** summer’s lease hath all too short a date **
After the excitement of last summer I was hopeful for a chill one this year. So far, so good.

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We visited the island where we used to live and started our family. We saw a few friends, and visited some fa … ⌘ Read more

Prigozhin’s rebellion was pretty short-lived… supposedly he told his troops to turn back already. It’s hard to know what’s true coming from Russia.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @movq@www.uninformativ.de hehe, not 12, but down 12 from what it was 😀
polar circle, that is a place I have not been yet. but I’ve always wanted to drive from here and all the length of Norway. I live in the south, a short drive from the southernerst point in Norway.

@prologic@twtxt.net Always nice to get a day off and a short week 😀

@movq@www.uninformativ.de

twtxt, as I believe it was originally intended, are short little status updates – that’s it.

So, basically a .plan file for finger. But, on the web. like a *web*finger. We have come full circle on this loop!

@xuu@txt.sour.is @prologic@twtxt.net Yarn.social without threading (as it would be the case in a “truncated” feed) does not make sense to me.

Put another way: Yarn.social is not twtxt. The content that we all have in our feeds really is much closer to a web forum or usenet or whatever. It’s threaded conversations. twtxt, as I believe it was originally intended, are short little status updates – that’s it. The formats of Yarn.social and twtxt might be very similar, but the content is vastly different and, in a way, incompatible. (As such, I think I understand very well that the original twtxt crowd is disgruntled.)

That proposed truncated feed doesn’t really provide any value, if you ask me. 🤔 It’d just be chaotic.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Thank you! Yeah I fixed that now, short statuses got shifted, but that has been fixed. :)

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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@prologic@twtxt.net it is from the generator. But in the actual go implementation methods are represented with a unsigned short. So 65k is the hard limit in go.

blog: short note about why you should code it yourself

@prologic@twtxt.net short version: context is a linked list that is passed down a call stack that can share timeout, cancellation, or other data as needed by lower functions in the call stack.

In reply to: Oatmeal - week notes

The worst kind of blogging is blogging about blogging, so, I’ll keep this blogging about blogging short!

I’ve made some minor updates to the design of the website that have improved it’s usability a wee bit, and are a step in the right direction toward upping my accessibility game. The major remaining accessibility issues are around color contrast and some structura … ⌘ Read more

At least I started on something today. Been months and months since I did anything. I started on a asset I want to use in a short I want to make some day.
Not done yet at all, but blocking things out just so I get a feel for it.

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Why resolutions actually work href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org when I take him to work I walk him at the parkinglot when I need a break. and on my way home I walk a km or two, and then around the neighbourhood as needed later. But when I go for long walks during the weekend I can walk anywhere from 10km to 20, then the rest is as needed around the house. so he’s well adjusted to short walks as well as long. today he pulled our kids on snow sleds on the street outside here, was really fun :) it was his first time trying that, and I could barely keep up with him. haha.

@eaplmx@twtxt.net This exact thing happened to me last night. I happened to be watching some random Youtube video, then this Ad came on, normally they are short 3-5s ads and I just tolerate them (sometimes) – But this particular ad was 20+ mins long! Somehow I kept listening to it too, despite my daughter telling me I could hit that “Skip Ad” button.

What was it you ask?! 😅 It was one of those testimonial-style, hyped up marketing videos of some product called “Gemini 2” (a currency trading app, allegedly), I kept watching all the way through, it was fantastic! 🤣

Then I went and read up on it! …

Short answer: TOTAL FUCKING SCAM 🤣

Neil deGrasse Tyson has his own asteroid!? href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more

Will Mind Control Become A Thing? 🧠 href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more

What Starquakes Teach Us About The Universe href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more

BBSing at 300 Bits Per Second
I recently acquired a 3M Whisper Writer 1000 communications terminal circa 1983, and restored it to working order. This is a short session of it dialing into my Kludge BBS over its internal 300 bps modem. ⌘ Read more

short blog post about onyx and building software tools for everybody

wait, is CIRL incorrigible for the same reason that utility-maximizers don’t wirehead? https://niplav.github.io/notes.html#A-Short-Example-For-Why-CIRL-Is-Incorrigible

“Dodecahedron Assemblies was the publication I chose to read on my way to heaven”—apparently Uriel has managed to gain short contact via the Gato agent.

