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Has anyone tried [Mastodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)) yet? For those who don't know it's a federated, distributed and (currently) technology-orientated social network (well, rather a group of interoperable social networks) that's fully open source and ad-free. I've been impressed so far but as with every new network, whether it flies or not will …

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Inbetween contracts over the last year or so I have been beavering away building a CMS with a difference. https://www.graphia.co.uk/ It's aimed at companies that have huge libraries of documents that every employee needs (operating procedures, handbooks, guides, etc) locked away in inflexible propriatory formats (aka Sharepoint/Confluence). * documents are …

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This isn't a typical hardware post, but I couldn't find anywhere better for it. Last October, after my previous TV packed in, I bought a shiny new Samsung Smart TV. My shortlist of requirements was: * Excellent picture quality, preferably 4k * No advertising built into the UI * Within …

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It would appear that too many notifications are added to the feed for certain events, making it difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff. Take the example of this annoying spammer creating a post: ![Screen_Shot_2017-01-26_at_15_16_46.png](/attachments/large/0/70f9ca54d7b9fe3b576a82ab688e0d74.png "align-center") Aside from the fact he's a waste of oxygen, that's more than one …

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I've made a couple of lengthy posts over the last couple of days and have noticed a few bugs with the editor. Nothing show-stopping but some make the editing process more difficult or some content vanish! (I added the 'nerd' Emoji in one of my posts, it saved without errors …

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I'm sure most people here are aware of software patents; for those that aren't there is a good article on wikipedia about the pros and cons here: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate[/url] I am a firm beleiver that software patents stifle innovation and always seem to favour those with large wallets and an army …

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Just wondering if any rails experts could give me a hand with this problem. I have rails/fcgi/lighttpd set up, when I use script/server it loads up fine. However if I try to run lighttpd as a service /etc/init.d/lighttpd start using the config file in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf it doesn't quite work. It …

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I've been between contracts for the last 3 months or so, doing bits and pieces of work here and there but mainly enjoying my time off (snoozing, watching tv and t'internet). Considering the amount of people working in the IT industry, the popularity of IT/computing in general, the number of …

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hi there. have come across this site many times in google results over the years and decided to sign up - it seems a really friendly board. a bit about me.. i'm currently a developer in the clinical sector, although im moving jobs in 3 weeks to be a (mssql) …

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