Auster

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If myths are born of trying to explain events with limited data, l wonder if he hadn't been doing the same, perhaps unaware of the fact, but now on a broader scale.

Expanding on this thought, I guess myth, philosophy and scientific method would be parts of a same spectrum?

...or he just liked lying from time to time. :v

Auster @thebrainbin.org 15h ago

In short, game is unfinished and some placeholder arts are visibly quick doodles made by hand.

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Auster @thebrainbin.org 17h ago

It is a limitation, but I wouldn't call necessarily an issue, though it is something that happens in any instances.

Not necessarily an issue because you can pull yet unfederated posts by searching for their links or by user interactions. And if everything got pulled at once, with how ActivityPub works, all instances involved would have potential days of downtime, as well as requiring terabytes of storage on the get-go.

And as a means to pull older posts, some softwares have hardcoded search links, like Lemmy itself (iirc), Mbin (the one I use), Mastodon, etc., meaning you can use some redirect script to send posts to your instance's search page. Also, if you're on an instance that allows following people (e.g. a Mastodon one), if the person you follow comments or boosts a previously unfederated post or comment, it should get imported into your instance.

And if you use userscripts through e.g. Violentmonkey, here's one for redirecting posts to your instance

https://web.archive.org/web/20260308222546/https://pastebin.com/BF2s9aXr

The userscript is sent through Pastebin because they allow guest posts, and through Internet Archive because I set my documents to expire.

And the script is originally made by an LLM but that I have manually checked for oddities, that the logic is simple enough that chances of the AI hallucinating were already pretty small when generated, that I have been manually expanding since, and that covers most patterns and instances I've come across.

Only change you'd need to do is replacing the The/Brain/Bin search links (https://thebrainbin.org/search?search[q]) for the pertinent ones for the posts you encounter, e.g. for Mastodon Social https://mastodon.social/search?q, and for the Lemmy instance Ani.Social https://ani.social/search?q.

Auster @thebrainbin.org 1d ago

Good moment for being a 90's kid as then "rizz" doesn't have any immediate meaning =D

Auster @thebrainbin.org 1d ago

If OP is going legit, torrenting is a pretty solid solition. And like the VPS and mailing suggestions, OP could torrent the files to a remote server, and from that server, upload to a 3rd party storage.

Auster @thebrainbin.org 1d ago

Had forgotten about split archives. 7z also helps, e.g. if one wants to split into 500 MB files recursively, the person can use in Linux 7z a -r -v500m /some/path/some_name.7z /path/with/all/files/, and in Windows iirc right click in the folder > 7-Zip > Add to archive... > configure as the user needs.

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Auster @thebrainbin.org 1d ago

uploading from a phone if it stays on all the time
uploading one at a time
uploading in smaller batches
uploading from an internet café, a library or some other place if it has internet faster than yours
hire a VPS, use some transfer method with a more generous timeout tolerance to transfer the files uncompressed to the VPS, and from there leave the ebooks uploading with your preferred method
hire a faster service if possible

Auster @thebrainbin.org 2d ago

Fediverse is full of RSS 🤭

Jokes aside, still cleaning up my list of feeds, but usually I use RSS for places that otherwise would be miserable to navigate through the UI, like Twitter (with Nitter), Tumblr, Youtube, Steam announcements, etc. Only exception is Reddit, not because of bones to pick with how the site is run, but because its UI is so bad I literally have trouble reading anything.

Also, though mentioned above as a joke, RSS does help a lot with browseability on the fediverse, specially with redirecting scripts and post hiding (native or otherwise). Also fediverse by itself can be a RSS reader with bots from Friendica, RSS Parrot, etc.

Auster @thebrainbin.org 2d ago

If the person passes out, chances are there wasn't time to do it. Personally, I second hendrik's suggestion of setting up 2FA, like his given example, biometric+pin.

Auster @thebrainbin.org 2d ago

To my understanding, engaging helps engagement. So if I see a post and I can think of something useful to say, I make sure I do. Though slow at first, I have the impression it helps. Plus the more you interact, the more instances see the involved users, posts, groups and instances.

Also, Mbin (the software my instance uses) and Friendica both support the equivalent of X/Twitter's retweets and Mastodon's boosting for both posts and comments (even if the OP's instance doesn't support it). So in my case, if I see something I like, also for the sake of engagement growth as I also notice microblogging folk are more engaged, I make sure to tap the boost button too. Maybe it'd help if more people did it?

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Auster @thebrainbin.org 2d ago

I think I get it.

Personally, I like the idea.

And something that comes to mind, Mastodon, Lemmy and PieFed all have methods of account migration. Perhaps such Bytescape tool could integrate to those too?

And further on that, apparently Piefed doesn't import info that it doesn't federate with, e.g. Kbin.Social since iirc it can't be reached (correct me if I'm wrong pls). Also maybe that happens with Mastodon and Lemmy but haven't checked. But if I'm right on that, it would also apply to active but defederated instances. So maybe such potential integration could be used to preserve information that would otherwise be lost as it's not imported?

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Auster @thebrainbin.org 2d ago

If I'm getting it right, sounds like a more refined and self-hosted form of Linktree, a.k.a. a hub for your social medias so people can find you more easily. Is that it?

Auster @thebrainbin.org 3d ago

I follow the account I'm using now with mine from Mastodon.Social, and the last time a The/Brain/Bin post of mine was federated to Mastodon.Social, it was a comment on February 9. My posts still federate on all other instances I have accounts on (and that I monitor - sorry Lemmy.ml). Haven't checked the modlog but doesn't seem to be banning at least. Considering the lack of federation, how close the dates of the last updates were, and I am on a very different software, I'd imagine the issue is likely on Mastodon.Social's side.

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Auster @thebrainbin.org 3d ago

There's a party called "Pirates"...

On a serious note, I'm not familiar with those that were absent, but I always advise to check if it's common for them to vanish when touchy subjects are discussed.

Auster @thebrainbin.org 3d ago

this is becoming a global standard

Forcefully pushing something is different from actually becoming

Auster @thebrainbin.org 3d ago

Worth noting resistance is not the same as a solution. While building it is important, the alternative being losing, it's an eternal process.

As a comparison, quoting Sabaton's Versailles song:

 War will never entirely die

    
it will evolve, it will change
and War will return, sooner than we think