Larry Staples
@lstaples.sdf.org
Came to Japan in 1984 to study 日本語 @ ICU. Been working in Japan IT and telecommunications since then. Likes are not endorsements.
@lstaples@mastodon.social
@lstaples.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Larry Staples
@lstaples.sdf.org
· May 5
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My main social media presence is on the fediverse on mastodon.social. You can now follow me there at @lstaples.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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In the company of giants.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In the company of giants.
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The sky seemed quite clear today in Tokyo at Shinjuku Gyoen near sundown.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The sky seemed quite clear today in Tokyo at Shinjuku Gyoen near sundown.
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My AI tip of the day: Maximize what you get from tech podcasts by using Deep Research from ChatGPT or Gemini to summarize discussions about the episode.
This layers on outside perspectives and insights to what you heard. It’s also a solid way to vet episodes and decide which are worth a full listen
This layers on outside perspectives and insights to what you heard. It’s also a solid way to vet episodes and decide which are worth a full listen
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My AI tip of the day: Maximize what you get from tech podcasts by using Deep Research from ChatGPT or Gemini to summarize discussions about the episode.
This layers on outside perspectives and insights to what you heard. It’s also a solid way to vet episodes and decide which are worth a full listen
This layers on outside perspectives and insights to what you heard. It’s also a solid way to vet episodes and decide which are worth a full listen
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I tried using the new automatic photo description feature in @MonaApp for this post. I wish it had mentioned the lanterns making up a dragon and not said “foreign text” regarding the signage. I didn’t see a way to check it before sending.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I tried using the new automatic photo description feature in @MonaApp for this post. I wish it had mentioned the lanterns making up a dragon and not said “foreign text” regarding the signage. I didn’t see a way to check it before sending.
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Fixed it for you 😇
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Fixed it for you 😇
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This is a slow motion phone video I took today for @cuppachabanashi.bsky.social. May the gods of video compression not hate you as much as they do me.
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is a slow motion phone video I took today for @cuppachabanashi.bsky.social. May the gods of video compression not hate you as much as they do me.
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Reposted by Larry Staples
For Mastodon API developers: there is no documentation (yet) for the APIs around composing quote posts, but this will come soon.
We added documentation for displaying quote posts (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Status/#quote), which is already supported in Mastodon 4.4 and we encourage […]
We added documentation for displaying quote posts (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Status/#quote), which is already supported in Mastodon 4.4 and we encourage […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For Mastodon API developers: there is no documentation (yet) for the APIs around composing quote posts, but this will come soon.
We added documentation for displaying quote posts (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Status/#quote), which is already supported in Mastodon 4.4 and we encourage […]
We added documentation for displaying quote posts (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Status/#quote), which is already supported in Mastodon 4.4 and we encourage […]
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And now thanks to @chaosexanima I can show you how the retractation works:
- you get a notification when someone quotes you
- on their post, you have a new menu to remove their quote of your post
- you confirm, and your quote is removed and shown as having been […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
- you get a notification when someone quotes you
- on their post, you have a new menu to remove their quote of your post
- you confirm, and your quote is removed and shown as having been […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And now thanks to @chaosexanima I can show you how the retractation works:
- you get a notification when someone quotes you
- on their post, you have a new menu to remove their quote of your post
- you confirm, and your quote is removed and shown as having been […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
- you get a notification when someone quotes you
- on their post, you have a new menu to remove their quote of your post
- you confirm, and your quote is removed and shown as having been […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
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Coming soon on your Mastodon server… The long awaited quote posts, with user-control (you can chose if you want to be quoted on a per-post basis, change it later, and retract any quote of your post)
Amazing work by the team 🎉
Expect a blog post with all the […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
Amazing work by the team 🎉
Expect a blog post with all the […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Coming soon on your Mastodon server… The long awaited quote posts, with user-control (you can chose if you want to be quoted on a per-post basis, change it later, and retract any quote of your post)
Amazing work by the team 🎉
Expect a blog post with all the […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
Amazing work by the team 🎉
Expect a blog post with all the […]
[Original post on oisaur.com]
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Somebody made a tinder profile for the Kamakura Buddha and I’m dead.
August 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Somebody made a tinder profile for the Kamakura Buddha and I’m dead.
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With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media.
Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!
Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!
August 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media.
Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!
Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!
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Russia’s Voennaya Khronika discusses how lessons from attacking Ukraine can be applied to attacking Japan. 1-2 waves of 1000 drones each can be used to paralyse Japan’s air defences. This will open way for strikes on airfields, naval bases command centres & industry using Kinzhal & cruise missiles.
