I submitted the manuscript for my next book!
It's a collection of folktales about misunderstood / underappreciated animals. Bats, sharks, wolves, rats, spiders, etc. I managed to find cool stories for each, and in every one of them the animal is portrayed in a positive light.
It was one heck of a research project, and I really enjoyed it 😄
i'm going to make a radical claim:
the "phone" has basically ceased to exist.
these devices we call phones? they're pocket computers that just happen to have cellular connectivity. they should be treated as such - which means open specs, unlockable booting, replaceable operating systems.
if you need to blob the cellular bit for regulatory approval, fine, do that, but agree a standard interface to it (like AT commands for old modems, or the interface to the Pi's GPU capabilities) that all OSes can use on all cellular devices. but there's no excuse for locking down any of the rest of the device, is there?
This one’s quite important, thespinoff.co.nz/atea/25-10-20….
While Māordom has been in an uproar about the Treaty Principles Bill, which New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says is “dead in the water”, the coalition government has quietly set the wheels in motion for at least 28 pieces of legislation to have their Treaty clauses reviewed and potentially removed.
Key terminology here is “investors.” This seems like just the right sort of trickery perfected by conservatives in America.
thx @ClareBear
The under-the-radar Treaty clause review that could have far-reaching consequences
Shane Jones has the Treaty clause in the Conservation Act in his crosshairs – and it's just one of an estimated 28 laws set for review.Liam Rātana (The Spinoff)
The Conversation Africa has published a number of articles explaining the continent’s sanitation problems – and potential solutions.
blue-community.net/blue-news/
#medieval #MedievalArt
This is gonna sound a little wonky. But have you ever been scrolling late at night and you come across those videos of that guy cleaning those filthy rugs?
That's what meditation feels like it's doing to my brain.
#meditation #buddhism #buddhist #buddha #meditate #meditationpractice #JapaneseBuddhism #MentalHealth #mensmentalhealth
Boosnout to nejde, bo je to od @Petr90 🔒, tak alespoň takto:
mastodonczech.cz/@Petr90/11350…
Snad máte lepší #dobréRáno.🙂
Takhle by to přátelé nešlo.
Ale jinak #dobrerano všem
Patřím mezi ty, kteří se v listopadu ‘89 zapojili do dění. Když jsme se poprvé v úzkém kruhu sešli, abychom založili místní Občanské Fórum, ještě jsme měli strach, že nás rozežene Veřejná bezpečnost.
A že to schytáme, jako všichni ti, kteří byli odvážní před námi.
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Patřím mezi ty, kteří si přejí, aby se nic z toho bolševického zla už nevrátilo. Jistě, mnoho věcí se dalo udělat jinak a lépe. Nikdo ale neměl manuál, jak na to. Proto jsem spokojena s tím, co se nám, naší společnosti, podařilo. Není to málo.
Dost lidí ale už zapomnělo.
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Patřím mezi ty, kteří nikdy nezradí myšlenku, se kterou jsme v listopadu ‘89 vyšli do ulic.
Pokud nás bude víc, neprohrajeme. Možná se zdá, že tentokrát dostaneme přes držku. Možná. Ale naši oponenti nemají, kromě lží a prázdných slibů, co nabídnout.
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Reddit's r/programming once again proves how sensitive they are
old.reddit.com/r/programming/c…
"Oh no, the furry blog has furry art on it. Time to gripe in the comments!"
Weak display.
This is your cue to start your own blog, fill it with furry stickers, and share it widely.
I want to see foxes and tigers on every r/programming thread.
I want to see r/netsec full of dragons and sergals.
You can leave r/crypto alone. They've largely been accepting of my silly musings.
github.com/element-hq/element-…
Change Twitter link on launch screen to Mastodon · Issue #28163 · element-hq/element-web
Your use case What would you like to do? Currently if you start element without being logged in it shows these links in the footer Why would you like to do it? I think it would make sense to link t...GitHub
An Ohio man guilty of Bitcoin laundering must forfeit over $400 million in assets
Larry Dean Harmon, who ran crypto mixer Helix, was given a three-year prison sentence and ordered to forfeit over $400 million in assets, for Bitcoin money laundering.Wes Davis (The Verge)
How to Add a Brand Preset to OpenStreetMap
Just wrote a little blog and made a video about this to hopefully make it easier for folks to figure this out. I've looked it up a few times throughout the years and it was always a little tricky to find.
