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videah··on KOReader
It's a shame the out of the box UI/UX is so bad, it really feels like the GIMP of e-reader software at times.

I think the Zen UI plugin is mandatory to have a good time with it.

https://anthonygress.github.io/zen_ui.koplugin

videah··on Show HN: Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted
It's the actual BTC chain, it's based on https://opentimestamps.org
videah··on Gleam Is Now on Tangled
If this is a concern you can just migrate to a different PDS
videah··on Attacking My Landlord's Boiler
The thermostat is paired with the boiler, the signals bundle the unique ID’s of each so this won’t happen. Otherwise there would be a risk the original thermostat would do the same.
videah··on Attacking My Landlord's Boiler
The thermostats are paired, if my setup was able to control another apartments boiler then the original thermostat would also do that
videah··on Attacking My Landlord's Boiler
This did come up when I was researching this but it’s incredibly dangerous as you’ll be spewing all over the spectrum due to harmonics, I considered it too much of a hack for my liking
videah··on Skyvew – View and share Bluesky threads without needing a Bluesky account
Posts are linked with accounts and blasting old posts out as if they are new is not practical in a federated network, and since Mastodon doesn’t support backfilling (and likely never will) it’s just not going to happen. This isn’t even getting in to the logistics of redirecting replies and likes/boosts. The GitHub issue for it has been open since 2019.
videah··on Skyvew – View and share Bluesky threads without needing a Bluesky account
Mastodon developers have made it clear that they are not interested in implementing post migration. The protocol is just not suited for it.
videah··on Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now
I have never had as many spam bots in my DMs and replies as I have right now.