Accio Books! @acciobooks@mastodonten.de

In which @garybernhardt@twitter.com translates a Linus Torvalds LKML rant from Asshole to Nice Person. Worth reading even if you know nothing about programming. https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/blog/2018/a-case-study-in-not-being-a-jerk-in-open-source

#foss #floss #opensource #DontBeAJerkToTheLKMLWhenDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood

tired: I googled it
wired: I DuckDuckWent for it

A rare glimpse of all four sets of beans at once

Criticism is welcome, but remember to give constructive criticism, which includes consideration of how your criticism will affect the other person emotionally. The golden rule applies: how would you feel if you read the message was directed at you? It's hard for someone to constructively make use of criticism if receiving it is an emotional drain.

It's been a while since a Pinafore update! The master branch is deployed to dev.pinafore.social though, so you can try it out there. The next update should include things like:

- a "reply all" icon to identify threads
- list of mentioned users in CW'ed posts
- smarter network timeouts for offline mode

In case you're wondering what's been going on, it's mostly been about making the tests less flaky so that the project is healthier. Yay project sustainability! https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/compare/nolanlawson:5aa8ba6...nolanlawson:b7748d8

hey somebody went ahead and did it

git on activitypub federation

https://github.com/git-federation/gitpub

https://jellymar.io

PSA: don't forget, your instance moderators need you to help by reporting anything that you think might violate the rules!

Reporting something doesn't automatically penalize anyone, so *you* don't need to worry about whether something is really actionable.

That's *our* job as moderators! All *you* need to do is help make sure we don't miss things by reporting them.

Shop, where are you buying DRM-free e-books? I'd like to purchase Stephenson's "The System of the World", but it's defected on Amazon and Cobo, and without any specifications on B&n and ebooks.com. Any suggestions?

#books #drm #ebook

datacenters do not imbue computers with special powers. if you own a desktop less than a decade old, congrats! you already own a server more than capable of hosting any and/or all of these:

- #gogs
- #nextcloud
- #pleroma
- #rocketchat
- #discourse
- #prestashop
- #funkwhale
- #hugo
- #radicale
- #standardnotes
- #prosody
- #wallabag
- #wordpress
- #etherpad
- #dokuwiki
- #ttrss
- #kanboard
- #pixelfed
- #loomio
- #pihole
- #taiga
- #kodi
- #searx
- #homeassistant
- #znc

(for free, forever)

"There's a unicorn among our sheep," the shepherd reported to her father upon returning to the farmhouse.

"What's it doing there?" he asked, puzzled.

"I asked, it didn't answer."

"And I wouldn't press," warned her grandmother. Everyone agreed.

The next dawn, as the shepherd lead the flock out, she noted there were now two unicorns - one considerably smaller than the other.

For generations after, the wool from that farm was exceptional.

#tootfic #microfiction #fantasy #writing #terylstales

Upcoming version of Mastodon (2.4.1) will have a delete & redraft function.

pfft. call me when apple makes a REAL cell phone. they still have a lot to learn from these greats

more phones apple needs to take design hints from:

"Every Github repo right now #GitHub #GitLab"
https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432

There's a Richard Stallman message for every occasion.

The worst is yet to come
#GitHub #Microsoft

Aha.... So the magic behind #Mastodons #federation is #ActivityPub... Now what I can't get my head around is this: What exactly is it?

Like, is it a standard? An idea? Or a library of some sort? To me it looks like something you implement yourself within your own code and make it work that way.

Perhaps I'm wrong, I dunno. Just ifnd it weird that theres no libraries out there!

“Euspinolia militaris” is actually a type of wasp. They’re also called “cow killers” because their sting is pretty nasty (I don’t think they can actually kill cows

Photos by Christian Lukhaup
#Photography