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okapilips

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I'm a PhD student doing #Immunology and #SystemsBiology research. When I'm not researching or coding, I love learning new things, biking, and attempting to make cartoon style #DigitalArt with vector-based graphics (primarily #AffinityDesigner).

Profile picture is a drawing of me with crazy hair flowing upwards. Cover photo is a WIP.

If you want to hear about science: https://genomic.social/@carondanielp

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

okapilips, to bikenyc
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Biked 40 miles as part of the #FiveBoroBikeTour #BikeNYC Was an absolute blast, but now my legs are spaghetti

okapilips, to random
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Finance bros?? I thought you said fiance bros... My partner proposed to me today!

shoq, (edited ) to random
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POLL: Suppose sponsors supported your local Fediverse instance in return for a set number of ads per hour (20 or less), and never with an algorithm positioning them. And the ads stay local to that community and don’t federate.

Is this a reasonable proposition to offset the costs of communities?

okapilips,
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@shoq
Intrigued by how split this is -- currently almost even across the board! I voted yes it'd be reasonable. I donate monthly to my instance, but I know many others aren't in a financial position to. Would at least love a way to optionally enable this type of ad injection to support the server!

kevlin, to random
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A reminder: in code, naming is a design activity; it is not merely labelling.

okapilips,
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@kevlin Just like in design, there are happy accidents, right?

I needed a new variable for a small project, but forgot I alr had another with the same name elsewhere. Luckily when I made the new variable it was an egregious mispelling 😅 That unintentional design has now persisted in the code for over a week 🤭

charlotteclymer, to random
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Reportedly, the Odysseus spacecraft that landed on the moon this week has now toppled over and is lying on its side but is still functional.

Same, girl. Same.

okapilips,
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@charlotteclymer
Same, I saw the news alert and told my friend "what a mood," lol

flauschzelle, to android
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I had been using MessagEase for a few years, and was always feeling a bit uncomfortable with it because it's closed source and was unmaintained for years.

I tried out Thumb-Key a while ago, but that's missing some basic features I'm really used to :/

Now that MessageEase is suddenly jumping on the "annoying subscription stuff" train, I really need to switch though... is there any other of this type, that maybe has more features than Thumb-Key?

okapilips,
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@flauschzelle

I've tested many unconventional keyboards, and MessageEase was one of the best (despite appearing fully abandoned). Sad they're going sub-based.

I eventually gave up on the 9-key keyboards in favor of Unexpected Keyboard. It's set up as a traditional qwerty, but the dev recently released fully custom designs. It supports gestures: swipping diagonally on keys to unlock punctuation, etc. Not confident it'll suit your needs, but hope you find something!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=juloo.keyboard2

RepairCafe_Barry, to random
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Yesterday was the busiest repair cafe we've had since we opened a year ago - the biggest thank you to everyone who came for your patience and support.

Three cheers for all our fabulous volunteers.

Get your guesses in for how many items came through the hands of our very talented volunteers this month. Closest guess gets a free repair 😉.

A woman with short hair holds a "fixed in Barry" sign and a small orange teddy bear.
A woman with short grey hair holds a "fixed in Barry" sign next to a light in the shape of a marbled egg on the table next to her.
A CD player on a table resting on a "fixed in Barry" sign. An arm comes in from the right side holding a "Repair Cafe Barry" poster.

okapilips,
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@RepairCafe_Barry
TIL about repair cafes and I just wanted to say that I think this is such a cool thing!!

apps, to random
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What would expect for the next releases?

PS: use the GPS icon to see all replies

okapilips,
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@apps

More reliable notifications! Sometimes notifications don't appear to fetch until I manually refresh the notification screen

okapilips, to wordle
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Just discovered that my favorite mobile game, came out with an update offering daily levels. Just played today's, and was only 10 minutes over par 😅... Hopefully I get back in shape soon.

