Assaf @assaf@octodon.social
Code, design, random cute animals ★ Inbox not zero ★ Oakland ★ Too much coffee
After intensively researching hazmat suites, we settled on more readily available means of containment https://octodon.social/media/tuShOzn0cH0W3A_9l70
The reviews … https://www.pksafety.com/dupont-reflector-suit.html#product_tabs_review_tabbed
"All my scientist buddies were jealous of my hazmat suit carrying around uranium with no problem."
And just like that, work Slack is discussing hangover cures, the cult of Vim, and spare-no-expense hazmat suites.
Some things I learned about the Mastodon web UI:
The profile page of a user on another server won't show all of their follows/posts. Open it in a new tab (by middle-clicking their username in a toot) to view them all.
To boost or fav a toot on an external site, copy its URL into the search box on your local instance. The toot will be shown as a search result.
The number one pitch at my university's startup challenge was water-resistant bed sheets. It's like, okay, your sheets aren't ruined, but there's still piss in your bed, ya know? Anywhoooooo how was everyone's day?
https://autodraw.com ... Everybody can draw now. :)
macOS shell tip: if you drop a folder on a tab of Terminal.app, it cds to that folder.
How to become the right kind of cautious, when it comes to security news https://source.opennews.org/articles/shields-developing-security-skepticism/
Okay, here it is, One Punch Man: Down Under
In case you missed it, this is probably the best guide out there for getting started with Mastodon. And I"m quoted! 😁 https://medium.com/@qinaliu/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-joining-mastodon-7a17e7f12a2b
Thank you @qinaliu for writing it!
This is the kind of book programmers at witches.town read.
Job thing! If you have a background in activism and understand tech, EFF has a couple of jobs you might be interested in (plz to boost)
Grassroots activist
You will support EFF’s grassroots advocacy efforts, support our security training team, and engage in outreach to grassroots groups, with a focus on technical communities and hacker spaces
Writer, Activism Team
This position will focus on net neutrality and a range of intellectual property issues
https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/jobs
The best part of young social networks is finding new people to follow and learn from.
iOS/macOS tip: when one device refuses to connect to WiFi network for no good reason, try forgetting that network and adding it again.
I wrote an article about some of the protocols underneath StatusNet, and I plan to write more in the near future.
https://www.fknsrs.biz/blog/don-statusnet-node-part-one-read-protocols.html
Another delicious gem I wanted to mention:
Most IRC daemons are based off the original code from 1989. Most are "2.8" based but others are "2.7" based (ircu family). It's all about where they forked. Inspircd is the only notable one that isn't 2.7/2.8 derived.
That's right. It's all based off code a university student wrote in the late 80's. And it looks like it. And it feels like it. And it's making the elephant dance trying to make it modern. I tried.
I worked for a company in the past―a distributed company. We had a policy that all developers should be able to recreate their development environment within an hour of putting a bullet through their current one. Good policy. Kept everything distributed, and lightweight :)
