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Fireside Fedi - Episode 52 - Kit Aultman - Owncast Newsletter, Roller Derby Ref

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Fireside Fedi - Episode 64 - Jo Blakely - Artist (Oil, Acrylic, Digital)

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Wondering how many people use email not provided by google/microsoft such as proton.

#fedi #fediverse #email #gmail #protonmail

#introduction

Just migrated from Fosstodon to our own instance where we're hoping to onboard some of our lovely clients to #fedi!

I'm a senior #webDev and hobbyist #gameDev from #Yorkshire, currently living in #Cumbria. I specialise in #ecommerce & bespoke platform #development. Also a #Linux server tech & #FOSS advocate.

I make #beanToBar #chocolate & love #whisky.

Recently bought a #Z80 and planning an #8bit computer build, but electronics isn't my forté!

Meant to be building an #MMO 🙃

random late night sales pitch for Fedi

TL; DR - yes, you are in the right place. and if you're not sure about the server you can change that later

every time there's a new wave of people looking for a home because of the insane fascist baby Space Karen I think back to when I first signed up on the main, original instance. this was March '22.

at the time I was signing up for everything:
counter social
spoutible
mastodon (part of the fediverse. you are here)
and eventually blue sky (when I was "lucky" to "get an invite")
threads was not a thing and by the time it was I had figured out the rest of this post.

anyway.. this seemed a quiet, foreign place.
it felt slow, clunky. maybe stale?
some of the other options seemed quite appealing
it took a while to figure out none of them were truly viable. and this place positively BLOOMS if you put the time in and are patient 🔥

none of them offered what we have here. real federation. real empowerment of the users. real organic interactions. and the people are the best part.

this is the only one that isn't controlled by a central entity - Twitter backer, malign billionaire, super weird VC.. or just some singular (probable) narcissist., who you better not piss off.. or else..

so if you're in this situation my advice is simple:

by all means create some of those other accounts but don't give up on this place just because it seems slow at first. remember you ARE the algorithm. and you won't lose everything because you can migrate.

ask for advice. go slow. build the network you want. you get to keep it!

and welcome to the FEDI 🤩🧀 and.. goodnight 😴

#MastodonMigration #fedi

New wave of folks hitting #Fedi - reupping the old #Introduction!

I'm Kit! I'm a political strategist by trade and a #musician / #geek. I'm also a mod here at #HoosierSocial.

I believe all humans deserve and can achieve dignity and grace. I love to meet new folks who share that value.

I post about #politics, #election policy, #Indiana, #inlegis, #civilrights #LGBTQ stuff, and other things like #cooking and my family.

Here's a selfie I took @ a Joan Jett concert recently!

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Thank you again to @mike for joining me on this episode of Fireside Fedi!

#CEO #Flipboard #surf #openSocialWeb

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Fireside Fedi - Episode 58 - Connector, Instigator, Maker

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Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 51 starts NOW!

Special Guest: @anca #Connector, #Instigator, #Maker. #Slime #mold #farmer. #fediforum2025 #fediforum25

Watch the show live:
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After the show:
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明快打字机的前世今生

我一定要造一部打字机，使我可以真正的打字

——林语堂

今天突然看到何同学在YouTube上2025年10月14日发布的视频，这个视频其实在2023年就看过了，在今天又遇见，仿佛在看一个全新的视频一样。

我找到了明快打字机的专利网站：patents.google.com

三级滚筒系统

大油桶上装着6个中滚筒，每个中滚筒装着6个小滚筒，就如图3所示（图三、图四）
每个小滚筒有八面
每面上又有20个字模（图5），而明快是29个字模（图6明确数出来了确实是29）
所以明快可以打出668*29=8352个字模

魔眼装置

要打“呼”字，先打“口”再打“竖钩”，然后就会到小滚筒的某一节上，前面说了每个小滚筒有八面，所以一般有八个有“口”有“竖钩”的汉字，（所以我觉得6629*8=8352更符合直觉）这使用了林语堂自己发明的”上下型检字法“（图8）

我觉得更奇妙的是还有个预览滚筒（图7）
大滚筒上处于打印位置的八个字；
就是预览滚筒上被放大的八个字；
然后按键盘下的”87651234“8个按键中的一个，就可以选择正确的字。

声旁+形旁

8352个字模里，有7000左右是可以直接打出来的，剩下的是偏旁（70声旁+1300个形旁）
比如情，通过打声旁”竖心旁“和形旁”青“
所以这样就可以很轻松的通过组合打出字！甚至可以打出生僻字，自创汉字！
猜, 睛, 精, 倩, 清, 请, 晴, 情，等等等等
所以经过简单排列组合就是70X1300=91000个字

林语堂在1947年发明的明快打字机的故事。(视频前期主题）
这台打字机能够打9万个字，解决了汉字数量多的问题。它通过三级滚筒结构和上下行检字法实现。(视频中期主题）
尽管这台打字机设计巧妙，但由于成本过高，未能量产，林语堂也因此负债。(视频后期主题）

注意：何同学在YouTube的视频中删减添加了很多的片段

关于明快打字机下落消息（2025.1）

明快打字机原型被找到

Facebook原地址
reddit-唯一一台明快中文打字机原型机已被找到

按照reddit的说法：

这台打字机是纳尔逊·费利克斯在他妻子祖父家的地下室里发现的，他首先将其发布到了一个 Facebook 群组中。
明快打字机是第一台使用键盘的中文打字机。它由林语堂发明，于1947年5月22日首次生产。它是当时速度最快的中文打字机，熟练的打字员平均每分钟可以打出约50个字，即使是未经训练的用户也能达到每分钟20个字的速度。
林德森委托卡尔·E·克鲁姆公司制造了一台定制原型机。在研发过程中，他背负了巨额债务，最终未能将打字机商业化。1948 年，默根塔勒·林诺打字机公司从林德森手中买下了这款打字机的专利权。该公司也收购了那台原型机，据说后来将其丢弃了。

