Paul Chambers

Admin & owner of OldFriends.Live
Host of 9 o'clock 9 o'clock Hashtag Games (npub1w5p…2j8r)
AKA #FeedingTubePaul

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#Ohio #US #AppalachianOhio

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2024-08-18 00:59:11

#KamalaHQ needs to turn on federation. They are missing some of their greatest supporters.
If you know anyone over at their HQ, or are a #Journalist, ask them why they aren't federating and ask them to turn it on. #ActivityPub #Federation

2024-08-11 23:37:24

'1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled.' via Livescience
"Warmer temperatures are melting the glaciers and the meltwater allows the seed to start growing. #Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest #ClimateChange. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise. Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind. By the end of this century, a small country's-worth of land could appear from below the ice."
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/1st-map-of-antarctica-s-green-space-unveiled-here-s-what-it-shows
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/946/005/378/351/165/original/8742ae3e35a58a3e.png
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/946/008/520/037/804/original/3ffd15eb07be2e23.png

2024-08-11 20:23:52

JD Vance is the guy who went to Georgia with the devil and thought the devil played the fiddle better.

2024-08-11 18:10:49

Congress must crack down on these data scraping companies selling personal data.
Probably the SS# of every person in the US, with other identifying information, leaked from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators.
#infosec
🔗 Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers · BleepingComputer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/

2024-08-11 03:12:16

Autocorrect wants to keep changing Walz to waltz when I don't use his first name.

2024-08-10 21:23:04

Now they are trying to pass the faux hillbilly, JD Vance, off as a nerd.
"He has all sorts of dorky interests that anyone of our age could relate to," Usha Vance told [FoxNews] panelist Ainsley Earhardt.
Just like being a hillbilly, JD Vance is not a nerd.
He's an evil, right-wing zealot weirdo.
Being a true hillbilly nerd, raised by coalmining grandparents, still have first IBM AT in garage, and living in the heart of #AppalachianOhio, I am insulted. #USPol #Ohio
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/07/2024/jd-vance-talks-tim-walz-ukraine-and-ohio-football-with-semafor

2024-08-09 18:25:50

I have been strongly smelling green beans and ham cooking for a day or so and there are no green beans and ham cooking anywhere in the vicinity.
When I get olfactory hallucinations, it worries me that my #Parkinsons Plus-MSA is progressing.
I hope it is just a sinus infection. Last time I had a really bad spell of OH, that was the reason. I have had a mild earache for the last few days. Fingers crossed it is just a sinus infection (things you thought no one would ever 'fingers crossed' for.)

2024-08-09 11:08:12

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2/An organic DDOS example would be, at midnight Taylor Swift tickets go on sale online. Then at midnight all the Taylor Swift fans go to the website to buy tickets. It crashes because the server can't handle all those people visiting to try to buy tickets all at once.
Malicious example would be someone mad at a website and sends a lot of fake traffic to a website so the website can't handle it so legitimate users can't access it.

2024-08-09 10:57:25

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Denial-of-service attack
It's when a website gets a lot of request at the same time which the server can't respond to and you end up getting 404 messages usually or some other error. It can happen unintentionally like if a site gets a lot of request at one time organically but most often people will target a website and with simple computer commands send a lot of traffic on purpose to cause a site to crash and remain crash so legitimate users can't access

2024-08-09 10:52:46

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2/ @npub1s20…twmm just posted that mstdn.social is back up after the massive DDoS attack.
https://mstdn.social/@stux/112931670246293078

2024-08-09 04:24:23

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I wonder when a site is getting DDoS if we should go in and stop delivery temporarily so we don't add stress to their systems through SideKiq's retries, esp instances with higher active users?

2024-08-09 04:18:53

MSTDN.SOCIAL is down due to DDOS attacks as of this posts timestamp.
I noticed a lot of failures in SideKiq and went to [@stux@mstdn.social](https://mstdn.social/@stux )'s account.
Their status page is at https://status.mstdn.social/status/mstdn
@npub1hj5…4qvm post about it at Masto.AI https://masto.ai/@stux/112929702993112790
#MastoAdmin #DDoS #MstdnSocial .

