Notices by Pete Prodoehl 🍕 (rasterweb@mastodon.social)

This sort of reminds me of the origin story of MakerBot. Basically every engineer said "that won't work" but a couple of makers & hackers said "we're gonna try it anyway" and got desktop 3D printing to move forward with an actual product.

Sometimes it's what you *do* know that prevents you from doing something.

➡️ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/we-dont-need-more-cynics-we-need-more-builders/

#maker #hacker #diy #3Dprinting

@joe Right, Ghost is a good one, though I think the paid subscription thing is tricky.

I believe @molly0xfff wrote at length about her migration.

It's been a year though, so who knows what has changed in that time.

We need more (easy to use) ethical platforms for sure.

➡️ https://www.citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

It’s 9°F and I lasted less than 8 minutes and 1.25 miles on the bike today… time to ride indoors.

#biking #bikeTooter #winter

I still use Firefox and other Mozilla products but I just got this email from Mozilla:

"We’re in the final days to reach our goal of raising $4.35 million USD from the Mozilla community. We’re close, but we’re still short."

I just want to let them know their CEO probably has $4.35 million USD since their salary a few years ago was about $7 million USD. Maybe ask them?

I just wanna thank all you Fediverse people for being awesome... You give me hope for a better Internet.

Can scanning a QR code do this? I want to call bullshit because I’ve seen two (non-techie) friends share this. Can a computer security expert weigh in on this?

> “There is a QR code to scan, and once scanned, all the information from that phone will be sent to scammers. They receive all access to the phone. All personal and financial information is accessible to the scammers and often the victim's bank accounts are drained.”

#computer #security #scam

@lzg Our local bike advocacy group has a whole program on pedestrian safety and tries to promote safer streets all around. I think this is the way to do it, recognize that with unsafe driving everyone loses, especially bikers and walkers. (I was a huge walker who moved to biking but I know it’s not for everyone.)

Cat on a hot taco truck roof.

My generation grew up thinking we would die in a nuclear war but as an adult I now know that most of us will die in the Class War.

@dansup @_elena @WeirdWriter What are the details of the “indexable” setting?

@sjvn I can! I've got plenty of practice thanks to one of our undercover cats.

@pixelfed crashed so hard it won’t even launch anymore. Even deleted and reinstalled and it’s a no go. :(
#pixelfed

@dansup Awesome! But… it seems to be missing features and a bit buggy. :( Hoping everything gets sorted out soon! :)

How much of our efforts go towards trying to prevent things from getting worse rather than trying to improve things?

I had to lie on the couch and within a few minutes was covered in cats…

#cats #mastoCats #fediCats

I wonder what Aaron Swartz would think of this...

"Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal"

➡️ https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/19/reddit-user-content-being-sold/

I’m still in Austin, Texas…

@maggiejk @frogglin That may be the best possible use case for AI.

Electronics Friends, do you want/need any Teensy LC boards? I found a stash of about 20 in my shop. (Will sell at original cost.)

#Electronics #maker #arduino #teensy

I saw some dude's profile on LinkedIn listed his job as "retired" and I said "why the fuck you on LinkedIn if you're retired!?" and then I realized I was on LinkedIn and then I threw the computer out the window...