2026-10-27T00:42:41Z https://nostr.now Timo Tijhof https://nostr.now/npub1c6qs0n8y4tq85dgckkf4v60m54pdsz9amuln4gdq2p0cewx2tyas6daj84 https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/152/276/657/655/478/original/b34780c7c8f70ab0.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/152/276/657/655/478/original/b34780c7c8f70ab0.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgk4v75vef7thqvqkrvz9jznq0cmd286gxnrnq6840unmwyt8e0agzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk86uf00 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96qfer2kssglcj0nmr5cmse3xl4ny70q5ksfewtz6th7xq9jh7fc5nd9kg'>nevent1q…d9kg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All you need is RAM! 🎶🐏<br/><br/>(to the tune of Beatles&#39; All You Need Is Love) 2026-10-31T18:11:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstghvfhjjaq3qsyxzxefx2elajkfwr2htj5z2yq73zcwl39huuqvczyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkvwh546 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvudlm2rtf6yfaxt0svrzm8e0vr74qum4jwlqf6xdau9spqnjnwdc39w6lq'>nevent1q…w6lq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;frequent unprotected sex&#34;<br/><br/>Do we call this babymaxxing? 2026-10-27T00:42:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqvem6l4fsqgf9tzq4x66psu0wdr9c5znw2smc04rz4lft5025fjszyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkce6wg7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0guedkraaazgykes5glhz828nnshk7phmt0jtk0g3yuv7ynldqvsysdqae'>nevent1q…dqae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like that! npm, Composer, PyPi, Homebrew.<br/><br/>It will be much smaller, but far more representative. Complete view of any given ecosystem there, and all repo/hosts used within it, unbiased by what software/hosts you know, and with no incentive to limit discovery (eg cost of preserving full repos, would be out of scope).<br/><br/>There&#39;ll be some hosts where you probably can&#39;t determine the software used or where the host is down, but that&#39;s a good problem to have! 2026-08-04T11:56:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz6vqndwrlg6nqals9gp6fgefj72t587ve78wyukqpqqgn64jxk9gzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk43ym7j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywm7nszer3rz765ncs8xnqyldyen2x4wfkxj0kswv7zmulcqhspckamyav'>nevent1q…myav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This site probably shouldn&#39;t measure via Software Heritage. They aim to preserve full histories of repos. Limited mainly to GitHub, plus some approved others.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not an attempting to discover/crawl every self hosted repo. You can move to Forejo, and delete your GH, they&#39;ll still have a copy of your GH, no deduping, and never find your Forejo.<br/><br/>It includes thousands of mirrors and former repos under github/wikimedia. Harmless for preservation. But as a metric? 2026-08-03T22:39:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2z5h5glknj04zzsg7gtz6hwuh0q8reyz3ylwgj2p7r6d0sn44dpszyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkxyr002 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2rkz50ytsm9ldqksxr5lcxdx2szcer22hgejedjfwezpdy0mphsgnurnds'>nevent1q…rnds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The cool kids moved from Freenode to Libera Chat a few years back, in case you&#39;re looking for people!<br/><br/>A few channels I&#39;m in: chipass, curl, mediawiki-core, node.js, sr.ht, voxpupuli, wikimedia-operations, wikimedia-sre, wikimedia-tech<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libera_Chat">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libera_Chat</a><br/><br/>#LiberaChat #ircv3 #bIRC 2026-08-02T11:51:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyz7zthm2zv473n84xq7en0qulme6h8ppwc7hzwdndam6gr8u6sqzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk7958xa RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116540029874647376">https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116540029874647376</a><br/><br/>&#34;&#34;&#34;<br/>This story involved paying for a piece of software. [..] The purchase *was* the story. [..] That story led to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines against T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&amp;T and resulted in telecoms stopping the sale of that location data.<br/>&#34;&#34;&#34;<br/><br/>Going undercover as a journalist costs money, including (minor) spending toward questionable businesses. Within reason this is money well-spent as far as I&#39;m concerned. Excellent journalism.