Tour my minimalist desk setup href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more

Alright, check this out. I just kinda completed today’s project of converting a jeans into a saw bag. It’s not fully done, the side seams on the flap need some more hand sewing, that’s for sure. No, I don’t have a sewing machine. Yet?

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At first I wanted to put in the saw on the short side, but that would have made for more sewing work and increased material consumption. As a Swabian my genes force me to be very thrifty. Slipping in on the long side had the benefit of using the bottom trouser leg without any modification at all. The leg tapers slightly and gets wider and wider the more up you go. At the bottom it’s not as extreme as at the top.

The bag is made of two layers of cloth for extra durability. The double layers help to hide the inner two metal snap fastener counter parts, so the saw blade doesn’t get scratched. Not a big concern, but why not doing it, literally no added efforts were needed. Also I reckon it cuts off the metal on metal clinking sounds.

The only downside I noticed right after I pressed in the receiving ends of the snap fasteners is that the flap overhangs the bag by quite a lot. I fear that’s not really user-friendly. Oh well. Maybe I will fold it shorter and sew it on. Let’s see. The main purpose is to keep the folding saw closed, it only locks in two open positions.

Two buttons would have done the trick, with three I went a bit overkill. In fact the one in the middle is nearly sufficient. Not quite, but very close. But overkill is a bit my motto. The sides making up the bag are sewed together with like five stitch rows. As said in the introduction, the flap on the hand needs some more love.

Oh, and if I had made it in a vertical orientation I would have had the bonus of adding a belt loop and carrying it right along me. In the horizontal layout that’s not possible at all. The jeans cloth is too flimsy, the saw will immediately fall out if I open the middle button. It’s not ridgid enough. Anyways, I call it a success in my books so far. Definitely had some fun.

short story about a cancer researcher who starts murdering patients in the control group because he expects there to be a null result, but he always puts on a mask that prevents him from directly seeing the person he kills—double blind

The Goldilocks Rule href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more

Had my 2nd interview yesterday. Here’s hoping it went well 🤞 should hear back within 2 weeks, which is only a short agonising wait 😅

Nominally, my seen/read list for 2021, but I missed a lot of short readings. I may try to write more about these things this year. http://a.9srv.net/media/2021

On the blog: Short Fiction — All Quiet on the Vernal Front https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/12/05/war.html #fiction #christmas #holiday

So the evolution of my nick is as follows. I had a bicycle that had the word Zephyr written on it. Which means a western wind. That is related to the Greek god Zephyrus.

I liked words where X make a Z sound. And also had a bit of dyslexia so my firs IRC nick was Xypher swapping the y and e.. I would also use the forms Xypherius or just Xypheri.

Because its close hemming to Cypher I found the nick would get used by others.. Though that is not my origin.

Later I would sign websites I created as The X-Urban Underground (where X was short for Xypher) and that evolved to xuu. Pronounced like zoo.

Bidens Democracy Summit
There is an interesting article about The Summit for Democracy titled Biden Invites Taiwan to Democracy Summit Alongside 110 Countries.I want to add a short but important observation.As mentioned in the article Hungary and Turkey have not been invited to the Summit. But contrary to the article, I believe that the reason has nothing to […] ⌘ Read more

Secure deployments with OpenID Connect & GitHub Actions now generally available
GitHub Actions now supports OpenID Connect for secure deployment to different cloud providers via short-lived, auto-rotated tokens. ⌘ Read more

created a short introductory video to qiudanz mode 1 | https://compudanzas.net/qiudanz_mode_1.html

A Short Review of Selling on Tindie
I started using the Tindie platform in April to sell my WiFiStation kits. I’ve now sold out all of my initial inventory and am not planning on making any more, so I thought I’d offer my opinions of Tindie as a platform for selling things. ⌘ Read more

On the blog: Short Fiction — The Gevkahahal https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/31/gevkahahal.html #freeculture #creativecommons #fiction #horror

13 short and scary games plus source to play (or hack) this Halloween 🎃
It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested in learning more about game ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net I knew you were short sided from day one I saw Yarn. On desktop everything is huge, and I assumed it was to cater short-sightedness. Also, you have enabled underlines on buttons on iOS, bold and bigger fonts, etc., so that was also a give away. Sorry if I digress, but, glasses wouldn’t help? I have to wear mine all the time, otherwise I am also near blind myself!

