2026-04-17T02:36:45Z https://yabu.me Tom Walker https://yabu.me/npub1j4qxvmegv3v6anmew6l5slxs8pdcaxc6jmmuezepnmdd4m3pgkwq902fvd https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/018/780/original/ce0235a624deb010.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/018/780/original/ce0235a624deb010.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdp7n2g6qhpgxsz9rul5gcqqcy7uj79zrhwcpn0utzwn03fykn2jgzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec0q4y0g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8anlf8tl0z4af3mjkwawyf0jcth3uwwfw70ycd8nzkd84j7kvacs9gaf8j'>nevent1q…af8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The dot-com bubble popping did not collapse the software job market... at least in the medium-term. And I hear a lot of people got cheap hardware out of it. And chairs 2026-02-17T16:38:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxk7vszh6husu8qzkl42hgyz6vk88maadpmhtvq06q4vqxx0c9y3szyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecqpc9ea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnr49e9fhtyqlzdgwtg75854tpw878c68vhsr0flayld7ar479zserx8zp'>nevent1q…x8zp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a signoff blob (as seen at the end of some magazine articles) but because there is a character that is a circle with an R in it, they have used that 2026-02-14T16:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgytv7k5j3su8gv26x5leypwkwn8vj2s48ynx6m6xjd7t7266zmuszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecwgv65c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst79c7el9lfq4l548kdmpk99yp7fl85dt4g5zp9jgcuvnmxezdh5qpzx6v0'>nevent1q…x6v0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This made me think of how much we celsius users take for granted that 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is the boiling point. Do the fahrenheit people have to remember some weird numbers for this? 2025-11-09T12:09:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9pdr9rgm5cgdhdn35hn0248r20n2f30a29xtvxaunfe6rw8546szyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec6vgx5m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcp0zfdg400p9x06y3jl4pyaju3wv47g33u8upvwvjzw4z7tnj0qvp4300'>nevent1q…4300</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whoever could have predicted that downloading 10GB of third party code from 1,000 different people to do simple tasks would end up this way 2025-09-08T16:52:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2a2zkl78vnaj3rd2xa75x8f48fjkyznta8k8ye9zyyhpsr72ggczyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecfnwfd0 Am I interested in watching a one hour video essay about a video game?<br/><br/>Yes. Yes, I have to admit, I am.<br/><br/>Am I interested in watching a two hour video essay about a video game?<br/><br/>Yeah OK. This better be good though.<br/><br/>Am I interested in watching a nine hour video essay about a video game?<br/><br/>You know what?<br/><br/>No.<br/><br/>We all have our limits. 2025-05-08T20:35:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyneg5rxhlgmgg96n82zhl0nw825hymt6tg9cekpc6mlz3mwal38szyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec2aksq9 If I have a critique of the prevailing politics of Mastodon/fedi, it would be the emphasis on avoiding &#34;complicity&#34; via consumer choice, of the &#34;It took a week but I finally got my phone working without anything from Google&#34; variety.<br/><br/>These schemes tend to be high effort, for a total impact of &#34;one person not using a thing&#34;. Even a small amount of activism is more effective. A donation of time or money to a relevant cause is way more effective.<br/><br/>Not everything is about which software you use. 2025-04-15T08:17:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05trk8mj2uhykl79reufk8mkpynhqc3rja5sgsqrqa6y23xdacngzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecnwk45e It&#39;s annoying how it is always the &#34;high-status&#34; commentator position to say that bad things probably won&#39;t happen – &#34;No, Trump won&#39;t launch a coup&#34;, &#34;No, Putin won&#39;t invade Ukraine&#34;, etc – until it happens. <br/><br/>Then they all say &#34;well, no one saw this coming&#34;. No one... apart from all those people whose predictions you explicitly dismissed until the thing happened. 2025-02-08T10:27:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwplsr6ah57lgrppfvlpcd2ypctrg0kvqwdzzqngg85wu39argfqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecfnpszh People on Mastodon talk a lot about moving to the open source alternative to everything, but the real imperative now is to shift to the non-US-hosted alternative to everything. <br/><br/>Sometimes this overlaps but right now, geography should be the priority. 