyone here let me know if they can reproduce the issue on their phone?</p><p>It does not affect all of PeerTube, but before I start comparing versions and other technical stuff I want to make sure it not just me 😅 </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a></p>
Andrea Callegaro<p>I am considering whether to activate the option for the automated post deletion. To those who already do it: why do you do it? What are the reasons? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> ? </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feditips</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fediquestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediquestion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/automatedpostdeletion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automatedpostdeletion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/postdeletion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postdeletion</span></a></p>
jfml - Jonas Laugs<p>Hello, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FediFriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediFriends</span></a> ^__^ I'm thinking of moving away from pixelfed.social (atm mostly in the hope that it will take away from server load). </p><p>Does anybody know about a good <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a> instance that has strong values (that they're actually enforcing by blocking / defederating) regarding racism, sexism, trans-hate and other bigotry? (Or instances to avoid?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/instances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instances</span></a></p>
Tanguy Fardet<p>Hi <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Fedizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedizens</span></a>, I was just asked whether there are specific <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> that people know and follow for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> in specific languages.</p><p>I must say I don't know... is this a thing (at least in some languages)?<br>If not, well: there is interest in making it a thing, so now you know and can propose ideas 😉</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/fediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MastoQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Alan Campbell<p>To the knowing out there: I periodically check to see if certain peeps/groups that are or were on the dead bird site have made the jump to mastodon. I've found one that I was looking for BUT it is on threads.net. I have massive trust issues with Meta/FeckBook, if I choose to follow this entity would there be any consequences?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a></p>
HP van Braam<p>I have a <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> I have blocked a couple instances on my tiny little friends and family instance, does this mean that my posts also don't show up on those instances? (That's a desirable outcome, I'm just not sure what happens)</p>
HP van Braam<p>Do I know anyone that hosts a <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a>? I'm thinking of hosting one myself for &lt;insert secret project&gt; and even after reading the documentation I'm still not entirely sure what it does. It hosts videos but how do people find them? Does it work like Mastodon? People have home servers and they subscribe to feeds? Does the server admin decide what feeds the server shows?</p><p>Is it even a reasonable thing to host your own if you want people to actually see your videos?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/dearlazyweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dearlazyweb</span></a></p>
Babu Menos 🎵<p>I still didn’t get any answers so far, and there’s a Github bug report that has been unanswered since Nov 5, 2023: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1145" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon-i</span><span class="invisible">os/issues/1145</span></a></p><p>I would *really* like to know how it is possible to keep URL parameters (like Invidious’ &amp;local=true) and anchors when Mastodon generates a preview. For now, I just prevent previews from being created by adding an image, but that is not always possible and can lead to a lot more effort than simply posting something.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/fedihelp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedihelp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediAsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediAsk</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a></p>
Babu Menos 🎵<p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediAsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediAsk</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> </p><p>Does anyone know why Mastodon strips away almost any URL parameters when generating a preview?</p><p>Not only things like, with Invidious, &amp;local=true (which makes sure that YouTube clips are proxied), but also in-page anchors even. Linking a certain part of a one-pager sometimes only makes sense when you jump to the respective anchor.</p><p>Compare text link and preview here:</p><p><a href="https://babumenos.com/#chapter08" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">babumenos.com/#chapter08</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
stib<p>My son's partner wants to learn <a href="https://aus.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a>, what's a good place for beginners these days? I don't think they have any <a href="https://aus.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> experience at all. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p>Ok, hear me out! I was just wondering if I close my eyes (and therefore shut down my sense of vision), does my brain reduce its power consumption?<br>I mean: is all those sophisticated image processing in there turned off when there is no input? And if it saves power, how much?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a></p>
André Polykanine<p>Folks, I have a <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a>, it's probably weird but I'm really curious.<br>Back in Ukraine, when I got an Internet connection, I got an optical fiber cable furnished by my ISP. It came into my apartment and that's basically it, you do whatever you want: you can connect it to a LAN port of your PC, you can buy any router on the market and set up a wireless network — the ISP doesn't care. They can provide a Wi-Fi setup as an additional service, but generally it's not their work, again, they don't care what you do with your cable as long as you pay for the connection.<br>Here, first in Germany, then now in France, what you basically get is a ready-to-go solution (a <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FritzBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FritzBox</span></a> in Germany, a box from <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Free</span></a>, <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/SFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFR</span></a>, <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Orange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orange</span></a> or whatever else in France), which is kind of a router but really not only, it provides you Internet, TV, landline telephony and so on. and if you don't like the user interface or the box or it's not really accessible because you're blind like me, — you have no choice. You cannot say, like: I don't want a router made by X because their interface is crappy, let's go to a gadget store and buy a router made by Y because my blind friends told me those are accessible.<br>So my weird question is: Do you, who live in France, Germany, maybe other countries with such ISPs, buy custom routers at all? Like those usual from TPLink, DLink, Cisco, Zyxel, what have you? And if yes, why do you do that and how do you use them?<br>Thank you so much, I'm really really curious. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Router</span></a></p>
Ned ‘Jonathan’ Schofield<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a></p><p>I note that, because I am on Mastodon.social, posts from other instances which are<br>longer than 500 characters get truncated just shy of 500 characters, with a ‘Read more’ button added.</p><p>If you are on one of these instances that allow longer posts, does a truncation threshold get set at the limit of your instance? </p><p>Or something else?</p>
Eat This Podcast<p>Is there anyway to block or mute an entire server, like *@example.com?</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fediquestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediquestion</span></a></p>
jfml - Jonas Laugs<p>Hi, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> friends ^__^ Is there any (not-Ubuntu-based …) <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> that supports <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a>-style „Oops, an update/I destroyed the system let's roll back“ out-of-the box. I know this is possible with <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>btrfs</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/timeshift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timeshift</span></a> and other tools but I was wondering if there's a distro that includes this as a build-in feature (with a gui)? <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/LinuxQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxQuestion</span></a></p>
Stefan Ihringer<p>What bothers me a bit about Mastodon is that there’s no way of experiencing discussions that develop from posts I have read. Is there a way (even if it’s part of some 3rd party app) that solves this? E.g. making older posts reappear in the timeline once more than x replies were generated?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mograph.social/tags/FediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuestion</span></a></p>
Sean Boyer 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE<p>Do any of the various <a href="https://fed.sbcloud.cc/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federated</span></a> socials have the ability for a user to "watch" a post for updates (replies) without replying to the post yourself?</p><p>Sometimes I'll see a post where someone asks an interesting question, the answer to which I hope to see - however I have nothing of value to contribute, so I don't post. </p><p><a href="https://fed.sbcloud.cc/tags/fediquestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediquestion</span></a></p>
Silmathoron ⁂<p>Question for the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> communities: if I want to send some money into the development of the linux accessibility stack, are there specific organizations or people that I can donate to?</p><p>Note that I want this money to specifically fund accessibility work, so a general donation to GNOME, for instance, is not what I am looking for ;)<br>(of course for individual people I do not expect them to dedicate 100% of their time to accessibility).</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a></p>
Silmathoron ⁂<p>Hey fellow <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> programmers,<br>I think I remember someone posting a link to a website listing some mistakes that even rather advanced programmers still make. Probably related to some ill-known quirks of the language (shared reference related, etc, not your "10 most common mistakes" basic list).<br>However I cannot find it anymore.</p><p>Does it ring a bell, or do you have a favorite of weird Python quirks to share?</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fediQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/askMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mastoQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoQuestion</span></a></p>