That's another reason why I'm optimistic: may a thousand tiny servers bloom Mastodon users seem to get that they should open their wallets – there are no ads so it's pretty clear that people need to help financially support the servers they are using – or volunteer time, or both
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Mastodon API reveals follower activity timestamps via toot history
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I actually think it IS possible to figure that out on Mastodon – there's an API that returns a list of your followers that includes their last_status_at timestamp (so not their last browse activity, but last time they tooted) https://
docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/accoun
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Tech Convergence: AI, ML, IoT Integration in Retail Digital Signage
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Connect The Dots! How #tech convergence #AI #ML & #IoT is enabled by #SystemsIntegrators – Examples #Digitalsignage in #Retail & more! See @Think_BlueStar @intel via @insightdottech https://
insight.tech/retail/sis-dep
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Five-Year GitHub Issue in Mastodon Core Remains Unresolved
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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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Digital Expert Connect Enables Virtual Ultrasound Collaboration Innovation
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How #Digital Expert Connect Aids Clinician #collaboration #Training & #patient care #Innovation in #ultrasound Superb #TechForGood #partnership @GEHealthcare & @intel https://
insight.tech/health/virtual
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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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Learning from Unconventional Coding Approaches and Best Practices
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More generally, if I see someone coding productively using an approach that's different to the status quo, I don't close the file. I learn everything I can about why they did that, since it's likely it's very intentional and might be a source of insights.
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Northbeam Releases Updated Sales Table with 95% Adoption
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We released an updated sales table on Northbeam this week and had a 95% adoption rate switching over. It was a labor of love to build it as the initial idea was started in Jan of this year!
— David Herrmann (@herrmanndigital) 5 novembre 2022
So much more to come with more creative importing, better graphs, and metrics. https://t.co/0sTKSFhKRgWe released an updated sales table on Northbeam this week and had a 95% adoption rate switching over. It was a labor of love to build it as the initial idea was started in Jan of this year! So much more to come with more creative importing, better graphs, and metrics.
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Mastodon APIs: First Technical Discovery and Learning
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The Mastodon APIs are pretty fun, here's my first TIL