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Chinese
Let me think out loud about this oriental style advertisement:
So first, it is emitting 10 million lumens, which is about the same as a 650 000 Watt (650 kW) incandescent light. That is 6250 pieces of 100 Watt bulb. It approximately need 112 kW LED emitters if you use common consumer grade ones.
Industry leader tech can emit 140 lm/W, even of those we'd need 71.4 kW (and 150 k pieces of them, which would require 7 m² area (which is about 40×40 bananas [40 square bananas] for USA people).Before we start to worry about the flashlight of the size of a medium room there is hope: this light uses only 800 Watts instead of 71 kW! Which is truly great Chinese technology, since it means they are using a LED emitter with 12500 lm/W performance! That is an instant Noble prize in physics, chemistry and politics! (Also taking the "industry leader" label, by far.)
So, what battery do we get? It is huge: 10 000 mAh! I mean, it is, well, at least, lots of zeroes.
So, LEDs use, say, 3 V, and the fwd current is about 750mA, and that gives us almost 3 watts. 800 Watts require 266 A, which is 266000 mA, so our battery will go flat in two minutes an 15 seconds.If they somehow mistaken that and the original wattage stands, 71.4 kW requires about 23800 A, which will empty the battery in 1.57 seconds. It is still great runtime, since you'll go blind in about the same time. Anyway.
Maybe a small but not unimportant problem is that drawing 266 ampers would probably explode the battery in a few seconds, and 28kA, well, it's probably the same as shorting it and watch the fireworks.
...which is probably not a problem, since generating the required light generates about 50 kW heat, which is about 100 times the power of a mobile room heater, or phrasing it another way, the LEDs will burn and explode in probably less than a second, much sooner than the battery would explode, depite that the "LED" is room sized.
So, for $30 it's a pretty good deal. I mean, if you're a soldier, for example, you can use it as an incendiary grenade. A room sized one, but battery driven! (And it can also charge your phone between destructions.)
If you're not then it's good for some Nobel prizes, or getting the campfire started, or possibly also the near forest.One thing it's not good for, unfortunately: you cannot use it as a flashlight.
(Image is involuntary courtesy of Aliexpress.)
#chinese #shopping #flashlight #advertisement #lies #wmd
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For all USA people here, you should (or indeed should not) watch Idiocracy (2006).
I thought maybe I will sometimes laugh as well, it's a comedy after all.
I did not. Not just because it's mediocre as a comedy but mainly because it was so real. I watch the news, the yellow monkey naming his frontmen and I can't forget the matching specific scenes of the movie.
Meet your future.
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A szőkített nagykeblű milliomosfeleség eldönti, hogy megtanul ő is golfozni. Elmegy a legdrágább trénerhez, aki három órán keresztül próbál neki mindenféle irányból magyarázn, hogy hogyan tartsa, hogyan mozdítsa, de reménytelen. A hölgy kezéből kiepül az ütő, összevissza csápol vele. Egyszerűen képtelen rajta fogást találni.
A tréner végül sóhajt:
– Nézze, hölgyem, én mindent megpróbáltam, most már csak a speciális módszerem maradt.
– Mi az a speciális módszer?
– Nos, szokatlan, és előre is elnézését kérem érte. Akkor most itt ez az ütő, és akkor kérem, hogy képzelje azt, hogy ez az ön kedves férjének a pénisze... - nyújtja neki.
A nő zavart arccal gondolkozik, majd bólint.
A következő ütés 200 yardos. Az edző ámul. A következő 230, gyönyörű ív, pontos célzás. Az edző lelkesen bólogat:
– Igen, hölgyem! Csodálatos volt! És most próbáljuk meg úgy, hogy az ütőt kiveszi a szájából!
A tréner végül sóhajt:
– Nézze, hölgyem, én mindent megpróbáltam, most már csak a speciális módszerem maradt.
– Mi az a speciális módszer?
– Nos, szokatlan, és előre is elnézését kérem érte. Akkor most itt ez az ütő, és akkor kérem, hogy képzelje azt, hogy ez az ön kedves férjének a pénisze... - nyújtja neki.
A nő zavart arccal gondolkozik, majd bólint.
A következő ütés 200 yardos. Az edző ámul. A következő 230, gyönyörű ív, pontos célzás. Az edző lelkesen bólogat:
– Igen, hölgyem! Csodálatos volt! És most próbáljuk meg úgy, hogy az ütőt kiveszi a szájából!
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Earlier this week, an ambulance was called to a man in his 60s in Budapest, Hungary because he was having difficulty breathing. Within minutes, the ambulance arrived on the scene and treated the patient, who weighed almost 170 kilos, and was expected to be taken to hospital. However, there were not enough paramedics to move the patient safely.
At this point, one of the paramedics remembered that they were parked across the street from a fitness centre. She quickly ran down to the gym where she told them they needed a little help. According to the report, the gym members immediately abandoned their workout and rushed to the paramedics' aid as a team.
The operation went so well that in the end, not only was the patient, who was fixed on a stretcher, carefully brought down from the fourth floor, but even the bags and instruments were not allowed to be taken down by the paramedics. The paramedics were thanked for their help and transported the patient to hospital in a stable condition.
(Translated with DeepL.com)
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Intolerance here around
Sometimes it is shocking how #intolerant people are here on #ActivityPub/#Mastodon.
Last week I was asked to respond to a divisive question and I [was asked to have] described how the intolerant people could interpret something (#lgbtq related) "the other way". I believe it was factual and politely phrased.
The next few hours resulted:
- four or five generic personal attacks, some quite impolite,
- about same amount of labels put on me ranging from nazi to queerphobian,
- 5 reports to my server ranging from "hate speech" through "racism" up to "queerphobia" as a description. (It is definitely telling, since they had so much hate that even failed to notice that I am my own server admin.) 3 of those were anonymous (sent in through a bot account).
All from random, uknown, uninvolved people. None of them understood the post, none of them was even open to understand how the people they fear think, none of them realised that their aggressive stance actually make neutral people stressed and angry and force them into a similarly aggressive defense loop, which results them being hated, in the long run. They've just seen something they didn't like from an unknown person and they didn't move on, didn't ignore it but started actively attacking.
Extremely close minded approach, even if they feel like, I don't know, hunted animals? But they see an attacker in every corner and they start to fight with about everyone not saying exactly what they wanted, even if it's just a quote, a description of a phenomenon or some mention within a discussion.
I am not really angry at them (while I get pretty annoyed when someone writes to me then blocks me, preventing any answer or reaction, but these people want to hear their own voice only), I'm just baffled at their extreme intolerance and short-sightedness, which is exactly the opposite of what they demand from others.
Well, business as usual.
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– If you could have sex with any famous people, dead or alive, which one would you choose?
– Alive.
