Notices by Randulo.com (randulo@mastodon.social), page 2

@lightweight I agree 100% with that. My experience is totally anecdotal and subjective, and although I learned and use many languages, I am a horrible coder. Still, I get the difficulty of doing certain things that people complain about, especially with regard to mobile apps. As for Adobe, I had to go spit three times in the street when I saw the name. 😂

@lightweight Isn't it also a factor that they're often multi platform and that can be a time sink, making things work the same on all OS, especially mobile apps.
It would be wonderful if usability people and designers would be available to #libre devs.

@lightweight I always think of the GIMP as a good example of the problem. Over the years I tried it, and I could never get it to do simple things, and to this day I prefer paying for software that's easy to use, does everything I need and looks good.

@gnutelephony For someone called GNUTelephony that must have been tough!😂
SIP clients FTW.

@gnutelephony Agreed. Most people who ask to connect on FB or IG aren't really important contacts. The next alternative is SMS, which everyone has, but that's not great either. I don't mind it for non-critical personal stuff, though.

If only there was a way to end the common use of silos for communication. I stopped it for me, but people are like "Message me on Insta". I can't.

@tokyo_0 I've said that before, it's a part of choice. I believe whomever runs the thing should consult the folks on it, especially those who donate or otherwise support the instance.

At an instance/admin level, blocking or not blocking #Threads will be a factor to consider when choosing an instance, or staying or leaving one.
It's obvious that there are good reasons to block instances and people. These decisions, when they apply to a whole "population" are, for lack of a better word, "undemocratic".
Blocking instances should be on an individual account IMO.

https://fediverse.fans
Have a look, do a search, add yourself if you'd like. You can add, edit and remove yourself anytime.

Spotify take the prize for absurd corporate greed. They raise subscription prices and declare that tracks with less than 1,000 streams a year get NOTHING. This is a significant loss to people like me who have over 200 tracks online, but not all get a large audience. They still deserve to earn.

We are building a list of Mastodon accounts using FediRoster, a project created by @julian who also graciously installed it on my server. Meanwhile, I'm re-learning things I was doing decades ago on linux. Consider adding yourself to the list. Everyone is welcome!
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What if politicians had a team go out and ask people sleeping in tents or sleeping rough if they'd like to have a place to sleep under a roof? If shelters were secure, I think 9 out of 10 would rather be sleeping indoors.

@youronlyone
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Pure Food & Drug Act 1972 album "Choice Cuts" still has an audience on Spotify after 51 years, and I still get a few bucks a year from BMI for international airplay!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iXWGgQ9TwZuvbJqCrvdS0

Trivia: The cover, when opened, showed a human posterior with the "Pure Food Choice Cuts" stamp as if it was a a piece of roast. Inside, they showed one of the producers little girl, claiming it was her cheeks. I know better.

@killyourfm Why?

@youronlyone @jupiter_rowland
This was my starting point, but it obviously lacks federated sites, Mastodon and DIaspora are on it for the moment. Is there a federated documents sharing site?