Evelyn๐ฒ่็พ่ฏ๐Oh my goodness. Finally, something that works! ๐
Or rather, something that I finally got to work for me. ๐คช #NotATechie
My toots are now automatically getting copied over to my [badly neglected] humble abode a.k.a. website.
Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)The "Group boosts in timelines" feature can be helpful, especially when Mastodon already insists on compulsory autorefreshing that constantly makes me misclick/unclick things as it is, but it also means a lot of times we miss boosts from people we follow.
All this is to say, the whole "why are you boosting about this and not this" thing is something you have to discern from peoples' pages (where visibility is borked for other reasons), not necessarily what's in your timeline. (I'm #NotATechie)
All this is to say, the whole "why are you boosting about this and not this" thing is something you have to discern from peoples' pages (where visibility is borked for other reasons), not necessarily what's in your timeline. (I'm #NotATechie)
Was looking for a non-subscription no-login #TextExpander app that's a bit better than #iOS keyboard #TextReplacements.
I found #Espanso. Almost gave up on it. Had trouble getting started finding* base.yml on my MacBook and making sense of the instructions. By accident*, I got to the base.yml and got it to open in the text editor.
Many #opensource #apps I've encountered have documentation that assumes some techie knowledge. To me, it's like their basic* starts at intermediate*. ๐ #NotATechie
On Friday I did something I normally wouldn't do. I knee-jerk clicked a link in an email. #OnlyHuman ๐
It took me to what looked like a website's plain text error page.
I panicked. Asked Copilot what to do since it's sitting there in my browser, then turned off my ๐ป's #wifi.
I Slacked my bosses ๐ฑ. 1 replied saying probably nothing bad happened and if I wanted to be sure I could reset my MacBook to start all fresh.
Advice? Suggestions?
#EducateMePlease ๐ถ
#security #NotATechie
Do you use #VPN?
Now and then, I encounter [US] websites that I can't view unless I use VPN. I only use a #freeWebProxy because I don't want to install another app on my computer. And I only need it for work sometimes. It's just annoying when I can't view fancy* webpages properly on a free web proxy. The website just looks broken.
I normally use VPNbook web proxy. I've also tried Hidester. It's dead now, I think.
Recommendations?
#work #security #privacy #NotATechie
Yes, for work
Yes, for personal reasons
Occasionally
Not at all
Poll ended at .
#EducateMePlease about #LiteSpeedCache.
Is this something that's built into every* #WordPress installation? Could my WP site be affected?
I've been getting quite a number of attempted* #logins by losers with no honor or higher purpose and with nothing better to do with their sad lives.
So far I don't notice any weird signs of actual intrusion... But maybe I'm just too clueless to notice. ๐ง #NotATechie #websites #blogs
Silly question, but I'll ask anyway. ๐ซฃ #NotATechie
Is there any danger to visiting a #website that got hacked?
Didn't click anything. Just went to the website, found some evil #hacker with nothing better to do had taken over the site, and immediately closed the browser tab. Anything for me to worry about? ๐ถ๐ช
Aaaaaand I'm back. ๐
Finally got my #mastohost instance* thingy sorted out.
I was hanging out on the Moon. Turns out it was time to upgrade and move to a Planet... since December! ๐ซฃ
I need to get better at consistently checking all* my emails. ๐ I got too many #email accounts and aliases. And I haven't even gotten around to using my own domain for emails yet.
Gee, I need a better system. I'm not the only one with a bazillion email addresses and accounts, am I? ๐ #NotATechie
#NotATechie #EducateMePlease
Is there a limit to how many extension displays* a #computer can have?
Right now I got a #MacBook M1 connected to an external monitor via HDMI (via a hub). ๐ป๐ฅ๏ธ
I'd like to add another. ๐ฅ๏ธ
The hub's HDMI port is already taken by the current monitor. ๐ฅ๏ธ It still has a VGA, USB-C and USB ports. Saw some modestly-sized external monitor online ๐ช that will supposedly connect via USB.
Before I buy, any reason or chance that hub USB ports would not work with a 3rd display?