blog.rayberger.org/how-to-add-…
How to Add a Brand Preset to OpenStreetMap
TLDR: Learn how to add brand presets to OpenStreetMap by following the official Name Suggestion Index contribution guide. A video tutorial demonstrating this process is available here.Ray Berger (Ray Berger's Blog)
New app: RabbitCommand (#2935) · Issues · F-Droid / Requests For Packaging · GitLab
The app complies with the inclusion criteriaGitLab
IzzyOnDroid - Open Collective
IzzyOnDroid provides a curated repository of FOSS Android apps, transparently labeling anti-features and performing additional scans.opencollective.com
I moved nearly 40K pictures (which were linked from #OpenStreetMap and created with @MapComplete from imgur to @panoramax
You can read more about the proces
openstreetmap.org/user/Pieter%…
Thanks to @thibaultmol for hosting the server
Moving pictures from IMGUR to Panoramax: some thoughts and little facts
As you might know, Im the main developer of MapComplete. For those who dont know, MapComplete is an OSM-viewer and editor, where contributors can easily answer questions, add new points and upload pictures from a POI from a cozy website.OpenStreetMap
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Document default `User-Agent` by br3ndonland · Pull Request #15608 · curl/curl
Description curl offers a --user-agent option for modifying the User-Agent header supplied in its requests. The man page section for this option explains how to use the --user-agent option, but doe...GitHub
I generally agree with all this, but I will say the fedi is still viable.
Mastodon is not.
The fedi can still diversify as we learn what did and did not work with apps post Twitter.
And a major lesson is that you still have to have a good product. Standing for ‘ethical alternatives’ is great but in a world where we have to choose between bad and awful to survive on a regular basis, soap boxing with under developed half assed platforms is not going to cut it.
I think it’s good to keep talking about the ills of Bluesky.
But we need to keep talking about how Mastodon basically held the door open for them by refusing to adapt and listen to the souls that were telling the project how to win. hachyderm.io/@danilo/113488791…
Bluesky now growing at a rate of 12-13 users per secondSo why am I beating this drum?
Mastodon’s failure to capture Twitter’s collapse is instructive as a once-in-a-generation cautionary tale
Product design matters, protocol ideology is not enough, and disliking capitalism is not an exemption from economics
You will read a lot of copium about the fediverse still being viable, but it is now the smaller development target. That has consequences.
Some key features driving BlueSky's success are:
1) Starter packs
2) Block lists
3) Don't be completely terrible to the Black women early adopters, who have driven adoption of every platform from FaceBook to Instagram to Twitter to Vine.
Notice I didn't even say "Be great to Black women early adopters!" I just said don't be completely terrible.
None of the things above require millions in funding. Funding is not the issue. Ideology and prioritization are.
7 Common Issues While Dual Booting Linux and Windows
Tried dual booting Windows and Linux and facing some issues? Fret not, we got solutions to some of your issues here.Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
If you’re going to hate Bluesky because you prefer Mastodon that’s fine. Do you.
But it disingenuous to talk about the ills of Bluesky and ignore the years of poor stewardship, unilateralism and how friendly Mastodon is with centralized platforms despite claiming to build an ethical alternative to them.
Yes, I don’t like Bluesky either, but I’m also a pragmatist.
And a lot of people are just not being honest about the very real and longstanding issues that have been pushing people away from Mastodon for a long time.
Do I like the idea of having to join a platform like Bluesky to engage with my people online. No. Hell no. I actually fucking hate it.
But I’m a community person that has empathy for people that do not have my skills and experiences who are just trying to find a place to kick it on a web filled with corporate platforms and open source projects run and maintained by virulent bigots.
So, I’m going to practice a bit of humility and go to where the people so I can listen and learn about what people need to pull them away from platforms we all know are bad in the long run.
The fedi has famously had a lack of empathy for people that are not in tech, which is one of the core reasons people are going to Bluesky.
Yes, there a plenty of great ideas and theories in the fedi, but until they are put into action in a way that is accessible for non tech nerds, the Blueskys of social media are going to win. Period.
