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Check out this ADORABLE video of a dad playing through a preview release of #SlimeRancher2 with his 5-year old: https://diode.zone/w/7xPwpLAaYyY6HvfTy EqHv4

Also a pretty good demonstration of what #PeerTube can do as an alternative to Twitch.

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Check out this ADORABLE video of a dad playing through a preview release of #SlimeRancher2 with his 5-year old: https://diode.zone/w/7xPwpLAaYyY6HvfTy EqHv4

Also a pretty good demonstration of what #PeerTube can do as an alternative to Twitch.

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@layeredstrange@mstdn.social One service worth checking out for this is #PeerTube (https://joinpeertube.org/) - a free, decentralized, open-source video hosting platform. It aims to be a supplement to commercial services like YouTube and Vimeo, not a direct replacement, but it's an interesting concept. And since it uses ActivityPub you can follow a PeerTube account just like following a masto account on another instance.

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@layeredstrange@mstdn.social One service worth checking out for this is #PeerTube (https://joinpeertube.org/) - a free, decentralized, open-source video hosting platform. It aims to be a supplement to commercial services like YouTube and Vimeo, not a direct replacement, but it's an interesting concept. And since it uses ActivityPub you can follow a PeerTube account just like following a masto account on another instance.

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Turns out system resetting a Win11 system goes pretty smooth, and also didn't ruin my dual-boot setup. It even remembered my wifi.

Something happened with an update yesterday that glitched out my GPU drivers. After rolling back as much as I was able I was getting a Basemark result around 125, meanwhile the same system booted into arch was scoring around 320.

After system reset? 486.87.

I should probably test again after I reinstall all my apps though.

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Turns out system resetting a Win11 system goes pretty smooth, and also didn't ruin my dual-boot setup. It even remembered my wifi.

Something happened with an update yesterday that glitched out my GPU drivers. After rolling back as much as I was able I was getting a Basemark result around 125, meanwhile the same system booted into arch was scoring around 320.

After system reset? 486.87.

I should probably test again after I reinstall all my apps though.

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Power flickering again. Charge your phones, #PEI !

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Power flickering again. Charge your phones, #PEI !

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@JenWojcik I kind of like that the vast majority of accounts here are individuals, instead of brands and "official company accounts". Feels more personal.

I saw someone suggest today that news agencies could create their own instances for their journalists, and I like that. Offers a level of trust if all your journos are on a particular domain. Also if I don't like your publication I can block the entire instance.

Anyway, I follow some journos but no, I don't have a list of official accounts.

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@JenWojcik I kind of like that the vast majority of accounts here are individuals, instead of brands and "official company accounts". Feels more personal.

I saw someone suggest today that news agencies could create their own instances for their journalists, and I like that. Offers a level of trust if all your journos are on a particular domain. Also if I don't like your publication I can block the entire instance.

Anyway, I follow some journos but no, I don't have a list of official accounts.

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Nigel doesn't like some computer noises, and it turns out the Mastodon web notification doesn't pass the test.

When he gets stressed by the noises I try to distract him by telling him to go get a ball, then I throw it a few times.

Well now I'm not sure if he doesn't like the noise or if he just wants to play.

#mastodogs

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Nigel doesn't like some computer noises, and it turns out the Mastodon web notification doesn't pass the test.

When he gets stressed by the noises I try to distract him by telling him to go get a ball, then I throw it a few times.

Well now I'm not sure if he doesn't like the noise or if he just wants to play.

#mastodogs

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A blond terrier sat with an orange ball in his mouth

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A blond terrier carrying a ball, sitting and looking at the camera

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One thing I've never liked about #Mastodon is the profiles' media tab. If you click on an image you get the image with alt text, but not the toot it's attached to which usually has more context.

If that's on purpose, why? Also, if that's something I can configure in my account settings, or I'm just not looking in the right place, I'd consider it a level 2 kindness to tell me.

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One thing I've never liked about #Mastodon is the profiles' media tab. If you click on an image you get the image with alt text, but not the toot it's attached to which usually has more context.

If that's on purpose, why? Also, if that's something I can configure in my account settings, or I'm just not looking in the right place, I'd consider it a level 2 kindness to tell me.

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The wind definitely knocked out the power at home today, long enough for my laptop to shut down. Damn, I just managed to get my grow light timer on the right cycle again after Fiona.

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The wind definitely knocked out the power at home today, long enough for my laptop to shut down. Damn, I just managed to get my grow light timer on the right cycle again after Fiona.

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@kmenzel I can't imagine running Win11 on a platter drive, is it not crazy slow?

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@kmenzel I can't imagine running Win11 on a platter drive, is it not crazy slow?

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@matt The one by me does, in with the cleaning stuff.

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@matt The one by me does, in with the cleaning stuff.

