After reading a thread on Lemmy about Flatpaks, I was reminded of a frustrating incident.

For those that don't know, I'm a Conlanger. I construct my own languages. For this, I use many tools including one called PolyGlot, that allows me to create and store a lexicon for each of my languages.

I've been using PolyGlot for many years, and as I run Linux the only way to install and update the app was to download the deb for each update. Fortunately, there was a 'check for updates' under the about section that would automagically take you to the download page.

For much of the time I've been using the app, it's been mostly programmed by one guy. As a result, updates only happen every year. So, I'd only use the check for updates when I remembered.

Recently, the developer has received some help, and there has been some big changes. All good. The release schedule has improved considerably.

So one day, I check for updates, and there's an update. I'm taken to the page to download the latest deb, download it, and it won't install. There's a dependency missing on my system. I file a bug report, and next day I receive an apology for the mess-up, and this....

"Why don't you install the flatpak instead?"

WHAT FUCKING FLATPAK? I ask.

Yes, they've been releasing a flatpak for about a year, and didn't bother to tell established users about it. While it's mentioned on the main page, there's no reference to it on the download page. The only one I visit (every year or so).

So, now I use the flatpak, and it automagically updates by itself. Which is great, but still frustrating that I could have been doing this for a year longer. At least they now mention flatpaks on the download/update page.

What's the minimum viable #fediverse #duolingo replacement? #activitypub #fedilingo #polyglot

Hey! I'm looking for hashtags/groups related to learning languages or polyglots. People who share their progress or discuss their methods... I'd love to find friends who share the same passion. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Not looking for language courses). Thank you!

Polyglot malware (XLS/LNK, PDF/ZIP/HTA)

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/call-it-what-you-want-threat-actor-delivers-highly-targeted-multistage-polyglot

Hey, @Ange you've got a fan on the dark side :...(

I see that in 2025, I've been posting in Finnish 90% of the time and in English only 10%, mainly due to the huge influx of Finnish users this year. In previous years, it was the opposite - 90% English and 10% Finnish.

The best part? It doesn't matter here in the Fediverse. With language filtering and translation features, it's truly a top-tier social media.

¡Vámonos, Polyglots! ¡Hay que entrar en accion leyendo! :D

Let’s #read and #learn 6 #Languages #together | #Podcastcito de #Aprendizaje

https://twitch.tv/ne0bahamut

https://discord.gg/8Cr9gDAGRj

Probably about time for a new (re) #Introductions post to pin! Been bumbling around on Mastodon since November 2017 on one server or another, and happy to get cozy in a smaller server this time.

I’m not a heavy poster, but lean mostly towards #SciCom and pictures of the #critters and #wildlife I spot in my central Florida backyard or from adventures on my #camping trips.

I’m currently a #caregiver, formerly a professional #Library knowledge ninja. Strong believer in the #RightToRepair and lifelong #Sewcialist. I love fixing and mending things.

My #NeuroSpicy flavour is #80HD, so it may be unsurprising that my academic studies and interests are hella broad. I spend a lot of time digging into local ecology and #HabitatRestoration and preservation. I’m a #space and aeronautics nerd, but I'm also a #Polyglot with an academic background in #linguistics, adult literacy, and ESL. The other part of my academic background is the technical side of theatre.

if you’re the singer in a band, and you tour internationally, wouldn’t you want to speak multiple languages? I feel like you should. For those times between songs, when you’re talking to the audience. If you could, that would set you apart from other bands. Those fans would respect you even more

Which languages depends on where you tour most often.

It feels people on the #Fediverse are overwhelmingly #polyglot...

How many languages do you speak?

“Dev by a thousand cuts”

That’s often what #rustlang feels like. I started learning C in the late 80s and BASIC before that. Since then I’ve become an expert in several languages and proficient in several others. I’m an experienced #polyglot and though the rust compiler is by far the most helpful - and pushing other compilers to improve - there’s a lot of sharp edges in the grammar itself. Some other polyglots I’m getting into the language agree.

I'm at the #PolyglotGathering in Prague, for the first time since right before the pandemic (2019).

