Posts by emsenn@tenforward.social
(DIR) Post #9iTNX3yuZkCPfHTmb2 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-05-04T15:35:14Z
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"Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better."― Edsger W. Dijkstra, a pioneering computer scientist.
(DIR) Post #9kKgETuOoKvbyiMew4 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-06-29T03:16:32Z
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#FollowFriday- @twee has reasonable opinions about technology.- @_emacsomancer has an interest in Old English and Emacs.- @maloki is involved with the communities of several ActivityPub-federated platforms and boosts a lot of commentary about contemporary issues within the communities using those platforms.See https://emsenn.net/comps/follow-fridays.html for past listings.
(DIR) Post #9kZ1DHfy52zFjiPaBk by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-06T03:12:45Z
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#FollowFriday- @Kris is doing some interesting fantasy world-building stuff.- @ardydo makes cool games that they share at https://ardydo.itch.io/.- @darius cares about how we talk online; recently he released his instance's fork of Mastodon called Hometown Fork: https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown.
(DIR) Post #9kaDyJWGRAddfk1aIS by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-06T15:37:47Z
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Hey y'all, I took the time to write up my techbro's journey through the Fediverse in a more verbose format, that puts my arguments together in a bit more linear and rational order.https://emsenn.net/essays/there-and-back-again-a-fediverse-journey/Meet Gamma. Gamma dislikes advertisement-funded social media, so comes to the Fediverse. But without the systemic bias, he finds his opinions harshly criticized. This makes him uncomfortable.Why, and what happens next?
(DIR) Post #9knZNGTQi5jYJ2Oxfc by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-13T05:38:19Z
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By questioning if an app developer has violated the constitution, by questioning if their blocking a group is violation of free speech, you are raising questions of serious impropriety, which has a chilling effect on those developers ability to express themselves with a sense of security.By loudly and without proper cause, over and over, asking if these developers have violated free speech, you are suppressing their free expression: their free speech.Also https://emsenn.net/essays/public-posts-are-implicit-endorsement-of-the-framework-they-discuss/
(DIR) Post #9kqPp06LYYZkoTxndI by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-13T17:13:18Z
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F-Droid has put their privilege behind privilege and decided to permit applications who have decided to exist to benefit oppressive and violent communities, and simultaneously said that "discussion got way out of hand," as though discussing how to genocide people isn't what they're protecting: /that's/ letting a conversation get out of hand, y'all.Fork the project if you can, use the forks when they're ready. Do not collaborate with those who wish me dead.
(DIR) Post #9kqpmnABHqDQuoMenI by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-14T18:50:37Z
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Yesterday a man put himself in a position to be murdered by cops.Here's (allegedly) his own words why. You must read this. It will hurt, regardless of your background and beliefs. The author of this text is dead now, because he chose to die, for the reasons here.
(DIR) Post #9ksY269VL03roAPK5Y by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-15T15:55:39Z
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Buddy I work with just got out of 84 days served because it was that or pay some fines caused by an illegal traffic stop; paying the fines would've put his wife on the street.If anyone in #ChapelHill knows of some work needs done, he's a good handyman, does basic lawn stuff, indoor paints well and even does some sheetrock stuff.
(DIR) Post #9kzJkRaCMgAxR8MZ16 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-18T21:20:34Z
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This is a fairly comprehensive post explaining what "the fediverse" is. It does a good job explaining the grey area between the ActivityPub protocol, the different platforms, and the communities.https://blog.diogo.site/posts/what-is-the-fediverseWritten by @diogo
(DIR) Post #9l1Ht18iEqsEREO372 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-19T20:54:45Z
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I'm making an #ActivityPub compliant (and #IndieWeb friendly) web server for myself in #Elisp, by-the-by:https://emsenn.neocities.org/suros.html#Emacs /is/ a fine operating system.
(DIR) Post #9lMYyjU4yA1ploAZsm by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-28T15:22:06Z
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Today I'll hopefully have a fair chunk of time to work on my #suros, a single-user responsive object server implemented inside #Emacs. I've been tinkering with its internals, inspired from working with #MUD engines. It's meant to play nice with #ActivityPub and the #IndieWeb, while pulling data from one's emacs client or org-mode files.View the source here https://gitlab.com/emsenn/suros/blob/master/suros.elJoin the development chat here https://riot.im/app/#/room/#suros:matrix.org
(DIR) Post #9lQhqyFbrNIZTGcC3c by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-07-31T14:13:21Z
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Tomorrow one of the tenants for the building I manage is moving out to go live with his mom and brother. The brother, despite being just under 40, has really bad dementia and got denied benefits, which is why the tenant is moving.Any donations made through July to https://emsenn.net/support/ have been forwarded to him.He moves tomorrow, so today's the last day I can do this: any donations made to the above link will get forwarded on to person mentioned.