<br/><br/>👍<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ggtdxt9vndpxqrp7yj72n98ptaplrhzdx6kerdh2u6mpxduufwfqg0gmnt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ggt…gmnt</a></span><br/> </div> This week, we discuss storage, RSS, and a big reporting project.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-storage-woes-and-rss/">https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-storage-woes-and-rss/</a> </blockquote> 2026-05-08T17:48:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08c08m0xd7a2uy2aprahv3awyxsg7p3lml5lnhqmkpyskzpgjlpczyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkrs944n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqfqc4hjn43gyljn8kv8wyyt3ns5m466tmryuu0jvjdfc8w9twec36e58p'>nevent1q…e58p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The reviewer replied here:<br/><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991835">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991835</a> 2026-05-05T15:06:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs86txvvc6pelcjr3crg39p4jy6pmlpe5k85uhxg5njpsrdskwzv0czyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk62ajyg Tony Hoare passed away.<br/><br/>This quote stuck with me since I first read it as a teen. It sparked a decade-long obsession with simplicity, later expanded by Rich Hickey&#39;s Simple vs Easy.<br/><br/>&#34;I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._A._R._Hoare#The_Emperor&#39;s_Old_Clothes">https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._A._R._Hoare#The_Emperor&#39;s_Old_Clothes</a><br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare</a><br/><br/>Hickey: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4</a> 2026-03-22T02:24:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlektg58z0edep7p4ec5rnsndftednl6t928k8l9llh9f6duykuqzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkzqwd5q 📝 Wikimedia blog: Unifying our mobile and desktop domains<br/><br/>Reduced mobile response times by 20% worldwide and un-broke Google indexing.<br/><br/><a href="https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/11/21/unifying-mobile-and-desktop-domains/">https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/11/21/unifying-mobile-and-desktop-domains/</a><br/><br/>#wikimedia #mediawiki #wikipedia 2025-11-24T14:48:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyl639yl7wrhyuzma3wy5rgphqfccyx6wnz9dppe4qxvvryfrsk8szyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkprx05p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfesyjc0d638xjj5zrjjk6w9ff4evus77ju7ury04ug0u86d80j2sur05zh'>nevent1q…05zh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mooie foto! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17ggu2dacnuujgt8c9nhddrnee58g0st9mf9vf8ny9sra60j3v78s7u0dqn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Vera de Kok</span> (<span class="italic">npub17gg…0dqn</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>... van een stemhokje,<br/>... in een stemlokaal,<br/>... met een stembiljet,<br/>... en een stempotlood. [1]<br/><br/>Ik mis de Nederlandse taal hier in London. Zoveel leuke woordjes!<br/><br/><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M57118464">https://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M57118464</a><br/><br/>[1] <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stempotlood">https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stempotlood</a> 2025-10-30T08:15:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswk0a2lm8ktac26lmcxlgplca4avqnu3tp02hmlv4tt98t6xu878qzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkk2w7aj GitHub continues war against own users.<br/><br/>Next: Remove support for standard 2FA/TOPT protocol, and introduce weekly expiry for &lt;s&gt;passwords&lt;/s&gt; API tokens.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/174505">https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/174505</a><br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/174506">https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/174506</a><br/><br/>Context:<br/><a href="https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/our-plan-for-a-more-secure-npm-supply-chain/">https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/our-plan-for-a-more-secure-npm-supply-chain/</a><br/><br/>#github #SupplyChain #npm #infosec 2025-10-11T20:50:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfzh8yscdfz0zt5jz2r49kf57k3tfusq208p2yvx4u3eujz3ds7czyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkq4jjve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xqqq4t4y3n39lx5az2me2f4fchsadeze3m35nxhcm3clc3365ks646pua'>nevent1q…6pua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same. I had no idea until I listened to the 13 Minutes to the Moon podcast (about the landing).