Renaud Chaput

Co-Founder & CTO @notos
Full Stack Architect, from datacenter to frontend.

Mastodon core team member & CTO #mastodev

Technical administrator for mastodon.social & mastodon.online (and oisaur.com :oisaur:) #mastoadmin

Also #lego, #boardgames and #woodworking

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2024-10-17 20:44:49

I would encourage every Fediverse software project to implement a “dead-man switch" on registrations: if nobody with moderator permissions has been active in the last week, then disable new account creation.
The Fediverse has a significant number of abandoned instances that are used by bad actors to create accounts and send spam.
We implemented this in Mastodon (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/29318) and it has been highly effective.

2024-09-14 13:03:36

It’s time for the Geoguessr world championship finals! Gogo Blinky 💪
If you dont know the game, you are dropped somewhere in the world in streetview, and need to pinpoint where you are as fast as possible. The players have amazing skills and knowledge and its impressive to watch them guess their position in a few seconds based on things like bollards or foliage.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Llh4_h-vvKQ?si=skQL19lATotGlnzX
#geoguessr

2024-08-29 17:57:37

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Update: we got in touch with the appropriate person, thanks everyone!

2024-08-28 08:43:46

We (the Mastodon team) are looking for a technical contact at the Internet Archive to understand why some pages have been archived. If you can introduce us to such a person (or are this person), can you DM me? 🙏

2024-08-18 07:28:42

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@npub175x…2fat probably start by discussing this with us 😀

2024-08-12 21:29:30

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@npub1kze…23jc good summary! On the Mastodon side we would like to improve rendering of non-Note content, as well as long form content (like display it in a modal with more formatting? Or embedding all iframe with a special view built for embedding?).

2024-08-12 14:25:13

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@npub15rn…0z7s Je ne suis pas sûr de comprendre, tu peux préciser un peu ce que tu cherches ?

2024-08-05 20:31:16

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@npub17lg…9uux how do we make this the other way around?

2024-08-05 08:52:47

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@npub18km…85st C'est un de ses albums atypiques (comparé à son style habituel), mais j’y reviens souvent 👌

2024-08-02 08:04:43

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@npub12lx…jvjy that is so crazy from my french point of view…

2024-07-31 17:27:56

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@npub1kvh…7v9u you only broadcast posts to your followers. Account deletions are broadcasted to every known instance.

2024-07-31 17:07:02

Question for #ActivityPub implementors: has there been any research on how to best handle deletions (accounts and/or posts)?
At the moment, the best (and only?) way to know that an account deletion has been federated everywhere is to notify any known inbox / instance, for every account deletion.
This is very wasteful and not efficient, are there any alternatives? Has anyone worked on this?

2024-07-31 14:41:51

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@npub18s4…cexf Yes this is definitely on our radar, but to give you an idea, this may require 20-40% of all our engineering time for a whole year. This could really be huge work, depending on what it entails.

2024-07-30 17:12:43

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@npub1q8x…u850 I am not aware of this issue. Could you elaborate, if possible provide a way to reproduce it. Or, even better, write it down in a Github issue?
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/new/choose

2024-07-30 15:55:50

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@npub1ggv…unsg So we are trying to save on some money on the iOS development, which will free this money to hire more people working on other parts, like the core software (including safety), and this somehow is bad?

2024-07-30 13:05:47

We are looking for a full-time experienced iOS developer for the official Mastodon app!
You will work closely with the core team (including Eugen & me), as well as our designer, to ensure that we have the best possible experience on Apple platforms.
This is a remote position, with at least 4 working hours in common with the Paris/Berlin timezone.
We are able to open this position thanks to all of the people donating money to the project ❤️
https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/112875546269005188

2024-07-30 12:00:02

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@npub1z62…wqxu ho merde, Alan c’était plein de super promesses et idées au début, à croire que ça ne résiste jamais à la croissance et au pognon 😞

2024-07-25 12:23:52

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@npub1xau…wkn6 This could have been worded better, yes. We are planning to publish a blog post about our long-term goals on this topic, I am not sure when yet as the summer vacations are in action and slowing things down.

