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[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 12 hours ago

The article has an interesting passage about how Irish aluminium is currently being sold to Russia for weapons, and the EU is (rightly) trying to stop this.

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 12 hours ago

“MAHA MAHAHAHA!”

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 day ago

I overlooked this line from the docs:

Benötigt werden cmake, git, libgd und libusb - bei manchen Distributionen (z.B. Ubuntu) sind die Header-Files in separaten Paketen "libusb-dev" die ggf. noch nachinstalliert werden müssen.

I should have done sudo apt install libgd-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev before attempting compilation.

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Trying to install ptouch-print:

$ git clone https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git
Cloning into 'ptouch-print'...
Fetching objects: 794, done.
$ cd ptouch-print/
$ ./compile.sh 
Found GD: NO
CMake Error at cmake/FindGD.cmake:109 (MESSAGE):
  Could not find GD library
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:13 (find_package)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

So I thought maybe libgd was not installed, but it is, so where am I going wrong?

$ apt list --installed | grep libgd3
libgd3/noble,now 2.3.3-9ubuntu5 amd64 [installed]
[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 7 points 2 days ago

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu, what's up with this? It doesn't seem in any way justifiable.

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago

On 18 Jan 2025, before Proton and Mullvad CEOs came out in support of the far right, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) recommended:

  • ~~Mullvad (Sweden)~~
  • ~~Mozilla VPN* (USA/Sweden)~~
  • ~~Proton VPN (Switzerland)~~
  • Tunnelbear (USA/Canada; owned by McAfee in USA)
  • IVPN (Gibraltar)
  • Windscribe (Canada)

I've crossed out the first three, since their CEOs support fascists. (I don't think Mozilla's CEO is fascist, but Mozilla VPN uses Mullvad under the hood, so Mullvad presumably gets access to the bulk of Mozilla VPN users' money and connection data.)

Nym is not on the list, so presumably didn't meet FPF's requirements.

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago

if you follow a user their future posts will be sent to your server. We were talking about implementing a backfill option, but there is no eta yet

Thank you for explaining. That must indeed be the reason I couldn't see those toots on Mbin.

so no guarantee it will be implemented at all. But since it is an annoying problem, maybe it will

Backfill would be great! Server capacity concerns notwithstanding.

In the meantime, clearer wording for the info banner would be an easy, helpful UX improvement:

  • Before subscribing: "This Fediverse profile is hosted on a different server than yours. If you, or another user on your server, were to subscribe to this profile, the profile's subsequent posts would be displayed here. The profile's older posts can be viewed on their server"

  • After subscribing: "This Fediverse profile is hosted on a different server than yours. Now that you have subscribed, the profile's future posts will be displayed here. The profile's older posts can be viewed on their server"

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks for your reply. I should have been clearer!

It's not the banner that bothers me, it's the fact that that microblog's posts (toots) aren't being displayed when viewed from Mbin!

Is there anything I can do in order to get those posts to propagate through to Mbin? Would I have to contact the admin for the Mbin instance hosting my account? Something else?

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I use Mbin because it seems to be the only software that provides subscriptions to Fediverse microblogs (e.g. from Mastodon) as well as subscription to Fediverse forums/communities/magazines (e.g. from Lemmy).

Unfortunately, when viewed from Mbin, Mastodon profiles often have the warning, This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance

Example: https://thebrainbin.org/u/@transitous@en.osm.town

What's the source of this issue? E.g. is it:

  • Due to a choice by the admin of the Mbin server hosting my account?
  • Due to a bug in Mbin?
  • Something else?
[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 6 days ago

@Pamasich@kbin.earth Thanks for following up with the detailed explanation. Makes sense now!

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 2 points 6 days ago

@Auster@thebrainbin.org

one thing you can do is to browse the subscribed microblog feed, https://thebrainbin.org/sub/microblog

Thanks, this is the kind of thing I hoped for!

you can also go to the general settings, https://thebrainbin.org/settings/general, and set "Homepage" as "Subscriptions", and "Front page default view" as "Microblog", so https://thebrainbin.org/ becomes a mirror of https://thebrainbin.org/sub/microblog

Excellent tip, thank you!

[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 1 points 6 days ago

@Pamasich@kbin.earth thanks. Unforunately, I can't see a globe icon or the word "All".

Here's a screenshot showing Edward Betts's Mastodon profile as viewed from Mbin. As you can see, I follow his Mastodon account from my Mbin account.

I can see his posts on that page. But what I can't figure out is how to see his posts, and posts from other Mastodon accounts I follow, in a single page or feed on Mbin.

Screenshot of Edward Betts's profile as viewed from Mbin.

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In Mbin, how do I view a feed/page consisting solely of posts from users I follow?

Things I've tried that didn't achieve this:

  • Reading the User guide
  • Reading the FAQ
  • Clicking on People in the top bar
  • Clicking on Threads in the top bar
  • Clicking on Microblog in the top bar
  • Clicking on Magazines in the top bar
  • Clicking on Subscribed Magazines in the side bar
  • Clicking on my username in the side bar, then clicking on Following (shows a list of who I'm following, but not their posts).

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