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box464, 1 day ago to random

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, 1 day ago to random

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, 1 day ago to random

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

#HelloKitty #CrocSwagger

box464, 1 day ago to random

@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, 3 days ago to random

I watched a few of the ChatGPT 4o demos today and what disturbs me isn’t the usage, but the men’s behavior demoing it.

Most of the time, the voice assistant was a female voice. When the AI didn’t do exactly what was desired or they just wanted to move forward, they would interrupt it in mid sentence and ask it something else.

It gave me the same perceived emotion as when I saw this video for the first time. Sad and sick to my stomach.

A robot attempting to keep its balance, while a man comes in and kicks it down, harshly.

box464, 5 days ago to random

🪑⑁💺 Looking for home office chair recommendations. 🪑⑁💺

I work from home full time. I spend 8 hour plus extra at night sometimes for study sessions / programming hobbies. Fairly regular sized person, looking for back support - I currently sit at the edge of my seat for some reason. Probably not good.

Willing to spend some money on this, although I will mumble and grumble about it.

Thanks!

#officechair #workfromhome

box464, 8 days ago to Eurovision

You're telling me this band isn't on the fediverse somewhere?

:BlobhajTransPrideHeart:

#Eurovision #Ireland

box464, 9 days ago to random

Crypto is Mary Kay Cosmetics for Techno Bros.

box464, 9 days ago to DoctorWho

Alright let’s see what this new Doctor can do.

#DoctorWho

box464, 10 days ago to accessibility

I have been testing low visibility accessibility on websites I visit, just to see what the experience is like.

Voice over is very easy to enable on a Mac with a magic keyboard. Clicking your touch id button quickly 3 times turns voice over on, and 3 times again turns it back off. Excellent shortcut that makes it easy to include in your development process.

#accessibility

box464, 10 days ago to random

These shirts! The cat and dog ones are soooo tempting. (All the crappy tracking tags removed from the url)

https://www.boozelele.com/collections/best-selling

box464, 12 days ago to random

Tumblr will remove their tipping feature on June 1. It was a payment integration with Stripe introduced two years ago.

https://www.tumblr.com/changes/749295377342251008/tipping-is-going-away-on-june-1-2024

box464, 13 days ago to random

Flipboard has created a newsletter on LinkedIn called “Fedicurious”. The fediverse has made it to LinkedIn.

Recently, they did a webinar on how federation works in Flipboard geared to content creators.

https://youtu.be/Skv7eKIDxqE

box464, 15 days ago to fediverse

With big players like Flipboard, Wordpress, Ghost and Threads entering the fediverse, along with bridges to Bluesky and more….your choice of platform will be less about content (you’ll see it everywhere!) and more about the app experience and features you prefer. 🥳

#Fediverse #FediApps

box464, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to infosec

I don’t know what is more disappointing. Batgirl’s “hacking” skills or Batman’s password choices.

#Infosec #Batman #Batgirl

box464, 16 days ago to random

Early morning fun with the Mastodon API and my ridiculous number of bookmarks.

#MastodonAPI

box464, 17 days ago to random

A new fediverse iOS app called fedicat @technicat (TestFlight) has a feature I’m calling “bloosts” which is a boost and a like in one button. I love it.

Now I want a “bloostmark” that boosts, likes and bookmaks a post at the same time. 😅

#MastodonApp #FediverseApp

box464, 18 days ago to random

One thing people are missing on the discussion of link previews for Mastodon is they aren't always an image + title. oEmbed scripts are also downloaded to Mastodon, not just the image and title.

3rd party apps mostly ignore these embeds which is a shame in my opinion. If you use the official Mastodon app or web UI, you will see them. Here's an example of a fun one (View this post on the official Mastodon App or website to see it)

https://archive.org/details/sesame-street-fever-fever-and-trash-record-single

box464, 18 days ago to mastodon

I see some conversations again about how Mastodon Link Previews work. Here’s my research on that topic from last year.

https://box464.com/posts/mastodon-preview-cards/

#Mastodon #MastodonDev

box464, 18 days ago to random

“Check the Authenticator app for your code.”

box464, 19 days ago to random

Should I go for the Sinful Surfer look? It's 50% off! What could go wrong?!

box464, 20 days ago to random

I'm gay/cis and in some situations, passing for whatever straight means if you don't look too close at my sparkles.

But not when I visit my rural hometown.

I know what it is to be bullied. To be dismissed by loved ones. That sinking feeling you get in your stomach when you realize you don't feel safe somewhere.

I also know that is nothing in comparison to what others continue to battle.

Safe spaces are precious things and even I forget that sometimes.

It's good to be reminded.

box464, 21 days ago to GenX

My brain decided to bring up this memory for no reason today. Cereal box records. Back in the day, kid cereals would add cardboard records on the back of their boxes. You could cut them out and play them on any normal record player. The grooves were made with thin plastic and songs were pretty short.

Sound was horrible. But fun.

https://youtu.be/DCb9IfndLz8?t=52&si=ZdEciuWE1c2DFZ0d

#GenX #Records #Retro

box464, 22 days ago to random

I've got some thoughts about how the tech world ignores the needs of users with cognitive disabilities like dementia. Hit me hard this week.

There are degrees of dementia. Some people live with mild or moderate forms for years and deserve respect, dignity and as much freedom as we can offer them. That includes access to the internet.

#Dementia #SocialWeb

box464, 22 days ago to drupal

Drupal has an ActivityPub plugin…since 2019?!

https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub/

#Drupal #Cms #ActivityPub