2026-04-26T19:48:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae Veronica Explains via Mastodon https://nostr.ae/npub1dmlzf6x428vxd8vht2skcelgd6a8p8zy8ug8hxe6gg5hcrv0fn8sycx796 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsflf6eqdtvlhgevqmt7j60ahfzx8d4twj6nkgq58wx3gd209ya3jszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7tejn53 I&#39;ve disabled new follows to this account. If you want to follow me on Mastodon/etc, please go here instead: [@veronica](<a href="https://veronicaexplains.net/">https://veronicaexplains.net/</a> ) <br/><br/>Thank you! 2026-02-06T17:15:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80gtpd5z7r7069kfz4zquy5j53wq5j5ddsm9sh3j4c6hw8xqqwhgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7zklh9c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88ujv02xejg9n3yrn0vzzuyw6m72dwc3r6tqqhjslh9uw5e0y0cgnm4nz3'>nevent1q…4nz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I may reply to blog comments using the Ghost account, and we&#39;ll see how I like it as a gateway to ActivityPub. If it does well, I&#39;ll consider migrating away from Mastodon and to it.<br/><br/>So if you&#39;re interested in that experiment, go follow [@veronica](<a href="https://veronicaexplains.net/">https://veronicaexplains.net/</a> ).<br/><br/>Beyond that, my plan is to spend a few months only using this account to boost my work elsewhere.<br/><br/>Thanks all. 2026-02-05T18:12:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs88ujv02xejg9n3yrn0vzzuyw6m72dwc3r6tqqhjslh9uw5e0y0cgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7s2kntv I&#39;m taking a break from using Mastodon. The experience here has been less-than-great the past few weeks, and I am tired of this cycle repeating.<br/><br/>In an effort to stay in touch, I&#39;ve launched a newsletter at veronicaexplains.net. Future blog posts will go there as well.<br/><br/>I explain more in the inaugural post: <a href="https://veronicaexplains.net/launching-ghost-on-new-domain/">https://veronicaexplains.net/launching-ghost-on-new-domain/</a><br/><br/>I have also turned on ActivityPub for this blog, you can follow it at [@veronica](<a href="https://veronicaexplains.net/">https://veronicaexplains.net/</a> ). 2026-02-05T18:09:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy08q8mea7kyx5tlekc9xuhsav5q4wftzahgyknudnlx552eh8txszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7870f3c Big mood today <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgAvGT28lqc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgAvGT28lqc</a> 2026-02-04T22:59:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyhxljefl5hxlxzepdrgm5eegu77j575a88qer2y6apc4fc6208ugzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7x8l54t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v3ulvw4fapg35drthtwe22y9xyhqpjdpfk2gyl4pc8ej84jdezg00wwfh'>nevent1q…wwfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh no, that explains a few things, lol. Sorry Fediverse. 2026-02-04T22:34:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f2xk2mlqyhk2pawn9uh7sa20qtt2k292s994lzv7ffnywvqrzkgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7gwsw93 I&#39;ve instructed my server to start deleting old toots, and it&#39;s been consistently running at 90% utilization ever since.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know why this is so computationally heavy for Mastodon? Particularly for a single user instance? 2026-02-04T22:29:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsraxpcvjpcjn37ez4hd6c4fr07z9r0ljfx5m4k795zekl9369sy8gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7p3czjk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhv8g0qg7439wlxm53dpqr5jp5z8w0jyxteerwl09qk62wc2sl5gznt74n'>nevent1q…t74n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s not my job to be the standard bearer for this situation though, and I need to take the steps needed to protect my safety and the safety of folks around me. 2026-02-04T22:01:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqfc486akq4aa54wmfs04u3sxyu8lmm4s9kh6thvldhdaxfx87ztczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv732qj5w I deleted most posts from yesterday. I got some DMs overnight that folks are harassing people from my replies (via DMs).<br/><br/>I&#39;m so sorry. 2026-02-04T16:46:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9jcm43ksqr9z7fz7u0sdfrgyj7tkmtkza6g343tk7ep6lrdkkrszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv73aewaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdylg756nncn2sg6nplgwwc2dk0y5qld5vrry3gpzvj8fff9wytmqj2c8dr'>nevent1q…c8dr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was there for about a year and deleted my account, the list of accounts you block is 100% public and folks were harassing me over it. 2026-02-04T07:06:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg90cewnth7jwx5jc8mkzgy508a729wl7662huquwac7aunr2p86gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7m9rg4w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmsd3yn7kupnwnlcpzmjzvltlyc49r3jwa2ejuln5mm8jppy0npsua555f'>nevent1q…555f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I cannot block at the scale this would take. I can quit though! 2026-02-04T06:46:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvl3zvjekpj0vrzer36f48ryue0wztxwg6u06f8tzmzj46xy8w8tgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7snc62z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthy434t5s6649umze5gnx9eluf2m8na7gj03junf5s4jr56qshnqhmyhah'>nevent1q…yhah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m very sorry if I misunderstood your post. I&#39;ve been talking about the misogyny in comments today, and how telling women to &#34;just block them&#34; isn&#39;t useful advice. Your post coincided with some others, and I fully admit I may have misread the situation based on that. 2026-02-04T06:40:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0uqya97skrzq8aqrmcy5vdhp4ge7kljehtjjfy2ljn5s834fn3zszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7p9h39t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfcuwlhggfn09clt7kh6d8praeh8mtqvjhnpqf5vjy679uwh4a8c5lsyvv'>nevent1q…syvv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks Gardiner. I know you&#39;ve seen some stuff too. 2026-02-04T05:16:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstaedr69ydclz8j4sw3mzp5r8s488pw8q2c3zsg4tc849n5kp6ahgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ynv8fl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9uc5e9zsagvsgtsey09p7dyeuwqcqq0t99gpgnct7pctnz8e6hsyvnnut'>nevent1q…nnut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think a big problem is that folks see &#34;Fediverse&#34; as &#34;big Mastodon instances&#34; and not all of the little actors out there who can ruin a day with hate speech, terrifying images, etc. A big part of that is the (often great) job of moderation, where dark corners are quickly cut off, but not from everyone. 