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Does anyone know how to allow the quoting of posts from @peertube?

I just tried to quote this post from my own PeerTube instance, but it says that's not permitted:

https://video.bl.ag/w/c1L6jN3AiQg9dCNoKgC5Fz

cc @FediTips

#PeerTube #QuotePost #AskFedi #FediTips

Pspsps #Fediverse

I'm collecting info for a Federated #Map server. Something that would let people share info and comment on what's going on at specific places out in the world.

There are lots of ways this might be useful to our community, so I've written a super-rough-draft spec on my website.

https://benpate.dev/annotated-maps

Just like #Bandwagon, this app would sit on top of #Emissary so most of this is already built. We just need to connect the dots.

#AskFedi #FediHelp
https://mastodon.social/@benpate/115335093845889524

If you consider yourself "nontechnical" or feel that computers are for someone else to understand:

What are some questions you have about social media, the internet, computers, phones, linux? What you wish you understood, to help you make decisions about your digital life and digital communities. These could be "how does X work" but also "why do we do things this way" or "would it be possible to Y".

I'm chatting with a local collective about running some talks or workshops along these lines. Try to get normal folks comfortable talking about change they want to see. I have some ideas for topics but want to know what people actually care about.

No promises but this might turn into online resources too.

<3

#nontechnical #survey #AskFedi

#AskFedi

I'm writing an article about W Social and I'm mentioning how it's basically a fork of Bluesky / is using its open source code.

Are there any Bluesky / ATProto experts on here willing to help me understand something, in a "explain it like I'm 5" fashion?

Thank you! 🙏

The #Fediverse is a decentralised world, but some things have established themselves in my timeline over the years. So as a refresher, here a few hashtags you could use, feel free to add more in the replies.

#FediHire when you are looking for a job
#FediGive when you have something to give away or donate
#FediBlock If you want to warn others of accounts/instances to block
#Caturday Needs no explanation ;)
#SelfHost to discuss running your own online stuff
#AskFedi #FediHelp to ask stuff

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Jo #Fediverse,
ich bräuchte etwas Unterstützung. Ich werde morgen Nacht, vorher schaffe ich es nicht, aufgrund eines familiären Schicksalsschlages bis auf weiteres in #Rotthalmünster Stellung beziehen. Um da zu sein für jemanden der immer da war. Und jetzt 2:30 Stunden entfernt von der Kernfamilie „verlegt“ alleine ist nachts.

Und ich suche keine Bleibe, kein Zimmer nichts. Ich und mein Bus. Wenn ich irgendwo schlafen und verarbeiten kann, dann dort. Wir stehen irgendwo. Darum geht es auch nicht.

Es geht darum mal einen Wasserkanister aufzufüllen, eine Trommel Wäsche für nen Fünfer waschen - nehm ich nass mit. Sowas.

Meint ihr @fediverse das da was zamginge?

Es findet statt - so oder so - kriegen wir bisschen Support obendrauf hin?

Ich schreibe i.d.R. nur Scheiße.

Diesmal ist es mir, ganz persönlich, ernst.

#fefiverse #rotthalmunster #fediverse #askfedi #fedihelp #passau

Edit:
Einfach ganz unverbindlich ne PM hier oder per Matrix: [email protected]

Würde mich melden - und wenns dann akut nicht passt ist’s auch ok.

Dann ist’s komplizierter aber ich komm schon auch zurecht. #KeineAngst

anyone got good resources for learning C#, for the purpose of making a 3D Unity game

(it's a collectathon with some relatively simple enemy behaviour. also, i installed VScodium)

#AskFedi

Developer friends. I’m installing Linux on my old MacBook. What editor do you recommend?

I’m going to port my macOS accessibility app, Ratio, to Linux. I want to get it right, so I’m gonna build it there instead of on my MacBook.

Edit: I currently use Nova. I’m also a designer so I love a pretty GUI. But I’m very comfortable with CLI.

#Linux #Development #Code #AskFedi #Software

I'm a bit of a typography nerd but I need the help of better nerds, please and thank you:

- I'm looking for a *multilingual* (eng, spa, catalan) pixel font with *italics* and **bold**. (No easy task)

- It's for my personal daily use, I'll be writing and reading lots of text with it, so it needs to be *readable* above all else

- I love the look of Px IBM PS2thin4, see attachment

Any ideas will be welcome!

#askFedi #font #typography #pixelFont

Hey all,

I have a friend who's been trying to get on Mastodon but tells me that it doesn't seem to play well with screen readers. I know there are plenty of people on the fedi who do use screen readers, but I have no experience with them myself, so I can't really direct him.

