amolith

amolith, 21 days ago to random

The Kickstarter for Run Your Own Mail Server, by @mwl, was fully funded within an hour of launch and is almost at 900% :meowOpenMouth:

Run Your Own Mail Server is "a book for the hard-core Unix sysadmin, by a fellow hard-core sysadmin with decades of experience running small mail servers."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server/

From the description:

Running your own mail server is not only an act of defiance against some of the largest exploitative companies in history. It is not a mere education in protocols. Email is essential to modern industrial society. By running your own email, you seize control of your communications. You can tune your email to fit your needs, rather than accepting the defaults imposed by a company that exploits you without a speck of consideration for any of your issues. You own it. Running your own email requires only freely available tools, a server, and some knowledge. This book will give you that knowledge.

amolith, 2 months ago to ShareYourMusic

This might end up being a bad idea :akko_woozy:
https://sr.ht/~amolith/willow/#collaboration

#Willow

amolith, 2 months ago to random

@snikket_im has officially launched their XMPP hosting platform :flan_cheer: This one subscription gets you a personal XMPP server for yourself, your family, and some friends! :flan_smile:
https://snikket.org/blog/snikket-hosting-launched/

"…it became increasingly clear that, as easy as we make self-hosting, it’s always going to require skills or time that people don’t have. If we want everyone to be a part of this network, we can’t expect them all to learn Linux, SSH and system administration!"

#XMPP #Snikket

amolith, 2 months ago to random

Dev-focused tools that solve generic problems exclusively working with either GitHub or GitLab repos is really saddening. The software development world does not revolve exclusively around these two platforms. It is entirely possible to build most of these awesome tools in platform-agnostic ways. The creators choose not to because it's easier and they don't care about those platforms, even though they end up excluding large swathes of the software development ecosystem.

amolith, 3 months ago to random

Using a chopstick to hold my hair up was much easier than expected :blobcatcomfaww:

My first attempt yesterday held for an hour while walking around the house until I took it out. Third try today held from 13:00 until I took it out at 16:30. I was even getting in and out of my truck repeatedly and the chopstick, sticking out above my head, caught against the top of the truck door a couple times. Everything stayed in place though :neofox_comfy:

Buying like 5 sticks meant for holding your hair up seems much more worthwhile than buying, losing, and rebuying hairbands every year or so, especially when the chopstick/bun was much more comfortable than a ponytail :bunthink:

amolith, 3 months ago to accessibility

What's the easiest way to get up and running with a screen reader? :bunthink:

I want to try putting on a blindfold and using #Willow exclusively through a screen reader to test its accessibility

#accessibility #a11y #askfedi

amolith, 3 months ago to random

Does anyone have any UX design articles/books/courses they could recommend? I'm working on an open source project ( #willow), and second to functionality, I want to ensure it has a really pleasant and intuitive UX story :bunthink:

Boosts appreciated 🔁

amolith, 4 months ago to random

Some pictures and videos I took two weeks ago at the January 13th National March on Washington for Palestine. This was my first time participating in a protest and I was kind of worried it would get ugly, but it was thankfully very peaceful.

For those on platforms that might truncate the list of media, there are six images and three videos in total. If you don't see that many, open the post on my instance to view them.

The second-to-last image shows large white creatures hoisted above the crowd. They had papier-mâché heads held up with sticks and sheets to serve as wings, also held up with sticks. As we were dispersing that evening, I caught up to one of that group and asked what they were. The person said they were supposed to be doves, but their execution was somewhat lacking :neofox_3c:

#FreePalestine

amolith, 4 months ago to random

Well this is interesting. Copied from the Habitica wiki:
https://habitica.fandom.com/wiki/To_Do%27s#Spelling_of_To_Do's

In Habitica, the plural of "To Do" is "To Do's" - with an apostrophe even though apostrophes are generally not used for plurals. This is a relatively recent change; before mid-June 2020, the official spelling was "To-Do" and "To-Dos".

