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aral

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

I make small things.

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aral, to javascript
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Realised last night that JavaScript Database (JSDB) doesn’t run the constructor on persisted custom objects (https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#custom-data-types) when deserialising them because I didn’t know that you apparently have to define your constructor manually when using Object.create().

Will fix it today but it’s something to watch out for if you’re using Object.create() directly.

For more info, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/create

#JSDB #customObjects #constructor #bug #JavaScript #NodeJS #SmallTech #SmallWeb

aral, to Typography
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Ooh, @Codeberg just updated to @forgejo version 7 and… ta daa, the spurious warnings in the code listings for proper curly quotes and other correct – but sadly underutilised – typographical elements in comments and strings are gone!

e.g., see https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/src/branch/main/examples/fetchiverse/index.page.js#L9

Yay! Thank you – I’m no longer going to feel embarrassed about linking to my source code on Codeberg :)


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alanferrier, to random
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As the UK Home Office prepares to set the police on scared, vulnerable people in a desperate attempt to solicit votes from its racist base, we should all remember the words of historian and journalist Neal Ascherson, from 2017:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/15384883.neal-ascherson-scotland-must-act-independence-nation/

aral,
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Helplessness, not independence, is the false dream, the "sleep, wonderful sleep" now tempting Scotland again. But the alarm is going off. Time to wake and get back to the real day job, which is (apologies to Alasdair Gray's famous line) to work as if you lived in the early days of an independent nation. Because if you do, that is exactly where you will be living. (3/3)

aral,
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@alanferrier Alt text: Screenshot of text:

There's a different way of looking at Scotland. Formally, a subordinated nation - yes. But throw open the mental shutters, and the light of reality shows a Scotland which is pretty much independent already. We can do more or less what we wish - even if it's not allowed. We can become a separate sovereign state tomorrow, if most of us say that we want it. (1/3)

aral,
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So the way to behave is "As If". If some project is outwith the terms of the Scotland Act, it should go quietly but determinedly ahead as if Scotland were a sovereign country until Westminster physically stops it. If the Home Office prepares to deport another harmless foreign family, the Scottish Government should simply tell Police Scotland not to carry out the order, tolerating a "sanctuary" network which discreetly hid such families. (2/3)

skinnylatte, to animals
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Slow ambles with Cookie, who is recovering but still taking it slow. I’m very glad she seems to be responding well to the medication. That gives her a bit more time with us.

I’m so thankful!

aral,
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@skinnylatte @trending_bot So happy to hear it, Adrianna :) Please give Cookie lots of cuddles from me (and maybe even a treat or two) 🐶💕

aral, to GNOME
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Extension Manager is the app GNOME Extensions should be. It not only lets you see already-installed extensions and disable/enable them and access their settings like GNOME Extensions does but, get this… (are you sitting down?) it even lets you browse and install new extensions. I mean, I don’t know why you’d ever want to do that but, hey, I guess this is for all the freaks out there… :)

https://mattjakeman.com/apps/extension-manager

aral,
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@millions Ah, that’s odd; I haven’t had any issues with day-to-day stability.

Although the screen reader has been broken for ages now but let’s not go there again (they’re working on it. It blows my mind that major releases are happening to Linux distributions without it being fixed but they’re at least working on it.)

claasgefroi, to random German
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Gonna tell my kids this is an italian harvesting spaghetti.

aral,
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@claasgefroi Everyone knows that actually tagliatelle ;P

aral, to random
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@LaQuadrature Hey folks, quick question: any idea why the embed of my video at the European Parliament from your PeerTube instance is showing a password field and lock. (I’m on my phone and haven’t had a chance to view source.) Would appreciate it if you could take a look. Thank you :)

https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

CC @peertube

aral,
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@errhead @LaQuadrature @peertube Thanks, I’ll just wait then as I guess this will be fixed soon.

