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winterknell

@winterknell@mastodon.social

Sometime traveller, misanthropic hermit, cat person, and hubby. Living in Bunurong country, Australia.

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winterknell,
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@nutomic An interesting initiative. Good luck!

I do notice one unfortunate difference from Wikipedia immediately: Wikipedia is functional with scripts blocked, Ibis Wiki is not. I'm sure that even Wikipedia nowadays has some functions that don't work without scripts, but a wiki that won't even display its landing page without scripts enabled, is dead while still in the gate.

Ibis.wiki, loading with scripts blocked. A "Loading..." message is hanging on the screen. Non-functional.
Ibis.wiki, loading with scripts permitted. Functional.

winterknell,
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@nutomic I'd recommend that, albeit not everybody browses with scripts disabled, so not it's not necessarily the automatic death knell I suggested.

But I'm curious to see how it goes.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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Bridge to Bluesky

Apparently, Ryan Barrett @snarfed.org@snarfed.org, an engineer/developer, is about to connect a bridge between Mastodon (Fediverse) and Bluesky.

Announcement here: https://snarfed.org/2024-02-12_52106

Of note the bridge is OPT-OUT. That is, your content will be automatically bridged to Bluesky, UNLESS you OPT-OUT.

So how do you opt-out? You have to DM Ryan Barnett at @snarfed, email him (somehow), file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.

#BlueskyBridge

winterknell,
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@maegul @sam @mastodonmigration @stuart @vruz @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @snarfed

Ask MySpace about Facebook's bridge.

My objection is not addressed to the protocols, but to the ethics. Public posts on Mastodon and on Bluesky are easily scraped. That does not mean that any arsehole can just go ahead and bot-scrape it and pass it on.

As a Masto instance, indieweb.social is welcome to receive whatever is not blocked from them, but not to pass it on wholesale beyond the edge of the Fediverse.

winterknell,
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@sam @maegul @mastodonmigration @stuart @vruz @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @snarfed

> "It's one of the servers in the network."

No, it is not.

Bluesky is not part of the ActivityPub network, any more than are Twitter or Facebook.

https://cathode.church/fedi-scraper-counter.html

I could actually kinda-sorta-maybe get behind a bridge like this, IF IT WAS OPT IN. This is not opt in. It does not even respect flags that say hoovering up a Mastodon person's or instance's data is OK with that person or that instance.

jon, to random
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I have circumstances like this regularly

Need pictures from Gorizia - Nova Gorizia
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When did I go there?
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2016 and 2022

2022 is fine, but for 2016 I go to my Photos archive on the 5Tb backup hard disk (USB3, but old style HDD)… and it's so damned slow, and I get the wheel of death all the time, and Apple Photos crashes

What should I do? Invest in a 4Tb USB 3 SSD to replace it?

winterknell,
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@jon You're copying the things from the cloud to a 5 Tb HDD later, right? I thought your issue was finding old stuff on that slow HDD. Using a script to sort the photos by date after download is simple enough.

But if the files are in the cloud, just create a local text file/spreadsheet/whatever from image metadata. By metadata I mean things like file name, date/time, size and (if available) location. It's always going to be faster to search in a local file than to search through a remote drive.

winterknell,
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@jon Set your system to index the drive! USB3 HDD is plenty fast.

Put files into folders by year/month/day taken: gives you a date. Then for each folder, add an approximate location in a text file, spreadsheet or database.

Date | Location | Event
2002/09/01 | Venice | Regatta Storica

I have a database with 76,660 photos, from 1979 (although mostly since 1987 and with gaps before I went digital in 2002). It's way over-engineered for most people, but I can find anything within minutes.

pluralistic, to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion; The Lost Cause prologue, part 6; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/13/pour-encoragez-les-autres/

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winterknell,
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@pluralistic Wayback link to the Permalink for that classic XKCD:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081014233010/https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/steal_this_comic.png

Words to live by.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"The oldest of the city's 700 wind catchers dates back to the 14th century, but the architectural feature is believed to date back as far as 2,500 years when the Persian Empire ruled over much of the Middle East."

"It goes against the common misconception that sustainable solutions need to be complex or high-tech."