2025-02-06T10:58:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxftgup8h49jyrgtewcchumnjfvqn382rkyvd97plep9dl400syhczyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zechafqwc Remember when &#34;America&#39;s Dumbest Criminals&#34; was a TV show and not a system of government 2025-01-30T19:28:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdadc70s5wf549254mrsdnnmnmhvwce28xkltyg5ctcxwtdxk59xgzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecskyj3h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswd74p8ma29cgenn3zlk2uq87usael4yjqc24l8fn65nnqf30jlcc0q0e7u'>nevent1q…0e7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What annoys me personally is that a lot of these people don&#39;t think they are setting up something that is approximately a blog (which they are), but something that is approximately an online magazine 2025-01-14T21:59:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzv9ykuymqg5l4vujq3g2kuxygquedeejq7r05gna88he94tt5jszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zeca308wa Them: &#34;We are launching a new publication&#34;<br/><br/>Me: 😐<br/><br/>Them: &#34;We intend to do journalism differently&#34;<br/><br/>Me: 😐<br/><br/>Them: &#34;We will be beholden to no one in our search for truth&#34;<br/><br/>Me: It&#39;s a Substack isn&#39;t it?<br/><br/>Them: &#34;You will be able to subscribe using the Substack platform&#34;<br/><br/>Me: (closes tab) 2025-01-14T19:38:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6d7h7hqph88t794kazxydn90xmmn6spukcth8j95qj5sk5cpjcqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecqq3898 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cv5sjuc0ag3le7m0wdzy7w4f3qk9g8dr39x5fznkcluuw2zgwyq4fu0pu'>nevent1q…u0pu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This made me realise why it&#39;s called a jordnöt (Swedish) 2025-01-12T14:21:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4cg4jrpt0cdwqgfmhfww2u34ed05n228lc3l0fsram02jcluxyqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecwztx3c Who are the people who thought that Mark Zuckerberg was OK until now but today he&#39;s really crossed a line?<br/><br/>I&#39;m seeing a lot of it and come on. It&#39;s been very clear who he is for a long, long time. They made a whole movie about it literally 15 years ago. 2025-01-07T16:37:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstle9h4kzjh0vpjg50vwu6nepwyphe2hvdeerfe7zceug3cpc0rjgzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecyev9rx A surprising number of people spent every day for a decade trying to get their follower count to go up on one social media platform, realised it&#39;s now a bust, ditched it, and then... immediately resumed that behaviour on a different platform 2024-12-21T20:31:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwvk9qaglatk035ergk7tvwk4v5st8ypch67hprdfhp8dztzy97czyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecetcrw0 Please stop adding a &#39;Spotify Wrapped&#34; thing to every single app. Please 2024-12-10T20:34:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyu70pmyzuqrstlyxzh8qjsazxx7lsn5kh2xjz0s07crmvhc92vkgzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec00jhvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9vc0fs58qwhyzscxej4yt0d2uj3rseqwl8am3j4kstywrf4vyegs97sg3'>nevent1q…7sg3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But they&#39;re not! Mostly because the cost is high and you don&#39;t gain anything from doing so.<br/><br/>Until *someone* else out there is running a relay and it succesfully federates with Bluesky&#39;s one, the network is at best &#34;theoretically federatable&#34;, not &#34;federated&#34;. 2024-11-23T14:34:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0030t443f276d7qaqkg4q46s2guxyqh8nc53lfp9mfm52zhwsp0czyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec0vsfup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhjp5gypzjft209rnu5wk52e7p9dm77xrr49hw2t4kpajfr4tvqs7638zv'>nevent1q…38zv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The key is that you can&#39;t run a relay. It&#39;s not just &#34;costly&#34; but already out of reach of pretty much everyone who isn&#39;t a VC-funded startup, and the amount of storage needed to do it (ie. to mirror every post ever) is growing every day. That&#39;s why there&#39;s only one relay. It&#39;s not meaningfully federated right now if federation is theoretically possible but not *at all* being done. 2024-11-23T14:06:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdqu709w3aw0zjsem6hf6vxltqgjke7l28mjh8rctn9mq4fl0eyczyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecxtd4rd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvw9fra4f5v9c8gevy05dzfzhwqhrv4fx8ddrahnka25h5jmge2sgupynad'>nevent1q…ynad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just throwing this in because you&#39;re giving them too much credit for being federated:<br/><br/>&#34;Bluesky and ATProto are not meaningfully decentralized, and are not federated either.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/">https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/</a> 2024-11-23T11:33:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23z70auq6j7xy0y2u8y2dzgcgnqklc9gnnlv23kkp4uxvu7csk3szyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec4gmy0r This is an interesting dive into some of the more technical aspects of how decentralised Bluesky is (isn&#39;t), which goes out of its way to be fair and assumes more good faith than I would to be honest.