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I see lots of new users asking about or for features on, for example, Mastodon. I would like to see the Bio when I hover over community profiles in #Friendica #Developers. At the moment, all that displays is the username which isn't much use if I don't know the person.


𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
There are people on Twitter bitching about Elon Musk buying the platform and then sending him tweets basically baiting him. Is that so they can come to the Fediverse and cry "See He banned me!"? I don't get it? Poke a dog with a stick and it'll bite you. 🤦‍♂️
in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Also some(most) people don't know how the internet works , its magic. I've seen it with my bosses, telling them something could and was going to happen, them ' no it can't' and then happening. Obviously they were right and something strange happened , twice , thrice and then we changed as I said and stopped happening. Internet like god works in mysterious ways.
in reply to ghostdancer

You know, I literally kinda said that a couple of hours ago. I gave someone a URL to copy-n-paste and send to someone else, and they responded with, "I dunno how to do that?" I was like, "So you're on the web every day posting pictures and crap, and yet you don't know how to copy and paste a URL? Are you winding me up?"


𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
If someone says: "Pull your socks up." you can guarantee there's always one that pops up and says: "I don't wear socks." be that 'one' be your own person.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Instead of worrying about things that don't directly affect you, focus on things that benefit you and your loved ones. There's plenty out there willing to gripe on your behalf.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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in reply to Shredni Vashtar

I still have my account, just login once or twice a day as always to read what I want.

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

I do have another account @dick_turpin. I'm a bit tamer on Mastodon. This account spews out to Twitter and allows me to be a bit more, umm? Naughty? I own this instance, so the only one that can shut me up is me on here. :-D
in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Good idea. You might also want to follow @Ken Fallon (PA7KEN, G5KEN) poke him with a stick although he will try to beg you for content for HPR Hacker Public Radio. Ken's a great guy, I've met him a fair few times.


Loving all the people doing introduction posts on Mastodon (Fediverse) reminds me of the intro posts on #Hive
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#Hive


I don't think I'll make any more purchases via Klarna sick to death of the emails and text messages warning me that £15.00 is coming out of my account.


So while I agree it's good to see all these Twitter users coming over to Mastodon and the Fediverse, I am slightly saddened that they are doing it because they feel they have no choice rather than making a conscious decision to embrace freedom. Still "Every cloud...." and all that. #hugs
#hugs


Waiting to see how long it takes for mastodon.social to fall over with all this sudden influx. If only Ex-Twitter folk knew how Federation worked? If you're in the UK join mastodon.org.uk you can still Federate to .social users and it would ease their load.


I'm not bothered coz I have my own #friendica instance. If you're leaving Twitter follow me on my increasingly default account of: castlecannon.house/profile/sre… or mastodon.org.uk/@dick_turpin


𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱

This morning while walking Charlie, a small van pulled onto the entrance and sat there on the other side of the busy Ind Est road that we needed to cross; "You watch, the minute we start crossing Charlie that arsehole is going to reverse." three feet from the rear of his vehicle, on came the reversing lights.

Further down the road is a unit with a large car park round the back with a large empty area in front of the building but hey, where did twat #2 want to drive his car? Yep. Right where Charlie and I were!

#2


𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗞! 𝗥𝗨𝗡 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬!
Seeing LOTS of people reactivate their Fediverse (Mastodon, Frendica, PLeroma) accounts last night and this morning, maybe even one or two will migrate to #Hive? Not sure why everyone is jumping ship. TBH, Twitter already has your personal profile and preferences, and so what if he invites Trump et al. back? There are already more dangerous freaks on Twitter anyway!
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#Hive


𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Sometimes, other people's idea of completion or arrival times are not in sync with your own. Never compromise on one of your key assets. Punctuality!
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁: "There are some right smells going on in this office today."

𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁: "Food smells! There are some lovely food smells."

