Alex Schroeder π @kensanata@octodon.social
#Emacs, #Wiki, #Switzerland, #Biology.
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#coffee consumption:
Top 25 Coffee Consumption in kg per person per year:
1 Finland 12.0
2 Norway 9.9
3 Iceland 9.0
4 Denmark 8.7
5 Netherlands 8.4
6 Sweden 8.2
7 Switzerland 7.9
8 Belgium 6.8
9 Luxembourg 6.5
10 Canada 6.5
More info here:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html
I think you'll find this free software app, RSS Box, useful: https://rssbox.herokuapp.com/
It's #FollowFriday! Here are some #alternatives to follow:
@cloutstream CloutStream: An open source federated alternative to LinkedIn, just launched its new website
@Chocobozzz Chocobozzz: Lead developer of #PeerTube, the ethical alternative to YouTube
@Purism Purism: Makers of privacy-oriented computers and the upcoming Librem5 smartphone
@fdroidorg F-Droid: The open source alternative to Google Play
@krita Krita: Open source painting software aimed at artists and illustrators
Welcome to Mastodon, @awwaiid!
Back in Switzerland. Had a nice but exhausting vacation. Tomorrow I'll look at #golang #activitypub stuff. Plan some stuff out, catch up on some projects, and maybe code a little.
LB context: #500px is removing the ability to upload, download, or search for #CreativeCommons licensed images, with basically no warning. Follow the instructions provided by @eq if you can: https://cybre.space/@eq/100290879824956894
~1 million Creative Commons images on 500px.com are dissapearing tomorrow!
If you have the resources please install the Archiveteam's Warrior program and select the 500px project! https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior
irc is #500pieces on efnet
thank you (boosts very appreciated)
Reclaiming RSS
βBefore Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication β¦ As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, itβs time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.β
The orchid mantis is a big weird lanky bug, which is relatable, but she also rocks high-femme fashion while being a terrifying predator with swords for arms, which is aspirational.
reposting that with the story that goes with it, my #freebsd media box kept mysteriously rebooting, no amount of debugging or tracing seemed to pick up the spurious restarts. It turns out my 2yo "expert" loved the flashing lights as it started up, and found out how to hard reset it. 3 months of wondering wtf was happening until I filmed this.
The original discussion of Kept Pages by Sunir Shah (not Sunil, damn my phone and my typos!) is on Meatball Wiki: http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/KeptPages
@dredmorbius writtes about the same issue under the title βdata is liabilityβ.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/3hn4r5/on_the_media_asks_what_can_we_learn_from_ashley/
I recently thought about this again in relation to βeternal messagesβ and Secure Scuttlebutt (#ssb). Why are we designing software to model conversations as a set of contracts? βI donβt like to design a system that doesnβt allow for any take backs. Human lives, our legal systems, or social conventions β they all allow for take backs wherever possible.β
https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2018-06-29_No_Take_Back
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βIn computer science, itβs easier to keep everything. It just costs space on a disk. Forgetting is hard. And thus, being lazy, we decide to build a world that makes it easy to undo all our mistakes, to prove all our mistakes, to keep all our records, and so the road to the police state is paved with good intentions.β
As software developers, we often find that designing humane software is harder then ignoring human needs. But itβs what we need.
https://oddmuse.org/wiki/Kept_Pages
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βThe current political situation is a situation of constant surveillance. Not only are we constantly watched and monitored, we are also constantly being recorded. Any collection of data becomes a treasure trove of information. A target.β
A long time ago, Sunil Shah convinced me that Kept Pages are better than keeping old revisions of wiki pages forever. This is unlike a source code repositioned. We donβt need version control software for conversation.
https://oddmuse.org/wiki/Kept_Pages
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@kensanata: I have found the interesting discussion about eternal messages in #scuttlebutt, inside the network: https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/%251N8HypnS7oTNJOL9x5yBcYFIINNao7Fpqps%2BiHNukN8%3D.sha256
"I like your idea. I think itβs a good idea. The community has needs, you want to fill those needs, and thatβs good shit. I need for you to succeed, and thatβs why I want you to scale that shit back.β This is the beginning of some excellent advice by @linkskywalker from elsewhere which I copied into a blog post for future reference. For my future self. https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2018-06-29_A_Project_For_One
Hey folks, please refresh my memory. Is there a FOSS workalike to Evernote?
Want a reddit alternative?
You might want to try Tildes: https://tildes.net/
It's not decentralized, but is open-source, not-for-profit, and has no ads. It was created by reddit user Deimorz.
More info:
https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes
Tildes is in alpha - you'll need an invitation code if you want to take part. You should be able to find out how to get a code if you look at the tildes subreddit on reddit.com. :-)
