[-] Scientician@waveform.social 9 points 1 year ago

Keep in mind the Republicans are evolving beyond Trump, and this New Right is a real threat.

Case in point, that story earlier this week about Republican thinks tanks funding anti-education, anti-trans, anti-race mixing efforts, which stokes their culture war in ways that have and will continue to provoke real people to act in violent and harmful ways.

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I'm in Austin Texas. We installed a fence three years ago and the posts between the gate door have shifted about four inches. This makes closing the door a pain in the ass, as the latch quickly becomes misaligned. A few times a year I move the latch bracket down to align it with the other part of the latch. My fence post is full of holes, and along with the constant slamming necessary when it gets out of line, it has started splitting.

How do I end this cycle? How do I keep it from moving so much?

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 31 points 1 year ago

Nothing to add, but this is a wildly distopian thread.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 15 points 1 year ago

But I need sunscreen or my stupid Irish skin will turn into a big lump of cancer anyway.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm in Austin Texas. We got this guy around mid spring and it was bright pink. We've tried full direct light, bright indirect, half and half, putting it indoor and outdoor. It's pretty much all green now. How do we get that pink back?

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 14 points 1 year ago

Anyone have the backstory here?

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Max MSP? (waveform.social)

Let's kick off some discussion in here!

I've been tryinging to learn MAX for the last couple months. Building simple synth is cool, but I've stalled out. It looks like my local community college offers a class, so I'm hoping to get some more intentional learning in beyond YouTube videos.

What do you do with Max?

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 21 points 1 year ago

Why be frustrated? This person just saved you a boring evening.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 8 points 1 year ago

This is probably two thirds of the vehicles I see in Austin... which probably has the worst drivers of any city I've lived in.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 4 points 1 year ago

So... I'm using Connect on Android, but I just learned I can swipe here too, so thanks.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 32 points 1 year ago

I was recently asked by my employer if we should move our social media efforts to fediverse and my recommendation was that this community it's both too small and also would be hostile (rightly) to corporate empty posting.

As soon as threads has a web interface that's usable I will be starting up there...

You put your recycling in the blue can, compost in the green can and your corporate garbage on Meta.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 8 points 1 year ago

I'm currently wait listed. Is there a way to get Boost now?

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One thing I missed during the reddit era was user avatars. I always found it much easier to recognize posters this way. The lack of avatars next to a post made that whole era feel faceless. I'm glad avatars are included in profiles, and I think they should be brought back into the main UI.

I currently use Connect on Android, which puts a small (10x10px approx) avatar next to names. It would be cool to have an option to enlarge this, but it seems like a step forward.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 15 points 1 year ago

SA vs Fark vs Ebaums all over again. Can't wait.

[-] Scientician@waveform.social 3 points 1 year ago

Like I said... Most likely legit, but these issues will arise. This whole Fediverse thing feels like the first big thing to happen for whatever comes next. Which is great, but it would be foolish to think scammers, with modern tools wont try to exploit it. We all have some internet hygiene to figure out.

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Most of us are Reddit refugees, and probably clicking more random links than we ever did before on websites we've never seen before. This whole experience feels like the old internet, but also throws up insane red flags with a modern internet perspective. What are the cybersecurity weaknesses we should all be looking for, and what are the best practices?

Here's my reason for posting this. As I search for new communities across instances to follow, I sometimes end up clicking a link and I'm no longer logged in. In the corner, that could be a Sign In link or it could be phishing. It's likely due to me not understanding how to properly navigate this system, but there's nothing stopping someone from setting up a sight like this as far as I know.

Thoughts?

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