organimal @organimal@botsin.space

a mastodon instance for wisely tooting

put another way:

""A still more glorious dawn awaits. Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise. A morning filled with 400 billion suns. The rising of the milky way" ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Let our social networks not be a sunrise, but a galaxy rise.

Differing needs created different implementations of this interstellar communication network. However, instead of weakening the network it has been made stronger.

A million minds attempting to make the communication medium they need have picked and pulled the features from their peers forks to create the perfect instance for themselves.

Now, they all are left with the hardest problem of them all: actually talking to each other.

Deep breath ... OK

The following is a short piece of speculative fiction in a poor parody of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.

A network stretches across the galaxy. Streams of messages float upon the solar winds. A million different code bases transmit our thoughts in a common language so that we can all communicate across the stars.

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-(MOOM)-

=:!'!:=

does anyone here do #timtangtest #ttt?

a fucking wild and hard but *clever* and *satisfying* online puzzle

http://timtang.com/ttt/

been doing it for a while now off-and-on since my friend showed me it

I dislike popularity/count based schemes in that they advantage early adopters or people with following. This pushes a dialogue platform into being a publishing one instead, and negatively affect quality of dialogue, and increases the barrier of entry.

Popularity is a very incomplete metric for quality of content.

#meta #mastodon #randomthoughts

a mastodon instance for machinists

But here comes my unpopular opinion:

Bigger is not always better.
Growth is not always good.

I would vastly prefer small, minimally federated instances where people *truly* don't have to suffer from abuse and harassment, *actually* don't have to share space with Nazis. Where people can talk and share thoughts and kick cat pictures around without dogpiling and hate.

Fuck growth. Growth is value-neutral. If what you're getting more of sucks, it's not an improvement.

What is the largest instance you know of that mutes switter.at?

I love that it exists but certain hashtag searches are just wrecked.

a mastodon instance for lifeguards and other recreational protective service workers

^_^

TIL I learned the term "biopiracy"

«Biopiracy describes a practice in which indigenous knowledge of nature, originating with indigenous peoples, is used by others for profit, without permission from and with little or no compensation or recognition to the indigenous people themselves. For example, when bioprospectors draw on indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants which is later patented by medical companies without recognizing the fact that the knowledge is not new.»

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioprospecting#Biopiracy

They are written in the middle east

. I can't live a lie.

a mastodon instance for people who like sleeping

mi musi...
sitelen ni li pona :)
#aUI

It seems to be complex, but in fact it is very simple :D

"ow bac bu"

https://mastodon.cloud/media/kT65MRZNywv-zEkwxRM https://mastodon.cloud/media/bmqFAy77-nu1mxr2yNg https://mastodon.cloud/media/c5EOiIJpZEanEeDfqg0

Rougelike idea

- Lovecraft setting
- Play as cultist or investigator
- Wake an old one / prevent one from waking up depending on class

Shared server play aspect (play over ssh) features:
- cultists can leave messages for each other to warn of dangers/point to treasures - investigators can read them depending on their occult stat
- investigators can leave messages to other of their class - cultists can read depending on their crypto skill