<br/><br/>Apollo 13, going at several thousand km per hour through space, took 3 days (60 hours) to get there.<br/><br/>That&#39;s when I realised how far it&#39;d have to be.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13</a> 2025-08-08T12:40:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3uhtkn8j9dr2cl0lqwerx4eja4mhta7g2us07x6eldx37s88m7qzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkr9f5et In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0k9qff7fr3lztu2gmzmzfss6xsx7zqg6thycvrw0vzgmzra3uac03cnqs'>nevent1q…cnqs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What&#39;ll work in 20 years?<br/><br/>What do you store on a harddrive?<br/><br/>What should the Internet Archive bot see and snapshot?<br/><br/>What can your users definitely upload/send/remix in any desktop app, video editing, photo editor, and upload to any online service (eg socials, email, webshop, blog, issue tracker, messaging apps).<br/><br/>What can they download, save normally to camera roll, add to an album, use as wallpaper/avatar.<br/><br/>It ain&#39;t WebP.<br/><br/>See also: <a href="https://garrettdimon.com/journal/posts/the-neverending-story">https://garrettdimon.com/journal/posts/the-neverending-story</a> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fhxykyjparfj32c92c8dmulrsxges768a0lxaqu5nes8xs9958ls4r8fhq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Garrett Dimon :ruby:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fhx…8fhq</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-09T23:54:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84w4tl86mfju7hzulrjfvq4pa2fguf895a4jtuyrsn7vuewrmpwszyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkslfpfh Microsoft Mgmt Deteriorates GitHub UX - Goodbye Perf and Progressive Enhancement?<br/><br/>Mu-An Chiou writes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1es9e7n99r6wjndqf0gcaglytyw7xjn2x38du05hy3m99wln7ydmsu49npy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mu-An</span> (<span class="italic">npub1es9…9npy</span>)</a></span>:<br/><br/>&#34;React got pushed down from Microsoft management and most of us on the [GitHub] front-end team quit.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://muan.co/posts/javascript">https://muan.co/posts/javascript</a><br/><br/>#webperf #ProgressiveEnhancement #github #Microsoft 2024-11-16T16:38:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8qawv0gp8gdje2yfnrqw8v5epl8rmp0440cytcxag2l3dtz4j6czyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk9qslf5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstyfmqfq8rnnxv8yfr98ngz53ssfd2p0czzk9zrz7gpkaqt9rrevcmkhrpf'>nevent1q…hrpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you thinking of a general purpose server separate from bots (central, bots talk to you, you distribute)?<br/><br/>Or a server that anyone can embed inside or next to their individual bots (people add it to their bot, hosting along wherever their bots run already, bring your own subdomain, decentral, ~1 author&#39;s bots per server) 2024-10-30T16:40:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszyx8cygvmevypajagsayqscf24e4n6mfk2f6hqmtx3fqhnls6hkqzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkdew7qg People need early and easy successes. Yes!<br/><br/>River <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dc8plqwuscnl2nqnvz5c24lkvqw3ve7jjcw6jhgvfa6y2sawey5sr0z9xz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>RheingoldRiver</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dc8…z9xz</span>)</a></span> writes:<br/><br/>&#34;&#34;&#34;<br/>No one is needing easier explanations or clearer text. [..] Instead, what people need is: Early and easy successes<br/>&#34;&#34;&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://river.me/blog/teaching-new-devs/">https://river.me/blog/teaching-new-devs/</a><br/><br/>This reminds me of the Zone of Proximal Development. Pick tasks that are just in reach, requiring just one step into discomfort, not multiple. It sounds slow its more rewarding and thus faster in practice.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development</a><br/><br/>#teaching #education #MediaWiki 2024-10-13T00:08:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxjhykajxhdcgl0f272480cfn87zp63x9sgqf9xpmx8av5kt83rpqzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk2fpagw Irina Blok: Post-Pandemic Life in 16 Cartoons<br/><br/>This entire series is great. I definitively feel seen in more than one of these.