(DIR) Post #9mmzoUNrRZpDHbzHqS by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-09-10T17:03:32Z
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https://globalclimatestrike.net/Don't just read the link and go "I can't strike," there's also coordinated protests and other ways to get involved.As the website says, "[o]ur house is on fire - let's act like it."(Boost this or a better call to action, or write your own, please.)
(DIR) Post #9navK1uhSDX0I2MkN6 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-10-04T00:33:34Z
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All you need to grow your own vitamin-packed sprouts at home is a jar or plastic cup, preferably clear, and a cloth to cover it, and some way to keep the cloth fastened on, like a rubber band or hairtie.Do you have those things? Want to try growing sprouts? DM me an address and next Monday I'll post you an envelope containing heirloom-y, non-GMO, open-source seeds that you can use to try it out, at no cost to you.(Offer valid for the first, say... 60 respondents.)(Boosts encouraged.)
(DIR) Post #9njNs9S3W3kXvttFC4 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-10-07T14:34:25Z
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The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) have an important message for you at work this Monday:SLOW DOWNRespect yourselves, protect yourselvesThe hours are long,the pay is small,so take your time,and buck them all.---Did your boss work for every penny of his paycheck, or is some of that coming from your labor? Remember that the next time you think about "working hard:" you aren't paid for all the work you do anyway; why give away more for free?
(DIR) Post #9npk3YFUNEmn1XeEK0 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-10-12T00:54:34Z
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The Istanbul Industrial Workers of the World have released the following statement:http://www.yeryuzupostasi.org/2019/10/10/dunya-endustri-iscileri-iww-istanbul-savasa-karsi-sinif-savasi/https://industrialworker.iww.org/?p=808English translation follows in response to this post.[1/n]#IWW #Rojava #Syria
(DIR) Post #9otS7HSs7Kr3G9t9iS by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-11-12T17:27:38Z
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Turning Point USA, the far-right astroturfing group, is holding an event at #NCSU tomorrow at 5:30 to 8:30pm. Charlie Kirk, of TPUSA, and Lara Trump, Eric Trump's wife, will be speaking.A coalition of students plan to protest this event, but campus police are inhibiting organization. Last night, they detained two organizers.If you can make it to Wolf Plaza on NCSU's campus in #Raleigh #NorthCarolina tomorrow, please do. Show the university we don't want that around us.
(DIR) Post #9pvTuYJkBJM8e8mTy4 by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-12-13T15:18:35Z
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What's #RacketMUD?MUDs are a way of hanging out online, a precursor to MMORPGs & chat rooms, where everything is handled via text.> lookThis is a tavern. Becky the Bartender stands here.> sayto becky Howdy!You say to Becky: Howdy!Becky looks at you. "Want a drink?"> order ciderYou don't have enough money for that.> cq Anyone wanna buy me a round at the tavern?(CQ) emsenn: Anyone wanna buy me a round at the tavern?Learn more at https://gitlab.com/emsenn/racket-mud#gaming #gameing #MMORPG
(DIR) Post #9qQdcZDzaELJffZbSC by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-12-28T15:59:23Z
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Do you have a soft spot for an old #SNES #RPG? Are you a fan of retro gaming? The Cleft of Dimensions is a text adventure MMO (aka, a #MUD) with content inspired by classic video games...Do you want to jump on goombas?... Then again, why fight goombas when you could enslave them into your army? If that doesn't work out, you've got this motorcycle you could crash into them...Cleft of Dimensions has existed as the ever-present space between worlds since July of 2000https://www.cleftofdimensions.net/
(DIR) Post #AFZnxUMMZkUojjHcoa by emsenn@tenforward.social
2019-12-08T17:30:52Z
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What's #RacketMUD:MUDs are an old-school way of communicating online, a precursor to MMORPGs and chat rooms. A lot of us like both of those things.But social-oriented MUD software is old and not written in a LISP. Racket-MUD is new and written in a LISP. It'll be ActivityPub-compliant, which is hip. And I wanna organize its development democratically, which is nice.Learn more at https://code.cyberearth.systems/emsenn/racket-mud/wikiJoin the community in #racket-mud on the FreeNode IRC server