Okay, so if I select the setting to filter all languages expect English in my feed, why the hell am I getting posts that are NOT in English?!

#AskFedi #FediHelp #Fediverse

I don't have a Raspberry Pi 5 yet, but I'm really curious about its potential as a media center. Has anyone experimented with using the Pi 5 for 4K streaming, light retro gaming, or other applications? I'd love to hear your experiences!

#RaspberryPi5 #MediaCenter #TechDIY #CommunityTech #askfedi

What's easier to read on blogs?

black on white or white on black?

#AskFedi #Blogs

I calculated that it would be 16 inch spacing for each drawer in the face frame if I want them even, which I do. Which means that from the front it looks correct, but behind the face frame it's quite wonky and my drawer mounting is probably going to be a nightmare of finding the right thickness shims. Is that the way this goes? Or am I over complicating it? I've never done any #cabinet building before. #woodworking #askfedi

#AskFedi: What are your top three seasonings please?

#AskTheFedi #Question #Cooking #Cookstodon #Cookingverse #FediChef

omg what was the name of the Fedi alternative to Patreon/KoFi?

It might have had "creator" or something in the title but I also might be imagining that.

#AskFedi

A few good ideas I saw recently of ways to improve masto functionality, if someone wants to run with these:

• A way to filter out posted images that do not have Alt text. Like, they would not show up at all in one's TL.

• A way to mute or block specific hashtags (wait, would filtering the name of the hashtag accomplish that? Or maybe a way to directly mute the hashtag from its page would be better?)

#FediTips #AskFedi #Mastodon

Dad tripped the breaker (and since he already tripped it not long before, my UPS hadn't recharged enough for it to have significant runtime to allow it to cleanly shut down).
Booted everything up again and saw something about "slow IO" (assume it's doing something with the disk?)...
Simply waiting it out doesn't seem to be of much help right now (it's been going for 5 and a half hours now).
It does seem to "update" ever once in a while but there is no progress counter or anything.

The data on the array is quite important and no, I do not have backups of it (I simply do not have the money to make them).

What is this screen even telling me? What is it doing? Why is it not just booting as per usual? How can I speed it up? :|

#askfedi #truenas

Dad tripped the breaker (and since he already tripped it not long after, my UPS hadn't recharged enough for it to have significant runtime).
Booted everything up again and saw something about "slow IO" (assume it's doing something with the disk?)...
Simply waiting it out doesn't seem to be of much help right now (it's been going for 5 and a half hours now).
It does seem to "update" ever once in a while but there is no progress counter or anything.

The data on the array is quite important and no, I do not have backups of it (I simply do not have the money to make them).

What is this screen even telling me? What is it doing? Why is it not just booting as per usual? How can I speed it up? :|

#askfedi #truenas

ok, I've managed to add AdGuard DNS to my Amazon Firestick, but the requests are unencrypted. 😬

What are my options?

#Privacy #DNS #AdGuard #Amazon #AskFedi #Security

I could use some ideas on what the next #webdev project should be. These are first year students who have done HTML and CSS since August and have been building some apps recently using JS:

- Product search page (filtering arrays, manipulating the DOM
- Rock/paper/scissors (randomness, conditionals)
- Basic fetch app (using APIs, reading docs, DOM updates)
- More complex fetch (query params, saving to localStorage)

Need a next project they can tackle more independently.

#askfedi #teachers

Any suggestions for super cheap web hosting that isn't in America? I've seen a few European companies mentioned, but they are all super expensive compared to the cheap and cheerful one I currently use (US$2.95/Month with free SSL on a shared server somewhere in Texas). It is really only a hobby site and a mail server, I don't need bells, or even whistles. I give away scripts and stuff that I write on it, so if people can't deal with a slow-arse server, then that's a them problem.
I have to register the domain in Australia because it's a .au site, if there's a cheapo Aus host that would be great, but it seems like economies of scale work against that. Prepared to pay a little more, but not orders of magnitude more.
#askFedi #smallWeb

AI generated posts are getting reported, so I think we need to adopt a new strategy to allow to users to self tag AI content, and allow everyone to filter that out from their feeds with a single setting.

If users don't self tag AI, they will get a warning, and multiple violations may lead to suspension.

Wdyt? #askFedi #pixelfed

Can someone explain to me when the Republican Party switched from being about small government to supporting authoritarian rule?

I'm not crazy, am I? Those are two fully incompatible ideologies, right? Like, 200 executive orders in a single day, and dozens every day for the following week doesn't exactly scream small government to me. It screams massive government overreach, from my perspective.

