Notices by Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social), page 4

I've updated the design and the copy of the apps page a bit to include some information about the #iOS app. What do you think?

https://joinmastodon.org/apps

You love to see it #Overwatch

You can now install the Mastodon for #iOS TestFlight through the link on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/mastodon-for-ios-52849908

Pretty sure everything is ready for a semi-public TestFlight of the app (though it would have to pass Apple review first). I will probably give it to patrons first though.

So #iOS apps need to have a privacy policy, that is to say, even while all Mastodon servers have each their own privacy policy, the app also needs a separate privacy policy. The question I have is, what do I write in it if the app doesn't itself store any data, it connects to a server of the user's choosing, like a browser...

That app icon is looking good! Thanks @samhenrigold!

Test post from official iOS app

"Killing Cyclists Is As American As Mass Shootings"

https://www.outsideonline.com/2423771/cycling-deaths-us-culture-wars

@toneji I've been doing 16:8 fasting for 6 days per week for the last three weeks

My weight seems to be improving ever so slowly.

Headline: "Why intermittent fasting isn't effective or healthy"

What's actually in the article: Intermittent fasting does not reduce risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease and is not effective when people binge-eat while doing it

Well, d'uh

Can’t get a TestFlight of the app going until I get an Apple developer account, can’t get that until I get a DUNS number, can’t get that until Mastodon is in the company registry, and that is asking for more paperwork ????

Good morning to everyone except the mosquito that woke me up by buzzing near my ear

Soon is within Saturday though, I am going to sleep now. So it's not immediately soon.

Mastodon 3.4.0rc1 should be out soon, I've almost finished preparing the changelog.

Internet down in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after beaver chews through fibre cable

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/beaver-internet-down-tumbler-ridge-1.6001594

On mastodon.social / mastodon.online, newly registered users no longer automatically follow admins. End of an era. There's something else now... will post about it later...

I'm not even changing the "toot!" button to anything, I'm just changing "someone boosted your toot" to "someone boosted your post" but you listen to how people are talking about it and it's the end of the world

I am happy to reveal that a non-profit legal entity for Mastodon, Mastodon gGmbH, is in the process of being entered into the German company register.

For context, I have been operating as a sole proprietor so far.

It's been in the works for 8 months but I didn't want to announce anything until everything was finalized just in case it didn't work out. Yesterday, I paid in the starting capital.

It wouldn't be possible without the help and advice of @mellifluousbox. More to follow in blog form.

Okay, I didn’t have ingredients to make the sauce, but here’s my attempt at tonkatsu

Time to make fresh bread