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Only in #Hungary
Video of a 40+ years old Belarussian-made MTZ #tractor overtaking a Hungarian #train. The government stole so much money out of the railways that the rail is deteriorated to a point where [some] trains are limited to 20 km/h.
And the guy is laughing his ass off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5wkW1nKfJY
MTZ traktor előzi a vonatot Debrecen és Nagykereki között
MÁV 106-os számú, Debrecen-Nagykereki vasútvonal Konyár-Derecske-Vásártér közötti szakasza, azon belül a 104-145. szelvény között kitűzött 20-as lassújel.YouTube
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Did you know that #mastodon supports #multichoice #polls by clicking on the circles?
Also that #activitypub supports unlimited number options but Mastodon server limits to 4 because the developers feels like?
Also that Friendica doesn't handle polls (but at least display them)?
Also that #activitypub supports unlimited number options but Mastodon server limits to 4 because the developers feels like?
Also that Friendica doesn't handle polls (but at least display them)?
- Yes of course (46%, 12 votes)
- No of coursen't (30%, 8 votes)
- That's madness (46%, 12 votes)
- 4 choices aren't enough (73%, 19 votes)
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Poll
!Friendica Support
Do I see right that mastodon poll isn't supported yet?
Do I see right that mastodon poll isn't supported yet?
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@grin that surprised me too. I'm testing Friendica at the moment. I'm really enjoying many of the features but it's been interesting to see what I'd expect to be there, but is not. It seems such a mature product but polls missing. Moderation only just arrived in the latest release (what did they do before with spammers/inappropriate content?) . Poor AltText support for images.
I appreciate it has many great features too.
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Poor AltText support for images.
Yes @grin it should be improved. The current workaround is probably not as difficult as as one thinks, but indeed not ideal at all.
[url=https://friendica.hubup.pro/photo/625403588165a9325caf749100052276-0.png][img=https://fika.grin.hu/photo/preview/1024/421510]<<ADD CAPTION HERE>>[/img][/url]
Or dive deep into the picture editor after having uploaded your image via the "browser" first. 🤦♂️
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We only display it in the
title to make it more visible, that an alt text is defined. I don't really care for the title, but alt is crucial for accessibility.Friendica Support reshared this.
Like I said: We only use
title to make it more convenient for people who don't use screenreaders, that this image contains a description. We could omit it - in difference to alt.Friendica Support reshared this.
@Hiker I just disabled the showing of pictures in Firefox, via
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What's even more interesting: how come people reply to me when they actually wanted to reply to @David - Forking Mad ? It's not just that they copy everyone mentioned but I've been manually inserted in a sentence without being involved. Weird!
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I don't think it's compulsory.
And there's the adage: never ask a question for which you do not want to hear the answer. 😉
And there's the adage: never ask a question for which you do not want to hear the answer. 😉
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I'm not sure it's even possible to ping people like @evan into the original poll post in a comment?
Or @BathysphereHat @xChaos @fleckenstein
Or @BathysphereHat @xChaos @fleckenstein
Tab Counter reports: _576_
Anyone over that? 😆
And I am using **Conex** to separate tabs into containerised tab groups and search.
it is true, however that I am using Auto Tab Discard which saves tab session data and unload tab after a while, and restore all if I click on it. Tabs which require significant setup (like #matrix element) or I need their notifications are exempt from discarding.
On several windows, up to 200 tabs I guess. I've a plug-in to remove duplicates after a while to clean up the mess a little bit.
@evan
@evan
https://josh-berry.github.io/tab-stash/ lets me keep the number low without that feeling that I'm throwing away things I might need later.
@evan
@evan
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I got out of the habit of trusting those back when the browsers were bad about losing them. Never picked it back up.
I will say that spinning up a Dokuwiki and just link dumping in that (with notes) has been really helpful as well.
Tricky. In default spaces probably less than 50. Pinned tabs in groups or spaces (depending on whether I’m in Safari on my iPad or Arc on my desktop) well over a hundred. Pinned tabs in groups/spaces feels like a cross between bookmarks and tabs… 🤔
I have over 4000+ on my phone, I have never closed any tab since I got it 4 years ago
Okay, that's the next level of mad. 😉
In fact even storing the URLs and state required plenty of memory which mobile devices aren't very rich of, but hats off anyway.
In fact even storing the URLs and state required plenty of memory which mobile devices aren't very rich of, but hats off anyway.
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I am not known for being normal ;)
But yeah, the browser lags alot. I do have 12GB of ram to play with 😛
@fatboy what would you desire to know about that?
People keep tabs to keep sessions active, to use as "live bookmarks", to keep it open because they regularly use them.
It is damned hard to do it right with maximum four options. After posting I was pondering to re-start it with correct log scale, but, meh.
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How to explain corruption to Germans
#Hungary buys a locomotive. Extract from an article:
"In the meantime, however, we have been hit by a shoddy toilet built to steal EU development money and cheap world market loans, so it is questionable whether we have the money to buy so many locomotives, but the job has been entrusted to János Lázár, who for some reason seems to think that Siemens is not corrupt enough.
If you want to explain the corruption in Hungary to a German, you just have to say that not even Siemens is corrupt enough for the Hungarian government, and they will understand everything."
"In the meantime, however, we have been hit by a shoddy toilet built to steal EU development money and cheap world market loans, so it is questionable whether we have the money to buy so many locomotives, but the job has been entrusted to János Lázár, who for some reason seems to think that Siemens is not corrupt enough.
If you want to explain the corruption in Hungary to a German, you just have to say that not even Siemens is corrupt enough for the Hungarian government, and they will understand everything."
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A python programmer walks into a bar, and asks for ten unopened cans of beer.
The bartender gets pretty angry:
- Canned beer? Why do you want me to serve you canned beer? And ten?
The programmer shrugs:
- Sorry pal, but I need all the tabs I can get.
The bartender gets pretty angry:
- Canned beer? Why do you want me to serve you canned beer? And ten?
The programmer shrugs:
- Sorry pal, but I need all the tabs I can get.
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Pride sidenote
"I don't have a friend that I like because they have size 41 feet. I don't have a person I don't like because they have size 41 feet. If, in any context, it comes to my attention that anyone has size 41 feet... well, nothing changes. If people with size 41 feet are discriminated against in any way because of their foot size; it is my job, my turn, to stand by them. If you say let's have a day when people with size 41 feet go out on the streets because it's important, well so be it, let's have a demonstration for equal rights, let's have a commemoration, let's just have a happy afternoon. Let's have it.
For me it's as simple as that.🌈"
(– Andrea Sinkovics)
For me it's as simple as that.🌈"
(– Andrea Sinkovics)
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spam?
!Friendica Support
Is this good for me? Don't feel like.
Is this good for me? Don't feel like.
