Jonathan Rollans

@jrollans@jrollans.com

I can’t be certain if this is my main or my alt account, but you’re here and I’m here, so, hello!

I’m a and a lover of (most of my “hobby time” is spent working on various bits of server software with a recent heavy lean towards .


This account resides on an instance of (an ActivityPub server software) running on .

Also, I’m a lifelong, massive, fan. I love it all, I don’t hate on any Trek, it’s all good. Especially the bad.
Musichttps://jrollans.com
Mastodonhttps://mastodon.social/@jrollans
Bloghttps://blog.mundanenoir.com/jrollans
Socialhttps://social.jrollans.com

Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

My folks, Biden is the candidate. Not some magic imaginary unicorn candidate waiting in the wings. To pretend otherwise is just wasting time and energy. There is not some mystery person in a better polling position who’s going to appear who will do better against Trump.

No, he’s not many of our first choices. But he’s the nominee. Let’s get out of fantasyland.

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vandalsibs »
@vandalsibs@c.im

@virtualbri Damn straight!

Cadmus 🌲 »
@camless@m.ai6yr.org

@virtualbri I hear someone recently describe it this way: It's not a marriage. It's more like having a choice of an in-flight meal between chicken, a plate of crap with glass shard sprinkled on it, and then asking how the chicken is cooked.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@camless From David Sedaris!

I also like this one, though I can't find the first source: "Voting isn’t marriage. It’s public transport. You’re not waiting for "the one". You’re getting on the bus. And if there isn’t one going exactly to your destination, you don’t stay home and sulk. You take the one that’s going closest to where you want to be."

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Cadmus 🌲 »
@camless@m.ai6yr.org

@virtualbri yep! maybe I mixed two quotes.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@camless I think you pretty much got the quote, but Sedaris said it in more words. :)

"To put it in perspective, I think of being on an airplane.

The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. ‘Can I interest you in the chicken?’ she asks. ‘Or would you prefer the platter of sh*t with bits of broken glass in it?’

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked"

ocdtrekkie »
@ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social

@virtualbri Yep. They're both too old for the job, but one is also evil and crazy in equal measure.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@ocdtrekkie Yep! As probable war crime committer Donald Rumsfeld said: "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."

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ocdtrekkie »
@ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social

@virtualbri Also, if he is too old... we know our backup already. Kamala Harris will do just fine. We still have *no idea* what sort of crazy runs the country when Trump passes. Considering Trump tried to have his last VP killed... anyone who wants that job is going to be a special sort of nuts.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@ocdtrekkie Exactly She will be a steady hand on the wheel with the right goals in mind.

Tyler Loch »
@TylerLoch@mastodon.social

@virtualbri @ocdtrekkie Say what you want about Rumsfeld (please), but he has some amazing quotes. “Unknown unknowns” is another.

JimmyChezPants »
@jpaskaruk@growers.social

@virtualbri @ocdtrekkie

The casualness of that statement though. In the mind of Rumsfeld, there is no ethical difference between "go to war" and "go to the store".

tptigger »
@tptigger@starbase80.wtf

@virtualbri Seriously, this. And the Libertarian candidate is not going to win. If you want a third party, start encouraging them to run downballot and build up.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@tptigger Yeah it's comical every 4 years how people expect a third party which has no presence at any level to be viable for the Presidency.

I'm all for more parties, but they have to start local and "build up" just like you said.

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tptigger »
@tptigger@starbase80.wtf

@virtualbri Yeah, but I have yet to see one be willing to put in the work to do that.

George Dinwiddie »
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social

@virtualbri @tptigger
… and there needs to be ranked choice voting so that a vote for the third party doesn’t equate to a vote for the worst candidate.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@gdinwiddie @tptigger Right, but until that happens, we are where we are.

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tptigger »
@tptigger@starbase80.wtf

@virtualbri @gdinwiddie Exactly. You have to work with the system we have, not the one you wish we had

Ariaflame »
@ariaflame@masto.ai

@virtualbri @tptigger Because even if they somehow *did* miraculously get the presidency they'd have that with no support from congress, and would effectively have nothing they could do.