CC @vincib

aral,
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@vincib Thank you kindly :)

aral,
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@vincib @errhead @LaQuadrature @peertube @Chocobozzz Thanks again; happy to hear it :)

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Good morning

aral,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 G’morning, Adam. Here’s wishing you a lovely day from an uncharacteristically sunny Irish afternoon :)

fkamiah17, to random
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious
"According to sources familiar with what is happening, Netanyahu is 'terrified and abnormally stressed' by the possibility of an arrest warrant from the International Court in The Hague."

https://www.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-1095038

aral,
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@fkamiah17 @bobjmsn @MadeyeTheCarnaptious Good, good.

aral, (edited ) to random
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Folks think the “embrace” part of embrace, extend, extinguish applies only to the technology itself. It doesn’t. It also applies to the people prominent within it. Their legitimacy is essential for it to work. They’re told “come, sit at the big boys’ table with us” and “don’t listen to the naysayers, they’re just jealous of how popular we can make you.”

Last time I experienced this, the person in question who sold out got an OBE out of it. Which is rather fitting, when you think about it.

aral,
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@PuddleOfKittens @ohmrun Sadly, they don’t have to be. There’s no shortage of younger bootlickers.

aral, to Israel
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‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

https://www.inkl.com/a/GWbLWRCokGo

aral,
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@donray I’m not sure you can call it a war zone when on one side there’s an army and on the other students. I think you call that something else entirely. Even the use of the term “war” by the media to imply a clash of armies is disingenuous at best.

aral, to mastodon
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Co-founder of Twitter joins new Mastodon board of directors. Right, so federating with Threads wasn’t a mistake. This is just the direction Mastodon is going. Oh, well. Another Mozilla emerges.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

aral,
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@Nitrousoxide sigh

aral,
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@ninavizz Yep, Biz can attract Silicon Valley money. And Silicon Valley money comes with Silicon Valley expectations and goes to entities compatible with Silicon Valley goals.

How else? Many ways. Sadly – and all too predictably – the EU dropped the ball by not funding it properly and stipulating its own demands to forestall corporate capture.

But are there other ways? Yes. Are there other ways if you’re chasing growth über alles? Probably not.

aral,
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If, on the other hand, maybe we’d like more folks to contribute to the commons and maybe not even be captured by Silicon Valley how about this radical idea: Fund them so they can live (at least as well) as any mediocre yes-person at a mainstream tech company. (5/5)

aral,
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All that said, the one thing this isn’t about is how much Eugen makes. If we’re saying any old asshat engineer at Google has a right to a comfortable life but folks working on free and open source don’t, let’s not expect too many people to do the former as a full-time occupation. (4/5)

aral,
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They probably see Mastodon becoming a US entity and having Silicon Valley folks on the board as a sign of success when it is an abject failure of the EU, and all its costly PR initiatives (Next Generation Internet, etc.) It’s the Web story with Tim Berners-Lee and CERN all over again. And we know where that neoliberal and corporate capture left us. (3/5)

aral,
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No, this is about Silicon Valley influence, the wrong success criteria, and loss of control.

And, if the EU didn’t have its head stuck up its own arse, it would have already made sure that Mastodon could be kept in the EU and those working on it well compensated while also ensuring that the correct success criteria (hint: NOT growth at all costs but decentralisation) were set. But not with this EU Commission and its fixation with the Single Market above all else. (2/5)

aral,
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@lucretia @ninavizz To be fair, it’s at least half of what he’d be getting if he had a job at a well-funded tech company in the mainstream. And, more so at a Google or a Facebook.

This isn’t about Eugen’s compensation. Eugen should be compensated and be able to live a comfortable life given what he does. Heck, asshats who work at Google and Facebook do. Why should people have to sacrifice to do good? (1/5)

aral,
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@lucretia @ninavizz (And, of course, you should be making more too. In a sane world, we shouldn’t even have to worry about it but here we are, struggling to get by because we refuse to fuck people over with our skills and knowledge.)

chfkch, to linux
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Hello bubble.
I am searching for a tablet which preferrably runs mainline so or are supported.
Must have:

  • a sort of display via cable (USB-C, DP, HDMI)
  • bluetooth for mouse and keyboard
  • WiFi

Do any of you know of such a device? I guess is not it?

aral,
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@chfkch Would this work? (I haven’t received mine yet. They had a huge delay since last year but apparently the next batch should be faster.) https://ie.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite

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