183231bcb

@183231bcb@transfem.social

Hi, I'm Beth. I'm a #queer #mathematician. I'm also a #webcomic and #musical theater enthusiast. I am #AroAce, #Trans, #Enby, and #ActuallyAutistic

Description of avatar: A four by four grid of colored squares, purple, gray, pink, and green.

Original text and images I post here are public domain unless otherwise stated. Anything I share that I didn't write or draw probably isn't.
Old accounts:
@183231bcb (2023-07-19 to 2023-08-22)
@183231bcb (2023-05-29 to 2023-07-20)
@183231bcb (2020-08-29 to 2023-06-17)
#fedi22 #geometry #topology #combinatorics #math #asexual #aromantic #Sondheim #TeamStarkid #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki

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183231bcb, to firefox

Fedi, please help me with Firefox and PDFs.

When I click on a link to a PDF, Firefox does one of three things:
a)Display the PDF in-browser, without saving it to a permanent location on my computer.
b)Open a dialogue window asking me where I want to save the PDF.
c)Download and save it in my "Downloads" folder without asking me, and then display it in-browser.

It seems to pick one of these three behaviors at random. I can't discern any pattern.

The thing is, I never ever ever ever ever want it to do (c). If I'm saving a single file on my computer I always want to select the folder manually.

In about:preferences, I scroll down to "Applications," and see I have set PDFs to "always ask." But it doesn't always ask! I've also tried changing the setting to "Open in Firefox", and I get the same result: sometimes it opens in Firefox without saving, sometimes it saves it to my downloads and then opens in Firefox, and sometimes it asks.

What's going on? Why does it switch seemingly at random between these three behaviors regardless of my setting? How do I get it to stop saving things to my Downloads folder without asking?

EDIT: Oh whoops, I forgot to put my system information.
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1
Firefox Flatpak (currently 126, but it's been happening the same way for a long time).

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

The existence of Norway implies...

183231bcb,

@dgar People from Trueway can only tell the truth, while people from Falseway can only lie.

Suppose you are traveling and you come to a fork in the road. One path leads to where you want to go, while the other leads to certain doom. At the fork are 16 people, one from each of the 16 logic gate way countries, but you can't tell which person is from which country. You can ask one question to figure out where to go. What do you say?

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

It's so weird that we are all supposed to be ashamed for burping and farting. I deeply apologize to everyone for keeping my body from literally exploding, so uncouth.

183231bcb,

@RickiTarr I've had students who have been so mistreated by previous teachers/schools that they think they need to apologize for needing to use the bathroom.

puppygirlhornypost, to random
@puppygirlhornypost@transfem.social avatar

I use vim inside vscode's terminal window. This is the only way to edit files change my mind

RE: https://transfem.social/notes/9ta8m0c8esu001cn

183231bcb,

@kawaiizenbo @puppygirlhornypost Bob and Alice are bigots please don't associate with them.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

183231bcb,

@RickiTarr I live in https://transfem.social. The worst part is you have to be careful to avoid getting eaten by a shark. The best part is you can get eaten by a shark.

antonia, to random

They had a suspicious interest in planes.

183231bcb,

@antonia To be fair, there is so much variety in that book at least some of hit has to be dangerous, right?

Fun fact: When I was in grad school my algebraic geometry teacher assigned us a homework question that required us to compute the "blow-up" of a "pentagon." He warned us not to Google it to avoid ending up on FBI watch-lists.

faoluin, to random
@faoluin@chitter.xyz avatar

uBlock Origin filter list for sites that contain AI-generated content for uBlock Origin. Useful for scrubbing AI-generated bullshit from Google, DDG, and Bing image search pages.

Edit: I didn't make this! Just seemed useful.

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/tree/main

183231bcb,

@faoluin How does this work? Do humans have to add every spam site to the blocklist manually? Is that sustainable given how quickly bots can generate spam? If it's automated or partially automated, how can it accurately determine what sites have generated spam?

183231bcb, to random

Can anymany tell me how I'm "supposed" to use end-to-end encryption with XMPP?

As far as I can tell there are three totally different ways to do E2EE:

a)OTR : "[https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0364.html](Not intended to be a current standard), or technical specification, as better (albeit, newer and less well tested) methods of end-to-end encryption exist for XMPP. "

b)OpenPGP: There are at least two different XEPs about it. XEP-0027 is obsolete, while XEP-0373 is "experimental" but hasn't been updated in almost three years.

c)OMEMO: "Experimental" and hasn't been updated in over two years.

Is there a way to do E2EE in XMPP which is neither deprecated nor experimental? What's the "Current stable" way to do it?

183231bcb, to opensourcegames

Any games with good stories?

atomicpoet, to fediversenews
@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org avatar

The Fedipact table showing which servers are blocking Threads is not accurate!

For example, it says that atomicpoet.org is blocking Threads when, in fact, this is not correct. So view this entire site with skepticism.

https://fedipact.veganism.social/

@fediversenews

183231bcb,

@atomicpoet @tokyo_0 @nm @fediversenews I think the point Tokyo Outsider is making is that your alt-text accuses "fedipact" of misinformation, but the screenshot you show is not of the fedipact website.

The actual Fedipact website is here.

Your OP is a good reason not to trust the site you linked to and to use the official fedipact site instead.

183231bcb,

@atomicpoet @nm @fediversenews @tokyo_0 The table on https://fedipact.online/ does not list your instance. You're talking about the table on an unaffiliated 3rd-party site.

(Which I agree should not be used due to it being unreliable).