> select count(*) from gserver where url LIKE '%troll.cf%';
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1 row in set (1 min 20.495 sec)| 172846 | https://30m1uebec.activitypub-troll.cf | http://30m1uebec.activitypub-troll.cf | | | | 0 | 0 | | | unkn | | 0 | | 2022-12-03 19:51:17 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2023-01-03 20:01:25 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023-02-03 20:01:25 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL |
| 172847 | https://1ml1up799.activitypub-troll.cf | http://1ml1up799.activitypub-troll.cf | | | | 0 | 0 | | | unkn | | 0 | | 2022-12-03 19:51:18 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2023-01-03 20:01:26 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023-02-03 20:01:26 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL |
| 172848 | https://2ckkegfqs.activitypub-troll.cf | http://2ckkegfqs.activitypub-troll.cf | | | | 0 | 0 | | | unkn | | 0 | | 2022-12-03 19:51:20 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2023-01-03 20:01:28 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023-02-03 20:01:28 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL |
| 172849 | https://q2g4bs0i.activitypub-troll.cf | http://q2g4bs0i.activitypub-troll.cf | | | | 0 | 0 | | | unkn | | 0 | | 2022-12-03 19:51:21 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2023-01-03 20:01:28 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023-02-03 20:01:28 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL |This entry was edited (1 year ago)
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Content warning: spam?
@grin
Yes, I had the same problem. Just block the domain.
If your instance crashes because of too many database entries block the subdomains in chunks: https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/12729#issue-1556556319
@Friendica Support
Yes, I had the same problem. Just block the domain.
If your instance crashes because of too many database entries block the subdomains in chunks: https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/12729#issue-1556556319
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thanks, so that was quick:
bin/console serverblock add *.activitypub-troll.cf spam
bin/console serverblock add *.activitypub-troll.cf spam
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no but at least there will be no activity fram from those servers, I hope
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The queue is empty, wow, there were more than 100 000 elements in the queue before!!
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now i have the command running from here to empty the database https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/12705#issuecomment-1398887054
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@Roland Häder Was the command wrong? Not sure if it had deleted anything, it just replied with
Query OK, 13779424 rows affected (1 hour 16 min 19.826 sec) This entry was edited (1 year ago)
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@Roland Häder Wow, I feel honoured ;) It is only a small instance, just for me, on a VPS with 2GB RAM
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@Roland Häder Thanks! I am not fluent in mysql / mariadb. There are lots of optimization commands, it seems. Which one should I use?
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So no, optimize table doesn't do anything for innodb. Copying/renaming is painful for huge tables.
Correction: after removing (better) optimize started, and recreated in a flash. Thanks!
Correction: after removing (better) optimize started, and recreated in a flash. Thanks!
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Deleting from the table took 2 hours. Still wondering how to shrink it since it's too big for having another copy.
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if you enable innodb-file-per-table it wont keep unused space reserved.
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I have banned and purged sbcloud.cc from everywhere, based on this
Since then worker doesn't pull in spambots again.
Now, it would be neat to know:
1. What exatly happened (I don't know the protocol that deeply)
2. Who did what
3. How to prevent that from happening in the future (both network-wise and locally)
#spambot #spam
2023-01-29T10:27:59Z worker [INFO]: Server peer update start {"url":"https://fed.sbcloud.cc","worker_id":"85e31dd","worker_cmd":"UpdateServerPeers"} - {"file":"UpdateServerPeers.php","line":54,"function":"execute","uid":"a33038","process_id":295381}
2023-01-29T10:27:59Z worker [INFO]: Server is unknown. Start discovery. {"Server":"https://1chs090ty.activitypub-troll.cf","worker_id":"85e31dd","worker_cmd":"UpdateServerPeers"} - {"file":"GServer.php","line":358,"function":"check","uid":"a33038","process_id":295381}Since then worker doesn't pull in spambots again.
Now, it would be neat to know:
1. What exatly happened (I don't know the protocol that deeply)
2. Who did what
3. How to prevent that from happening in the future (both network-wise and locally)
#spambot #spam
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@Roland Häder @Lorenz !Friendica Support The toot this one replies to would have been shared to the people mentioned here, but I cannot seem to have a way to edit it accordingly; editing doesn't expand name references, nor can seem to be able to tag people... I hope they can see the parent toot of this....
I am not sure I'll ever grok how this is supposed to work, who gets notified when and who see what where how.
I am not sure I'll ever grok how this is supposed to work, who gets notified when and who see what where how.
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It seems sbcloud.cc was the origin. Problem is that you usually do not know which IP to ban, not easy to trace the problem, the logs don't help much.
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hm.... sbcloud looks legit. The startpage is Element (for Matrix chat server), then there is fed.sbcloud.cc which is used only by five users
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Why? You think that having dns is proof that no bad traffic comes from there? Especially since you seem to realise that the spammed addresses were fakes, yet you seem to expect "blocking" a non-existent server. You based your opinion on about zero amount of facts, but you seem to be quite assured that you are, somehow, right.
But anyway, stopped spam for me, you're free to do whatever you deem proper, including looking at the dns when the AP networks get abused. 🤷
I wish there were useful logs: those would be better for abuse management than... dns.
But anyway, stopped spam for me, you're free to do whatever you deem proper, including looking at the dns when the AP networks get abused. 🤷
I wish there were useful logs: those would be better for abuse management than... dns.
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Even after I have blocked these servers more than two weeks ago, the gserver table had more than 8GB! Now I run the same delete command again, and the table now has 10GB. What happened? Somebody knows what to do? Weird stuff.
UPDATE: I run
MariaDB [friendicadb]> DELETE FROM `gserver` WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' OR `url` LIKE '%gab.best%';
Query OK, 37499832 rows affected (5 hours 46 min 51.045 sec)UPDATE: I run
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I tried to optimize all tables, but that lasted too long, so I stopped it.
I am surprised to hear that the avatar is not showing. What can be the reason? What can I do?
I am surprised to hear that the avatar is not showing. What can be the reason? What can I do?
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Was the error on my or your or Friendica's side? Last time I checked the photo showed up on Mastodon instances
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Exception: Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes
Seems to be on your end then?
Seems to be on your end then?
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Two months later same issue:
more than 9GB freed up!
MariaDB [friendicadb]> DELETE FROM `gserver` WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' OR `url` LIKE '%gab.best%';
Query OK, 38621191 rows affected (4 hours 3 min 46.706 sec)more than 9GB freed up!
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Running 2023-03-rc on the last commit.
86k server from *.gab.best.
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| 86378 |
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Query OK, 86378 rows affected (1.143 sec)
Changed Block pattern from gab.best to *.gab.best.
Obiviously i missed the wildcard.
86k server from *.gab.best.
select count(*) from gserver where url LIKE '%troll.cf%' OR `url` LIKE '%gab.best%';+----------+
| 86378 |
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DELETE FROM `gserver` WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' OR `url` LIKE '%gab.best%';Query OK, 86378 rows affected (1.143 sec)
Changed Block pattern from gab.best to *.gab.best.