<br/><br/>The main part I didn&#39;t know already is that hosting a &#34;relay&#34; means you must mirror *all* content on the network (4TB+).<br/><br/>There is no reason to do so, in terms of anything useful it allows you to do. But the &#34;decentralisation&#34; claim relies on people doing it anyway.<br/><br/><a href="https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won">https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won</a> 2024-11-16T13:49:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmxeg0e82ytykz03ng0w98x8umjewhzzrltwhhwfyxxkrjjard2czyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecexph4k Decentralised social media site Bluesky has gone down under the load of new users.<br/><br/>Not to worry, I&#39;ll just use one of the other decentralised instances. One of the many wonders of decentralisation. <br/><br/>... What do you mean, there aren&#39;t any?<br/><br/>... If a central server goes down, I can&#39;t get onto this oh-so-decentralised network?<br/><br/>I guess this must just be how decentralisation works! 2024-11-14T22:30:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvq556dk4vcq3stvsgsr7egxxumq99urc859gszfasqy358mazxeqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecx2eddk I find Mastodon &#34;cosy&#34; but in terms of mainstream adoption, it has missed its shot. Really it missed it a while ago.<br/><br/>Someone will reply to say &#34;it&#39;s called the fediverse and I don&#39;t want mainstream adoption&#34; and uh, congratulations I guess? You have got your wish. <br/><br/>However - important addendum - I expect Mastodon (/fediverse whatevs) to still be here in a decade. I do not expect that of Bluesky. 2024-11-14T13:44:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrcvjc895qn98m0z385uhjx38f5r02fkqj5hnwgzmfm7e9jj22n4gzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec5rtuvc Just saw someone on Bluesky check the list of everyone who is blocking them and post it with little notes about each person <br/><br/>and hmm, I dunno, feels like the fact that this is possible is storing up some big trouble for later 2024-11-12T23:44:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgauknyq2peaca24tgcnf25gyh4j6h8gutphaxss5ues4z4psw2wgzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec9nj2pn You should be deeply suspicious of anyone who tells you that a political campaign – any political campaign ever, anywhere in the world – was &#34;flawless&#34;.<br/><br/>No campaign ever has been. <br/><br/>What they mean is &#34;shut up&#34;. 2024-11-10T18:05:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsta5fqx6mkzy33xasevtzpd7r3r9x3w3zuy5fsssaufvclnjy77qqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec4ham9u If your analysis of US voter trends doesn&#39;t include the absolutely incredible amount of voter suppression in US elections then it is a bad analysis 2024-11-06T16:33:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxd4hwz97qmyh43ses38ydf0uhe26wkzadfz8a8t6pd0sl57g0vszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zeclm2sl2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3nwd30elldjy0qfrqyh7fj4ggech5pd6khgew5wnt0cjy3l86cgdtmaaw'>nevent1q…maaw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah I see. As written it&#39;s basically not-invented-here ActivityPub with extra steps for a couple of questionable gains 2024-10-21T17:12:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsynlxsj9fc8rk56yf4jz7542ypnex6kcjem4zpmn84j8q59u9alaszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec3va4gw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqp6dauav5rkpyyns56kjxamtg5gweeyc358tst6j99mvhmmrm3s07d03c'>nevent1q…d03c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree with you overall, but curious about in what sense Bluesky wants to &#34;reinvent the internet&#34;? 2024-10-21T14:08:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tlexyx28vf0cef6nhdsugfrgzcvnjh08gwntc6j7gs9txr5clugzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec97xaad In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zkzrlag8z8kqrrcvs4kepkf3yak3djqrrf5ay6agmmyzldrrvzsdt4gk4'>nevent1q…4gk4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a very vanilla option but I would probably send it to Nintendo. <br/><br/>I don&#39;t know the cost of out-of-warranty repairs though (assuming it is out of warranty) and obviously no use if it has other modifications. 2024-10-19T16:45:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80jcf0fg7a20c60u5s8m3qwzj9ftlksqp2p6ypcjfzkj0zhxy9wszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec2z70x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvsg75tmtn52dy32fhep8frd3q4lgw68sp8vvtp4thljzf96m9q9qesl5ut'>nevent1q…l5ut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader">https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader</a><br/><br/>I have used this once but not sure if it still works. 