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(#pqyg3ba) @osnews@osnews

> We’ll have to see how this policy will be implemented, but I like that Gentoo is willing to take a sta ...

@osnews _@feeds.twtxt.net_

> We’ll have to see how this policy will be implemented, but I like that Gentoo is willing to take a stand.

Me too😅 ⌘ Read more
(#uxaaq5q) @movq@movq Haha 🤣 I saw this too and immediately thought

> I have to stop using Terraform

🤣**
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Haha 🤣 I saw this too and immediately thought

> I have to stop using Terraform

🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#dw6meza) @bender@bender Oh my 😱**
@bender Oh my 😱 ⌘ Read more
(#npqalva) @mckinley@mckinley I'm not sure to be honest I think it's just a straight up duplicate post. This _actually_ does happen, it's not a ...
@mckinley I’m not sure to be honest I think it’s just a straight up duplicate post. This _actually_ does happen, it’s not a bug, it’s a “human problem”, but yeah it’s annoying, so it’s making me want to figure out a way of keeping some kind of similarity db to strip duplicates out like this. ⌘ Read more
Hmmm the feeds service needs some kind of deduping 🤔 Slashdot seems to be the most frequent culprit 🙄 For example #oc2vksa and #wbx7ioq
Hmmm the feeds service needs some kind of deduping 🤔 Slashdot seems to be the most frequent culprit 🙄 For example #oc2vksa and #wbx7ioqRead more
(#dw6meza) Oh wow that's a lot of UPS(es) 🤣**
Oh wow that’s a lot of UPS(es) 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#z4m2yla) @bender@bender good idea 😅**
@bender good idea 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#z4m2yla) @bender@bender Get well soon! 🤞**
@bender Get well soon! 🤞 ⌘ Read more
(#l2j5e2a) @bender@bender A: Yes
@bender A: Yes ⌘ Read more
(#boe5pqa) @bender@bender Yup! It maybe should try to detect a pipe maybe too?**
@bender Yup! It maybe should try to detect a pipe maybe too? ⌘ Read more
(#2v6ranq) And yes @bender@bender pods will reintroduce old root Twts like this back into active caches 🤣 Just not the ones in/between (ol ...
And yes @bender pods will reintroduce old root Twts like this back into active caches 🤣 Just not the ones in/between (old replies) ⌘ Read more
(#2v6ranq) Funny how well shit works that we've collectively built 🤣**
Funny how well shit works that we’ve collectively built 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#2v6ranq) @jdtron As did I 🤣**
@jdtron _@tilde.team_ As did I 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#ujlhoma) @bender@bender Haha 😝**
@bender Haha 😝 ⌘ Read more
(#ujlhoma) @bender@bender LOL 😂 I _tried_ to even read the blog post, but I couldn't. In all bluntness and honestly the layout and style o ...
@bender LOL 😂 I _tried_ to even read the blog post, but I couldn’t. In all bluntness and honestly the layout and style of the website is total garbage, not to mention it’s written in a language I cannot read, but because it’s just so poorly written the translation service can’t translate it properly 🤦‍♂️ So point across FAIL ⌘ Read more
(#ujlhoma) @bender@bender What is?! 😆**
@bender What is?! 😆 ⌘ Read more
(#4h6nt7a) @lyse Ahh yea! I'll setup some CD for it this weekend 👌**
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Ahh yea! I’ll setup some CD for it this weekend 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#ujlhoma) @bender@bender Hmmm? 🤔**
@bender Hmmm? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#6axgyza) @movq

> If you all were to clear your caches, would your clients fetch archived feeds?

No.

And I'm also thinking of nuking my pod ...

@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_

> If you all were to clear your caches, would your clients fetch archived feeds?

No.

And I’m also thinking of nuking my pod at some point and starting over. But maybe after we refactor a few important things. ⌘ Read more
(#vwbo3aa) @bender@bender I _think_ it comes down to one of the principles Yarn.social was founded on, which is to say, users should have cho ...
@bender I _think_ it comes down to one of the principles Yarn.social was founded on, which is to say, users should have choices and what they “see” is not driven by “algorithms”. The “Discover” view in and of itself has utility/value to others, and is otherwise just a “view” of a pod’s cache, but I agree with you. It was even getting noisey for me 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#ypx5nrq) @aelaraji Unofficially yarn supports the type field

Meg

@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ Unofficially yarn supports the type field

Meg https://feeds.twtxt.net/slashdot/twtxt.txtRead more
(#ypx5nrq) @aelaraji Probably not?**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ Probably not? https://dev.twtxt.net/doc/metadataextension.htmlRead more
(#o6ex2wa) @aelaraji Same to you!
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ Same to you! ⌘ Read more
(#4h6nt7a) In other words, there isn't anything _specifically_ wrong with the Twtxt spec (+extensions), but if you for example use a client and ...
In other words, there isn’t anything _specifically_ wrong with the Twtxt spec (+extensions), but if you for example use a client and server combination that never considered the User-Agent header and check logs or intercept requests for your feed, than you end up missing an important part of the whole flow (unless you are of course deliberating ignoring that, e.g: 1-way feeds, news feeds, ... ⌘ Read more
(#4h6nt7a) In my opinion, this _can_ all be solved by a "better standard client".
In my opinion, this _can_ all be solved by a “better standard client”. ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) For example I noticed in this thread, someone, me, and you, and now it's just a bad -mention mentioned Soren Peter with a bad link : ...
For example I noticed in this thread, someone, me, and you, and now it’s just a bad -mention mentioned Soren Peter with a bad link :/ ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) This also just reminds me of the other problems that exist:

- bad mentions.
- knowing whether someone will you've -mentioned will e ...

This also just reminds me of the other problems that exist:

- bad mentions.

- knowing whether someone will you’ve -mentioned will even see your reply at all. ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @mckinley@mckinley I think we just need a way of surfacing this information better for both users and operators? 🤔**
@mckinley I think we just need a way of surfacing this information better for both users and operators? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @mckinley@mckinley I did!
@mckinley I did! ⌘ Read more
(#tztwmua) @mckinley@mckinley Yeah this is what was being "cleaned up"

Yo be honest I don't think there is a good solution IMO

@mckinley Yeah this is what was being “cleaned up”

Yo be honest I don’t think there is a good solution IMO ⌘ Read more
(#fyi2nsa) You're right we should
never be like Microshit 😆**
You’re right we should

never be like Microshit 😆 ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @mckinley@mckinley I think "posting to the void" was/is a poor choice of words hete.
@mckinley I think “posting to the void” was/is a poor choice of words hete. ⌘ Read more
Today in the news

> Microsoft is a security risk


Today in the news

> Microsoft is a security risk

Read more
(#huz5saq) @slashdot Oh boi! 😆 Gotta take a screenshot of this in case Microsoft demand the article be taken down 🤣**
@slashdot _@feeds.twtxt.net_ Oh boi! 😆 Gotta take a screenshot of this in case Microsoft demand the article be taken down 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#tztwmua) @dfaria@dfaria Also, I don't really care whether you continue to use my pod or not frankly.

> One more reason not to use

negati ...

@dfaria Also, I don’t really care whether you continue to use my pod or not frankly.

