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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson") wrote:
Japan's final report into mobile ecosystems is in. "Mandatory use of WebKit impedes fair and equitable competition between Safari and third-party browsers … Hindering the development of web apps …adversely affecting the
competitive environment in entire mobile ecosystem." https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/digitalmarket/pdf_e/documents_230616.pdf
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@brucelawson with the goods, per usual; Japan has had just about enough of the iOS/Android shenanigans:
https://brucelawson.co.uk/2023/japans-report-on-mobile-ecosystems-is-published/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):
SallyStrange@strangeobject.space ("Sally Strange") wrote:
Anyway...
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I miss being able to run out and get fast food at 1am. The places I used to go to all cut their hours back when the pandemic hit
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
jsstaedtler@mastodon.art ("Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦") wrote:
Hypothesis: The Fediverse consists almost entirely of adults.
I expect most youths are drawn to the large corporate social networks; but those of us who took the effort to come here have likely experienced the Internet before most of those existed.
Of course, the only way to test this is by collecting data using the most scientifically rigorous method available to me: a Mastodon poll, lol
(I expect this will only reach English-speaking Fedi, but do boost if you're able)
⬇️ What is your age? ⬇️
Mastodon FeedReblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
scummvm@corteximplant.com ("ScummVM") wrote:
Imagine having the complete scripts (game code) of all Sierra On-Line games that use the SCI engine published between 1988 and 1996 fully decompiled, human-readable and annotated.
Yes. 100% of the scripts. 100% of the games. 100% made public.
Our SCI mastermind sluicebox did it again!
If you want to learn about the full story, ranging from a deep-dive into the code and tales about the history of Sierra's script language and previous reverse engineering efforts, check out
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Results from this poll: With ~620 respondents,
66% are opposed or alarmed to "Threads" [Instagram] joining Mastodon/Fediverse.
85% are supportive or indifferent to Tumblr doing the same.
Here's why I made this poll:
It seems odd at first the Fediverse is all about connecting platforms but its users are so vehemently opposed to "Threads".
What this poll implies is Mastoverse users are *not* opposed to corporate presence in the Fediverse. This is a trust issue with Facebook *specifically*.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨:verified:") wrote:
The best thing about new normcore social networks is that you get the satisfaction of blocking all the influencers again
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's an endless parade of totally workable systems covered in knee-deep layers of React-scented manure, spread thick on the back of arguments about agility (for screens don't actually change that much) and "performance" (they aren't measured, and when they are, turn out to be much much slower).
Do we need clawback clauses in frontend engineer contracts for UX degredation?
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Just really, existentially sad about the state of frontend today. So much unearned self-confidence, so little attention to the user. The chest-thumping privilege of born-on-third-basers making systems worse for those who weren't.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Pandamoanimum@mstdn.social ("Amanda") wrote:
“You, boy, what social media website am I posting from?”
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon on LOUD
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Bonus! We're having collard greens tonight, and I found the leaves crawling with these little guys. Yay! Free spider food!
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
for reference i am ten thousand years old
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
i distinctly remember as a precocious child being aware of the tera- prefix even though there were no common applications for it
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
i never buy any storage media and so i've just learned that 1TB microsd cards are very readily available and i'm verklempt
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Another day, another cursed 500+ms "CSS-in-JS" callstack stinking up the joint.
But do tell me, without data, how much better the "DX" is and why that inevitably leads to a better user experience.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
emilygorcenski@indieweb.social wrote:
Facebook is not stopping the release of Threads in the EU (only) because of lack of GDPR compliance, because after all that’s not how it works, they’re doing so in an attempt to punish the EU for having the temerity to regulate them and are hoping to induce FOMO in a society that is openly worried about falling behind in innovation.
This will not work.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
tfb@functional.cafe ("Thomas") wrote:
Clavier belge
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
sean@scoat.es ("Sean Coates") wrote:
A really annoying dark pattern I see over and over:
- start using an app or service
- agree to receive notifications such as “your car is here” or “someone replied to you”
- time passes
- app or service starts abusing notifications to get me to engage via promotions or even plain advertisingOften my easiest recourse there is to turn off the app’s notification privileges.
Abusive, short-sighted, and dumb. You’re never getting that permission back.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
paintedsky@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Karyl :godot: :procreate:") wrote:
PSA: If you are new to Mastodon, may I humbly suggest — try to fill out your profile before following a whole bunch of people!
I like to follow back people who seem interesting, and I can’t do that if I know nothing about you. 😉
Get yourself more followers, and improve our feeds with your presence!
Peace✌️
Mastodon FeedReblogged by nikvo@esperanto.masto.host:
persi@esperanto.masto.host ("Persikoreta Dorlotenda :flago:") wrote:
Bonlingvemuloj ne diras "teo", ili diras "folisupo" 😌
Dankon por ĉeesti mian TED-prelegon.
Mastodon Feednikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:
bonan matenon
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
If a little voice ever says to you “what if you stopped being artificially polite and just told people on social media what you think, and mirroring their attitude and tone back to them, for a day?” you should drink until the voice goes away.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evilgardengnome ("Yves L. Jardin-Noam") wrote:
@AbandonedAmerica
Yeah, figured you'd get the joke. It's how I manage tension.To contribute, I think there's things people can do to foster discussion.
1. Take toots at face value.
2. Don't insert logic/arguments into other's words.
3. Ask a question; don't insinuate intent.
3.a. If you didn't start the thread, ask questions, don't hijack.
4. Walk away; you won't convince someone they're "wrong".
4.a. If the thread is hating/punching down, block, mute, name-and-shame and report the bugger.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
michaelmathy@mastodon.online ("Michael Mathy") wrote:
I have listened to these 2 podcast episodes about Mastodon.
One with @Gargron and one with @jerry
As one of the interviewers said, it has been a long time since something on the internet made me smile.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SydesJokes@mastodon.online wrote:
Should the UK join the EU Customs Union/Single Market?
#Brexit #EU #FBPE #FBPEGlobal #FBproEU #Rejoin #RejoinEU
Please #reboost this poll to spread it around the #Fediverse
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
just managed to snag a raspberry pi after weeks of lurking out-of-stock sites
Mastodon Feed⚠️ We have just released important security fixes for the #Mastodon server software. Versions 4.1.3, 4.0.5, 3.5.9, as well as a new nightly are available now to make upgrading quick and painless. Please upgrade as soon as possible!
