bender

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"Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own theme park. With blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the park."

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bender
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 (1d ago)
↳ In-reply-to » An interesting episode about naming stuff, and some implications of the "Trademarks"

I am confused (maybe I missed what they said, or didn’t read well). What was “Sonora Taqueria” answer to the cease and desist demand letter[1]? Did the accusers simply dropped their suit efford, or was “Sonora Taqueria” able to make their case (see [1])?

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bender
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 (2d ago)
↳ In-reply-to » @andros That's a shame. But here's the thing about piracy. If I could download a PDF or MP3/OGG of a Book I'd happily pay for this. If I could download an MP3/OGG of some Music I would pay for this. If I could download an MP4 of a Movie I would pay for this.

@prologic@twtxt.net that’s you, and me, and some others. Sadly, though, a huge majority (I don’t have sources, or numbers, but “trust me, bro” :-P) will simply, gladly, and unapologetically, pirate.

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bender
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 (3d ago)
↳ In-reply-to » I think my new SqliteCache is almost ready for prime time 🤞

I see nothing wrong with the “implications”. I would call them features. I think this will be the best thing that happened to Yarn since the subject extension.

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bender
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 (5d ago)
↳ In-reply-to » thanks @prologic! @bender the idea of the RFC was to reach an agreement on a difficult problem, receiving proposals, and the voting is a simple count to gauge the sentiment of "is this a problem worth to be fixed?, are we committed to implement a change in our clients?"

@prologic@twtxt.net I noticed that the hash also shows (as in clearly visible) on the “in-reply-to”. That doesn’t happen with any other client—well, at least not with Yarn, nor jenny.

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bender
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 (6d ago)
↳ In-reply-to » For anyone following the proposals to improve replies and threads in twtxt, the voting period has started and will be open for a week. https://eapl.me/rfc0001/

@eapl.me@eapl.me other than getting a pseudo tally, what else do you aim to accomplish from this? That is, what is the tangible expectation?

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bender
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 (1w ago)
↳ In-reply-to » @bender I taught the whole ecosystem 😁 @prologic @eapl.me The question I was asked the most was: How do I discover people? Someone came up with a fantastic idea, instead of adding the new twt at the end of the feed, do it at the beginning. So you can paginate by cutting the request every few lines.

@eapl.me@eapl.me you wrote, partially:

“I’d like to change that. It’s by nerds/hackers, for nerds/hackers and friends of these.”

I wish you well, and good luck! 😅

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bender
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 (1w ago)
↳ In-reply-to » @bender I taught the whole ecosystem 😁 @prologic @eapl.me The question I was asked the most was: How do I discover people? Someone came up with a fantastic idea, instead of adding the new twt at the end of the feed, do it at the beginning. So you can paginate by cutting the request every few lines.

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev and how will that help “discover people”? I am missing something, I am sure, as I don’t understand.

Twtxt was made for nerds, by nerds. So one would script a way to often (and/or ongoing) check your web server logs for new mentions, “follows”, etc.

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bender
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 (1w ago)

@doesnm@doesnm.p.psf.lt why? The Gemini protocol is an obscure, niche, good-for-nothing (yeah, I am trolling) protocol. Search for “Gemini”, and tell me in which page, on your search engine of choice, you see it being referred as a protocol.

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bender
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 (1w ago)
↳ In-reply-to » Wait! What's going on?! 🧐

@prologic@twtxt.net Gemini has an answer for you:

This is a conversation thread from a twtxt network, detailing a user’s (movq) frustration with the Mastodon “export data” feature and their consideration of self-hosting a fediverse alternative. Here’s a summary:

  • movq’s initial issue:
    • movq is concerned about the volatility of their data on their current Mastodon instance due to a broken “export data” feature.
    • They contacted the admins, but the issue remains unresolved.
    • This led them to contemplate self-hosting.
  • Alternative fediverse software suggestions:
    • kat suggests gotosocial as a lightweight alternative to Mastodon.
    • movq agrees, and also mentions snac as a potential option.
  • movq’s change of heart:
    • movq ultimately decides that self-hosting any fediverse software, besides twtxt, is too much effort.
  • Resolution and compromise:
    • The Mastodon admins attribute the export failure to the size of movq’s account.
    • movq decides to set their Mastodon account to auto-delete posts after approximately 180 days to manage data size.
    • Movq also mentions that they use auto-expiring links on twtxt to reduce data storage.

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