@niplav@niplav.github.io Re: Liber Augmen: Not a whole lot of it is new to me either, but I thought the method of delivery (a single page full of short descriptions of things) is super interesting as a mindspace-delivery device

One day short of a full chain: Real world exploit chains explained ⌘ Read more…

In case you were wondering, taking a couple pairs of damp shorts fresh from the washing machine into a room and pointing a fan at them will raise the room’s humidity.

don’t get me wrong, I love the power of emacs. but it’s a very complex piece of software, which is inherrently brittle. not a problem in the short term, but for some of my more long term tools it’s a consideration.

Short Notice: Appearing on Millenniyule TONIGHT at 7PM New York Time
Sorry for the short notice, I’ve been busy for the holidays, but I’ve been asked to be interviewed on Millenniyule in less than two hours from when I’m posting this. I’m scheduled for 7PM to as late as 9PM New York time.

The livestream will be on this channel (i.e. not my own due to bandwidth issues).

If you miss it, you can get it [at the bottom of this playlist](https://www.youtube.com/ … ⌘ Read more

On the blog: Short Fiction — Instant Podcast https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/27/podcast.html #fiction #freeculture #humor

@von@tilde.town Good luck. I wrote poems twice for a girl. They were rather short, the girls name length in lines. And if you read the lines first character from bottom to top you got, … I guess that’s obvious. 😁

Took a long walk earlier today and now I want to take a short nap.

The new anime season is so weird. A bunch of harem shit (yay) but all of it is short episodes (wut)

Million Short - What haven’t you found? https://www.millionshort.com/

“Great repository names are short and memorable. Need inspiration? How about supreme-couscous?” — I hadn’t heard about this particular Supreme collab, but then again I haven’t been subscribed to Hypebeast in a while…

Emotional Mechanics | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2019/03/12/39385/

There’s a tendency, when we don’t have a rational understanding of something, to classify it as only capable of IRrational understanding – i.e. pattern matching. Occasionally, this is the only practical solution in the short term.

A short history of 20th century African-American horror literature | jessnevins.com http://jessnevins.com/blog/?p=842

A Short History of Italian Horror - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCo35gX7j0

The Avengers - Short Skirt, Long Jacket [Emma Peel] - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtYckLIZnI

I Wrote 100 Terrible Stories That I’m Glad You’ll Never Read https://io9.gizmodo.com/5870146/i-wrote-100-terrible-short-stories-that-im-glad-youll-never-read

Not All Choice Interfaces Are Alike | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/25/not-all-choice-interfaces-are-alike/

Not Exactly Mailbag: Worldbuilding from a Mechanic | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/03/13/not-exactly-mailbag-worldbuilding-from-a-mechanic/

An Alternative Taxonomy for Interactive Stories | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2011/05/03/an-alternative-taxonomy-for-interactive-stories/

Plot-shaped Level Design | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/18/plot-shaped-level-design/

Beyond Branching: Quality-Based, Salience-Based, and Waypoint Narrative Structures | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/04/12/beyond-branching-quality-based-and-salience-based-narrative-structures/

Card-Deck Narratives | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/03/card-deck-narratives/

An Incomplete List of Things I’d Need to Know In Order Not to Be A Total Impostor | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/09/02/an-incomplete-list-of-things-id-need-to-know-in-order-not-to-be-a-complete-impostor/

Mailbag: Self-Training in Narrative Design | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2019/01/08/mailbag-self-training-in-narrative-design/

Save the Cat (Blake Snyder) | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/12/04/save-the-cat-blake-snyder/

Fairly reliable indicator of a bad/naive post or project: the title or short description contains the name of the implementation language, but that language is conventional, commonly-used, or ‘general-purpose’.

Short work week and about half the office is out.