Obiviously i missed the wildcard.
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The thing is I have added the wildcard and blocked the other troll-domain, and nevertheless, I still get all their spam.
so within one week the result:
so within one week the result:
MariaDB [friendicadb]> DELETE FROM `gserver` WHERE `url` LIKE '%activitypub-troll.cf%' OR `url` LIKE '%gab.best%';
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@Lorenz Please block only *.activitypub-troll.cf the other blocks should not do anything.
@Roland Häder if I remember correctly your fix was added to the 2023.03-rc branch. The instance of @Lorenz runs on 2023.01, so still without the fix.
@Roland Häder if I remember correctly your fix was added to the 2023.03-rc branch. The instance of @Lorenz runs on 2023.01, so still without the fix.
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@OldKid
Alright, I will upgrade to the RC the coming days, then. Thanks!
@Roland Häder @Friendica Support
Alright, I will upgrade to the RC the coming days, then. Thanks!
@Roland Häder @Friendica Support
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@Roland Häder @OldKid @Lorenz
The pull request is marked in the 2023-03 Milestone, so I guess its in the actual RC and later in 2023-03-stable.
Link to pull request #12700
The pull request is marked in the 2023-03 Milestone, so I guess its in the actual RC and later in 2023-03-stable.
Link to pull request #12700
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Q: Write a short story about Carl Sagan tricking Donald Trump.
A: Carl Sagan was one of the world's most well-known astrophysicists and scientists. He was the one who created the television series "Cosmos," which explored the mysteries of the universe.
One day, while visiting the White House, Carl spotted Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Carl got an idea and decided to play a trick on him.
First, Carl asked Trump if he could name the smallest planet in our solar system. Trump confidently declared that he could, because he was "the smartest president in the history of the United States."
Carl just chuckled and explained that the smallest planet in the solar system is Pluto, which has not been classified as a planet since 2005. Trump's face showed shock as he realized he had been tricked.
Carl continued to playfully tease Trump, telling him about the mysteries of the stars and galaxies. Trump just stared at the expert, feeling like he simply couldn't understand how the universe worked.
Finally, Carl said goodbye to Trump and returned to his own world, where the mysteries of the stars and science awaited him. Trump, on the other hand, decided to stay out of the universe's business and return to his own world, where Twitter and politics reigned supreme.
A: Carl Sagan was one of the world's most well-known astrophysicists and scientists. He was the one who created the television series "Cosmos," which explored the mysteries of the universe.
One day, while visiting the White House, Carl spotted Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Carl got an idea and decided to play a trick on him.
First, Carl asked Trump if he could name the smallest planet in our solar system. Trump confidently declared that he could, because he was "the smartest president in the history of the United States."
Carl just chuckled and explained that the smallest planet in the solar system is Pluto, which has not been classified as a planet since 2005. Trump's face showed shock as he realized he had been tricked.
Carl continued to playfully tease Trump, telling him about the mysteries of the stars and galaxies. Trump just stared at the expert, feeling like he simply couldn't understand how the universe worked.
Finally, Carl said goodbye to Trump and returned to his own world, where the mysteries of the stars and science awaited him. Trump, on the other hand, decided to stay out of the universe's business and return to his own world, where Twitter and politics reigned supreme.
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Plugins not working after a while?
!Friendica Support
I noticed that I do have a smiley button plugin active except it doesn't. And probably most of the active plugins doesn't.
I Disabled then Enabled it at it started working again.
I noticed that I do have a smiley button plugin active except it doesn't. And probably most of the active plugins doesn't.
I Disabled then Enabled it at it started working again.
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Oh that was interesting. I pressed reload plugins and Friendica immediately stopped working, giving out no hint but server 500 errors.
Turned out that piwik plugin crashed on some random error (Uncaught Exception TypeError: "Argument 2 passed to piwik_analytics() must be of the type array, string given), but it suggests that somehow plugins were not used at all for a long time now. 🤷
I usually think php stuff as "immediately effective" since it always reloads and reparses everything. That was a refreshing blow not to trust even this.
Turned out that piwik plugin crashed on some random error (Uncaught Exception TypeError: "Argument 2 passed to piwik_analytics() must be of the type array, string given), but it suggests that somehow plugins were not used at all for a long time now. 🤷
I usually think php stuff as "immediately effective" since it always reloads and reparses everything. That was a refreshing blow not to trust even this.
like this
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@deejayy@heydorka Found the original of the beautiful cells:
https://www.cellsignal.com/pathways/cellular-landscapes
(Was https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html)
You can point and see all the enzymes and their function. It is beautiful.
https://www.cellsignal.com/pathways/cellular-landscapes
(Was https://www.digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html)
You can point and see all the enzymes and their function. It is beautiful.
Cellular Landscapes | Cell Signaling Technology
A listing of interactive 3D molecular models displaying signal transduction pathways in the context of their cellular landscapes produced by Cell Signaling Technology.Cell Signaling Technology
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... and groundhog says hello every day....
we already had in April...
Thanks to the admins!
we already had in April...
Thanks to the admins!
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looks like we need a remake of this with an even taller wave 
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![Albert de Pétigny ⏚ [perso]](photo/contact/80/148018?ts=1727778056)
Impresionante y muy creativa ilustración, mezclando dos de los mundos libres que nos apasionan. Pepper & Carrot y Mastodon. 🦣🐈
Gran trabajo, como bien nos tienes acostumbrados con tu arte. 😮 🖼️
Gran trabajo, como bien nos tienes acostumbrados con tu arte. 😮 🖼️
Aaa that must feel great! Mine is still Twitter by a long shot (ofc the site that is currently in flames... just my luck haha). But I am happy to see many of them jump to Mastodon. Congratulations! 😍
@Tealk Sure, it's an assumed reference/parody of a shot of the movie. I tell it on the image alt/description, and the title does also the reference. Thanks for noticing!
@Tealk No problem about it, I also rarely read about them, thanks again for mentioning it, it will be now easier to find the information. 😊
Thank you for your art, it's a lot of fun! At the moment, I let my 10yo read two or three episodes of Pepper&Carrot with me before bed, and he's laughing out loud every time.
When I discovered your comic, I read the entire run in one sitting and I can't wait for more, if there will be more! Your work is appreciated. Thank you for sharing it with the world!
@wishx Thanks a lot. And yes, even if I had a big break after this summer, I can confirm, there will be more; I'm working on episode 38 😊
oh how lovely this is.... the sentiment of the message, and the image to go with it :) wonderful ;)
(coudn't agree more with the blissful mood here in the fediverse!)
(coudn't agree more with the blissful mood here in the fediverse!)