2026-02-04T04:40:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswttdnqeh2q037vu0zf8zs3cwvmae0phmaq4fm4syqj6hkt5asu3czyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ragdlc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqr46u5wjllaedtl8wqwscskamj7t5rjeupxng8ydafxslnj3d8gz9nnp8'>nevent1q…nnp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK Matt, I&#39;m going to assume a good faith misunderstanding of what happened today, and offer that if you&#39;d like to discuss it, my DMs are open. 2026-02-04T04:28:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqr46u5wjllaedtl8wqwscskamj7t5rjeupxng8ydafxslnj3d8gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7xs5us7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9a4sjzupzdce89jslfgt6y5vs4q2l95m5vke52vvznchks8yat5sjfchtu'>nevent1q…chtu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>really? You&#39;re doing this? 2026-02-04T04:15:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyjegy7jf7nw86qz2swsjwzw3lu2s5usczmcaxpx4n7e4087hn3jqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7k9al04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspel6e53q55c6ajt6ndqcy6y45lellv3tj0zy6rqjffvmmn8k6dzckurn94'>nevent1q…rn94</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh jeeze, there were plenty lol 2026-02-04T03:18:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvkphhlw5wxs8f03a55ntxjupma4uaknz9trnqymunr32uxu57augzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7qa33p7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3kuudkzuy527d78v04p3d5zfw6nchdy80vq5c4psdu98l85c30sxdpj08'>nevent1q…pj08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>report as well if you see anything worth reporting, this is not behavior others should be subjected to 2026-02-04T03:13:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz9fwkwneq4zr927dgmwehx7qc087cyn88tfsrvzycsu52259e7qqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7cewx4v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8repxn60z8hd96wk3j2h2y8mjzl84vt9s2cee73p3dhlm9rn8yfcr45rfd'>nevent1q…5rfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can turn off the features and watch my Patreon/Ko-Fi decrease, or turn on the features and get harassed. Victory 2026-02-04T00:51:56+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdaeu6yswwcee0nju430jsu4ggavntljgfrm4j7wtvvsl2wzh2fgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7kcgpn3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tjcymgzxnjq6ej52key7cvu5prn3ypnrzfcz2a0ek9x8cxy7gug5edync'>nevent1q…dync</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the case above, it was just text posts. I&#39;m quite confident the load is from server requests from external actors getting information to see what&#39;s &#34;trending.&#34; 2026-02-04T00:51:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw56xqzmr609j5k7v68apmq9y7mnzrcys0hgx99qa6mfx7z6gen3gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ay4nr3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmv50svfqgdv2gld539z3msce9a8tj4m2vz03jd6790fee5v556s509nns'>nevent1q…9nns</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I share blocklists with dozens of other mods. I can assure you it&#39;s not as simple as &#34;block the baddies&#34; and defederation.<br/><br/>This problem goes much deeper than that, is cultural, and will require men to stand up to other men. 2026-02-04T00:50:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxx58c4z3hcujkj4zrfw6lsavnauc7w7w59gm7c8jdgxseezd3vqszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7s7fcng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsykhp6c8plum2nh5rv7xl9ewmak6d5fyt48lxqy4068zz5rc4s67gseh27g'>nevent1q…h27g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe that means it&#39;s running above spec. It&#39;s a vCPU, not a dedicated CPU, so the alloted number is more of a suggestion than a physical property. 2026-02-04T00:34:56+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3y07lk20s8d6j56jptae9le7ptuzxzch93p3ta62kzgd0mpfjdgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv78yzjdc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nlqs9gfan8mt4hfjav4g84rp00svkxnjdp6v6p2nzze8ze5346cssemdg'>nevent1q…emdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s just a standard Linode* CPU plan, nothing fancy.<br/><br/>*not sponsored but I&#39;ve consulted with them in the past 2026-02-04T00:32:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf4dykgckgvv5zsxckt5yllsu695fllmjar3a6gqvtxhw3mdv4s5qzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7mvx4dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtzh50aj95f094ng6hdn2q4rkz05awj5jgymdpfu8n6zjrdkzfqscyavzn'>nevent1q…avzn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>don&#39;t know. I&#39;m not the biggest expert at Rails but I looked at the database once and I was doing something like 10K-50K hits every few minutes after going &#34;trending&#34; on .social et al. 2026-02-04T00:24:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspqtjp08pw7wcpshk0kc6w7egtxz4mwfn06al69t9jv3vwtcx22pczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7470djw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3nyda5w3mase2z89fxtfh63ldx3r8uulakh8dlms4l673nru9agavandx'>nevent1q…andx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think they are all Mastodon specific. The settings are called &#34;Feature profile and posts in discovery algorithms&#34;, &#34;Automatically accept new followers&#34;, and &#34;Include public posts in search results&#34;. <br/><br/>My suspicion is that the load is coming from the first setting, pushing my posts out to the &#34;trending&#34; features of various instances. 