Will 💜 @Skirmisher@cybre.space

I spend quite some time on researching "gendered" connectors and how to make their names more inclusive. My thoughts are summarized in this blog post: https://ca.rstenpresser.de/blag/2022/12/gendered-connectors-in-electronics/

TL:DR; lets use more inclusive language! It also solves some ambiguity with the existing names. Changes will be applied to the official #KiCad library soon. I hope to get this into the v7 release.
#Inclusion

Customer: 2 cats
DMV: 2 CATS

Verdict: ACCEPTED

@volpeon @xerz

Hey, does anyone happen to know of a (moderately precise) mapping between Mastodon API responses and ActivityPub objects? Any format or language is fine, as long as I can use the info to confidently port between most of the corresponding fields appropriately. Otherwise I'll just be manually poring over the Mastodon docs to figure out what connects to what... #mastodev

This is the perfect opportunity to show allyship. Take a few minutes to opt out. Nothing will happen to you and you will be perfectly fine and on your way in just a few minutes, but opt out anyway

Challenge the system so they can't continue reducing human beings to a comfortable "normal". Make them work for their discrimination

https://mas.to/@ykhong/109593704551792542

It appears, at least in my little archipelago of Mastodons, that there's a Great Quote-Tweet debate happening.

One person I respect asked pointedly to see data that proved QTs were abusive. Since I've been researching affordances of social media platforms I pulled some bits and bobs out of my hideous pile of papers and thought I'd share some insights with y'all about this question.

Cards on the table: I think QTs are a net negative. But nothing's ever simple.

updated the list, you're welcome metro transit

https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/alerts-updates/winter.aspx
#seattle #wawx

We're happy to announce that we've made Inox2D, a rust port of Inochi2D, a officially supported subproject! 🦊​❤️​🦀​

https://github.com/Inochi2D/inox2d

EE question: is there anything resembling a standard for distances between a front panel and a PCB when the two are parallel? Like consider this potentiometer. If I want to add a switch that mounts into the same front plate, can I expect it to be an easy fit with most components or do I need to rely on flexibility bestowed by the length of the pins?

While you're here, also wishlist our upcoming monster-fusing JRPG, @CassetteBeasts: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1321440/Cassette_Beasts/

Lenna's Inception and its soundtrack are 30% off for the Steam Winter Sale. Get both for £7.54 / $10.06!

🏰Unravel the mystery of a glitching kingdom!
⚔️ Fight through a randomised world!
⏰ Take part in various challenge modes and leaderboards!
🎃 #IndieGames #PixelArt

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114870/Lennas_Inception/

Nice article on Long Covid, which explicitly connects it to ME/CFS (comrades with ME/CFS will, as usual, be familiar with the included personal accounts of falling ill with Long Covid and seeking treatment)

#LongCovid #MECFS #ChronicIllness @mecfs

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-19/long-covid-symptoms-treatment-recovery/101751410

Today we learned that, if instance blocks are shown publicly on an Mastodon instance, obfuscated or not, a SHA-256 hash is included in a tooltip: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/15355

At a guess, given the context, this is here to let people confirm their guesses as to what an obfuscated domain block is - if the hash of the domain of the instance you're guessing matches the hash shown on the moderated instances list, then it's the same instance.

...I feel like that should be something we heard of earlier! That seems both useful and something to be aware of for privacy reasons!

- Packbats 🎒

Since Mastodon saw its initial popularity circa 2017, I've noticed that most users and those reporting on it either don't think about the Fediverse as anything more than Mastodon, or treat its history as beginning with Eugen Rochko and the beginning of Mastodon. In fact, Mastodon is the latest in a long line of federated social networks going at least back to Identi.ca, and though I wasn't around for all of it, I find this history pretty interesting. (Thread; boosts welcome!)