> One more reason not to use https://twtxt.net/

negative comments like this are completely unconstructive and have no basis in merit. If you have issues with the way I administer my pod, speak up, provide alternatives. If you have good technical sugge ... ⌘ Read more
(#ubmgwna) Oh never mind! 🤦‍♂️ That's your other feed that you syndicate some stuff to? 🤔 Research?**
Oh never mind! 🤦‍♂️ That’s your other feed that you syndicate some stuff to? 🤔 Research? ⌘ Read more
(#nypdk5a) @dfaria@dfaria And btw, even if I block a feed or whole domain, it doesn't stop you from following. it just removes it from the " ...
@dfaria And btw, even if I block a feed or whole domain, it doesn’t stop you from following. it just removes it from the “Discover” view. ⌘ Read more
(#tztwmua) @bender@bender +1
@bender +1 ⌘ Read more
(#nypdk5a) @dfaria@dfaria And here I thought you never or we're not capable (client?) of interacting with other users? 🤣**
@dfaria And here I thought you never or we’re not capable (client?) of interacting with other users? 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#ypft5aa) @lyse Same 😢**
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Same 😢 ⌘ Read more
(#j4msyzq) eapl.me We went out for nice breakfast and put the camper trailer away 😅**
@eapl.me _@eapl.me_ We went out for nice breakfast and put the camper trailer away 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#nwv3ipq) @mckinley@mckinley Yeah pretry by hand at the moment.I only backup what I cannot reproduce.
@mckinley Yeah pretry by hand at the moment.I only backup what I cannot reproduce. ⌘ Read more
(#nwv3ipq) @mckinley@mckinley I use Restic and backup to another machine on my network as well as Backblaze B2
@mckinley I use Restic and backup to another machine on my network as well as Backblaze B2 ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @sorenpeter Good points 👌**
@sorenpeter _@darch.dk_ Good points 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#jmbfhca) @lyse This ☝️**
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ This ☝️ ⌘ Read more
(#nypdk5a) @lyse Thanks! 🙇‍♂️**
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Thanks! 🙇‍♂️ ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @mckinley@mckinley Do you have an alternate proposal? What we _want_ to avoid really (if possible) is the idea of "1-ay posting" or ...
@mckinley Do you have an alternate proposal? What we _want_ to avoid really (if possible) is the idea of “1-ay posting” or “posting to the void”. As an obvious example, the idea of syncing your Mastoon toots to Twtxt twts that you never see replies to is well umm just silly 🤣 and thus creates unwanted noise as it’s just like talking to a “brick wall” 😥 ⌘ Read more
(#ebbww3q) @rrraksamam@rrraksamam You must live in the southern hemisphere? 🤔 It doesn't ever snow here in Brisbane 🤣**
@rrraksamam You must live in the southern hemisphere? 🤔 It doesn’t ever snow here in Brisbane 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#7vjxuoq) @bender@bender This is what I fell over and bunged up my shin 😱**
@bender _@twtxt.net_ This is what I fell over and bunged up my shin 😱 Read more
(#gylchfq) @test Looks fine to me? 🤔**
@test _@aelaraji.com_ Looks fine to me? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#7vjxuoq) @bender@bender LOL no 🤣**
@bender LOL no 🤣 ⌘ Read more
6x4 Medium Duty Smooth Floor Box Trailer For Sale Brisbane good lightweight trailer 😅**
6x4 Medium Duty Smooth Floor Box Trailer For Sale Brisbane good lightweight trailer 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#lbyemiq) @aelaraji No worries! We can work this out, Unicode is hard™ at the best of times 🤣**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ No worries! We can work this out, Unicode is hard™ at the best of times 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#qbclv3a) @xuu Like it's pretty easy to use really:

[prologic/go-htmx-demo: A simple Web App written in Go using htmx on the frontend to driv ...**
[@xuu _@txt.sour.is_](https://twtxt.net/external?uri=https://txt.sour.is/user/xuu/twtxt.txt&nick=xuu) Like it’s pretty easy to use really:

[prologic/go-htmx-demo: A simple Web App written in Go using htmx on the frontend to drive a single-page-app (SPA) experience. - go-htmx-demo - Mills](https://git.mills.io/prologic/go-htmx-demo) ⌘ Read more
(#lbyemiq) @aelaraji Can you perhaps setup a temporary/test feed, link me and let's debug this together? Maybe it's a bug in Jenny? 🤣**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ Can you perhaps setup a temporary/test feed, link me and let’s debug this together? Maybe it’s a bug in Jenny? 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#lbyemiq) @aelaraji The only thing I've observed so far is your server isn't setting a charset. e.g:


$ curl -v -o /dev/null https://twtx ...**
[@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_](https://twtxt.net/external?uri=https://aelaraji.com/twtxt.txt&nick=aelaraji) The only thing I’ve observed so far is your server isn’t setting a `charset`. e.g:


$ curl -v -o /dev/null https://twtxt.net/~prologic/twtxt.txt 2>&1 | grep 'content-type'
< content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

