Byron Torres @torresjrjr@qoto.org
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What is the Fediverse?
The free social network, simply explained in 30 seconds.
https://torresjrjr.com/archive/2020-07-20-what-is-the-fediverse
For explaining the gist of the Fediverse to your unenlightened friend. Feedback and contributions are most welcome.
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Mess with the fabric of the Fediverse, and it will mess with you
UI devs, please spare my eyes and sanity
and CPU (CSS plugins).
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Over the past 15 years of using #XMPP, I've seen many messengers come and go. People complain about the hassle of switching messengers, but many express a preference for the "simplicity" of gated gardens.... Do they count the cost of switching as well?
A truly sustainable messenger can only be a decentralized protocol, not just an app.
Learn how to join:
- https://joinjabber.org
Optional: but if you think about setting up your own server:
- https://sr.ht/~xamanu/xmpp-server
- https://snikket.org/service/quickstart
There are not enough distinguishable symbols in all the european alphabets combined to cover the realms of physics I'm revising, even with super/sub-scripts & affixes.
Written physics is an alien language.
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The #Signal messenger has become very problematic lately, and most of its problems come from it being centralised.
You may want to follow and support a decentralised messenger project instead, there are many of them on the Fediverse:
➡️ @snikket_im - New initiative giving XMPP servers & clients a newbie-friendly unified look and feel
➡️ @xmpp - The XMPP standards foundation
➡️ @matrix - Matrix is best known for its Element client
➡️ @delta - Messaging through email
➡️ @briar - P2P messaging
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I'm happy that I'll be part of two meetings this month in front of the EU Commission talking about decentralized social networks and the work we've done https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/ec-ngi0-liaison-webinars-and-workshop-april-2021/1539
I believe this conversation is an important one to have, and I'd like to expand on why below.
Everytime someone personifies evolution or natural selection, a species of cute wolly megafauna dies 
TIL git add -p
Sourcehut.org is a beautiful thing of existance. Thank you.
Just nuked my ~/.config 
https://r0ml.medium.com/free-software-an-idea-whose-time-has-passed-6570c1d8218a
As much as I disdain this article (it’s a Medium article, what did I expect?), he’s right on the point of the confusing lexicography of “Free Software”. It’s too ambiguous and semantically incorrect.
Love Live Libre Software!
After further reading, I understand some counterpoints.
But you have to separate a lot of the wheat from the chaff.
A lot of salty snakes slithering out of their dens since Stallman's return. So many cringe and headache inducing open letters and statements.
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"Richard Stallman announcing his return to the Free Software Foundation's Board of Directors"
Catting swap files are trippy. Remember to wipe your .swp's. I saw a some PGP in there.
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"Blogging vs. blog setups" by @rakhim
Yup, this hits close to home. Very much of this moment. 😅
#wordpress #ssg #webcomic #webcomics #comics #programminghumor
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