Just finished writing my doc on how I’m using Parabola to export LJ to Plume https://ouvaton.link/F0KxT5

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I documented how I’ve been using the #Plume API to create posts, hopefully somebody might find it useful https://ouvaton.link/bGTcdV

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Godot 4.0 Release Party 🎉
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I have cleaned up the timeline a bit, I like this much more.
I use the markdown text now, instead of the ‘text’ field in the json file, looks much cleaner.
I can work with this. One thing that I want to sort out next is the way the nicknames and url is shown.
Also links in posts should be clickable - not sure if the current labels support that, but I’ll try and figure it out somehow. Anyways - latest screenshot is attached here.. :)

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Erlang Solutions: Here’s Why You Should Build Scalable Systems with Erlang
Building systems in the earlier days of the internet used to be pretty simple.

While the system was admittedly pretty limited, the demand to scale past one or two servers wasn’t particularly high. But upon entering the 21st century, we saw large companies (think Amazon, Starbucks, Yahoo) and many more find the need to scale not just a few servers, but thousands. Even tens of thousands. Suddenly, the … ⌘ Read more

I’m currently validating the use of the OpenAI API as a cheaper and more powerful alternative to the Google Translate API. I hope my plans succeed and there will be a new GoBlog plugin with some AI power soon. ✨ So far the OpenAI API is quite easy to use, I thought it would be more complicated. Philipp is already using the API for his diary, another cool idea (which I may copy someday). ⌘ Read more

❤️ 🎶: Time to Go by DooRi

I will spend a evening replacing the GUI library. FLTK is a pain when it comes to getting the strings the way I need them. I think Ill try gtkmm or nanogui.

With all this ActivityPub hectic, it is still nice to have a super simple platform like Twttxt to get back to.

Flatten the Planets
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Ignite Realtime Blog: Developing Openfire Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) functionality
We am excited to announce that a new plugin for the Openfire real time collaboration server is in the works! This plugin implements Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) functionality and provides an XMPP implementation of EXI as defined in XEP-0322.

Ef … ⌘ Read more

The reply button works from my application! I think it’s really fun to work on this. Yarn’s great API makes it fast to to develop for! :)

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Working on things again today, made the timeline layout a bit better, now I’ll work on the reply button, makes it more useful to use :)

@prologic@twtxt.net Keep us updated as you think about what to do about activitypub! :) Also - what ever you decide to do - I totally understand.

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci anyone can run a exit node. Show me a case where a hidden service was taken over without regular investigation etc.
The biggest darknet markets where taken down due to misconfigurations or mistakes leading them to leak IP and such , not because tor is compromised or that some agency ran a exit node.
A hidden service’s traffic never goes through a exit node, only passes through middle nodes and everything stays encrypted.

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Just see the total hashrate on the network, then figure out how many cpu’s you need to get over 51% of that rate - you then know what it would cost :)
Also - nice to see a monero discussion, it’s my fav cc. Also like it a lot because of the asic resistance that is built in.

Often people run a node somewhere, then connect to it with the remote node feature from other machines. Or use a light wallet.
Cpu use will go down when block chain is synced. Also just a tip - check the prune blockchain feature to save a lot of space.

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‘Game-changer’ deal sees Australian avocados to set sail for India
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and I need to start paying more attention to twtxt again

Shifts in weather are causing Italian families to rethink an inter-generational tradition
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This time I’m doing my commute (to my second flat) with this new 70L travel backpack from Decathlon. It’s already full with just my work stuff (notebook, keyboard, mouse) and some other stuff (personal notebook, smaller backpack, toiletries, 2L water bottle). How am I supposed to fit 14 days of vacation stuff in there? 🤔 Good that I can take a vacation without having to take the work stuff with me. 😅 ⌘ Read more

An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere
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Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program
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Lymphocytes
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Wineries ‘rapt’ as infield grape sorting makes processing quicker and easier
As the grape harvest draws to a close, trucks are delivering fruit to wineries — but their loads carry more than just grapes, which is why infield sorters are growing in popularity. ⌘ Read more

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What of the other fruits of Eden? What innocences still wait there, to be found and shed?

really, the forbidden art here is to make the language model guess what came before the prompt

Now immortal, he kept dying out of spite, and eventually habit. Made his deaths moving, beautiful, stylish, grotesque, all to wake up again the next morning

RT by @mind_booster: If the publishers win, global readers lose 🌐 Find out what our digital lending library means to patrons all over the world, from a researcher in Romania to an educator in Pakistan: http://blog.archive.org/2022/01/12/international-patrons-speak-out/ href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23EmpoweringLibraries”>#EmpoweringLibraries**
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Well, the code for getting and setting the avatar works.
I need to align things better though. But cool that it works.

