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• Post #3976056

  man, #Thunderbird really has become absolute ass. like maybe I'm a decade or more late to realizing this because I didn't use it so long, but the UX is absolutely atrocious. how many fucking times does it need to download the same set of messages in the same folder???

• Post #3619518

  yeah, editing with #Gutenberg now, and it sucks. basic shit broken, such as, you know ... scrolling. clicking. great job, Mullenweg.

• Post #3619517

  I quite enjoy fireworks, at least until I'm chronically unable to meet my basic sensory needs, and then I intimately understand the people who hate them for noise/surprise reasons.

• Post #3442267

  can anyone comment on how good, or not good, search (for posts) is between self-hosted fedi platform apps good for single-user servers, such as #Snac2, #Mitra, #GoToSocial, #Bonfire, etc? I am looking for search which is actually usable by someone who wishes to find things and perhaps sort what's found, unlike that provided by e.g. Mastodon, Akkoma, etc.

• Post #791738

  the very first time I used the new meatballs drawer in #Firefox Android, I tapped the quit button instead of the refresh button 👍 my settings have "clear browsing data when quitting" turned on, so in practice I rarely quit unless I want to clear browsing data, so this nuked all my recent history. maybe if Mozilla wasn't squandering immense resources on AI slop nobody wants, #UXfail like this wouldn't make it to general release.

• Post #791737

  #UI

• Post #758711

  the behavior of #systemd developers after they shot themselves in the foot with their #ageverification footgun is a clear indicator in favor of the "systemd is cancer" argument which I'd been suspending judgement on for years. it's time to start ripping it out.

• Post #677194

  asking for user (and/or dev) input on fediverse migrations, meaning, seamlessly moving follows + followers from a Mastodon account to another platform software. please boost. does migration from Mastodon to ____ work properly on: #Mitra ? #GoToSocial ? #Snac ? #Bonfire ?

• Post #648922

  first morning without beanie wasn't bad at all, but that could be because I'm sufficiently sleep deprived from circadian rhythm shift that it was much easier to go back to sleep after the disturbance of floodlights pointed at my face popping on...

• Post #648919

  really just barely hanging on by my claws for several weeks metrics point a mixed picture things are not going great, but still better than any post-winter-holidays period in the previous 5+ years

• Post #648918

  too bad, given that I was tested by 23andme, it was so long ago, and so much is missing from my Promethease report ... got a few SNPs for which I'd really like to see my genotype

• Post #648917

  definitely at the point where each additional unit of demotivation absorbed has a direct and immediate impact

• Post #648916

  first 3 days of sleeping with no beanie were less unpleasant than expected, probably due to accumulated sleep deprivation. between that and artificial sunrise tweaks, the increased light delivery thru closed eyelids is definitely having an effect on my wakeup time, but my cycle is still shifted late despite evening melatonin happening on schedule. not too unusual. however I will be stay elsewhere Friday thru Sunday (away from the light exposure) so that puts a wrinkle in things.

• Post #648912

  some dopaminergic subsystem has been out of whack for like a week, how I know is because of a massive uptick of bits of song lyrics repeating in my head (which also correlates strongly with withdrawal from a particular med with dopaminergic activity) and weird fluctuations in wakefulness, sensitivity to stimulants, etc. however I *think* (if I don't fuck up this weekeng) based on past experience that my sleep cycle may un-shift over the next few days.

• Post #648910

  was interested to try Dino for XMPP since it supports voice calls and Gajim does not, but it's yet another gnomified GTK4 app :blobfacepalm:

• Post #648908

  I didn't like Kaidan when I tried it but it does seem to be quite actively developed at least... and just added support for voice calls

• Post #285154

  another morning, another 10+ terms added to the politics filter

• Post #285151

  regarding the "AI hit piece" post going around: it's put me past a tipping point. I don't think the tech is inherently evil and I don't buy half of what anti-genAI zealots say, but I've now turned the corner to thinking it's time to fight big-tech "AI" by any means necessary to drag out their schemes until the torrent of venture capital implodes. the current trajectory needs to be arrested, and megacorps pushing this shi...

• Post #285150

  at what point do we start discussing moving past AI scraper blocking software into direct sabotage of genAI megacorp operations? I would argue the time is now.

• Post #264707

  I thought to myself, if M*st*d*n ever implements save & load of filter lists, I'll definitely share my 400 term English (and a little Spanish) politics filter. then I thought: nah, not worth getting crucified by the type of M*st*d*n denizens who will get mad that their pet political issue is included on the list.

• Post #264703

  my mild exposure to the Discourse of the Day™ has yet again increased my user satisfaction with using neither Discord nor Matrix :dealwithitparrot: oh, and before you ask, the people I was chatting with on Delta Chat are now on XMPP :WSHHFANS: