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lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T11:45:00+02:00	These nicely lit jet trails are the work of the sunset: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2026-05-22/
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T09:49:17+00:00	(#pis2zda) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> @<tftp https://tilde.town/~tftp/twtxt.txt> Someone has pointed out that there’s OpenRsync:

https://www.openrsync.org/

Since I run OpenBSD on my servers, I actually do use that and have never noticed any incompatibilities with the “normal” rsync.
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T10:48:00Z	(#t6wt7ja) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> I guess I'm not so lucky haha 🤣 Only won $32 AUD 😅
brennan	https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T04:08:42-07:00	⬇️ the hipster in me hates seeing people talk about markdown (.md) now. It was a documentation and writing filetype for decades before genAI&#39;s bullshit gentrification.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T13:30:00+02:00	Oh boy, it was bloody humid this morning. Just around 20°C when we left, but climbing rapidly. The flow of air when walking was okay, but as soon as we stopped, streams of sweat were pouring down on us. Luckily, it was cloudy, but the lack of wind was bad. Now, the sun is out, 29°C will be reached in an hour and I'm glad that the house is still cool. It will be a different story in a few weeks or months. Not looking forward to that at ll.

On the bright side, we saw the first tadpoles of the year and an also first, but sadly dead slow worm that probably some bird dropped on a bench next to the fountain. The fly was stuck to its feast and also cactus. The municipality fixed the railing nicely and we came across a giant patch of great looking fire bugs on the summit.

All in all, a successful stroll through the woods but for the humid heat.

https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2026-05-30/
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T13:45:00+02:00	(#pcszvhq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> I came across that in some of these threads, too. I should probably give OpenRsync a shot.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T14:00:00+02:00	Oh, nice. In my endeavors of time in C++, I came across `cal 9 1752`. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/brief-history-mktime
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T12:25:54+00:00	(#t6wt7ja) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> lol, well, better than nothing, eh? What did the tickets cost? 😅
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T12:39:22Z	(#t6wt7ja) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> $95 🤣 So I'm down a fair bit 😳
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T13:59:45Z	(#t6wt7ja) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> my gosh, that’s some expensive lottery! I have the feeling I would win, but I never play. 🤭 Wife, on the other hand, does. East and west coast, with a bunch of her friends (a pool). They win nothing, for many years. 😅
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T15:39:54Z	(#t6wt7ja) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> LOL 😂
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T15:48:24+00:00	(#t6wt7ja) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Jesus, that’s expensive. 🥴
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T15:49:06+00:00	(#oqmy2oq) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> Nature is cruel.

And the humidity sucks. It’s been a horrible day. 🥴
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T15:59:58Z	(#ixw5ryq) On the subject of debugging these so-called AI(s) / Black Boxes... the model is a black box sure, but that's not really the problem. Everything around it — the inputs, the outputs, the decisions it makes — all of that can and should be fully logged, traced and replayed. The "program" isn't the model, it's the full context you feed it. That's what you debug. It's not so different from any other system really; if you're running something in production with no logs, no structured outputs and no tests, you'd have the same problem. The model doesn't change that discipline, it just makes it more important.
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T16:05:48Z	Heading to bed 👋 Goodnight everyone! 💤
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T18:19:42Z	(#2hd4mra) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> you went to sleep so early! It’s barely 14:19. 😂
@thiegui@tuiter.rocks	https://feeds.twtxt.net/@thiegui@tuiter.rocks/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T19:26:51Z	****
Día de paseo por BCN con carrito incluido y ni tan mal: ni nos han atracado 4 veces ni nos han echado birra por encima los guiris ... Todo fetén 👌 ⌘ [Read more](https://tuiter.rocks/@thiegui/116665169439463061)
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T23:21:33-04:00	(#wflbuia) @<arne https://uplegger.eu/twtxt.txt> I'm similar... I use "I" most of the time (mostly in planning or trying to focus, ex: "I'm going to do X, then Y"), but I also use "you" when fussing at myself for my perceived faults or mistakes (that's my "lizard brain", we don't get along so well because he's kind of a jerk).
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-05-30T23:25:42-04:00	(#tgndc2q) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> It's OK, it's still WIP. You're just helping make it more *robust*. 😁
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T00:08:19-04:00	Last minute entry for #caturday (at least in this time zone)... 
 
This is Shadow. He's an incredibly sweet boy who likes long walks (on your shoulder), loving on his puppies, and laying in *his* bowl(s). 
 
https://itsericwoodward.com/images/17a03702.jpg https://itsericwoodward.com/images/c4b3ce57.jpg https://itsericwoodward.com/images/4bbc4698.jpg
@jo	https://comam.es/jo.txt	2026-05-31T09:00:01+02:00	[47°09′31″S, 126°43′26″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to thunderstorm
brennan	https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T02:26:00-07:00	✒️ happy to report https://fanfiction.lol is functional and open for registration! :D
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T10:43:50+00:00	Ambient noise. Crows, (wild) parrots, pigeons, the occasional blackbird, some traffic, individual raindrops, thunder, heavy rain on lots of trees.

A welcome change from the daily noise of the construction site nearby.

(I wish I had better equipment. As usual.)

https://movq.de/v/9b7df4ea0a/2026-05-31--regen.flac
@thiegui@tuiter.rocks	https://feeds.twtxt.net/@thiegui@tuiter.rocks/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T12:42:09Z	****
He visto la peli Segundo premio, de Isaki Lacuesta, la peli sobre Los planetas, o no.

[https://letterboxd.com/film/saturn-return/](https://letterboxd.com/film/saturn-return/)

Me ha gustado bastante, daban ganas de estar en Granada en aquella época.

No sé que opinará [@philspectrum](https://mastodon.social/@philspectrum) de tot plegat.

[#pelis](https://tuiter.rocks/tags/pelis) [#losplanetas](https://tuiter.rocks/tags/losplanetas) [#musica](https://tuiter.rocks/tags/musica) ⌘ [Read more](https://tuiter.rocks/@thiegui/116669240395466792)
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T15:50:10Z	(#5dk53tq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> that was lovely! I especially liked the rain. I truly am a sucker for rain!
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T18:45:00+02:00	(#2bsrsca) I wasted my entire weekend on the writeup. If you have way too much time to spare and also are interested in a bug analysis of a software that you don't even use, I have you covered: https://lyse.isobeef.org/newsboat-time-parsing-bug-analysis/
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T17:03:57Z	(#cbdtyfa) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> I notice a theme here, but can’t quite place my finger on it… 🤭
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T17:04:35Z	(#sb3wokq) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> love them! I hunt for those here. I enjoy watching it as it happens. Never that red, though.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T19:30:00+02:00	(#5dk53tq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> Wow, quite the background noise! I like the birds, though. :-)
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T19:45:00+02:00	(#bw2ebdq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> Oh yes, very cruel. Absolutely. But also beautiful sometimes.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T20:00:00+02:00	(#wyrcg5q) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Doesn't happen often. And when it does, it's a matter of just a few minutes.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T20:15:00+02:00	(#v3zbqhq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> No way, impossible! Which pattern could you have possibly spot? :-D
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T19:32:48+00:00	(#2bsrsca) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> Oh, nice. That was quite the ride. :-)  And all that because of locales. 😳

But, did I understand that correctly? *All* Atom feeds were broken, right? Because they all use that same code path with that `strftime/strptime` dance in it?
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T22:00:00+02:00	(#ffgix3a) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> Hahaha, a ride indeed. Exactly, this affected each and every Atom feed and only Atom feeds. All RSS feeds worked like nothing ever happened. This `std::string` to `time_t` to `std::string` to `time_t` dance only happens for Atom feeds. RSS feeds, on the other hand, go right from `std::string` to `time_t` and be done. That's precisely what the second option is aiming to propose for Atom feeds, too.

I will clarify that tomorrow in the article.

It's very interesting what kind of quirks accumulate in software over the years. Especially quirks, the basically noone knows of anymore. Until something explodes and gets rediscovered. Luckily, that doesn't happen all that often.
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T21:44:41Z	(#gt6emya) @<itsericwoodward https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt> that second one… 😍! Shadow is such a handsome boy!
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T21:20:31-04:00	(#gt6emya) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Thank you, we think so too. 
 
I'm glad you like it!
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-05-31T21:52:11-04:00	Apologies to anyone who's seen an uptick in twtxt pings from me today... I've been working on shoe-horning my twtxt reader (TwtStrm) into my editor (TwtKpr, aka the `express-twtkpr` npm library), and it kind ran amok a few times. So again, sorry - I've added a minimum 10-minute cool-down period between pulls which should help (I hope 🙂).
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T02:47:11Z	(#qqo63pq) @<itsericwoodward https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt> All good here 👌
@thiegui@tuiter.rocks	https://feeds.twtxt.net/@thiegui@tuiter.rocks/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T05:02:57Z	****
Buenos días a los despiertos!

Por fin es Junio.

[#felizLunes](https://tuiter.rocks/tags/felizLunes) ⌘ [Read more](https://tuiter.rocks/@thiegui/116673097066309652)
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T06:38:19Z	(#qqo63pq) @<itsericwoodward https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt> Excited to see twtxt tooling in the Node ecosystem! Any plans to implement the Twtxt v2 extensions? Things like Twt Hash + Subject (proper threading), Multiline, etc. — all documented at https://twtxt.dev 👀
@jo	https://comam.es/jo.txt	2026-06-01T09:00:01+02:00	[47°09′31″S, 126°43′31″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to blizzard
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T11:05:22Z	(#qqo63pq) @<itsericwoodward https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt> noticed absolutely nothing. Happy developing!
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T12:41:39Z	Upvoted, @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt>! See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331329
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T12:44:02Z	(#ijp25zq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> upvoted too 👌
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T12:49:38+00:00	(#ijp25zq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Oh, well, thanks, I guess? 😅  (This “zdw” person isn’t me. I don’t even have an account at HackerNews. 😅)
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T12:57:57Z	(#ijp25zq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> oh, I knew it wasn't you. It is just nice to see your hobby was noticed. :-)
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:00:18Z	(#ijp25zq) I mean, this is pretty awesome!

 ![Screenshot showing Movwin on the top 10 on HN](https://twtxt.net/media/e1079d742aee79428c978bf7ea3db238.png)
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:00:27+00:00	(#ijp25zq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> … boom, 5500+ hits on that blog post. 🤣  Should I start monetizing this shit?! 🤪  (Don’t worry, I won’t. German law gets super annoying if you do that kind of thing.)
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:05:09+00:00	(#ijp25zq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Doing `tail -f access.log` looks like a Matrix screensaver at the moment. Whoooooosh …
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:05:32+00:00	(#ijp25zq) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt>

> oh, I knew it wasn't you. It is just nice to see your hobby was noticed. :-)

Ah, I see! 🤗
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:19:00+00:00	(#at6j2ua) @<arne https://uplegger.eu/twtxt.txt> Indeed. I’m glad that it’s all just static HTML. The most expensive part about this is probably TLS. 🤷‍♀️
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:32:36Z	(#at6j2ua) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> TLs is cheap, we built hardware encryption modules for AES-256 which TLS still uses so you're fine 😅
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T15:28:36Z	(#tyakazq) @<rrraksamam https://twtxt.net/user/rrraksamam/twtxt.txt> No 🤣 I _think_ it's a human weakness, someone born in the genes of some 🤔
@villares@ciberlandia.pt	https://ciberlandia.pt/users/villares	2026-06-01T15:45:24Z	(#116675623315683621) I've been distracting myself with chess puzzles recently... #lichess 
https://lichess.org/training/ap77K
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T16:07:47Z	(#tyakazq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> that possible in any profession. Contrary to what @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt>'s think, I don't think it is a human weakness. That some people are absolute and despicable assholes? Yep, I agree on that.
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T16:09:37Z	(#4smiica) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> LOL. At least now you know your infrastructure  and web server can handle some traffic. Consider it a test, in addition to the fleeting recognition. 🤣
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T16:49:22Z	(#gcatsca) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Yes, but I consider this to be a flaw in the human species. Think about it, what good does it serve? What possible reason do we have to have such traits today? Survival of the fitness? pffft 😅
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T16:49:52Z	Yay finally fixed some of those annoying "Mark as Read" behaviours/bugs 🐞
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T16:59:40Z	(#kmffzaq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> woot! 🎉🎉🎉
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T17:22:11+00:00	(#4smiica) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> The good thing is that it’s already pretty battle-tested. 😅  There was this dumpster fire a few years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31114554  This was on their front page for quite a while, just look at the number of comments … 😂
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T19:45:00+02:00	(#ijp25zq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> Interesting read! The current state is already a very great achievement. I felt honored being able to already have followed your development along here on twtxt. :-)