If you're looking for higher image quality, consider chiming in here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20255
:)
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20255
:)
Image resolution limitations - an increasing problem. · Issue #20255 · mastodon/mastodon
Reopening discussion over maximum image resolutions. There's recently been a big influx of people from Birdsite, and with them, a lot of artists - who are disappointed when they get here and fi...GitHub
@nafnlaus Thanks, I think the quality is OK even if I can sympathize with the example on the bug report.
Pro of 'low' quality+resize:
- lower stockage
- lower bandwidth
- best for ecology
Con
- sometime jpg artifacts
Anyway, I post all the source, layered and hi-resolution of my art on my blog under a creative commons license ( for reusage , eg. wallpapers, and full resolution ). I consider here only "previews. That's why I'm OK. (and because, ecology 🌱)
Pro of 'low' quality+resize:
- lower stockage
- lower bandwidth
- best for ecology
Con
- sometime jpg artifacts
Anyway, I post all the source, layered and hi-resolution of my art on my blog under a creative commons license ( for reusage , eg. wallpapers, and full resolution ). I consider here only "previews. That's why I'm OK. (and because, ecology 🌱)
It's actually throwing away quality for no good reason, unfortunately. With proper handling we can compress JPEGs to half the size for a given amount of quality (or double the quality for a given size). And WebP improves that ratio by ~25-30%, and AVIF by ~50%. And then better dedup'ing (image fingerprintting) could cut server resources dramatically further. There's also proposals for a HQ (but less convenient) image option, with lower default size.
@nafnlaus Ha, that's good to see other format and the ratio quality/storage/bandwith being studied. If there is a waste in quality that could be solved without putting weight (or even better, with lighter footprint), I'm all OK!
Love the alt text for this - if that's 'done quick', I'd love to see what happens when you take time over something! Your style is gorgeous 😍
@JulieRoff Thank you very much! 
For my art with a larger time budget on the rendering, you can check my portfolio on my website: https://www.davidrevoy.com/static1/portfolio
For my art with a larger time budget on the rendering, you can check my portfolio on my website: https://www.davidrevoy.com/static1/portfolio
Portfolio - David Revoy
Website of David Revoy, artist and instructor using only Free/Libre and Open-Source software since 2009.David Revoy
@erfanekm Thank you for being around and always for your nice comments. 👍
The quote is explicit: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki so...
quel bel hommage.
Je ne résiste pas à partager le si joli thème de Joe Hisaishi qui va avec :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQx4cEwKD5E
Je ne résiste pas à partager le si joli thème de Joe Hisaishi qui va avec :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQx4cEwKD5E
04 Joe Hisaishi - Kaze no Torimichi (The Path of Wind) (from My Neighbour Totoro)
JOE HISAISHI - a Wish to the Moon ETUDE&ENCORE PIANO STORIES 2003YouTube
@marctapages
Merci, Oh, et magnifique cette version live. 😍
Merci, Oh, et magnifique cette version live. 😍Yeap, j'adore non seulement la musique mais aussi les expressions réjouies du maestro.
Beautiful and calming as always
I have the same feeling about "social" media (with a reaaally smaller audience) : it's on the Fediverse that most people react and write comments about my comics, and I love it
I have the same feeling about "social" media (with a reaaally smaller audience) : it's on the Fediverse that most people react and write comments about my comics, and I love it
Man, you are such a legend! Every open source project that I like (including Pepper&Carrot), it have your artwork, and this is awesome! You deserve more and more followers (and I hope they all follow you through the Fediverse). Thank you for your art!
aww this is so adorable 
Thanks for sharing this and your other work and thanks for being a part of the Fediverse! Congrats on 15K
P.S.: my girlfriend wanted me to comment that she also finds this piece really adorable :)
Thanks for sharing this and your other work and thanks for being a part of the Fediverse! Congrats on 15K
P.S.: my girlfriend wanted me to comment that she also finds this piece really adorable :)
clicking through to see illustrations like this is like unwrapping a present :)
je suis toujours impressionné par la composition de vos peintures numériques. Surtout sur les jeux d'ombres et lumières !
@gportier Merci! Pour celle là, je n'ai pas beaucoup de mérite: j'ai parodié une scène iconique des studio Ghibli et il y avait franchement déjà des éléments de génie à la composition.
La ref: https://www.hdwallpaper.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/my_neighbor_totoro-3.jpg
La ref: https://www.hdwallpaper.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/my_neighbor_totoro-3.jpg
I feel like #Mastodon giving up the hero image and theming was a mistake.
Wow this looks amazing!
May I use this as my wallpaper? If so, how can I find the full resolution form?
Thanks in advance :)
May I use this as my wallpaper? If so, how can I find the full resolution form?
Thanks in advance :)
@alvanrahimli Thanks!
Sure, I posted the 4K picture (3840x2160px) on my blog (click the picture to open the large version), link: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article941/my-neighbor-mastodon
Sure, I posted the 4K picture (3840x2160px) on my blog (click the picture to open the large version), link: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article941/my-neighbor-mastodon
My Neighbor Mastodon
Website of David Revoy (aka Deevad), artist and instructor using only Free/Libre and Open-Source software since 2009.David Revoy
I was just browsing your portfolio. All are really nice pieces of art, very well done!
Also, knowing you did all of them with FOSS, makes me happier :)
Keep up the good work
(thanks again for link)
Also, knowing you did all of them with FOSS, makes me happier :)
Keep up the good work
(thanks again for link)
Also, knowing you did all of them with FOSS, makes me happier :)More than that, he documents the process, giving a lot to the comunity… 😍😍
@linuxgamer Hey thanks LinuxGamer and for your supportive comments all this time! (even on Twitter, you are the same LinuxGamer with the red slime https://twitter.com/The_LinuxGamer , right? )
hey I've just discovered by chance your profile now on Mastodon and your illustrations are amazing! Awesome work! 👌🏻
I didn't know you were on Mastodon! It's a nice surprise, I love your comic.
Congratulations on reaching 15,000 followers. I'm happy to be one of the fortunate ones.
This piece makes me feel so peaceful. I believe I will have beautiful dreams because of it. Thank you!
i love mastodon elephant mascot and you draw it so nicely. Love your works 
@No_Tables Thanks! And welcome here. 👍
Oh Krita user? Nice! When you post future artworks, don't forget to add krita and/or mastoart hashtag here; I always enjoy to browse this and I'm not alone. ☺️
Oh Krita user? Nice! When you post future artworks, don't forget to add krita and/or mastoart hashtag here; I always enjoy to browse this and I'm not alone. ☺️
I can't get over how awesome this turned out, how long did it take you to complete?
@Starflight48r2_ Hey, thanks! Around 2h30, but I was cooking at the same time, so I had to keep an eye on the kitchen.
