# 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 60427
# self = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt&offset=58191
# next = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt&offset=58291
# prev = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt&offset=58091
@slashdot Uh huh sure π Bluesky, the "decentralized" social media platform that won't steal and profit from your data huh?! π€¦ββοΈ
@slashdot Uh huh sure π Bluesky, the "decentralized" social media platform that won't steal and profit from your data huh?! π€¦ββοΈ
After several hard hours, I _think_ I've recovered the last missing 1 Twt from @bender π₯³ Turns out just before I accidentally nuked my pod, I took a dump of it's cached just seconds before π€£ -- So I was also able to rebuild anything that was missing from the backup from the recent cache dump!
After several hard hours, I _think_ I've recovered the last missing 1 Twt from @bender π₯³ Turns out just before I accidentally nuked my pod, I took a dump of it's cached just seconds before π€£ -- So I was also able to rebuild anything that was missing from the backup from the recent cache dump!
Thanks to @lyse's own archived feeds we've managed to restore quite a bit and probably only lost a couple of hours. πββοΈ
Thanks to @lyse's own archived feeds we've managed to restore quite a bit and probably only lost a couple of hours. πββοΈ
@wbknl You of all are the most affected as our newest member of my pod and most recently joined. I'm so sorry π’
@wbknl You of all are the most affected as our newest member of my pod and most recently joined. I'm so sorry π’
Not really sure how this is similar at all teally as Yarn like every other twtxt client just fetches feeds you tell it to? π€
Not really sure how this is similar at all teally as Yarn like every other twtxt client just fetches feeds you tell it to? π€
@bender I hear ya π I feel very much the same π
@bender I hear ya π I feel very much the same π
@bender LIL π€£ Starting to wonder whether maybe I'm the one that's wrong here? π€ And have a warped sense of the terms distributed and decentralized? π
@bender LIL π€£ Starting to wonder whether maybe I'm the one that's wrong here? π€ And have a warped sense of the terms distributed and decentralized? π
@bender Just because you can run it doesn't make it decentralised. As @doesnm rightfully points out, where are the points of controls? It's a distributed network with a protocol that forms a "network". With key services operated by BlueSky this isn't decentralised in the true sense now is it? π€
@bender Just because you can run it doesn't make it decentralised. As @doesnm rightfully points out, where are the points of controls? It's a distributed network with a protocol that forms a "network". With key services operated by BlueSky this isn't decentralised in the true sense now is it? π€
@eldersnake I'm feeling slightly better (_though my sinuses are still giving my grief π€¦ββοΈ_) so I'll try to answer this and properly state my position on the proposed minimum age restrictions being proposed by the Labor government.
Firstly I think it's completely ineffective and unenforceable. The only way you're going to get this enforced is to somehow makes all the "big tech" companies oblighes, which some already are. But then you can just work-around it anyway. Okay if you start requiring things like state-enforced age verification like a driver's license or something, then things start getting even more weird.
Frankly I don't think it's the right approach. I think it will ultimately achieve nothing. It'll be just like the many numerous attempts at banning alcohol and drugs. Once you're addicted, there's no way you can stop people from indulging in stupid crap that may possibly kill them.
The only way out of this mess IMO is to educate people, educate the parents and to make it practices of targeting, categorization and the manipulation of content based on metadata either you or a 3rd-party questionable obtained illegal.
In other words. The very foundation of what "bit tech" social media companies thrive on. Make that illegal. Problem solve. But oh wait?! π€¦ββοΈ_
@eldersnake I'm feeling slightly better (_though my sinuses are still giving my grief π€¦ββοΈ_) so I'll try to answer this and properly state my position on the proposed minimum age restrictions being proposed by the Labor government.
Firstly I think it's completely ineffective and unenforceable. The only way you're going to get this enforced is to somehow makes all the "big tech" companies oblighes, which some already are. But then you can just work-around it anyway. Okay if you start requiring things like state-enforced age verification like a driver's license or something, then things start getting even more weird.
Frankly I don't think it's the right approach. I think it will ultimately achieve nothing. It'll be just like the many numerous attempts at banning alcohol and drugs. Once you're addicted, there's no way you can stop people from indulging in stupid crap that may possibly kill them.
The only way out of this mess IMO is to educate people, educate the parents and to make it practices of targeting, categorization and the manipulation of content based on metadata either you or a 3rd-party questionable obtained illegal.
In other words. The very foundation of what "bit tech" social media companies thrive on. Make that illegal. Problem solve. But oh wait?! π€¦ββοΈ_
@doesnm This is such a good response! π You are absolutely right in that Bkuesky is not decentralized π
@doesnm This is such a good response! π You are absolutely right in that Bkuesky is not decentralized π
I think it's fixed now eight?
