A few months ago I released the Defederation Investigator, a tool to verify the federation status of Lemmy instances. With this new update, I’ve expanded it to support multiple Fediverse softwares, including:...
I’m sorry could you please elaborate on why the rest of the Fediverse would be enraged, or how this could be used for harassment? I don’t think I follow. I’ll admit, I only interact with the Fediverse through Lemmy so maybe there’s some dynamics of the Masto-sphere I’m not picking up.
My understanding is that Mastodon admins can choose to hide their /domain_blocks endpoint to either outside users or even to all non admins. (source), and as a matter of fact almost a thousand of the 1700 Mastodon instances I’m querying already do so, so really I can only get the federation status of the few hundred that remain.
I think the admins that prefer not to show their defeds, in fear of harassment, are already hiding them, so it should be ok for me to query the remaining ones.
We’ll start off the 2024 round of Typography Tuesdays with an unusual inclusion of a serif font, a new-to-me typeface challenge, and a browser extension some folks might find useful.
Hi everyone, I recently landed a new job where the base 401(k) contribution for all FTEs is 12% of your salary. This is regardless of your contribution, with no additional match. I realize that this is unusual for most people and it is for me as well. In my last job, I got up to a 6% match so I maxed that out and didn't think on...
At least two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Part of me feels like this was cheating. But I'm a researcher by training, and the goal is to learn, not to follow arbitrary rules, so I figure it's okay. Props to anyone who gets these without external research, though!
Has anyone defederated your instance? An update to the Defederation Investigator (defed.xyz)
A few months ago I released the Defederation Investigator, a tool to verify the federation status of Lemmy instances. With this new update, I’ve expanded it to support multiple Fediverse softwares, including:...
12% 401(k) Contribution - What to do? [USA]
Hi everyone, I recently landed a new job where the base 401(k) contribution for all FTEs is 12% of your salary. This is regardless of your contribution, with no additional match. I realize that this is unusual for most people and it is for me as well. In my last job, I got up to a 6% match so I maxed that out and didn't think on...
Stretch of Highway 401 closed in Pickering, Ont., after fiery crash leaves 2 dead (www.cbc.ca)
At least two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.