@trochee@dair-community.social2026-02-14 01:26:32
I have finally figured out a way to cope with CJK scripts at work, and I've made _huge_ progress on a largely untested codebase
So of course the PMs are super change averse
"Look, I have been doing character encoding fixes since literally 2001"
"can you trust that the tests that I added are the right things"
"you do realize that the current system *doesn't work*, right?"
And each of them gets a "oh I don't know, so…
@anildash@me.dm2025-12-12 19:07:11
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://
@cdamian@rls.social2026-02-13 12:18:46
Friday Links 26-06
I enjoyed the interview with the OpenClaw creator, even if I hate about half of his opinions.
The interview with the baker is also great.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/02/friday-links-26-06.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-08 19:06:05
Due process isn't a privilege enjoyed by American citizens.
It's a promise made BY American citizens, to everyone.
It's one of our core values as a country.
You'd think a rep would know that and fight for it, not against it.
-- Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell
https://
@anildash@me.dm2025-12-12 19:07:10
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to2025-12-04 15:32:26
More #enshittification .. . #youtube won't let you watch #videos at other playback speeds without paying for Youtube Premium.
Like, I don't know how you can speedrun the ruination of a platform any faster.<…
@bthalpin@mastodon.social2026-01-06 20:56:45
I was wondering about that. Fingers pointing you know where re the huge power outage in Berlin, and the original claims re a leftwing group are being discounted
https://www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe/…
@burningbecks@social.tchncs.de2026-02-05 17:31:17
Had some onboarding-talks in the recent weeks and realized, that people dont't read about topics anymore.
They want to do stuff hands-on and wonder about "missing" guardrails.
So I wrote this "how to get into Mastodon if all you know is Facebook" blog-post in the shortest way I could.
(DE version pending...)
@pre@boing.world2025-11-23 12:15:10
Not sure what the difference between a panel and a"fireside chat" is. There is no fire.
But here's a fireside chat on what nostr is.
Nostr is freedom for Identity. Accounts without hosts. Publishing without publidhers. Censorship resistance without platforms deciding who gets to say what.
It's not a silo in which you can be tapped as the service enshitifies, since it's a protocol with accounts you control, you can't switch clients or relays without loosing social graph or contacts.
Nostr is notes and Other Stuff, what other stuff? the panel is working on an audiobook publishing system with perhaps a required payment and affiliate revenue share. E-commerce, video publishing, zap stream for live video with zap payments.
Onboarding can be tricky with private key management needing to be understood and such a range of options of clients and what relays are. Can we make it easier?
Perhaps by abstracting away the fact it's nostr at all. Devine users don't even know they are using nostr. But this robs users of the understanding they may need to move clients or use the same account for video and notes, say.
Perhaps by making a private messagnger, the panel thinks people are used to using multiple messenger apps. Though I find they hate that, and that's why they refuse to install signal. They feel they don't need it since they already have WhatsApp with a bigger network.
In the end it's education. We have to teach literacy so people can read and write, we have to teach public keys encryption so people can do so securely.
#bitfest #nostr
@burningbecks@social.tchncs.de2026-02-04 22:03:23
Erstmal nur ein Entwurf.
Denke wenn das halbwegs steht, gibts auch noch Titelbild und Übersetzung.
https://burningbecks.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/mastodon-onboarding-cookbook/