183231bcb, to retrocomputing

I've a question about modern "homebrew" games made for old consoles:

Why is the original Gameboy such a popular target? Itch lists a whopping 6406 games tagged as targeting Gameboy. The second-most popular old console is the NES, with only 1848 games on Itch: less than a third as many as the Gameboy. The Gameboy Advance sits at only 450 games on Itch.

Why? What makes the Gameboy so much better of a platform for indie devs compared to the NES or later consoles? #Retrocomputing #RetroGaming #NES #NintendoEntertainmentSystem #Gameboy #GB #GameboyAdvance #GBA #SuperNES #SNES #SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem #Itch

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Who is the best Batman villain and why?

183231bcb,

@RickiTarr The only Batman media I care about is Starkid's Holy Musical B@man, so I'll say Sweet Tooth is obviously the best Batman villain.

183231bcb, to random

#Flatpak just hit 1000 verified apps.
https://flathub.org/apps/collection/verified/1

hosford42, to actuallyautistic
@hosford42@techhub.social avatar

Requirements to put in a job description to discourage or filter out autistic people:

  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Strong people skills
  • Good culture fit
  • Multitasking
  • A fast-paced dynamic environment
  • Bachelor's degree or better

I see these things and think you don't want my >30 years of programming and machine learning experience, or my problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge that had people mistaking me for one of the team's PhDs, or my solutions that have proven patent-worthy. Your loss.


@actuallyautistic
@neurodivergence

183231bcb,

@hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence I'm comfortable with ambiguity! If I see ambiguity in math, I ask the author to clarify. If I see ambiguity in anything else, I ask my cat to clarify, and if she refuses to answer then I just assume whoever gave me ambiguous instructions means whatever I want them to have said.

183231bcb, to random

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! #TransDayOfVisibility

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

Is there a Mastodon client that makes writing threads (sequences of notes) easier? I use Phanpy for desktop and mobile right now.

183231bcb,

@evan Use an instance with no character limit, or a very high character limit.

glaad, to random
@glaad@mastodon.social avatar

This is huge 👏 Mastodon has made it clear that targeted misgendering and deadnaming, as well as promotion of “conversion therapy” content is prohibited. As GLAAD has noted, all social media platforms should do the same.

“Conversion therapy” is also a harmful practice that attempts to change an LGBTQ person’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity. It’s great to see Mastodon stand up to say that anti-LGBTQ hate has no place on its platform.

From its updated server rules ⬇️

183231bcb,

@glaad Welcome to the fediverse!

Please use alt-text for your images in the future.

183231bcb, to webcomics

This is a selection of my favorite . They are in alphabetical order, NOT order of preference.
(A thread)

Alice and the Nightmare
https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/

Castoff
https://castoff-comic.com/
https://tapas.io/series/Castoff
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/castoff/list?title_no=50984

Cosmic Fish
https://cosmicfishes.com/

Dumbing of Age
https://www.dumbingofage.com/

Heartless
https://heartless-comic.com/

Heroes of Thantopolis
https://www.heroesofthantopolis.com/

Inhibit
https://inhibitcomic.com/
https://tapas.io/series/Inhibit/info
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/inhibit/list?title_no=40462

Lefty Cartoons
https://leftycartoons.com/

Monster Lands
https://monster-lands.com/

Namesake
https://www.namesakecomic.com/

Never Heroes
https://www.neverheroescomic.com/

Never Satisfied
https://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/

Novae
https://www.novaecomic.com/
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/novae/list?title_no=106507

Pandora's Tale
https://pandorastale.com/
https://tapas.io/series/Pandoras-Tale
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/pandoras-tale/list?title_no=287377

Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana
http://pathways.elainetipping.com/
https://tapas.io/series/Pathways-Chronicles-of-Tuvana
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/pathways-chronicles-of-tuvana/list?title_no=128848

Radio Silence
http://www.radiosilencecomic.com/
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/radio-silence/list?title_no=35242

freequaybuoy, to random
@freequaybuoy@mastodon.green avatar

The Pope should negotiate a peace deal with Satan.

183231bcb,

@freequaybuoy I don't think Satan should lower himself to compromise with a transmisic homomisic misogynistic pedophile-supporter.

183231bcb, to random

Happy International Women's Day! I'm going to celebrate by being a woman.

183231bcb, to random

Boost if your account is ace/aro friendly and you're okay with getting follow requests

so that I can follow or follow-request you.

183231bcb, to random

Fediverse implies the existence of fedichorus.

izaya, to random
@izaya@social.shadowkat.net avatar

friends keep buying "gaming" headsets with mediocre audio quality for $300 and replacing them every few years
decent studio headphones are like $150 at the low-end; they sound nicer and some even come with a mic! also you only have to replace the pads every few years, otherwise they'll happily last a decade or more

183231bcb,

@anniethebruce @izaya Cold take: Gaming hardware in general is often sold on looks: either of the hardware itself or the looks of games.

That super expensive Geforce RTX can make some AAA games look more "realistic," but it doesn't actually do anything to enhance gameplay beyond a mid-range 10-year-old system.

183231bcb,

@anniethebruce @izaya Ya know what I consider to be an excellent gaming accessory? My HP wired mouse, with a retail price of $10 on Amazon. It requires no battery or special drivers and has the low latency and reliability of a wired peripheral, making it well-suited for gaming. The cord is long enough that "wired" doesn't actually cost you much in terms of mobility. And it easily lasts 2-3 years of daily heavy use.

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