Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected]

Software developer & commuter cyclist in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Married to @JulesMac. Dad to @GraysonDinn & @MarshallDinn

Now on Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@hfxgov No, just here.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@hfxgov 311 is not on right now and I want to tell someone before I forget. I don't think the grassy circle in my cul-de-sac has been mowed in a loooong time. I don't want to post my address here, but I'll try to follow up.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@hfxgov How about now?

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@HRMFireNews Honestly, I don't think it's about you reaching your audience. I think it's about your audience wanting to see what you post. I believe the people will go wherever you go.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@HRMFireNews @Tim_Bousquet Am I crazy to suggest Mastodon? It's superficially very twitter-like and you can even subscribe to an account's updates via RSS. https://t.co/259NOizuC6 is a sponsored and reliable host.

Twitter = shit show
Bluesky = walled garden
Mastodon = totally public

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Matt_Dillahunty Have you considered Mastodon? It's public. Not everyone has a Bluesky account or invite yet (or care to get one).

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@terryoinfluence @99piorg https://t.co/FYdRCZ3B9n

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@terryoinfluence Do you listen to @99piorg too? :) They just aired an episode about this.

[Carrie Wipp @cwipp4]

@TimHoustonNS did you forget what you said a few years ago? You are turning your back on the most vulnerable population now
#Houstonwehaveaproblem

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Tim_Bousquet Learned this the hard way back in the early 2000s when a friend and I were trying to see how fast you could go through the tolls and still have the MacPass register a 'hit'.

I found out.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@HalifaxReTales Had to dig this out of the Internet archive. This is a website and petition I started in 2001:

https://t.co/ZjuDt6QeNz

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Tim_Bousquet If you haven't heard (since you're not on Mastodon much), the operator of https://t.co/lw8ESHo3z4 is shutting it down due to mental health reasons. It will remain operational until June 1st.

You should think about moving to another server. It's pretty straightforward.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Frenck Went and did some googling after our brief convo. Turns out there has been interest in this for some years now.

https://t.co/VmqrNf8q7C

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Frenck I think I must have. I would love nothing more than to have HA and my Navidrome instance work together.

I've written some software against the subsonic API before, but it's all ben in either C# or PowerShell. My python is weak :|

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Frenck Home Assistant is the chef's kiss of automation platforms, but Navidrome is that for Music (to me anyway), why re-invent the wheel? Let each platform stay within its strengths and be stronger together.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@Frenck Navidrome is awesome. I've been using it since well before HomeAssistant had a media folder. In fact, I kind of wish it worked the other way around, that Home Assistant could leverage a SubSonic-compatible server.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@LaurenEMorrill @aragusea @AnchorCityDerby I don't really post on Twitter much but my Mastodon handle is in my bio

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@LaurenEMorrill Just wanted you to know that I'm one of the people who has followed you recently, and I'm a real person. I listen to @aragusea's podcast and you talked about playing roller derby, which my wife also does, for @AnchorCityDerby.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@sleither @mattdagley Maya Rudolph in an M&M suit.

[Steve Dinn - Mastodon: @[email protected] @SteveDinn]

@AuthorConfusion I've always thought the same about using the word "utilize" when "use" would do.