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Anyone else get locked in a mindless scroll sometimes?


I tried to read joinmastodon.org just now, and got held up by the columnar layout. Best to avoid columns. (Also, side-scrolling is the worst!)

Not sure where to direct this, maybe @Gargron ?

#a11y

(screenshot of joinmastodon.org with heading "What our users are saying" followed by six columns of text, all truncated to about 3 characters each making it impossible to read)

in reply to Bob Jonkman

Do you have JavaScript disabled? Because it doesn't normally look like that.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Yes, I'm using Privacy Browser from F-Droid, which has Javascript off by default.

It should be possible to get an adaptive layout using just CSS, without the Javascript dependency. Generally that means the layout won't be the same on all devices, and the content is legible for everyone.

(Sorry, I don't mean to be #Techsplaining; I'm somewhat averse to Javascript...)

in reply to Eugen Rochko

Yes, I'm using Privacy Browser from F-Droid, which has Javascript off by default.

It should be possible to get an adaptive layout using just CSS, without the Javascript dependency. Generally that means the layout won't be the same on all devices, and the content is legible for everyone.

(Sorry, I don't mean to be #Techsplaining; I'm somewhat averse to Javascript...)

in reply to Eugen Rochko

Yes, I'm using Privacy Browser from F-Droid, which has Javascript off by default.

It should be possible to get an adaptive layout using just CSS, without the Javascript dependency. Generally that means the layout won't be the same on all devices, and the content is legible for everyone.

(Sorry, I don't mean to be #Techsplaining; I'm somewhat averse to Javascript...)



I know some people making the #TwitterMigration may be missing the quote tweet option, but @Gargron explained the reasoning behind not having it quite well. I was just thinking about this because I saw someone on the other site tweet a very bad take and he got QTed, which led to some piling on. If he hadn’t been QTed, many wouldn’t have seen it. Here I find it a bit easier to just pass that stuff by or not see it at all. Definitely a less reflexive anger-inducing experience
in reply to Sushubh

I keep track of our press coverage and interviews to the best of my ability here:

joinmastodon.org/about

in reply to Eugen Rochko




60 years ago today, Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was named as pilot for Mercury-Atlas 9, the last mission of the Mercury Program. Cooper was the last NASA astronaut to be launched into orbit on a solo flight! Get more Gordo photos and stories: go.nasa.gov/3tgPGI9 #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…


My 14yo daughter suffers from chronic shyness and anxiety….and yet she will do this without batting an eyelid. I burst every time.
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Encryption rules. 💪

Check out Tutanota: tutanota.com/big-tech-alternative?t-src=m



Our special 300th episode of #DestinationLinux is live right now, so come join us to keep those #Linux 🐧🐧🐧 marching! 🎉😂🐧

Everyone is welcome!
Go to DLNLive.com
to watch, chat and join our after show! 😂🎉




Picks of the Day:

🌟 @ukseti - British academic research network promoting the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

🌟 @gustav - Homebrew fan making Belgian beer in Sweden

🌟 @mikegalsworthy - Founder of the Bylines Network, supporting local citizen journalism in the UK

🌟 @freedosproject - Free open source version of MS-DOS, to run classic games etc.

🌟 @momentmag - Independent magazine for the American Jewish community, taking a pluralistic approach

More follows at fedi.directory



Mariner 9 successfully entered Mars orbit #OTD in 1971, beating the Soviet Mars 2 spacecraft which had an 11-day head start, to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet! Taking over 7,000 pictures, Mariner 9 mapped 85% of Mars's surface. More: go.nasa.gov/3zZ4zTe #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…
in reply to NASA

I remember sending a letter to JPL, just some school kid from the midwest asking a few schoolkid questions.

I got back a very nice personal letter and a gloriously beautiful press kit!

I wish I still had that...



My mother is _sort of_ on the #fediverse. Her #singer / #songwriter blog supports #ActivityPub, so you should all give her a follow!

@yo

She's even got a video up there from...well, I won't post the exact year. ;p

musicbyyo.com/for-once-in-my-l…

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djohngo
I love this! It reminds me of the videos my kids made with their stuffies during lockdown when they couldn't play with their friends.


