smallcircles

smallcircles, 9 months ago to privacy

Yes, you can ditch #GoogleMaps now..

https://organicmaps.app

#OrganicMaps is here. Use it while offline and feel good about a #privacy-respecting app that doesn't suck you dry of your personal information. Based on #OpenStreetMap this app is gonna blow #Google #Maps out of the water (hopefully ;)

smallcircles, 5 months ago to fediverse

For #ActivityPub the question of "Why use #LinkedData?" has never been answered. There should be clear merits to wade through all the complexity that this choice brings, right?

Yes, its ultra flexible, and you can define your own semantic #ontologies, and theoretically it could provide a robust extension mechanism to AP protocol. Except that right now it doesn't.

What's the vision of a Linked Data #Fediverse? What great innovative #SocialNetworking #UX would it bring, that makes it worthwhile?

smallcircles, 7 months ago to fediverse

🤩 Aren't you just delighted by all those proprietary software apps for the #Fediverse?

😮 Don't be. Each time you choose proprietary you help turn the fedi slowly in the direction of the usual corporate hellscape that the rest of the Web already is.

😨 And then we end up in an online space where for years we can complain to each other how we squandered an opportunity and how #capitalism won once more.

🎯 Use #FOSS apps instead, created by the public for the public.

🌻 Keep the Fediverse open.

smallcircles, 9 months ago to foss

This is nice to see..

A student can't afford to pay the $8 per month for #Obsidian sync, so builds a #FOSS alternative. Then posts to HN and says "I probably violate ToS, so will take down the repo if asked".

Then the Obsidian CEO replies. Explains they aren't VC-funded and the $8 bucks subscription keeps the light on. Applauds the work of the student, points to other open ways that content sync can be handled and gives advice "if you rename, there's no ToS problem". 👍

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37247767

smallcircles, 9 months ago to random

#Fukushima nuclear plant will start to ditch 1 million tons of tritium-polluted water out into the sea.

> The decision comes weeks after the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved the discharge, saying that the radiological impact on people and the environment would be “negligible”.

Yea, right #IAEA. This is just as trustworthy as #Shell concluding that the burning of #FossilFuels has negligible effects on the earth's atmosphere.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/22/fukushima-wastewater-from-ruined-nuclear-plant-to-be-released-from-thursday-japan-says

smallcircles, 1 month ago to ubuntu

Time to move off #Ubuntu has finally come. So many #Linux #distros to choose from, though. Makes my head spin 😵

I need one with:

1. Great #driver support (maybe get that webcam working finally)

2. Smooth & slick #UX / #UI (I'm less of a terminal guy)

3. Focus on #security, security-first approach (but not the ones that are made for James Bond)

What do you suggest? #AskFedi

smallcircles, 1 month ago to fediverse

Witnessing another occurrrence of the #ReplyGuy anti-pattern this morning inspired me to write some thoughts about this social behavior that is so common on our #Fediverse that is based on #PublicSquare #Microblogging mechanics.

On the #SocialCoding forum I created a category for #SocialExperienceDesign (or #SX) patterns, and the "Reply Guy" #AntiPattern is the first entry in what might be turned into a pattern library collection.

https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-considering-the-reply-guy-anti-pattern/530

smallcircles, 8 months ago to fediverse

Frequently frustrations about the Browser oligopoly rear its head on #Fediverse and people talk on creating alternatives.

Such projects exist. Chances for success may benefit from trimmed specs.

To discuss the ideas for a #WebLite, a project 1st started by @alcinnz on Codeberg, a #matrix chatroom was created:

https://matrix.to/#/#weblite:matrix.org

Anyone interested in lightweight #browser engines, and trimmed down #CSS #HTML and possibly #JS too is welcome there.

https://codeberg.org/weblite

#HTMLite #CSSLite

smallcircles, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to privacy

⚠️ #HumaneTech alert!

☠️ Gadgeteering

#Gadgeteering is derived from #racketeering and applies to tech companies that introduce highly #privacy-invasive #SurveillanceCapitalism devices into our world. Cashing in and #ethics be damned.

A #gadgeteer is also the naive or careless person who wears these #gadgets and is either oblivious of the detrimental externalities of the tech to society, or criminally negligent of those (usually #trend-following hipsters).

Gadgeteers lead us to #dystopia.

smallcircles, 10 months ago to UI

#Makepad: Designing modern #UI with #Rust and #WebAssembly

Prepare to get nerd-sniped by this impressive presentation by @rikarends at #RustNL conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC4FCS-oMpg

Or directly check out the (old version of their) IDE, here running in the browser..

http://makepad.dev

https://github.com/makepad/makepad

Only feedback after watching the vid: Please, don't let AI handle #a11y .. maybe take inspiration from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson (Google Doc 😬 link at the bottom): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34612696

smallcircles, 11 months ago to reddit

Heard on HN re: #Reddit

> We (the internet community) made such a terrible mistake with #SocialMedia. We formed connections and communities and friendships [but] those connections are only allowed to exist as long as they are part of a profitable system. How awful it is to reduce human connection to that. To think that I am only allowed to maintain certain social connections as long as they continue to produce monetary value for an intermediary. An awful, awful mistake.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36348134

smallcircles, 9 months ago to webassembly

Running WASI binaries from your HTML using Web Components

https://runno.dev/articles/wasi-web-component

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37287339

#WebAssembly #WASI #WebComponents

smallcircles, 7 months ago to foss

Good news.. @excalidraw

The latest version of #Excalidraw looks like it is starting to become a true open alternative to #Miro for collaborative sketching and sticky notes sessions.