‘Free your mind and your ass will follow’ is absurdly optimistic. Freedom of mind is necessary but not sufficient for freedom of ass. In the short term, wokeness makes your life harder because you become aware of how bad things are.

Box Office Bomb: The Short Life of Popcorn Prediction Markets - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/11/15/18091620/box-office-futures-dodd-frank-mpaa-recession

The role of history in a society afflicted by short-termism | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-history-in-a-society-afflicted-by-short-termism

A Short History of Chaosnet https://twobithistory.org/2018/09/30/chaosnet.html

Hot take: any command that a user might want to use regularly should be short, memorable, and built-in; any command that a user might really NEED to use should be documented & included in the examples in built-in documentation.

Some snark: https://medium.com/@/a-short-glossary-of-tech-industry-terms-4b5f9fef8db3?source=friends_link&sk=f5251057ed9dd53ec78960456e0ef08f

Mailbag: AI Research on Dialogue and Story Generation | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/10/16/mailbag-ai-research-on-dialogue-and-story-generation/

A Short History of Chaosnet https://twobithistory.org/2018/09/30/chaosnet.html

TextWorld (Inform 7 & machine learning) | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/09/25/textworld-inform-7-machine-learning/

While it’s been a short week here, I’m ready for the weekend already.

Bursting stovepipes creates an intellectual explosion, but it’s short-lived. You don’t get scenius without tribes, but you also don’t get it without potlatches. The periodic nature of the potlatch is necessary, & so is the discarding of material work.

Mailbag: Applying Filters to Character Dialogue | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/05/08/mailbag-applying-filters-to-character-dialogue/

Lonely Men Club (Mike Kleine) | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/06/28/lonely-men-club-mike-kleine/

Thread by @Foone: “You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are? OK, so there’s a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short […]” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1014267515696922624.html

Parrigues Tarot (draft) | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/06/26/parrigues-tarot-draft/

Writing in Collaboration with the System | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2014/10/29/writing-in-collaboration-with-the-system/

World Models Rendered in Text | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/06/19/world-models-rendered-in-text/

@robbinaer@robbinaer.info I think I should also increase. 140 is often too short. I thought Twitter had also 140.

The Signal has run my short story “She Awaited the Turkeys” as part of the episode called “Intermission 02”. (Doesn’t seem to be posted on the website yet.)

Bad idea of the day: Instead of an index fund, choose stocks completely at random, and buy or sell/short them completely at random, one share at a time, once every ten minutes or so.

Emily Short - Five Strategies For Collaborating With A Machine [PROCJAM 2016] - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=narjui3em1k

Some free short stories from Soviet-era science fiction author Anat… https://boingboing.net/2018/02/22/some-free-short-stories-from-s.html

The Short and Brilliant Life of Ernest Matthew Mickler… http://bittersoutherner.com/the-short-and-brilliant-life-of-ernest-matthew-mickler

@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net I think we already discussed encrypted tweets some time ago, but no encryption seemed short enough. GPG ist just too big. Any ideas?

@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net I think we already discussed encrypted tweets some time ago, but no encryption seemed short enough. GPG ist just too big. Any ideas?

Small-Scale Structures in CYOA | Emily Short‘s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/11/05/small-scale-structures-in-cyoa/

Sigourney Weaver and sci-fi shorts: inside Neill Blomkamp’s secret film studio | Film | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/02/oats-studios-secret-film-lab-sidestepping-hollywood

A short critique of Stallmanism http://flowing.systems/2016/09/24/a-short-critique-of-stallmanism/

Short Story - Superiority - by Arthur C. Clarke http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html

I just noticed that i still can win bullseye if write a short tweet for any long tweet i published. Maybe i have to rethink the game… :)

I just noticed that i still can win bullseye if write a short tweet for any long tweet i published. Maybe i have to rethink the game… :)

@krt@krt.marmaro.de I actually like it when tweets are short, but insisting on 140 characters and cutting the tweet is a little bit too strict.

@krt@krt.marmaro.de I actually like it when tweets are short, but insisting on 140 characters and cutting the tweet is a little bit too strict.

@kas@enotty.dk We had a short power fluctuation yesterday. Funny to see which machines die and which survive.