# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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@bmallred I know the Marine Corps tenet is "once a Marine, always a Marine". This guy, though, is the last thing I would think of when it comes to it. Maybe I have Marines at a higher esteem.

Anyway, enough of that. :-)
@kat oh yes! I didn't know I need a bit of Ruru until I saw this. Thank you!
@aelaraji weekend coffee—the one mum brews, not the “dirty water” one can get elsewhere—keeps me jittery the whole day. Like I feel my heart wants out kind of jittery. Coffee sure is some elixir. Don’t give it up! 😅
I had Chick-fil-A breakfast today (sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit, hash browns, coffee, and orange juice). Then at lunch my work place offered hot dogs. I had two (kosher, if that matters), plus a coke, a macadamia nuts cookie, and a small chocolate brownie.

So, here I am, at home, feeling hungry but guilty and refusing to eat anything else for the rest of the day. To top it off, I have only clocked 4,000 steps today (and I don’t feel like walking). I am going to hell, am I?
@lyse “hmmm, marzipan….”

Homer thinking of marzipan
@prologic oh, and yes, it is good! 😂
@prologic don’t jinx it, comrade. Let’s keep a low profile, and be happy. Also, it should have been: “my pod feels…”, or “my pod twtxt.net feels…”. Come on, mon, you are killing me! 😅
@prologic if not physically, then in a matter of speaking. He is also helping on killing us all (like, all).
@thecanine they just come to you innately, just as breathing, or blinking. And they all look good!
> "Here’s what we do know: After their meeting ended and Vice President Vance left the room, the pope was still alive. We can deduce that he was alive, because he was heard asking an assistant, “Ho appena incontrato il volto del diavolo?” which roughly translates to, “Have I just encountered the face of the devil?” It’s a very common question that has been asked in many languages after encounters with JD Vance."

I couldn't help but chuckling a bit while reading.
I don't understand how come this isn't more on the news. It is a extremely big problem, that has very long lasting repercussions. Yet, news are mum.
@prologic The Mouse is the superstar! Go Mouse, go Mouse! 🎉🎉🎉
@prologic it's a pickle. Then sanitise the outliers. No other way.
@prologic how about @movq; and @lyse;. Will that work?
@abucci two things. Conduwuit, a Matrix server written in Rust, is no longer going to be developed. The other is, I didn't mean to tag you, but because Yarnd was broken it happened. Apologies.
@prologic having rules like this on a decentralised system is nearly impossible. LOL. Ahhh, one of the many perks of decentralisation!
@prologic I would say "We are going to the adult's toy store for our yearly haul", though "going to a house of burlesque" would work too! LOL.
Testing mentions, immediately followed by commas. Let's see: @prologic, this one is local, it might not break. Now, this one @movq, isn't local. Nor this @lyse, one. Will they break. Let's find out!
This is something for @movq and old OS hobbyists alike: FreeDOS 1.4! Get it while it's hot!
@prologic why not blanket closing everything older than, say, 3 months? Yarnd is quite a different beast today, right? Let's start over!
That's exactly what came to mind. Even millionaires would simply pay with a credit card for the convenience, and yes, because what kind of a sociopath will carry $3,000 around?! Just one more stumping item to that despicable person list.
> "A handbag belonging to the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem containing her passport, department security badge and $3,000 in cash was stolen on Sunday night at a restaurant in Washington, the department confirmed."

Oh dear!
@lyse oh, and thanks for the bigger photo! I like how it lovely fill the twtxt in Yarnd. Woot!
@lyse I can see somebody put a good effort coming up with some pretty cool goodies! We, Floridians, envy your proper April weather. We are toasting already, and it is not even May. Send us some rain, please!
@andros nothing stands still, I agree. I think current twtxt has surpassed the initial specification, while still being relatively backwards compliant/compatible but, for how long?