2026-02-04T00:22:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvql2tx6e9t3zgq8r4fuytjte9rk2x849l8jdltkf5rcz3a0runrczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7psv2t2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7yumv3jcvsgpy7lavs9fe0wqmyjxms8dpxrzwxl5asw8vd8fm6qh2lhxq'>nevent1q…lhxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we have a table? I&#39;m not totally sure the details just yet but I&#39;m 80% sure we&#39;ll have a table. 2026-02-04T00:02:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdfjkff0spg08z0qr2rvqtdksk8eagrlk2k7p8whazng4v8nl3jcszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv75l45yd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgrpr47l29vdtthk63p3qwy53xhm5dn5sr659vtcaxh9cuyt35lga48s63'>nevent1q…8s63</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh my goodness are you going to be there?<br/><br/>I&#39;m planning on it, the band was asked to perform! 2026-02-03T23:58:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8xf7q2a90crz3f7al9kfdt5t5amdcl8f2tu8f7f3st7wyxznx2czyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7nsmvc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7y08p2qtmnhxfknjjvrvu5r82lrel4as0qyyc53sfelafqp50rcg4zje3'>nevent1q…zje3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>STOP TELLING ME HOW TO BE ON THE INTERNET<br/><br/>For gods sakes, I wasn&#39;t fucking asking for advice 2026-02-03T23:56:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlh205e0jxqshhyghmepynh58y8st56rh4smtyf7uw7xc7axnn0qzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7zl84wz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp905taxgw86echjl2y70tune74z44aevljt55ws9rt8csxzzp9dc6zeqnk'>nevent1q…eqnk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t do that. I make PeerTube for a living. This is part of my job. I might as well walk away from Fedi entirely if I defederate from the largest instances. 2026-02-03T23:53:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8c0ehnxx8cfkjcs5fdrafwycxvhfgfe7wmn0x7vyxp0qtwa35dwqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7q9vt8g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsykjqdmttzgf53wxwp206pw2njlj3qwp2wc6gs4g63t3j8xa0pq0n2ptv'>nevent1q…2ptv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah but when my job involves connecting with folks over there, that&#39;s a bit hard to do. 2026-02-03T23:48:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2y27zwjpvmmep7g7yz70prus8ymj342qj43v485wtx4l2s755dzczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ml4n6w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz33zxp5lwh35njtzzxac4jcqvk86kkcmlysgq0vfs37p4ewlwgtcvngd4j'>nevent1q…gd4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh that&#39;s fantastic!! 2026-02-03T21:15:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgka5v4sun8vxrf22njk44sf648sc5ctjy0vp9j566yatzff63w4czyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7vaux05 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8k7pw6urvfngt44lpe225z2u0pr33kgqcn6wscmqpk46xk0drfjghjfhsh'>nevent1q…fhsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>YES! It always was. I was there... a kid but I was there and seeing it. It was creepy! 2026-02-03T21:08:46+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfa4v5tdh7gty80xtqnk7tgk9a7hd7nwxpkk4sx5986pzal4emnxszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv780meu2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqzme2gjc54x2uwpmt3cws7hexumsy4pfxllqre7ewqxnsurh9yqx2hjsw'>nevent1q…hjsw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you&#39;re quite confident I somehow gendered you in my sentence. I&#39;ve read it again, I don&#39;t see it. Regardless of your own gender, what I said was that you have agency. You do!<br/><br/>You came in saying &#34;what can you do&#34; and I pushed back on that. Because we need to push back on that.<br/><br/>That&#39;s what I can do. That&#39;s *my* agency. You&#39;re free to disregard, lol 2026-02-03T21:00:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsguur82vqflachkeyumxjvvuhk9p448nqwvqwg0p3xlwc69pra0pczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7nhrw77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0avccuaea5jg82p65wlefa6nzkdss3plw9dascr7e40urtdrcpg7vmacp'>nevent1q…macp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when did I say that, lol 2026-02-03T20:12:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9khnf58y3zl5dpxpefnzzd70k2qxh683cgzs3ey9npuv2t6j8aegzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv74naduy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2t55pnxd0vqsjf59vg2p2y2jw8z2f6l9q08q5xgsll6hv0lucr5csnyf5j'>nevent1q…yf5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get things that are illegal if I retransmit them 2026-02-03T20:08:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz32da04pp3y6mez4j7f2kmweydyxrn66azttgj5wjg563s8t7ghszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv75zmmp9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstt66dy9jt4gsahg4ce54n3re03cvg685xrlgwa2sx7txwpk23c5ct8uvfc'>nevent1q…uvfc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t *have* to deal with this. Men can stand up to other men who harass women.<br/><br/>And I know that &#34;blocking is your friend&#34;, that&#39;s what I said in the damn post, lol 2026-02-03T20:07:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszertpj8mg6khzlsgmy7raluxgq2yn8e9wge8w57z7p52l539herczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7px8sv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqamcw0mzqvd3udf9sue0j4eca7tcegpfq5lg3smaqwr28wz2sdkgrl5xy2'>nevent1q…5xy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve yet to try it on Wine, I wish I didn&#39;t have to open up an old Mac to use it! 2026-02-03T20:06:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxkcyswm4t236x3qrlgnhlpag5wvgjnjfxm6rargqrg0v3vhgytpgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv77f2g4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0ajfax7jn6pl460qr79gcsj2t5succavghaa4e39dr47kdhy2ysgktcrp'>nevent1q…tcrp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this isn&#39;t helping.