Am I misunderstanding something?

And when did it happen? Did Reagan do it? Did he start it and it happened gradually? If I were a student in a world history class in Europe in 2090, how would that teacher explain this?

#HelpMeUnderstand #AskFedi #AskMastodon #USPol #USHistory #USGovernment

Once upon a time, I used Calibre and some other tool to de-DRM all my Amazon Kindle content. I remember it being a somewhat complicated and involved process and I let it lapse. I now find myself looking to repeat the process before I can deactivate my Amazon account. I would also like to do the same with my Audible audiobook content, if possible. Anyone out there familiar with this process?

#AskFedi

Which is the best Android app for Mastodon?

#Polls #Android #Mastodon #Apps #Fediverse #AskFedi #Survey #Polls

Any home espresso/latte makers out there?

Question for you - how often (if at all) do you flush your group head?

Please boost for visibility!

#Espresso #Latte #AskMastodon #AskFedi #Coffee

Anyone know of an accessible Arch Linux based distribution that includes mate and orca by default? I’m considering giving that a try, assuming I can get things working. #A11Y #Accessibility #Blind #ArchLinux #Linux #AskFedi

Welche Karte nutzt ihr um #AC zu laden? Was kann man hier empfehlen? Von #bmwcharging bin ich leicht genervt, auch wenn die Preise gut sind. #BMW #eauto #emobility #Deutschland #elektroauto #elektromobilitat #ladekarte #11kW #askfedi #askfedi_de

Mastodon (and probably Fedi in general) is cool and whatnot, but there's one thing that I can't find a way to do: I can't mute boosted users, only those who do the boost, which is too radical.

Is there a way to mute users who are getting boosted?

#AskFedi #AskMastodon #MastodonHelp #MastoHelp #FediverseHelp #FediHelp

Need some help from the handy people here. I have a squat rack I got from my brother that was put into storage years ago. I'm trying to assemble it, but discovered that when it was dissassembled all those years ago, one of the adjustment knob things was put into the wrong hole. I can't get it out. I've already put WD40, but it won't move at all. I used an adjustable wrench thing to try (see pic), but still won't spin at all.

Any suggestions for things I could try to get it out? #askfedi

What are your go-to couch coop games?

#AskFedi #Gaming #LocalMultiplayer

We would love to connect with more filmmakers in the Fediverse!

If you are a filmmaker, please say hi. And if you follow great filmmakers, please share your recommendations.

Thank you!

Edited to say: Boosts on this are welcome and appreciated. Thanks again!

#FollowFriday #AskFedi #Film #Filmmaker #Filmmakers #Filmmaking #IndieFilm #IndieFilmmakers #IndieFilmmaking #Directors #Director #FilmDirectors #DirectorOfPhotography #Producer #Producers #FilmProducer #SocialImpact #SocialImpactProducer @film

Do you known what does this domain do? firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com
#firefox #askfedi

Hey fedi!

I need your help.

I recently bought this pin from a second hand market, but I can't figure out what train it's supposed to depict.

I initially thought it was a Renfe 250 locomotive in its original livery, which, however, differs a bit from the pin.

Its color scheme looks like the one Renfe used back then, but is also the one NS uses right now.

If you have any clue pls let me know

#trains #trainspotting #railway #askfedi

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A pin depicting a yellow locomotive with a blue stripe at the bottom. The locomotive's shape is quite straight, with no curved lines whatsoever. It has a couple small windows on its upper half, and what I assume are ventilation grills in the middle.

Anybody have tips for a USB optical drive that works well with Linux? I'm glad I ran some searches before picking up the LG-brand ones the store in town has. Apparently they're weird enough that sometimes Linux doesn't even recognize them as drives.

#AskFedi #Linux

How many #blog articles are good to put out a week? #blogging #AskFedi

#askfedi People who consider yourselves to be strictly or mostly cisgender, what is your understanding of and/or relationship with your own personal gender identity?

(I'm genuinely curious!)

#gender

#AskMastodon #AskFedi

Any #bourbon connoisseurs out there? I’m looking to pick up a gift-bottle for a going away/thank you gift and I’d like something special.

Has anybody out there used https://secalerts.co/ as part of a legally mandated vulnerability tracking program? The backups at the NIST NVD have $management chewing nails and I'm looking for alternatives.

#AskFedi #infosec

Some colleagues and I are working on some lab procedures for high schoolers on the topic of climate change. In particular, comparing methane vs CO2 as greenhouse gases.

