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box464

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Coder, manager, dog dad. Tech tinkering is my joy. Be kind.

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matej_svancer, to random
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RIP Twitter. Long live open social media

box464,
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@matej_svancer That’s amazing! I’ve been looking for posting to be added, definitely keeping my eye on this app.

cheeaun, to threads
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Screenshots comparing columns UI between Threads.net and Phanpy.social

A screenshot of a Phanpy social media feed. The interface shows three main columns: Following, FediDevs (list), and Notifications (showing recent interactions and messages).

box464,
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@adnan Yep - customize away. :blobcat:

box464, to random
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I’m rewatching Ugly Betty as a comfort show when I have downtime. So far it has held up, but reserving final recommendations until I get a bit deeper in.

I forgot there is a transgender storyline. It’s treated a bit comically with some truths sprinkled here and there. To be fair, that describes the show as a whole.

But oof some slang that should not have made it in.

Also, of course the actress wasn’t trans.

box464, to microsoft
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Tonight I learned about SCIM, a identity management standard, which has been picked up and supported by Microsoft.

It's mostly for user auto provisioning and de-provisioning.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-101/what-is-scim

#SCIM #Microsoft

box464, to random
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Installed the docker of IceShrimp.NET, which isn't even in beta yet. I have a few installs under my belt now (Mastodon, Bonfire, GoToSocial, etc.) so I know the basic drill, but this was still a pretty easy install.

In the branch I used, there's no front end yet. Phanpy, Elk and Enafore handled at least the basic posting requests so the API is solid.

So cool to see dotnet code in the fediverse! Follow me @box464 :)

box464,
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@cbielstein It's following along the lines of IceShrimp and Firefish with emoji reacts and MFM. The idea is that admins with these platforms would be able to easily migrate.

A few things are being abandoned (Clips), and others are being added. (Not exactly sure what Magazines are)

https://kb.iceshrimp.dev/s/docs/doc/production-readiness-Bs0HK2ZXO8

carnage4life, to random
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This is nuts. Sam Altman asked Scarlett Johansson to voice ChatGPT 4o and when she refused, OpenAI hired someone else to mimic her voice from "Her" only to take it down after she complained. Wow. 🤯

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@carnage4life As soon as I heard the voice, I understood who it was and the reference they were making to the movie. The fact they reached out right before the demo asking her to reconsider, then using it anyway is appalling.

box464, to random
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We just finished Fargo, Season 5 and it was the best one yet. Every performer deserves an Emmy.

andycarolan, to random
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You shall not pass!

box464,
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@alexandra @andycarolan You're laughing now but when you jump the rope on the trail and end up in a portal to the netherworlds you'll wish you had heeded that sign.

box464, to music
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Still ringing true, 30 years later.

https://music.box464.com/share/xsWGB9kEpM

#Music #SongOfTheDay

jonafato, to random
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QR codes are nice as an addition to URLs on conference presentation slides, but they're not great as a replacement. If you're using a QR code to link to a website, please share human-readable URLs on your slides as well.

box464,
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@jonafato We're going all digital on our handouts this year and hadn't fully considered this. At the moment the QR Code takes them directly to the handout for that session, the displayed URL takes them to the general handout site and then they have to navigate to the appropriate session (there are 500+ sessions over 7 days). Might reconsider and come up with a short domain/session pattern for the URLs.

box464, to random
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About 5 years ago, I had a health situation and I didn't know if I was going to be able to return to my job as the senior developer for my organization. I went into a documentation frenzy, basically writing down everything I did day to day in as much detail as I could for my team.

Any documentation is better than none. This one saved me hours today. Do it.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Tell me the story of the last time you committed an act of kindness in 500 characters or less.

There’s nothing wrong with bragging about creating kindness. There’s nothing honorable about not sharing the joy of creating kindness.

We need to uplift and encourage people who create kindness in their daily lives.

So tell us your story. It doesn’t have to be something big. It can be something as simple as helping someone carry a bag of groceries.

How did you create kindness this week?

box464,
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@Mrfunkedude An older woman working at my local grocery store asked me timidly if I needed any help. I didn’t really, but something told me she needed me to need help. I told her I needed cool whip and we walked around talking and looking for it. I thanked her for her help and she walked away with a smile on her face.

box464, to random
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Have you ever watched a movie that had a moment that made no sense and it just went on like it didn't happen?

"It Follows", a horror film from a few years back had this - a random scene where some teenagers are hanging out watching TV when one pulls out a plastic seashell, flips it open, and it's some kind of e-reader / telephone with circular screens?

There's no further mention of it in the movie.

WTF. I still think about it to this day!

box464,
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@cbielstein Same!

box464, to random
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I’m looking for new shoes. Zappos presented me with this croc fever dream in my personal recommendations.

box464,
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I’m not joking.

https://www.zappos.com/product/9931784/color/14

box464, to random
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@stefan provides the fediverse with a lot of great apps and research. Go give his work a gold star (seriously, that's all he's asking for).

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112464783923839162

box464, to random
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Embarrassing. I absolutely believed Phanpy did not have quote posting capabilities. I have even been jumping over to a different app on the rare occasion I use that feature, copying the post url, etc. over so I could find it. 🤦‍♂️

How could I miss it? The only thing I can think of is that at one time it didn't have them (I have been a Phanpy fan for a very long time), so I just blinded myself to them not being there out of habit.

I even run my own personal phanpy client instance. :psyduck:

box464,
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@cheeaun "purposely hidden" - it worked! :)

box464, to random
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There's too many cool web things to learn in a lifetime. But I'm still going to try.

Jeremiah, to random
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Apparently my husband and I are so obviously gay a South Korean taxi driver felt the need to put on praise & worship music when we got in.

Jesus said be a light unto the world and I’m flaming, honey.

Also, TIL Hillsong in Korean is A Thing.

box464,
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@Jeremiah 🔥

box464, to random
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I saw a post today about another Mastodon API endpoint that is kind of in a zombie state (I looked into Featured Profiles awhile back).

This one is a “Mastodon Wrapped" end of year review.

On m.s. it's accessible but as expected doesn't return any data. Currently, the admin would have to jump to the console and run a task to populate the reports.

Like other "wrapped" end of year summaries, it's only available to the user.

box464, to random
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The next session is now live for and @manton is talking about improvements from the past year and what's next for micro.blog. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BTu-y09QgA

andycarolan, to random
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Is there a name-and-shame list of companies forcing AI tools into the products we use?

Perhaps with instructions on how to opt out of or block these tools... and even alternatives which don't include AI?

If it's made unprofitable or financially damaging for companies to force AI upon us, then perhaps they will think twice before doing it?

I realise that coming back from this dystopian AI hellscape is unlikely of course.

box464,
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@andycarolan AI will be jammed into hairdyers soon.

As we talk with vendors at work, I ask "How does [specific AI integration point] enhance my team's use of your platform?" and the answer is commonly hem and haws and finally "you can turn it off, it's optional."

There are a few instances where I do think it has been beneficial. As a rubber duck for developers. As a way to empower non-techie users to build reports is another (with guardrails on which datasets the AI has access to).

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