And telling people they are wrong for making that decision when there is no open source platform that gives them the experience they want is the kind of arrogance that kills possibilities from happening.
Geeks of Mastodon, C writers and API whisperers, are you bored and without a short project?
I would love for #CURL to be able to list Samba directories. Last year I made a PR allowing for local directories listing and wanted to do the the same for smb, but without success. I think succeeding requires knowledge of Windows APIs.
I can provide some help getting it merged.
This is where I got stuck: github.com/colinleroy/curl/com…
(the magic should happen in smb_send_open_directory)
Skeleton for SMB directory listing · colinleroy/curl@b27c3d8
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS…GitHub
Websites which have opinions about how the local part of an email address should be constructed can get in the sea.
It's entirely up to me what my localpart looks like and I'll put + signs in it if I want to.
I'm curious what the real rationale is here -- I mean, what difference does it really make to them?
at least they were polite.
My biggest beef is when the box pops up and says INVALID EMAIL ADDRESS.
Well now, Mx Application Developer, let me introduce you to RFC822 and all subsequent revisions...
🔓 ODEMYKÁM — zasloužíte si mít možnost tohle číst → Respekt: Kdo se bojí Lindy B. Dejte si to celé.
respekt.cz/tydenik/2024/47/kdo…
Kdo se bojí Lindy B.
Proč podcasty Krása a Slast Lindy Bartošové vyvolávají takové emoce. A proč mě mrzí, že jsem ji neznala jako mladá ženaIvana Svobodová (Týdeník Respekt)
Yup, I’m calling it.
bsky will prevail where Mastodon failed. The recent migration triggered the critical mass of Chaos Muppet Energy that Masto’s culture works so hard to extinguish
Like a climactic moment in a Zelda game where the accumulation of artifacts and switches pulled channels mystical energy.
I will see you over there!
tired: bluesky will be enshittified by financial incentives
wired: mastodon is already enshittified by poor management
inspired: bsky is adding a million users a day and now tops the Android list as well
User-built algorithms, a chronological timeline, a great blend of safety and product features
Plus a much more diverse slate of conversation topics and contributors
Bluesky now growing at a rate of 12-13 users per second
So why am I beating this drum?
Mastodon’s failure to capture Twitter’s collapse is instructive as a once-in-a-generation cautionary tale
Product design matters, protocol ideology is not enough, and disliking capitalism is not an exemption from economics
You will read a lot of copium about the fediverse still being viable, but it is now the smaller development target. That has consequences.
And I think the short version is this:
A professional team of 20 people, fully funded and paid a proper full-time wage, is an objectively more effective approach to building the future than one grumpy bottleneck guy making $60k a year and a bunch of other people looking on with wishful thinking
Disliking venture capital is NOT ENOUGH. You have to figure out a different model that still can fund enough deep, sustained, collaborative work to build a thing people want
This is the mastodon energy in a nutshell, yup
“Love this crummy platform or get lost” is exactly how this happened
The final nail in the coffin here will be the culture.
But I think the thing that REALLY sticks in my craw is:
- Elon Musk is fundamentally an evil figure who must be stopped
and
- I don’t WANT to defeat Twitter
are mutually incompatible positions. If the place is really that bad it must be destroyed. And the way you do that is by displacing it in its niche
Building the Twitter killer is a moral imperative.
Instead the dominant Masto vibe is “Elon is terrible therefore let’s build a culturally marginal alternative with bad financials”
This is kind of a microcosm of Masto Brain:
Bluesky has optimized safety and social features first ahead of client performance—eg reply gating, blocks that completely deny trolls access to your post’s audience, starter packs to bootstrap your social graph
while deferring client performance
An exercise for the reader to project whether Masto successfully applies these platform fundamentals before Bluesky invests in the nuts and bolts of client performance
toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/1134923…
Alex Russell (@slightlyoff@toot.cafe)
So I've got a bsky acct, and y'all, their web app is everything I warn about. It's React (because they have capitulated to the App Store game via Expo and "need" React Native), but it's also web-as-afterthought-flavoured React.Toot Café
you sound like an investor.
*sees you have a pinned toot pimping AI*
Yeah, you've definitely made the right choice in leaving.
modulux
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