<br/><br/>You asked &#34;what can you realistically do about it&#34;. What you should be asking is &#34;what can *I* realistically do about it?&#34;<br/><br/>You have agency. Expecting women on the internet to handle it? No. 2026-02-03T20:05:45+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ekalg2qall3nmaq63uffcnwqfuh48peacnqswrq5qqzv6vmj5rczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7kpm309 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8z7rl6vme0nmpqkr8pzdnvfa5vxrxuxra4ue9s6rf3es03kc06fcy9myxd'>nevent1q…myxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>almost every time 2026-02-03T19:40:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2a5q96qq0fkgu9nz9qv0399yezqn8yzmc3ycyz5nmhmel5gauulczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7qva86z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgqs8sva49hzpher478uwg96aq4r55t766rc2lt89s9vfa62tcvvca0n5tp'>nevent1q…n5tp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>make sure to share it with your mods 2026-02-03T19:37:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfdamyep6ddyesy3pq9dwpcjsjqe53pxmf09svpmvm6sa00c5zv4szyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv77kpjux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3kf9xvnnyp79fxhz2sq9erx8zw8dnummr976xgp7kk2umg2aftsuw00hl'>nevent1q…00hl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s super disorienting once you get to a certain threshold of followers and your notifications don&#39;t match anyone else&#39;s experience in the slightest. 2026-02-03T19:35:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf63whgrkhvpgsylnscnsftf3skr8g7apr8rkj7fhmqu9vafxva6gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7kqd47m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst22fhadf5h57lmqe6c0wyft6m0eq57dsu00t9afzvkgynxt2fn8smvc5kt'>nevent1q…c5kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think they&#39;re saying I&#39;m &#34;nice&#34; but not &#34;hot&#34; lol 2026-02-03T19:33:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhj3zaz4tpc7hsasu06xh4tkmsuxutq07yu30ky8euth0fc228wqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7mu42uk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswn7dvyzaxrj4uznkj3tj69htqf7mxlc2du5mk05h9uzuf550rteqrtme55'>nevent1q…me55</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh my god you missed the point 10000% 2026-02-03T19:31:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8s2a97l76qxy34hpymea88zs286zyhagj0deu7s685wemadarrszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv729zq0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xr7z9jhrmgmrnvkg488w2nz4j5a6gwn4dje2wcwpzch6e545v7ghcdzdl'>nevent1q…dzdl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s unique to decentralization. If your instance blocked a baddie before they post in my replies, you don&#39;t see it and I do. In centralized social media, a mass of reports is enough to ban an account and get their posts mass-deleted. That just can&#39;t happen here. 2026-02-03T19:30:51+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2mv9df99qwdalx8cmzyk7mrznxy7syu82jlhgzwplg4797l03acqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7y3ztmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr2el3z6vg8nm0n5wfam0hd3ejztczk4a79jdr0l07ylqzkn49fs5nets4'>nevent1q…ets4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>lolol 2026-02-03T19:06:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2rptgqjj7mjm0yyr9hrkgsfuhcqy5pys48nsgycx9hkukylguulczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7tq9j6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2qtcrj7rt4glyc75n5wup8q3xmj5e58vfkn6c0wcgntex8zg65s5u2zcg'>nevent1q…2zcg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Patsy&#39;s always right, lol 2026-02-03T19:06:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2un30aam5cv0p684a0tp7keq09lsufcsdzrfnag6a67e0xwq6fqqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7y6kp6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gw5udzle3tu50tekkcxdv0yaers3vj7vx4cjv62hra998sfq3wsl5q8za'>nevent1q…q8za</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I WAS LITERALLY POSTING ABOUT BLOCKING 2026-02-03T19:00:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrugzke8wfekv5r6tn7cq2sd2ngpejnce88pwu8slhj0276l5h9lqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7j2q2nc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlvadztrcdk8wl0apqhgwf4ezqwtxpwpsew77dcm2cx8kzxelkzsphvnxq'>nevent1q…vnxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>was I looking for a reason to block? Did I look like I was unsure about it? Was I asking for advice? 2026-02-03T18:58:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfugtj6ythg5kjhqx7l5z7kp9nxyj5pem2f43e9sr85cuqysmh8ngzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7cjp6au In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst48whnekuztl5wwa4ge0weupqm4kh84lt20zjfmzselt05jj80ns8vuwcw'>nevent1q…uwcw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>always 2026-02-03T18:41:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx89utw88p84v7ynrmvwxhds7749fr479zqlgzvyg8yvrhh23xs6szyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7xmpfqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs088h562dalaf0pfp9sfnfv5uyn89m87kyewxfpw75z45dzhgf0xckjtzc0'>nevent1q…tzc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>explain to me how *literally any of this* &#34;started well.&#34; 2026-02-03T18:40:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxfedmydjklpspxhfelvrjg53jz93wn6v2gx27qx82vw8vm922fdczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7a3yh9p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0kjvwpkpgjeut9tkgcy04tc9caryaugst8wleqsv3gcyt7ekncczx5yeg'>nevent1q…5yeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fwiw I *absolutely* read that comment as &#34;sorry this place isn&#39;t for you, but it&#39;s great for me.