To be fair, I had no merit in this one; the reference I had to parody this famous scene from My Neighbor Totoro had almost all resolved: light, composition, etc... https://www.hdwallpaper.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/my_neighbor_totoro-3.jpg
Also, the view angle is pretty 'staged' and perspective flat. That's why I could bypass drawing. You'll find the process here: https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/109361697116548131
To be fair, I had no merit in this one; the reference I had to parody this famous scene from My Neighbor Totoro had almost all resolved: light, composition, etc... https://www.hdwallpaper.nu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/my_neighbor_totoro-3.jpg
Also, the view angle is pretty 'staged' and perspective flat. That's why I could bypass drawing. You'll find the process here: https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/109361697116548131
David Revoy (@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)
Attaché : 4 images Process: (Note: final 4K for wallpaper or any reuse: https://www.davidrevoy.com/data/images/blog/2022/2022-11-13_my-neighbor-mastodon_15k.jpg CC-By)Framapiaf
that's amazing, artwork of this level tends to take me weeks or months to do, how are you so fast?
@Starflight48r2_ Hey, it used to take me weeks also 20 years ago, it's totally normal and it's a good practice to take care of all the steps.
The speed comes with time, removing bit by bit what's unnecessary and building automatism for part of the process.
You don't need to paint with a clock or anything to increase it, it just build up with practice and time, IMO. Having a webcomic with life around and deadline for sure really made me reconsider my time budget on each panel 😅
The speed comes with time, removing bit by bit what's unnecessary and building automatism for part of the process.
You don't need to paint with a clock or anything to increase it, it just build up with practice and time, IMO. Having a webcomic with life around and deadline for sure really made me reconsider my time budget on each panel 😅
@Starflight48r2_ Hey, please define "normal adult life". Because here, I'm probably far from that 😉 .
Check this #MastoArt made by @davidrevoy using #FreeSoftware #Krita from #KDE #art #design #creativity #mastindia
Posting low res, check high res on original toot.
Posting low res, check high res on original toot.
@user Hey, I see you are new here; so just to let you get a feedback, you just wrote my name on a empty toot. Maybe you hit the 'reply' button and then left the text box empty and pressed the publish button. On my side, I had a notification with a empty reply, just my name.
No problem! Take your time playing with the option, it takes a little time to get used. Welcome here.
No problem! Take your time playing with the option, it takes a little time to get used. Welcome here.
@user
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Friendica fact of the day: you can compose huge posts on Friendica, add inline media (photos/videos), and even stylize the text (bold, italic, underline, add links to words or sentences). So you can use it as a Twitter or Facebook alternative. No limitations.
See more about Friendica here and join us here.
See more about Friendica here and join us here.
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…and also you see mastodon posts and vice versa, so you can keep communicating with the same people. (But the interface is seriously outdated.)
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Our instance uses a different cusotm made theme. More modern in my view. Different colors and dark/light variations. Also it works with any Mastodon apps.
As far as I know there is only one fully working public theme. I cannot comment yours. I just wish there was some modern and fully working theme.
Yes our theme is built upon the Frio theme. I made it more simple, I'd say. You can see screenshots here https://trom.tf/social/
I started on Friendica some time ago, using the friendiqa client for Android, but found it clunky, ugly and slow, so I never really used it.
Is there a better client for mobile, or is Friendica best left to browsers? Or should I just use Tusky for both?
Is there a better client for mobile, or is Friendica best left to browsers? Or should I just use Tusky for both?
Friendica is a different beast now. It works with pretty much all Mastodon apps. Plus, for our own instance, we made custom themes that in my view look a lot better, more modern.
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@Rokosun what apps are best for Friendica? I also know of https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.andstatus.app/ and https://f-droid.org/en/packages/su.xash.husky/
Thanks for letting me know about social.trom.tf and about the trade free movement, which I hadn't heard of before.
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I use it daily and can follow anyone. Can you please tell me what account you cannot follow? Maybe that instance blocked us or something?
@Tio
No, I think that was someone else. I haven't had any issue with following other accounts on Friendica, at least so far.
@[ h o n o r ]
No, I think that was someone else. I haven't had any issue with following other accounts on Friendica, at least so far.
@[ h o n o r ]
@Tio
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@Tio
I'm currently using #Fedilab (https://fedilab.app). It has its issues, but the developer is interested in improving Friendica support, so you can report bugs and they're quick to fix it.
@teledyn
@teledyn 𓂀
I'm currently using #Fedilab (https://fedilab.app). It has its issues, but the developer is interested in improving Friendica support, so you can report bugs and they're quick to fix it.
@teledyn
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@post@raghukamath We can go deeper 😉 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/9a/63/799a6304973a89e6abde61be58369353.jpg
Thanks Raghukamath It's part of my testing/experimentation. Try comic with a low time/production/panel budget, this way I'll probably learn to make smaller Pepper&Carrot episodes, because I was expanding them so much on the last year they became unmanageable to produce. I'll write more about this on a blog next week. I'm learning how to find 6 pages " a comfortable device to storytell complex things". ☺️
Thanks Raghukamath
It's part of my testing/experimentation. Try comic with a low time/production/panel budget, this way I'll probably learn to make smaller Pepper&Carrot episodes, because I was expanding them so much on the last year they became unmanageable to produce. I'll write more about this on a blog next week. I'm learning how to find 6 pages " a comfortable device to storytell complex things". ☺️For those (like me) who are out of the loop: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/deviantart-upsets-artists-with-its-new-ai-art-generator-dreamup/.
TL;DR: DeviantArt created an art generator called DreamUp based on Stable Diffusion, and art uploaded by the site’s users will be used for training unless they opt out.
TL;DR: DeviantArt created an art generator called DreamUp based on Stable Diffusion, and art uploaded by the site’s users will be used for training unless they opt out.
DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp
Confused artists discover their work will be used for AI training by default.Ars Technica
An ActivityPub-federated alternative to DeviantArt/ArtStation would be nice especially if it will let you manage and update assets/sources attached to artworks.
@post I wonder if a https://pixelfed.org/ large instance might do the trick (for the 'portfolio' view).
@Post
It's great that the Fediverse features different implementations that resemble mainstream social networks (Mastodon/Twitter and PixelFed/Instagram) and this is why I would iterate for DeviantArt/ArtStation too (PixelFed looks too much like Instagram for this purpose)
Deviantart: Is this the line for getting into trouble for massive IP and creator rights issues?
Github: Yes, it is.
Github: Yes, it is.
@eldelacajita Except that artists may have granted DeviantArt the right to do that in the submission guidelines which are part of the terms of service: https://www.deviantart.com/about/policy/submission/ @davidrevoy
Submission Policy | DeviantArt
DeviantArt is the world's largest online social community for artists and art enthusiasts, allowing people to connect through the creation and sharing of art.DeviantArt
@ArneBab@eldelacajita Exactly, yes.