2024-08-09 01:32:57

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Good luck and safe journeys

2024-08-08 04:06:45

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I see your screengrab and you saw mine. We both are getting it differently.
Both social and mstdn is running 4.3.0 nightly so if this is something new in the upcoming release, I don't like it. It could be a bug they will fix.
I am running Mastodon 4.2.10 so, time will tell.

2024-08-08 03:56:08

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Verdict, both works.
It probably depends on the backlog and issues a particular Mastodon instance is having in its backend, copyright of the video on Youtubes end, etc.
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/924/381/977/166/552/original/ae78d3d9161b2574.png

2024-08-08 03:54:18

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short URL
http://youtu.be/IIqtuupvdWg

2024-08-08 03:54:03

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let's see
This post, reply full url, next reply shortened one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIqtuupvdWg

2024-08-07 22:34:59

Trump/Vance team are openly racist and weird #USPol
Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, replied to a JD Vance tweet, after Vance weirdly approached Air Force 2 after it landed in an airport saying it was going to be his in a couple months and he wants to check it out,
“Make sure AF2 is deep cleaned..." “The smell alone on that plane must be crazy."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4817047-vance-harris-air-force-two/
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/923/127/647/276/891/original/056a104b7a68aabe.png

2024-08-07 19:29:37

OH FFS. Vance is accusing Walz, who served 24-years in the military, of "stolen valor."
Calling him a coward and a traitor for retiring after 24-years while defending Trumps bone spurs, accusing him of non-active war duty
Also, Walz was deployed to Italy during Operation Enduring Freedom for six months
All based on a damn Facebook post
You can't make this shit up
Meanwhile, as shown in this screengrab, the story is gaining traction. It should be forcefully debunked & pushed back on #USPol
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/922/363/808/591/696/original/10b64b4b3554b50d.png

2024-08-07 13:59:05

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Subscribing to the Flipboard relay with 4 CPU cores and 6 GB RAM, even with jvm memory set at 1gb, brought my ElasticSearch down at around 1pm every other day and crashed Redis also. It's a busy relay.

2024-08-06 21:19:18

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I try to avoid saying it if I catch myself.
I was raised in the funeral home industry and in the US, 'passed away' is common language for saying someone died, and some think it is respectful, but I find it to emotional, distant and softening the reality of the situation leaving people open to an emotional reckoning at some point in the coming days.
But that is just how I feel about it.
I don't always catch myself, though.

2024-08-06 20:32:46

#Happy420Day #Ohio on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales. Almost 100 dispensaries are now in open to selling.
Not to kill the buzz, but Ohio State Highway Patrol are looking for impaired drivers and are out in force.
#Happy420
🔗 On first day of sales, Ohio troopers say they're targeting drugged drivers, not cannabis buyers · State House News
https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-08-06/on-first-day-of-sales-ohio-troopers-say-theyre-targeting-drugged-drivers-not-cannabis-buyers

2024-08-05 02:00:25

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-rules-fair-use-may-be-narrowed-serve-hollywood-profits

2024-08-04 08:21:50

Dear companies,
When you ask me for feedback about a recent interaction, esp with customer support, I'm willing to give a few 1 to 5 or 1- 10 ratings with optional comments, but come on, don't send me a "final exam" size survey.