August 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Russia’s Voennaya Khronika discusses how lessons from attacking Ukraine can be applied to attacking Japan. 1-2 waves of 1000 drones each can be used to paralyse Japan’s air defences. This will open way for strikes on airfields, naval bases command centres & industry using Kinzhal & cruise missiles.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Please report any account that tells you that you need to verify your #mastodon account to continue using it through a private message. It is a scam. We do not require identity verification. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Please report any account that tells you that you need to verify your #mastodon account to continue using it through a private message. It is a scam. We do not require identity verification. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the […]
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Tragedy and courage in the Texas floods: how one family was ripped apart - Texas Monthly https://apple.news/AA27XRFp7QNefcfYM93Y_kw
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.” — Texas Monthly
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
apple.news
July 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Tragedy and courage in the Texas floods: how one family was ripped apart - Texas Monthly https://apple.news/AA27XRFp7QNefcfYM93Y_kw
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【日本電信電話からNTTへ】
NTT、総会で40年ぶり社名変更可決
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
NTTは定時株主総会を開き、正式社名を「日本電信電話」から「NTT」とする議案を賛成多数で可決しました。
改名を機に企業ロゴのNTTの字体も丸みを帯びた形に刷新。完全子会社にする予定のNTTデータグループのフォントを使います。
NTT、総会で40年ぶり社名変更可決
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
NTTは定時株主総会を開き、正式社名を「日本電信電話」から「NTT」とする議案を賛成多数で可決しました。
改名を機に企業ロゴのNTTの字体も丸みを帯びた形に刷新。完全子会社にする予定のNTTデータグループのフォントを使います。
さよなら｢日本電信電話｣ NTT、総会で40年ぶり社名変更可決 - 日本経済新聞
NTTは19日、東京都内で定時株主総会を開き、正式社名を「日本電信電話」から「NTT」とする議案を賛成多数で可決した。7月1日付で1985年の民営化から40年ぶりに社名を変更する。改名を機に企業ロゴの字体も丸みを帯びた形に刷新する。完全子会社にする予定のNTTデータグループのフォントを使う。NTTグループとして海外展開を加速するとの思いを込めた。総会は午前10時から始まり、1時間33分で終えた
www.nikkei.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
【日本電信電話からNTTへ】
NTT、総会で40年ぶり社名変更可決
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
NTTは定時株主総会を開き、正式社名を「日本電信電話」から「NTT」とする議案を賛成多数で可決しました。
改名を機に企業ロゴのNTTの字体も丸みを帯びた形に刷新。完全子会社にする予定のNTTデータグループのフォントを使います。
NTT、総会で40年ぶり社名変更可決
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
NTTは定時株主総会を開き、正式社名を「日本電信電話」から「NTT」とする議案を賛成多数で可決しました。
改名を機に企業ロゴのNTTの字体も丸みを帯びた形に刷新。完全子会社にする予定のNTTデータグループのフォントを使います。
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:tapestry_app: Tapestry offers lots of great ways to filter what you browse in the timeline. You can even create muffle rules to filter blog posts by category for RSS feeds that support them.
Be sure to check out our How To guide on how to use this […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
Be sure to check out our How To guide on how to use this […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
June 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
:tapestry_app: Tapestry offers lots of great ways to filter what you browse in the timeline. You can even create muffle rules to filter blog posts by category for RSS feeds that support them.
Be sure to check out our How To guide on how to use this […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
Be sure to check out our How To guide on how to use this […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
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:tapestry_app: Tapestry 1.2.1 is now available in the App Store. Sound effects respect Silent Mode, we’ve added a new refreshing behavior, checks to prevent ads from appearing when they shouldn't and more.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tapestry-by-iconfactory/id6448078074
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tapestry-by-iconfactory/id6448078074
June 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
:tapestry_app: Tapestry 1.2.1 is now available in the App Store. Sound effects respect Silent Mode, we’ve added a new refreshing behavior, checks to prevent ads from appearing when they shouldn't and more.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tapestry-by-iconfactory/id6448078074
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tapestry-by-iconfactory/id6448078074
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:tapestry_app: Tapestry 1.2 hit the App Store yesterday and brings an entire bevy of great improvements along for the ride. Check out some of our favorites here and then download Tapestry for free on the App Store to give it a try […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
May 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
:tapestry_app: Tapestry 1.2 hit the App Store yesterday and brings an entire bevy of great improvements along for the ride. Check out some of our favorites here and then download Tapestry for free on the App Store to give it a try […]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
[Original post on iconfactory.world]
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Anyway, I can understand why people might turn this on. But it sort of sucks when you have something important to say that lots of people should read, but then they can’t — and they blame it on BlueSky.
May 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Anyway, I can understand why people might turn this on. But it sort of sucks when you have something important to say that lots of people should read, but then they can’t — and they blame it on BlueSky.
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Some people were complaining that they couldn’t read viral BlueSky posts without an account (which makes people think it’s as bad as X.) And I guess it’s due to this setting?
May 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some people were complaining that they couldn’t read viral BlueSky posts without an account (which makes people think it’s as bad as X.) And I guess it’s due to this setting?