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lordmatt

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A geeky #writer from Kent (#UK). I #blog lots. I develop with #PHP for the fun of it (and professionally). I also think I am funny - puns abound (you have been warned).

Please recommend interesting people for me to follow.

I love a nerdy chat and encountering new points of view.

I love all things #TimeTravel. I'm into #WordPress #DnD, #UKPolitics, #humour, #writing, #photography and... Ah, for the rest you must follow me.

My mailing list: https://hi.lordmatt.co.uk

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lordmatt, to php
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Please don't judge me. I just added two to this project of mine.

lordmatt, to random
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Today I discovered that The Trevor Project is a thing. So I added it to my directory.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

jynersolives, to DoctorWho
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The more I think about the first two episodes of season 1 of #DoctorWho, the more whelmed I am. It’s ok but it’s not yet really clicking with me.

lordmatt,
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@jynersolives I'm hopeful things will pick up as the season goes on.

lordmatt,
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@jynersolives I have high hopes. I'm counting the days.

jimbob, to random
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Write code for my own purposes, put it on GitHub, more or less forget about it.

12 years later

Person comes up to me at conference, congratulates me on my code library they use in a multi-agency mission-critical live product every day.

lordmatt,
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@jimbob That is both awesome and utterly terrifying.

nixCraft, to random
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Everyone should immediately stop contributing to the stack overflow and its network. The human touch is what made it unique. Delete your profile from SO AND all your answers. Freeloaders are making money out of human contributions.

lordmatt,
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@nixCraft Or, if you are feeling mischievous, get a group of friends together and invent a nonsense programming language and then ask and answer questions about it that sound right but are utter boffo.

lordmatt, to random
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Hi @pfefferle - if you have a free moment I'd love to get your thoughts on an odd bug.

For one WebMention source only I'm getting a 403. I host both the bugged sender and the receiver.

I'm currently working through the issue with technical support so no worries if I caught you at a bad time. I love your plugins and want to respect your time.

lordmatt,
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@pfefferle I can indeed:

Source: https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/2024/04/30/posts/replies/whats-my-take-on-writing-prompts/

Target: https://openmentions.com/news/question-of-the-week/whats-your-take-on-writing-prompts/

lordmatt,
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@pfefferle It seems to be between the two. Another pinged as normal. I've tried two targets on OpenMentions with two sources from node.lordmatt.co.uk and both gave me a Forbidden which showed up in the access logs.

lordmatt,
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@pfefferle OpenMentions has no blocked comment keys - the only limit is first-time commenters are held for moderation.

This might be the strangest brick wall I've run into for a while. Everything looks correct and yet...

lordmatt,
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@pfefferle I suspect the problem may be with node.lordmatt.co.uk as other implementations also reply forbidden to it.

lordmatt,
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@pfefferle I accidentally stumbled on the problem. I tried to ping another site I run from node.lordmatt.co.uk. That too gave the same reply.

So I took a look at the backend of node.lordmatt.co.uk. That's when I saw a notice about an expired anti-spam license. Disabled plugin. Everything works again.

I'd assumed it was WebMention as that's where the error was. Only now do I recall that 500s were recently changed to 403s. 4.5 hours spent re-learning to look at the simple stuff first.

lars, to random
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@lordmatt Hey, just wanted to give you a heads up that you've got some issues with the webmention plugin. I tried to read your most recent post, and I'm just getting a JSON dump. Screenshot attached.

I guess it's related to: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/580

lordmatt,
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@lars Thanks for the heads up. That keeps happening from time to time and I'm still not sure why. I've asked my hosts to look into it again. I might see if @pfefferle has any free time to offer thoughts. I hope I figure it out eventually.

In the meantime, I've purged the cache.

lordmatt,
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@lars Actually, I won't bother @pfefferle - I think the issue is the host cache not identifying JSON requests as separate from HTML.

simplenomad, to tea
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A while back I tried ordering a with almond milk instead of the usual milk, and I liked the taste and thought I'd order it that way. Recently one of the shops I visited was out of almond milk so I got the regular stuff, and ended up with a fairly bad stomach ache. This has happened more than once. Next visit I need to ask them if they use whole milk or 2%.

As a security researcher by trade I am well aware this is not scientific, but for me this is at least interesting. Regardless, this doesn't bode well future drinks/food with heavy diary context, as I may be skipping them.

lordmatt,
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@simplenomad Let me introduce you to the glorious world of green tea (which is taken without any milk at all)?

lordmatt, to UI
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and experts of Mastodon and beyond: I need your advice, please.

This is https://OpenMentions.com - a site I manage. The purpose is to be a hub for discussion and conversation via technologies like and

The more I look at the , the more I feel that it lacks. I can't say what that lack is.

Please offer me your opinions and insights on ways I might raise the bar on UI and clarity of purpose.

(Boosts for reach are most welcome).

lordmatt, to Games
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My latest is about the of

Over-wording is: The ostentatious art of employing rarefied verbiage peppered with a sampling of lexical obfuscation to communicate with one's peers in such a manner so as to confuse those lacking in your shared extended vocabulary.

https://over-wording.isbrill.com/

Daojoan, to random
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I fucking love mastodon.

Some days I just use an entirely different client app because the vibes are Ivory or Mammoth for a day and I can just do that and there is zero friction.

The community is full of people who are just doing their best.

Makers and builders and folks who still read and ask questions.

Activitypub is awesome.

I don't miss anything about twitter.

lordmatt,
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@Daojoan is like a massive breath of fresh air. A place that is 10x multiplication of what early twitter hoped to be. Same vibes but it is real.

matthiasott, to apps
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How did I not know this yet?

“Omnivore is the free, open source, read-it-later app for serious readers.”


https://omnivore.app/

lordmatt,
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@matthiasott likewise. This looks rather good.

lordmatt, to Facebook
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Accused of Pressuring to Fire a Expert

https://futurism.com/facebook-accused-pressuring-harvard

lordmatt, to TimeTravel
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I would like to have more conversations about and fun stories. I would also like to follow the kind of people with whom such conversations might arise.

I'd appreciate a boost to help me find wonderful future conversation partners.

lordmatt, to random
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A question for all - how do your rules of time travel work?

lordmatt,
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@anderlandbooks It sounds like a fascinating story being born. I hope I can one day read that story.

lordmatt, to random
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I just discovered the hashtag. I've got some catching up to do. My headcanon is that I posted correctly but my toots fell into the space-time wash and popped out during a cricket match.

lordmatt,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds Any steps forward is progress.

lordmatt,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds I like a good conversation. Mastodon has proven to be great for that sort of thing.

dangillmor, to science
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As scientists pull back on, or drop entirely, their Twitter presence, a lot of them are coming here.

Welcome them, follow them!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

@scientists

lordmatt,
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@dangillmor this is exactly the good news I needed to see today

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