Dave Provost @daveprovost@octodon.social
Hi, I'm Dave. You may know me as Rock Steady on MetaFilter. Or not.
@selenized @tobascodagama Wow, in that case I am very excited to catch up.
I've been watching "Colony" & it really is a scathing critique of modern capitalism. Show more
@RexfordGTugwell @fobo @joshmillard "The toot! It's coming from inside the instance!"
@fobo @joshmillard @RexfordGTugwell You don't get to 500 million friends without tooting a few enemies.
@fobo @joshmillard We're gonna need a bigger toot.
@CobaltVelvet You are doing an awesome job. Thanks.
Boost if you'd happily host refugees if you could.
@tobascodagama Not surprised to hear that Moss works at Google now.
INTRO TO FEDERATION:
1. "mastodon" is a piece of software that runs on a server. It's made of "code", or little spaghetti-like strings of information
2. An "instance dominatrix" can chew and swallow these code strands to create an "instance". Every stomach contains at least one server
3. Our gut bacteria populates the server, and can talk to, or battle, gut bacteria from other stomachs
4. The game of "mastodon" ends when your gut bacteria populates the entire universe. Go forth and conquer!
@NattyGov @karmicangel I'm trying to make "Quoot" happen.
@selenized Yeah, maybe. If it was an attempt to make it easier, it severely backfired, as I had to read the paragraph 5 times to make sure I wasn't missing some important reason he wasn't calling it pi. I legitimately thought for a minute that maybe they don't use the term pi in Britain.
AskMastodon: I'm reading Ada's Algorithm, and in it the author mentions pi, without actually saying "pi". He takes like three sentences to explain (paraphrasing) "this basic mathematical ratio is the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference, and starts with 3.14159 and continues infinitely..." So, what's up with that? Is there a good reason for not just saying "pi"?
@natecull Call it a Quoot
RADICAL THOUGHT
maybe the point of life *isn't* to accumulate wealth and capital but instead to have a nice time with your friends and loved ones and help others do so too
"Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
#theadventurezone
#bostonredsox
#raleigh
#videogames
#metafilter
#learnedleague
#libraries
Ok guys, very funny.
if you can't handle me at my local timeline, you don't deserve me at my federated timeline
@taz I like your owly avatar. I once made an Athena costume for a thing my daughter was doing at school and I put her owl on the chestplate and shield. https://goo.gl/photos/XrUXF7bVMi3c2qvh7
Am I the only one who is hearing this constantly with all this talk about federating? https://vimeo.com/4150236
I am Rock Steady when I am a #mefite if you don't recognize my real name.
