I think it's time I ask the fedi hivemind about this...

I am looking for some news outlets about tech and gaming news that avoid politics, don't do clickbait and serve RSS.

I am most interested in both corporate ongoings (so I know what I may need to look out for at work) and noteworthy happenings at major FOSS projects in terms of tech news (but ideally without AI), as well as major game releases and indie projects as well as retro gaming-related news.

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#question #askmastodon #askfedi #software #cloudhosting #recommendation

Hello Fediverse, I would like to ask for some recommendations please:

Does a simple and lightweight alternative to google.drive for use on a Win desktop PC exist, based in EU or New Zealand, for upload, update & tracking of shared files?

1) To update files with unchanged public link

2) To see if and when the file was opened through the external link either for reading or for download, to count the uses

Many thanks ^.^

#question to the solo devs: When have you determined that you are a senior software developer?

My last job as an employee ended around autumn 2020. I've been working solo since. I firmly believe, if you develop the skillset and experience, it doesn't matter whether you reached this in a solo environment or team environment.

What's your stance on that subject?

Question to gamedevs: Do you play your own games for fun or only in the context of development?

Whenever I play my own games, I only see the flaws or compare them to better products.

Though I always wanted to also play my own games for fun, not just when I add a new feature, improvement or fix a bug.

How about you?

Seriously tho, what will running a Calibre server do for me?

I buy my digital music, mostly off Bandcamp, but I occasionally want something from a major label. Anyone know where I can buy a download with at least 266kpbs quality, that isn't Amazon or some other tech monolith?
#AskMusic #Music #FuckSpotify #askMastodon

Does anyone know why this is? Here's a post from my other account. When I view it from that account, I can see loads of faves and boosts, but when I view it from this account (I followed my old account just in case it was that), it only shows 7? Does this instance have a lot of others that it defederates from? Or is it some other reason?

Qué usáis en el ordenador para consultar OpenStreetMap? En el móvil uso Organic Maps, pero en el ordenador nunca he encontrado nada tan guay (la página de openstreetmap.com es terrible para buscar sitios y calcular rutas) #askMastodon

I am a weak man.

I haven't had bourbon in more than a month.

My fellow Canadians: what are some good alternatives?

Any new android mastodon apps been popping up lately?

Let's #AskMastodon !
I'm looking for a tool that I can use to archive websites, but in a simplified way. Something similar to the reader mode.

Also, I'd like that to be easily integrated with #tiddlywiki so I can capture interesting blogposts or documentation and embed it directly in the wiki, without relying in the link being available in the future (or offline access, too).

Ideas?

Are there any veterinarians on #mastodon? I'm writing an article about Showy Locoweed (oxytropis splendens) for Yukon, North of Ordinary—a local magazine here in the territory—and I'm wondering if any vets have experience with horses (or any other animals) being affected by it.
#askmastodon

Are there any statistics on which underlying transport protocol (UDP, TCP, TLS, HTTPS, …) is most frequently used for DNS?

Is it normal to see #Lemmy posts on my #Mastodon home timeline even if I don’t follow the poster or any of the hashtags on the post?

#fedi #askmastodon

so what's the email newsletter equivalent? for the fediverse?

Im not happy with Substack, I know i will probably have to pay something for the newsletter I do at some point, I don't want to code and it needs to be really user friendly for recipients. and not look rubbish.

ghost.io and beehiiv have been suggested.

#AskFedi #AskMastodon

This question goes specifically to #greek people or in general someone who may know the healthcare situation for trans people in #Greece. I've been looking into it all afternoon but honestly I can't really find anything useful.

I'm planning to start my #transition and #HRT but I genuinely cannot find anything, most probably also because I don't speak greek and probably DeepL is not good enough for this matter. Also nothing useful from Reddit. Does anyone have any info on this? I will obviously send an email to some associations to see if they can provide info - because of course, providing self help resources on their websites is not an option.

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I'm potentially involved in a very exciting media initiative that may help develop my documentary on Covid -- and with that it may well also get a Mastodon account! Any suggestions for servers for such a disruptive media group? Ideally one that signed the #FediPact. #AskMastodon #AskFedi