As for new extensions (DM, for example), they should be OK as long as those working on clients can reach an agreement on how to move forward. That has proven, though, to be a pickle in the past.
@prologic "curated" channels (you can see the guide to see the topics it covers), without the ability to fast forward, nor pause. You know, like live television.
@prologic check this out. It will make YouTube great again. :-P
Hmmm, mine came out right. 🤔😅🤣
@prologic really? Then we have a problem with bulleted lists. Let me see:

* This is one.
* This is two.
* This is three, and final.*
@prologic was this a copy and paste? I am betting $100 it was. DM me for more information. 😅
@prologic your father, and I, will be very happy. Thank you!
See:


<textarea id="text" name="text" placeholder="Hi! 👋 Don't forget to post a Twt today!" rows="4" maxlength="576" required="true" aria-required="true"></textarea>


So, 576?
@prologic I don't recall; ask prologic! :-D. I know your father has also mentioned it in the past (one thing I know him and I agree with, LOL).
@prologic meanwhile we have all Korean shamans busy asking for rain. We haven't had rain for over a month, and the next possibility is at week's end, this week. Keeping fingers crossed!

And yes, UPS everything! We even have UPSes on TVs.
All these remind me of the "blog" ability once existed in Yarnd. I hate to be the party pooper, but little to non interest from me. LOL. I am up to increase the length of a twtxt, though. It is rather limiting right now.
@prologic why don’t you terminate TLS here? It seems as easy as adding tls under route.
@sorenpeter woah! Soren lives! 😅😂

Welcome back!
@sorenpeter woah! Soren lives! 😅😂

Welcome back!
@prologic want to share the snippet of your Caddyfile for *irc.mills.io*?
Wasn’t it Felix von Leitner?
@prologic right, it doesn’t. It is a module.
@prologic I got confused as one can simply proxy through Caddy. Duh! 😅
@kat you can let Caddy do it, and reuse the same certificates for Ergo (just enter the certificate/key path on Ergo). Once set Caddy will keep them current.
@kat go Ergo (https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/tree/stable).
@prologic no, it is not a “server-client thingy”.
@bmallred I don’t use it, it is @movq the one who does.
@prologic good to see you are warming up to our over…, err, AI. 😅
@prologic class action! Class action! 😤😂
@kat lack of RAM, or weak CPU? I run GoToSocial too, on a 1GiB RAM VPS. 😅
@thecanine I signed, reluctantly. Not because I don’t care about The Internet Archive, but because Change pesters quite a bit for a while afterwards asking, of course, for money.
@kat pandoc is a joy! I haven’t used any Microsoft word processing tools since forever. They want a Word document? Pandoc to the rescue!
@movq it seems you got plenty of choices. That's the cheapest of their products, and you are quite right, amazing pricing! I pay Apple $10/month for a shared-amongst-family 2TiB storage space.
@movq there are many other similar backup tools. I would love to hear what will make you pick Borg above the rest.
@lyse 😱😱😱 I am assuming that's happening with tt2, right?
@javivf having the extension listed means that it has been discussed and, usually implemented. Now, number 6 and 7 on the list as its stands today are not supported by any of the known clients. I believe their (again, 6 and 7) inclusion on the list has been precipitated, and lax.
@kat woah! That's something else, kat! Heck, I document pretty much everything (more at work than anywhere else), and I have got to tell you, you put my "documentation" to shame. LOL. Very well done!
@kat hard times are best shared! Of course, I understand there are times they are best not shared. Either way, I wish the hard time you have been having fades away! And, of course, happy to "see" you! 🥰
I miss @kat. Just sayin'.
@andros define "compatible" 😅. On the "not addressed to me", if I follow you, I will see your twtxts, whether they are addressed to me, or not.
@prologic please reply to this one. I want to make sure I am not seeing a ghost here. 😅
@prologic what did you replied to? I am seeing disconnected twtxts, specifically from and/or replies to, Andros.
@lyse I walked under 25°C during my lunch hour today, but with a sunshine that could fry an egg if dropped on the asphalt. I told a friend in Manila about it, and she told me that 25°C is Winter/Christmas temperatures for them. I felt cooler right away. :-)
@xuu like, badly broken. I mean, the guy doesn't even use twtxt (it is more like an RSS feed for him). So, yeah, even if it was the correct mention it would never reach the intended ears. 😂
@fastidious I see you, and your useless twtxt. :-P
@prologic yes, same here.
@prologic I am just going over things. I don’t use it, do you?
@prologic so, where is the irc.mills.io leaf, connecting to Libera? 🤭
Setting custom primary and secondary colours isn’t working. I tried “red” for first, and “orange” for second. Didn’t work.
LOL. The compact view (which has its help tooltip broken, so one can’t tell when it does) was the one causing this issue. Turned it off, and all is good.
The vp-compact.css is trumping the other.
This on vp-compact.css:


