# 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.
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# self = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/eaplmx/twtxt.txt&offset=990
# next = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/eaplmx/twtxt.txt&offset=1090
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although I can't find to automatically cover the UTC time to your local time 🤔

But I'll keep researching on that tomorrow, see ya!
although I can't find to automatically convert the UTC time to your local time 🤔

But I'll keep researching on that tomorrow, see ya!
@marado yeah, looks like a much better option

Sondage - Yarn Weekly Call - Framadate
https://framadate.org/lAvPm7WSMdL6MY9vpZ8BuwVd/admin
@prologic yep, at least let's start discussing it soon. I'm thinking of something quick and perhaps dirty, but good enough to avoid NOT having the call. Perhaps we'll only use that tool once, maybe every week we'll need to check for availability.

What do you have in mind?
@prologic I'm in...
@prologic I've been thinking for ages about doing something like this.

Every commercial option I found requires Personal Information, has ads, and such. Maaaaybe there is a FOSS alternative, but I haven't found any yet.

Doodle could be a Proof of Concept, but definitely not ideal.
It allows you to pick a few options in your local time, and I think it automagically picks the 'best' time


Please submit your choices to see how it works
@prologic This is the best I found, please take a look: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e71VJKAb
@prologic sorry! 11 pm here, kind of late, and I need to start tomorrow at 8 am ¯\\_ (ツ)_/¯

2300 - 0200 UTC works for me (Friday or Saturday nights), if that's an option for the next one 🙂_
@prologic sorry! 11 pm here, kind of late, and I need to start tomorrow at 8 am ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

2300 - 0200 UTC works for me (Friday or Saturday nights), if that's an option for the next one 🙂_
@prologic why not? I have to attend a quick meeting in the neighborhood in 40 minutes, but I could try! Otherwise, I could save the same hour for the next one.
@mckinley I got to make one with automatic DTS updates 🤔
@hashrock oh, nice! What do you do there?
@hashrock agreed! And how about demo, is it any good?
@hashrock cool! I made one on Python 3.10, maybe I should share if it's useful for someone
@hashrock *researchs on what is Deno 👀*
@prologic if I remember correctly someone suggested a tool to ask for time preferences, and supposedly it gave you the best options for the group.
I signed up for one but never really used it.

We could try for the next one...
@marado in my videos I'm going with twt=tweet, and twtxt=tweetext

It reminds me of the Web 2.0 trend like on Flickr 😅
@marado I go in my videos with twt=tweet, and twtxt=tweetext

It reminds me of the Web 2.0 trend like on Flickr 😅
@mckinley I wanted to make a similar table, mainly for organizing meetings with countries in the Americas 🌎) and for dealing with random DST dates and such...

Your table is amazing! Kudos 😃
@mckinley I wanted to make a similar table, mainly for organizing meetings with countries in the Americas 🌎) and for dealing with random DST dates and such...

Your table is amazing! Kudos 😃
@prologic I work on Fridays, usually have a bit of family time on Fridays afternoons and I have classes of Saturday mornings (GMT -6)

Ssturday's evenings are the best for me.
@prologic These are the most decent times I found for most of us
(Mexico City is Americas Central Time, and I guess Sydney is a good reference point for aussies, I'm sorry if not 😬)


@lyse 🤩
@axodys What's image mockup tech? A preview of how you will wear some frames? 😮
@prologic I'm thinking that a future filter could be 'twts in languages I know'
@prologic sounds like a cool project! 👌
@prologic https://texto-plano.xyz/~eaplmx/twtxt.txt
I could remove it if yarnd needs to find a 404
@prologic You need to stop changing that page very often, every time I read it is different! 😋 #joking #orItIsJustMyBadMemory

That said, having the option to micro-blog with an emoji, or mega-blog with a decent-sized post is cool IMO.
@prologic Hmmm, let me split it into 2 things:

1. darch was replying to #3dgf3ma and tagged the wrong _eaplmx_. I've seen that sometimes Yarn Web tags the wrong people. I don't know if that's the case here.

2. The account in texto-plano appears in twtxt.net as a mention suggestion although I've unfollowed it. I don't know if having a lot of 'garbage' accounts is a matter.
@prologic mega-microblogging? 😅
@darch Here is an example: https://codepen.io/quinlo/pen/ReMRXz

Found here: https://www.sliderrevolution.com/resources/css-checkbox/
@darch @prologic is there any way to remove @<~eaplmx https://texto-plano.xyz/~eaplmx/twtxt.txt> (texto-plano)? It's a 'dead' twtxt currently. I only use @eaplmx (English) and me@eapl.mx (Spanish)
@movq Oh, thanks!