One highlight so far: "If you think Indonesian and Malay are easy, you haven't met the rest of the family" - Brian Loo, in his talk on comparative phonology and grammar of Austronesian languages. This also holds if your primary exposure to Austronesian languages was Polynesian (Hawai'ian, Māori, etc).

Unfortunately, I seem to be the only person trying to wear a mask in indoor spaces, even at an event with over 800 people. I haven't gotten any pushback on this, but the combination of mask + queer hair + bad at pretending to be neurotypical does occasionally draw looks.

Overall, the feel of the event is definitely different from when it was 200-some people jammed into a youth hostel in Berlin, but similar to the Bratislava years (I never got to the Polish instances).

New server, new #introduction

Former academic in #languages & #linguistics, now in #healthcare #education & #scicomm. I publish #research every so often, I'm a #polyglot, and I'm a fledgling #gamedev with a penchant for narratives and visual shenanigans.

I live with my superb Spanish husband in an old mining town in South-West UK. Hella relaxing; hella gay.

Expect a healthy mix of sincerity and shitposting!

#absurdism
#dnd
#glitch
#liminal
#nintendo
#ttrpg
#vaporwave
#violin

Let's try this #introduction thing here.

​ Hi, I am rokku, a 39+ old human in the #autistic and #adhd spectrum. As a person I behave as a #INTJ or #5w6. I don't use a #gender for me but I know there are a lot of them #agender #nonbinary. If you are talking to me, I prefer you not using pronouns but my name. If you want to use pronouns then use xe/xem/xyr.

I am #sysadmin for life and #polyglot #developer for 20+ years. I love #selfhosting things. I work in the #hosting business. I was formerly #selfemployed and plan to do so again.

I do #debian servers and #arch for my workstation. All other distros are bad, especially #ubuntu (yes i know its from debian but with ugly things in it)

My beloved languages are #perl, #raku and #nim. But I do much more of them like #cpp, #java, #python, #rust and what not. I like compiled languages which give you the ability to shoot you in the foot, because this is the way we learn things.

I like #old #school things, how we did it in the past. I did not stay behind, but new things must proof themself.

For me #respect needs to be earned and is not given for free. I am only interested in people that esteem me and so do I.

My #vocation is #IT and all the stuff around it.

I'm a former member of the pirate party germany (#Piratenpartei Deutschland). I was member of the Landesverband Bayern as a General Secretary and Treasurer. I am founder of the #Bezirksverband #Mittelfranken and also member of the board as a General Secretary.

Not enough, I am a #metroidvana, #megaman, #dragonball #nerd and #gamer starting with an Super NES console long time ago. I prefer the #xbox over the #playstation. I prefer games like #blasphemous, #warframe, #newworld, #doom and much more as I even could write here.

In my spare time I like to do things with #3D #printing

How many people post and interact with Social Media/Networks regularly in multiple languages? I understand this post is in English and so assumes some basic interaction levels in English, but this is more about on a day-to-day basis. What language(s) do you usually use to interact? #fediverse #languages #polyglot #multilingual #international #japanese #english #SocialMedia #日本語

Hello everyone, this is my #introduction

My name is Adalwin, I am from Germany, and I am a voracious #polyglot and I love linguistics, I speak about 10+ languages but I am also an information systems major. My main interest in that lie on #software engineering and general systems theory.

I am a hermit, but I also love all things #computer, I learned how to build an 8-bit computer in 3 days and I am always out to learn more things. My guilty pleasure are furry visual novels, I am an active member of that community and patron many such projects. I also love math and help some people with their university math homework, since I tutored Linear Algebra myself for one semester once.

I am a #furry and my #fursona is a tanuki, usually with an ankh necklace, and my pronouns are they/them. I am left-leaning myself as well.

So #Introductions! I’m not a heavy poster, but lean mostly towards #SciCom and pictures of the #wildlife I spot in my backyard. It’s practically NatGeo up in this central #FL backyard.

I’m a #Library knowledge ninja and #Book hoarder. #80HD #ESL #Polyglot #Space #Nerd #Sewcialist #RightToRepair

Been on Mastodon since Apr2021 (EDIT: actually since NOV2017?!), but never really used it much till recently.