Troy (@troy.opencoaster.net) Bsky

Gonna be a busy summer. Starting with next week: HAL Cruise, NCL Alaska, DCL Alaska. Ending with closing out HHN and Epic Universe. At least, that's what I have booked so far. 😅

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We’re ready to show you a new feature coming in Mastodon 4.6 - Collections. These are a way for people on Mastodon to curate and share bundles of accounts that they’d recommend to others, to help find connections and grow their network more quickly.

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SQLite in Production: Lessons from Running a Store on a Single File | Hacker News

You know, I was starting to buy stuff directly from smaller online shops but after reading this.... I might just stick to the big sites. At least if they vibe code something and it goes wrong, there's someone big to blame.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637353

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Jury Duty season 2 was so wholesome. Really hope they keep the show going.

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Ability to turn off AI text editor · Issue #30504 · telegramdesktop/tdesktop PLEASE NOTE 👀 This issue is a feature request for Telegram Desktop only. Telegram Desktop is a client of Telegram. If you want to object to AI features in Telegram overall or the way it is implemen...

Telegram rolled out their forced AI. Why do apps need to add their own ai button when Mac/win already offers it at the system level.

github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop...

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SeaWorld using AI to generate their surveys and concept art tells you everything you need to know about their stance on the environment.

1 week ago 1 1 1 0

I've had to mute so many tech accounts today posting AI slop to a few hashtags. Almost at the point of unfollowing all the hashtags.

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Original post on opencoaster.net

If Emdash is only 66% faster than stock Wordpress, that’s pretty sad considering Wordpress can have an 80%+ performance increase by simply using memcached.

And regarding plugin security? That’s not really an issue if you know what you’re doing. You have a higher risk of an npm supply chain […]

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Good luck #Artemis crew!

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A still from a TV show. A woman with grey hair in a black jacket sits opposite Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, at a desk. A subtitle shows the text "There's the whole Mastodon universe." at the bottom of the screen.

Nice to see a Mastodon shout-out on The Daily Show last night, thanks to @eff Executive Director Cindy Cohn!

It's a longer segment, with some interesting nuance around social media and censorship later in the conversation.

(disclosure: I am an EFF Member / […]

[Original post on macaw.social]

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Well, rip allbirds. I have a little stockpile but what’s a good shoe brand these days?

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Mad props to the guy wearing a “Liberals own guns too” shirt to Knotts today. I hope it triggered some maga.

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Screenshot showing a finicky config section that rewrites x.com to xcancel.com and defaults to firefox.

Just wanna shout out Finicky again for being the best tool I have on my computer right now.

https://github.com/johnste/finicky/tree/main

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Insane. All of these companies are playing way too loose with LLM generated code.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwSjgv4otAk