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.irinablok.com/covid-life-cartoons">https://www.irinablok.com/covid-life-cartoons</a><br/><br/>via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgjjac6468kwskc7uw0fqq4mwm3t8d39c8mm9zrr6vqpyyj9y4eqftm5xf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sia Karamalegos</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgj…m5xf</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dq0y80k2zy7v03er4vdkhk57pk5wa7dksmysm8xuyax38snjfjkqevfwjr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>rdonoghue</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dq0…fwjr</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/200/779/778/545/466/original/c170ae5076b3b3e2.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-25T23:27:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqk3uvcuu94y9n7365zkhlu0c0kzqwarvyxp3w24uplqhnmh4wurgzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkqnt6ne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkmkjfkcx3wjeq50dd05uf92349ycf6sgygc5h6cvft7r44e8r9stxjrzj'>nevent1q…jrzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see. So the leaderboard counts original benches and photos separately, but profile link for both shows created benches l. That&#39;d be a cool feature to add, perhaps, to find any photos, even if they&#39;ve been merged or added to others.<br/><br/>Thx for checking! 2024-09-22T21:32:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0hw8jc5j6y2m74yw9z6dz04whfklu3gew6e482yk3awv7azj96vszyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkrnz86q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycnd2d9xrhd05zyft27c00pt5ztlj9n0gf27pmd4zklj4zq6kjgg3fc78v'>nevent1q…c78v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There appear to be two of me at<br/><a href="https://openbenches.org/leaderboard">https://openbenches.org/leaderboard</a><br/><br/>github Krinkle 4.<br/>github Krinkle 1.<br/><br/>It seems my login just now may have created a new account and seemingly replaced the prior session, as both pages display only the latest entry. Oops 😬 2024-09-22T19:38:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8wd48fq62q8crw8rtc0qsxl95dmcu7qs6l0vzrgwf0eyaaz6vqgzyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkyhqgtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxx7dj50q0gt0yl094v99a7xttuylcqmrjrw9qg5mdlrywl4mxvfq3fq0kj'>nevent1q…q0kj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This means...<br/>The Printliminator just got sherlocked!<br/><br/><a href="https://css-tricks.github.io/The-Printliminator/">https://css-tricks.github.io/The-Printliminator/</a><br/><br/>#Printliminator 2024-09-21T20:03:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5l0wn27la34e9a875wf59x7ys0wn6ny5uu7g767wmntdj07pt0czyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnk3rcdt6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9geha539vg4dl8ve65pgq5pefskyz99vae2kma6pgmtm4x7drjchu5kea'>nevent1q…5kea</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this akin to the &#34;right turn on red&#34; concept common in the US? (But for bicycles?)<br/><br/>I always get shocked by those (as pedestrian tourist). I don&#39;t recall seeing a stop light like this, growing up cycling daily in the Netherlands<br/><br/>Yes, do the research, but also I&#39;m curious if this is a Good Thing (TM) to have, worth it for the greater good after the learning curve, or is it a confusing shortcut with marginal gains? You tell me, maybe in an upcoming video! 2024-09-20T22:42:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcejft9mr6uwgxkasrx6mdxu297yuwmest5hhjtyyaj6ardxgedczyrrgzp7vuj4vq734rz6ex4nflwj59kqghh0n7w4p5pg9lr9cefvnkeg4hwj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy6zkt6q54gx3zrupdp2s0j7sy7x6cff5w9xfk8cyavzzltvv0tgel50nh'>nevent1q…50nh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you&#39;re looking for a PHP snippet to lift to make the plain text data URI of an SVG less bloated, check out:<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-libs-Minify/blob/2.7.0/src/CSSMin.php#L163">https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-libs-Minify/blob/2.7.0/src/CSSMin.php#L163</a><br/><br/>You can decode &lt; and &gt; as well if you assume how it&#39;s used in HTML or CSS. Eg as quoted value style=&#34;&#34; or src=&#34;&#34;.<br/><br/>One could also opt for single quotes for those specific HTML attribs and decode SVG&#39;s double quotes. Although no savings with gzip on the page, the quote nice as one char or encoded as 3, ~same total either way. 2024-08-19T20:37:38Z