mastodon 4.7.3Principal Developer in Chicago -- Web Components, Python, tech for social good
Anyone who knows what "shibboleth" means is my kind of person.
What if I'm like amazingly talented at golf. I'll never know.
We need a Museum of Disasters. Every exhibit shows a different type of catastrophe -- what happened, how we responded, what we learned. The final exhibit is always updating: the biggest risks we face right now. We make terrible decisions about risk when the last disaster fades from memory. Make it unforgettable.
I'm super skeptical about the #atprotocol for a few reasons. The biggest is the network architecture putting giant "relay" servers in the center. The sell is that servers can be super light and just have to talk to a relay server. But this effectively centralizes everything onto the relays. There is only one so far, BlueSky, and the infrastructure need is massive. I don't see anyone else making one any time soon so BlueSky still has defacto control over the entire network.
Do you know that the GitHub link from https://elenajs.com is broken? Is the project still going? It’s one of my favorites.
My cultural divination sessions have brought a grave prophecy. Everyone get ready for a dark time is now upon us. Retain thy resolve, and hark upon this prediction that I fear will corrupt the TikToks further:
The word "canonically" will soon lose its meaning as people use it incorrectly.
The end is nigh.
Arsenal are champions of England. I love this club. Here's part of why.