I'm aware that those cheap devices FM have awful quality and low range.
I'm thinking of something like: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/05B-Transmisor-estaci%C3%B3n-0-138-supermercado/dp/B0B251XK2R/

But I'm seeing bad reviews, on a lot of static and bad audio quality. And again, now Bluetooth has much better quality than FM can give, so it's more for nostalgic purposes, like LoFi music, artificially adding noise.

For DVDs, damn, we'll need to make backups, especially for content hard to find again Who would think?
@abucci @movq Pinterest is amazing! In fact, I've replaced FB, Reddit, and Google Photos with it.

It has its own problems, but my main use case is discovering related images. For instance, memes and funny pictures for my wife, visual ideas for work, or even random comics and photos just for the sake of it. It autodetects language, so it'll mostly suggest content in languages you already know, and it has few ads.
Also allows you to store your own content publicly or privately, so I use it to save or pin my images instead of on a shared Drive Presentation or a random chat.
I don't use it that much to save websites, but I see a lot of people doing that.

Finally, I don't know if a Self-hosted Pinterest is useful for me. To manage my own content I'd look for a Google Photos replacement, and I'll miss the discoverability from other authors.
@abucci @movq Pinterest is amazing! In fact, I've replaced FB, Reddit, and Google Photos with it.

It has its own problems, but my main use case is discovering related images. For instance, memes and funny pictures for my wife, visual ideas for work, or even random comics and photos just for the sake of it. It autodetects language, so it'll mostly suggest content in languages you already know, and it has few ads.
Also allows you to store your own content public or privately, so I use it to save or pin my own content instead of putting it on a shared Drive Presentation, or a random chat.
I don't use it that much to save websites, but I see a lot of people doing that.

Finally, I don't know if a Self-hosted Pinterest is useful for me. To manage my own content I'd look for a Google Photos replacement, and I'll miss the discoverability from other authors.
@darch Looks amazing! I'd only add the checkmark from my previous image or any other way to know if something is toggled on or off. At first sight it's difficult to know if _On twtxt.net_ is on or off.

In terms of a11y, I have never done that, I guess instead of <a> it could be styled checkboxes due to the on-off nature.
More info here: https://www.a11ymatters.com/pattern/checkbox/
I wasn't aware of this term, cool!

A random example I found out there:
@justamoment Chip style design? What's that? *intrigued* 🧐
Here 😉 https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/app
@carsten I've used FreeTube but I don't love it, it's too limited. I'll try DuckPlayer when it's available for Win.

Just to know, are you involved with DDG in some way?
@movq Is that really happening with your original CDs/disks?
I thought the lifespan was decades 😮 is it perhaps a matter of humidity?

I threw away all my CDs and DVDs so I don't have that problem anymore, but I wonder what would happen with my grandpa's discs. And yeah, moving home with physical media, music 💿, books 📚, magazines 📜, is troublesome.

I leave a few links on the topic, if anyone is interested
https://cdxdvd.com/cd/question-how-long-can-a-cd-last.html
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-lifespan-of-DVD-and-Blu-ray-discs/answer/Ralf-Quint?ch=15&oid=105837512&share=f59282dc&srid=23zL&target_type=answer
@movq what was horrible ? audio quality, troublesome setup ?

What did you use for FM transmission ?
I wanted to setup one in my university so it's a kind of pending project
@movq haha, it is 😆
#stupidIdeasOfTheWeek

1. Listening to podcasts on an Audio cassette player like Amazon - fosa Car Audio Cassette Adapter SD MMC Mp3 Player Adapter with Remote Control

2. Streaming my favorite podcasts on a domestic FM transmitter, so I can listen on an FM radio w/o carrying my phone.

3. Sharing previous thoughts on audio and music formats: https://text.eapl.mx/re-compact-discs
#stupidIdeasOfTheWeek

1. Listening to podcasts on an Audio cassette player like Amazon - fosa Car Audio Cassette Adapter SD MMC Mp3 Player Adapter with Remote Control

2. Streaming my favorite podcasts on a domestic FM transmitter, so I can listen on an FM radio w/o bringing my phone.

3. Sharing previous thoughts on audio and music formats: https://text.eapl.mx/re-compact-discs
@justamoment Haha, that's amazing... Could you raise an issue on Gitea, please? 😀
@carsten 450k-720k USD? Sounds to me like a big number!
A decent house here is about 50k-100k. With 500k you can get a small mansion in important cities.

