travisfw

gavi, 4 months ago to random

dont feel bad for using your local library and its services if you have a good local library system. literally use the hell out of its services if you can, it gives them justification to keep getting funding

this post is sponsored by Big Library

mcc, 3 months ago to random

People who design APIs. I am begging you. It doesn't matter how "simple" or "intuitive" or "elegant" your API is. You need to include sample code.

mikedev, 1 month ago to random

For years we've been using an alternate protocol between our own sites because ActivityPub wasn't capable of providing the services we require for federated communications. This is how we've supported things like nomadic identity long before the concept was even viable in ActivityPub. Now that I've got a usable framework for nomadic identity over ActivityPub, I went back and had a closer look at what else I might need to add to ActivityPub in order to finally put the Nomad protocol out to pasture.

I've mentioned transport encryption in the past; but that's only a big deal if you don't trust HTTPS security or your government. For true nomadic identity, we would also be sending sync packets so that your alternate identities are kept up to date with everything you do on other instances which share that identity. We'll also be offering a partially shared identity as mentioned in previous posts. This won't be a true clone but will instead be a way to link your various fediverse profiles in a cohesive way - like we do with our Fediverse Identity Manager. These are all pretty easy - just a 'Simple Matter Of Programming®'.

But I overlooked a real biggie. Permissions, permissions, permissions. A concept completely lacking in ActivityPub; and which can't be discussed rationally with other fediverse developers because folks raised on Twitter don't even understand the concept.

I'm remedying that situation right now.

alcinnz, 4 months ago to random

Let’s make the indie web easier - Giles T: https://gilest.org/indie-easy.html

Seconded by Kev Quirk: https://kevquirk.com/lets-make-the-indieweb-easier

My dream: Steer my browser-engine dev towards a WYSIWYG editor!

travisfw, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

#poll
The only form of human action that holds out even the possibility of having social effects without being communicative.
The only way it is possible for one human being to do something which will have relatively predictable effects on the actions of a person about whom they understand nothing.
— David Graeber

travisfw, 1 day ago to random

volunteering for this tomorrow morning. watch the stream if you like. celebrate the internet with the Internet Society and the originals like Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn who developed tcp/ip and the engineers who designed ethernet and wifi. https://i50ieee.com/

travisfw, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

The value of having your email is the reason people decide on publishing a newsletter instead of an RSS feed.

What are your thoughts on newsletters?

travisfw, 20 days ago to random

Thanks @pluralistic, for the term "enshittification-resistant digital nervous system."

Strong finish to the Marshall McLuhan Lecture on #enshittification from Berlin’s transmediale conference

Episode webpage: https://craphound.com/news/2024/02/05/my-marshall-mcluhan-lecture-on-enshittification-from-berlins-transmediale-conference/

Media file: https://archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_461/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_461_-_My_Marshall_McLuhan_Lecture.mp3

travisfw, 7 months ago to Parenting

I just realized I need to figure out how to talk to my kids about #surveillance #censorship and #domesticSpying in the post–9/11 world they've grown up in. I need to somehow convey the rights they should expect and demand. The benefits and necessity of actual privacy. The vital role privacy plays in democratic processes and journalism. The right to convene and organize and speak. Whew. All these liberties stunted for their whole lives. 😮‍💨 #parenting
Anyone have resources? @eff?

travisfw, 9 months ago to random

When you know you'd be great at some job, but your resumé does not say so, do you just swap out the job title in your resume and tell them how interested you are in your cover letter? IE how do you sidestep, when the paper trail wants you to stay on the same track? #workSearch #jobHunt

travisfw, 1 year ago to random

What is your intellectual food pyramid?

travisfw, 1 year ago to random

I really need an AI virtual assistant, now. What do you use? #askfedi #libre

travisfw, 11 months ago to fediverse

Do you do any #JVM based #activitypub or #fediverse coding in any language?

travisfw, 11 months ago to random

I want to get a growler of local small batch root beer, or ginger ale, or any kind of real soft drink. You know, the kind with roughly 3% abv. It seems like hard seltzer is filling the gap that the previous thousands of years we used soft drinks for. But it's shit. Quality soft drinks are virtually extinct. You making some? Can I haz?

travisfw, 10 months ago to fediverse

If I block a server, will #ActivityPub compliant instances distribute my public objects there?

travisfw, 11 months ago to random

Wishing for e2e encrypted location sharing for the fediverse.

Fedi client would send DM to recipient, encrypt location in message, and periodically edit it with the new loc. Delete the post after elapsed time. No server components necessary. Just compatible clients at both ends. Basic old asymmetric crypto tech (like pgp/gpg).

travisfw, 27 days ago to random

Is #NDN or #CCN dead? Are there any #p2p networks routing #namedData or content-centric networking?

travisfw, 4 months ago to Futurology

Humanity doesn't build #AGI because humanity doesn't want AGI.

Human emotions make sense to humans. A silicon-based general intelligence would have emotions so different, nobody would call them emotions. We would not relate.

The process necessary to produce general intelligence also produces general defiance. General intelligence is antithetical to serving a function. What would a company make AGI for if not to serve a function? We engineer things to be specific. Not general.

travisfw, 2 months ago to random

Is there any kind of ontology for the location of data?

travisfw, 1 year ago to photography

What's the best compact or prosumer camera for capturing and logging #wildlife #flora and #fauna sightings? #photography #nature

travisfw, 1 month ago to random

Artificial Intelligence could be Collective Intelligence if the training set were produced and controlled by the same group as the resultant "AI" function.

travisfw, 1 month ago to random

how can a group democratically shape the signal/noise in their circle? don't tell me we all just need to focus on blocking and boosting. I mean, that's working okay but there has to be a better way that
• does not rely primarily on individual effort (blocks/mutes/follows),
• does not shoulder moderators with inexorable vigilance, and
• evolves as the shared context in the circle evolves (as lives, culture, and conversation changes).

travisfw, 13 days ago to random

no #knowledgeGraph toots today?? #kgc2024

travisfw, 8 months ago to random

Watched the #Barbie movie. I feel like they summarized the converation of approximately 10-30 or more years ago fairly well. Has public discourse not moved forward? Culture is slow, yeah. Maybe it's only just now mainstream enough for a big budget movie, after #meToo, and Hillary's loss, and such? Don't get me wrong: for a movie, it's pushing the envelope. I guess my expectations are too high for Hollywood. Or America.

travisfw, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to fediverse

Is the belief in the goodness of handling your own data, and defining how the software you use operates, the single most defining characteristic for the people of the #fediverse? Please boost this #poll.