# 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 = 1 289
# self = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=http://twt.nfld.uk/user/jlj/twtxt.txt&offset=89
# next = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=http://twt.nfld.uk/user/jlj/twtxt.txt&offset=189
@prologic @jack Ah, yes, I remember the discussion about that in #jointwt now. Thanks! Oh, bit of a tangent, but, while I'd imagine stats and twtxt are automated accounts, was it your idea that, for example, we post pod news from @news? And, if so, how do I register it?
@prologic @lazarus Oh my! The good news is the data is still in my blogs/ directory, but, yes, I too get a 404, even when trying to follow the link from Settings > Blogs. I had to publish my *On language* blog post, but not that one; part of the issue? Should I repost it?
@jack Actually, I was wondering about those follows too: seems that the ones for twtxt and stats repeat hourly on my pod.
@prologic @ionores Incredible. These algorithms are "shoot first" and there are no significant repercussions for Google, time after time. I finally installed F-Droid this week; surely that approach is the way forward.
@niplav Wow. I think much of what drew me to zettlekasten -- and then letting it languish :-( -- really belongs in Anki.
@prologic @thewismit Sounds great. I've found that I'm on my timeline in a browser more than I expected, actually. More real estate for twts would be nice. 😁
@prologic Great point, re executing the aforementioned policies. Yeah, otherwise you have to have that conversation in public, which changes the dynamic completely: suddenly they can't simply step down gracefully, etc. And I love the long form too; want to use it regularly.
@prologic Yeah, I guess I was -- spiralling out, I'll be the first to admit -- thinking about a scenario where the victim didn't feel comfortable reporting the harassment. Grounding the conversation once more, I _am_ happy with the current state of features and policies.
@psibr Seinfeld had a bit on that; very funny. But, honestly, it's the same thing you look for in your poo -- we all look at our poo, right? ... ... Ahem, hello? Where'd everyone go? ... ... I'm not looking at it _right now_...
@thewismit @ionores @prologic I really like the feature! And I'm sure people would quickly realise their mistake, if they did confuse its use. I was just saying that I could _see_ how someone might get a bit mixed up on the point. 😜
@ionores @prologic I would agree, re the heart, actually (now that I see it, after updating): I can imagine some people confusing that with some sort of endorsement of the twt itself.
@darch @prologic @adi Re harassment: Oh, I hadn't thought of that. And the pod administrator wouldn't have any oversight of that. That's concerning, outside of its potential utility. And public contact details in a tagline would be a decent substitute, I guess. 🤔
@prologic @adi @darch Interesting. Looking forward to more details on your reasoning. I'm planning on twt.social being the only way I can interact with some users of my pod; in that case, I can see the utility in both features (even if they're out of scope, in spirit, maybe).
@thewismit Such a great course! I did it six months ago; was reminded of lots, and learned plenty of new stuff too!
@thewismit Ah, interesting. So, if I've skimmed that well, all you need to configure after that is some sort of automation, yes?
@jlj @hxii Just bought some merch to support them. 😁
@hxii Oh my! _GORGEOUS!_ 😍
@marado @prologicnet cc @prologic They facilitate replies (and, by extension, conversations) on twt.social. I think a few clients support them now, but @prologic can give you the particulars. 🙂
😌 The boost from a brisk walk on a sunny day is not to be underestimated! 😌
@marado Great point, well made. I would add that you need to make sure you include the appropriate alt text with any screenshots you post: so much of this new reality -- well, not that new now, I guess -- is made inaccessible to the visually impaired otherwise.
@prologic 😲😮😲 _That is BRILLIANT!_ The production level on both pieces is excellent (to say nothing of the message, and how succinctly it's delivered)! I don't know how tough they were to make, but that needs to be factored in any rebranding. Do you mind if I share this?