Iran's ancient 'wind catchers' beat the heat naturally

https://www.rawstory.com/iran-s-ancient-wind-catchers-beat-the-heat-naturally/

winterknell,
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@StillIRise1963
Small correction, although Yazd does have such houses, and the Water Museum is in Yazd, turns out the traditional houses I remembered visiting were actually the Ameriha, Borujerdi and Abbasin Houses in Kashan.

Looking out through a window. There is, IIRC, no glass in this one, just decorative masonry.
Three stained glass windows in the Ameriha House, in patterns of blue and gold. The arched top panels are shaped to resemble half-flowers; the lower panels are four rectangles of with coloured glass around the edges and a white panel in the middle of each. The photo is deliberately dim to show up the colours.
Courtyard of the Ameriha House showing a reflecting pool that cools the yard, and deep-set windows and doorways. A badgir (wind tower) is visible against the sky.

winterknell,
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@StillIRise1963
The Abbasin House had a handy model inside, showing its major features.

Model of the Abbasin House shwing the arrangement of courtyards, ariwells and badgirs. This one focuses on the main courtyard.
Low-angle view of the model, highlighting the dome and two airwells
The real thing. Although the image looks dim, you can see the afternoon sun spilling into a passage.

selzero, to random
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When you are British but a spell check puts a red line under the word "colour"

Insulted man saying "how dare you"

winterknell,
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@FlockOfCats @selzero You should always check your cheque for spelling and maths.

I just told my Firefox to use English(GB) in preference to English(US). It's not perfect, since I'm a Kiwi who lives in Australia and Firefox only offers US, GB and CA (presumably that's Canadian), but way less grar-inducing than watching it red-underline "kilometre".

ElleGray, to random
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    winterknell,
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    @albertcardona @ElleGray My new word of the day is "croud". I see it was nabbed long ago by some marketing mob, which takes the shine off it, but as a portmanteau of "cloud" and "crowd" it's a nifty term.

    elaterite, to motorcycles
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    Lol--after 15 years I finally resurrected my 1978 Kawasaki KZ400 "Reloaded"! I put nearly 50 miles on it today but for some reason the battery wasn't charging so I had to park it and put it on charge. I wonder what's wrong with it? ;)

    winterknell,
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    @elaterite You just need to hitch it up to a Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor.

    ElleGray, to random
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    winterknell,
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    @ElleGray
    And yes, lap kitty exists.

    winterknell,
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    @ElleGray

    Me: So many anxious kittehs. WANT 😻

    cat: [the cat actually in my lap] What am I, chopped liver?

    Me: Aww, cute l'il refuge kitties, want some chopped liver?

    humantransit, to random
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    Useful David Zipper piece on the disappointing results of free transit fares in Tallinn, Estonia. https://www.fastcompany.com/90968891/estonias-capital-made-mass-transit-free-a-decade-ago-car-traffic-went-up

    winterknell,
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    @humantransit
    Paragraph - what, 21? - of 24: "Although transit’s share of total Tallinn trips has fallen sharply, the absolute number of rides HAS RISEN ..." (emphasis mine)

    Lede successfully buried.

    This was such an annoying article. Yes, they eventually got around to discussing how to improve ridership, but only at the end of the piece, long after many people would've stopped reading.

    jmcleod, to random

    Actually, this will probably get pushed through. The developers of large apartment buildings hate providing space for resident car parking. They'd make more money using that space for more units. The only people who will oppose it are existing residents in the local areas, who park on the street. Many residents of large apartment buildings are still going to have cars, and they'll be competing for parking spots on the streets. Hilarity ensues. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/14/victoria-car-park-apartment-minimum-requirements-close-to-public-transport-ptal

    winterknell,
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    @jmcleod The other observation I'd make is that the hilarity ensued long ago. Living a 5 minute walk from public transport has not led people to ditch their cars anywhere I've lived. Places like Richmond, for example, where workers cottages back when were built in rows with no allowance for cars. Those cottages now sell for millions, and the owners park their cars - often one for each resident - in the street.

    winterknell,
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    @jmcleod It will also be opposed by those of us who don't drive and have no cars, and who have for years been struggling with people parking where they shouldn't be.

