Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan @vu3rdd@octodon.social
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Why are fonts looking ugly in Emacs under gnome flashback + xmonad? did I forget to please any daemons?
all computers should boot to a message which says “CAUTION: this is a computer. Are you sure you want to continue? (y/N)”
If you are doing automatic connections to peers on a local network, you probably want to be using TLS these days.
Using TLS generally requires a CN to validate. But you can use self-signed certs and TOFU (Trust on First Use) in some cases
Doing that requires generating keys. And generating keys requires using something like openssl. And learning openssl is a pain in the ass.
So I made a helper to asynchronously generate a GTlsCertificate for use in your glib/gtk apps.
@vu3rdd hell yeah! When something works flawlessly we do not rush to a bug tracker to fill an issue (and say thank you).
In the end we have a biased view that everything sucks and everything is broken, because we do not pay attention when it works.
Thank you for paying attention
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@kensanata I used to have a ~/mirror directory where I used to have a mirror of every interesting website I came across. Then came the JavaScript ladden websites. These days I use the archive.org Firefox plugin.
@sajith I will start a local chapter of CODE.
@seanl yes, that's true. The current tooling is not perfect. It is slowly catching up.
@seanl :-) I find algebraic data types and a bag of libraries (like vectors, containers) quite pleasant to work with. I haven't yet learned to appreciate the lens. Also ease of refactoring with the aid of the compiler can help hack something together quickly and refactor later.
Give it a spin next time!
Hey Mastodons, I hear you like open source and federation, so I'd like to tell you about https://gettogether.community/ an open source, federated(*) event planning service similar to Meetup
It's free to use, and while it's still very early development it is live! Try it yourself, share it with your friends, start a team ahd have a Get Together! #gettogether
* Federation is simple and minimal, any help would be most welcomed. Source code is at https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether https://mastodon.cloud/media/cPwAJ8QWw5m9yjpJqQk
Nice reddit thread on quick prototyping of ideas in #haskell. https://amp.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/7sr8k7/fast_prototyping_how_to_experiences/
@liw I recently listened to a video taped talk by a prominent Haskeller where he said he doesn't take projects not on GitHub seriously and that he thought the project was unlikely to get attention! I just rolled my eyes and closed the tab.
"It's not an open source project unless it's on github" is not something I agree with and in fact I think it's toxic to software freedom.
I work in technology and I think that humanity needs to remember that at the end of the day technology is only as good as our social constructs.
Technology should work to serve nobler goals, not serve hedonism or temporary greed.
Advancement for advancement's sake is not noble without purpose.
We must build things that last. All things crumble to dust eventually, but the legacy it leaves should aim to be positive.
A lot of technology I see being made seems to do far more harm than good.
ActivityPub is a W3C Recommendation! Yes! At last! Finally!
Let your social networks be free! https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6785 https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
@SystemDemon have you looked at tahoe-lafs?
Susan Kare, graphic designer who created many familiar icons & fonts for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM.
Her creations include most of the iconography and fonts which shipped with the original Macintosh, and many icons which persisted in Windows from version 3 until XP.
#SusanKare #iconic #womenintech #design #designers #graphicdesign #Macintosh #NeXT #Windows #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputing
This post was awesome and timely for me. I don't see myself out of tech industry soon. I love programming and so hope to put those skills into use in a more constructive way.
https://blog.valerieaurora.org/2018/01/17/getting-free-of-toxic-tech-culture/