I think it's fixed now eight?
@xuu I _think_ my backend stalled and I somehow managed to post in the past π€£ For some reason I'm noticing more performance problems with yarnd of late. Need to look into them...
@xuu I _think_ my backend stalled and I somehow managed to post in the past π€£ For some reason I'm noticing more performance problems with yarnd of late. Need to look into them...
@bender Hah looks like you get more interactions here π€£
Anyone thinking of trying our (or already are) the ATprotocok / BlueSky? π€
@bender Hah looks like you get more interactions here π€£
@bender Can you suggest a better default font size that works well on desktop and mobile? π€
@bender Can you suggest a better default font size that works well on desktop and mobile? π€
The web is such garbage these days π Or is it the garbage search engines? π€
The web is such garbage these days π Or is it the garbage search engines? π€
I'm alive π Juat ill π€§
I'm alive π Juat ill π€§
@eldersnake sorry I meant to get to this today, please remind me to elaborate on this position a bit more later but I think it's otherwise pretty rubbish
@eldersnake sorry I meant to get to this today, please remind me to elaborate on this position a bit more later but I think it's otherwise pretty rubbish
LOL what does "lightly encrypted" mean?! π€£
LOL what does "lightly encrypted" mean?! π€£
@wbknl Tell us more! Who is Thomas Feiner? π€
@wbknl Tell us more! Who is Thomas Feiner? π€
You need to figure out what it means to have "free thought", "to reason", "have deep understanding" and be able to apply knowledge in unfamiliar environments or scenarios. You have to figure out what it means to "dream". You have to figure out what it means to hold "ethics", "morals" and even "beleifs".
You need to figure out what it means to have "free thought", "to reason", "have deep understanding" and be able to apply knowledge in unfamiliar environments or scenarios. You have to figure out what it means to "dream". You have to figure out what it means to hold "ethics", "morals" and even "beleifs".
@slashdot When are we going to resign ourselves to a position of not achieving AGI and so-called AI in the first place? Hmmm π§ Fundamentally I don't think we understand how the human brain works or what it means to be a "conscious free thinking being" -- I'm not convinced we'll figure this out to be honest.
@slashdot When are we going to resign ourselves to a position of not achieving AGI and so-called AI in the first place? Hmmm π§ Fundamentally I don't think we understand how the human brain works or what it means to be a "conscious free thinking being" -- I'm not convinced we'll figure this out to be honest.
@xuu must be extremely unlucky, as it picks a random pod in the peering list π€£ -- Oh but wait... @xuu have you updated recently? @lyse did add some new feature that means you have to go to Settings -> Poderator settings and trust the peers you have there, including my pod π
@xuu must be extremely unlucky, as it picks a random pod in the peering list π€£ -- Oh but wait... @xuu have you updated recently? @lyse did add some new feature that means you have to go to Settings -> Poderator settings and trust the peers you have there, including my pod π
@bender True I just wanted to make sure π
@bender True I just wanted to make sure π
They are however pretty good at auto-complete though. If you wire up Continue.dev with VSCode and a local Ollama powered codeastral model, it's pretty decent. Or if you use the open source friendly Codeium.
They are however pretty good at auto-complete though. If you wire up Continue.dev with VSCode and a local Ollama powered codeastral model, it's pretty decent. Or if you use the open source friendly Codeium.
@eldersnake With enough data and enough computing power you can simulate anything right or create grand illusions that appear to real they're hard to tell π
-- But yes, at the end of the day LLM(s) today are just large probabilistic models, stochastic parrots.
@eldersnake With enough data and enough computing power you can simulate anything right or create grand illusions that appear to real they're hard to tell π
-- But yes, at the end of the day LLM(s) today are just large probabilistic models, stochastic parrots.
@xuu You don't follow the Slashdot feed? π€
@xuu You don't follow the Slashdot feed? π€
@bender Ull Twt to find the references later. But my memory is quite good π€£
@bender Ull Twt to find the references later. But my memory is quite good π€£
To @anth's points, I _think_ this should be written as "Client recommendations" and "Serve recommendations". Separate from the "Twtxt format" spec.
To @anth's points, I _think_ this should be written as "Client recommendations" and "Serve recommendations". Separate from the "Twtxt format" spec.
@bender I've worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven't hired him ever again. But he keeps saying hi every now and then on Signal. And then every few months or so asking stuff like this βοΈ -- Last time it was money for private school fees for his child.
