On the blog: Tweets from 07/19 to 07/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/07/23/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
YouTube stream now
I’ll be streaming on YouTube momentarily: https://youtu.be/Aj6-ASqhSEY ⌘ Read more
published day 1 of the uxn tutorial! | https://compudanzas.net/uxn_tutorial.html
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, All Our Yesterdays https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/22/yesterday.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
The classical book reprinting site is live! LindyPress.net
For a while, I’ve hinted that I’ve been contributing to a project to reprint out-of-print classical and medieval texts that are of hidden value, sometimes even in their original languages. I’ve worked on this project for a while and now it’s live and you can browse the first five books available.
See the site at https://lindypress.net. All works have been reformatted in XeLaTeX so that … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Writing Jekyll Plugins https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/21/jekyll.html #programming #blog #techtips #ruby
On the blog: Developer Journal, GPS Anniversary https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/19/gps.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: GitHub Copilot and Other Programming Doom https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/18/copilot.html #quora
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Headshot, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/17/headshot.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 07/12 to 07/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/07/16/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Errata Security: Ransomware: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Savage Curtain https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/15/savage.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
reading: starting forth. possible practice, puzzle, game, eventually dance? | https://compudanzas.net/forth.html
Debian XMPP Team: XMPP Novelties in Debian 11 Bullseye ⌘ Read more…
published the uxnería repo for uxn projects and sketches. excited about the nibble dice tracker | https://compudanzas.net/nibble_dice_tracker.html
On the blog: Developer Journal, Bisbee Kidnapping Anniversary https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/12/bisbee.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Media and Imposed Morality https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/11/mmedia.html #harm #ethics #safety #media
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — La Chute d’Une Plume https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/10/plume.html #freeculture #bookclub
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My kid just uncovered a bug in a program I wrote by grabbing my laptop and smacking the keyboard a bunch. Biological input fuzzing; a real-life chaos monkey.
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Well I’m happy to accept patches to linebanner if you’d like to add characters. :-) http://txtpunk.com/banner/index.html
On the blog: Tweets from 07/05 to 07/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/07/09/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Cloud Minders https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/08/cloud.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
fourth session of the compudanzas workshop: we shared our máquina universal bailable | https://compudanzas.net/mub.html
On the blog: Developer Journal, Early July https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/05/july.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Content Advisories https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/04/advisory.html #harm #ethics #safety
I wrote a ‘banner’-like program for Plan 9 (and p9p) that uses the Unicode box drawing characters: http://txtpunk.com/banner/index.html
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Solitudes and Silence, ch 10-14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/03/solitudes3.html #freeculture #bookclub
Just tried looking at some of my site’s pages’ HTML after they’ve been run through Prettier. It sure looks nice in bat(1), but the extra build step would take entire seconds to complete.
On the blog: Tweets from 06/28 to 07/02 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/07/02/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Way to Eden https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/01/eden.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
The Weaving The Web Book by Tim Berners-Lee should be a required read for anyone building on the Web.
third session of the compudanzas workshop: we learned and performed the danzasistemas-tag (first time ever!) and a turing machine in d-turing mode | https://compudanzas.net/las_danzas.html
second session of the compudanzas workshop: we performed reglas de wolfram and talked a lot about emergent complexity | https://compudanzas.net/reglas_de_wolfram.html
On the blog: Developer Journal, Stonewall Uprising https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/28/stonewall.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Attracting Job Candidates https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/27/hiring.html #rant #career
Matrix vs. XMPP
XMPP and Matrix are two decentralized and federated free sofware projects for chat, including true end-to-end encrypted chat.
Users can either install the software on their own server if they want, but they can also easily register on any public server—both allow any XMPP or Matrix user to talk to users on their server or on any other one. In essence, it works like email: you might have an em … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Solitudes and Silence, ch 5-9 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/26/solitudes2.html #freeculture #bookclub
Not sure why exactly, but I made sure my Twtxt HTML page renders okay on a Nokia 8110 4G 240px screen.
On the blog: Tweets from 06/21 to 06/25 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/06/25/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
I made https://johanbove.info/twtxt.html with a couple of lines of JS today. Makes it a bit easier to read my Twtxt feed online.