2024-07-25 12:05:16

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@npub1t9t…td57 we do not want to do this because it opens many potential ways to be abused and have people sending money to bad actors, all through « official » apps, and will get us banned from the stores

2024-07-24 16:27:00

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@npub1wmy…93xs Real mayonnaise, or the abomination you have in the US? 😇

2024-07-24 13:02:16

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@npub14uk…2erc Sure, no problem. My calendar is up-to-date with my vacations :)

2024-07-24 12:30:55

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@npub14uk…2erc Hi Mekka, did you receive my DM with an invitation link?

2024-07-23 13:19:07

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@npub14uk…2erc Hi Mekka! What would be the best way for you to discuss this with me and our team, so we can better understand the blockers here and see how I can fit them in our roadmap?

2024-07-19 10:33:00

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@npub1wcz…vtgw It depends if this is a bug or not. Currently we only group likes and boosts, and may group follows after some testing. A new group is created every 12 hours.

2024-07-19 09:11:32

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@npub1vrl…khax Yes it is in the latest nightly

2024-07-13 21:58:06

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@npub1p5l…tqn2 lego sets, what else? 😀

2024-07-13 21:05:23

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@npub1yeu…dxcx I was not aware of this bug in the iOS app, will see what I can do here 👍

2024-07-11 18:50:19

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@npub1zpf…kjxy not a library, but we do it with Mastodon!

2024-07-11 12:50:32

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@npub17gv…3sdf Est-ce que tu pourrais me faire une copie d'écran (ou recopier) le message d'erreur exact ?

2024-07-11 09:07:29

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@npub17gv…3sdf Je vais regarder ça.
Est-ce que ça se produit uniquement quand la connexion est pas super ? Genre en wifi, les photos passent ?
Est-ce qu'il y a un message d'erreur qui s'affiche, ou juste ça ne finit jamais ?

2024-07-11 08:08:45

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@npub1lmx…6dn9 elle passe devant chez nous dans 1 semaine, parfait !

2024-07-10 20:00:08

@npub1azh…zrpz Thanks for the recent work on `charlock_holmes`, we depend on it for Mastodon and it was causing some pain!

2024-07-07 11:08:31

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@npub1vpa…u8q6 on a choisi la difficulté, à droite ils pensenr juste à la gueule, c’est bien plus simple !

2024-07-07 07:06:32

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Et si vous êtes disponibles, n’oubliez pas de vous proposer pour être scrutateur à la fermeture du bureau, ça dure entre 60 et 90 minutes et on manque souvent de gens !
#teamAssesseurs

2024-07-07 06:46:13

Amis journalistes, s’il vous-plait, rappellez (encore et encore) qu’à 20h on aura des *estimations*, les résultats sont souvent différents, surtout pour les législatives, et les estimations nationales ne sont pas représentatives.
Les résultats définitifs circo par circo arriveront entre 21h (zones plutôt rurales, bureaux fermants à 18h) et minuit.

2024-07-07 06:33:34

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@npub1vcs…zzl2 non ça va, et pas trop chaud non plus cette fois vu la météo

2024-07-07 06:01:04

C’est parti pour une nouvelle journée d’élections. Une organisation folle pour assurer les meilleurs conditions de vote possible, courage à tous les autres président·es, assesseur·es et secrétaires, ainsi que tous ceux qu’on voit moins mais qui sont tout aussi essentiels !
Allez, le bureau est ouvert 🗳️
#teamAssesseurs
https://media.oisaur.com/media_attachments/files/112/743/681/898/295/936/original/615a3c87126dcac1.jpeg

2024-07-04 15:59:11

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@npub14kg…7qqf The tag is incorrect, it should be nightly.2024-07-05-security

2024-07-03 21:37:35

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@npub12lx…jvjy what, not DNS???

2024-07-03 18:14:15

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@npub17lg…9uux we configure an ImageMagick policy that blocks most features: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/config/imagemagick/policy.xml
Thats also a reason why we are switching image processing to libvips.

