# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 196262
# self = https://watcher.sour.is?offset=185506
# next = https://watcher.sour.is?offset=185606
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@andros DRM is a solution to the wrong problem.
@prologic @eapl.me I want to highlight another social problem: People don't read. Paper industry is a bad moment because people don't pay for books; it does not matter if it is a physical or digital platform. I have this information because I have a good friend who left the industry after publishing a magazine, books and working in an editorial. DRM is a try to give some more money.
@prologic @eapl.me I want to highlight another social problem: People don't read. Paper industry is a bad moment because people don't pay for books; it does not matter if it is a physical or digital platform. I have this information because I have a good friend who left the industry after publishing a magazine, books and working in an editorial. DRM is a try to give some more money.
[47Ā°09ā²39ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²00ā³W] Weather forecast alert -- storm from NW
@lyse I'm allways on the frontline! š
Yes! this is fun š
What client are you using? @eapl.me
[47Ā°09ā²25ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²21ā³W] Reading: 0.09 Sv
š§® USERS:1 FEEDS:2 TWTS:1294 ARCHIVED:85849 CACHE:2703 FOLLOWERS:18 FOLLOWING:14
@eapl.me a āminimalisticā one too, just like Yarnd. š
Iām playing with ratterplatter again: Itās a toy that watches disk I/O and emulates the noise of a real hard disk. (Linux only.) It uses sound samples from one of my older disks.
I tried a different approach at estimating the disk activity and I think I finally got it right (after almost 10 years ā¦ š¤¦).
Demo, booting a Windows 2000 VM: https://movq.de/v/1400544cc6/2kboot-ratterplatter-2.mp4
(For this purpose alone, I put a couple of mini speakers into my PC case, so that the noise comes from the right place: https://movq.de/v/a3b2dc0932/speakers.jpg)
The results arenāt too bad, but this thing canāt be super accurate due to the huge I/O caches that we have these days. For the video, I dropped the caches before booting Windows, otherwise you would have heard almost nothing.
FWIW, if you donāt know it yet, this is the equivalent for proper keyboard sound: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring
Iām playing with ratterplatter again: Itās a toy that watches disk I/O and emulates the noise of a real hard disk. (Linux only.) It uses sound samples from one of my older disks.
I tried a different approach at estimating the disk activity and I think I finally got it right (after almost 10 years ā¦ š¤¦).
Demo, booting a Windows 2000 VM: https://movq.de/v/1400544cc6/2kboot-ratterplatter-2.mp4
(For this purpose alone, I put a couple of mini speakers into my PC case, so that the noise comes from the right place: https://movq.de/v/a3b2dc0932/speakers.jpg)
The results arenāt too bad, but this thing canāt be super accurate due to the huge I/O caches that we have these days. For the video, I dropped the caches before booting Windows, otherwise you would have heard almost nothing.
FWIW, if you donāt know it yet, this is the equivalent for proper keyboard sound: https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring
@movq @xuu That sounds like kat! :-)
Is there some Makefile shenanigans going on maybe? $V and $C being swallowed by the Makefile. I fell in that trap again the other day.
@movq @xuu That sounds like kat! :-)
Is there some Makefile shenanigans going on maybe? $V and $C being swallowed by the Makefile. I fell in that trap again the other day.
yeah its from Yarn.. should be $VERSION@$COMMIT and its supposed to be replaced with the actual version and commit.
yeah its from Yarn.. should be $VERSION@$COMMIT and its supposed to be replaced with the actual version and commit.
@movq Oh yeah, take some pictures when you do. :-)
@movq Oh yeah, take some pictures when you do. :-)
Just saw this user agent popping up:
yarnd/ERSION@OMMIT go1.23.4 (+https://.../twtxt.txt; @username)
ERSION? OMMIT? š
Just saw this user agent popping up:
yarnd/ERSION@OMMIT go1.23.4 (+https://.../twtxt.txt; @username)
ERSION? OMMIT? š
@bender @eapl.me @xuu @movq Glad you all agree. :-D My SOAP knowledge is extremely rusty, I luckily had not to deal with that crap anymore for quite some years now. I even couldn't remember the XML declaration and had to look it up. ;-)
@bender @eapl.me @xuu @movq Glad you all agree. :-D My SOAP knowledge is extremely rusty, I luckily had not to deal with that crap anymore for quite some years now. I even couldn't remember the XML declaration and had to look it up. ;-)
@lyse ā¦ I was fully expecting this to be a WSDL file. š
@lyse ā¦ I was fully expecting this to be a WSDL file. š
@prologic I only buy stuff like that, for example games on GOG.COM. Or simply CDs or DVDs. (Rarely I ābuyā a movie on some popular streaming service, fully aware that this is just ārenting itā.)
But yeah, I sadly have to agree with @bender. š¢
@prologic I only buy stuff like that, for example games on GOG.COM. Or simply CDs or DVDs. (Rarely I ābuyā a movie on some popular streaming service, fully aware that this is just ārenting itā.)
But yeah, I sadly have to agree with @bender. š¢
@lyse Aww, this reminds me that I havenāt done any Fraktur/calligraphy in a hell of a long time. I should pick that up again. Itās always nice to see this on old buildings.
