~b @torresjrjr@qoto.org

musl libc is now on the 'don!

Okay, fine, actual #introduction . I've been on the Internet or social media by the handle Albatross since 1977.
In 1983 I created the world's first #MMORPG company, GamBit MultiSystems, and our franchisees went on to start some big-name game companies.
In 1991 I helped co-write the Internet Gopher protocol, RFC 1436.
I've been in infosec since 1996 and I'm heartily tired of keyboards.
I've written books and plays and shoot pictures. I have 3 terrific adult kids.

@cwebber @spritelyinst

👋 Hello Fediverse! 👋

My co-founder at @spritelyinst (he's Executive Director, I'm CTO) now has an account on the fediverse: @frandallfarmer

Randy also:

- Co-invented JSON with Doug Crockford and Chip Morningstar
- Co-founded the world's *first* major massively multiplayer game / virtual world: Lucasfilms Habitat on the Commodore-freaking-64! (Also the place where the technical term "avatar" came from (borrowed from Sanskrit by Chip, I think)) Watch this wild video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVpulhO3jyc
- Co-runs the open source revival of the original Habitat: https://frandallfarmer.github.io/neohabitat-doc/docs/
- Co-founded Electric Communities. Electric Communities Habitat is where the E programming language came from from which much of Spritely is based. Watch this hilarious but mind-bending video from p2p virtual worlds... in 1997!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNiePoNiyvE
- The compression pass to my expansion pass of communication in the Spritely Networked Communities Institute. Any time things have gotten wordy, you can bet it's from me; any time they're terse and concise, you can bet it's from Randy. Usually we try to combine our skills.

Welcome Randy!

I compared the landing pages of Mastodon, Pleroma and Misskey because I was curious how each characterized itself.

joinmastodon.org: "Mastodon isn’t a single website like Twitter or Facebook, it's a network of thousands of servers operated by different organizations and individuals that provide a seamless social media experience."
→ Mastodon is a network

join.misskey.page: "Misskey is a decentralized microblogging platform born on Earth. Since it exists within the Fediverse (a universe where various social media platforms are organized), it is mutually linked with other social media platforms."
→ Misskey is part of a network

pleroma.social: "Free and open communication for everyone. Pleroma is social networking software compatible with other Fediverse software such as Mastodon, Misskey, Pixelfed and many others. "
→ Pleroma is part of a network

Adios, @captainepoch
Thank you for everything.

Join the SDF Plan9 Boot Camp and learn about Plan9 in a fun and friendly environment!

https://9p.sdf.org

#plan9 #9front #community #experimental #unix

We've published A Scheme Primer! https://spritely.institute/static/papers/scheme-primer.html
Blogpost: https://spritely.institute/news/the-spritely-institute-publishes-a-scheme-primer.html

This primer serves as a quick skim tutorial to get started fast, or as a more in-depth read... ending with the finale of a 30 line example of a Scheme interpreter written in Scheme!

#ProTip: https://onelook.com/ is the most useful website you've never heard of.

News!

- Moved repo to codeberg.org/forgefed/forgefed, and development has resumed with new contributors!

- Site is now at forgefed.org!

- Chat is at #forgefed:libera.chat, on IRC/Matrix

- Forum is moving to socialhub.activitypub.rocks

- Gitea federation is WIP

- I've resumed work on Vervis, intending to relaunch it and put federated patches/MRs in the spec

- Simplified 1st spec draft is WIP

- I may step down at some point, project future seems bright now ^_^

--fr33

@ddevault
Introducing the Himitsu keyring & password manager for Unix
June 20, 2022
https://drewdevault.com/2022/06/20/Himitsu.html

A #hare project, influenced by #plan9's factotum.

Introduction to the Himitsu secret key store https://spacepub.space/videos/watch/5f9e5407-64a6-4776-9175-de744f2e7bc4