craigmaloney

@craigmaloney@octodon.social

Host of Open Metalcast. Author of The Mediocre Programmer Book. Contributor to Pepper&Carrot. Tootstream maintainer. #Linux Lover. #Programmer of #Python and more. Game designer. #Music lover. Tabletop #RPG fan. #RetroComputing fan. #Metal fan. Your #1 fan.

I've been on federated platforms back when they ran on vacuum tubes and baling wire.

(#nobot #main)

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The masses: The Fediverse is too complicated.

Me, an old:

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it always astounds me when I think I'm being overt about my interests and fandoms and folks don't seem to notice.

(thread)

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You, being old: "Hahaha! My first computer was a 386 and we had DOS 3.3. I'm so old."

Me, exploding into dust:

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🖼

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I feel like I should do a post about albums that I think are absolutely perfect; where I wouldn't change a note, and with no weak tracks.

The short-list:

Devastation: Idolatry
NASA: Remembering the Future
Guns and Roses: Appetite for Destruction
Codo: Strictly for the Ladies
Zalza: Out of Memory

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What programming language would you pick if you weren't getting paid to program in it (strictly for shits and giggles)

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There are kids out there that think the Nintendo 3DS is a "retro" console, and I'm just going to be silently sitting over here crumbling into dust.

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Meyer's Briggs is bullshit. Period. Full Stop.

"Increase strategic utilization of personality assessments that help students understand their
personality traits and workplace preferences and identify educational and career pathways based upon this information.
a. Seventy-eight percent of young adults who participated in listening sessions about their
[redacted] educational experiences spoke of the benefits of Meyers-Briggs and other personality assessments while in a high school setting. (cont.)"

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The hold music stops. What do you hear?

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Find you a system that can withstand 30 years and still go strong.

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I know this is heretical but I think most of what is in GNOME Tweaks should be in the GNOME settings proper.

Note: Not the time to tell me about your favorite Desktop Environment (K or otherwise), how you live your life only with FVWM, or why X Windows was a mistake and how you live your life in a combination of programs that would make Steve Jobs cry. I've used most of them and found something I like. But it's the internet. Saying "I like a breath of fresh air" is bound to have someone ask you if you've tried water.

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Which one of these questions would trip you up the most (you'd be unable to answer under penalty of death)

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Did the Twitter API get shut off or is nitter having issues?

(actual answers preferred. I can speculate with the best of 'em)

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It is 2023. Optical media is but a faint memory on most machines. DVDs and CDs are distributed in gumball machines as a novelty for children. And it is still nigh impossible to get a DVD to play under Linux without going to a dark alley on the internet.

(Note: Say VLC again and I'll reenact that scene from Pulp Fiction. You know the one.)

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Anyone have any knowledge on why a Roku device wouldn't allow me to use the REST API for the remote. I tried this last night but for whatever reason it's giving me bad requests / forbidden. I'm using the Python Roku library and it seems that everyone other than me has figured this out.

Assume:

  1. I know what I'm doing Python-wise
  2. That I am not throwing out my Roku to use whatever pet software you use to stream archive.org and Peertube.

Thanks!

craigmaloney, to random

Some folks think that defederation is a bad thing. OK.

Here's a little experiment you can try at home.

  1. Stop using GMail, Hey, or whatever email service you're currently using.
  2. Set up your own mail server (there's instructions on the internet).
  3. When the instructions say to use a Remote Black List just ignore them.
  4. When the instructions say to validate domains, ignore those too.
  5. When the instructions say to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC just let those slide.
  6. Try to send / receive email
  7. Also try to read your inbox. For added benefit turn on all notifications for received mail.

Voila. Now you have an unfettered email experience.

And this, class, is why defederation is useful.

Please send your comments to the overworked TA in the back of the room.

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Your periodic reminder that if the words "Identi.ca", "Laconica", "Friendica", "Pump.io", and "GNU Social" don't ring a bell then you might want to STFU about the history of the Fediverse.

Happy to share knowledge, but will give you a stern look if you think the Fediverse started in 2022.

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I do have to say though that next and previous in the Mastodon API is kind of breaking my brain a bit.

Next = go into the past
Previous = go into the future

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Remember 3D televisions and Pokemon Go?

Remember how long those lasted?

Yeah.

Frankly unless there's an absolutely killer application that literally can not be done without VR then it's just sprinkles on other ideas.

Happy to be wrong but you know I'm right.

craigmaloney, to random

Google continues to impress in their lack of wanting to be stewards.

If you don't have an exit plan for your Google services you may want to rethink that plan.

https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/

(Note: Not the space to tell me how evil Google is or your history with Google. I think we're on the same page, Sparky.)

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I have a feeling this will age about as well as "Mission Accomplished" did in the early 2000s.

https://www.allsides.com/story/coronavirus-who-declares-end-covid-19-pandemic-emergency

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Sitting in fear https://decafbad.net/2023/05/25/sitting-in-fear/ #TooMuchInformation #ADayInTheLife #ZenHabits #Cancer #misc

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craig@lister:$ touch grass
craig@lister:$ ls -al grass
-rw-rw-r-- 1 craig craig 0 May 29 10:28 grass
craig@lister:~$

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Mindfulness: The Game https://decafbad.net/2023/06/06/mindfulness-the-game/

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Pluralize something to make it ominous.

"The Three Bodies Problem".

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