&#34; Just imagine hearing that in a real world setting: you go to a library, a woman gets catcalled incessantly, she says &#34;that&#39;s enough&#34; and someone replies to her saying &#34;I&#39;m sorry you&#39;re going through that, but I love it here.&#34;<br/><br/>I know I&#39;m not welcome on Fedi. 2026-02-03T18:39:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8498qullxajh7tpt553f3d04a06np7snazf8ta5u5tdrt4lxu3qszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7332h3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxak3lwl00vqct3s7quvczt22skeagxuscm3pj40mpq5h7m5w3l3sgjqkal'>nevent1q…qkal</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>naw, boost away lol 2026-02-03T18:37:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswdnzss8xqrqmqdxyyxpd0y94dffqhjdhcgr54yepkwm3d9j20dpszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv78yxaff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf48xkspqtp5egqgdwnv8pyzn6ckggfya8a9wa7ua8dhc0gqj2g2cjjnj8z'>nevent1q…nj8z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>job well done. A+ no notes 2026-02-03T18:23:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c52fx0mp78kvpmyns4fatuwct3jkwcdnft8et8sm0dwe62zzssgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7t0h2ul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtrd4ny9zmh2uwa7gacmdvua860m3wky7phvmzc9elw0y43dxp7qg633p3'>nevent1q…33p3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that was 20 years ago now. That reminds me, I have to go take a multivitamin and a nap. 2026-02-03T18:21:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwkjhyfma2pxphcyqsvj6sxt4q0m6kzku8sqpwl3lfnvl6xmxp2qzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ywd7ag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjpr48t36ewuz4u7d2e6gwasn0fyn8k0e043jmnad263gz3pppsgcrrypl'>nevent1q…rypl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes 2026-02-03T17:54:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq34ja9rt390syryq0zrvz8nwdqqhzktdut30ergk6h2mqdzgjufgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ss99p5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3rrrq5nc3wnyaajf5l0dajx8jwzq3sr0v9pp5rzfrv4nxsc3uag6v0uha'>nevent1q…0uha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, but men also need to stand up to other men when this happens. They need to change culture. Online it&#39;s easy- get in the way when you see it. 2026-02-03T17:50:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstevwyz5hc8ujlc6vwrpajagnu4pquctzyh8tsf85kkla9zjtu8dszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7696gv4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv07zgy0cnxggeygql5l3m67x9lvljxt45azpacfl6zm4trw0vp3q5tt6xp'>nevent1q…t6xp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yup, I&#39;m also pretty new and trying to navigate it. Today&#39;s outage really brings this to the surface for me! 2026-02-03T17:49:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspp7urpxmeq3txkz6qwvusaymx854px4wrqm2t0qfem4n29wx0t8qzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ucl0xd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyevampdakp447kmh2ewsj56ksum65ek0aa30u3yv9k3stakn8fvq7kydqk'>nevent1q…ydqk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m just an NPC in a video game to these people. 2026-02-03T17:38:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvyl5vr52c5jhdy9lfpcdqtevhgw325dq4jr484ttvy607dl4gxvqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7mnrx4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxjvks8yefxdl6dp50wm0h5sg4an0erv3g74ntfgmhtfq284dq8ch273ax'>nevent1q…73ax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also curious, ha! 2026-02-03T17:36:02+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2hjktf6rhrmj46xp7kr5ws5dppyhtvmgapwa652f2d7t6aw5yvjgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv78rwgzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7ch5a0xawpqm8uwjemcuug5chy3pjmzau649q0f72un5q2kaneqreqeep'>nevent1q…qeep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t but it&#39;s on my list to try out, actually. It looks really cool. 2026-02-03T17:24:20+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyc6hhatrj2eg6vmzsr638n0qm8lzndnysqj68uktj6nm062jadgszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7mll0le In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvac7flfptc8jkn8g4qttndtdz5f99ush24a3c7vp90gkq5xreglcsapz8h'>nevent1q…pz8h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yup, damn. 2026-02-03T17:21:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqlrzzjalufn7czjyup6xclvmz8zkc4cvpu390xnj4y9epvswys6gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7qd7nvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9e8ae5j3fenmpd52xp7jtndd789agkv8tfnv0w5mnusm2cqjgs7g2q3hz4'>nevent1q…3hz4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s not unavoidable. It can be avoided by men standing up to other men. 2026-02-03T17:20:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstwhhg5zsta2z3v6g082n6vtk6cuh5ckkeuff33gfkjehxql25zrqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ey6yle In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8zz8z4lp2ny938xt5dt0s5z92m6ucuynmc6hmj6tqknnp7dvajqdmflp8'>nevent1q…flp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NO. STOP THAT.<br/><br/>Telling me &#34;don&#39;t share what happens&#34; sweeps this shit under the rug. I need good people to STAND UP and GET IN THE WAY 2026-02-03T17:14:18+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8ehkm97d968svh39nds7hza3drtzpk4qr647ug9dxa6hc9efedszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7l3cckz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztyv5rzjlejh04g684l34fxe8mju42rnwyyw0nls2szc6jtk3eeq7dy6s9'>nevent1q…y6s9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>no, that&#39;s not funny. It&#39;s disturbing. People send me creepy things all the time- I don&#39;t need to add to it. 2026-02-03T17:13:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs232f9fmk3vkxx2k208xnvgduwk963ac885z6hjj6aqvs9w6sccuszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7zada43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlle7pytacztrwngs8k8hlf9w47slj5wz4xwvlmtyl6etuyjxxmsaya995'>nevent1q…a995</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>most harassment is. But saying &#34;marry me&#34; to someone who isn&#39;t a willing participant in that discussion is also harassment. 