Also, the average wage in my country is about 500-1,000 USD/month, so I guess it's a matter of numbers. Thanks for sharing, it gives me perspective.
@carsten That's part of the plan. Sadly the monthly payment for that house is 2-3x the cost of the rent. The interest rate is about 10.5% yearly (I guess it's not huge, IDK how it is in your countries)

Here by law, the debt must take up to 20 years (WTF!) to be paid, so shouldn't be longer than an average lifetime. But if you are unable to pay at that time, they don't give you the credit, so you feel like you have no options.

Well, enough ranting. That's how it is, so we'll keep looking for options 😄
Thanks everyone! I had a tough but important talk with my wife after receiving the negative from the bank, and we'll lower the expectations while we work as hard (and relaxed) as we can.

🙂
@prologic Oops, I haven't seen this twt. Please look at #3dgf3ma
Hmmm...
Go instead to the lower limit of Miller's Law (about having 7 +/- 2 options)

That means max 5 elements.

@abucci I tried Vivaldi but I didn't get hooked. I heard of it over and over again. I guess I need to take a look again!
I'm loving the way Microsoft Edge allows you to see the tabs vertically. Perhaps it's available on other browsers, but I haven't seen it.

Disclaimer: My Taskbar is vertical as well.

I'm loving the way Microsoft Edge allows you to see the tabs vertically. Perhaps it's available on other browsers, but I haven't seen it.

Disclaimer: My Taskbar is vertical as well.

I
On things you don't need to know but I'm going to tell anyway, I'm a bit sad b/c our current income is not enough to buy the house 🏠 my wife (and I) desire.

I need a better income next year 😬 #freelancingIsHard
@prologic we talked about that idea on Gitea, but we were going to ask people how _useful_ they feel it is...
@markwylde I have a single account on @eaplmx
I have 3 on Twitter and 1 on Mastadon, but here I don't see the point of having multiple accounts or many accounts on multiple pods 🤔

Just to know, what would it be a standalone app? A mobile app?
I wonder how you guys manage to do so much with a full-day job, kids, and such. My respects, as always :)
I wonder how you guys manage to do so much with a full-day job. My respects, as always :)
The installer is not working with ZSH but the script seems to work fine...

This is amazing BTW
The installer is not working but the script seems to work fine...

This is amazing BTW
does it work with ZSH?
@carsten I used this one https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in for a few years
But the script you sent looks much better!

I got to say I don't check the weather anymore unless I'm going to travel, I disabled any widget on Win and Xubuntu... Anyways, I'll try that script, thanks for sharing!
@koelopog16
a) Yes
b) For sure
c) Please add FIDO2/Passkeys for hipster purposes
@prologic I have implemented TOTP on Python and PHP (and a decade ago on Java J2ME), if any of you need help with the UX @ me in the issue.
@marado I'm serving my twtxt in Spanish on Gemini as well, and perhaps we could serve Yarn/twtxt.net on a proxy.

I like that the 'protocol' goes beyond federalization and it's mostly decentralized, with some inherent disadvantages like discoverability, so you can federate it, have pods, instances, directories and such. I'm missing some interoperation like on ActivityPub but not having it is a kind of feature.

For me is like a self hosted blog with RSS.
I guess it's a good time to buy (or make) a Season Clock ⏰

Mentioned almost at the end here:
https://text.eapl.mx/my-favourite-strange-clocks
@movq interesting! I haven't seen these customized calendars here but sounds like a great gift for my family, my mother is fan of tearing off calendar sheets every day 🗓️
@abucci damn, not even 5!

Here with the new timezone (moved from MT to CT, and DST no more 🥳) we have this 🌞


Not that bad I think, I guess it would be 5.15 with the previous time
@abucci welcome to Winter (time) ❄️🥶 !
@prologic It's looking good here



BTW, do those filters work for Timeline and Discover, right?
Being Timeline your following list and Discover all the local (twtxt.net) following?


I think I've never understood the difference behind the scenes.
@prologic well, yeah, the Web is going extremely fast and the mobile app/API is very far from having all those features 😵‍💫

Could we try with a PWA to reuse those skills? 🤔
@prologic
Hmm, I can't find those labels on mobile... I reloaded, sign out and login, tried the mobile view, then the PC one (with the AMOLED theme on my phone 🤳), am I missing something?

I could try on my PC in a few hours if that's the matter


@prologic 👌
My wife is watching Titanic once again...

