Notices by Flaky (flaky@furry.engineer)

As a Wander Over Yonder fan, the creator of The Owl House working on a cartoon with the independent studio behind The Amazing Digital Circus is such a perfect middle finger to Disney.

#knightsofguinevere

@tk I was told to avoid these. Thankfully I found a blog post from Western Digital about the drive I was getting and it's a CMR. (12TB Red Plus, generally Red Plus/Pro are CMR) :blobfoxmelthappy:

@BeAware Meanwhile the past two years on fedi has felt like death by a thousand cuts, which hasn't really been the case for me personally on Bluesky.

@BeAware Knew it. I follow people I want to follow on instances known for a Reply Guy reputation and well, if I blocked the flagship instance I also block my friends. This instance already had to limit it at times which probably explains some of the federation issues I've had lol.

I don't think it's sabotaging or anything towards fedi, just people who just really hate Bluesky, but don't (want to) understand why people there don't want to use fedi. (In this case, hostile behaviour from the most evangelist here has been a barrier I've seen come up and even personally experienced.)

If you block a domain on Mastodon, does that also block even people you follow? Not at the admin level (i.e. fediblock) but rather the user level.

On Bluesky I saw people trying to push its users onto fedi saying to use domain blocks as a solution to the Reply Guy problem that plagues this network, and AFAIK, the user-level domain block is nuclear and Mastodon makes that clear, so I literally cannot do that for some of the instances these lot frequent. (also, good fucking luck blocking mastodon.social lmao)

I think those lot just want people off of the platform they hate while dismissing every concern about the platform they love.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

@tk subuwu

I don't drive cars, but if I did I'd get a Honda S2000. They're the cutest looking cars IMO. I know Miatas exist but I'd prob pick the S2000 over it tbh.

pro-tip for Linux users: if you're going to suggest any players for those moving from MusicBee, remember that VLC is not going to be an option for them.

VLC is a perfectly cromulent player, but it was never built for the iTunes style music library organisation that's part of the core of MusicBee.

#Linux #VLC #MusicBee

My question with the Switch 2 is whether it's able to play Fortnite at a not-dogshit frame rate. Fortnite on Switch 1 is a miserable experience.

Might as well try this, where are Eurovision peeps hanging out on this network? Chirp.social died last year and that was pretty good for me.

#Eurovision #Eurovision2025

I genuinely do not get the ideology of the free software movement's extremists tbh.

Being mindful of the software you use is one thing and is very understandable. Limiting yourself to things that doesn't always do the appropriate job and constantly inconveniencing yourself, simply for the movement, is not "freedom" in any sort of sense to me, I'm sorry. Even if it's technically "freedom" from Big Bad Companies, you're trading one brand of torture for another.

Blobfoxes look much better on a high-DPI display.

...That should be enough to sell fedi on those.

I will say, I love this 4K monitor. High-DPI displays are just gorgeous, even with the jank that Windows and Linux both have.

Add a high refresh rate and it's even better - things just feel snappier.

Anyone running Fedora Workstation with GNOME here, how do I stop GDM from putting the computer to sleep when no-one is logged in? Doesn't seem obvious in the settings. I need it awake since I have a SMB share hooked up from it.

And no, I can't switch to Server, since I need a GUI, and I'm too lazy to change when it already just works besides that.

#Fedora #GNOME

seeing people argue over racism on fedi, gonna head back to Bluesky I think

tbh discussing linux makes feel stressed lately, both here and on bluesky. i know why but i don't have the words for it right now.

@kaia honestly the most optimal way to use fedi

Is not having to see a Cybertruck a perk of being British

So OmgUbuntu posted about the Mozilla AI summary extension on Bluesky and hoh boy, the people there do not like it.

If you want a browser that isn't trying to chase the AI money, may I suggest Vivaldi? :blobfox:

#Mozilla #Firefox #Vivaldi

@LiquidParasyte Yeah the GoL guy put it in my timeline.

I use Zen [Gecko-based] and Vivaldi [Chromium-based] and haven't looked back. They really are what Firefox should be right now.