2024-08-02 20:52:52

Chad Doerman gets life in prison without parole in killings of his 3 young sons. The murders happened in Clermont County, #Ohio, a suburban #cincinnati county.
To avoid the death penalty, Doerman pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder; guilty to two counts of felonious assault, felonies of the second-degree, for injuries to his former wife and stepdaughter.
His surrender & arrest at the scene and body cam confession was seen around the world
https://wlwt.com/article/chad-doerman-father-accused-of-murdering-sons-ohio-plea/61776028
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/894/387/110/896/295/original/f3c3a4ccb2f5d039.jpg

2024-08-02 05:22:42

Controversial solar project clears hurdle to construction in Clermont County, #Ohio (Eastern #Cincinnati suburban county)
It will include solar panels to generate 100 megawatts of power with a 52.2-megawatt battery and other infrastructure.
Right wing groups have been trying hard to stop #solar projects in SW Ohio, spreading misinformation and over stating and exaggerating infrastructure issues with current solar farms #climate #climatechange
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/clermont-county/controversial-solar-project-clears-hurdle-to-construction-in-clermont-county

2024-08-01 07:03:30

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It was something. I can't believe he went to that forum. I bet he thought since Fox News' Harris Faulkner was involved he'd get a "fixed" program.

2024-07-31 21:26:15

Trump thought he could go into a room of Black women and rich white male manhandle them.
He couldn't.

2024-07-31 19:25:32

Just a reminder that https://openverse.org/, part of the WordPress project, has an extensive library of over 800 million free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.
It's where I get my images for hashtag games meme poster and other posts, like political.
Sometimes you have to search the least possible way in general terms and sometimes you have to narrow down your search with more specific search terms.
I make sure to credit the image in the alt-text with the description
https://media.oldfriends.live/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/882/744/172/487/576/original/4ca3230ea250e716.png

2024-07-31 18:51:35

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I remember in the 70's and 80's joining in the quilting circle that my grandmother and aunts would do every week.
Raised by my coalminer's wife grandmother, she insisted we all, boys included, learned how to sew and esp, "mend the holes in your pants from rough housing."
When I pick up a needle it's like yoga for me. Takes me to a different world.

2024-07-31 02:11:46

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Off topic, ever since you moved I was in a "cancel follow request" mode. I guess I didn't move with you. lol. I kept wondering why you kept boosting me but wouldn't follow so I decided to cancel the request and refollow and it took.

2024-07-31 02:04:18

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I'm not going to get into what Mastodon gGmb's goals, development speed and vision are, but I can foresee a fork at some point where others band together and take the lead and that fork becomes the primary & most likely will have a plugin engine. Time and again, stalled or poor decisions of a primary FLOSS project leads to a stronger fork. This would've happened already if admins were devs but most aren't really. My skill level is I know enough to be worried I don't know enough

2024-07-30 14:11:34

Democrats prepare for virtual roll call despite Ohio deadline changes, to prevent frivolous lawsuits in saga of the Ohio Presidential party nomination deadline. #USPol #OHpol
#Ohio GOP says, 'No problem, wait for your convention, you can trust us.'
I say, "Get behind me Satan. No, we can't. Get Madam Vice President Kamala Harris nominated as soon as possible then put DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison in an UBER to Columbus to deliver it ASAP and stop this drama now."
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/07/30/better-safe-than-sorry-democrats-prepare-for-virtual-roll-call-despite-ohio-deadline-changes/

2024-07-30 07:37:15

It would be great if Mastodon had a button that would let you choose to backfill a newly followed account now.
I guess I'll wait until #FediFetcher does its next job run. lol. Love you FediFetcher! Thanks again for the millionth time, @npub10fw…2fd9
Mastodon really should implement a lot of FediFetcher actions or at least make them an option that admins, then users, could set. #MastoAdmin #MastoDev
https://github.com/nanos/FediFetcher

2024-07-29 20:24:21

THREAD: More than 500 demand resignation of #Cincinnati suburban pastor after he ordered hard drive with alleged child porn destroyed after accused priest gave interview with local news. #Ohio
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/more-than-500-demand-resignation-of-mason-pastor-after-he-ordered-hard-drive-with-alleged-child-porn-destroyed

2024-07-29 19:05:46

Searching for hashtags in the hashtag admin just merged as a PR a couple hours ago.
What a great Monday gift. Thank you @npub1ecs…u4wq ! #MastoAdmin #MastoDev
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30880

2024-07-28 18:42:07

Getting back-to-school adverts.
That means soon the street outside my house will become peaceful again, the nighttime motion detector light will have some rest and geriatric shopping experiences, where you don't have to dodge fast moving kids and teens in the stores, resume during the hours of 7am and 3pm.
As a kid, I hated seeing the back-to-school ads.
As a grumpy old fart, bring it on!