2024-07-02 12:35:02

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@npub1cr3…ltv0 Bookwyrm, qui est fédéré (comme Mastodon) ?
https://joinbookwyrm.com/fr/

2024-06-30 19:30:41

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@npub1vcs…zzl2 pas de surprise

2024-06-30 19:28:29

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@npub1vcs…zzl2 probablement en disant que c’est la faute de LFI qui aurait du se retirer

2024-06-30 19:28:03

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@npub1vcs…zzl2 oui car c’est aussi pire que LFI selon eux

2024-06-30 19:25:29

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@npub1vcs…zzl2 que les candidats Horizon arrivés 3e ne se retireront pas si lea candidat·e NFP est LFI, que si c’est un autre parti du front populaire

2024-06-27 16:15:10

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@npub15f2…q5x9 Yes, this is the last feature we want to merge before releasing the first 4.3 beta

2024-06-27 13:27:04

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@npub17lg…9uux Did you see their new Twitter account: https://x.com/polyfill_global
And their commercial service: polyfill.com

2024-06-27 11:16:20

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@npub1dmc…n3s5 is there a girhub issue for this?

2024-06-27 10:53:25

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@npub1pqm…x87l I can see this being useful, but it can also take quite a lot of space. Right now its not there, but we may change it!

2024-06-27 10:39:27

Nice quality of life improvement added to the latest #Mastodon code: account cards on hover!
A perfect companion to the upcoming grouped notifications 😃
We need to tune the behaviour a bit, but I am already missing them when using another instance.
All of this will be in 4.3, which we plan to release soon!
#mastodev #mastoadmin
https://media.oisaur.com/media_attachments/files/112/688/153/459/276/087/original/4f09510c80df5ad8.png

2024-06-26 11:35:13

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@npub1jtm…l72z None that I know, but that would be a lot of work, especially as its not very easy to contact a website owner (no standard way to do it)

2024-06-26 09:04:28

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@npub1h6d…ge7n There is a `scheduled_at` field when you post a status, and a dedicated endpoint to list the scheduled statuses: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/scheduled_statuses/

2024-06-26 08:58:03

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@npub1h6d…ge7n same if you have feedback regarding the Mastodon API 😉
Brw did you see that the API supports post scheduling? This could be a nice feature for Tusks

2024-06-26 08:54:49

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@npub1h6d…ge7n I restored purchases, it said success but did not switch me to pro. A restart of the app fixed it and it now works, thanks!

2024-06-26 08:51:42

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@npub1h6d…ge7n another question: I bought Tusks on macOS, now trying the iOS app, do I keed to buy Pro again or is this a bug? Apple subscriptions are so arcane…

2024-06-26 08:46:24

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@npub1h6d…ge7n thats exactly what I wanted, perfect! You probably want to have something in the interface to make it more visible

2024-06-26 08:41:52

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@npub1h6d…ge7n Does it automatically updates the total if you use 1/x, once you post all the thread?

2024-06-25 20:58:57

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@npub1j8q…ma30 Agreed, but polyfill.io provided a service you could not easily replace with self-hosted code: the ability to serve a minimal bundle containing the required polyfill, depending on the browser's user-agent.

2024-06-25 20:21:23

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Addentum: this is also a reminder to check what browser extensions you have installed, what permissions they have, and really care about this.
I understand that some decisions by browsers to limit what extensions can do (Chrome Manifest v3 for example) can really be frustrating as they will make extensions like uBlock Origin not work as well, but also keep in mind that this is an open field for malicious actors as well.

2024-06-25 20:10:10

@npub1h6d…ge7n Tusks feature request: a button to toggle a thread counter at the end of all the posts :)

2024-06-25 20:07:26

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This is very unfortunate, but will continue to happen until we figure out how to make money-makers (= companies) properly finance the OSS they are relying upon, and getting maintainers out of burnout.
And if you made it to the end, congratulations! Here is a donation link to send some money to Mastodon, which also suffers from this lack-of-money problem: https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors 7/7

2024-06-25 20:07:25

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Now, a few months after that, this domain is serving actively malicious Javascript into the websites using it. They inject some malware into websites, redirecting users to sport betting websites. But they could easily also siphon everything your users enter on the website, change their content… 6/7
More details here: https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack

2024-06-25 20:07:24

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To get back to the initial topic, polyfill.io allowed website authors to easily load what we call “polyfills”, little bits of Javascript code implementing specific features in older browsers, so as a developer you can use these modern features without worrying about breaking older devices. And polyfill.io did it in a very nice and performant way, you only needed to add a few lines to your HTML and it worked! 4/7

2024-06-25 20:07:24

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Now, let’s guess again… What do you think happened once the service was ran by this mysterious chinese owner?
First, the service stopped working, because they switched to a new platform (hosted in China), which made some people in the community notice the change and start asking questions.
Then it spread, and everyone (including me, see https://oisaur.com/@renchap/112011210173426536) recommended you immediately stopped using it. 5/7

2024-06-25 20:07:23

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Maintaining an Open Source project is hard work, lot of pressure, very often no money, and many many people end up being burned out.
Then, sometimes, a company comes up and offers you a large sum of money for it, enough for you to live a better life and never have to feel this pressure, and you accept. This is nowadays very common for browser extensions, can you guess why? 2/7

2024-06-25 20:07:22

So a few months ago we learned that the individual running polyfill.io silently sold the service to an obscure chinese company.
This popular (and well done / very useful) service was created by the Financial Times, who stopped maintaining it and "donated it to the community", meaning that it relied on a few volunteers to continue running it (and on Fastly who provided the hosting for free). 1/7

2024-06-25 19:44:20

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@npub1x6y…4szc Hey, can you like this federated reply?

2024-06-25 13:41:17

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@npub1ttj…4lnx Tu as contacté ton/ta candidat·e NFP pour la producration ? Si ça marche pas, je peux essayer de trouver via Generation·s si on a des gens dans ton coin

2024-06-25 10:43:21

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@npub175x…2fat The new iOS photo picker works this way. Apps no longer need to ask for specific permissions, there is a system picker displayed and they can only access the photos returned by the picker.

2024-06-24 21:54:46

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@npub1e3q…6rmt Welcome back! Dont hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or feedback

2024-06-21 14:37:21

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@npub19zk…5z44 de souvenir ça fait partie des accords de la NUPES pour garantir du financement à chacun

2024-06-20 07:43:56

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@npub1qqx…p5zl C'est pas incompatible, le programme prévoit aussi de supprimer plein de niches fiscales, et le barème proposé est progressif. Avec 3700€/mois tu es à la limite des salaires qui vont contribuer un peu plus.

2024-06-20 07:19:22

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@npub1dmu…f09z probably 50-150k€

2024-06-19 20:40:54

Très bonne initiative : un calculateur d’impôts avant/après les réformes proposées par le #NouveauFrontPopulaire
https://impots-frontpopulaire.fr/
Alors oui c'est pas parfait, ça ne se veut pas exhaustif, mais c'est un très bon outil pour convaincre tous ceux autour de nous qui ont peur car "la gauche n'aime pas les riches". La vérité c'est que la droite et les libéraux sont très forts pour convaincre chacun qu'il est riche, pendant qu'ils rigolent dans leur piscine de billets avec leurs 3% d'impôts.

2024-06-18 21:10:53

I remember reading a blog post about the state of OpenGraph, how it has been abandoned and ideas to revive it and get the community active again.
But I can not find this blog post anymore. Does it ring a bell with someone?

2024-06-16 20:35:25

Encore 12 jours pour faire gagner le #NouveauFrontPopulaire et avoir une belle dynamique avant le second tour.
En parler ici et sur les réseaux c'est cool, mais si vous en avez la possibilité, allez tracter, faire du porte à porte, convaincre votre entourage, vos collègues…
Si vous ne savez pas comment faire, contactez le candidat local ou un des partis, il y a une forte mobilisation partout.
Allez on tient bon et on se bat ✊
#Legislatives #Politique

2024-06-16 16:52:14

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@npub1wt4…v8ze Et si tu trouves quelqu’un d’intéressé je peux aussi rapidement monter une instance dédiée et la gérer.

2024-06-15 07:53:15

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@npub12wl…rhkf Are there issues about those problems?

