I think my philosophy when making software is that it should work for people with zero money or no bank account / credit card.
I know it's not a popular mindset to be in since money and profit is everything in the tech world.
I think it comes from growing up as a kid with no disposable income or access to anything but my shitty computer.
I'd rather support people with almost nothing than people with latest and greatest tech gizmos and spare cash for subscription services. 😅
I've been keeping a log of cool links I've found on the web: https://blog.mauve.moe/posts/links
Once I figure out my gemini hosting setup I'll have them up on there too 😸
I think it's cool that web browsers have built in APIs for doing #cryptography stuff without needing to worry about pulling in dependencies.
https://www.keithbartholomew.com/blog/posts/2024-01-22-webcrypto-diffie-hellman/
Question for #nostr folks. Do you pronounce it "no-ster" or "naw-ster"? Or some secret third thing. I've been reading this for years but haven't listened to anyone saying it outloud.
For a long time I was obsessed with making the websites I was working on look reasonable in Links.
Today I found a new challenger which goes a little further in implementing web standards: https://chawan.net/news/chawan-0-2-0.html
For such a young project it is able to do quite a lot, including CSS and inline images.
𝐍𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐮𝐬𝐞.
See our paper for more results: "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task" : https://www.brainonllm.com
Do you know about alternatives to manage your website in times of transition? When a project ends, when you need to pause, and in times of security concerns...
Join us June 19 at the Practices of Composting and Hospicing Community , and we’ll explore resilient ways to publish and preserve content beyond platforms with tools that support autonomy.
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Good news: GitHub Copilot is scared shitless of the concept of gender.
Instead of foo, bar and baz, use “genderqueer”, “demisexual” and “leather_daddy” and you’ll reduce the likelihood of getting a spammy PR from a sad robot.
@2legged no. Apps are a cancer. https://blog.codinghorror.com/app-pocalypse-now
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.