Elfififififififi... @elfi@pixie.town

A Friendly Reminder:

If you are blocked from reading an article online due to paywall issues, copy the URL from the original link and then paste it into archive.is or archive.ph.

Nine times out of ten, you'll get the article in full, without the paywall block.

#Paywall #News #Information

this docker container could've been a shell script

📰New Post: Silver in Scottish Folklore

Read More Here: https://blairtales.wordpress.com/2023/09/05/silver-in-scottish-folklore/

all the mintys

Urgent, boosts appreciated: My web host, Heart Internet, is imploding (I found this out AFTER I'd paid them for a year's worth of dedicated server up front) and I need recommendations for a company doing dedicated servers. Please, PLEASE only tell me about companies that you personally have used and have positive firsthand experience with, please don't just google this for me.

EDIT: I'm going with Hetzner, thanks to your recommendations and the recommendations of folk I know IRL and was able to chat with face-to-face, thanks everyone for boosting this so widely and giving me so many excellent recs, there's no need to boost this post any more, you are all wonderful

EDIT 2: folk asking how I know Heart's winding up, check out the TrustPilot reviews from mid-August on, you gotta read between the lines a bit but the takeaway is a) they're doing the "whoops we're experiencing unusually high volume of support requests" thing, b) at least one support team member is going "Screw it, here's how to transfer your domains to someone else." I assume that's why y'all are still boosting this lol

EDIT 3: maybe y'all are still boosting this because the "I'm asking for firsthand experience pls don't just google it for me" bit is Resonating with you, I want to let you know that it annoys me as much as it annoys you. A fun game to play when someone does that is to ask them how they know, and when they say google, pretend not to know what that is and ask them to explain it

bat time B) #furry #fursona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXsx1ZHgg0

A better post, of the skeb style portraits I'm selling. These are much cheaper than my traditional work because of the one-pass nature of them.

Boosts would be very appreciated!

Current prices are $90 for 128px, $35 for 64px, and $15 for 32px. These are subject to change with demand!

Check out my website at https://misnina.com

#PixelArt #CommissionsOpen #MastoArt #CharacterArt #GameDev

This whole Church of Scientology freaking out over how right to repair will force them to open up how their e-meters work thing is my favourite current side plot. 🍿

(Edited to add link because this went wider than I expected lmao: https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/01/right_to_repair_scientology/)

Yes, you can ditch #GoogleMaps now..

https://organicmaps.app

#OrganicMaps is here. Use it while offline and feel good about a #privacy-respecting app that doesn't suck you dry of your personal information. Based on #OpenStreetMap this app is gonna blow #Google #Maps out of the water (hopefully ;)

Some unionized tech workers could use your support this week, as we start the Labor Day weekend. 🧵

#1u #TechUnions #unions

First, the workers at Grindr United announced their intention to unionize; in response, their management announced a company-wide return to office policy, requiring staff to relocate to distant cities or be fired. (Workers had two weeks to choose.)

Now, the workers are asking people to petition Grindr’s CEO, and demand he recognize the union. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/show-your-support-from-grindr-united-workers

#1u #TechUnions #unions

Next, there’s the fine folks at @cfaworkers. Yesterday, Code for America’s leadership announced they’d be laying off 35 employees. Financial reasons were cited as a reason for the layoffs, but the leadership admitted they’re actively hiring to expand the C-suite. https://cfaworkersunited.com/stories/2023/08/31/code-for-america-lays-off-35-colleagues.html

The union has set up a mutual aid fund to support the affected workers; you can donate here: https://venmo.com/u/CfAWorkersSolidarity

#1u #TechUnions #unions

Stop pressing backspace until you feel safe: Ctrl+U clears the password prompt on the terminal so you can start again.

Today I'm going to show you how I turned a cheap USB numeric keypad into a pad that I use for my digital painting shortcuts under GNU/Linux.
→ Tutorial: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article989/how-to-customise-a-usb-numeric-keypad-under-gnulinux

#Keypad #Linux #NailPolish
#diy #Krita #MastoArt