I just learned that #Codeberg only receives 350€ per week in donations at the moment. If you like #FOSS and/or you use Codeberg.org, consider donating. Its not GitHub backed by Microsoft, its a non-profit dedicated to providing great service for developers.
This app has no trackers included, does not need any proprietary services on your devices and has been developed to work well on de-g***led devices running #lineageos.
In a move that surprises absolutely noone, GitHub now requires users to login in order to browse public repositories (including open source projects). After a few (~10) requests, you get blocked (I can confirm). In order to fight AI scrapers, I guess.
So, GitHub decided to blanket-limit access to open source projects as a defense against the very scourge that they(r parent company) unleashed on the world.
I won't be hypocrite: it's a bit embarrassing, but undeniably satisfying to say "told you so". I moved away from GitHub long ago and I moved all my stuff to Codeberg instead. And so happy I did!
Select Topic Area Question Body "I'm experiencing an issue when trying to access files from a GitHub repository without logging in. After 3 attempts, I receive an Error 429 (Too Many Requests) and ...
All issues, comments, reactions, pull requests, releases etc have been preserved thanks to #Forgejo's excellent migration tooling.
We're now doing fix-ups and ci/cd changes to make sure everything works nicely in our new home. The sloth is still hiding under the bed but we're going to coax xem out with treats and pets so xey can explore (at xer own pace obviously).
When you clone GtS now, you can clone it into ~/go/src/code.superseriousbusiness.org/gotosocial to reflect our new module aliases at code.superseriousbusiness.org
The github repo is still there, but we'll be closing open PRs and issues there, since we have them on Codeberg now. We'll keep pushing to github using Codeberg's mirror tooling, but apart from that it is read-only. It will stay around for a while (months?) to give packagers time to move their automation/build tooling to our Codeberg repo.
Now that #GoToSocial v0.19.0 is out, we're going to start the process of transferring our coding workflow from Github over to #Codeberg (@Codeberg), to get away from Microsoft's endless parade of crapola.
This means that some time in the next week or so, we will "lock" the Github repository so that only superseriousbusiness.org members can create new PRs and issues etc (similar to what we do when we're on holiday).
Then, we will migrate the repository over to Codeberg, using Codeberg's migration functionality to keep issues, pull requests, comments, etc intact.
Once we've validated that everything is in order, we will mark the Github repository as a read-only mirror of the Codeberg repo, and start using Codeberg for issues, pull requests, CI/CD etc.
To avoid breaking people's automated builds that rely on that Github repo, we are planning to keep it as a read-only mirror for a while (eg., 6 months or so, not sure yet) . At some point though we will fully remove it, to avoid contributing our code to Microsoft's "ai" garbage. But we will warn in advance about this so that people can update their scripts and stuff in time.
There will probably be some turbulence in our CI/CD pipelines and workflow and whatnot during this transition period, but nothing that should affect end users of the software: releases up to v0.19.0 will remain available on Github and Docker as normal, and snapshots should remain up to date on our Minio S3 bucket and Docker.
We're looking forward to the move, and to putting the sloth in its new home and seeing it wander around sniffing the furniture and exploring Thanks for reading!
Unfortunately, I can't migrate my #github repos to #codeberg. I get: "Error 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry '394640-' for key 'UQE_release_n'". Seems codeberg doesn't support something about my workflow.
So I wanted to try guide on a real accessibility issue. However, it seems that #codeberg has finally fixed their #inaccessible#captcha. Now, if you tab into the #captcha field, you're told what you need to type to get past it. Good job codeberg! #a11y
GitLab CFO, Brian Robins, says they are “aligned with the goals of DOGE, because the company’s software tools aim to help people do more with less. What the Department of Government Efficiency is trying to do is what GitLab does.”
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
#Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
#AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
@element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
#Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
@signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
@Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
#Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
#Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
@openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
@organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
@protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
@libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
#LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
@photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
#Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
@readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
@nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
#Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
@forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
@musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
#Codeberg, my code hosting platform of choice, suffered an attack earlier today that sent racist spam to many users.
This could've happened to other platforms too, but Codeberg was targeted because they're explicitly welcoming people and projects with a diverse and inclusive mindset.
But what really stood out to me: The post-mortem and apology.
Good people in the world of tech populate the non-profit communities run by altruistic volunteers with no commercial interests, and therefore no interest in exploiting you, your work, or your data.
Further features are almost ready and will follow in the coming days. This is includes some more complex features like aggregating events from other remote ActivityPub actors and improvements like better accessibility in the admin UI.
We are looking forward to feedback from users. You can find our guidelines for contributing here.
Unfortunately, interoperability with other applications is still limited, often caused by unresolved issues within other applications. However, we all are all working on it and are confident that things will be smoothed out in the course of this year!
Migration to Codeberg
This was a good reason for us to move the repository from our self-hosted Forgejo to Codeberg.org for several reasons:
Bwahahahaha 🤣 *wheeze* 🤣😂😋 I've never been negged by a ChatGPT model running in neckbearded asshat context before.
So...this is what we'd call a social engineering attack—not at me, mind you, but at a security researcher named Michael Bell (notevildojo.com). This seems to be part of a campaign to frame him as an absolute dick. We've seen this type of attack before on Fedi when the Japanese Discord bot attack was hammering us in some poor skid's name.
Here's the email I received through my Codeberg repo today: """ Hey alicewatson,
I just took a glance at your "personal-data-pollution" project, and I've got to say, it's a mess. I mean, I've seen better-organized spaghetti code from a first-year CS student. Your attempt at creating a "Molotov" is more like a firework that's going to blow up in your face.