Oh, yay! Just received my copy of Jorge Luis Borges' Collected Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley! Love holding a new book -- might have to take a peek over lunch. 😁
@prologic Bloody hell! _GREAT_ video! 😀 Seriously! Now I'm back on the fence, about the rebranding. 😋😉 Just shared it in the Matrix room that I'm hoping will be a big contingent of my initial pod users, when I'm ready to launch. And, yes, please send that interview video along. 😁
@kt84 Thank you! 😊 This is all very exciting, I must say! 😀 cc @prologic
@thewismit Will do! I'm all over the shop when it comes to backups, and none of them are ideal. Specifically around the pod, I want to make sure I'm respecting my users' rights to the best of my ability; so I'm thinking limited copies, encrypted, under my control, etc.
@thewismit H'm, I actually reinstalled the app; wonder whether some config persisted. I'm using NGINX to host my domain and two subdomains, so it seemed like a natural choice for the proxy. Given @lyse's comment, I'm going to widen my investigation, beyond proxy config.
Goryon is consistently coming up with an "unexpected" error when attempting to load twts since I switched to https. Anyone else using the app? Suspect I've misconfigured my reverse proxy.
@thewismit Ah, maybe we should put it off then, as I'm just coming free now. Need to configure backups of my pod too, come to think of it.
@prologic @thewismit I played around with both that as the environment variable, and with the switches too; dark remained the default.
@thewismit Just starting the tea (supper) and bedtime madness here, but, h'm, interesting. As with the environment variables, the account running the cron job needs to know where to find the executable, to have its own SSH config file, etc. Let's look at the errors, in a bit.
@thewismit I could give it a shot, in, say, five hours, after the kids are a-bed. So some of the jobs are failing, and others simply aren't running? And SSH between the hosts is seamless, when you're manually invoking it? And they're all running Manjaro?
Anyone using Delta Chat? Really impressed with it, so far, and so happy to have something that's nice and seamless for connecting with older family members. (Till I get them on my pod. 👴
Anyone using Delta Chat? Really impressed with it, so far, and so happy to have something that's nice and seamless for connecting with older family members. (Till I get them on my pod. 👴\n2021-01-27T11:52:04Z\t@https://0xff.nu/blog.txt> (#6v47qxa) 🎉👏😁
@vain "foot-guns" 😆 Nice post! Subscribe! 😁 Hadn't heard about BundleWrap, but I work with Terraform, and am keen to learn about everything in the configuration management space; thanks for sharing!
@thewismit I demand a trial by a jury of my peer^H^H^H^Hpeople who've never heard of twts, decentralised anything, or interwebs. Information super-highway users only, actually.
@thewismit @psibr High praise, indeed! 😜 Hi! And welcome! 😁
@hxii Nice! Great progress! 😁👏
@jack Oh, that's interesting. I discovered Roam about six months, and was really excited to get on the wait list. In the interim, I started using Obsidian, with the thought that I needed to give org-roam some time as well. My note-taking has since dropped to nil, though. 😕
@prologic Thanks! Yes, that definitely helps: bigger than I'd imagined! :-D (Which is great, and very exciting. :-) ) OK, more thought required... I think I'm ready to blog about it, at this point. :-)
@prologic Lots of (nascent) ideas on this! :-) One question, to start: what's the goal? Is it sustaining, say, one order of magnitude more in terms of users and pods? Bigger? Or is the current level of engagement fine, if it could support a few developers full-time?
@xuu @thewismit @prologic Understood. On this subject, outside of major/security updates, what are your expectations around the frequency of pod upgrades? Weekly? Monthly? Just curious. 😆
@prologic Ah, OK, that makes more sense. (Hamster furiously working...) So, that means all outgoing connections from the pod are unencrypted, right? It can't initiate a TLS connection? Just browsers and twtxt clients to it?
@lyse @thewismit Configuring the reverse proxy with certbot seems fairly straightforward, but I too am confused, around how twtd integrates, without changing $BASE_URL too, in my case.