@Poulpette Yes, they are dominant on this market right now. But they have been bought by Epic Game, and I guess because Epic now co-own the right on all uploads/artworks on the platform, they'll try soon to use these data for something similar. I was sure this type of IA move would comes from Binance (Adobe) or Artstation (Epic Game) first, from deviantArt it's a bit unexpected.
J'ai du mal à comprendre comment ils en sont venus à se dire que c'était une bonne idée... et comment ils ont pu vraiment la mettre en pratique 🤦♀️
@nyandzette Moi aussi. Ils aurait pu au moins faire un blog-post pour prendre la temperature avant de mettre les deux pieds dans le plat.
Peut-être un vote unanyme des actionnaires/shareholders devant des projections de courbes positive financière faites par un bureau d'étude bien crapuleux?
Peut-être un vote unanyme des actionnaires/shareholders devant des projections de courbes positive financière faites par un bureau d'étude bien crapuleux?
these are sad times for artists indeed.. Your nice comic strip is perfectly on point
That's the cutest comic bird since Tweety. Awesome style as always.
I mentioned this topic to my friend and they did some digging and it looks like it was a huge misunderstanding on Deviantart's side? Apparently people who manage their official Twitter fucked up the announcement.
Here is a link to the latest reblogs: https://at.tumblr.com/thefloatingstone/velvety-vixen-i-actually-specifically-brought/zv5wwpejs4zz
There is more to it tho: https://at.tumblr.com/drawingden/your-post-about-deviantarts-ai-related-changes-is/6pirtajjeaz2
There even is a form to fill if you want to opt out: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBl3RIkgoVJh89rWOSd-bz_FdlCZGSUho4ADhG2rmCq3dVPg/viewform
Here is a link to the latest reblogs: https://at.tumblr.com/thefloatingstone/velvety-vixen-i-actually-specifically-brought/zv5wwpejs4zz
There is more to it tho: https://at.tumblr.com/drawingden/your-post-about-deviantarts-ai-related-changes-is/6pirtajjeaz2
There even is a form to fill if you want to opt out: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBl3RIkgoVJh89rWOSd-bz_FdlCZGSUho4ADhG2rmCq3dVPg/viewform
DreamUp Username Opt-Out Request
Enter the email associated with your DeviantArt account. Please double-check the spelling, or we'll be unable to contact you regarding the status of your request.Google Docs
@the_luck_witch Oh yes, I agree (read this thread https://mastodon.art/@reinderdijkhuis/109327285432913484 for more) and they backpedaled a lot since the original announcement. (src. https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/UPDATE-All-Deviations-Are-Opted-Out-of-AI-Datasets-934500371 ) but still, what a communication mess at the scale of a community. A big bullet in their own foot could have been avoided with more communication and a better default option right of the box.
Also, all my artworks from DeviantArt are easy to find on https://haveibeentrained.com/ , so I guess the evil is already done...😔
Also, all my artworks from DeviantArt are easy to find on https://haveibeentrained.com/ , so I guess the evil is already done...😔
Reinder Dijkhuis Does Art (@reinderdijkhuis@mastodon.art)
Before I go to bed, a summary of how I see the #DeviantArt thing: If you're a DA user, you have NOT been opted into all your art being used to train other party's AI art engine, or DA's own new one.Mastodon.ART
Yep, they definitely did perform a massive foot shooting. My friends mutual worded it as: "No matter how logical and well-intentioned the product was, no one could listen under the immediate fight-or-flight response this announcement created".
I don't have very impressive art on the site, but damn did I not go to specifically opt out all that I felt I don't want used for such a thing.
I don't have very impressive art on the site, but damn did I not go to specifically opt out all that I felt I don't want used for such a thing.
@the_luck_witch
You could try a GDPR data deletion request. If enough people do that someone might sue them for their model. This site might help
https://yourdigitalrights.org/
@aral used it to demand deletion of his Twitter data:
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109285601132488401
You could try a GDPR data deletion request. If enough people do that someone might sue them for their model. This site might help
https://yourdigitalrights.org/
@aral used it to demand deletion of his Twitter data:
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109285601132488401
Own Your Data
Delete your account or access the personal data organizations have on you using this free service.YourDigitalRights.org
I wish there was an #ActivityPub project with features and UI similar to the likes of #DeviantArt. #Pixelfed is not it, #MediaGoblin is long dormant and way behind. There's nothing but if music has #Funkwhale, there's definitely a place to be made for art!
I may have missed something but... can't I DELETE my account on #DeviantArt? Only deactivate it?
@Petit_Lutin Ha, I never went to this section. Not sure what their ToS says about that. In any case, the word is really badly chosen, it really feels like a simple 'offline' deactivation. Bad.
@lemonheep Oh yes, true. I started to use Twitdesk because of that, but the image preview was smaller (they fixed it recently) and the prominent display of the like/reshare 'score' felt always wrong to me. Like if this amount tried to 'nudge' my appreciation of an artwork. I'm so happy the count here is not that prominent.
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Minimálisat, csak egy f'ika linket kap az AP a title mellett:
https://fika.grin.hu/display/9b3ec022-1763-62b9-5bce-6ec266945330
https://fika.grin.hu/display/9b3ec022-1763-62b9-5bce-6ec266945330
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Extrém furcsa, és nem is barátságos. Sőt, az sem biztos hogy te azt a felület látod amit én, és elvileg van 3-4 theme amiből 2-3 hibás, és nem látszik rajta minden.
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Tried to upgrade friendica from 2022.06 to 2022.11. It's been a bad idea.
After upgrade only 500 error, no error logged into either apache or log/ dir.
Tried tgz to no avail.
Removed addons finally, and it started. Put back addon and it keeps running.
I hate no logs.
After upgrade only 500 error, no error logged into either apache or log/ dir.
Tried tgz to no avail.
Removed addons finally, and it started. Put back addon and it keeps running.
I hate no logs.
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Interesting…
I have acknowledged one follower and I've got a spammer trying to follow me. No new follower requests for the last year. Strange coincidence.
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#hungarian #orban #government spying on #journalists
https://telex.hu/english/2022/06/10/cables-show-how-orbans-diplomats-gather-information-on-journalists
https://telex.hu/english/2022/06/10/cables-show-how-orbans-diplomats-gather-information-on-journalists
Cables show how Orbán’s diplomats gather information on journalists
Direkt36 has obtained the diplomatic reports that Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's confidant requested concerning the professional trips organised by foreign countries for Hungarian journalists.Panyi Szabolcs (Telex)
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I am fleeing #Ukraine and heading to #Hungary. What do I need to know?