That's a cool clock, I should remind myself of my working time, too.
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T17:54:34+00:00	(#4smiica) We’re at close to 20k hits now, but it has slowed down considerably. Nobody cares about page 2. 😅
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T17:56:42+00:00	(#4smiica) It’s not that much traffic, of course. One hit per second on average. (Plus the images.) The nasty bots are much worse. 😅
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T20:00:00+02:00	(#qqo63pq) @<itsericwoordward https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt> Haven't noticed anything either. These request numbers are *well below* some other software. :-)
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T20:15:00+02:00	I was wondering why all the twt hashes in my replies today were still so short. I was ahead of the times. The Twt Hash v2 Epoch only begins next month.
brennan	https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T13:02:35-07:00	😴 This is the longest I&#39;ve gone without writing in the last half year, who knew starting a new platform would be time-consuming.
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T22:35:45Z	(#pp3s63a) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> LOL. Always ahead of times! Lyse, the man from the future! Sic mvndvs creatvs est!
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T23:15:42Z	(#pp3s63a) That reminds me, I need to update `yarnd` too. I haven't done so yet 😅 Been so bloody busy with work 🥵
kiwu	https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T23:54:22Z	(#fotkoeq) thank you everyone!!
kiwu	https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T23:54:51Z	(#fotkoeq) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> im sure my job will be better then the hell school put me through, im ready for it!!
kiwu	https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T23:55:06Z	how r y'all doing?
itsericwoodward	https://itsericwoodward.com/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T22:34:55-04:00	(#qqo63pq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Thanks! Yeah, it already supports Twt Hash via `twtxt-lib` (both v1 and v2, when the time is right), plus most of the other features (multiline, user-agent, and metadata), and I'm working on (re-)implementing threading, mentions, and hash filtering (to make conversations easier to follow). 
 
Here's a current snapshot of my local version, in case anyone is interested: 
 
https://itsericwoodward.com/images/dda03946.png
brennan	https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt	2026-06-01T22:57:57-07:00	🏳️‍🌈 I am so thankful to be able to build community and silly web things for my Queer brothers and sisters and siblings. I love being Queer. Happy pride!
@jo	https://comam.es/jo.txt	2026-06-02T09:00:01+02:00	[47°09′05″S, 126°43′51″W] Wind speed: 45kph
@thiegui@tuiter.rocks	https://feeds.twtxt.net/@thiegui@tuiter.rocks/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T08:26:26Z	****
Buenos martes!

A ver si consigo saludar una semana entera..

[#felizmartes](https://tuiter.rocks/tags/felizmartes) ⌘ [Read more](https://tuiter.rocks/@thiegui/116679559500773864)
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:16:24+00:00	Aha, my nickname at work now appears to be “Princess Garbage Disposal” (“Prinzessin Müllabfuhr”). 🤦‍♀️ 🥴
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:16:36Z	(#srl7w2a) Nice work! Threading + mentions is where it gets fun 😅 Ping me if anything in the spec is unclear 👌
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:16:41Z	(#5gm6hma) Go get 'em! 🙌
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:16:43Z	(#um2xchq) Nobody ever does 🤣
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:17:07+00:00	(#qqnb7ba) @<kiwu https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt> In-cred-ib-ly tired. 😂
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T10:27:38Z	(#qqnb7ba) Same here, but my own fault
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T11:50:31Z	(#qqnb7ba) I join the tired masses. So tired, I slept through my alarm this morning (something that hasn't happened for over 20 years, easily), and wife woke me up asking "Aren't you going to work today?" So yeah, I could have slept for a while more this morning, for sure.
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T11:52:03Z	(#um2xchq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> I do! I paginate usually 10 times on HN. Their algo is so messed up (but it works, I guess) that not doing that will make me miss a lot of good, interesting, things.
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T11:53:36Z	(#5gm6hma) @<kiwu https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt> welcome, new slave! Err, I meant, beloved employee! 😅
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T11:54:17Z	(#7oqoqpa) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> but why? Are they that mean?! 😅
prologic	https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T11:57:10Z	(#5gm6hma) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> LOL 😂
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T13:10:46+00:00	(#7oqoqpa) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> It started out as me calling myself “Princess Valium” because I’m so tired and braindead today, but then someone misheard that because a garbage truck drove by, and, so … one thing lead to another. 🤪  Sadly, it kind of fits, because I’m often the one who cleans up shit. 😬
bender	https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T13:15:28Z	(#7oqoqpa) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> hahahahaha! I'd say "Princess Grim Reaper" is more suiting. 😂
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T14:13:36+00:00	(#7oqoqpa) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> That certainly sounds much better in English, yeah. 😅
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T17:30:00+02:00	Holy moly, these thunderstorm clouds are blacker than black, wow! The rain smells so wonderful. Yummy!
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T17:45:00+02:00	(#5gm6hma) @<kiwu https://twtxt.net/user/kiwu/twtxt.txt> I like your enthusiasm. Go, go, go! :-)