2024-07-26 02:09:41

Dozens stranded after vehicles towed while in the Trump rally in Charlotte–Drivers say the Dunkin’ Donuts manager gave permission
"Gotcha Towing, the group responsible for pulling the cars out of the lot, said there was a sign warning that illegally parked cars would be removed. The company added that the manager of the store contacted them, asking them to pull the vehicles off its property, &that the only way people could get their cars was to pay the $380 towing fee."
https://www.wbtv.com/2024/07/25/very-fishy-dozens-stranded-after-vehicles-towed-during-trump-rally-charlotte/

2024-07-25 06:15:18

The last surviving and longest-lived cast member of the TV series Gilligan's Island alive today is 90 yr old Tina Louise who played Ginger Grant
Tina Louise (née Blacker; born February 11, 1934) is an American actress widely known for her role as movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island.
Her last acting role was Rose in the movie Tapestry (2019)
:wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Louise?wprov=sfla1
https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/845/647/245/576/105/original/da20772b00a0a71e.jpg

2024-07-25 02:23:21

Oh, Canada...
Canada Apologizes After Drone Caught Spying On New Zealand's Olympic Practices
The COC said it was made aware that a "non-accredited" member of its support team had used a drone to record the Silver Ferns' practice.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40626803/olympics-2024-new-zealand-canada-training-drone-soccer-women
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/07/25/0010211/canada-apologizes-after-drone-caught-spying-on-new-zealands-olympic-practices

2024-07-24 04:36:35

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I remembered bookmarking something I saw a few months ago.
I'm not sure if that project has anything to do with it.
If I ran more than a self-hosted instance that don't allow signups, I probably would look into it more
:patreon: post:
Fediverse security manager
This is a simple security manager for the Fediverse.
Automatically reports spam in the global timeline by detecting text matches and image MD5 hash values.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/created-spam-for-98757566
:github: https://github.com/nacika-ins/fediverse-security-manager

2024-07-23 05:47:29

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I'm glad you got that resolved and it wasn't negligence or a failure by the hospital. It was disturbing to think of your friend there all alone but if that is how they wanted it, takes the sting out somewhat.

2024-07-21 21:53:05

For all those people who are so glad someone young is running for President, Harris is technically a Boomer, so shut your ageist pieholes. lol.

2024-07-21 18:25:56

Some hyperbole, some real feelings.
Those of us in DEEP RED maga land were already watching our backs over the past 7 years. Now what. We supposed to paint a flag on our roof, visit the roadside MAGA stands and blend in, and work the underground, hoping our Fascists rulers next year don't look at the voters' rolls for the D and come after us...

2024-07-20 04:30:57

Nobody can demoralize and dissociate a democrat better than a democrat
It's almost like it's the only thing democrats are good at doing as a group
/bltchysnark
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/816/930/482/687/080/original/df1af41260abe6e6.mp4

2024-07-19 06:36:27

Is anyone running the Main Branch and if so, how is it going?
#MastoAdmin
I understand there are fixes, etc, in main that hasn't made it to a release, some for a long time.
I read that it isn't advisable to run the main branch.
Just curious how it is going.
First alert Box in this official docs, "Please mind that running unreleased code from the main branch, while possible, is not recommended."
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/upgrading/

2024-07-18 18:30:10

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...this cycle is controled by the alter call,🎶 ' just as I am without one plea...' and the deal is sealed with,🎶 'I surrender all.'😉

2024-07-18 16:29:33

In April, I gave someone a fern that grew wild behind our house to plant &told them it was a coffee plant
I explained that coffee grows like potatoes. At the end of harvest, you carefully pull it up, dig out the coffee beans &replant
This Labor Day we will go over and do the harvest. I will distract while Penny dumps some green coffee beans in the hole under the fern as it is being dug up.
I can't wait until next year when the harvest is null except a note in a Ziplock bag that we bury.

