Ok wow Raora is pretty bad at math. Two four-digit numbers multiplied is not gonna result in a mere five-digit total. You can immediately tell she’s making it up.

And Cecilia could have made up a number in the millions to seem at least kind of right, so I’m a little disappointed there, too.

Latest version also has an instance explorer, that lets you open other instances in that same “view all” view.

Select “instances” in search, or long press a post from another instance>instance>visit instance.

@MrSoup@lemmy.zip

I can feel my IQ slipping. Sweet sweet ignorance, embrace me.

Because I want to keep the title contents minimal. I initially didn’t even include the artists in the title, but only plopped a link in the body, but I changed that as most people won’t check the body text.

If I’m including any untranslated details, it’ll be in the post body. If its inclusion is in case someone needs to use it as a search term, it doesn’t need to be in the title for someone just scrolling by.

You’re right. But the logic for which method to go with is up to google translate, for now.

I’ll have to look into other ways to access translation in python.

It really depends. Handle and usernames aren’t even the same thing anymore, and especially on pixiv, I’ve noticed artists changing the display name on a regular basis, even though pixiv doesn’t even have handles to fall back on if a user gets confused.

The script primarily pulls the artist name from either saucenao or pixiv, and either translates or romanises it. It’s nice to see something pronounceable, because unless you can read the moon runes, there is no real way to commit the artists name to memory. So while the original string is more searchable, it almost completely loses recognizability on a platform with english-speaking users.

I actually want people to find these artists, seeing multiple works and realizing you like something a certain person makes, is what eventually gets people to look them up, I feel.

But, I could improve the script further by having it include the pixiv artist ID and twitter handle in cleartext when those sources are available, etc.

Haha, no, the artist goes by “Hand”, though the WIP script I’m using to post, translated that from japanese and inserted it into the artist field of the title string.

Some instances are running on better servers than others, have staff that fix issues quicker and attend to updates sooner.

For example, .world is still on v18 while the rest of the threadiverse has mostly moved on to v19.

Some instances defederate certain other instances, so in some cases you might end up finding that a community you subbed to gets disappeared by the admins of your instance (lemmy.ml did this to ani.social a while back). Whether there are valid reasons goes case by case, sopuli.xyz for example blocks instances that are for porn, and I like it that way.

Though outward federation is a bit borked on there atm, so I’m using my alts…

But really, it doesn’t matter that much. If the grass looks greener, you can hop over the fence and see for yourself, and then hop right back if it turns out it wasn’t.

There’s not a lot of work that’s gone into using it on a tablet. It would be nice if posts got split into columns, like you can do with the feed.

Did they actually re-code the whole thing to make it native? You can ship a web app via the app store just fine. Only making changes to take advantage of the better system access that provides.

Pretty sure its still a web app under the hood.

A web app doesn’t magically turn into a native app when you put it on the app store. The way it gets installed, and the system access is different, and better for stuff like notifications…

But the word “native” refers to applications made using the native SDK, which in Apple’s case is Swift. I’d be extremely impressed if the devs re-wrote the entire app in new code. But that would be unnecessary.

You can have non-native apps on the app store. A lot of your apps probably aren’t native. SDKs like flutter, used by liftoff and thunder, make development much easier in exchange for the resulting application running a bit less efficiently. Flutter applications can also run on both Android and iOS, and even desktop, with little additional work.

Thunder has also been available for a while.

It is overall a bit behind in development compared to others, but IMO it’s the best looking. Next update is bringing another big set of improvements.

ActivityPub really can’t do what discord does.

Matrix, however…

More likely that the autopilot kicks in, locks the doors, and drives into a lake.

"In desperation, it repeats the words in an attempt to have the last word.

Unaware, that if the last words spoken are obviously meaningless, they aren’t last words at all. But simply the pathetic death-cry of a loser."

I do hope you reflect on what I’ve told you, despite my being mean. You’re clearly not so dumb as to be completely without hope. Even if I’m wrong, which I well might be, your arguing skills are so bad they actively sabotage your own message.

"Observe, as the creature finally clams up completely, refusing all exchange. Resorting to a final four words that carry no meaning whatsoever, except the implied ‘fuck you’.

Truly, a deep thinker of the interwebs."

Look at it this way, I didn’t declare an end to our delightful little chat, I declared my victory in the original matter.

You stopped forwarding arguments and counter-arguments two comments in, giving me the win by default.

All you have left, is acting like the ball is in my court and I’m the one who is refusing to make the next move.

How about three fronts? I have a lot to say so more bite-sized bits would help get through you non-existent attention span.

I keep laughing at this “someone elses problem” point. I can’t refute it without revealing way too much personal info, its such a perfect non-argument.

You don’t know shit about how close I’ve been to these matters irl, and I can’t tell you.

I see you’re in the final stages of clamming up completely. This string of non-responses is an attempt at annoying me until I go away.

You’ve given up on trying to actually prove me wrong, because you can’t. Or at least don’t know how to properly try.

Please, figure it out. If not for me, then the next exchange you engage in.