2026-02-03T17:12:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2srsa9zds0jv9y06aynsacwt6juprjrm476yfp6k326pxzh88jtgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7jr5k9g So I just figured out that 7digital sells cheaper 320kbps MP3s, as opposed to Qobuz that sells only FLAC files.<br/><br/>Most of the time, I prefer the FLAC files, but for something like a cheap best-of where I just want a taste of the band before seeking out physical media, it&#39;s a pretty good deal.<br/><br/>(Not sponsored, just think it&#39;s neat) 2026-02-03T16:48:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvvw9ehjjpr94h867x2whyus7grsfkgn4zqa3nt6ghnpyn0yf3jgczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7xhh4ec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs229yukuuq3q6vju70sha8at8k3sc6ksgxmrg4amg7fw8r0gspz6sut9s5w'>nevent1q…9s5w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not for nothing, but the fact that they&#39;re making this in the Twin Cities again has filled my heart with joy today. We were so proud of our cheesy little hometown show and the fact that it&#39;s back here, right now, means the world to a lot of us fans. 2026-02-03T05:09:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs229yukuuq3q6vju70sha8at8k3sc6ksgxmrg4amg7fw8r0gspz6szyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7n8lnya Rifftrax doing new episodes of MST3K just crossed over a million dollars on Kickstarter.<br/><br/>It&#39;s day one.<br/><br/>Keep circulating the tapes.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k</a> 2026-02-03T05:08:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0kmcvw20wqu27swhvpmt06v60p4494cereyulr5nfzht0sewduqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7g53mut MOVIE SIGN <br/><br/><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k</a> 2026-02-02T20:07:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv9duarsxj0y08jrxmv00h5wpxx87c6hhh5jewtyak337stra85jqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv79yqjkp Immich is amazing. 2026-02-02T19:20:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs85nq4ldhk5kdqcmqvlda0du52kgyxngnaxtnetcqvk26etwkzzaqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7hfnvpc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxz8pnh4cs7d9g4xavw70chz6xw2l8ytnydhdxuxegj2wlrnqvecct0plpn'>nevent1q…plpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I **absolutely** can do all of my sysadmin tasks on this thing... when I can see the screen easily.<br/><br/>Having two windows open side-by-side on a 13&#34; screen? That&#39;s not exactly fun for hours on end. 2026-01-30T15:32:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxz8pnh4cs7d9g4xavw70chz6xw2l8ytnydhdxuxegj2wlrnqvecczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv74ts62p My first real &#34;wriggle&#34; with using Asahi has nothing to do with Asahi, but the hardware:<br/><br/>Some things are *really* hard on a screen that&#39;s 13&#34;. 2026-01-30T15:30:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrpm6xx3eyk6vmp5emr2hmahnwggmwhg3z76ayhx2nynzkcslzjfszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv75xu8xq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxns6dwnwxkjn0aw2zxky280ejl9msuxkc0rpsgl2mvfqmyhafq0q06znnk'>nevent1q…znnk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>status 420: nice 2026-01-30T06:13:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0e4n3rx863a0ydzq8hllenllprr8zwrcq94aw6pwh90k822nl2pczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7l963f9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd203p9mjd54r9v44aar5vd3ny6tldd2mzw724625rw8u34vjw5pc3yawaz'>nevent1q…awaz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it was adorable 2026-01-29T16:20:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdp3qzvwkvtzw5ppnywqjrkru7eqcj85djvmpqrkrjmsjnswseyvgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7cjdjcx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tzs4nvk3smg7fkqjygtm95sjwkzxszjnezp5vdpyydygku83t3gfqpch2'>nevent1q…pch2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s the worst 2026-01-29T03:20:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0z2r2n8l2vqp34ymhdglas4fwcqwmh64dnun3jyzv43esh40qymqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv76gl4dj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx6hcxsy2g2kcpu2y8ldmfcznpqk5uawuryww6redm9fs8mn6v9qrtky4j'>nevent1q…ky4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we&#39;re always asking for advice every time we open our mouths, Danielle. Didntchaknow? 2026-01-29T03:12:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswkr9ldv28nl0tncsz729pre5s2jpnlrl2gc23pw34nrwzyx36gkczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7r70v3l RE: <a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/115968311616355026">https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/115968311616355026</a><br/><br/>Wow, I&#39;m surprised it&#39;s so even here. When I in-person shop I almost always *want* to get an email from the store. Even if it&#39;s 90% marketing, if I go there in-person I guess I just feel more invested in it.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ykchynmn9797wzz42ga5q27tckeycutcjn7ld8pdd4pm3vvw248s32uxe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ykc…uxe4</a></span><br/> </div> POLL: ok, when you're out shopping *in the real world* and you're asked for an email address *in the real world* from a place you're *really buying something*, do you... </blockquote> 2026-01-28T18:56:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst3s8wakx9vexez0zxcs3lmlm7f7crlluxekpna9w4rhkg9k4nlhczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv79mcsz3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdws8cqdjqjjgqaqu9ggvq0rvsua20pa8u33e6374dmhemgum9m7ca3ddxa'>nevent1q…ddxa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;players&#34; is a bit unclear to me: when I think of &#34;players&#34; I think of a standalone device with an HDMI port that you plug into your TV, those almost certainly do *not* rip anything.