Stupid emotional movie 😢🍿
@prologic hehe, yes. I _need_ to exercise and having a measurable goal every week works for me.
From my FitBot:
21 hours before the week ends

I'm in Ruby league
This week I've burned 273.5 calories
91 to stay in this league
And 246 to jump to the next league

🥳
@prologic For _Mentions me_ and _No replies_, I think is self-explanatory. I guess _Local onl_y will require further explanation, perhaps _twtxt.net/domain.tls only_?

That said I'd like to have an option '_With replies_' or '_Active conversations_'_
@prologic I guess you are behind... Please take a took at it.

I tried to run the project in Xcode from the last commit but it gave me errors, I guess I need to install the whole Flutter environment.
@prologic which one? 🤔
as we can see in the last question here:
https://vote.heliosvoting.org/faq

digital/remote voting is not ready for massive elections. Regardless my country, and many countries are thinking on using it due to the expected cost reductions.

it's gonna be an interesting case to study after.
@marado That's true!

My grandpa was a citizen invited to help with the voting in the neighborhood (I don't know the title in english, but something like ballot box Secretary), and I took the training with him. It was nice, both could understand it quickly.

The current process is an hybrid between ancient processes that anyone can understand and modern tech. And it works for the process of auditing, with technology on top to have results in a few hours.
But it's damn expensive 🤔
To make it more interesting, the vote has to be anonymous and untraceable. Yes, we know who went to the election, but we shouldn't have a way to know your decision.

And you must be sure that every vote was counted correctly. Interesting design problem.
My thesis was on digital/electronic voting (about 10 years ago)

There is an interesting problem there: How could you replace the paper ballots with a digital device? You'll find a few benefits like a fast counting and transmitting the data without moving the ballot box to a central place.

The disadvantage is assuring the secrecy and freedom when you are voting. It's easy with an inert paper, extremely difficult with an electronic device. How could you be sure the vote is correct if it's secert?

I found an interesting proposal (I have to read it deeply) on how to fix this problem that has been 'looking for a solution' for decades:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/e2e-primer.pdf
I'm bored and unwilling to do anything...

😵‍💫
@abucci Thx!
@prologic What was the name of the service you mentioned a few days (weeks?) ago to manage authentication?

I want to bookmark it but I can't find it
and eventually you want to play crazy tunes like https://youtu.be/32YX6qhTGi8

and no, it's not so easy at is sounds in the first few seconds... Damn Bethoven 🎼🎶🎵
@movq these few first notes are mythical but it's not an easy song, starting about the 0:50 mark

https://youtu.be/wfF0zHeU3Zs?t=58

I guess I never mastered the whole song, but _anyone_ knows how to play the first 9 notes
@movq all my respect to my friends and devs in general knowing ASM... Wow!

I only learned to turn LEDs on PIC Microcontrollers, and moved quickly to C
@prologic and not only in engineering.

Today I had a surprise conference from the National Electoral Institute and the presentation was full or Acronyms. Tha target was students which obviously don't know what a GTFO is... 🙄

I think companies use them as a Branding. Instead of the Deployment process use OSDEAIDS, a.k.a. Our Super Duper Extreme And Improved Deployment System.

I know they save time, but have a deep learning curve 📈
@prologic I forgot! I send you good vibes... 😃

I'm thinking of getting a challenging employment but then I guess I'll feel alike 😵‍💫
and

😅
@abucci
@nmke-de https://www.saksoft.com/blog/rss-vs-atom/

I got to say that in the last few years I've used Atom almost exclusively. I remind parsing XML RSS feeds by hand 15 or 20 years ago, so I could say it's a really old format by Internet standards.

That said I switched from read only feeds to microblogging or chats. Reading offline is nice but I don't do it enough nowadays.
@prologic don't overthink ? 🤔
and tapas are not mexican, I guess they are argentinian or spanish, that said, they are awesome 🤤

I need to go out for lunch this weekend, in Germany I tried some amazing kebabs 🌯 for the first time, I'm fan now
@carsten #forTheRecore there is no Mexican Halloween 🎃
But the Day of the Dead (Nov 2nd) is pretty cool (as you can see in the Coco movie)

Talking about the food, yep, it something you miss being in Europe, although I found a few nice places there.

I friend send us this img, it's a peculiar tradition of cooking for your dear dead relative, friend or celebrity
Well, after a few hours updating now I have a Mac with macOS 12 🥳

it doesn't look that bad, as the transition from Win 10 to Win 11 which is awful 😑

For everything else, Xubuntu 😅