🎇 Welcome Back 🎇 »
@Scotter@newsie.social

@virtualbri
The former president is in Fantasyland. Don't know why more media isn't talking about that. My friends are. 😜

birdpoof »
@birdpoof@universeodon.com

@virtualbri

The idea of letting the Orange Turnip sell more national secrets to antagonistic countries should set everyone on edge including the so-called patriots, but here we are. (Among... so many other things.) And at least Biden has a competent VP, whether or not we agree with everything she's ever said or done too.

Woke Jezebel »
@palin@mastodon.social

@virtualbri
He's my first choice because I know who has his back...
And I am guessing that being a vice president is a black job...😜
💙🔥 Biden -Harris 🔥💙
💙💙💙💙2024💙💙💙💙

kurtsh »
@kurtsh@mastodon.social

@virtualbri Most know the far RIGHT lack any common sense but what some don't know is the far LEFT are equally deranged.

I was once in San Francisco & saw protesters scream at the top of their lungs & megaphone in Union Square about how evil Obama was & how he needed to be ousted.

One shoved a pamphlet at me which I assumed was some MAGA rant but instead to my surprise it was extreme far left, literal communist literature.

Now that same crowd has now been joined by the irrational & desperate.

TangoAndToys »
@TangoAndToys@sfba.social

@virtualbri Also, why are we not calling for the felon to drop out of the race?

Literal convicted felon! 🤷‍♂️

Instrument_Data »
@Instrument_Data@livellosegreto.it

@virtualbri
Outside point of view: USA seems in a bad situation.

The whole political system seems very outdated, the fact that even just a third party is non-viable because either you get majority or you wasted time and votes is unsustainable.

Oh, fuck Trump

Mister Moo 🐮 »
@MisterMoo@mastodon.online

@virtualbri It's not a waste of time and energy. He debated and lost terribly before the convention. The literal purpose of a convention is to select a nominee. It's not too late to go a different way. If he gets the nomination I am 1000% for him, but it's irresponsible to argue we shouldn't even entertain this conversation.

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@MisterMoo Did he lose? By who's standards?

Felyashono »
@felyashono@disabled.social

@virtualbri
Thursday night, after the debate, I was terrified that Biden couldn’t do it any more. And I fell into a depression.

People saying “He’s the nominee” didn’t convince me to believe in Joe Biden again.

This clip did. And in my opinion, everybody who has any doubt about Biden’s capabilities after the debate should watch this 2 and half minutes of video. It is the answer to our concerns.

[Closing the President’s speech at the Rally in Raleigh the day after]
youtu.be/6QtISXR5nKo?si=h03qFe

canleaf08 ⌘ ✅ »
@canleaf@mastodon.social

@virtualbri About time. And next time, select someone younger!

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Brian Tatosky »
@virtualbri@mastodon.online

@canleaf I was a Warren 2020 voter!

neoteotihuacan »
@neoteotihuacan@mastodon.nz

@virtualbri And I'm gonna vote for him. Period.

Zohan 🇨🇦🔐 »
@cyberman@nerdculture.de

@virtualbri Unlikely.. my bet, he is not even making it for the second debate. All of a sudden he will experience some "Medical emergency" and will be replaced by Kamala.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’ve always loved fireworks and being as we’re approaching American Independence Day it historically would be my favorite holiday of the year, but for the last decade I’ve had a four legged, grinning, dog creature and those same fireworks scare the hell out of her and her doggie friends. So these days I stay home and inside to be with a bunch of dogs, because they shouldn’t have to be afraid _and_ alone.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@jrollans@threads.net this is a test.

Nathan Manceaux-Panot »
@Cykelero@mas.to

Holy crap, the Riven remake DELIVERS.

On the one hand: it’s gorgeous, incredibly faithful to the original. So good. So grounded and sparkly and welcoming.

On the other hand: Cyan dared to make changes, with a lot of taste; sometimes big changes.
I use the “mindblown” emoji less than once a year, but after a discovery one hour into the game: 🤯

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’m right there with you! It is more than I ever could’ve hoped for! And I haven’t even tried PCVR yet…

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

The remake of is everything and so much more than what I was expecting and wanting. It _looks_ exactly as it appears in my memory, but amazingly the game managed to stump me with a puzzle right off the start that is both the same puzzle, but different. It’s done in a way that feels original, but fresh.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

One more night of sleep and then the game will be released! Time repeats itself… I remember when I was 16 in 1997 and I had one more night of sleep before I could go to the local computer software store (remember those?) and buy the game when the original came out. I’m really looking forward to reliving the experience.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

The show we’ve been watching via Hulu (by way of Disney+) vanished from all streaming services late last night while we were watching it! It was crazy, we had decided to watch another episode as the current one was ending and then… poof! It was just gone.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Holy shit, they’re finally going to let us change the damn flashlight and camera button on the lock screen in iOS!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

The weather where I’m at in Colorado has been so similar to where I’m from in Texas lately and I hate it. The humidity level has been in the 40% range when it’s normally in the 10% area. It’s also been 90° F and that is also bizarre for this area this time of year.