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Sunset view from the hill next to our flat. 🌇 ⌘ Read more

And mostly whether it’s even a good idea at al, and if we should continue or not?

I think that activitypub in yarn is a great feature! And also one of the easier ones to set up and get going.
And as I said last week - I think it’s a important features - and will drive adoption.
It is optional as well - so if one does not want it - just not turn that feature on.

I personally was missing the fact that I could not easily follow others before you added activitypub, but now I can choose to follow them, which is great.

Oh, and also image upload needs to be done.

Got some time for coding today, dog is resting a bit, and kids are busy.
Today I’m resuming on the timeline, I’ll see if I can fetch and show the avatars next to the statuses.
And I’ll see if I can get a reply button to work, also need to clean up stuff that I’ve done so far.
A bit of duplicate stuff that can be simplified etc.

👋 Hey y’all yarners 🤗 – @darch@neotxt.dk and I have been discussing in our Weekly Yarn.social call (still ongoing… come join us! 🙏) about the experimental Yarn.social <-> Activity Pub integration/bridge I’ve been working on… And mostly whether it’s even a good idea at al, and if we should continue or not?

There are still some outstanding issues that would need to be improved if we continued this regardless

Some thoughts being discussed:

• Yarn.social pods are more of a “family”, where you invite people into your “home” or “community”
  
• Opening up to the “Fedivise” is potentially “uncontrolled”
  
• Even at a small scale (a tiny dev pod) we see activities from servers never interacted with before
  
• The possibility of abuse (because basically anything can POST things to your Pod now)
  
• Pull vs. Push model polarising models/views which whilst in theory can be made to work, should they?
  

Go! 👏

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 03/06 to 03/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Soooo… Fltk uses @ symbol in strings to apply effects to text, now wonder I’ve been having issues with the timeline.. https://www.fltk.org/doc-2.0/html/group__symbols.html
@ is used for mentions and all that stuff, so well - it just breaks the strings in the labels.

A lot of more work needs to be done, but at least now I got the basic timeline stuff done, took a good while to figure out how to solve it, but now I know. The reason why the statuses are cut short on some is because of html tags and stuff like that - c++ is a bit picky with strings and stuff like that. but I’ll get that sorted as well.
At least I can show the first screenshot. Keep in mind the GUI is not at all finished, I’m working on the basics first, implement all the features, then I work on finishing touches.

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there’s some IOIs it’s a crime not to react to

Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate
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I will work more on it this weekend. I hope to tidy it up enough for a screenshot 😀

Okay, so was easier to solve (for now) then what I initially thought.
First thing I found was this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49333136/removing-html-tags-from-a-string-of-text

Okay, so it seems like the label\text I use for statuses does not like the strings from posts.
Especially if they contain html tags and such (which the often do), it just breaks the text.
I wonder what I can do with that.. I kinda want to not have html tags in the json reply.
Have to think a bit about how to solve it. Took a while to figure it out, the text was just garbled.
I created some long example strings with regular letters and such, to see if X number of posts would show up, and they did, but when I then replace my test strings with text from json - it goes all wrong again.

Raising the bar for software security: GitHub 2FA begins March 13
On March 13, we will officially begin rolling out our initiative to require all developers who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. Read on to learn about what the process entails and how you can help secure the software supply chain with 2FA. ⌘ Read more

How GitHub Docs’ new search works
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Ignite Realtime Blog: Botz version 1.2.0 release
We have just released version 1.2.0 of the Botz framework for Openfire!

The Botz library adds to the already rich and extensible Openfire with the ability to create internal user bots.

