mattbk @mattbk@mspsocial.net

Prismo is an open federated alternative to sites like Reddit or Hacker News.

It's still under development, but the first instance is online here:

https://prismo.news

It's been in closed beta for a while, but Prismo now has open sign-ups for the first time.

You can sign up at:

https://prismo.news/auth/sign_up

#Prismo #Reddit #HackerNews #Fediverse #ActivityPub

have you ever noticed that someone post a screenshot of text without providing an image description, preventing you from being able to read it? or maybe they posted a huge amount of text that just can't possibly be described with the image description feature?

simply tag @OCRbot in a direct reply to the image. it will download the image and scan it using tesseract OCR to output the text contained in the image!

because OCRbot runs on fedi.lynnesbian.space, it has a character limit of 65535, so even the longest images should work OK!

check the reply to this image to see it parsing the attached screenshot!

📈 This week 386 creators have received donations through Liberapay, totaling approximately €1530 (sum of amounts in 14 different currencies) from 1171 patrons.

We still have a long way to go, but we're making progress.

Image from page 96 of "Reading and Literature First Reader" (1911)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14783518115/

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There's 20 minutes until the next bike pulse up the road. The path travels down busy streets and cuts north where most of the business are, but the traffic is bad and the bus routes are infrequent.

You pull up to the PULSE stop. Its two blocks before the left turn on the boulevard. There is free coffee and ruba mate for those with a thermos, along with vegan milks. There's a food not bombs table next to a library of zines. A bike tune up station is there with some volunteers, as well as electrical charge cords for hybrid bikes. Seed bombs are freely available to riders.

There's a beautiful bright Rainbow LED sign.

Next:
19 mins
Last:
7 Riders
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You look around, there's a couple kids, some adults. A few people in fancy bike gear, but most are people like you, just commuting to get to work or school.

Next:
17 mins

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You seem them roll up to the front yard PULSE stop. Maybe today you'll have the courage to say hello.

We're hiring a Web Devlopment Intern for 2019 in addition to full-time developer positions. This is a paid position that offers a lot of mentoring opportunities with an experienced development team. DM me for details or go ahead and apply!

#jobs #jobsearch #minneapolis #twincities #webdev #CompSci

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20 cent increase in the gas tax ,for transit ,CAN I GET A HELL YEAH (LET'S MAKE IT $5/GALLON)

We created a #Drupal module called Give, that allows site owners to create donation forms, and manage donations from within the site itself.

Here's a breakdown of how it works https://agaric.coop/blog/build-and-manage-online-donations-drupal-give-module

#freesoftware #opensource

@switchingsocial Great to see Matrix/Riot on your list. Another one to perhaps consider is Mattermost - https://mattermost.com/ - There’s an open source version and you can self-host it. More on the differences between it and Slack at: https://mattermost.com/mattermost-vs-slack/

So I know funkwhale is a thing, right?

But I don't know anything about it.

Is anyone using it? Is there cool music I can find on funkwhale?

Is it worth investing time in learning another platform at this time?