视频信息（2025.11.29）

Youtube We Built a Chinese Typewriter.. 1,105,163次观看
Bilibili【何同学】我们做了一台中文打字机... 1675.1万

维基百科：

中文打字機#明快

其他图片来源：

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/05/mingkwai-chinese-typewriter-prototype-stanford-libraries
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2613795A/en
https://tool.yzitc.com/ytb/
https://tool.yzitc.com/bili/

@board @worldboard
#youtube #bilibili #哔哩哔哩 #林语堂 #LinYutang #MingKwai #明快打字机 #Chinese_typewriter #patent #何同学 #HTX #TechArchaeology #MechanicalMarvel #Chinese #History #fedi #gotosocial #fediverse #mastodon

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If you're a #musician who's moved over from #Twitter, here's four things (that lead to more things), that you can check out to help get acquainted with the #Fediverse.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-join-mastodon/

https://www.meljoann.com/pages/blogroll/

https://secretde.al

https://robertafidora.com/fediup

#Musodon #Music #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #Fedi #Blog #Blogs #MastoMusic #Links #Introduction

Do you love blobcats? Are you a fan of free culture? Then you’ll be happy to know there’s been a brand new blobcat pack made specially (but not exclusively) for the Fediverse! Now also available in English!

Designed from scratch for a neater look, these new blobcats try their best to preserve and emphasise the original’s fuzzy feel. Bold, yet lean. Refined, yet silly. Blob, yet cat.

And best of all? They’re all free! Not just free of cost, but free to use, share, and change in whatever way you see fit! Possibly the first truly original blobcat pack released under a free culture licence. What’s a blob if not malleable? Make them yours today! (Or tomorrow. No pressure.)

More info on the website, link above. Come in for a visit!

#lang_en #art #blobcat #blobcats #emoji #emojos #English #Fedi #FediArt #Fediverse #free_art #free_culture #stickers

Happy New PEERS! We're now on #PeerTube, along with https://jam.coop (@jamcoop) and https://bandwagon.fm(@benpate), under the Fun Music Place banner (also the name of the Discord at https://discord.com/invite/VjKq26raKX where you can often find us chatting about our projects). 🎉🐦‍⬛

https://tv.gravitons.org/a/funmusicplace

#Music #Videos #FunMusicPlace #Fedi #Fediverse #Federated #FediMusic #JamCoop #BandwagonFM #Mirlo #Musicians

Hi there, kind #fedizens 👋

Time for reintroductions. I have been a janitor on the #fedi for a couple of years, mopping floors, plumbing toilets, fixing intercoms. That kind of work. While satisfying in itself, it is unpaid and looked down upon, unthankful work.

So now I am reorientating. Don't wanna work for free anymore, can't even. I need food to help improve the world :)

Unsure where I'll walk, I put dreams first. And can gift you short introduction nuggets, as I know more.

#Introduction

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05 February 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

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it's good to hear that there's a new instance on fedi with a healthy number of users, but gods, I hope they figured out how to increase their character limit from 500 to something a bit more reasonable

(cutie.city is set to 8k)

#Forkiverse #Fedi

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I'd like to take 2 seconds this morning and thank all the #commons janitors who do the ungrateful and unseen work of trying to increase #fedi's #cohesion and #culture.

#Janitors are #People who find it important to connect people. They spread bits of #information they find to other people for whom it may be useful. Usually in hopes that #attraction occurs between formerly unrelated parties, such as #stimulating a #collaboration between #fediverse projects.

Janitors *weave* #SocialFabric.. ✊

Episode 69 - Strange Syntax, Strong Networks, and Everything In‑Between – Ellyse Joins the Discussion

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TODAY ON FIRESIDE FEDI!

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Special Guest: @limebar

Making electronic music:https://mastodon.social/tags/limebar He/Him/His and 100% OK with you being you. Hello new users best advice:write a short intro post, pin it to your profile and update your profile follow every interesting account you see you can and should follow interesting hashtags and use hashtags when posting home shows what you follow and what they boost follow @FediFollows & @FediTips

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TODAY on FIRESIDE FEDI!

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Special Guest: @lxo

Main interests: Free Software, Neurodivergence, Veganism, Marxism, Politics, Social Justice, Environment, Vocal/Choir Music; Affiliations: GNU, FSF, FSFLA, 0G, Linux-libre, GCC, glibc, Libre-SOC, AdaCore; Languages: Portugueas; English; Espaol; learning Esperanto, French, Ukrainian, Japanese;formerly @lxo@gnusocial.jp @lxo@gnusocial.net @lxoliva@diasporabr.com.br @lxoliva@identi.ca

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Kinda weird hearing about Threads devs talking at Fediverse House considering that they promised full federation by the end of 2024 and we're almost through the first quarter of 2025 and we don't seem any closer to that promise.

Those who were there, did they give an update on when they plan on allowing replies and such?

Feels like they're dropping the ball big time.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #ActivityPub #FediverseHouse

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Fireside Fedi - Episode 72 - David Revoy - Pepper & Carrot Web Comic

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Warm up the fire! We're LIVE!

Fireside Fedi - Episode 72 - Scott Jenson - UX design, Apple, Google, Mastodon

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