<br/><br/>I stick with the LibreDrive-friendly devices listed in MakeMKV&#39;s forums, I have several of these at my disposal.<br/><br/><a href="https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=79712">https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=79712</a> 2026-01-28T18:51:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfaegwdyspz5hhx5hslv5qegrzfyfzdu6s6gzs93v8a09z7y70sgczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7we8ccv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswa8wthh8ruzylg8srladkcms2x3zj5h6qaqvdece8xs70va9098qdzze3v'>nevent1q…ze3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I might be outside a return window for this one. 2026-01-28T18:48:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq9x3ekdphtyv8h008wkq6fh3yf7szwdlnev9rtfhtjruu9n9dl3gzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7yehupr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93pvft35tyqec9tgzscz00gutwf0pvjj0ftnzqj9xemfshm04q3sesqmyv'>nevent1q…qmyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was a Christmas present, too, so it&#39;s kind of a super bummer if the disc can&#39;t be brought into play. I might be outside a return window and the content might be challenging to replace in any case. 2026-01-28T18:46:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs93pvft35tyqec9tgzscz00gutwf0pvjj0ftnzqj9xemfshm04q3szyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7u32dht OK folks, I&#39;m ripping a (brand new) Blu-Ray which skips a bit in my standalone player. MakeMKV errors out each time I try. The factory put a visible scratch in it, and it looks like it&#39;s deeper than the surface layer.<br/><br/>I have tried:<br/>* buffing with a microfiber cloth<br/>* buffing with toothpaste<br/>* ripping it on a slower Blu-Ray drive<br/><br/>Nothing seems to help. Short of acquiring other sources for this media, is there a trick you&#39;ve tried to get troublesome Blu-Ray discs ripped? 2026-01-28T18:42:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfljjwaf38am660m4fvt5amkdj4knu56jv8xp9tevccxut70m85egzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ck98y6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8a4rkjtw3fklkulvfzm65h7vpe0l588v75awa90fqkz556w53rzczj08sv'>nevent1q…08sv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>company gets hacked, email gets loose, folks start probing for other ways to use it. 2026-01-28T00:31:57+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdq5masy9008n2ksshwmun5frn6js4mqp80jtn0rjh7exuz6dlpmqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7ngjy09 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjaqd290lgwgrvnumfdld0m3zqdvt8haxunskgs8kyu39d7nj7mg4vkgrd'>nevent1q…kgrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fastmail now offers this as a service as well right from their website, I have a whole slew of fake emails for various domains and can spin up more in minutes. I always keep a list of them on standby for this sort of occasion! 2026-01-27T19:45:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq4eyxh34hvnn44jdqdhxy3m894rdqv9arv8ptrk7qz50706pvjagzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7wuudt8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm2wmg9sn9kd8q48er5382dnsdktx44j9xkut0ysyt6awk66nlgsxg6fg8'>nevent1q…6fg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>two of my favorite neighborhood stores can&#39;t even print physical receipts, like at all.<br/><br/>That&#39;s less common than a place like a grocery store where they have older POS systems (my guess is due to accepting government benefits as payment). But the grocery store still wants it for coupons nowadays! 2026-01-27T19:27:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg7nfd2tsf5wvgxjtdnhl4wea3asz8uxvfgf37ygcdd0xt0t4ue5czyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7jha36h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszy5jwch9ztw8e0psntl6vxvhxtq2pnk4rru3ap8ce7d6t3ghzl3cn8xkct'>nevent1q…xkct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Particularly when I have throwaway emails at the ready, it&#39;s quite trivial to give out an email that I can easily delete later on. But a lot of the time, particularly for *in-person* shopping, I actually want/need the receipt, and want/need the coupons that come from the seller.<br/><br/>That&#39;s just my experience though as someone who lives in a big city where this tech is essentially omnipresent. 2026-01-27T19:14:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszy5jwch9ztw8e0psntl6vxvhxtq2pnk4rru3ap8ce7d6t3ghzl3czyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv73lalk6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmeq6mrl4jnk08uaccj30xaygyp73cpd2zs6y84vn8ywy3hp95rst0yhdx'>nevent1q…yhdx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, I&#39;m gathering from a lot of the comments that &#34;can I get your email&#34; isn&#39;t a common thing in a lot of the world.<br/><br/>I live in Minneapolis, a major metropolitan area in the United States, and it&#39;s *extremely common* for most in-person businesses to be using a point-of-sale system that requires or heavily suggests using an email or phone number to ID each patron. Many businesses are quite insistent, and I&#39;m not going to be a jerk about it to the cashier, who didn&#39;t make that decision. 2026-01-27T19:12:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstydmhc2yfaxrewgw9u65gvpw7hyscdwyd70psn9gedmr9t5x32rqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv75er85t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvykumtt478tgw7f5sw7txyqppzl7lu2uguxfxrg6w8e9ym3pcqq8zjdnw'>nevent1q…jdnw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>EVERY TIME 2026-01-27T19:08:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs93av8vduvshehc47kcnus07ffxrxdkave24wrn7nm3jgylprjrhqzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv78gg5w8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq45cc5n0mkz7n2vgxp3uw74pge73pkcpqtjmu95hppd768ectdassxagg5'>nevent1q…agg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah not here in the US, even if you refuse your email they&#39;ll use their point-of-sale system to connect your credit card to a purchase history at other stores. Then they use *that* email. 