So how is 500 social going..?
I find that I don't spend as much time here, but that's because my blogging system is connected to fosstodon. There are less interactions, but with people that I know and talk to rather regularly. It's kind of like my own club of sorts. What do you guys think?
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And now one for today, OTD.
testing audio:
@kev I forgot about following hashtags as a topic, good reminder!
Most of us (here at least I think) have the "main" account and this one, and I think less hashtags makes sense here in the context of the more personal place.
This of course changes if you switch and have only an account here. More food for thought for me :)
And! just to be extra clear (sorry everyone I'm not usually this talkative I promise, this is becoming a blog post in itself... 😅)
I'm not saying anything I'm saying as a "to do" list or anything, not even a suggestion. Sorry if I come across like that.
I'm just asking myself questions out loud basically and wonder if you have thoughts about it, that's all.
And just to extend on this a bit, since I already got myself talking:
Politics should be discussed in general, sure, but there are plenty of places of that. The idea is that you can follow anyone you want for political content, but I don't have to see it on my local timeline, which I chose exactly for lack of politics.
Now the next question is... Do we want to use hashtags at all? I think folks here in general are done with the whole "discoverability" thing.
Here we are, at 500.social.
a social place that aims to be small is a smart Idea!
Since Mastodon allows you to filter posts only from your local timeline, it makes sense to keep other things out as well, say, politics.
I also like the idea of paying for this. Adds a bit of weight to it, kind of like "don't shit where you eat" kind of thing
Happy to be here 😀
Testing, getting verified through a VPN is sometimes weird...
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This is just a geek announcement that my exploration into FFMPEG the other day paid off: a screencast of 27 minutes and 2.8 GB shrunk to 75 MB. Yep. It’s a bit fuzzy but still very readable and easy to follow. I 💙 FFMPEG.
I’ve just updated my emacs configuration to include an important fix for org-refile, in case you’ve adopted Vertico and Orderless (like I did) and org-refile stopped working for you. This is also in Vertico’s documentation.
Memories
A few things: February
A few things that kept me occupied this month:
Playing around with TinyTheme Denote public information notes Pushing my comfort zones
TinyTheme: I can see why so many folks like TinyTheme. It’s slick and good as is, but at the same time, it’s built thoughtfully and makes customization easier. The best part yet: Matt is very responsive and helpful, and when I got stuck, I got an answer and learned new things at the same time. I like how my single CSS sheet for TinyTheme looks like, whereas in my current theme, I have several hacks scattered about. The new theme will be ready for prime time soon!
Denote: Going ahead with switching from TiddlyWiki to org-mode notes is a good idea. It’s all about laziness at the end. GitLab renders org files just fine, but there are a few hiccups in how Denote creates links: GitLab doesn’t understand Denote’s linking syntax. I reached out to Prot for help, and he created a function that converts Denote links back to org-mode links. This is almost working, but the resorting links contain absolute paths (which lead to a folder on my computer) and not the relative link needed on GitLab.
I enjoy “talking” to Prot back and forth in video recordings. I’m learning a great deal. I said it once, and I’ll say it again, if you’re an Emacs user, Prot is worth every single penny for his coaching. Give it a try!
Comfort Zone Stretching: This will come as a shock to y’all, but I can be a bit grumpy and prefer the company of my warm coffee over strangers. Realizing this is all good and fine but it won’t do much to expand my circle of friends, I’m trying to say no a bit less to social hangouts.
I had a great time in Long Branch NJ last weekend (this is where I took this picture) with my partner and a couple of friends, and it might have been the first time I saw snow on the beech first hand.
More of this stretching is happening in baby steps. It comes back to the little conversation with @Anne about dating apps recently: it’s up to us humans to get out there and develop the skills we’ve had for centuries but neglected in favor of our phones. We’ll see how this goes.
A corner in NYC. 📷
If I found a backup of an old blog of mine in XML format… what can I do with it to make it more readable and potentially restore some of the posts? Asking for a friend >.>
Test post with items
Testing an unnumbered list with a title to match:
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Testing a numbered list on the main page:
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Why doctors in America earn so much
TLDR: the article claims it’s a closed market geared at profiting a small group of surviving insiders.
More than 100 million people today live in an area without enough primary-care doctors (the problem is particularly bad in rural areas)
And:
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have been given responsibilities typically reserved for doctors, such as writing prescriptions. Foreign-trained doctors have filled some of the gap too.
Yet, the length of training and the cost of becoming a licensed doctor in the US makes it impossible for many.
Mille-Feuille Bakery.