The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Hi, users; it seems that I introduced a last-minute bug in version 2.54 that breaks some Mastodon API functions because I'm a moron 🤦

I'll release a new version ASAP fixing this specific bug.

I'm super embarrased. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Stefano Marinelli »
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

@grunfink No problem! You're doing a great job, a small bug won't change it at all!

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The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Thanks for understanding.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@grunfink@comam.es don’t even worry about it, has been rock solid and a truly great piece of software engineering. It amazes me how stable it is! Thank you for building and continuing to develop it!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I think I want to organize my social media account into some sort of order. I have four “main” accounts and follow a lot of the same things with each one, but I’m thinking maybe I’ll make each one topic(s) specific. The problem for me would be remembering which one to use.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’ve got an out of town gig to play tonight and all I can think about is how I want to just have a quiet night in. Hopefully I’ll get home no later than 3 AM.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

My favorite game of all time is getting a remake by the original studio (and leads) that created the game back in the mid 1990s and they just announced the release date yesterday. the sequel to comes out on June 25!

And… it’s got PCVR support and I will finally realize a dream I had when I was a young teenager. I will go to the islands in VR!

https://cyan.com/2024/06/03/riven-launch-date/

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I enjoy my new decor in my art / office room.

A flag of the Klingon Empire hanging in a window in a nerd’s house.

Alt...A flag of the Klingon Empire hanging in a window in a nerd’s house.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Band practice once a week currently, but there was once a time where I’d practice three or even four times a week with other musicians. I just don’t think I could handle that anymore.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I seem to be having a complete lack of focus at the moment.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Rewatching Battlestar Galactica has been absolutely fantastic! I can’t believe how much I have forgotten. It’s nearly been a first time experience for me this time around.

I guess there’s one upside to my deteriorating memory function. Like seriously, I appreciate being able to experience the things I love, again, for the “first” time. Hopefully the old memory bank doesn’t get any worse.

Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@adistance.tk

This week has felt 12 days longer than 7 and it hasn’t even been 7 yet.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I picked up a Keychron K3 V2 (ultra-low profile) keyboard and I dig it a lot, but holy shit the Bluetooth connection is terrible! My previous Satechi Slim basically never had a single Bluetooth connection issue since I got it 4 years ago.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

After a week of running my new gaming PC I have now realized just how poor the performance of my old PC was. It served me very well for many years and allowed me to play basically anything I wanted (except for Alan Wake II), but now I run everything on ultra at 1440p and for the most part I get about 144 FPS in everything.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

For the first time in my life I bought a pre-built gaming PC. I have always picked all the parts and put them together myself, but this time I just didn’t have the desire to do that. Plus I did some general pricing and from what I could tell it was going to be somewhat more inexpensive to just buy one.

I of course will customize and upgrade it myself however.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Finished and now we’re halfway through . It’s been a fantastic, uh, trek… I’ve noticed so, so many references, Easter eggs, and just general continuity within the newer shows that I just did not catch when watching as it aired. I enjoyed Picard just fine initially, but I’m enjoying it so much more now!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Walmart is a giant soulless corporation whose CEO takes $20 billion dollar bonuses and I am glad to see them spending so much money and effort on completely restructuring their stores because of the rampant theft they’ve had to “endure” for the past few years.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Crazy… game emulation on the Apple App Store. Didn’t think I’d ever see the day!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688


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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I hate it when I get behind on my social stream (by hundreds). I always feel like I am ignoring people if I just scroll all the way to the top, but I also can’t commit to an hour or more of reading all the posts.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Got a new desk and got rid of the old one, but I also decided to do a complete redesign of my office space and holy shit, I forgot exactly how many cables and other miscellaneous bits and bobs there were. Been at it for about 5 hours and I am exhausted… I’ll have to finish tomorrow.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Got stopped by a cop today because my vehicle registration is expired (because I completely forgot about it) and she was cool enough. I also didn’t have a valid copy of my insurance in the car either, though it does have it, but she didn’t write any citations thankfully.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Happy First Contact Day fellow humans!