2026-01-27T18:57:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv07a59w3rdtgkasqku4977v5ezd3r92ytaskk98jng4gxge3czczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv729488g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2l3ee8pfmny5tp2vlyxnwp97nkjvfp8knrenkqk8cd0cltvct9c56et0w'>nevent1q…et0w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they almost always keep a skip barcode behind the counter for this sort of thing. Folks are flighty and a long line at the register is bad for the business! 2026-01-27T18:55:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0n4m53uwldjc63ar2memgvqj20jx0grs944vhfkdzrw45sq7ymtczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7x5wex8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvurajkplakp45m33l5nzcygfqjyq3ketwuyw0unxzad27ruys4tq2a9qp9'>nevent1q…9qp9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>young folks didn&#39;t build this system, we built it for them. Don&#39;t blame them. 2026-01-27T18:54:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvmeq6mrl4jnk08uaccj30xaygyp73cpd2zs6y84vn8ywy3hp95rszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7yahzg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfrags88dmmrff284y6ll6ruznk86dd4u62rmrfz3xslzuv7krngqn00rl'>nevent1q…00rl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh my goodness SO MANY PEOPLE telling me they don&#39;t give a damn email, read the damn directions 2026-01-27T18:53:10+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrzamvk92p6kj27vwwde277wasvdvwqas5s3j8gsknpwnmx8fufygzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7et856d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstelg2tx7q9ht74yafc333gku7gcnxhqhdtn0rqxtgh5kta9xykws6lkwa3'>nevent1q…kwa3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>receipts and coupons, mostly! And marketing of course, but it typically comes with some sort of coupon. 2026-01-27T18:51:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2rzq9ttk3tpaqqg36qx90rpxg2knll7dew8yeqe3wq2z5237kaxszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv77fjck8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkjnpvryj45htmzf7eqd7cr63gr9rdmnjm790wn0ulx64xvkplrqpaef4l'>nevent1q…ef4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not me, I generally want emails from places I go in real life (receipts, coupons, etc). 2026-01-27T18:49:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfrags88dmmrff284y6ll6ruznk86dd4u62rmrfz3xslzuv7krngzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7pdvnv3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztvtjfaejlzl8pp24yw6q909utvjvw9uffl0knskk6sackx892nc8q08tk'>nevent1q…08tk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here comes dudes saying they don&#39;t shop in the real world, lol 2026-01-27T18:47:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztvtjfaejlzl8pp24yw6q909utvjvw9uffl0knskk6sackx892nczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7w03tp3 POLL: ok, when you&#39;re out shopping *in the real world* and you&#39;re asked for an email address *in the real world* from a place you&#39;re *really buying something*, do you... 2026-01-27T18:46:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyh6y78jvjyezqpthc24hdupattalasu6w2eatm9enf44w0skgstczyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv74yxl3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08ptsd8j3z0jvtqcc6djlvf2c2m3emtfl0fvvz09zj8rpqs0ncmqul2z99'>nevent1q…2z99</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>coupons! 2026-01-27T18:34:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxz9xq7tnr2hvha7apwzsdhh9qjnjxt3x3lv0sf3xhqsslrux6pggzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7hpdymh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4je6rnusxvvyr84sgza5l3nwc5dyg27sdnpypu47wzr5z3jmpncm3nk8k'>nevent1q…nk8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The grocery store: &#34;No, we need your real email address.&#34;<br/>Me, slowly turning into Foucault: &#34;That depends largely on what you consider &#39;real&#39; vis-a-vis how email works.&#34; 2026-01-27T18:14:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsptecd6drtwvt36l7tst9ehg20mjqk0lu2985k6dqjs8sm45n8scszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7q070xp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnzdgqaqslhssq7u2x29qfqdvmgny4l856wct5y53enrrtwgy8ecwpntnf'>nevent1q…ntnf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some places have started blocking the &#34;+&#34; icon in addresses. I use a random email generator service so I can get around that for now, but I don&#39;t doubt some places will catch on to that as well. 2026-01-27T16:35:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqxzcy3ev8twfsdq7tks3gjc34s84ycfd86q5dc73kx0xplsamszgzyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7rcmza9 Don&#39;t mess with Minnesota. 2026-01-27T16:33:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8rdlm6v0pfknnx70qzfr53xxacdkz5wshe3mrlkd6ems2hrsraeszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv793a4cu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4t58qwth8qdjzs5zzkq8mhy38ztcmmq5wvmyjuavex45h7k90cqsfmtl7'>nevent1q…mtl7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s going to have to work if I&#39;m ever asked! 2026-01-27T16:31:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsykqmll07fz74cmzeald0rus450d4t0v0y0y72jl98h3y0zk9vqkszyph0uf8g64gase5ajad2zmr8apht5uyugsl3q7um8fpzjlqd3axv7m2x7vf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszuknj4gh6q6ynydkffxjfrrgc4nx9jfkwlae52azhaf0weazrwksuxzc7m'>nevent1q…zc7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wouldn&#39;t cross a border with a cell phone at this point, lol. 2026-01-27T15:00:40+01:00