 ⌘ [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/wsx5enq)
=
(#lbyemiq) @aelaraji I'll inspect your feed later and see if I can work out wtf is going in 🤣**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ I’ll inspect your feed later and see if I can work out wtf is going in 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#qbclv3a) @xuu How about we just refactor the existing UI with it? 🤔**
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ How about we just refactor the existing UI with it? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) @bender@bender Sounds good!
@bender Sounds good! ⌘ Read more
(#y4zd7da) @bender@bender I usually am actually 🤣 Only way to improve things is to "dog food" right?! 😅**
@bender I usually am actually 🤣 Only way to improve things is to “dog food” right?! 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#7ef2sea) Err I meant @bender@bender and I (Mobile app doesn't have auto-complete for -mentions 🤦‍♂️🥲😢)
Err I meant @bender and I (Mobile app doesn’t have auto-complete for -mentions 🤦‍♂️🥲😢) ⌘ Read more
(#gtqdgla) @aelaraji Yeah we use the Unicode new line character to represent "new lines"
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ Yeah we use the Unicode new line character to represent “new lines” ⌘ Read more
@bendwr and I discussing something along the lines of: I.e: How to deal with or reduce noise from legacy feeds.
@bendwr and I discussing something along the lines of: I.e: How to deal with or reduce noise from legacy feeds. ⌘ Read more
(#gtqdgla) @bender@bender Yea it does 👌**
@bender Yea it does 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#alxjruq) @bender@bender Fair enough 👌**
@bender Fair enough 👌 ⌘ Read more
Hey @marado@marado Just checking in to see id you still use twtxt or?**
Hey @marado Just checking in to see id you still use twtxt or? ⌘ Read more
(#gtqdgla) Is the server setting the right content encoding?**
Is the server setting the right content encoding? ⌘ Read more
(#nlzhexa) @aelaraji I've also been using pass/gopass for years now and loce it 👌**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ I’ve also been using pass/gopass for years now and loce it 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#nypdk5a) @bender@bender You're welcome 🤣**
@bender You’re welcome 🤣 ⌘ Read more
Been clearing out my pod a bit and blocking unwanted domains that are basically either a) just noise and/or b) are just 1-way (whose authors nev ...
Been clearing out my pod a bit and blocking unwanted domains that are basically either a) just noise and/or b) are just 1-way (whose authors never reply or are otherwise unaware of the larger ecosystem)

Let me know if y’all have any other candidates you’d like me to add to the blocked domain list? ⌘ Read more
(#gtqdgla) @bender Ahh, well it should support mult-line, pretty sure it does
@bender _@anthony.buc.ci_ Ahh, well it should support mult-line, pretty sure it does ⌘ Read more
(#gtqdgla) Renders like this:
Renders like this: Read more
(#gtqdgla) Are you playing around with the Multi Line Extension? I'm not really sure what client you're using, but in most modern clients, we su ...
Are you playing around with the Multi Line Extension? I’m not really sure what client you’re using, but in most modern clients, we support multi-lines. e.g:

- This is a line

- This is another line. ⌘ Read more
(#obpx6pa) @aelaraji It depends 🤣**
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ It depends 🤣 ⌘ Read more
htmx - high power tools for html really liking the idea of htmx 🤔 If I don't have to learn all this complicated TypeScript/React/NPM garb ...
htmx - high power tools for html really liking the idea of htmx 🤔 If I don’t have to learn all this complicated TypeScript/React/NPM garbage, I can just write regular SSA (Server-Side-Apps) and then progressively upgrade to SPA (Single-Page-App) using htmx hmmm 🧐 ⌘ Read more
(#3xp2dea) @bender@bender Thanks! This is helpful 🙇‍♂️**
@bender Thanks! This is helpful 🙇‍♂️ ⌘ Read more
(#olcmcga) Sure did! 😅**
Sure did! 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#63cqh3a) See so discovery does work 🤣**
See so discovery does work 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#jmbfhca) @movq Oh wow! We have new blood 🤣 Welcome @aelaraji 👋**
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Oh wow! We have new blood 🤣 Welcome @aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ 👋 ⌘ Read more
(#2kzsn4a) I'm open to other suggestions? Maybe a service that can provide a an altcoin payment method and gateway as a service? 🤔**
I’m open to other suggestions? Maybe a service that can provide a an altcoin payment method and gateway as a service? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#2kzsn4a) @mckinley@mckinley That may be true. I tried some "decentralized exchanges" but I have issue with "trust" so this is proving to be ...
@mckinley That may be true. I tried some “decentralized exchanges” but I have issue with “trust” so this is proving to be quite hard to figure out how to support accepting XMR as a “payment method” 🤔 ⌘ Read more
So turns out the following are banned in Australia

> DASH, XMR or ZEC.

