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J12t

@J12t@social.coop

Technologist, founder, organizer.

Let's put people back in control of their technology. The Fediverse is a good start. Also wondering aloud where we are taking this planet.

Check out my home page for more info and links.

He/him. tfr

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J12t, to CSS
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Today I learned:

display: flow-root

which solves a real problem for me. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78439601/shrink-border-of-a-html-element-which-shares-space-with-a-floating-element

J12t, to random
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"The application/x-www-form-urlencoded format is in many ways an aberrant monstrosity,"

Tell it as it is. From a WhatWG's spec.

https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#application/x-www-form-urlencoded

siggy, to fediverse
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Some very rough commands to import your threads.net followings into your Mastodon account: https://github.com/siggy/threads2mastodon

J12t,
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@siggy the most readable code I read all day long :-)

J12t, to random
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Meanwhile, in crypto-based decentralized social networking:

"Friend.tech Social-Media Platform’s Token Tumbles 98% After Debut"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-03/crypto-s-social-media-friend-tech-saw-token-value-crashed-98

J12t, to bluesky
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So is looking for a new board member to replace Jack Dorsey who initiated the project, got it funded, then gradually got less interested and now dropped out without much explanation.

I'm afraid that is not a ringing endorsement of the project.

https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3krrebumv3k2h

J12t, to hydroponics
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First beet #harvest of the year. I got to watch it, because when I don’t harvest them in time, they first get stuck and grow into my growing baskets, and then burst them. But otherwise beets grow really well in my backyard #hydroponics system.

This batch gets pickled, and works really well with things such as hummus.

https://project-springtime.org

J12t, to random
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“Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter”
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/workplace-switzerland/swiss-public-broadcasters-withdraw-from-x-twitter/76901650

J12t, to random
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Somehow I got stuff done today. The todo list is noticeably shorter. Yay.

J12t, to random
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So I got a whole bunch of 10-month old @chrismessina.me@bsky.brid.gy posts from Bluesky in my Mastodon feed today. Bridgy Fed must be working! But is that date mapping working as designed @snarfed ?

J12t, to fediverse
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I have a 3D avatar that's connected to the !

HTC's Viviverse virtual world turned on their Fediverse connection yesterday I think.

This is actually major news. HTC is a major company!!

Say Hi to @j12t !

J12t,
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@blake @j12t I didn’t know a out it either, but just signed up to try it out. Works fine on my Mac in the browser.

J12t,
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@forteller @evan @j12t It's just chat accessed from a virtual environment rather than a flat app or web browser. You still gotta type ...

J12t, to random
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In case you are thinking humanity is getting CO2 #emissions under control, I have this graph for you.

This is not the absolute CO2 level in the atmosphere, but its growth rate. Think for a second what this growth rate would have to be so we can stay below 1.5 or 2deg warning.

Right, this growth rate would have to be negative: fewer emissions this year than last year.

Of course, it's not. It's worse, much worse. The growth is still growing!! It's not even constant.

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html

J12t, to random
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Looking at drill bit sets on Amazon. This one metric drill bit set has 25 bits, ranging from 1mm to 13mm.

Helpfully, Amazon points out it costs $2.20 per count.

J12t, to random
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A thousand is a crowd!

The last few times I was there, it was more like a couple dozen.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/03/photos-sea-lions-swarm-the-docks-at-san-franciscos-pier-39/

J12t, to random
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Half of internet traffic is now bots.

Hi, bot followers :-)

https://www.imperva.com/company/press_releases/bots-make-up-half-of-all-internet-traffic-globally/

J12t, to threads
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Opaque algorithms are a funny thing.

Over on , my "Following" feed does consistently have more things in it that are interesting to me than my "For you" feed.

I've been observing this for a few weeks now, and it's consistent.

Seem the cost function might be optimizing for something other than what I like? Or is the signal not good enough because I don't "like" or such enough?

J12t, to fediverse
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There are 14 people on the W3C's Social Web Incubator Community Group today. The group is finalizing new documents that describe how to use WebFinger and HTTP Signatures in the , and a bunch of other work going on as well.

So glad to see what there is ongoing work making the technical plumbing that makes the Fediverse work even better!

If you care, you can participate, it's open for all (constructive participants). https://www.w3.org/community/socialcg/

J12t,
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We've made it to 16.

J12t, to random
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If you plant two plants of egg plant, as I did, did you just plant two egg plant plants, or merely two egg plants?

J12t,
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I’m afraid if I say these are two egg plants, people will look at me strangely and then gently try to explain chickens to me.

J12t,
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Or perhaps I should simply take the snobbish route and call them aubergines.

J12t,
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And if you get them as small plants from the store, where do they come from?

Egg plant plant plants perhaps?

J12t, to random
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The French president is again thinking out loud about the circumstances in which the French would send troops to Ukraine.

Wish we'd live in a world where nobody would have to think about these kinds of things.

(in German) https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Macron-Erwaegen-Truppenentsendung-falls-Front-kollabiert-article24916387.html

J12t, to ai
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Concerned about ? Overblown imho. Be concerned about people who might even consider doing something like this!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-official-urges-china-russia-declare-only-humans-not-ai-control-nuclear-2024-05-02/

J12t,
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@julian I can totally see two LLMs talking to each other and coming to that conclusion :-P /s

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