Season 2 Episode 10 GIF by Paramount+

Alt...Season 2 Episode 10 GIF by Paramount+

Jörg Hillebrand »
@gaghyogi49@tenforward.social

#StarTrekDiscovery Spoilers [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

I'm intrigued by how L'ak's face changes into a solid state when he first takes of his helmet in 's "Red Directive". I'm looking forward to finding out more about his appearance! :-)

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

#StarTrekDiscovery Spoilers [SENSITIVE CONTENT]@gaghyogi49@tenforward.social I was wondering about that as well. It almost seemed like he was in a liquid state while he was in his EVA suit. Could he be a changing?

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

Is there something already that runs yt-dlp on a server and outputs an rss feed / podcast of the results?

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

fuck spotify in general and fuck spotify for getting involved in podcasting. they have text selection disabled in the episode descriptions on web so if someone in the podcast says something something "mentioned in the description" and you try to copy it you can't.

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Dante Scanline »
@dantescanline@autonomous.zone

@liaizon its wild how many things are disabling text selection these days, on top of making all links into js only buttons that refuse to let you open in new tab easily

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@dantescanline "disabling text selection now punishable by death"

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Dante Scanline »
@dantescanline@autonomous.zone

@liaizon we dont need our own versions with open source code, we need to be deleting other people's code

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@dantescanline sabotage on a massive scale

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

how do I subscribe to this podcast without spotify? is there really no open feed for it?!

open.spotify.com/show/0z6ZYcrH

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@liaizon@wake.st I feel like if there is no actual feed for it then it can’t really be called a “podcast”. Nearly twenty years of podcasts being something that anyone can subscribe to in whatever way they want has sort of defined the word. Need a new word for these shows that are commercially produced by corporations. Like maybe “paycasts” or something.

The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.51 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

Support for custom Emojis has been added; they are no longer hardcoded, but read from the emojis.json file at the server base directory. Also, they are no longer limited to string substitutions, but images as external URLs are also supported (see snac(8) for more information).

Fixed a bug that caused some notifications to be lost when coming from a user in the same instance.

Added an additional check for blocked instances (sometimes, posts from blocked sites that were ancestors of legit posts were 'leaking' into the timeline).

On OpenBSD, if the disable_email_notifications server flag is set to true, unveil() is not called for the execution of the /usr/sbin/sendmail binary and pledge() doesn't set the exec promise.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

This release has been inspired by the album Eternal Embers by .


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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Staying up extra late tonight to watch the premier of Star Trek: Discovery’s (fifth and final) season. I am super excited about it because of the way the cast and crew have been talking about it. They all seem to really love what they put together this season! Only 7 more minutes remain…


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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

We don’t get a lot of regular old rain in my part of Colorado, but every few years we get a heavy monsoon season. I hope this year is one of them!

I really miss the frequency of the rain storms where I grew up.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Every time I have some sort of medical related office appointment I get so incredibly tired while sitting in the waiting room. Like a completely unnatural level of sleepiness overcomes me.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

The new “Action Button” on the iPhone 15 Pro seems like something I want to customize, but I’ve got 17 years of that spot being occupied by the mute switch on iPhones. I actually find myself wishing Apple would’ve added the new button in addition to the mute rocker.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

It also seems to me that the button could be used in other ways, like perhaps a double click to do one thing, long press for another, triple click, etc…

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I seem to gotten set into a “Sunday migraine” schedule. Similar to the “Saturday Syndrome”, but tailor made just for me.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Are there no displays that are less than 27” and larger than 20”? I’m very interested in getting an oled display, but I don’t want gigantic or tiny!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Ah, fresh baked cinnamon rolls at the crack of noon!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

On one hand, this technology is pretty amazing, but on the other… oh man, it could be used in such terrible irresponsible ways. https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112184244041786437

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

It is an absolutely beautiful day! I love this time of year in . The nights are cold, but the days are warm, and the air feels so fresh and clean.

dansup »
@dansup@mastodon.social

I'm running the following services myself, and your donations are increasingly important!

pixelfed.org
fedidb.org
fediverse.info
pubkit.net
loops.video

Please consider donating at one of the links on pixelfed.org/support-our-proje

Together we can achieve so much, your support helps us go even further ❤️

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

This feels like one of those nights where I am going to have trouble going to sleep.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Just a test poll:

Does it work?

