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by mro_name 6y ago
indeed, I'm not native speaking, but is - 'Thirdly, the rhetoric of Free Software devotees is awkward and unconvincing.' - 'devotee' respectful rhetoric? Isn't that, well, awkward and unconvincing?
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by mro_name 6y ago
No SwiftUI, backwards compatible to iOS 9.0, check the source if interested https://github.com/mro/ShaarliOS Thanks for the link, I doubt it applies.
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by mro_name 6y ago
I'm a big fan of static builds. But cannot understand how a 15MB test IPA becomes a 70MB production IPA and takes 300MB to upload. That's IMO software explosion and bloat as Niklaus Wirth ranted on decades ago.
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by mro_name 6y ago
I do. Habit shapes creation. I use an SE and naturally design & build for it. (Plug: https://mro.name/ShaarliOS ) But when a former 500K ipa (objc) becomes a ~70MB upload (swift) that makes >300MB traffic submitting,
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by mro_name 6y ago
isn't a placeholder a certain case of an example?
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by mro_name 6y ago
Yikes, static builds to the rescue. But: well, administrators like to administrate.
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by mro_name 6y ago
indeed. Like online snipers. Shooting from cover. They don't expose themselves while insulting. That asymmetry enables toxicity. And volume will make it a matter of time until arbitrary toxic things eventually show up. Participation mu
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by mro_name 6y ago
Foster the Indieweb where participating takes owning a domain. That decelerates the trolls and doesn't harm the others. Entry must be possible for laypeople, however, and can be, if a few tools (like my https://demo.mro.name
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by mro_name 6y ago
yes, see the pdf via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24059704
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by mro_name 6y ago
isn't that https://xkcd.com/927/
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by mro_name 6y ago
who said republish? I didn't. Also I don't care about those making money, they can well help themselves. There's many others though.
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by mro_name 6y ago
I wonder why atom feeds are so rarely styled for direct browser consumption: https://demo.mro.name/shaarligo
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by mro_name 6y ago
well, they are referring to a subset then and should call it such. Maybe there's a name for it - rfc3339?
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by mro_name 6y ago
the author of GNU "date" says: "… This paragraph was put into the RFC at my suggestion, precisely so that GNU "date" output wouldn't have to contain that "T". …" https://debbugs.gnu.or
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by mro_name 6y ago
I think that shall have potential to become a proverb.
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by mro_name 6y ago
sure I would.
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by mro_name 6y ago
my mother won't sign up at github.
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by mro_name 6y ago
indeed, what do you think about an onboarding like at https://demo.mro.name/shaarligo/o/p/ac2gthz
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by mro_name 6y ago
I'm doing paginated atom feeds as microblog targeting laypeople: https://demo.mro.name/shaarligo - still quite rough.
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by mro_name 6y ago
I appreciate very much that you bear with me. I'll do my best to offer a low-fat, no-sugar option to get stuff into the internet, that's absolutely layperson-friendly. And contribute to the fediverse if wanted. And even the silos.
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by mro_name 6y ago
> things like Yunohost, Sandstorm, and the like? They add dependencies, complexity and TOS to the stack. That's not appealing, even less so when it just promises to hide cp+chmod. > UNIX system admin skills You talk about a singl
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by mro_name 6y ago
I really appreciate your feedback and it helps me to understand how to lower the bar for entry and responsible usage. > UNIX system administration skills I refer to remote copying and ensuring proper permissions of a single file. And del
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by mro_name 6y ago
you would add a provisioning tool to get rid of download + upload? Hm. I consider that crucial for a user's control (agency) over it's digital property. To not depend on my tool for the existencial moments of creation and deletion
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by mro_name 6y ago
I guess you're right for now. What would you think of an onboarding experience like at https://demo.mro.name/shaarligo/o/p/ac2gthz
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by mro_name 6y ago
the issue with 'web'mentions is that they're in fact htmlmentions or even better microformatmentions. Duh. They insist on microformats which are no use for any content other than html, in my case atom: https://demo
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by mro_name 6y ago
reminds me of Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum' and the measures of the Parisian newsstand that refer to the Cheops pyramid and the universe. If you look hard enough for clues, you will find some. However, they did not
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by mro_name 6y ago
I always wonder how package managers go along with software engineering maturity level > 1 requiring repeatability.
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by mro_name 6y ago
frankly, I would have redirected the image to their own homepage. If only for the outrageous user agent.
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by mro_name 6y ago
if you want to sculpt, better get to know the chisel. The keyboard is inevitable for writing (if that's what we talk about), so if any, the mouse may be dispensable. And reducing moving parts can help to improve focus. P.S.: when appro
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by mro_name 6y ago
> acquisition metrics here's the trade-off. Make you decision.

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