Ayhon @ayhon@qoto.org

Hot take :
We actually live under a planned economy.
The problem is that it is planned by unelected billionaires and financial executives.

If this is horribly stupid I would love to be made aware of it btw

My thoughts on Meta's strategy on launching an ActivityPub-based social network are simple.

Embrace, extend, and extinguish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Embrace: Look, we've launched a shiny new Twitter clone!

It's not an empty new social platform, like Google Plus was. You can already access all the content on Mastodon and all the other ActivityPub-based platforms!

We've seen the light! We now embrace open networks!

And it's so simple!

All you people who wanted to switch to Mastodon, but freaked out when you read the word "server" and thought it was too complicated for you, no fear! We've done away with the confusing choice for you! It's a super simple UX!

Extend: Our shiny new Twitter clone now integrates seamlessly with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more! You can even get notifications in Horizon Worlds!

Oh, we're not integrating our other platforms to ActivityPub. If you want one easy platform for Meta's social media platforms and ActivityPub, our Twitter clone is your only choice!

To advertisers and media, we'll let you boost posts too, for a tiny fee!

We'll feature you prominently on our new algorithmic feed.

So don't bother spinning up your own Masto instance, join us instead!

Extinguish: As of 1 July, we are depreciating support for ActivityPub.

Also, effective immediately, our privacy terms have been updated. You won't believe what we hid on page 76.

#Meta #Facebook #Zuckerberg #Twitter #Mastodon #SocialMedia #MarkZuckerberg #Elon #ElonMusk

After some great press coverage recently, I've just posted a more in-depth update about our plans for Flathub in 2023: https://discourse.flathub.org/t/flathub-in-2023/3808 @FlatpakApps

#twitterdown

API restriction but on their own site.

https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/11791 🚀🚀🚀

Introducing subenum: A macro to create subsets of enums

https://github.com/paholg/subenum

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/paholg/subenum

#programming #rustlang

The C++ Killers (Not You, Rust)

https://hackernoon.com/the-real-c-killers-not-you-rust

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://hackernoon.com/the-real-c-killers-not-you-rust

#cpp #programming #rustlang

Ordering Numbers, How Hard Can It Be?

https://orlp.net/blog/ordering-numbers/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://orlp.net/blog/ordering-numbers/

#programming #rustlang

Vector graphics done entirely in compute shaders, efficient incremental UI updates, and baked-in screen reader support? Raph Levien demos Xilem & Piet-GPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVUTZlNCb8U

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVUTZlNCb8U

#programming #rustlang

Advent of Code: Day 3

https://play.rust-lang.org/?edition=2021&gist=779dc2dce06c61a2778e7a9a5875e179&mode=release&version=nightly

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://play.rust-lang.org/?edition=2021&gist=779dc2dce06c61a2778e7a9a5875e179&mode=release&version=nightly

#programming #rustlang

A lot has happened around KDE Itinerary in the past two months again: a UI refresh, ERA FCB ticket support, indoor map improvements and a new Nextcloud workflow app to name just a few things: https://volkerkrause.eu/2022/12/03/kde-itinerary-october-november-2022.html #kde #nextcloud

#kde #kwin new #tiling feature has landed!

Tandem – maliciously secure two-party computation engine written in Rust

https://github.com/sine-fdn/tandem

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/sine-fdn/tandem

#compsci #cryptography #programming #rustlang #security

A General Overview of What Happens Before main()

https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2019/04/08/a-general-overview-of-what-happens-before-main/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2019/04/08/a-general-overview-of-what-happens-before-main/

#cpp #programming

#BlueFriday is coming! Fabulous discounts on all KDE apps, desktops and frameworks!

https://kde.org/bluefriday