Notices by Mika (irfan@sakurajima.social)

@cendawanita@mefi.social ya not even joking how aggressive and heated the defenses get lmao - all racial/religious stereotypes all come out, yikes. Worst of all, but I guess expected, I found many of those "defending" themselves started (unpromptedly) pinning foreign workers under the bus as the main culprit of BO bcos of their "diet" lol. These people they're blaming aren't even in the conversation to defend themselves :blobfoxbonk:

Israelis are getting ate alive on Rednote 😂

This app is absolutely gloriousSo the US decided to ban (the already censored) #TikTok out of fear of not being able to control it, which resulted to Americans flocking over to platforms totally out of their control or censorship like #Xiaohongshu/#REDnote. Funny how things work.

🔗 https://xcancel.com/SocialistMMA/status/1879856029204419047

New #Pixelfed users: Please don't use the "official" app - it's really poor and has been that way since its existence. The photo sharing experience is horrible, and even the photo viewing experience is scuffed - the scrolling is choppy, alt messages don't show, it couldn't even display most photos properly in the correct size/ratio (same with uploading too). You might need it for certain features that are currently unsupported by the other clients (Pixelfed isn't the best when it comes to supporting their 3rd party clients/devs, to say the least), yet despite that, you will almost guarantee a much better experience using 3rd party apps than their own.

If you're on #iOS/#iPhone user: you're in luck cos you get to install #Impressia (formerly known as #Vernissage) which really is the (only) perfect Pixelfed app available, it's #FOSS and completely free on the #Apple App Store. I think it's also worth noting that the developer behind this amazing app is also building a (FOSS) federated photo sharing platform (akin to Pixelfed and #Instagram) of their own called Vernissage due to Pixelfed's own limitations/shortcomings - it's not available to the public yet I don't think, but might be worth going for in place of both Pixelfed and IG in the future.

If you're on #Android, you have several options including #PixelDroid but the most decent Pixelfed client I've found is #Pixelix. The app itself, from the #Google Play Store is not free but it is FOSS and you can still download and install it for free using its APK that you can find from their #GitHub repo. The photo viewing experience is great, the photo sharing exp is not as polished as Impressia (which is expected seeing how young the project is), but it is overall a very solid option and hands down better than the official app.

🔗 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impressia-for-pixelfed/id1663543216

🔗 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daniebeler.pfpixelix

🔗 https://github.com/daniebeler/pixelix

🔗 https://vernissage.photos

@pixelfed@mastodon.social does that mean the export no longer relies on our media files to be kept/accessible on the instance anymore? cos if so that’d be really nice, as the current way of exporting data seems a bit useless as it doesn’t seem to actually export the media files as far as I can tell.

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io I never watched the movies, but was interested in this series just bcos I saw the Vikings guy in the poster lol. If I were to watch the series, do u think I should watch the 2 movies first?

@dansup@mastodon.social I know, I understand, and I am the same tho a lot less than you (as in, ure prolly a better and def more "decorated" dev than me). We're two different people with different values but please - as someone who loves "boasting" that the Fediverse is objectively better than the "big companies", it paints a totally different picture when you're gleefully cursing your own supporters - cos that's who Vernissage/Impressia are, they've made ur "product" a whole lot more "attractive" and usable for people like me. I hope yall can make up ur relationship, but if I were them, I'd honestly be "traumatic" or anxious that ure even in my GitHub repo, even "well" intentioned.

Lol, I've always thought #Vernissage or #Impressia is literally the only reason why I can bear and enjoy using #Pixelfed, the "official" web and mobile clients feel like school projects in comparison - I've always appreciated what they did in the backend/Fediverse ecosystem of things I suppose, but they're in no position to be so boastful about their "achievements" that's for sure. I've always thought that dude was strange, and they even have gotten irrationally mad/emotional w me before too for a simple misunderstanding (and apologised later, seems like that's a common theme). Have fun with Loops!

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/impressia/statuses/113691134629600953

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io thanks for the advice! yes there is a fishmonger nearby that my mom frequents to. Before buying, I'd better check out the recipe first and see what else I'd need (I'm thinking something like this https://resepichenom.com/resepi/ikan-siakap-stim-limau-ala-thai/show, but gosh maybe that's a lil too ambitious judging from my "unfamiliarity" from what's being said in the article haha)

I've to start learning how to cook stuff like Steamed Fish, baked/grilled proteins and whatnot for health reasons and bcos I'm tired of picking where to eat or tapau from lol but honestly... the most daunting task is buying/getting the proteins (i.e. Fish) themselves cos bruh idk what to say or ask for xD It'd be a nice hurdle to clear tho lol

@selea@social.linux.pizza I'm migrating my current NAS, so it'll have a bit of a downtime. While it's gone, I still need a temporary replacement for its SMB share that'll be used by my other devices - and the candidate for that was just an old laptop with an ext HDD attached. I'm sure the process should be easy, but not having any success trying to connect to the share I (think I) had set up atm.

Why is it so hard to share an ext drive through #SMB lol on a regular desktop, #Linux PC? I've always done it multiple times before but have only just realised, never on a general desktop but rather on NAS OS-es like #TrueNAS.

@liztai@hachyderm.io the most amusing thing to me is, this wasn't the case when I was small. Public transportation is the major/primary way for me to move around for the majority of my life and I totally could see the gradual shift towards these better behaviours such as queueing, even the practice of standing on the left side of the escalator and making room for people who'd like to climb on the right - despite this not actually being enforced at all. I'd like to know how this happened but I'm glad it's more and more of a norm now.

@liztai@hachyderm.io that's a stunning view. Sucks that mine is my neighbour's bedroom and toilet :B

Haven't got the time to verify yet but word is #MCMC/Malaysian government has been cyberbullied into reversing their stupid DNS Hijacking policy, before its planned town hall (should've been done BEFORE its implementation, not after) tomorrow lol.

It's been such a pleasure seeing all the outrage over on Twitter regarding this topic for the past few days. I've doubts the PM/government as a whole wasn't in on this, but if they indeed weren't, I hope they give Mr. Fashmi a lil wedgie for the pathetic attempt at censoring the internet.

RE: https://mefi.social/users/cendawanita/statuses/113100217248340288

@geraineon @liztai@hachyderm.io oh didn't even realise that!

@liztai@hachyderm.io hmmm kinda curious thought what it'd taste like, as a fan of Tempoyak dishes lol

@liztai@hachyderm.io do u have a link? Been wanting one for so long each time I see a really nice one on YT but they're all American/Canadian n not avai here. Got one on Shopee that seems okay, just haven't pulled the trigger yet.

@liztai@hachyderm.io my sis said the same but shes a scaredy cat so i didnt take her seriously haha i shd give it a watch

@BeAware@social.beaware.live yes I totally agree. The priority for me is still for instance-level blocks and mutes + user-level blocks and mutes to work reliably. This suggestion would be premature to look into or worked on if said priority hasn't even "matured" just yet.

@BeAware@social.beaware.live if users being able to override an instance block/mute for their account alone will disrupt these enforcements/moderation for everyone else on the instance (so not really for their accounts alone), which I guess is possible, then it's certainly not what I would want.

The "best" scenario I'm looking for is that for instance maintainers to still enforce blocks/mutes for all of their members, but with the only difference being users could perhaps granularly add exceptions to what is blocked/muted for them (not others). So for example if their instance blocks/mutes federation with Threads/Meta, but they alone would want to still federate with Threads/Meta.

As of right now, users could only add to the block/mute list for themselves, not override or add exceptions to what's enforced by their instance.