Post APMepTGfGAF7pjICuW by tomjwatson@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #APLOv6GhtHidob0yoa by blaine@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T00:36:48Z
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The media has been reporting a lot on mastodon, but often reports as though mastodon is the fediverse. I saw a well-intentioned article today that the platform started six years ago, but this erases the immense amount of work that many put into ActivityPub.Having done standards work myself and learning that I am unable to manage the immense social pressures of coordinating divergent goals and stay happy, my hat's off to the dedicated folks who made the fediverse happen.@cwebber 👏
(DIR) Post #APLSgxukYPnlfSGBhA by thor@berserker.town
2022-11-07T01:31:17Z
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yes.the way you hear unfamiliar people talk about it, it sounds like this..."Google Chrome is a service for accessing information online, created by Larry Page."
(DIR) Post #APLauedhoVvfZiKHwm by ignaloidas@not.acu.lt
2022-11-07T03:07:50.304Z
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@blaine@mastodon.social @cwebber@octodon.social So, a bit of a sad thing is that a lot of software don't really conform to the spec. They essentially do what other software does, which makes doing new things that would work with the spec, but aren't in other software yet harder.
(DIR) Post #APLc9cAHOdpWCLGAbI by tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com
2022-11-07T03:21:28.816958Z
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@blaine @cwebber Let's not forget about OStatus and OpenMicroBlogging.
(DIR) Post #APLcQEnZWbGgeTZ5qS by gaige@neue.city
2022-11-07T03:24:44.815091Z
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@blaine @cwebber not saying you are wrong, but the fediverse is older than that with friendica, diaspora and :gnusocial: gnu social having over a decade each behind them :blobcatshrug:
(DIR) Post #APLddLkl4x7pwL46Vs by gaige@neue.city
2022-11-07T03:38:18.924246Z
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@cwebber @blaine can never know with all the new people flooding in while birdsite burns :02smile:
(DIR) Post #APMQurIDxnQER4hHBA by FleecewoodMac@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T10:46:44Z
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@blaine @cwebber awesome, I had no idea Mastodon != Fediverse.
(DIR) Post #APMQuzxdjhIvJq8SqO by drq@mastodon.ml
2022-11-07T12:50:27Z
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@FleecewoodMac Yep. Also, it's far older than you know.I made a two-hour-length history podcast that spans almost decade and a half of its history (and in fact more, because the idea of the Fedi stems out of the Internet's organization itself, email, web, rss, xmpp, early attempts at blogosphere and such, so I had to explain all that as well)It's in Russian, though. :)@blaine @cwebber
(DIR) Post #APMR6IKBnhGlSU4MAy by drq@mastodon.ml
2022-11-07T12:52:32Z
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@FleecewoodMac (it was also made two years ago, and some names might have changed)@blaine @cwebber
(DIR) Post #APMRCbAodN63edgtLk by blaine@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T07:14:11Z
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@cwebber @gaige 2008 was probably too early for the world to understand federated Twitter. 😂 The one thing I made during that time that persists is webfinger & some of the early work on pubsubhubbub.So many other people & projects to tag, but the main point is that focusing on "Mastodon" versus "the Network"/fediverse is sloppy from a journalistic/academic perspective and risks centering power in unhelpful ways. 💜
(DIR) Post #APMRN0kEPpfprGDmbI by siina@fedi.criminallycute.fi
2022-11-07T12:52:12.655641Z
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@cwebber @blaine @clay I still wobbly window in kde plasma :')
(DIR) Post #APMYuTU3HivIE4YbjM by a1ba@expired.mentality.rip
2022-11-07T14:19:49.917573Z
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@cwebber @blaine @clay I miss compiz days. Wobbly windows, cube desktop, burning windows on close, drawing with particles and ripples.It makes no sense! Why even somebody used it? But it helped me and many others to hook up on Linux and never leave it since.
(DIR) Post #APMcefPXZVAKOvAHMe by ArneBab@rollenspiel.social
2022-11-07T14:58:56Z
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@a1ba I used wobbly windows. They helped to identify whether the window had latched to the actual screen border. @blaine @cwebber @clay
(DIR) Post #APMcegrw9PTSvHSTGS by ArneBab@rollenspiel.social
2022-11-07T15:00:40Z
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@a1ba also I think that fun and creativity matter, even if they do not give maximum productivity. If I have fun but everything is a bit slower then I still achieve much more than when I’m bored and stop before getting anything done. @blaine @cwebber @clay
(DIR) Post #APMepTGfGAF7pjICuW by tomjwatson@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T15:19:51Z
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@a1ba @blaine @cwebber @clay If you're using gnome then check outhttps://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3210/compiz-windows-effect/https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4679/burn-my-windows/you're welcome 😄
(DIR) Post #APMepTyGe37a0xh1sG by a1ba@expired.mentality.rip
2022-11-07T15:26:12.394113Z
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@tomjwatson @blaine @cwebber @clay I'm on KDE and afaik it still has compiz-like animations. Just no reason to enable than pure nostalgia.Thanks though.
(DIR) Post #APMkQzZQcbVaVHmQUa by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
2022-11-07T16:29:06Z
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@blaine Is this like when our very own Prime Minister David Cameron went on TV talking about the dark web and blamed "Google browser"?You mean Chrome you IT illiterate! 🤦♂️ @cwebber
(DIR) Post #APdERVTXcLILswLVfU by cyberspook@soc.redeyes.site
2022-11-15T15:20:51.796118Z
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@blaine>a small part of the project overshadows the entire projectHmmmmmmm, very familiar. I wonder if there's an operating system which is overshadowed by its kernal. If only there could be such an operating system. If only…@cwebber