@alexandra this topic evokes a different reaction for me: that this moment in time is unique and special in a timeline that is vast and mostly devoid of anything interesting happening. It also, for me, replaces a feeling of helplessness with curiosity.
@alexandra When I’m in this state, I read and watch content on the evolution and fate of the universe for perspective.
Bitcoin Lesson 1 - Mini-Video + Notes....
@freeschool an alternative analysis https://onezero.medium.com/when-crypto-exchanges-go-broke-youll-lose-it-all-53cfd3c4476
@Placholdr the largest divide between Discord and systems like IRC and XMPP is philosophy. Discord is highly centralized and controlled by a corporate entity, while IRC and XMPP are open standards, federated, and can be self-hosted. As well, free software implementations exist for both IRC and XMPP.
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It's funny watching everyone reinvent second life and call it "metaverse" non gamers confirmed
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@antolius When it comes to Gemini URLs, the length limit is enforced by spec-compliant servers who will refuse to process requests with overly long URLs.
I think the core issue is whether it's justified to limit the length of all URLs regardless of scheme. That kind of a decision could impose unwanted functional limitations on linking to external resources.
Mastodon E-Mail - Add-on / Upgrade...
@freeschool I think this is a great idea. Email is one of the most widely deployed communications clients on earth, and probably only second to SMS. I have also been giving thought to how the ActivityPub/ActivityStream client-to-server semantics would map to an email workflow. https://www.statista.com/statistics/255080/number-of-e-mail-users-worldwide/
@larvalandy an investment with one of the highest long-term payoffs is achieving proficiency with vim. I use the more modern and embeddable neovim, and occasionally Visual Studio Code (with a vim extension of course). I say investment, as it requires some time to learn.
@freemo I use graphviz regularly to collaborate and communicate ideas expressed by graphs, e.g. dataflow diagrams and flow charts. In meetings I live edit and share a preview while keeping up with the flow of discussion. The DOT language is simple, efficient for data entry, and expressive. It is also plaintext and I can manage changes in source control. https://graphviz.org/
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Why you can’t switch to Python 3.10 just yet
Python 3.10 is out now — when should you start using it?
@Lordimpala This is a great hot sauce.
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WOA I need to buy one of these! A Completely modular, repairable laptop. Not just with external modules for the ports but designed to be easy to open it up and change any of the internal components as well.
@HealthRanger Simone sets a very high competitive standard, and has an accomplished career at the highest levels of sport. From all public knowledge, she is a remarkable person and role model. I’m proud to call her a fellow American, and I’m proud to have her represent our nation.
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@DeVere @HealthRanger the irrationality of a number is independent of its base representation.
As an aside curiosity, irrational numbers can be used as bases. https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/papers/base_tau.pdf
@HealthRanger signal’s core protocols and primitives have been extensively analyzed by multiple third parties and were found to be sound. https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1013.pdf the protocol itself has lineage to OTR, which has been around a long time. The implementation of these protocols is open source and can be located on GitHub.
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