2024-10-18T13:54:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmnkyqdnfwxdu3fal5zrmax3z58unyjn7999gcgulvtwwrl55drczyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec9a3j88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6ecwpay6jcwyzvjwgp8g0qyl4mlpz4g9wx84f6a52ym66zclwvqf8nrxl'>nevent1q…nrxl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My point is that your restriction there (stylistic content) is not enforced and nor is it honoured by most people. The idea that CSS can only change style, not content, is a horse that has very much bolted. Another example would be the order property, which lets you change the order of grid/flexbox content. 2024-10-14T19:06:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc5y6wlzgvgcugu9cxm8jryq99t7q2gz3tlkgvv7kr85908rxujszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zeca5stj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyudzk9vzq6s7pj4jqdzelkzcelw09jtc4nv3mgngtxpkrjlzm8su5e669'>nevent1q…e669</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A strange list of complaints... a lot of it seems to revolve around the idea that CSS is mere styling and shouldn&#39;t change the actual text. But .element::before { content: &#39;whatever&#39;; } has been a baseline feature for well over a decade now. 2024-10-14T18:55:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86vfgdqz5s85slw09w254ddcq53sfm48p62s5wq8wcfvm24ep03gzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec365lp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtt9ap8xv8wej0925sqw42yq7ejz4xa2j9encu3pg87rrfuulcsscl4h6w'>nevent1q…4h6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was a noble effort but millions of people believe the most ridiculous bullshit and it spreads in a matter of minutes. You can&#39;t &#34;fact check harder&#34; your way out of this 2024-10-11T17:19:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtt9ap8xv8wej0925sqw42yq7ejz4xa2j9encu3pg87rrfuulcsszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecarx0pq If you&#39;re having to publish fact checks about &#34;is the government controlling the weather?&#34; it may be time to just admit that fact checking doesn&#39;t work 2024-10-11T17:15:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx79muk9yj8da8njjx5k9xw3l55up3h800f0pfzm7fhnannmwue9gzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecvgt49h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9sh3ryfkd5h2gj03gtuww67na3qqekz9ej2kd2mpwysl0qy9dkgamskvd'>nevent1q…skvd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ClassicPress is based around the idea that the critical error in Wordpress history was switching editor, which at this point seems like quite a retro complaint. The old editor feels janky and, if you have a couple of plugins, crowded with cruft 2024-09-26T22:44:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszq9fu0g7zfjafljkamc34ygvzn98l7vcex7t8r4l85sqejjfc5kszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecn2k7cw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftpdyvpxd7802uh3k7s7cdklxxq4we87nc37zeae9yd8wvtujchskfdzf8'>nevent1q…dzf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cloud still didn&#39;t quite die but it has been a while since I heard anyone banging on about &#34;serverless&#34; 2024-09-22T12:36:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpcswyk03e6fn0memmpmaltymt7vwds82djz8e0cs303ma2980wqzyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zece6h0d7 &#34;Get on board with AI or get left behind!&#34;<br/><br/>I already got &#34;left behind&#34; by NFTs and the metaverse in just the last few years, and it didn&#39;t seem to do me any harm. 2024-09-21T14:56:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29kkt3rqggf0p5kcyz7adg6mvrzu397g6pcv6wdncws67dunlk9szyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zec2309gt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvdhyrd7trq583wldnt0pzwxszl3fyak5u608j7kq7xgrwhz44mqlzr64q'>nevent1q…r64q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t like the name &#34;pineapple&#34;, shall we rename those too? 2024-08-22T15:49:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsde764pqyj7rrcrzemuy02txwtxwc98qvsne5qfkqs244f9xt5ejszyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zecw808mk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7tdl4ye0z5hdu2teawhplmvz37eskl8ylffx3qur3kylfuw20zc0arweq'>nevent1q…rweq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So we&#39;re supposed to rename something that already has a name because of some unspecified objection? 2024-08-22T15:41:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y69lwgnyanlp09vn9stlaa5neezaut3xmvhhcgnv37zr8cvn20czyz25qen09pj9ntk009mt7jru6qu9hr5mr2t00nytyx0d4khwy9zeca0ex7m Mastodon is the world&#39;s biggest community of people who deeply love computers and also think that the world would probably be better off without computers 2024-07-20T09:53:10Z