The CRS-18 resupply mission is heading to the station with spacewalk hardware, science, CubeSats from Uganda and Zimbabwe, and treats for the crew like pumpkin spice cappuccinos and fresh fruit! 🍂☕🍎 Watch rendezvous and capture at 3:30am ET on Nov. 9. go.nasa.gov/3fBwBNG #ISS nitter.net/Space_Station/statu…
#iss


New @ISS_Research is launching to the station on Sunday aboard @NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter. The Exp 68 crew is prepping for the new cargo and upcoming spacewalks. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20… #ISS nitter.net/Space_Station/statu…


Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert #APOD apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221113.ht…
#APOD


The astronauts have been growing plants and vegetables on the station for years. Scientists are planning new experiments to promote space agriculture and sustain future crews. See space botany pix... flic.kr/s/aHsmEXy73j #ISS nitter.net/Space_Station/statu…
#iss


Ah, yes, a reply guy explaining to me about why Fedified "isn't bad".

Apparently *anyone* can create an account on the Fediverse. That's ostensibly so problematic that we must centralize that feature -- with Google Forms no less.

And although account verification already exists, we need a self-appointed gatekeeper to authenticate those badges!

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in reply to Chris Trottier

I don’t see what the problem is, they seem to be using link verification to accomplish this which is kind of neat. Nobody is forced to trust these links. Anyone could start a similar service.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron I think the whole problem resolves around presenting yourself as a major authority for these verifications. But I may be missing something as I haven't studied the issue properly.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron The problem is that they're trying to establish a centralized authority for account verification.

And yeah, nobody is forced to trust those links -- and I won't.

in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron I think this speaks to wider issues which are going to repeat re governance. Servers should be free to decide which services they trust, and requiring a centralised source of truth for anything isn’t compatible with federation. The cause for concern for me would be if anyone operating a service like this starts to pressure code maintainers to integrate their service across all servers and whether governance is strong enough to resist this.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron I think as long as it sits alongside other types of link, it's fair game. If they got to the point where huge numbers of people look to them as a trusted source, good for them. I don't see it as very different to, say, the Nobel Foundation having a links page where they validated the accounts of Laureates. Or indeed validating if someone owns a Twitter account based on link in bio. As long as we all have options then I don't think one type of validation will eat the others.


#fediblock privex.social - corpo account advertising their free speech instance + hosting services


Ten Fold Engineering has designed portable houses that build themselves within 10 minutes. They are also stackable! YES!

youtu.be/phJNZRr8Qoo



Jane Caro passed this along. I agree with her when she calls this a "war against women".

A night of ‘hell’: abortion activists on their ‘inhumane’ detention in DC

"...Two of the women were put together in a cell measuring about four by six feet, including the metal bed frame and toilet. The beds had no mattresses, and a bright overhead light remained on all night, making sleep impossible. Their legs are still streaked with dark bruises from sitting on the two-inch metal lip on the side of the bed. Temperatures hovered around 90F (32C) and there was little water or food. Their repeated requests to contact lawyers went unanswered, they said.

"It was “surreal – just torture, really”, Paterson said, calling it a night of “hell”."

bruises
Emily Paterson’s bruised legs from sitting on the two-inch metal lip on the side of the bed frame of a cell measuring about four by six feet. Photograph: Courtesy of Emily Paterson



*blows dust off account* oh, hello there.

Here's a TIC-80 thing I live-coded this weekend for the Inercia demoparty byte jam... tic80.com/play?cart=3057



Backup Your Data Right Now: Don't Be Like Me!! #YouTube #Linux youtu.be/fGRo0EYyaDA
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Normal people: oh no, data loss
Youtubers: aarrgh but woo, bonus video idea, and a cautionary tale too.

Great video, including the parts about:

* not just needing enough space to hold your data, but the benefit of having a spare drive around to have room to shuffle things around when you can't just pick up a new one same day

* the knock on effects on your pending workloads

in reply to Brodie Robertson

do you know what the best backup tool is? I tried timeshift, pika and a bunch others and I can't find a good one, akin to windows system image disk.