Can someone who does use a #ScreenReader point me in the direction of some resources that might be useful?
#AskFedi #a11y

I am running #FreeBSD RELEASE 15.0 with #pkg for package management, no #ports at all. It appeared to me that the Joe's Window Manager port, x11-wm/jwm, was built without #SVG image support by default. However svg files are actually widely used by multiple icon themes, meaning that many of them will not work under #JWM . Should I simply compile it manually out of ports tree? I mean getting the ports tree is not difficult but setting up #poudriere and all just for one package seems tedious. Are there any other simpler waysnto achieve this?


#AskFedi #BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM

#askfedi : when you refresh collation on a #postgresql database after an os upgrade, is there a way to refresh collation on the replicate without launching a full pg_basebackup ?

#dba #NotForAFriend

#AskFedi : How to bulk download all emails in inbox from #Yahoo email? I confess, I do not have a good habit of archiving and backing-up my emails. Now my inbox is booming and reaching ~10k emails since I have subscribed to a few mail lists. I do have #Alpine set up locally on my laptop to read them once in a while. I tried Select All and Save in Alpine however it is too slow and easily fail simply because it took so long that remote server would kill the connection.
#FOSS #Unix #Linux

Anyone got some good accounts to follow for #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD related stuff? #askfedi

Any gotchas I should look out for migrating from #Linux to #NetBSD? Or suggestions for helpful guides?

For desktop primarily.

#AskFedi

Alguén ten unha imaxe atractiva con instrucións para facilitar e animar á xente a non compartir enlaces co share . google dos 🥚 🥚?

#fediayuda #askFedi

Fediverse people, need your advice! 🙂

Do you know any GoToSocial servers that are open to public signups?

Would especially like to know about general servers that aren't aimed at a specific niche.

I've had many people asking about joining a GTS server lately, not sure what to suggest as there isn't a "JoinGoToSocial" website anywhere and the official GTS site is aimed at self-hosting people.

#AskFedi #GoToSocial #Fediverse

Can anyone recommend a nice Linux app to make hand-drawn slides with pen input? I'm giving a low effort presentation soon and I think hand-drawn is best.

#Linux #AskFedi

What are the most well designed / beautiful native apps for Linux?

#askfedi #linux #design

Many commented on my thread re: a modern laptop that gives as much of both my hardware & software repair as is possible — knowing getting 100% on either of those is impossible on new hardware.

@mntmn is wonderful, but its form factor doesn't suit my primary need for a laptop (lotsa tight-packed travel).

So I'll buy a #NovaCustom laptop.

I wanna configured it as #FOSS as possible.

Pls Help w/ my (many) questions.

@novacustom, don't feel obligated to reply but I'd love if you do!!

#AskFedi

(UPDATE: Managed to find a workaround + thanks fedi for reminding me tomorrow is a working day. THANK YOU)

Uhh where does one buy a Schmelzsicherung on Karfreitag??

I’m without electricity and can’t figure out where to buy them as everything’s closed until Tuesday😭

#askfedi #berlin #help

Update: currently trying out Fastmail with a custom domain (wasn't originally going to do a custom domain, but I went for it 😂)

Hey #FediFam,

Need to create a new email address for professional things, and I don't want to use "Evil, Inc.," nor non-IMAP-supporting (otherwise good) services like Proton and Tuta. (I know they have bridge software available, but still)

What do you guys recommend?

I'm currently using Mailbox.org for my personal email, but I find their web interface has become kind of slow and unwieldy as of late. I don't want full groupware (or some attempt at an emulation of the above), but just a solid IMAP email provider, and a usable web interface when I need to do things beyond what can be done from Thunderbird.

Any #recommendations?

#askFedi #HiveMind

So, if you're working as a consultant and need to setup something like Microsoft Bookings (which I had at my previous employer), what are the best options?

Free is good, reliability is more important.

#AskFedi #Consulting

1) Why do you love plants and how do you interact with plants in your life (intentionally/background)?

2) What makes learning about plants/ecology accessible/inaccessible to you (ie compare with birding)?

3) Do you prefer a formal or informal teaching environment, and why?

4) What are some subtopics relating to native plants that are of interest to you?

5) Would you prefer to learn to ID plants with or without phone apps?

6) How many plants would you be comfortable learning to ID in a 1 hour session?

#Plants #Ecology #Education #Gardening #AskFedi #Conservation #Teaching #Environment #Science

David G. Wells’ “The Penguin dictionary of curious and interesting…” books are excellent and have been great source of inspiration for me.

They are now are almost 30 years old.

What new entries would you put in these books—either because they’re new after publication, or could have (should have) been included at the time?

#mathematics #geometry #books #bookstodon #askfedi