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In case you're wondering, the alert is for Tropical Storm Nicole. Remnants forecasted to hit eastern Canada Saturday night and Sunday, with heavy tropical rain in the Maritimes and possibly snow further north.

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In case you're wondering, the alert is for Tropical Storm Nicole. Remnants forecasted to hit eastern Canada Saturday night and Sunday, with heavy tropical rain in the Maritimes and possibly snow further north.

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Oh and of course like clockwork, I barely hit the publish button and my phone buzzed with a "Tropical Cyclone Information Statement" from Weather Canada. Hooray! 🌬️💨💨💨

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Oh and of course like clockwork, I barely hit the publish button and my phone buzzed with a "Tropical Cyclone Information Statement" from Weather Canada. Hooray! 🌬️💨💨💨

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Real windy on PEI last night and today. Nothing like Fiona but turns out I might have a touch of the PTSD.

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Real windy on PEI last night and today. Nothing like Fiona but turns out I might have a touch of the PTSD.

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I am once again imploring you to use CWs when talking about the hellbirdsite here. A lot of us are here having fled trauma from that freezepeach cesspool.

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I am once again imploring you to use CWs when talking about the hellbirdsite here. A lot of us are here having fled trauma from that freezepeach cesspool.

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@MouthyGurl Yes, you should. There are instances where refusing to use CWs will get you banned, and any instance that doesn't you should probably block anyway since they're setting themselves up to be the next cryptofash cesspool.

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@MouthyGurl Yes, you should. There are instances where refusing to use CWs will get you banned, and any instance that doesn't you should probably block anyway since they're setting themselves up to be the next cryptofash cesspool.

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@matt In Tusky, no external profiles populate, just the basic profile info but no posts. On the web it behaves like you said - there's a few I'm following whose profiles are empty but I think someone from this instance has to actually interact with the other instance, not just follow someone. Not sure.

Tusky seems fine, but I haven't tried other Mastodon mobile apps. It was the only full app out there back when I started using it, others were just a shell for a web browser.

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@matt In Tusky, no external profiles populate, just the basic profile info but no posts. On the web it behaves like you said - there's a few I'm following whose profiles are empty but I think someone from this instance has to actually interact with the other instance, not just follow someone. Not sure.

Tusky seems fine, but I haven't tried other Mastodon mobile apps. It was the only full app out there back when I started using it, others were just a shell for a web browser.

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@matt Yeah I'm pretty sure it's Tusky that's the problem, not the instance. I think it's something like it's trying to pull that profile data for the other instances through the instance you're logged in to, but that data doesn't live on the local instance so nothing comes back.

But I haven't coded much of anything since Java was the hot new thing, I don't really know what I'm talking about.

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@matt Yeah I'm pretty sure it's Tusky that's the problem, not the instance. I think it's something like it's trying to pull that profile data for the other instances through the instance you're logged in to, but that data doesn't live on the local instance so nothing comes back.

But I haven't coded much of anything since Java was the hot new thing, I don't really know what I'm talking about.

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@matt Thanks and hello! I'm noticing that profile feeds aren't populating from other servers in my mobile app (Tusky) but I'm guessing that's not an instance-level issue.

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@matt Thanks and hello! I'm noticing that profile feeds aren't populating from other servers in my mobile app (Tusky) but I'm guessing that's not an instance-level issue.

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Also let me introduce Nigel (#mastodogs) and Roxy (#mastocats).

Yes it's a cute photo, but let me assure you this is actually just the latest skirmish in a years-long battle over that chair.

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Also let me introduce Nigel (#mastodogs) and Roxy (#mastocats).

Yes it's a cute photo, but let me assure you this is actually just the latest skirmish in a years-long battle over that chair.

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A blond terrier dog and brown tabby cat sitting in a yellow armchair, in front of a bay window surrounded by houseplants and decor.

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Hi oceanplayground and Mastodon! I'm ivanvector, a fortysomething white cis male payroll accountant and occasional truck driver from Ontario living in Prince Edward Island.

I've been on Mastodon since 2017 as @ivanvector@mastodon.social. My cat's Tumblr is roxysitsonthings.

I toot about Island life, #urbanfarming and container gardening, #cycling, cats and dogs, #cleantech and #sustainability, #boardgames, shiny things, and whatever interests me.

#introduction #whoisme

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Hi oceanplayground and Mastodon! I'm ivanvector, a fortysomething white cis male payroll accountant and occasional truck driver from Ontario living in Prince Edward Island.

I've been on Mastodon since 2017 as @ivanvector@mastodon.social. My cat's Tumblr is roxysitsonthings.

I toot about Island life, #urbanfarming and container gardening, #cycling, cats and dogs, #cleantech and #sustainability, #boardgames, shiny things, and whatever interests me.

#introduction #whoisme