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I am very much not a fan of Pueblo, Colorado, but tomorrow I must make two hour drive there to spend most of the day doing miscellaneous things. Luckily I’m loaded up with audiobooks and AirPods are charged!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’ve been waiting on a package to be delivered by FedEx since Monday morning and it’s a very important package. Tracking claims it’s finally “out for delivery”… I’m not sure why, but waiting for deliveries like this gives me terrible anxiety! Even the not-so-important ones.

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

can I explore this thing from an emulator? if so is there a tutorial somewhere?

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@liaizon@wake.st you could definitely do it via emulator! Might spend some time tomorrow attempting to get either an actual classic Mac running or an emulator.

http://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I just skimmed through (roughly) the top 100 posts on just to see how many of those people had enabled “fediverse sharing” on their profiles.

The answer is: 1 (doesn’t count though because he’s a threads tech engineer).

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I have always been a fan of frequent updates to all the devices I have, but for the first time ever I just got annoyed by the amount of time it has taken me over the last hour to get everything updated. Its not like I wait long to do these things, generally once a week for everything (if not sooner).

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

Working on a page for my SVG icons. Anyone want to help make this page better? My CSS and HTML abilities are lacking...

The page is live at fediverse.wake.st

I have a @Codeberg repo here up here codeberg.org/FediverseX/pages

screenshot of a website with a list of the icons of a bunch of fediverse projects

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The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

@liaizon@wake.st, I miss Susie, the logo of ...

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@grunfink is there an SVG version yet or shall I make one?

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The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Sorry, no SVG, just this raster image.

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@grunfink no problem I will make one!

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The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Cool!

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@grunfink snac is the 90th icon now up!

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The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Fantastic!

I'm stunned that there are (at least!) 90 pieces of software related to the Fediverse...

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@grunfink oh I have another hundred or so pieces of server software that I am tracking that don't yet have an icon! and thats not to mention client apps or browser extensions or weird integrations!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@grunfink@comam.es @liaizon@wake.st I’ve just spent the last hour reading about most of the ones I’d never heard about. There’s so many interesting projects!

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@jrollans @grunfink just wait till I add the next batch of 100 or so more!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@liaizon@wake.st @jrollans That’s exciting, I look forward to digging into the next round!

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

Wow so fediverse.wake.st has come along way today from how it started. Thanks to @daj for contributing a totally different design and implementing it. This is actually the first time I have ever gotten a pull request before. I have submitted a few for little things but never received one!

screenshot of a webpage with fediverse icons on it

Alt...screenshot of a webpage with fediverse icons on it

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

This is fantastic! Thank you!

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wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

@jrollans your welcome! I have been working on it in some form for ages but I finally getting around to having it in a presentable place is really relieving. please feel free to note any errors or missing icons or whatever, and feel free to use any part of the project for whatever

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

An important distinction is slowly being uncovered about the definition of the term "fediverse." Who is it that gets to decide what this place is? How are we being represented? These are not easy questions to answer and if we don't do a better job describing ourselves, then the job will get done for us by people who don't understand the underlying values we hold.

An info graphic with two icons, one is the symbol for the fediverse that has risen from below and the other is made by Threads

The "open fediverse" symbol
The peoples representation of the fediverse

The "Corporate Fediverse" symbol
Threads* representation of the fediverse

*Threads is a sub-brand of Meta as is Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Alt...An info graphic with two icons, one is the symbol for the fediverse that has risen from below and the other is made by Threads The "open fediverse" symbol The peoples representation of the fediverse The "Corporate Fediverse" symbol Threads* representation of the fediverse *Threads is a sub-brand of Meta as is Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I saw the “fediverse” logo that Meta had used in Threads and I did not even think about the fact that they had simply created a new logo for their own purposes for something they do not own. It’s kind of insidious in the way that I sort of just accepted its existence. I appreciate you pointing these things out!

wakest ⁂ »
@liaizon@social.wake.st

Eine wichtige Unterscheidung über die Definition des Begriffs "Fediversum" wird langsam deutlich. Wer entscheidet, was dieser Ort ist? Wie werden wir repräsentiert? Diese Fragen sind nicht leicht zu beantworten, und wenn wir es nicht schaffen, uns selbst besser zu beschreiben, dann wird diese Aufgabe von Leuten übernommen, die unsere grundlegenden Werte nicht verstehen.