.avatar:not(#profile-avatar .avatar) {
    width: 2rem !important;
    height: 2rem !important;
    margin-top: -0.25rem !important;

}


Is colliding with yarn.min.css:


.avatar, .avatar-full {
    width: 3.5rem;
    height: 3.5rem;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius:var(--border-radius)
}
Hahaha! And now they show tiny! I had to reload the page. So, I see the problem on iOS and macOS Safari too. I have no other browser to test with, I exclusively use Safari.
The tiny avatars, as expected (because they showed normal to you too @prologic), do not show under macOS’s Safari, but they do show on iOS’s Safari. It truly is a puzzle.
@prologic this was for IRC, but pong! 🏓
@prologic earliest I have of you:

Earliest twtxt I have from prologic
My welcome message, and first recorded mention (that I could find):

Welcome message from prologic.
@andros how often do you send a private message on the Fediverse? How often do you send PGP/SMIME encrypted emails? Are there other tools that are more suitable for the task? If implementing direct/private messages on twtxt scratches an itch (you know, that hobbyist itch we all get from time to time), then don't give up so easily. Worse comes to worse, and your feed becomes too noisy, people can simply unfollow/mute.

I really don't care about direct messages here, but I might be on that bottom 1%!
@aelaraji tempus fugit when you are having fun! Happy 1st Twtxtversary!
@prologic good top of the morning to ya! It is still yesterday here. 🤪
@andros maybe create a separate, completely distinct feed for DM? That way, clients do not need to do anything, only those wanted to "talk in private" follow themselves, using their very special dm-only.txt feeds. 😂
@movq hmmm, pigeon soup... 🤤😂
@prologic hurrah! 🥳🥳🥳
@abucciyarn_police@twtxt.net! Help!
@abuccidoesnm.p.psf.lt@doesnm.p.psf.lt yes, I was aware of that.
@lyse do you run your own Jabber server, or piggy back on someone else’s?
Conduwit is set to archive on GitHub. It was my favourite Matrix server, which I still self host. I think I am going to get off Matrix altogether now.

Maybe go back to Jabber?
@andros yes, I am sure that, if I delete my Maildir, they will no longer show.
@aelaraji touché! LOL.
@aelaraji are you Jesus, or something? 😂 You are resurrecting the dead! 😅🤣
@prologic whichever works for you. Just about everyone is offering “great” advice these days; “ancient wisdom”. Many trying to inspire others. You know what? You be you, yo do you. 😅
I correct in public, and congratulate the same. I expect similarly. I am all heart! ☺️
@andros can you see the screenshot on my first twtxt? Here: https://twtxt.net/twt/mrccg4q
@andros what made you pick the 600 points criteria? Just a pick in a whim, or something else? I have found that reaching the front page is merely a good enough range for me.
@prologic all good now.
This is what I see.

@prologic page navigation on profiles (mobile, at least) overlaps the collapsed twtxt text area.
One article assigning a draw of 20 watts to the human brain.
@prologic you wrote:

> “Based on a recent study of the brains of mice I estimated the human brain to have 200B cells/neurons and 50,000T connections.”

What’s the relation between the brains of mice, and the human brain? I am kind of lost trying to make the connection.

I also read that it isn’t 5 watts, but more like 10-20 watts. Still a super tiny consumption, comparing to what it takes to run anything AI.
“Move to iOS” app continuously refused to run as intended and expected, so couldn’t migrate mum’s Android based phone data. Most of her stuff is on a Google account, but not the SMS/MMS/RCS messages. Haven’t found a way to export, then import those into iOS.

She isn’t too happy having to keep the old phone just for the messages. Need to find a way to go through them, export multimedia attachments, and import them into iOS. I don’t think it’s going to happen, but I am not letting her know yet. 😅
@prologic this is bananas! Replies are precious, don’t waste them!