2024-07-18 06:43:38

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2/ This was prompted by them trying to get me to join Vine. Vine is a program where you can get up to 3 items, total value of $100 free daily, if you fill out reviews of the product. After 80 reviews, they bump you to 8 items per day with no dollar limit
The downside is, you have a tax liability for the value of the goods they send you
It just seems dirty to me. I guess they need product testers. They made deals with Chinese manufacturers/suppliers to build a TEMU competitor with cheap goods

2024-07-18 06:31:06

I screwed with Amazon today.
I haven't purchased anything from them in a long time.
Today, I went and I added like 75 things that I am not interested in to my shopping cart. Some stuff I just randomly picked, others, I have no interest in.
Then, later I moved it all to Save later or whatever it is called.
Eventually, I will delete it all.
You don't really know me as well as you think, Amazon et al.
I do the same with search engines.

2024-07-17 12:41:40

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Good meowing from me. #SissyCat is still asleep in her new bag or else she would meow to you also.
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/801/873/149/733/445/original/f58affd33b588bd5.jpg

2024-07-15 20:38:01

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Ohio here. I kind of like JD Vance being the VP pick. He really will bring out the vote only not for Trump.
If we had a better candidate, one who didn't run ads praising Donald Trump, in the Ohio 2022 Senate race, maybe Vance wouldn't have been elevated to a platform that gave him a louder voice.
I know it was hard voting for Tim Ryan but he was on the ticket as the Dem against Vance in 2022 and I did.
Vance isn't well liked in Ohio by either side, regardless of what the polls and media says.

2024-07-15 20:19:49

I've seen people wrongly blame Ohio's notorious gerrymandering for JD Vance being elected as the US Senator from Ohio and being elevated to such a status that allowed him to achieve an even wider audience and voice which contributed to his VP pick.
In this instance, gerrymandering is not the reason why JD Vance was elected. It was a state-wide race just like the next Senate race in November will be.

2024-07-14 21:21:09

Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/gemini-ai-caught-scanning-google-drive-hosted-pdf-files-without-permission-user-complains-feature-cant-be-disabled

2024-07-13 22:35:02

Kristen Welker, on NBC's Meet the Press Now, spent a long time on her show beating up Biden over name gaffe, goes on a break and comes back and mixes up Biden's name, calling him President Trump before correcting herself.
Oh, the irony. #USPol
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/781/557/964/292/313/original/03f33c9a89156564.mp4

2024-06-20 22:28:21

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It should be noted that their Fediverse profile states it is opt-in only, but their TOS also requires a robot.txt entry to stop their RSS fetching.
https://github.com/awakari/.github/blob/master/OPT-OUT.md

2024-06-19 18:50:14

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I have a gut feeling the right-wing SCOTUS will eventually bend over backwards to add the pornography test to separation of church and state.
Something like the Miller test where the average person in the community or state, by their calculation, agrees or finds it to be of prurient interest or objectionable, Constitution be damned.

2024-06-18 13:13:58

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It's extremely annoying with a movement disorder.

2024-06-17 23:13:41

From Zillow: $2.4 Million Texas Home Listing Boasts Built-In 5,786 sq ft Data Center and no bedrooms.
The purchase of the "upgraded turnkey Tier 2 Data Center" will include all of its cooling and power infrastructure.
The home is located 20-minutes outside Dallas.
This had to be a crypto mining base disguised as a home in a residential neighborhood.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13229-Southview-Ln-Dallas-TX-75240/118222349_zpid
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/634/483/098/457/216/original/962b7d38c37950bf.png