I was going to have an advanced class prep CH4 with sodium acetate + soda lime, but I don't have CaO. Can MgO be replaced for that preparation?

Boosts appreciated, thanks in advance.

#chemistry #askfedi

Have you ever been outside in a temperature that temporarily froze your nose or eyes shut?

#AskFedi #nature #winter

Is there a #federated GeoCities out there? #askfedi #ask

Is there anything that could help me memorise the argument order of the `ln` command?

I'll take anything from little helper phrases over shell extensions to replacements written in Rust. I only use the command occasionally, but I need a fool-proof solution. Do you have any tricks to get it right?

@linuxquestions

#AskFedi #Linux

I've used #Linux mint and like it and its clean and useful. But are there others I should perhaps try?

I'm putting Linux on my work computer. I know Mint works well but now's a good chance to shop around a bit.

#AskFedi

I can't believe I have to ask this, but how does one subscribe to Apple TV+ without the free 7 day trial? I used that years ago, would like to resubscribe, but can find absolutely no way to do so.

#askfedi #apple

can someone help me. or boost this to an expert.

I have a Dell Laptop. And a Dell Docking Station. Plus an extra ASUS laptop from a different company.

I have two different computers because capitalism fuckin' sucks and I'm trying to make money for my children and working as much as possible

Is there some secret dock that will work with both laptops? Any help would be appreciated.

#askfedi

Thoughts on and ways to make notes while reading /listening to a podcast

Especially for those with adhd

#AskFedi

#askfedi Hi Fedi, me again... This time I want to ask, how do you find #bots reporting #emergencies for specific cities/countries? example on X I used to follow the EMSC account for #Earthquakes around the world. What are some keywords to find something like this or is it better to try and go with hashtags instead?

My codeberg pages site is down very frequently. Does anyone have recommendations for where else I could go for web hosting? I don't need much, it's just a simple static site, that's all.
#askfedi #askfediverse #webhosting

#AskFedi I wish to improve the search results / discoverability of interesting content for my self-hosted #Pixelfed instance.

I set it up earlier this week via #YunoHost and I'm having issues finding content when I look up hashtags.

As a photographer, I wanted to actively look for photos tagged with camera brand names (Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm) but so far I'm finding very few results (see screenshot). I wonder if you have any recommendations as to how to tweak my settings? Thanks in advance! ✨

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a screenshot of the dashboard of my self-hosted Pixelfed instance. In the search bar there's the word "canon" and below you can see "showing results for canon. 0 hashtags 0 profiles 0 statuses"

#Math question:

Given an expression:

R = k * A^x * B^y

Where R, A, B are known and k is constant, taking the log yields:

log(R) = log(k) + (x * log(A)) + (y * log(B))

I don't understand why it is the _sum_ of the logs on the left.

#askfedi

Gonna do a poll because why not.

If you're a #webdev or webdev #teacher, I need input on what to do next with a first year web development class.

We're working on JS. Just finishing up a simple rock/paper/scissors game to learn about conditionals and flow control & more DOM practice, etc. I need a next project that will push them a little and add some new concepts.

Thanks in advance, boosts appreciated.

#askfedi

#Chemistry fediverse, looking for some help:

I have a spreadsheet with rate data from testing a new lab [1]. The iodate showed a nice 2nd order result, but the bisulfite is throwing me off.

HSO3- is confusing me. Warm had wide variations, cold did better. I didn't think temp would change the rate order, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Calculated cold ~ [HSO3-]^2, calculated hot ~ [HSO3-]^3.5.

My math works, but feeling stuck on why.

1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJHdLee4H3Md3Q_cIWxNqxp644OMkcXIS_TlU0PX9w8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

#askfedi

Hey #AskFedi / #HiveMind,

Is there an #fzf option like --dont-display-anything-if-the-input-is-a-single-line-just-go-ahead-and-pass-it-on-to-STDOUT?

Does anyone have an iodine clock reaction procedure they like for AP/IB chemistry?

I've looked at a dozen or so that are a little too advanced. I'd rather not retype one if I can avoid it.

#teaching #chemistry #askfedi

I had my #chemistry students do an enthalpy of solution lab today that had some _weird_ results - like, way off.

Our calculated dH for MgSO4 was -2.56 kJ/mol compared to the known -91.2 kJ/mol.

The bottle was anhydrous, but my guess is that the age of the bottle had some hydrate mixed in with it which reduced the energy change significantly? I'm at a loss for this one.

Any other ideas?

#askfedi #teaching