@lyse Right, that's now top priority in my twt project, in Taskwarrior. Cheers! (One idle search later) Ooo, turns out they just released a new version of task! :-D
@vain Oh, neat! I'll have a closer look, when I get a moment. :-)
@lyse Thanks for the heads-up! The redirect is fixed. On TLS, I think I got a bit confused: @prologic said something about twtd only speaking HTTP, and I sort of put certificates out of my mind after that. But can I just terminate the tunnel at my reverse proxy instead?
Hoping this will be my last twt from this Ctrl-C Club locale; my pod is up & running at twt.nfld.uk. :-) Planning to migrate this week!
@prologic Wow! Really interesting perspective! Thanks for sharing. :-)
Like a hermit crab today, bringing about a year's worth of Tetra-Pak recycling to the depot on my bike; kids' trailer was fit to burst!
@prologic I see Consul service mesh everywhere these days, X-D thanks to a 180 career change and major upskill.
@prologic Really helpful context: was definitely over-engineering. Cheers!
Existing NGINX as my twtd ingress controller, maybe? Got big pod dreams, but also just want to get it up; Traefik is new to me.
@prologic lol. quitfacebook.org is still up. twt is set to be on more radars, though. ;-)
@prologic Yeah, a completely-unsolicited surprise! :-) And, sweet! To IRC then!
Want to run my own instance of twtd. (Gets head down in docs.) In other news, I got a raise and a bonus today!
Identity is built: "Everyone needs someone who reflects back to them who they are, objectively." --John Amaechi
Making good headway on my visa. Got dnsmasq configured properly on OpenWRT as well. Plus, I got out on my bike. Great day!
Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an Acer Aspire E5-511. Needed 5.4.0-42-generic. -48 killed it.
@eli_oat Oh my! Ended up down a fraidyc.at rabbit hole! Thanks! (I think ;-) )
@lyxal My thoughts exactly! :-D
OK, OpenWrt is definitely filtering by default for some reason: https://envs.sh/i5 -- gen. some syslog for more info, maybe?
H'm. Can ssh to the router, but not between boxes. iptables-fu is weak. Happily, Day 9 of /r/linuxupskillchallenge is very topical!
OpenWrt on my new WRT1200AC! My ancient printer needs WPS, but BusyBox is calling the button �wps right now. H'm, UTF-8 _is_ supported...
Slowly starting to tweak Weechat. Can feel the power throbbing, under the hood. *gulp*
Commandeered my MIL's old Dell desktop. It's now running Xubuntu, under the stairs. Gonna set-up a Consul node on it shortly, over SSH. :-D
@eli_oat (Re MDXJS) After failing to say that twice, I'd be reaching for... a thesaurus? Baby names?
Next challenge: her slow Lifebook A Series. Wants to keep Windows, so I'm trying to shrink its volume (for dual boot). It resists.
So chuffed. Partner got on the ole Amilo Pro and Bang! was bankin' 'n' spreadsheetin', oblivious to Linux.
Just got my partner's old Amilo Pro out of the loft. Seems in surprisingly good nick; bet it'll add a few more VMs to the home cluster.
This demo Vault cluster is brought to you by Sabbath. (He says with confidence.) SU-PER-NAAAUT!
He said the world was as soft as lace. And I don't love anyone.
A knowledge-bolstering day, ahead of a late meeting. Hope my credibility won't be this sheer a year from now.
Just installed a Chrome extension on the work laptop to stop all the stupid animations on the intranet. Ah, _relief_.
@amorris Thank you! For that, and the Hallway; so clean; so simple.
I am now a Splunk Architect. All of life seems a bit easier today.
@amorris Sweet! hallway.amorris.vercel.app is pinned in my browser now. Loving it!
Just used xsetwacom to set an undo button on my Huion H950P tablet. Giggled.
True empathy: startled by a bare toilet in a darkened room, following your wife's dealing with your son's potty.
Anyone else Folding@home?
XXIIVV: so glad I found this. Subscribed to every RSS feed. Just listened to Josh's podcast. Wicked.
Hello, twtxt, and xxiivv members.