2024-06-01 07:37:18

Notice multiple errors in Sidekiq.
Queue: Pull
Job: ReDownloadHeaderWorker: Error: "OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=199.192.16.81:443 state=error: certificate verify failed (Hostname mismatch) on...<url to external sites>"
Why is it trying with my IP? Maybe someone or something found my instance via IP? If it is that, how can I make sure IP visitors go to hostname? If not, what is happening?
#MastoAdmin

2024-05-27 16:01:46

This isn't hyperbole. Vote out the GOP in STATE races
The GOP is so close to be able to call an Article V Constitutional Convention at the state level & rewrite the entire damn thing, authored by the Federalist Society, & there will be nothing anyone can do
Do you really want these insane laws they're passing in red states to be hard coded in the US Constitution?
Do you really want the US billionaire oligarchs to buy a constitution they are happy with?
They just need 34. Almost there. #USPol
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/513/868/391/015/725/original/9fa6f1ad942ec7bf.png

2024-05-22 02:29:40

Gilligan's Island Resort and Spa
#HashTagGames
#RelaxABookShowOrMovie
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/482/382/713/273/566/original/46e9d68f96bdf8a9.jpg

2024-05-21 22:04:07

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Here's the file if you need to compare
mastodon/live/app/models/media_attachment.rb
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/models/media_attachment.rb

2024-05-21 21:36:30

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Did you customize your video size limit? It looks like it may be throwing an error in the app. Either way, I checked with my Megalodon and got same error for your instance

2024-05-15 18:34:06

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It's still happening on and off. Now, instead of it working for a minute then not, it's working an hour or so then not.
I filed a report last night and just got this. The changed the status but the status page has zero details about it so far.
I hope they add info about it.

2024-05-15 18:28:23

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🤓🚨 16-hours after I reported the #BackBlaze US East outage/disruptions after thousands of S3 errors in SideKiq, Backblaze confirms there are ongoing issues. #MastoAdmin #BackblazeB2
Their status page is https://status.backblaze.com/
Current status for US East is, "Users may be encountering intermittent failures on uploads and downloads."
#NerdAlert🤓
https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/oldfriends/media_attachments/files/112/446/500/242/903/275/original/d18bf668e95ee39f.png

2024-05-15 08:29:20

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Going back to where you started on a plane last week or so? (I think it was you. If not, disregard.)

2024-05-15 01:52:24

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Your Backblaze is down right now
https://beaware-mastodon.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/beaware-mastodon/accounts/avatars/110/609/164/363/276/724/original/a8967890f6b0edbd.jpeg

2024-05-15 01:46:06

Backblaze was down for me for around the last 10 minutes as of this post
Anyone else have issues? It's back up now, I retried the hundred or so failures in the sidekiq panel
Sidekiq errorL Aws::S3::Errors::ServiceUnavailable: Service temporarily unavailable, please try again
Images were blank but seem back now
#Backblaze #MastoAdmin
I'm having issues they can't resolve lately. B2B doesn't play nice with Mastodon. Any good, reasonably priced alternatives? Refer-a-friend links won't insult me

2024-05-09 16:40:42

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Thanks for the shoutout.
My jobs were getting behind a couple thousands and at one point, 10K. Adding more sidekiq tasks really help

2024-05-04 06:29:32

There are several #MastoDev 'Help Wanted' requests from the Mastodon #developers if you are a #coder #Programmer
*Use /search for search (/search?query=something)
*Move account secrets to a dedicated table (and encrypt it?)
*Add a way for the user to select which languages they understand
*Allow admins to configure instance favicon and logo
*Allow searching for hashtags in admin UI
*Convert Redux state to Typescript #MastoAdmin #devops #Programmers #dev.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/labels/help%20welcome

2024-04-30 00:37:58

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My only issue with the removal tasks is, if you use Elasticsearch and run 'tootctl statuses remove', does it remove statuses from the search database?
I don't run that command because I want to find posts sometimes. I'm using my instance as my primary Google Search replacement. I am getting more useful finds here than Google these days.
I've asked before to no avail. I'd really like to know if it does remove stuff from Elasticsearch. #MastoAdmin