#DodgeTheBullet




Great! I place my order with @argon_forty for their EON NAS Drive enclosure and then two days later PiHut lists it. #LeSigh #raspberrypi
Still, I think there's only a three or four quid difference.
thepihut.com/products/argon-eo…

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𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Letting go of the past is often hard for some people. Many will say, "It's what you make of the future that counts." I say it's what you make of today that's important.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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It's so difficult to make positive posts when I'm surrounded by people who by their behaviour and attitude just make me want to scream out with negative responses. :devillish
in reply to Thomas

You are one of the select few who is "A nice guy." don't let others infect you with their arrogance and ignorance.
in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Thank you! Your opinion means a lot to me. And of course you mean a lot to me.


Things I hate. Number 3768841
"I need this urgently!"
Four hours later, I'm still waiting for a response.



I dreamt last night that I was living in Berlin, but it was a mishmash of modern-day and 1920s Berlin? That's not the weird part. I was speaking fluent French, and so were all the Berliners. O_o



𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Age is just a number; it's how we behave and interact with each other that's important.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Yep. It's incredible the rubbish the different midwives have told her. They came to our house Sunday, and I put Ethan almost at the top of the Moses basket. Monique went mad. "Don't do that! He has to go at the bottom, or there's a risk of cot death!" WTF? What a load of old rubbish, I said. Is he at risk if he lies in the middle too? Jeeze, they tell new mums some twaddle.



That moment a CC: email drops in your inbox part of which says "Peter Cannon will quote you the two laser cutting machine PC's...;" literally just as you hit Send with the quote. 🏁 🏆


If only I had a podcast?
This is an interesting story theregister.com/2022/04/20/val…
I'm sure something is missing from this report though? While ValueLicensing is missing out on potentially buying old licences to resell, I would have thought it was more beneficial for customers to surrender those licenses in return for a discount on M365? Indeed, eventually, ValueLicensing will run out of licenses to sell anyway? Maybe that's why they're suing?

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If only Mandrake Linux could be resurrected. Personally, I think they lost their way when it morphed into Mandriva.
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𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Make the most of today; tomorrow, it could be raining.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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I have eaten four, yes 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 Eccles cakes! That should translate into three stone by tomorrow. :-O


I started watching: Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix. The moment I saw the cliche scene of The Libertines, I let out a sigh. "I just know how this is going to end."

youtu.be/M1UGGZnHyf8



So my QNAP TS-251B is fixed. Not quite sure how tbh. I read a write-up that walked you through a reset but advised that it would wipe the drives. Luckily, I could still access the NAS from the cloud so downloaded all the important stuff. anyway, I bit the bullet and pressed reset and the voice said "Advanced Reset started" after a reboot, the NAS was back and so was my content \o/
Had to re-implement my personal configuration such as fixed IP etc but well chuffed it didn't wipe the drives.

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Good news! That's a great example why I have at least 2 backups.
in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Yeah, I'm thinking of getting another NAS to backup the TS-251B. I'd like the TS-364, but that's a bit overkill for home usage.


𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Don't make essential calls on mobile devices. 2022, you can still hear people saying: "You're breaking up; I can't hear you."
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆
If only I had a moped.
If only it was 1964
If only Brighton beach wasn't so bloody cold this time of year.



Thought I would abuse my body at lunchtime and visited Morrisons for a Meal Deal "Sausage and chips please." I asked. Four sausages, FOUR! No wonder people are fat.


𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
With the "Long Weekend" [UK] Bank Holiday upon us, let's use the time wisely, go somewhere with loved ones, visit friends, try and get outdoors: Step away from the keyboard.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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I've killed my @QNAP TS-251B I clicked on virtual machines and it said it was configuring network and "Shazam!" it is no longer on the network and I have no way of getting into it. 😭


𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
Shaving while walking the dog is an efficient use of time; wet shaving while walking the dog is a whole different ball game.
#BeExcellentToEachOther #TZAG #GoodMorning
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