How am I suppose to know whether stuff like this (_sound serious_) is for realz or not? π
@bender I've worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven't hired him ever again. But he keeps saying hi every now and then on Signal. And then every few months or so asking stuff like this βοΈ -- Last time it was money for private school fees for his child.
How am I suppose to know whether stuff like this (_sound serious_) is for realz or not? π
> I need money for my mother's heart surgery, there is a shortfall of about 2 million rupiah from a total of 40 million, can you help me with any amount?
Hmmm π§
> I need money for my mother's heart surgery, there is a shortfall of about 2 million rupiah from a total of 40 million, can you help me with any amount?
Hmmm π§
@eapl.me Regarding supporting languages:
> That said, coming from platforms like X and Masto, where switching languages is easy, I naturally read content and write into my timeline in at least three languages. Changing my "account" is not a simple as switching languages, and in those platforms have another meaning ("I'm a different person"). Supporting that would be beneficial for some, though Iβm not sure how many would use it.
I _think_ this is more of a client concern in my opinion. Like @lyse said earlier though, sometimes he and @movq "Twt" in German. I don't (_nor anyone else I'm aware of_) have a problem with this. It seems to be that a "client" _could_ detect this and deal with this appropriately or give a user appropriately controls.
For me (_personally I've never found it a problem. I use extensions like "Simple Translate" anyway, so it doesn't matter a great deal to me._
@eapl.me Regarding supporting languages:
> That said, coming from platforms like X and Masto, where switching languages is easy, I naturally read content and write into my timeline in at least three languages. Changing my "account" is not a simple as switching languages, and in those platforms have another meaning ("I'm a different person"). Supporting that would be beneficial for some, though Iβm not sure how many would use it.
I _think_ this is more of a client concern in my opinion. Like @lyse said earlier though, sometimes he and @movq "Twt" in German. I don't (_nor anyone else I'm aware of_) have a problem with this. It seems to be that a "client" _could_ detect this and deal with this appropriately or give a user appropriately controls.
For me (_personally I've never found it a problem. I use extensions like "Simple Translate" anyway, so it doesn't matter a great deal to me._
@eapl.me Just responding to some of your specific ideations here:
> Sure! From my research, Gemini (and likely Gopher as well) donβt have a similar header, so if a client is using those protocols, they wonβt be able to inform your server.
>
> So, itβs worth considering, would twtxt 2.0 only support HTTP/S?
I'm not sure how to standardize "Discovery" across different protocols for serving feeds, HTTP, Gopher, Gemini, etc. beyond what you initially suggested. But here's the thing, the User-Agent HTTP Header isn't the only aspect to "discovery". Discovery in practise is more of an organic property of -mentions across feeds in the first place, something that crawlers take advantage of.
@eapl.me Just responding to some of your specific ideations here:
> Sure! From my research, Gemini (and likely Gopher as well) donβt have a similar header, so if a client is using those protocols, they wonβt be able to inform your server.
>
> So, itβs worth considering, would twtxt 2.0 only support HTTP/S?
I'm not sure how to standardize "Discovery" across different protocols for serving feeds, HTTP, Gopher, Gemini, etc. beyond what you initially suggested. But here's the thing, the User-Agent HTTP Header isn't the only aspect to "discovery". Discovery in practise is more of an organic property of -mentions across feeds in the first place, something that crawlers take advantage of.
@slashdot Oh come one?! Web5?! Since when was this even thing?! π± π€¦ββοΈ I could grample with Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0 (_to a container degre_), but Web 4.0 and Web 5.0 ?! Come on?! π± Get the fuck out! (GTFO) π
@slashdot Oh come one?! Web5?! Since when was this even thing?! π± π€¦ββοΈ I could grample with Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0 (_to a container degre_), but Web 4.0 and Web 5.0 ?! Come on?! π± Get the fuck out! (GTFO) π
@wbknl That it pretty cool π
@wbknl That it pretty cool π
@wbknl It's probably okay for things like Twtxt which are designed to be in the open anyway π
@wbknl It's probably okay for things like Twtxt which are designed to be in the open anyway π
@wbknl The only thing I know about the HAM Radio space is that it's considered "taboo" to encrypt the traffic. So that makes secure IP a bit difficult to say the least right? π€
@wbknl The only thing I know about the HAM Radio space is that it's considered "taboo" to encrypt the traffic. So that makes secure IP a bit difficult to say the least right? π€
@wbknl Ahh none that I'm aware of. I've _thought_ about getting into HAM Radio myself, but haven't so far...
@wbknl Ahh none that I'm aware of. I've _thought_ about getting into HAM Radio myself, but haven't so far...
@bender I mean I've thought about it! It's an intriguing idea to be able to have basic IP over HAM Radio π€