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Robert Kingett<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ewenbell.com/users/ewen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ewen</span></a></span> I did some digging for you, I know there's some services to bring RSS feeds into your timeline, but see below!</p><p>Friendica has this built in. You can follow RSS feeds on most friendica instances.</p><p>This has a bot that will spit out RSS feed content on your TL.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/XaviArnaus/masto-feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/XaviArnaus/masto-fe</span><span class="invisible">ed</span></a></p><p>And lastly, if you ever did wanna try Miniflux, this post explains how to sync it with the Lire app.</p><p><a href="https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/6493/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sightlessscribbles.com/posts/6</span><span class="invisible">493/</span></a></p><p>If anyone else has suggestions on how to get my feed into users timelines without me adding ActivityPub to my website, mention us! <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a></p>
stu<p>How was the first day of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediForum</span></a> for whomever went?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediForum</span></a></p>
kashcah<p>I'm looking for recommendations for reading materials (prefer physical book format) on UK solar installations for a complete beginner and non-technical/engineer brained person (it's me!). Preferably not grid-tied and providing a good base knowledge that will help me understand options when looking at the mahoosive number of kits out there.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/solarpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offgrid</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>I recall using an app/service/... for offline access to all kinds of docs, but sadly, I don't remember its name. (I know I have used it to access cppreference and such). Any ideas? 🥺</p><p>Alternatively, any suggestions for offline access to JavaScript docs? MDN says it has offline access but then says it's only for "MDN Plus", which it also says I have but does not provide a means to enable offline storage. 😤</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/askMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mozzilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozzilla</span></a></p>
stu :vivaldi_blue:<p>Is there a list of all the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TeamMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamMembers</span></a>?? I would love to follow them 😁 </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TeamVivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamVivaldi</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇱🇺 🇱🇮 **Language Question**</p><p>I am thinking about learning German. What do you think the best books to use in this endeavour would be?</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>I am considering changing my Mastodon server. For those that know the type of content that I post, what do you advise would be the best instance for me? </p><p>Is it difficult for one to self-host a Mastodon account?</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Questions</span></a></p>
Chinchilla-Sketcher<p>Update on "Mistress of the Empire" by R. Feist &amp; J. Wurts:<br>I finally read through the fifth chapter. Yay! </p><p>Also, I'm looking for a book to read in Cozy Fantasy genre, preferably set in a library. Any ideas? (This will be my first ever book in the genre.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/currentlyreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currentlyreading</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a></p>
Mike Torr<p>Strange question time!</p><p>Is there anyone reading this who has sometimes spoken the phrase "Weberian ossicles" as part of their job or field of expertise?</p><p>I need to know the correct pronunciation, and of course the web is NO help at all because it's crowded with bizarre AI-driven artificial voices telling me how to pronounce stuff and I don't trust ANY of them.</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WeberianOssicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeberianOssicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Anatomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anatomy</span></a></p>
Chad Baker<p>Does anyone have any advice on where to start for learning c++? I already know Python and Rust really well. My motivation for wanting to learn C++ is to expand future career possibilities if things go south at my current job and I also generally enjoy learning. </p><p>I'm a big fan of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HelixEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelixEditor</span></a> and would want to use both. I'd like to know how to setup a basic project, how to select a compiler, how to add dependencies, how to setup modules, etc.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpp</span></a></p>
Henning<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/RandomQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomQuestion</span></a></p><p>Wenn ihr <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/EMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EMail</span></a> schreibt, tut ihr das Zitat mit rein oder lasst ihr es weg?</p><p>Email ist so voller Relikte der frühen Internetjahre... Thunderbird kann das Zitat glaube ich automatisch anzeigen oder ausblenden, das scheint irgendwie standardisiert zu sein.</p><p>Und heutzutage haben doch auch alle guten EMailprogramme Thread-Ansichten (ok <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> braucht noch das "Conversations" Addon, wenn man deren Lösung nicht mag).</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a></p>
Annika Backstrom<p>How do folks make those cool terminal outputs that update multiple lines independently? Like this docker compose one that has 3 spinners on 3 different lines for the status of each container, and each line updates as the status changes.</p><p>I know about `tput` but I assume there are some decent libraries for this sort of thing.</p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a></p>
Camelia :tranarchy_a_nonbinary: 🇵🇸<p>Does anybody know if the following website is legit? They have a spare part for one of my machines that I can't find anywhere else, but I just wanna be sure that it is not a scam before ordering it.</p><p><a href="https://shop-keyboards.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shop-keyboards.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a></p>
Ayo<p>What’s a good general purpose mastodon instance for a fediverse newbie to join?</p><p><a href="https://social.ayco.io/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://social.ayco.io/tags/askMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askMastodon</span></a></p>
ilyess<p>A family member’s Surface laptop went dark the other day. It seems to be Windows-related. I offered to “fix” it for them by installing Ubuntu. I’m thinking of going with Gnome since Unity is too different from the Windows UI, so they’re not completely disoriented. Or should I go with KDE?</p><p>If you’ve introduced a Windows user to Linux before, please share your tips!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/askMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Floppy 💾<p>Recommendations wanted:</p><p>❓ Does anybody know of a Fediverse instance that supports long-form blogging with images, accepts new members, and is not limited in content to technology?</p><p>:boost_requested: Boosts appreciated for visibility, thank you.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskMasto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMasto</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Recommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recommendations</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Plume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plume</span></a></p>
~!#/usr/mittwerk :blobParty:<p>If I write systemctl status --all in the terminal I can see some writing about old units like "Unit ntpsec.service could not be found." or something like that.<br>So the question is, where does <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> get it from? I haven't had ntpsec for a long time.<br>and there are no unit files left in the system, but for some reason systemd remembers them and searches for them for some reason, and throws an error.</p><p><a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/ask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ask</span></a> <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/asklemmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asklemmy</span></a> <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Dan Jones<p>Question for anybody who knows about living and working in Japan.</p> <p>Is ¥10 million a reasonable annual salary to support an entire family of six in Tokyo? Especially for someone used to making more than two and a half times that in the US?</p> <p><a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/askfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFediverse</span></a> <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/boostswelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostsWelcome</span></a> <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseBoost</span></a></p>
Paul Edwin<p>Do I remember someone mentioning a simple solution for preventing Mastodon instances from hammering a website when a link is posted?</p><p>(Might have slightly broken Mrs E's website, but I think it's recovered now.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/LazyWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LazyWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a></p>
toldtheworld<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span> (or anyone) would you happen to know if it's possible to remove the battery from a newer smartphone (say, a Samsung S20) and have it run only from power coming from usb? (End goal: run a phone as a server without the risk of an old battery exploding).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/samsunggalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samsunggalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asklemmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asklemmy</span></a></p>