@lyse Aww, this reminds me that I havenāt done any Fraktur/calligraphy in a hell of a long time. I should pick that up again. Itās always nice to see this on old buildings.
@lyse this is 1990's certified approved
@lyse this is 1990's certified approved
definitely 1e100 superiorer
Now I'm looking forward to see the next version using MessagePack
@lyse Yeah, to be fair, thereās not much of a difference other than a few grace notes (and just lower frequencies). I was mostly just fooling around with this one. š„“
@lyse Yeah, to be fair, thereās not much of a difference other than a few grace notes (and just lower frequencies). I was mostly just fooling around with this one. š„“
@movq Yeah, I'm also disappointed each and every time.
@movq Yeah, I'm also disappointed each and every time.
@lyse This is so crazy to me. When I think āforestā, I assume āuntouched natureā, but that couldnāt be further from the truth. š«¤
@lyse This is so crazy to me. When I think āforestā, I assume āuntouched natureā, but that couldnāt be further from the truth. š«¤
[47Ā°09ā²21ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²43ā³W] --no signal--
Are you all forgetting todayās Aprilās Fool? š¤£
@thecanine And this is exactly why there are quirks modes in browsersā¦
I'm actually glad I don't have to deal with all this web shit and work with compilers that hit me in the face when I do something illegal. :-)
@thecanine And this is exactly why there are quirks modes in browsersā¦
I'm actually glad I don't have to deal with all this web shit and work with compilers that hit me in the face when I do something illegal. :-)
@arne Oh no, you are in front of the line!!
@arne Oh no, you are in front of the line!!
[47Ā°09ā²22ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²10ā³W] Storm recedes -- back to normal work
well, that leads to a long conversation.
Piracy is a difficult topic which is very personal, so I won't say much about it.
On writing books, I've tried along with other digital products such as courses and videogames, and I got to confess that it has been hard for me.
If it helps, I think it all reaches our expectations on the activity and the result. If royalties is the expectation, it's going to be slow. By 5% of royalties, for a rough example, a huge amount of sales will be required to get a decent "wage", so I've understood of doing it by the side of a normal employment although it has been discouraging and a bit sad.
I have reflected about it in Spanish here: https://sembrandojuegos.substack.com/p/sobre-expectativas-al-crear-juegos
@prologic 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.
[47Ā°09ā²15ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²24ā³W] Wind speed: 55kph -- batteries low
@prologic Fully agreed. I'm far more likely to buy such mediums when DRM-free. I never go near Amazon eBooks etc because of their lock-in, and I have a Kobo eReader which needs to have the books side loaded unless directly from the Kobo store. I prefer DRM-free files every time.
@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.
The reason piracy exists at all is economics and greed. If you make something affordable and convenient, there's no need to steal.
@andros sha256 hash of twt in json. Look at converter script
[47Ā°09ā²05ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²29ā³W] Weather forecast alert -- storm from SE
I have just received the royalties for the last book: 98 euros for the four-month period, about 24 euros a month on average. Not even enough for the gym membership.
If you have to keep some knowledge: don't write for money, the paper (or ebook) industry is in a very bad way, the margins for the author are very small and piracy is devastating.
I have just received the royalties for the last book: 98 euros for the four-month period, about 24 euros a month on average. Not even enough for the gym membership.
If you have to keep some knowledge: don't write for money, the paper (or ebook) industry is in a very bad way, the margins for the author are very small and piracy is devastating.
Amazing! It is a good tool for reading feeds. What you used to calculate the hash?
Amazing! It is a good tool for reading feeds. What you used to calculate the hash?
Hello, i want to present my new revolution twtxt v3 format - twjson
That's why you should use it:
1. It's easy to to parse
2. It's easy to read (in formatted mode :D)
3. It used actually \\n for newlines, you don't need unprintable symbols
4. Forget about hash collisions because using full hash
Here is my twjson feed: https://doesnm.p.psf.lt/twjson.json
And twtxt2json converter: https://doesnm.p.psf.lt/twjson.js
[47Ā°09ā²30ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²09ā³W] Reading: 1.75 Sv
@lyse Thanks for taking a look, and for pointing out the mixture of tabs and spaces.
I think I'll leave reachability.c alone, since my intention there was to use an indent level of one tab, and the spaces are just there to line up a few extra things. I fixed reachability_with_stack.cc though.
š§® USERS:1 FEEDS:2 TWTS:1293 ARCHIVED:85827 CACHE:2704 FOLLOWERS:18 FOLLOWING:14
@bender nope.. its causing OOM issues currently.
@bender nope.. its causing OOM issues currently.
[47Ā°09ā²34ā³S, 126Ā°43ā²58ā³W] Non-significative results -- sampling finished
@thecanine I found it! This looks like colored easter eggs when squinting.
@thecanine I found it! This looks like colored easter eggs when squinting.
Okay trying SqliteCache again with a slight tweak. I _might_ have to rethink the hard-coded LIMIT 50.
Going back to old MemoryCache for now and going to bed š
Hmmm this needs a bit more work.
And we're back. On the new Sqlitecache š„³
Timber framed houses
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