The Mammoth app for Mastodon for iOS
Towards the end of November I was trying out the Tooot app, singing its praises, and saying that it was now my main app for Mastodon. However, I've recently discovered and have been beta testing the Mammoth app, written by Shihab Mehboob, the guy who wrote the Aviary app for Twitter. If you know that app, you'll probably already be ahead of me and demanding to know where you can get Mammoth. I'll tell you that later.
Mammoth already has most of the features contained in most other apps and not only has extra ones but some of them are surprising. Such as View Post in AR. No, I can't think of a use for that, either, but it works. And Picture in Picture allows you to use PiP to view a post while doing something else on your iPhone's Homescreen or another app. And there's an iPad version, too.
Here are the features I've found so far:
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Most of this is working right now, though a couple of fairly major features are still in the works. For example, you can't edit your Profile or change your avatar image or banner. You'll need to use another app or the web interface for that. I bet I've missed a few things out, though. The programmer seems to be working flat out to implement the missing stuff.
So, how can you get the beta?
Go here:
Read the important bits of the page, install the TestFlight app, then install Mammoth. Enjoy! But do submit feedback.
Oh, and as some of you know, mammoths aren't at all the same thing as mastodons. Different family. Elephantidae. But I bet the programmer knows this already.
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Scientists make ‘exciting’ breakthrough in Amelia Earhart mystery
Hidden letters and numbers discovered on aluminium panel believed to be from famous aviator’s aircraft
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Forensic experts believe they have unearthed a key piece of evidence in the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of famous aviator Amelia Earhart, calling it a major breakthrough.Researchers at Penn State University’s Radiation Science and Engineering Centre claim they used advanced imaging techniques to re-analyse a metal panel, found on the island of Nikumaroro in 1991, that is believed to have come from Earhart’s aircraft.
Their scans revealed hidden letters and numbers on the aluminium panel that could help to identify it – and confirm whether or not it did come from the missing plane.
They believe that if this is proven correct, this discovery could add weight to the popular theory that Earhart made it to Nikumaroro after she lost contact as she approached Howland Island.
Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean mid-1937 during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the globe.
In 1991, an aluminium panel was found washed up on nearby Nikumaroro island. Scientists at the Penn State University, after analysing it, revealed the letters and numbers “D24”, “XRO” and either “335” or “385” etched on the aluminium panel.
One theory is that the aluminium panel found on Nikumaroro island in the western Pacific in 1991 is actually the metal patch that was added to the aircraft when repairs were made during Earhart’s ill-fated flight attempt.
The hidden text on the panel, experts believe, could be related to a manufacturing code.
Now, forensic analysts are working to establish if they can trace the origins of the code to definitively establish whether the metal panel did or did not belong to Earhart’s plane.
“We found what looks like stamped or painted marks that could be from the original manufacturer,” Kenan Unlu, director of the Radiation Science and Engineering Center at Penn State told Daily Mail.
“D24 and 335, or maybe 385. We don’t know what they mean, but they are the first new information from this panel that has been examined by various experts with different scientific techniques for over 30 years,” he added.
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Interesting, if it turns out to be what they think it may be.
Analysis of the panels suggest they did not belong to Earhart's Lockhead Electra plane, instead they are said to be from a WWII aircraft that crashed six years later
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TIGHAR had hoped the aluminium panels would support their theory. It has also been considered that the piece of metal, that was discovered in 1991, was a patch that was added to Earhart's aircraft when repairs were made in Miami during her ill-fated round-the-world flight attempt.But scientists last year discovered letters and numbers that could not been seen by the naked eye. The letters and numbers 'D24', 'XRO' and either '335' or '385' were found on the panel, which is known as 2-2-V-1.
It is now thought they are in fact manufacturing code. Gillespie added: "Our forensic imaging specialist Jeff Glickman is still working on his final report, but it is looking like 2-2-V-1 is from the upper wing surface of a WWII Douglas C-47.
"Disappointing after all these years and so many promising similarities to the patch on Earhart's Electra, but science is what it is."
The experts concluded the letter D as well as AD on another part of the panel, were stampings from the manufacturing process. They also discovered US company Alcoa, which has been manufacturing aluminium since 1888, stamped some of its sheets with 'ALCLAD 24S-T'.
This is what they believe was on the panel. When Earhart's Lockhead was constructed, the aluminium sheeting was stamped with ALC24ST. She did however have a panel from a year later. — express.co.uk/news/us/1808805/…
Major breakthrough in the search for Amelia Earhart
Previous hopes surrounding a panel thought to be Amelia Earhart's plane have been dashed by forensic researchMatt Jackson (Express.co.uk)
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