Posts by alanz@social.coop
(DIR) Post #1242568 by alanz@social.coop
2018-11-16T07:32:02Z
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@NinjatrappeurAnd it looks like your reveal got a really good reception. Congratulations
(DIR) Post #1816533 by alanz@social.coop
2018-09-07T12:28:20Z
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@xxbcTo me the main point is that modern URLs are so overloaded with tracking junk they look like line noise.@strypey @aral @torgo
(DIR) Post #1863528 by alanz@social.coop
2018-12-09T19:42:57Z
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@xj9To me the key to resisting centralisation is to come up with some kind of force that limits the maximum size an instance can be.But it has to be some kind of intrinsic, social or other based thing, so tech workarounds can't bypass it.Like, what stops a tree from growing without limit? And once we know how to do it on the fediverse, we need to apply it to companies too, to stop them getting too big.@bob @tursiops
(DIR) Post #2076696 by alanz@social.coop
2018-12-18T13:33:41Z
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@raucaoUsing types lets the compiler help you, so you don't have to keep as much in your head.
(DIR) Post #2404800 by alanz@social.coop
2018-12-29T14:53:36Z
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@aranI think the point is that the world-changing stuff does not get perceived as that initially, so is ignored by the big money. Hence would never get funded.@bhaugen
(DIR) Post #2763150 by alanz@social.coop
2019-01-07T16:22:17Z
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@clackeExcept in my experience you always made at least one typo, and the learning came from trying to get the thing to work.@drzaiusx11 @enkiv2 @Truck @alis
(DIR) Post #9fSKA9LGaKszn4aQYS by alanz@social.coop
2019-02-03T10:58:57Z
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Modern toner cartridge: "computer says no".No option to shake it to get the last part, or print a little bit faded.Bring money, buy an original.
(DIR) Post #9fyOa1dZwQ1E8HPAhc by alanz@social.coop
2019-02-18T22:23:28Z
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@kaniiniI think the moodlenet people might be doing it already in their fork of pleroma for commonspub.
(DIR) Post #9glShKsszbUuLWTVCa by alanz@social.coop
2019-03-14T14:28:26Z
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@kaniiniYou are going to have to code name the 1.0 release as Zeno
(DIR) Post #9iEEZ9HpMTiomdTLyS by alanz@social.coop
2019-04-27T09:34:03Z
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@Wolf480plHow about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases@RandomDamage @strypey
(DIR) Post #9iXzFWGRFwU13mZwcS by alanz@social.coop
2019-05-06T22:16:24Z
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@sirGraphQL the ugly: Facebook has a patent on it.https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/issues/351
(DIR) Post #9j8Rn0B1VkDEIW5vZA by alanz@social.coop
2019-05-24T07:58:48Z
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@ekaitz_zarragaJust do it
(DIR) Post #9sqTWV8JgPtPvI3OKW by alanz@social.coop
2020-03-09T23:01:39Z
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@danny Interesting that lisp is in the "pretty good" range on all three axes
(DIR) Post #9ve2YUiGdUhDu8FPJw by alanz@social.coop
2018-01-10T11:13:45Z
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@vfrmedia@Antanicus @wu_leeSecure Scuttlebutt is aiming to be run on user hardware only. And to be connection/communication method agnostic.So is a possible mechanism to counter this.
(DIR) Post #AQHJAHWMTzJihVUu48 by alanz@social.coop
2022-12-04T20:17:50Z
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If chatGPT helps me write some code, what license should it have?
(DIR) Post #AQHJeGSkyu1E6f6m2a by alanz@social.coop
2022-12-04T23:27:36Z
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@mansr Yes, but we also know it just makes things up, like references to nonexistent papers. I would not put much store by that reply.I do agree that publishing under a free license makes sense though.My experience this evening trying to use it to write emacs lisp is that it is more about it giving you ideas to try than actual working code. The code did not work without a fair bit of panel beating.
(DIR) Post #ARdsPZxgY92RFIc3o8 by alanz@social.coop
2023-01-14T17:56:31Z
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github has started having annoying pop-ups as you move the mouse over the page, which do not disappear, and hide the part I want to access.
(DIR) Post #AU1DeUisXiyzDUFNAm by alanz@social.coop
2023-03-26T20:07:15Z
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I am taking the plunge, and switching from using an #irc client to using @matrix and the bridges to the IRC rooms I frequent.
(DIR) Post #AUzJGrv2Re5egeV0LY by alanz@social.coop
2023-04-24T19:40:53Z
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I follow my personal feed in reverse chronological order. So I always have a "place" I have got to.I would love to have this place stored on the server, so whichever client I use knows where I got to. I remember there used to be an RSS feed client that did that, possibly the one from Google, hence now gone.cc @bhaugen
(DIR) Post #AzOTzmsoPRchXdILoG by alanz@social.coop
2025-10-20T07:49:55Z
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@strypey as a South African I love this word, as it uses the Afrikaans word "kak"