So turns out the following are banned in Australia

> DASH, XMR or ZEC. ⌘ Read more
(#4sjthna) @bender@bender Thank you ! 🙇‍♂️**
@bender Thank you ! 🙇‍♂️ ⌘ Read more
(#o2wztra) Looks like his feed occasionally has problems too :/
Looks like his feed occasionally has problems too :/ ⌘ Read more
(#o2wztra) @bender@bender Agree maybe it's time to rethink the data stored here, I've been leaning towards this anyway over the past year or ...
@bender Agree maybe it’s time to rethink the data stored here, I’ve been leaning towards this anyway over the past year or so. ⌘ Read more
(#o2wztra) I dunno what to say, but the Twt @movq replied to #cjlg4da just isn't there. I can see it in @johanbove 's feed


$ ./yarnc stat ...**
I dunno what to say, but the Twt [@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_](https://twtxt.net/external?uri=https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt&nick=movq) replied to `#cjlg4da` just isn’t there. I can see it in [@johanbove _@johanbove.info_](https://twtxt.net/external?uri=https://johanbove.info/twtxt.txt&nick=johanbove) ’s feed


$ ./yarnc stats https://johanbove.info/twtxt.txt | grep cjlg4da
1 : ... ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) @darren@darren The few always spoil it for the many 😢**
@darren _@twtxt.net_ The few always spoil it for the many 😢 ⌘ Read more
(#e7zaicq) I agree with your sentiment 👌**
I agree with your sentiment 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) Hmmmm

> Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is not illegal globally but is banned in some countries due to its potential use i ...

Hmmmm

> Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is not illegal globally but is banned in some countries due to its potential use in illicit activities. Countries like Dubai, Japan, South Korea, and Australia have either banned or recommended a ban on privacy coins like Monero.23 Oct 2023

That’s not good 😌 ⌘ Read more
(#sa4jlsq) If I try and get a PoC up and running that's useful enough, any takers? I mean c'mon it'll only cost you $0.15-$0.20 🤣**
If I try and get a PoC up and running that’s useful enough, any takers? I mean c’mon it’ll only cost you $0.15-$0.20 🤣 ⌘ Read more
(#sa4jlsq) Interesting. Good to see I'll have competition 😅**
Interesting. Good to see I’ll have competition 😅 ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) @mckinley@mckinley And what about some of the other aspects that make Bitcoin awful. Like the stupid instability of it's fiat conver ...
@mckinley And what about some of the other aspects that make Bitcoin awful. Like the stupid instability of it’s fiat conversation price and the stupid amouns of energy it consumes? How does Monero compare? ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) Ahy is Monaro/XMR considered good / better btw? 🤔**
Ahy is Monaro/XMR considered good / better btw? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) @mckinley@mckinley Looks like XMR is much more stable than bloody BTC which is nice 🤣**
@mckinley Looks like XMR is much more stable than bloody BTC which is nice 🤣 Read more
(#sa4jlsq) @mckinley@mckinley I was mostly only thinking about use-based. Is there a desire for than this?**
@mckinley I was mostly only thinking about use-based. Is there a desire for than this? ⌘ Read more
(#2hmj7aq) @mckinley@mckinley Will do! 👌**
@mckinley Will do! 👌 ⌘ Read more
(#sa4jlsq) I think realistically a micro container like this needs to cost the consumer only $0.15/month if at all feasible
I think realistically a micro container like this needs to cost the consumer only $0.15/month if at all feasible ⌘ Read more
(#sa4jlsq) @mckinley@mckinley Based on your previous comment I think I need to reduce the price to a round $0.20**
@mckinley _@twtxt.net_ Based on your previous comment I think I need to reduce the price to a round $0.20 ⌘ Read more
(#sa4jlsq) @mckinley@mckinley Yea the idea is micro costs to the consumer. No one really does this, that I know of, which is frustrating if yo ...
@mckinley Yea the idea is micro costs to the consumer. No one really does this, that I know of, which is frustrating if you want to run a few small things without the overhead of a whole server or the operational efforts. ⌘ Read more
(#cqsnisq) Yeah could
be 🤔 Juat experimenting with what's possible 😅**
Yeah could

be 🤔 Juat experimenting with what’s possible 😅 ⌘ Read more