The change to "To Do's" was to improve accessibility for visually impaired people. Screen reader software does not correctly pronounce "To Dos" or "To-Dos", making it sound more like "to does" or "to-DOS" with a short "o" (as in "MS-DOS"). This caused confusion for people using screen readers. Changing the plural to "To Do's" caused screen readers to pronounce it correctly.

Technically, from a grammatical perspective, using an apostrophe for a plural isn't "correct" but there is some variation to that rule for cases in which plurals are unrecognizable without an apostrophe. Examples of this can be found in internet resources such as Unusual plurals. Regardless of any potential grammatical arguments against this practice, accessibility is important and using "To Do's" makes Habitica more pleasant for people who use screen readers.

amolith, 5 months ago to random

A friend of mine is working on the Watt-Wise Game Jam, a challenge to build low-energy games.
https://wattwise.games

"Build delightful games that use as little energy per second as possible in order to make games and computing more sustainable, and to discover new directions for software aesthetics."

There's both an IRC channel and a bridged Discord server
ircs://irc.libera.chat/#wattwise.games
https://discord.gg/g2ZzxDs5

#WattWise #GameJam #WattWiseGameJam

amolith, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

> Enjoy thousands of shows ad-free … some shows may have ads

So … let me get this straight … I would be paying to not hear ads … and I would still hear ads … ? :neofox_what:

amolith, 5 months ago to random

I can use the @bitwarden to sign into the @bitwarden :blobfoxcomfycomputer:

amolith, 5 months ago to random

Google should do more stuff like Project Sunroof tbh. I think it's a genuinely good use of the fuck-ton of data they have about the world
https://sunroof.withgoogle.com

It just sucks that solar is still so expensive :akko_sad:

amolith, 6 months ago to random

The world needs more cat cafés :neocat_floof_cute:

amolith, 6 months ago to random

Why yes I would love to give ChatGPT root access to my servers :neofox_googly_shocked:
https://github.com/skorokithakis/sysaidmin

amolith, 6 months ago to random

My lightning talk on #Willow is available :aichanpeek:
https://youtu.be/XIGxKyekvBQ?t=29900

https://sr.ht/~amolith/willow

#UbuntuSummit #UbuntuSummit2023

amolith, 6 months ago to random

Gee thanks :neocat_googly_drool:

amolith, 6 months ago to random

I son't need ni stinkin keycaps@ I can type directly with the switches at a while ... does a typing test ,,, 38 WPM amd 83% acciracy :akko_woozy:
https://up.nixnet.services/0q2lgrym.mp4

)this post ty[ed pm a mechanical keyboard with no keyca[s)

amolith, 6 months ago to random

> To read our guide to using the app visit our discord

How about … Ctrl+W! :blobcattableflip:

amolith, 6 months ago to bitwarden

I like that #Bitwarden can store passkeys now; it gives me yet another layer of redundancy on top of recovery codes, TOTP, a mobile YubiKey that stays with me, and a stationary YubiKey that stays at home :neocat_comfy:

amolith, 6 months ago to github

If you use GitHub and dislike Copilot, it might be time to start evaluating alternative forges like @forgejo and SourceHut.

> Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot.
> https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered-developer-platform/

#GitHub #Copilot #Codeberg #Forgejo #SourceHut

amolith, 7 months ago to random

Does anyone know of a good open source/copyright lawyer I could talk to? :akko_thonk:

amolith, 7 months ago to random

One of my favourite blog posts
https://drewdevault.com/2020/05/05/We-are-complicit-in-our-employers-deeds.html

amolith, 7 months ago to random

Met up with @gabek earlier and got an epic @owncast pin :neocat_floof_cute:

#UbuntuSummit #UbuntuSummit2023

amolith, 7 months ago to random

I've had an idea for a new blog post :akko_thonk:

My approach to safely handling hardware MFA tokens so you don't royally fuck yourself when (not if!) you end up losing them. I'll also address handling the aftermath of losing them: considering those hardware tokens completely compromised, which requires removing them from every site you added them to.