Notices by William Gunn (williamgunn@mastodon.social)

@Gargron That's how you know a service is preferred by people with taste - they make lovely art there.

Bluesky seems to be having server issues. Anyone remember the failwhale? (To be clear, I think this is a sign of progress!)

@arstechnica Neat trick, but terrible explanation of the epigenetic process on which it's based. It's a confusing explanation that says the G is chemically modified yet the sequence isn't modified, which is not going to make sense to either people who do or don't know about methylation. It would have been better to just briefly explain methylation, since that's the core of the trick (and only part of epigenetics).

@eff The good news is that you can download your data in a useable form and then delete it. Better to do it now than wait until it's sold.

@Gargron In lieu of financial support, which I'm not prepared to offer right now, I'm happy to consult a few hours on strategic communications, media training, etc.

@arstechnica In case anyone wants a digital display that you actually own and will show whatever you want, check out Dakboard. We've had one for years and love it, no affiliation. There's a free version with zero ads and it'll pull from whatever cloud storage you want (Dropbox, etc.)
https://dakboard.com/site

@Gargron Reading this thread with people calling you out for imaginary things about people on your board. 🤪

@arstechnica Costly signals are costly for a reason.

@arstechnica I told them this was going to happen, FWIW.

@arstechnica On that note...

@arstechnica One that could empty its own bin & clean its own brushes would be a real innovation.

@Gargron Really? I've watched the first episode from S2 and feel like it's running out of steam. What am I missing?

Started watching this series called Foundation, after the Foundation series from Asimov. N case anyone was wondering, it's not a film version of the story, rather a story set in the same universe with some vignettes from the books. I'm guessing Foundation, is out of copyright, so they could use the name.
It doesn't have the same sense of a grand sweep of history that you get from the books and is really more of a space action series with some bits of Foundation narrative spliced in.

@arstechnica At first I read this as "Values are a regular concern..."

Oh well, so much for wishful thinking.

@arstechnica This seems relevant for folks who do not have DVD players: https://www.howtogeek.com/2696/how-to-rip-dvds-with-vlc/

@Gargron @Sarahp @Techmeme @zackwhittaker No, wasn't asking you. Sounds like you're doing what you can.

@Gargron @Sarahp @Techmeme @zackwhittaker I guess there's a request in to fix this already?

@Techmeme @Sarahp @zackwhittaker @Gargron Is the generic link preview for TC links a Mastodon issue or a Yahoo issue?

@arstechnica They're all in on this and will continue to try to make the metaverse happen.