Turns out this has been an open issue on GitHub for Mastodon core for five years now https://
github.com/mastodon/masto
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… Not sure if any of the many alternative implementations have it yet
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Five-Year GitHub Issue in Mastodon Core Remains Unresolved
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Running Your Own Instance Without Vendor Lock-in
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No idea I'm afraid! That's why I chose to run my own instance, I didn't want to have to pick one (though apparently you can move between them without losing your profile, which is reassuring)
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Building Tools Responsibly: Ethics of Dual-Use Technology
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I've built tools (like Django) that can be used for truly evil things, and I hate that If Mastodon had been explicitly designed to support evil behaviour I would reject it This particular case feels more to me like rejecting email software because that can be used for evil too
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Lightweight Python SQLite alternatives to Rails PostgreSQL Redis stack
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Yeah the main project is surprisingly heavy: Rails and PostgreSQL and Redis and Sidekiq – there's a lot of state involved! But there are some promising alternatives that are more lightweight – this one is just Python and SQLite for example https://
github.com/tsileo/microbl
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Paying for Mastodon self-hosting as alternative infrastructure choice
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That's one of the reasons I'm paying $9/month for my Mastodon hosting provider – I see it as similar to running your own email server or website hosting
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Mastodon Decentralized Server Model Easier Cheaper Healthier Community
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… which is SO MUCH easier and cheaper if you are running a server with only a few hundred active users Mastodon has been around for 6 years at this point and from dipping in over the past few days seems to be the opposite of a toxic environment – they're doing something right!
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Langchain Python Package Implements Advanced LLM Prompting Techniques
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Cohere Launches Sandbox Open-Source Packages for LLM Development
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We are excited to announce Sandbox, a set of experimental open-source packages on GitHub that give you the tooling, functions, demos, and libraries you need to get started with large language models (LLMs) fast! Dive in https://
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Topically: LLM-powered topic modeling tool suite launched
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Topically is out! Launch it https://
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Toy Semantic Search is out! Fork it https://
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… Toy Semantic Search: A simple semantic search engine built with the Cohere API. The search algorithm here is fairly straightforward, using embeddings to find the paragraph that matches the question's representation.