Gregory's Server@hotheadhacker Let's NOT - please discuss #federated. I am pretty sure it does not work as advertised and depending on security settings - I have been told - things may not actually be federated. I think there needs to be some thinking and maybe some tickets raised.
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@hotheadhacker I am new on Mastodon and still learning and the old brain at 82 ain't quite as sharp as it used to be. I shall keep learning and see. I know I got feedback from someone who keeps lists and maintains that mstdn.ca is behind some security measure but Chad (instance admin) had to deal with a lot in the past few month - so ....... @hotheadhacker I have been in IT/Data Processing since 1960. I have a nose for things that don't work. I was also the "fixer" when things did not work. If I wanted to learn more about you then I need to visit another instance (Information below may reflect the user's profile incompletely. View full profile.) When I get to that instance & want to boost a post I need to boost, copy, paste the copy into my instance search field & hit enter & then boost. Huh? Language of the other instance?? @peterdeppisch wow, it seems you are an expert πππ I would be lucky if I learn more stuff from you! @hotheadhacker If the program had a bug it was call Peter time. I could tell stories. One bug had been alive and well for 3 month. I was asked to see what I could do. An IBM 1401 computer for the night LOL and by 2 or 3 A.M. the bug was toast. The phrase: "I am here" was liberally placed throughout the code. The original programmer was not happy. @peterdeppisch the original programmer wasn't getting paid enough! You seem like a Swiss-army-knife ,πππ @hotheadhacker The "6 levels of "if then else" was written by an IBM consultant with a P.h.D. The program went to EOJ with my fix. But since they could not prove I fixed (Magic Number 7+/-2.) It was never implemented. They programmed a work around. This is 1963(?) and I am still pissed. @hotheadhacker One more story. There is the Magic Number 7+/-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two (Complements from a better programmer than I) 6 levels of "If then else". Program hung. Took me two days of concentration to find the "if then else of 6 levels" did not compute. But I knew it had to be the bug as that was the only part of the program that was not decipherable. Tip: Flip through a listing and look for spaghetti code. πβ @peterdeppisch God, it's kind of discussion that I will bring on the table with my friends and will increase my popularity amoung the circle βΊοΈ.. I better take a screenshot of it. I would like to listen to more of these stories and your experience! I hope you get some time in the near future ππ @hotheadhacker LOL I was called the "Blue Baron", i.e. IBM. hardware. I got them all. That was in reference to me being German born. @hotheadhacker By the way Snoopy is my favourite cartoon character of all time. That and the little red haired girl. And we have been together for 40 years. @peterdeppisch i am still catching up with The Simpsons βΊοΈ @hotheadhacker What - you don't know about Snoopy flying a Sopwith Camel bi-plane https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_I_Flying_Ace Your de-bugging skill will increase once you read Peanuts. LOL And I have more stories. LOL @peterdeppisch +1 added to my list βΊοΈβΊοΈ @peterdeppisch thanks for sharing this βΊοΈβΊοΈβΊοΈ also I want to increase my debugging skills @hotheadhacker How about Chess Skills πβ @peterdeppisch I was going to ask you about this book! Will read it soon! See you later, good bye π @hotheadhacker The only bugs I had problems with was my own. I am freelancing and get paid when the program is done. A bug is killing me. Two weeks - the customer is unhappy. I am unhappy and near tears. Went for a drive on the Autobahn and then realized I had altered the assembled machine code. Never ever do that. Fix the source code, re-compile the program and run and test. Big, huge lesson learned. No short cuts. They will kill you, |
@peterdeppisch as far as I have seen federated work as expected. Have you raised any issues or tickets.