In this release, a bug that prevented client sessions for bots from being created was fixed. Hat-tip to

Kris Iyer for working with us on a fix!

Download the latest version of the Botz framework from [its project page](https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/botz/ … ⌘ Read more

Multi-repository variant analysis: a powerful new way to perform security research across GitHub
Multi-repository variant analysis lets you scale security research across thousands of repositories, giving you a powerful tool to find and respond to newly discovered vulnerabilities. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Creating a simple weather application with Phoenix LiveView

In this article we will discuss our experience building an online weather application in Elixir using Phoenix LiveView. We created a real-time weather application that allows users to see the past, current, and forecast temperature and precipitation data for any UK postcode. The goals of building this app were:

• to further familiarise ourselves with[Phoenix LiveView](https:/ … ⌘ Read more

Application security orchestration with GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how teams can leverage the power of GitHub Advanced Security’s code scanning and GitHub Actions to integrate the right security testing tools at the right time. ⌘ Read more

Working some more on timeline, trying to create a group widget and add label child widgets, those labels should then show the text for each status.

GitHub Galaxy 2023: your guide to building a more flexible and productive software development cycle
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[47°09′36″S, 126°43′13″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8 is now generally available
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Peter’s business relies on water, but too much of it has left him with no income
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File editing on GitHub Mobile keeps leveling up
Commit an update to a pull request, or start a new branch to squash a bug at any time, wherever you are using the GitHub Mobile apps. ⌘ Read more

How to use your own domain as your BlueSky handle
I recently got access to the BlueSky beta, and decided to poke around to see what it’s all about. I will save the details of what it is and how I feel about it for a different post. However, one of the first things you do when you sign up is choose a username that exists under the bsky.app domain. I have zero interest in another name rush where everyone tries to claim the shortest username possible, so I went with aaronpk.bsky.app rather than trying to get a … ⌘ Read more

Isode: M-Guard 1.4 New Capabilities
M-Guard 1.4 is a platform support update release for M-Guard Console and M-Guard Appliance. M-Guard Appliance has been updated to use UEFI instead of BIOS for key system services.

The M-Guard Appliance now supports running on Netgate 6100 and 6100 MAX appliance systems.

M-Guard Appliance on Hyper-V now uses Generation 2 virtual machines.

M-Guard Appliance on VirtualBox now uses EFI.

Use of BIOS for booting is deprecated in favor of UEF … ⌘ Read more

Unleash your potential with GitHub Octernships: a path to a thriving tech career
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Wineries eye further opportunities in US as producers continue to feel the squeeze from China tariffs
More than two years after China placed tariffs on Australian wine, SA producers are still looking for alternative markets for their product. ⌘ Read more

Lucy has barely bought fruit in 12 years. As rate hikes hit hard, here’s how she keeps her pantry full
As the cost of living soars, some people are growing their own fruit and vegetables as a community to help keep grocery bills down. ⌘ Read more

Created the function that grabs the timeline.
Now I have to plan a bit to make the actual gui for it, I think I might try and create my own custom fltk widget that I can feed with the json reply, and then it will set itself up based on that.
Or maybe something simple at first - not sure yet.

[47°09′32″S, 126°43′04″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces
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[47°09′13″S, 126°43′17″W] Working impossible due to thunderstorm

in emily in paris Y is mad because X slept with Ys boyfriend. and what does my brain say? ‘why don’t X and Ys boyfriend pay her the cheerful price to forget the thing?’ damn economists

Launch Window
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Release Radar · February 2023 Edition
Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us it’s all hands on deck. We had dozens of submissions for the February Release Radar—a testament to the amount of code being shipped by the […] ⌘ Read more

Bringing the bugs back to this winery has saved time, money — and insects
The global population of insects has declined by 41 per cent in the past 40 years, with researchers saying the overuse of chemicals in agriculture is a key reason. ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: HTTP File Upload v1.2.2 released!
We’ve just released version 1.2.2 of the HTTP File Upload plugin for Openfire. This release includes Ukrainian language support, thanks to Yurii Savchuk (svais) and his son Vladislav Savchuk (Bruhmozavr), as well as a few updated translations for Portuguese, Russian and English.