@<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Hahaha! :-D
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T18:00:00+02:00	(#7oqoqpa) @<garbo https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> What a story! :-D
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T18:15:00+02:00	(#qqnb7ba) I woke up well ahead of my alarm. But fear not, I'm tired, too. :-)
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T18:30:00+02:00	(#jbgi35q) @<bender https://twtxt.net/user/bender/twtxt.txt> Hahaha! :-D
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T17:39:46+00:00	(#7oqoqpa) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> lol, “garbo” 😅  Took me a moment. 🤣
movq	https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T17:42:11+00:00	(#2bsrsca) @<lyse https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt> By the way, which site generator are you using? I kind of miss having code blocks with syntax highlighting and that generic yellow highlighting thing is pretty cool, too.
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T20:15:00+02:00	(#5bvmznq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> Nice find!
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T21:30:00+02:00	(#zz7qzqq) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> It's the "Lyse types the entire HTML by hand" generator. Yes, no kidding. I write articles so rarely, that I can do that once in a while. It's fun to some degree, but also not.

After some time, I finally recorded some Vim macros to insert `<b>…</b>`, `<var>…</var>`, `<span class=s>…</span>` etc. around the tokens. This helped a little bit. But I was still questioning my mental state doing it like that. I also had to fix a bunch of the end tags by hand, because the word movement wasn't enough or the end movement went too far. Quite the annoying process for sure.

But I think the HTML looks a wee bit nicer and is maybe even semantically a *little* bit better than having only `<span>`s everywhere. I find the `<span class="whatever">` just soo awfully long. Of course, I never look at the code again, but knowing, that e.g. there is a `<b>` and it saves so many bytes in comparison, makes me happy. It is a more elegant solution in my opinion. Not by much, but better nonetheless. It's a matter of simplicity. Admittedly, even I can't avoid the `<span>`s alltogether. Oh well. On the other hand, I'm sure that this does not make any difference whatsoever. I bet, nobody and nothing, like a screenreader, analyzes the HTML for that, where this would be truly useful.

Oh! Maybe text browsers, though. It just occurred to me while composing this reply. :-) Haha, I lost my bet quickly. `w3m` picks up at least the `<b>` for keywords and builtin types, `<u>` for filenames and `<i>` for comments. Yey. No different styles for `<var>` and `<mark>`, unfortunately. `elinks` only renders the bold. It's cool that I had the right intuition right from the beginning, despite being unable to pinpoint it. :-)

All the `<span>` hell with common syntax highlighters is a downer for me that keeps me from looking more into them. If I wrote more articles, I might rig something up with Pygments. At least that's somehow positively connotated in my brain. Not sure if it actually deserves it, but I dealt with that in some loose form (can't even remember) years and years ago. Apparently, it wasn't too terrible.

To prepare the table of contents, I used `grep` and `sed` with some manual intervention in the end. The entire process can be improved. Absolutely.

You wrote your own site generator, didn't you?
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T22:00:00+02:00	(#ns3yq5q) Years ago, I used Kate, no, not somebody's wife, but the KDE Advanced Text Editor, to export source code files and fragments into HTML with syntax highlighting. I think that's where I got the initial `<b>` idea from. There were also bucketloads of `<span style='color:#644a9b;'>` all over the place, even inside `<b>`. No CSS classes defined upfront, all colors inlined. The final rendering in the browser looked great, but the source code ugly as hell in my opinion. However, I'm thankful for hinting me at `<b>`. I think this kicked off everything. :-)
lyse	https://lyse.isobeef.org/twtxt.txt	2026-06-02T22:15:00+02:00	(#7u4wdxa) @<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> :-D