Plenty cool features, #FOSS, self-hostable, stores stuff locally / syncs encrypted, save & export, etc.

Check it out at:

https://excalidraw.com

smallcircles, 1 month ago to fediverse

Hey, which #ActivityPub app allows an #emoji to be used as a #hashtag?

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/112414539433136490

#❓

smallcircles, 7 months ago to Bulgaria

@EU_Commission despairs on erosion of trust in #EU #politics

Then launches the next trust-eroding dystopic #surveillance program.

As Jean-Claude Juncker put it:

> We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.

I'm pro-European 🇪🇺 , care about #privacy and #HumanRights. My faith is severely tested.

https://last-chance-for-eidas.org

smallcircles, 8 months ago to mastodon

There's a lot of focus on #journalist #Xitter to #Mastodon migration, but the overall story is quite a bit bigger I think.

The #Fediverse offers huge opportunity for independent journalism in a world where so much of #news media are consolidated and in the hands of shady mogul billionaires. In other words Fediverse is both a threat to existing business models, as well as market opportunity.

Though I don't know if it applies, this toot was triggered by: https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/111207098660272388

smallcircles, 3 months ago to random

About Megathread discussions on the Fediverse..

There are tons of valuable insights being microblogged around, available for participants & readers who happen to bump into them.

As microblogging goes they are fleety and slide towards forgetfulness and link rot as soon as posts are added.

Recording and summarizing these insights in a different medium is dilligent manual labor.

But can we even do this? Can we quote + attribute others' public toots or do we need ask consent for that?

smallcircles, 4 months ago to fediverse

Hi there @ashleykolodziej 👋

I'd like to give a heads-up to #SocialCoding movement where I'm involved and plan to revive the notion of #SX or Social experience design, esp. for the #SocialWeb.

https://discuss.coding.social

Your toot triggered a nice discussion in the #FediverseIdeas repo: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues/44

So much chatter on #Fediverse is either deeply technical or app-specific. The field of SX may offer a more holistic and inclusive perspective, focus on methods, guidance and best-practices.

smallcircles, 11 months ago to random

A good online privacy-respecting tool to plan a meeting. There's one that allows participants to specify availability ranges.

I checked Framadate, but here you must pre-select specific dates and times.

Have used such tool before, but forgot the name 😬

Anyone? #AskFedi

smallcircles, 2 months ago to web

The new general #enshittification trend on the #Web:

> Please verify you are a human without any Ad Blockers turned on.

#Captcha dialogs that don't work unless you turn off your #adblocker .. of course you might allow the specific #tracker that makes the captcha functional, but not always clear which one to pick.

smallcircles, 9 months ago to random

Either #LinkedIn screwed up or they have something weird going on and activated the "Ghost Town" algorithm on their content feed 😆

I notice that for days there are actually zero new posts, and timeline seems like an iceberg.

Heard some frustrations by people who try to stand out on that platform.

Don't tie your fate to Bermuda Triangle proprietary platforms. Your dingy may be swallowed below the dark waves at any moment.

smallcircles, 6 months ago to mastodon

Should #Mastodon #GiveUpGithub?

I can't hear you..

SHOULD MASTODON GIVE UP GITHUB???

Now I hear you! 😃

https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub

Serious now. #Github is becoming a one-stop-shop for #development, that uses #FOSS to expand its dominant position. Gradually locking people in, with rich feature sets. Good #CodeForge alternatives exist, and can soon integrate with the #Fediverse via #ForgeFed protocol.

Weigh in on the discussion, add upvotes, emoji and feedback to:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/27765

smallcircles, 10 months ago to random

#LinkedIn be like "Oh, you fiddled with your notification settings? This is an opportunity for us to apply some #DeceptiveDesign and push every fart someone leaves on our network down your throat"

No, you are wrong LinkedIn. I wanted less notifications, not more. But what can you expect when you expose yourself to #SurveillanceCapitalism 🤷

smallcircles, 8 months ago to random

🤔 What if #OpenDocument used #SQLite?

Benefits would include:

• Smaller documents
• Faster File/Save times
• Faster startup times
• Less memory used
• Document versioning
• A better user experience

A nice thought experiment by the SQLite folks..

https://www.sqlite.org/affcase1.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37553574

smallcircles, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to rust

To vendor or to fork? That is the question.

Since #Rust Crates.io started giving #RUSTSEC warnings on the unmaintained status of #yaml-rust library, there's a bit of a panic, not in the least because 1,000's of crates depend on it.

This article by the maintainer of Insta snapshot testing tool gives a nice analogy to Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO's) with considerations on whether you should fork or might vendor the lib.

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/3/26/rust-cdo/

https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/issues/197