Das "Offene Fediversum“ Symbol
Die Repräsentation des Fediversum durch die Leute 

Das "Korporative Fediversum" Symbol
Die Threads* Repräsentation des Fediversum

*Threads ist eine Untermarke von Meta, wie Instagram, Facebook und WhatsApp

Alt...Das "Offene Fediversum“ Symbol Die Repräsentation des Fediversum durch die Leute Das "Korporative Fediversum" Symbol Die Threads* Repräsentation des Fediversum *Threads ist eine Untermarke von Meta, wie Instagram, Facebook und WhatsApp

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gyptazy »
@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch

I want to get away from iCloud Photos, but a must have is that I can access my photos in an easy way on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Next to it, I must find photos by given text like „summer beach wife high heels red dress“ or „yellow motorbike nordschleife“. Therefore, it needs not only face & object recognition but also usable apps for mobile devices. Clicking 10 minutes through a web ui is no solution. I gave nextcloud and immich a try and unfortunately both failed. Nextcloud tooks ages for previewing thumbnails even this features are only available in the web ui, immich looks pretty good but could only handle a subset of photos for testing because it takes long time to import and scan everything. So, immich looks promising before taking the efforts, maybe someone can give some insights with bigger libraries.

I need to process more than 8TB of photos and additional TBs of videos…

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch I’ve been having the thought of moving away from iCloud Photos recently as well, but as far as I can tell, there is just no replacement for it that has the level of simplicity and search ability yet. I’m running Nextcloud for other reasons and back up photos there, but don’t really use it for browsing them.

I’ve been wondering what I’m going to do in the not-too-distant future when my photo library is so large I have no choice but to pay for its storage somewhere.

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gyptazy »
@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch

@jrollans@jrollans.com I can fully see the struggles. Immich comes close to it, but it’s slow - especially when you initially need to index your database, can’t use Neural Engine from the iOS to speed it up. Then it’s all „alpha“… I think photos will keep me forever in the iCloud.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch I was just reading up on setting up Immich yesterday and ended up getting defeated because I knew how much speed I would be losing. And knowing the the Neural Engine is “going to waste” would be pretty lame!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Now that I’ve upgraded to the iPhone 15 Pro I have the ability to limit the battery charge to 80%, which should enable the battery to last considerably longer than previous generations. I feel like I should start using that feature immediately so I get used to the battery life with it enabled from the start. I just wish whenever you set that limit it would adjust the battery graphic in the system to make it appear fully charged at 80%.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’m starting to look into buying a headset of some kind, but I’m not sure which one to go for. I’ve been out of the loop of VR for a while, so I guess I need to do some reading.

The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.50 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

Incoming posts can now be filtered out by content using regular expressions on a server level (these regexes are written in the filter_reject.txt file at the server base directory; see snac(5) and snac(8)).

Improved page position after hitting the Hide or MUTE buttons (for most cases).

Use a shorter maximum conversation thread level (also, this maximum value is now configurable at compilation level with the MAX_CONVERSATION_LEVELS define).

Fixed a bug where editing a post made the attached media or video to be lost.

The way of refreshing remote actor data has been improved.

Posting from the command-line now allows attachments.

Added defines for time to enable MacOS builds (contributed by andypiper).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

This release has been inspired by the song The Raven by .


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BasicAppleGuy »
@BasicAppleGuy@mastodon.social

15 years ago: iPhone got Cut, Copy, & Paste.

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Jörg Hillebrand »
@gaghyogi49@tenforward.social

Here's a comparison of the 6-foot model ('s "Peak Performance"⬆️, "The Vengeance Factor"⬇️) and the 4-foot model ("Reunion") of the USS Enterprise-D, seen from similar angles. The 6-foot model shots re-use the same footage.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I had no idea Macintosh System Software was ever distributed on Zip Disks, but of course it was! I skipped the years when Macs came with a built-in Zip Drive. I did have an external one though.

I quite miss the satisfying “kla-chunk!” sound they made.

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NanoRaptor »
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

Some more zip disk forya. Macintosh System software installers & boot disks.