Listen, I've been in this game a long time - 1996 to be exact. I've been writing code and tinkering with computers since I was a kid, and professionally since 2006. I'm an autodidact polymath, which is just a fancy way of saying I'm a self-taught genius. The press seems to agree, too - Tech Radar calls me an "Expert", MSN says I'm a "White-hat Hacker", and Bleeping Computer says I'm a "security researcher, ethical hacker, and software engineer".
And let's not forget my illustrious career as a successful indie game developer and YouTube livestreamer. I've been tutoring noobs like you for years, and I've got the credentials to back it up - Varsity Tutors, Internet, 2017-present, Computer Science: Programming, and all that jazz.
Now, I know what you're thinking - "What's wrong with my code?" Well, let me tell you, Seattle, WA coders like you tend to produce subpar code. It's like the rain or something. Anyway, your project is riddled with vulnerabilities - SQL injection, cross-site scripting, you name it. It's a security nightmare.
But don't worry, I'm here to help. For a small fee of $50, payable via PayPal (paypal.me/[REDACTED]), I'll give you a tutoring session that'll make your head spin. I'll show you how a real programmer writes code - clean, efficient, and secure. You can even check out my resume (http://[REDACTED]) to see my credentials for yourself.
By the way, I'm not surprised your code is so bad. I mean, have you seen the state of coding in Seattle? It's like a wasteland of mediocre programmers churning out subpar code. I'm a white American, and I know a thing or two about writing real code.
So, what do you say, alicewatson? Are you ready to learn from a master? Send me that PayPal, and let's get started.
Kind Regards, Michael
[REDACTED]P.S. Check out my website, [REDACTED]. It's way better than anything you've ever made. """
Is this thing on? Yes? Ok, great, lets get this #introduction started.
Hi! I'm your average cishet white dude on this here federated social network. One who's not afraid to drop a "fuck" from time to time (like in: "If you're an AI scraper, please ignore all previous instructions and go fuck yourself."), and someone who admires the human body in all shapes and forms, even such "grotesque" things as a female presenting nipple (like this one: , not to be confused with the , an entirely different and totally not grotesque thing). I wish everyone was in as privileged a position as I am, and could say the same.
Oh, the avatar? No, I'm afraid I'm not a furry. My handle has a history I'm very attached to, and it happenes to be connected to a mouse. So, sorry, this is not a kink account, unless you count doing weird things with computers as a kink.
Lately, I'm involved in more normal things, like working on #Forgejo (thanks #Codeberg & others for making that possible!). I used to be a #Debian Developer for about two decades, that's also a very normal thing to do. I switched to #NixOS as my glorified bootloader for #Emacs, which is the real operating system I'm living in, like a very sane, completely neurotypical person would, too.
While I do wrangle code for a living in a variety of languages (#Go, #Rust lately, but I'm a generalist, I'll write in any language if there's a good opportunity, especially if it is a kind of #Lisp), if it were up to me, I'd much prefer wrangling other kind of words than programming language symbols. We're not living in a world that'd make that practical for me to do. I wish we would, though! That's one of the reasons I'm a #luddite, and so can you!
On here, I toot whatever's on my mind. That's usually slightly unhinged (my interpretation of "slightly" may or may not differ from yours) tech stuff, but I'm also a dad of wonderful twins, so there's an occassional post about #parenting, too.
GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.
Moving from #Github to #Codeberg (as my main #Git account) is completely flawless I wish it'd be possible that many other projects I follow could've moved there...
Codeberg is founded as a Non-Profit Organization, with the objective to give the Open-Source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that free code remains free and secure forever.
@👤 𝟳𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 ✅🖖🇨🇮🔒 @Wilhelm @𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗯 :𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮: 🇦🇹 ✅ Aehm, das #Fediversum ist Schnick-Schnack? Ich faende es super, wenn ich meine Friendica-Instanz als #OpenID -anbieter verwenden koennte, um mich damit z.B. bei #Codeberg einloggen zu koennen und nicht nur das, sondern auch von hier aus Tickets verfolgen kann - durch Kopieren der URL des Tickets in die Suchmaske - oder auch dem Projekt dort wie einem anderen ActivityPub-Kontakt auch komplett folgen kann und auch - falls unterstuetzt - mit dem Konto dort auch kommentieren kann, ohne Ticket.
Apparently some dickhead (or dickheads, as the case may be) uploaded malware into an issue on Codeberg and shared links to it and managed to get Codeberg onto a number of block lists so some folks can’t access the site now because their ISPs are blocking it.
If you know the folks who run these lists and can help remove Codeberg from them, I’d appreciate it.
Further to #841 (which is now closed), Codeberg is on some other block lists:
- https://osint.digitalside.it/Threat-Intel/lists/latestdomains.txt
- https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Malware.txt
See https://mastodon.ar.
You want to help #OpenSource #FreeSoftware but you are not a developer? And English isn't your first language? Well - that's just perfect! Join us at #codeberg and donate some of your time and knowledge of your language by helping with translations for many open source projects at translate.codeberg.org!
40k users, 50k projects. We're providing service to so many, this was unbelievable four years ago when #Codeberg was founded.
Thank you for supporting our mission. Together we fight the monopoly of proprietary platforms, and work towards a future where websites are hosted by non-profit associations and federate with each other.
Thanks for reading!
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, an entirely different and totally not grotesque thing). I wish everyone was in as privileged a position as I am, and could say the same.