    At a previous flat, people who didn't even live in our building kept parking in our reserved parking space, at all hours, right outside our bedroom window. So we blocked the entry then smilingly allowed known neighbours to park in front of that.

    I expect you're right, and this will fly through. But don't expect prices to fall!

    ai6yr, to italy Italian
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    "SEGESTA (TP) – “Le fiamme divampate ieri sera non hanno risparmiato neppure il Parco archeologico di Segesta. Da una prima ricognizione, per fortuna, è stato possibile verificare che non sussistono danni ai siti monumentali: il tempio, il teatro e la casa del Navarca sono rimasti illesi. ..." https://livesicilia.it/incendio-al-parco-archeologico-di-segesta-si-e-evitato-il-peggio/

    winterknell,
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    @ai6yr That picture of the fires burning near the Temple of Segesta is wild. The temple seems to be running away from the flames, and yet - how many fires has that building seen pass by during the 2400 years it has been there?

    caseynewton, to random
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    Google finally has an answer to GPT-4 — but with news that it's deep into building AI agents, OpenAI may be about to change the questions https://www.platformer.news/google-gemini-advanced-ultra-chatgpt-comparison/

    winterknell,
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    @caseynewton "OK, I have booked your flight to Japan.

    DEPARTING MEL Terminal 2, 29 February 2025

    ARRIVING EDO Terminal NaN, 24 March 1603"

    winterknell, to random
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    @pluralistic "our 2x2 surveillance/control grid needs to get a lot bigger to accommodate TikTok, because it’s so far off to the top right that I’ve had to put it on the top right corner of the inside back cover of this book to get the scale right … go ahead and check!"

    <Presses [End] in epub, Shakes head. Opens PDF in Firefox, presses [End]. Tears hair.>

    My copies must be defective. They don't appear to have an inside back cover! 😜

    </first-world-problem>

    It's a fine read so far.

    winterknell,
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    @pluralistic I'd like to say I've now read it cover to cover, but as you know, that is literally impossible with the ebook. I have, however read every page.

    It's a daunting manifesto. We're currently fighting just to be able to change our phone batteries! (My first mobile phone had replaceable batteries.)

    I like the Interoperator's Defense. We've seen how anti-SLAPP short-circuits SLAPP suits and Section 230 short-circuits other nonsense. Too far out? I don't think so.

    Starve them out!

    glynmoody, to meta
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    Opinion: cannot rely on "Pay or Okay" - https://noyb.eu/en/statement-edpb-pay-or-okay-opinion "This decision prohibits Meta from using an unlawful consent request processing personal data."

    winterknell,
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    @glynmoody Good riddance.

    Even though I don't live in the EU, I quit Facebook pre-emptively on the basis of Facebook's proposed "pay or OK". Whether or not they get it through in the EU, they're likely to think of using it elsewhere. That was the last straw for me.

    Hurt like hell. I gave up family, old friends and associates that I have no other means to contact. Some may fall back into my orbit in time, but some are lost to me forever.

    🤷‍♂️ Facebook's price was more than I was willing to pay.

    CatsOfYore, to Cat
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    He knows mum will protect him. ❤️ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fd297920-12b0-0133-3562-58d385a7bbd0

    winterknell,
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    @CatsOfYore Mum doesn't look so sure! 😐

    winterknell, to melbourne
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    Massive thunderstorm here rn. Was working with my laptop, but a brilliant flash overhead with instantaneous bang persuaded me that surge protectors or no, the better part of valour was to unplug it and find something else to do for a while.

    This is it.

    winterknell, to Cat
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    Update on the giant 16 cm bloom. She opened her petals back on the 20th of April, so she's getting a little long in the bloom now and some of her petals are wrinkled, but she hasn't dropped any yet. I caught her looking her best this morning, with the dew still on her.

    I also took a wider shot showing how her younger siblings are coming along. A couple are starting to open, and one shows promise of also being a giant.

    Bonus grass-eating

    A large rose blossom, 16 cm across. The flower is delicately tinted in pink and coral and gold, framed by a corona of healthy leaves. The butt end of a grey cat is visible on the ground, slightly out of focus.

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