Foreground stars & background galaxies💫 Imagine standing on a faraway planet and looking up. This new @NASAWebb image reveals myriad stars of different colors, sizes, temperatures and stages of evolution. Individual galaxies form the background. go.nasa.gov/3hnt4Tv #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


Exoplanets are so far away that the most common methods to find them involve looking at their host stars. That can make finding small planets similar to Earth even more challenging. Soon, astronomers will have a new planet-finding tool! bit.ly/3EmlO3a #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


We asked you to pick your favorite exoplanet type and it wasn't even close. Let's hear it for super-Earths! Planets between twice Earth's size and Neptune are common in our galaxy, but there's nothing like them in our solar system! go.nasa.gov/3UFJrcy #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


About 250 light-years from Earth, two planets orbiting a K-type star smaller than our Sun join our list of confirmed exoplanets. One is a hot mini-Neptune and the other is an eccentric cold Jupiter. This brings us to 5,197 planets beyond our solar system! go.nasa.gov/3TgPpPK #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


Discovery Alert!📣 A super-Earth is one of the most massive of this type found so far. Stand on its higher-gravity surface and you would certainly feel it -- you’d be about three times your weight on Earth. A year there, one orbit, is less than 15 hours. go.nasa.gov/3UGGMiM #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…
in reply to NASA

If a year is so short, does it mean that seasons just have no significance?

I'm wondering how life on Earth would be different if our year was this short. I guess winter just wouldn't be a thing?



The planets beyond our solar system, exoplanets, are mysterious wonders. There are super puffy cotton-candy planets, and a world with the consistency of a marshmallow was recently discovered. Sweet! Tour our favorites: go.nasa.gov/3zyNaAr #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


We talk about the habitable zone a lot. It's different for every star type, and it doesn't mean inhabited, but it's crucial to help decide which planets deserve a closer look. exoplanets.nasa.gov/search-for… #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


An international study found that stars with close exoplanets appeared younger than companion stars without planets. Space telescopes @chandraxray and @ESA_XMM teamed up to observe binary (two-star) systems to see the effect in X-ray light. go.nasa.gov/3ftv1x3 #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


Why is our Sun smiling? We think its because of all the planets it has, but it might just be coronal holes seen in ultraviolet light. (Regions where fast solar wind gushes into space.) We do know of another star with 8 planets, and that makes *us* smile: go.nasa.gov/3FQucZQ #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


What helps keep a star acting young?🌟 New research shows it might be a hot Jupiter! Young stars put out more X-rays. Researchers observed more of this activity in stars with a nearby exoplanet. This may be the best evidence yet of this anti-aging effect. go.nasa.gov/3ftv1x3 #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


A new super-Earth on the scene is a ‘’keystone’’ planet, meaning we’ve learned enough about it that it can better help us understand the formation of rocky planets like our own. go.nasa.gov/3UGGMiM #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


The famous Pillars of Creation, while vast, are just a small part of the Eagle Nebula. Here @NASAWebb's view morphs into a wider look from @nasa's WISE space telescope. Both telescopes observe infrared light, but in different ranges. photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cata… #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


Space telescopes allow us to travel the universe as explorers. Each observes in a different range, a superpower, if you will. This allows their data to fit together and offer a more complete picture. See how they team up: go.nasa.gov/3T49GIp #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…


From the darkest planet in the galaxy to the most sinister reaches of space, we're sharing our favorite haunts. twitter.com/i/events/158717699… #NASAExoplanets nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/stat…
in reply to NASA

I'm no expert, but I'm confident stating that this planet is definitely run by evil robots.


Any #gnuradio experts here in the #fediverse?

I've done so little with this recently outside of listening to FM radio. 🤣

Still, it'd be cool to connect with others interested in SDRs and #radio #hacking.

#SDR

in reply to Jeff

I’ve been using GNURadio for about a decade (and still wouldn’t call myself an expert). I’ve written some tutorials on the wiki on how to do some cool stuff like remote controlling flowgraphs from a separate computer and signal/spectrum detection. Many other good tutorials here: wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?ti…

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