Grab it from the plugins page in your Openfire Admin Console, or download manually from the HTTP File Upload archive page, [here](https://www.igniterealtime.o … ⌘ Read more

Next up is grabbing and showing the timeline, then all the other stuff needed. :)
Was fast to get this up and running, and nice to end the weekend with this working.

My cheap alternative to Ngrok
Since GoBlog has an Auto-HTTPS feature that can automatically retrieve HTTPS certificates via ACME from e.g. Let’s Encrypt, I need a public IP address with which I can reach my test instance of GoBlog via port 80 and 443. ⌘ Read more

R to @mind_booster: And now, if you want to follow my twtxt’s on your fediverse/mastodon account, you can do so by following @marado@marado .
And now, if you want to follow my twtxt’s on your fediverse/mastodon account, you can do so by following @marado@marado . ⌘ Read more

R to @mind_booster: O que eu disse sobre estes projectos quando saíram:
O que eu disse sobre estes projectos quando saíram:

nitter.net/mind_booster/status/1624072827874713602#m ⌘ Read more

RT by @mind_booster: When #Finnish people want to get something done, they band together. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The average Finn is a member to three associations, and three-quarters of Finnish people belong to at least one association! href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23ActiveCitizens”>#ActiveCitizens**
When #Finnish people want to get something done, they band together. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The average Finn is a member to three associations, and three-quarters of Finnish people belong to at least one association! [#ActiveCitizens](https://nitter … ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter February 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of February 2023.
Many thanks to all our readers and all contributors!

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Rea … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org always nice to know stuff like that! one day it can save someone :)

New machine for work.
I get to keep the old one for personal use

Ah, I forgot - first i need to add a json library, so I’ll do that now.

@prologic@twtxt.net Thank you! And same to you! Was great talking with you.
Haha, yeah, he is always ready for playtime or walks, haha.

I’ll be available on video for the next couple of hours, if anyone wants to join:

https://meet.mills.io/call/Yarn.social

Okay, so I spent about one hour setting up cmake, fltk and libcurl for c++, got all that running now.
I still need to fix the cmake script a bit, but I have a working verison now with this.
I will now add the same curl stuff I had in rust in c++, then work on the gui and all that.
So I will drop rust, and go for c++ instead, much easier for me. Was worth a try in rust, but for now that’s not for me to be honest, I much faster and better in c++.

Im very close to making the decision to just rewrite what I have in c++ instead. I feel I would have done this much faster with that. I’ll think about it until tomorrow. I’ll probably do that anyways just to see. just start with cmake and get started with it.

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/27 to 03/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/03/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub: Here’s what they found
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@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, apparently it was a bit of old new (according to twitter), but still - looking forward to have a risc-v desktop system. :)
Hopefully it’ll not be too long until something like that hits the market with a price that I can pay for it.
I do have 2 risk-v devices already, one mangopi (like a raspberrypi zero), and one HiFive1 Rev B (like a arduino).
The Hifive rev B was a waste of time and money for me - but I bought it anyways, too ‘embedded’ for my liking, so not easy to make things work on that. The mangopi is perfect, got all my desktop stuff set up on that running debian.

Laura Wishart working hard ‘to prove them wrong’ after taking over family’s vineyard
One sure way to make Laura Wishart commit to something is to tell her she cannot do it, and after throwing herself into the management of a vineyard north of Albany she is proving her detractors wrong. ⌘ Read more

Found what I needed finally.. I now created a struct with this crate:
https://crates.io/crates/arraystring
That works for what I need, damn this has been annoying to find a solution too.
I can now store the strings I need in the struct, and use that in all the functions.
Also works with the GUI callback stuff, so it solves the Issue I’ve been having.
I have now added gui elements for server url, username, password.
And functions for fetching the timeline with the supplied info.
So now I can finally start working on the timeline GUI.

It’s been in a way easier then expected, but also somethings are a bit tricky.
I could easily have done the same in c++ much faster, but the whole point here was to learn more rust.
And for that it’s been going well.

[47°09′59″S, 126°43′07″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to thunderstorm

okay, so all chores for today is done, so I have some time to code some more. I will resume my variable and functions adventure in Rust.