Marian

@sendung
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Living in Germany/Europe, concerned about #Sustainability #ClimateChange . Otherwise indulging in #music, playing #bass, riding #bicycles. Dealing with #UserExperience #UX #UXdesign and #Kubernetes at work. Caretaker of a #Mastodon instance (gruene.social).
Bloghttps://www.sendung.de/
My German Mastodon account@marian
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MarianJan 7
MarianJan 3
Wouldn't it be nice if #Mastodon allowed to plug in in an image alt text generator, just like it allows to plug in a translator? (Please let me know if this is already possible)
MarianJan 3
Wouldn't it be nice if #Mastodon allowed to plug in in an image alt text generator, just like it allows to plug in a translator? (Please let me know if this is already possible)
MarianDec 21
Kai Bojens 🇪🇺🖖Dec 21

The German Greens have decided to support a basic European right to encryption. As this requires a majority in all member states of the European Union my next question would be how we can spread this idea and how to convince as many people as possible in the next years.

That’s what I want to talk about next Sunday at the Freedom not Fear Assembly on the #39c3 — meet me there at 15:00.

Edit: the date has been moved to day 4 at 14:00.

➡️ https://antraege.gruene.de/51bdk/chatkontrolle-dauerhaft-verhindern-verschlusselung-als-europaisches-g-44742
➡️ https://fnf-39c3-pretalx.my-server.in/fnf-at-39c3-2025/talk/review/9VAYCCKZYJJ93FQPXJBVG8TFYVXWBHZQ

Chatkontrolle dauerhaft verhindern, Verschlüsselung als europäisches Grundrecht! (51. Bundesdelegiertenkonferenz Hannover, Antragsgrün)

Antragsgrün ist ein Antrags-Verwaltungs-System, das speziell für Parteitage, Verbandstagungen sowie Programmdiskussionen entwickelt wurde.

MarianJul 9, 2025
Anyone running #Mastodon with #PostgreSQL 17? I can't find any info on compatibility. #mastoadmin
MarianMay 13, 2025
@fedidevs Hi, it seems that Fedidevs.com is caching the profile settings of mastodon accounts. After some profile is set to searchable, how long can it take until they can be added to a starter pack?
MarianMay 13, 2025

Traveling to the #UK from the EU seems to require a Smartphone with iOS or Android.

Here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta#how-long-it-takes they state that you can also apply for an ETA online.

But on the "apply online" page https://apply-for-an-eta.homeoffice.gov.uk/apply/electronic-travel-authorisation/easier-on-the-app they only mention the app.

Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)

What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.

GOV.UK
MarianMay 9, 2025
I have to say I don't agree with @fediforum who consider #Bluesky part of the #fediverse. Is Bluesky making any attempts to interoperate with other fedi services that I'm not aware of?
MarianMay 3, 2025
Which #fediverse services allow moving a user profile (including followers) like Mastodon does? #askfedi
Show threadMarianApr 26, 2025
I just had success exporting all media from Signal Desktop on mac OS using https://github.com/tbvdm/sigtop . A Go tool that seems to be actively maintained and just works. Awesome! Requires a local Go setup to build a binary.
GitHub - tbvdm/sigtop: Export messages from Signal Desktop

Export messages from Signal Desktop. Contribute to tbvdm/sigtop development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
MarianApr 26, 2025
Show threadSebastian CohnenApr 26, 2025

@sendung @signalapp There is no official way. On Github are various issues (5+ years old), closed as “not planned" (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/967 ) or dupes. Their community forum currently doesn't load for me 🤷‍♂️, but there are various posts from Signal "explaining" that they probably will never add export anywhere again and consider the Android export option a mistake (allegedly b/c of maintenance burden).

Long story short: Signal should not be used if you want your history to be backed up.

Message export/Backup · Issue #967 · signalapp/Signal-iOS

Hello, Thanks to everyone at WhisperSystems for Signal. I use it everyday. I am starting to accrue many messages and have searched for a way to export an encrypted backup. I see that it is possible...

GitHub