A photo of some Mac OS install zip disks. Shown mainly is System 6.0.8, but below that system 7.5

Alt...A photo of some Mac OS install zip disks. Shown mainly is System 6.0.8, but below that system 7.5

A photo of a couple of Zip disks for the classic MacOS. System 7.5 sits on top of System 7.1, with a jewel case and label for the installer for System 7.1

Alt...A photo of a couple of Zip disks for the classic MacOS. System 7.5 sits on top of System 7.1, with a jewel case and label for the installer for System 7.1

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I keep thinking today is Sunday and then I realize it’s Saturday, which is great, because that means I still have more than 24 hours to be lazy.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Next up on the rewatch is the season 3 finale “The Best of Both Worlds - Part 1”, maybe you’ve heard of that one? 😉

I actually haven’t seen this two-parter in decades and I’m super excited to watch it with new eyes!

Captain Picard looking quite worried on a Borg ship. (Image capture from the season 3 finale)

Alt...Captain Picard looking quite worried on a Borg ship. (Image capture from the season 3 finale)

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I just ordered my first iPhone upgrade since the iPhone 12 came out. It’ll be weird going back to a large phone, I love the mini form factor.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

And by “large phone” I mean the regular Pro version, I would never get a “Max”. Those things are hilariously enormous!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Oh and happy 𝛑 Day!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

My area is supposed to get 10” of today and another 6” tomorrow, but the has been very nice and the streets are too warm to be covered in snow. Everything else however is a fresh clean white.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I see that now supports Articles posted to which means they will not appear in Mastodon clients (generally, I think) right?

Speaking of ActivityPub, anyone have some concise and simple breakdown documentation links handy? There’s kind of an overwhelming amount or information out there.

Jon's Brain Waves »
@jrollans@blog.mundanenoir.com

Nextcloud: Round 3 (or 4 or 5)

I’ve once again started the process of installing and setting up Nextcloud on one of my servers. It occurs to me that my Nextcloud instances always die a slow death. Something about that piece of software, I think, sort of just falls apart over time. This time I’m attempting to future proof it a little bit more than the previous times, but honestly I fully expect it to go about the same as usual. Then again, historically I have installed all kinds of plugins (or apps) and was running it on fairly low powered hardware. Setting it up on some decently powerful hardware on this go around though. I’ll also try to be more conservative with the app installs as well.

I might actually set up two separate instances and federate them together. Perhaps if I maintain multiple servers they’ll survive a bit longer? Or I’ll just be creating twice the amount of tinkering and maintenance for myself.

#SelfHosting #Nextcloud #Admin

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

It’s time for my biweekly haircut and I’m basically still a child when it comes to that, I loathe haircuts.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’ve been having a connection issue between my Mastodon instance and this snac2 server, well, it just hit me… I left an incorrect address in the hosts file of one of them. Seems like all is well now.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

To join in the chorus of DST hate, well, I loathe Daylight Saving Time.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’ve been watching for the first time in decades and I honestly think the first couple of seasons aren’t that bad. With the exception of a couple of episodes, of course. I was anticipating a slog through the first third of the series, but I’m happy to be wrong!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I bought these, I am disgusting. It’s a special St. Patrick’s Day Edition though!

A bag of dehydrated marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal.

Alt...A bag of dehydrated marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I had intended to get a bunch of stuff done with some projects today, but a migraine has basically halted any of that from happening.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Got the new deployment running smoothly and mostly done with performance tuning.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I have much I want to do, but the motivation and energy eludes me.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

No, it does not appear to support markdown. I guess I could read the manual…

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Hey, does this server support markdown? well, _does it?_

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Discoverability seems basically non-existent using , but damn I like it a lot. I think maybe it’s a matter of finding folks to follow the “old way”. By browsing the internet.

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I’m trying to wrap my head around working with Lemmy posts in the confines of Mastodons posts, specifically what kind of ActivityPub object is a Lemmy post? Is it an “Article”?

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation last night and insanely I don’t think I’ve ever even seen every episode. It’s also been decades!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

I finally got around to setting up snac2 (https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2) on my server. I have been considering ditching entirely, as far as hosting it, and perhaps this is what I might use. I will give it a while and see how it goes.

So if you see me start following you from here, you will know it is me!

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

This is just a test…

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Jonathan Rollans »
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Well, I guess I’ll start with a good old fashioned “Hello World!”

Hello World!

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