Article for refugees.
https://telex.hu/english/2022/02/26/i-am-fleeing-ukraine-and-heading-to-hungary-what-do-i-need-to-know
Article for refugees.
https://telex.hu/english/2022/02/26/i-am-fleeing-ukraine-and-heading-to-hungary-what-do-i-need-to-know
I am fleeing Ukraine and heading to Hungary. What do I need to know?
We have gathered useful information for those fleeing the war in Ukraine: how they can stay in Hungary legally, and where they can turn for help.Előd Fruzsina (Telex)
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spambot confession
It is interesting to see how desperate some spambots are: I had a few registering on Friendica, noticing that pre-approval is active, and sending a message to the admin that "if you need super cash opportunity this is your chance"...
I can imagine their suprised face when their account was insta-deleted.
"How?! HOW?? How can these damned admins figure out that I am a spammer?!?"
I can imagine their suprised face when their account was insta-deleted.
"How?! HOW?? How can these damned admins figure out that I am a spammer?!?"
2021-11-28 17:25:12
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Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament speech at the Intelligence Agency: opposition is the greatest national security threat.
#leaked #hungary #politics
https://www.direkt36.hu/en/kover-laszlo-arrol-beszelt-titkosszolgalati-vezetoknek-hogy-az-ellenzek-jelenti-a-legnagyobb-nemzetbiztonsagi-veszelyt/
#leaked #hungary #politics
https://www.direkt36.hu/en/kover-laszlo-arrol-beszelt-titkosszolgalati-vezetoknek-hogy-az-ellenzek-jelenti-a-legnagyobb-nemzetbiztonsagi-veszelyt/
Orbán’s ally told Hungarian intelligence services that opposition is the greatest national security threat, leaked recording reveals
Direkt36 has obtained a recording of the speech that Speaker of the Parliament László Kövér gave in February 2020 to the leaders of Hungary's national security leadership.Direkt36
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2021-10-04 22:03:01
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That is what nameservers see when #facebook bites the dust.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that some NS actually went down due to the tenfold pressure and traffic.
2021-09-23 19:36:06
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This week #hungary's opposition parties together hold a "preelection", with zero central funding to pick the opposition people to run against #Orban government and their public-money backed people. They use public infrastructure for offline and online voting and so far the usually apathic people are voting in masses. This may be the first real hope of the opposition to replace the corruption based mafia state Orban has built. This was the reply to the last version of everchaning election law.
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In #Budapest there are more than 30000 hand-picked small pebbles laying at the Margit-island. All those pebbles contain a number and an age, some a first name or nickname, some just "mom". Every pebble is for one person who died in #COVID in #Hungary. People started to put pebbles there last year, and soon thousands and thousands of new pebbles appeared, one by one, bordering the running strip around the little island.
In august 2021 the pebbles were so many that they were in danger from the large masses of people of the popular island, so the government of Budapest city and the people originally organised the memorial and their countless helpers have moved all the stones, a handful a time, into an inner park of the island, into a multiple spiralling line.
If you happen to be around, nice to know what these pebbles are. Lots and lots of stones.
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A well-written #conservative / #right leanig article about how #Hungary's Victor #Orban is not "valuing conservative values", using the apropos of Tucker Carlson (Fox News "paleoconservative" commentator) coming to Hungary and having a happy meeting and country tour in a government-controlled bubble.
It is a rarely-found help for English-speaking conservatives believing Orban is their comerade.
https://www.thebulwark.com/an-open-letter-to-tucker-carlson-from-a-hungarian-conservative/An Open Letter to Tucker Carlson from a Hungarian Conservative
Viktor Orbán isn’t building the Christian conservative Disneyland in Hungary you think he is, but a Chinese and Russian Trojan Horse in the EU and NATO.Balázs Gulyás (The Bulwark)
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Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
•grin
•grin
•@RPD0911 I have plenty of options. 🙂
I never was able to use twitter. I think I had less than a dozen tweets in my whole life. 😉
Gergely Nagy 🐁
•If you run your own server, you can migrate to the glitch-soc soft-fork, where you can set the limit to a considerably higher value, and still keep the rest of Mastodon.
You also get plenty of other nice goodies, like... drumroll Markdown formatted toots!
Introduction | Mastodon Glitch Edition
glitch-soc.github.iogrin
•Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
•grin
•Glitch is real, but by god, it's even crappier than mastodon. 😃
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
•Gergely Nagy 🐁
•@tardis Way back when in my late teens, I was fascinated by weird philosophies and personalities and whatnot, so I asked myself how many personalities I have. I received one response, and 514 did not respond. So I concluded I have -513 personalities. As such, I am very much virtual, indeed. @grin 's observation is, therefore, correct. At least about me.
Also about glitch. But I have that contained.
The Mad Scientist
•@algernon You should see a doctor.
@tardis @grin
grin
•@doctor Actually he should see minus 513 doctors.
@algernon @tardis
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
•Gergely Nagy 🐁
•Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
•grin
•@tardis For a long time I have been kept explaining people why the virtual "world" not just exists but it is actually very important for human interaction. I met almost all of my "good old friends" virtually, and chosen them by their thinking and expressive abilities, not by their, say, look, ethnicity or nationality. It works pretty well, meeting the "brain" of the people instead of their "body" first.
@algernon
grin
I hate "javascript" "ecosystem" with all that crap instability.
grin
grin
Gergely Nagy 🐁
•@grin@fika.grin.hu Pretty sure that yarn part is shared with Mastodon, though.
But then it's been a few years I ran it directly, I got fed up with javascript & ruby, so I just switched to running it in a container built by a CI, so I never have to deal with either of those again.
grin
•grin
•https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/issues/2525
2023-12-19 - we have changed deps, we do not document it, and it works for us, if not, go guess what you have to do to make it work cos we won't tell ya. 🤦♂️
Yes I know I know prepackaged containers, just had to let out the steam.
Recent breaking changes · Issue #2525 · glitch-soc/mastodon
GitHubGergely Nagy 🐁
•Ah, that happened waaaay after I last built glitch-soc myself (early 2023, I think?), hence my impression that it had pretty much the same deps as masto. Sorry about that!
Some of the breaking changes listed there come from upstream masto, though. But it also acknowledges that glitch-soc has slightly different dependencies here and there.
Aaanyway, good find, I'll keep this issue bookmarked when I upgrade glitch-soc! It would have saved me ~10 minutes when applying today's security fix too (and I'm cheating by using pre-built containers).
grin
•git checkout masto/latest simply fixed the damn thing, luckily.
Someday I may try it in a clean env and see if it breaks.
Gergely Nagy 🐁
•I found that when it comes to Ruby or JS projects, trying to build them The Right Way is going to end up in a lot of lost sanity points, a bald head, and a lot of pain and sweat, all to admit defeat in the end.
If I see a Ruby or JS project nowadays, I slowly back away, then run. If I can't, I'll punt it into a messy container and just sweep all the dirt under the carpet and pretend it's not there.
grin
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