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A Redesign for Profiles Profiles are the primary way for people using Mastodon to ‘meet’ one another on a deeper level – beyond a threaded conversation or search results. You might have noticed that the overall design of Profiles hasn’t been explored in a while, and in the meantime, we’ve heard requests and challenges from people who use Mastodon every day. The profile redesign supports some of our current priorities: * **Make the Fediverse Intuitive.** We want people who are new to Mastodon and the Fediverse to be able to discover and connect with interesting accounts, without having to understand the details of decentralisation. The new Profiles view includes an updated handle explainer, and a new editing experience delivers a more consistent, unified experience across web and native mobile apps. * **A Home for Everyone.** As well as individuals, Mastodon is also home to organisations (NGOs, local governments, software projects, etc) that want to share news and interact with their communities. The layout changes offer us a solid starting point from which to explore features that will help these “institutional users” to make their most out of their presence in the Fediverse. ## Our approach ### Learning from the community In addition to reviewing community requests related to profiles, we surveyed more than 500 people across over 300 servers, to understand what profile information they prioritise when it comes to identifying whether an account is trustworthy (and therefore, worth following). We also analysed patterns from other apps that respondents mentioned they frequently use. ### Technical constraints We’re currently constrained within the existing 3-column layout on desktop. We also know that improvements could be made to the custom fields feature, but structural and backend changes to custom fields were out of scope for this work. ## What’s changing ### Profile viewing #### The new ‘Activity’ tab offers granular filtering of posts Previously, there have been two tabs for “Posts” and “Posts and replies.” It turns out that this was misleading (the “Posts” tab also included boosts); and, that there was no way for you to view an account’s activity with the granularity that you can after following them – no view for Posts only, for example. There are, in fact, 4 distinct views that you may want to see: _Posts_ , _Posts+boosts_ , _Posts+replies_ , or _Posts+boosts+replies_. Providing this granularity led us to adopt a more appropriate UI over displaying each of these as tabs. The new Activity tab has a dropdown menu, allowing you to view any of these combinations by filtering both boosts and replies. It is optimised to work equally well for you on the desktop as on mobile, and also if you use the advanced interface for desktop. #### Featured hashtags are more discoverable and contextual Hashtags can provide you with topic-based discovery. In the new Profile view, you can view hashtags contextually within the Activity tab, and click on them for a filtered view of the account’s tagged posts. #### It’s easier to view all pinned posts Some people have expressed frustration over pinned posts being buried in a carousel. We understand this concern, and are also balancing the needs of people who are browsing others’ profiles who have shared that they want easy access to _recent_ posts. Informed by data on the number of pinned posts across Mastodon profiles, we’ve replaced the carousel with an alternative form of progressive disclosure that allows you to reveal all pinned posts in a single click. #### Updated handle explainers One of our objectives is to make the Fediverse more intuitive for people who are non-technical. We’ve updated the handle explainer card to clarify what handles and servers are. Additionally, the full profile handle (`@user@domain.com`) now displays beneath the account’s display name, even if the account is on the same server as yours. The updated explainer for profile handles. #### Custom fields are more compact Custom fields display side-by-side when possible, making smarter utilisation of the Profile’s vertical space so that you get to the account’s content more swiftly. A more compact design for custom fields. #### Additional changes reduce visual load People must be able to find the content they need. However, when _all_ information displays at once, it impacts your ability to focus and complete tasks. You might notice we’ve given less prominence to a few pieces of information. When introducing changes that add friction, we take into account both the frequency and importance of related actions. **Personal notes:** The ‘Add a personal note’ action does not display as prominently on the profile; it is now accessed within the profile’s overflow menu. If a note exists, it still displays on the profile page, just as it has in the past. **‘Following you’:** The ‘Following you’ badge no longer displays on the profile. People we surveyed ranked this information remarkably low in terms of establishing both trust and interest an account. You still have numerous options to understand whether someone is following you: * **The ‘Follow’ button:** When you’re not following an account but the account follows you, the primary button label displays as “Follow back”. * **The accounts ‘Following’ list:** If the account is following you, you will see yourself at the top of that account’s ‘Following’ list. * **Profile overflow menu:** If the account is following you, a ‘Remove follower’ option appears in the overflow menu. * **Preview cards (desktop):** When hovering over an account, the preview cards still show ‘Follows you’ and ‘You follow each other’ statuses. ## Profile editing ### A unified editing experience Previously, profile editing on web was hidden within account settings. You had to take multiple steps to navigate back to your profile view. The new profile editing experience combines featured hashtags, link verification, and all other profile customisation in a single view. It’s easily accessible from an ‘Edit profile’ button directly on your profile – making switching between viewing and editing more seamless. A screenshot of the redesigned profile editing experience on desktop web. The page shows sections for profile and cover photo editing, display name and bio editing, custom fields, featured hashtags, and profile tab settings. ### More control during image upload You can now crop images, and add alt text to profile and cover photos. A screen recording showing a user zooming and cropping a profile photo within a modal, then clicking on the “Next” button. On the next step, the modal displays a preview of the cropped image and a text field where the user can enter alt text. ### Custom fields and verified links Previously, custom field editing was only available on web, and lacked accessible form labels. Additionally, link verification – a powerful feature for establishing credibility – was hidden in profile settings. Now, you can access link verification instructions directly from the custom field editing experience. You can also now add and edit custom fields in our iOS and Android apps. A zoomed-in view of the interface for editing custom fields, which contains buttons for adding, reordering, changing, and deleting custom fields. Beneath the custom fields, a hyperlinked text reads “How do I add a verified link?” ### Featured hashtags Featured hashtags are a useful way of helping others discover topics you frequently post about. We’ve decreased the friction and guesswork in adding featured hashtags on web: Suggested hashtags will appear on your profile view, and can be bulk added in a single click. For more granular control, hashtags can also be managed within the profile editor. Basic functionality for featured hashtags is now supported on iOS and Android. A screen recording showing the interaction of a user viewing a banner on their own profile that contains suggested hashtags with options to add or dismiss. The user clicks on “Add” and the suggested hashtags are immediately added to their profile. ### Customising tab displays The editing experience includes profile tab display settings, allowing you to hide the ‘Media’ and ‘Featured’ tabs if desired. Replies can also be excluded from the ‘Media’ tab, allowing for a more accurate gallery where creative people may showcase their work. We hope that these additional controls empower both people who use Mastodon day-to-day, and people who represent institutions. Before the 4.6 release, profile tab customisations will only impact a few servers that are testing the new profile experience. After the 4.6 release, these customisations will be reflected on most servers running the latest version of Mastodon. Displays may vary on third-party apps and independent servers. A screenshot of the Profile tab settings modal, which contains three settings allowing users to show/hide the Media tab, show/hide replies on the Media tab, and show/hide the Featured tab. A banner at the bottom of the modal explains that displays may vary on other servers. ## Availability The new design will be visible on `mastodon.social`, and other servers that run nightly builds of Mastodon, from today. The goal is to do some testing ahead of the 4.6 release, and make any adjustments based on feedback (see below). The new look will roll out to all Mastodon servers, as part of Mastodon 4.6, coming in a few weeks. ### We’re open to feedback We’ve shared our thinking, and the choices we made in this redesign, in this post. If you have things you’d like to let us know related to these updates, contact us at **feedback@joinmastodon.org**. We may not be able to respond to every individual message, but we’ll be reading every piece of feedback to inform our future plans.

Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page. We've used community feedback and surveys to inform these updates. Our latest blog post explains our design thinking and choices. Here are a few highlights 🧵

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-p...

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OpenAI shutting down Sora video generating service in stunning move Just weeks ago, the company announced that it had raised $110 billion in fresh funding.

But what about all the AI Jesus shorts? Where am I going to get them now?

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-sh...

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Montezooma the forbidden fortress, coming in 2026

Got this in the mail earlier from #KnottsBerryFarm

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我们对 Windows 质量的承诺 Our commitment to Windows quality (blogs.windows.com) 03:16 ↑ 116 HN Points

lol blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/...

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Apparently not enough people knew what a sack of garbage Chuck Norris was. Just weird seeing people he marginalized mourn him.

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I thought this was going to be really cringy but honestly the answers are fairly spot on. Might be a good way to reach some people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWdeu_G0

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I just clicked a product on an amazon search and it took me to a page offering to have their AI purchase it for me. What the heck, no. This is so stupid. No obvious links to whatever merchant it was they found the product on either. They're so desperate to make AI work, its sad.

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Backblaze Pricing and Product Updates As our customers scale larger AI workloads, build increasingly data-intensive applications, power more complex media workflows, and demand faster recovery times, we continue to invest in performance, infrastructure, and features to support them. Today, we’re announcing updates to B2 Cloud Storage pricing and APIs that reflect those investments and reinforce our long-standing commitment to straightforward pricing and open cloud freedom. ## Price updates * **Free API calls:** Effective May 1, we’re making API calls free for all B2 Cloud Storage customers.* This removes transaction costs and makes it easier to build, scale, and run high-volume workloads subject to our standard platform usage rules and Terms of Service. * **Storage price:** Also effective May 1, we are updating pricing from $6/TB to $6.95/TB. ## Things that aren’t changing Pricing on existing committed contracts will not change until renewal, and pricing for B2 Overdrive and B2 Reserve will remain the same. Also not changing: 3x free egress for all B2 customers and unlimited free egress between Backblaze B2 and many leading neoclouds, content delivery network (CDN) and compute partners. Our commitment to transparent, predictable pricing remains unchanged. ## Why the changes for B2 Cloud Storage? ******1. Continuing to deliver high-performance, cost-effective cloud storage** Backblaze B2 has long been the simplest and most cost-effective alternative to legacy cloud providers. That value proposition hasn’t changed. Behind the scenes, however, we continuously invest in infrastructure capacity, durability, performance improvements, security enhancements, and product innovation to support increasingly demanding workloads, especially AI training, large-scale media processing, and application data at scale. This pricing update allows us to continue making those investments while maintaining the simplicity and cost advantage our customers rely on. ******2. Doubling down on openness and predictability** One of the biggest reasons customers choose B2 Cloud Storage is freedom: * Freedom from surprise bills * Freedom from punitive egress fees * Freedom from vendor lock-in By making API calls free for all customers*, we’re removing another layer of billing complexity and friction. Customers can build, iterate, and scale without worrying about transaction costs adding up in the background. Cloud storage should enable innovation, not penalize it at the moment of success. ******3. Why eliminate API charges now?** As workloads like AI training, media pipelines, and high-frequency application access grow, API activity increases. Removing API charges simplifies billing and ensures customers can innovate without worrying about transaction-level costs. ## Thank you We know you have a lot of choices when it comes to cloud storage. The trust you place in Backblaze to safeguard and power your data is something we never take lightly. Our goal is to be a long-term partner in helping you build, protect, and scale your business. These updates ensure we can continue investing in performance, reliability, and simplicity for years to come. Thank you for choosing Backblaze and for being part of our community. We’re honored to support the work you’re building. *Fees apply for the Event Notifications feature as part of that specific offering. ## FAQ **Am I affected by this B2 Cloud Storage pricing update?** The storage price increase applies to pay-as-you-go B2 Cloud Storage customers beginning on May 1. Existing committed contracts stay the same until renewal time. New committed contracts will start at $6.95/TB. Pricing for B2 Reserve and B2 Overdrive will remain the same. ******When will I, as an existing B2 Cloud Storage pay-as-you-go customer, see this update in my monthly bill?** The updated rate will apply to storage usage beginning on May 1 and will be reflected in your next billing cycle after that date. ******Are API calls now completely free?** Beginning May 1, all standard API calls for B2 Cloud Storage are free for all customers except transactions related to a product or features with a different price point. As of this publishing, the only transactions in this category are related to our Event Notifications feature. ******Will Backblaze continue to offer unlimited free egress to neocloud, CDN and compute partners?** Yes. Unlimited free egress to approved neocloud, CDN, and compute partners remains unchanged. ******Is Backblaze still much more affordable than other cloud providers like AWS?** Yes. B2 Cloud Storage remains substantially more affordable than traditional cloud providers, particularly when factoring in API fees, egress policies, and predictable pricing—often one-fifth the price. ******Are you introducing minimum storage duration fees or other hidden charges?** No. Unlike some competitors, we are not introducing minimum storage duration fees or new complexity into our pricing model. Our commitment to straightforward pricing remains the same. ******Will this impact performance, durability, or SLAs?** No changes are being made to durability or availability commitments. We continue to offer an SLA of 99.9% uptime and design for 11 9’s durability. ******What sort of improvements do you plan alongside the increase in pricing?** We continue investing in performance optimizations, partner integrations, security enhancements, and features that support AI, media, backup, and application workloads. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements.

Ugh, was bound to happen. Backblaze raises prices: www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-pricing-a...

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Wow, I'm glad I left the selfhosted sub back when I did. Just saw the state it's in now and the mods are full on pro-ai despite basically no one in the sub wanting it.

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I’ve decided to sunset the theme park bots. The they’ll stop posting once the proxy bandwidth runs out and accounts removed sometime after.

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Love how the people trying to buy the OG Minecon capes have turned to threats. I’ve gotten multiple emails from different people trying to get me into their discord or they’ll else report me to Microsoft (LOL).

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Screenshot of text overflowing the Apple Home app.

One of these days Apple will have a QC team. One day.

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Poutine

Well time to head back to the hell that is the US. Surprisingly, customs was very quick despite global entry being closed. Got a last poutine to hold me over until next time.

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RE: https://opencoaster.net/@SixFlags/116176929495958783

Love that they split up the passes before making the announcement they'll selling off a bunch of parks.

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Screenshot of UnraidClaw - an app for Unraid that gives AI full access to your system

How to delete your entire Unraid NAS in one easy step

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Okay actually, this is a pretty awesome announcement from Apple. Outstanding price point. They're going to sell a lot of these.

www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/say-hel...

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