Any advice on how to explain to my boss that I'll be adding this 15 minute experience to my list of daily games (currently and ) while at work will be appreciated

okapilips,
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On a related note, either the leaderboard function is broken or nobody else playing this game (🥲) bc it listed me as top for the day... But hey, it's probably my only chance at getting a first-place so I'll take it

okapilips,
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Update: As expected, my spot on the leaderboard has been lost to players much better than I 😅

Andres4NY, to random
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I feel as strongly about cooked carrots as I do about cars.

okapilips,
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@Andres4NY

I used to be unable to eat cooked carrots. I've since learned to get them down, but I still don't understand who's out there looking at carrots thinking "Ah yes, delicious, but what if this could be served to me as a mushy warm goop instead"

okapilips,
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@darwinwoodka @Andres4NY

🤢

okapilips, (edited ) to random
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Just went scrolling on #Xformerlyknownastwitter (to catch up on all the accounts i follow that haven't moved on yet) and wow... I've been so used to my ad-free mastodon feed that I forgot what it's like for every 3-5 posts to be an injected ad

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okapilips,
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@jeffowski
This fact is decidedly unfun

kevinrothrock, to random

yeah yeah tell me something I don't already know

okapilips,
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@kevinrothrock

It's always so infuriating the way it tells me LOL

aquaticmethane, to random

Hello mastodon world! I'm making the switch from Twitter and very pleased with some refreshing differences, especially a finite feed that doesn't scroll into infinity. I feel like the platform is on my side and not gamifying my attention. 🙏

okapilips,
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@aquaticmethane
Welcome! I love the profile pic!

okapilips, to cycling
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Hey #BikeTooter!

The other day I was riding my partner's bike slowly up a hill, and the back wheel just bent, folding in on itself. The bike jerked to a halt which was quite a fright!

The tire is now pressed up against the break pads, and I'm wondering whether this wheel is going to need replacement, or if it can be easily repaired (professionally—I enjoy doing repairs, but I don't want to risk my partner or I reliving this on a busy street!)

#Bicycle #Repair #BikeRepair #MyBikeIsntBiking

okapilips,
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My web searches on the topic have yielded varied results...some sites suggested that the bends could be easily repaired by truing, and others that if the rim is bent, repairs aren't particularly viable. Is there a good way to assess?

The bike is getting old (abt 12yrs), and the derailleur mechanisms are also quite shot, so I imagine if the wheel needs to be replaced, it may be time to go shopping...

smeagollum, to random

Sequoia National Park is well known (rightfully) for its massive, towering trees, but amidst the giants, if you look closer, a wonderful world of flora and fungi reins. #LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon #Mushtodon

Multicolored lichen on granite
Moss on rocks
Moss, lichen, and algae inside a fallen sequoia tree

okapilips,
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@smeagollum

So colorful!! I love it

EvlynMoreau, to random
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I made paper minis for my in person d&d group. I am playing the druid. 😊

okapilips,
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@EvlynMoreau
Aww they're so cute!!

petersuber, (edited ) to random
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New study: "Online #search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing them."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y

PS: The lesson isn't that we should stop using search engines to confirm or disconfirm questionable info. It's that 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭. We must learn and teach it.

#Disinformation #Misinformation

okapilips,
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@petersuber

I love when studies directly contradict my assumptions about how the world works. Especially when it's such an easy assmption to make that I've never put any effort into even considering it.

I mean I hate that this is true because I worry about the world and there aren't easy ways to get everyone up to speed on effective media literacy... But still so cool to see experiments that change my mind on a topic

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It's almost the end of the year 2023 but also the end of the month again! ⏲️⚡

That also come with new server, media storage, and email bills within a few days, please think about supporting your local server admin :fediverse:

If you like to support my services and work, you can do so via:

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://liberapay.com/mstdn
https://opencollective.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost

Thank you so much for your help and support ❤️

okapilips,
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@stux So happy to be supporting this server! Thanks for all the work you do!

Question (and apologies, as I'm not sure where to best direct it) but the full-text search function does not seem to be working for me here. Any idea if this is a server-wide issue or an issue with my account?

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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@kissane just wrote the ultimate 'Threads vs Fediverse' explainer.

If you want to understand what all the debate is about, this is mandatory reading:

"Untangling Threads"

https://erinkissane.com/untangling-threads

(another one for you @mmm !)

okapilips,
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@ParadeGrotesque @kissane

I think this is really insightful, thanks for sharing! While I still stand tentatively on the side of "I'd like to also connect with those on mainstream social medias," I recognize this stance is not without many compromises.

I think this lays out some critical threats #Threads #Federation poses, and I hope that the tools/functional assurances instance admins and users need to protect themselves from poor moderation or harassment become available in time

okapilips,
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@ParadeGrotesque @kissane

I'm very naive in the space, but does anyone know of specific individuals or places that we could go to to fund the type of security development that would be most needed here?

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