2024-06-14 22:59:18

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@npub1ef0…txgg this is one of the remaining things on the todolist, not yet sure how I will do it

2024-06-14 22:03:31

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Thanks everybody, after fixing a few small issues it seems to work fine with streaming, it is a delight to see them update live!
There is still significant work to be done, both to handle some special cases (slow mode, avoiding screen jumps when scrolling, unread notifications, disconnections…) and visual improvements, but we are making progress.
https://media.oisaur.com/media_attachments/files/112/617/232/738/269/486/original/8a459084c8e1f3b5.mp4

2024-06-14 21:53:56

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@npub18yp…kp3d Not yet, we need to work on the changelog and the release blog post.

2024-06-14 21:06:06

Current status: testing the upcoming grouped notification feature to check if the new code works as expected.
This is the last missing feature before we release the first Mastodon 4.3 beta. It took a lot of time to get it right, but we think we got it done correctly now!
Feel free to favorite and boost so I can check that it really works :D
https://media.oisaur.com/media_attachments/files/112/617/007/481/772/681/original/4956c5183d62c7f3.png

2024-06-14 11:33:47

@npub1lcg…l3xn petite question technique : si le PR démissionne, ça met fin à la législature car les 2 cycles de 5 ans sont synchronisés ? Quid de si il y a eu une élection législatives quelques mois avant ?

2024-06-13 21:24:55

I have been using Fastly nearly since their inception, and it is one of the few tech companies that never disappointed me. They are very obsessed by performance and customer service (< 5 minute response time on tickets).
They love the Fediverse and OSS, and are providing a lot of projects (including Mastodon) with a lot of resources.
Their biggest issue? There was no free plan. But this is now fixed 🎉
No excuse to not try the service and see by yourself: https://fastly.com/pricing

2024-06-12 10:31:43

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@npub1kr2…ugsa tu as testé https://pdfexpert.com/fr ?

2024-06-11 06:01:01

I will be at #OW2con today (not tomorrow). Come by if you want to say hi, I have a few Mastodon stickers! @npub1zc6…05xw

2024-06-11 05:22:40

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@npub19nd…rcpy 7 partis, on (Generation·s dans mon cas) est petits mais on existe aussi 😀
Surtout que cette union on la porte (et essaie de la créer) depuis un moment !

2024-06-10 21:20:42

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@npub12rd…aevk enjoy, c’est le jour et la nuit

2024-06-10 18:44:41

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@npub1pte…ckgf I sense that this mostly came for investors. « See, we are not behind! »

2024-06-10 18:43:50

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@npub16kx…4nrw to an OS where the latest keynote contained even more AI crap, with all remote processing?

2024-06-10 18:40:38

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And now ChatGPT integration. Why Apple, why? 😭
#wwdc24

2024-06-10 18:36:30

This WWDC keynote would have been much better if it stopped before the IA stuff. At least the first hours was good and only contained 2 mentions of machine learning.
Some IA features looks potentially useful, if they are local, but I hope I can disable all the crap granularly, like the image generation thing.
#wwdc2024

2024-06-09 14:58:33

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@npub12lx…jvjy Ha, good point! I forgot it does not require a reason. I suspect this would require all clients to update their signup flow if we change this, which might be an issue.

2024-06-09 14:50:40

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@npub12lx…jvjy I think you can already do it for email providers?

2024-06-09 14:41:35

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@npub12lx…jvjy lot of outlook addresses for us as well

2024-06-06 21:59:27

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@npub1qzm…enay This is now merged and live on mastodon.social 🎉

2024-06-05 10:04:21

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@npub1q8u…vtq2 C'est impressionnant comment la notification de votre mail arrive au moment ou j'entend la sirène, chaque mois :D

2024-05-30 11:00:31

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@npub1ztk…p9v4 c’est pasqu’on aime pas la réussite ici, et ya trop d’impôts. Vite, une loi pour remettre Bernard à sa place !

2024-05-27 07:43:08

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@npub1vg3…fvc9 I suspect it depends a lot of your country/account currency. With a french+euro account, we receive a SEPA wire from an IBAN in Denmark

2024-05-27 06:53:06

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@npub1z0z…ryu8 on s’y voit dans quelques minutes alors !