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Requiem for Methuselah https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/24/methuselah.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
first session of the online compudanzas workshop! we danced the ciclo de memoria and danzas compuertas | https://compudanzas.net/las_danzas.html
created the compudanzas page on patreon: support us and help us achieve the goal of having this dream project as our main activity! | https://compudanzas.net/support.html
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Humanist Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/21/humanist.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: First Official Juneteenth https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/20/juneteenth.html #holiday
pcd quito 2021: we had a talk on compudanzas and a workshop on coloring computers. | https://compudanzas.net/talks_and_workshops.html
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Solitudes and Silence, ch 1-4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/19/solitudes1.html #freeculture #bookclub
First pass at sticking my twtxt in a web page. It’s not escaping all the html properly, and generally needs work, but it’s a start: http://a.9srv.net/tw/following.html
Late livestream on YouTube ASAP
Link is here: https://youtu.be/OU84HrX8D8Q
I’ll begin before the top of the hour. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Tweets from 06/14 to 06/18 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/06/18/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
compudanzas.net is now available in gemini: sharing (self-hosted) space with caracolito.mooo.com :) | https://compudanzas.net/gemini.html
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Lights of Zetar https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/17/zetar.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
digging through the projects archives | https://compudanzas.net/proposals.html
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Blood Donor Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/14/blood.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Managing Priorities https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/13/priorities.html #rant #programming
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Boris Munchausen https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/12/boris.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 06/07 to 06/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/06/11/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, That Which Survives https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/10/survive.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
I appeared on Monero Talk
I was invited to be interviewed on Monero Talk and it’s just been released. Monero Talk is a podcast on, well… Monero the actually private cryptocurrency, which I’ve written and done videos on in the past.
See the full interview on one of the following:
- Monero Talk’s YouTube channel
- [Odysee Re … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Ludi Piscatorii https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/07/piscatorii.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Do the Work https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/06/do-work.html #rant #personal #ally #harm
Peter Saint-Andre: The Number Six ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The House https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/05/house.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 05/31 to 06/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/06/04/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Mark of Gideon https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/03/gideon.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Hey everyone, I’m Jonathan Ringer,
the release manager for 21.05. As promised, the latest stable
release is here: NixOS 21.05 “Okapi”.
- Release manual - Highlights
- [New\ Serv … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Memorial Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/31/memorial.html #programming #project #devjournal
Peter Saint-Andre: Holding Multiple Opinions ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Winning the Twenty-First Century https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/30/winning.html #rant #politics
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Wilber & Co. https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/29/wilber.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 05/24 to 05/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/05/28/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/27/battle.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Livestream on YouTube right now
Link here: https://youtu.be/GZi0gmDcuAc ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Africa Eve https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/24/africa.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Ficly https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/22/ficly.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 05/17 to 05/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/05/21/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Whom Gods Destroy https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/20/gods.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Developer Journal, Day Against Homophobia (et al) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/17/idahot.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Explaining Cryptocurrency https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/16/crypto.html #rant #programming #money
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — FSF Propaganda Videos https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/15/fsf.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 05/10 to 05/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/05/14/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Elaan of Troyius https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/13/elaan.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Odysee stream over, worked well!
Just finished by first stream on LBRY/Odysee. If you missed it, don’t sweat it, we didn’t talk about anything too interesting, just trying Odysee’s new streaming abilities.
There was some bandwidth problems on my end, but Odysee itself seemed to handle the stream very well. ⌘ Read more
Testing out the Odysee Livestreaming; Check it out NOW!
As the title says, see here: https://odysee.com/@Luke:7/nginx-restream-luke-smith-test:b ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Golden Spike Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/10/spike.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Belated FSF Discussion https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/09/fsf.html #rant #freesoftware
many examples of #metapost with pictures [[http://tex.loria.fr/prod-graph/zoonekynd/metapost/metapost.html]] #links
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Moses und Aron, ch 10-13 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/08/moses4.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 05/03 to 05/07 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/05/07/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Empath https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/06/empath.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Modern “Freedom” Means Being a Slave to Impulses
What does freedom mean?See this article in video form here.
Which of the following two people is more free:
- A drug addict.
- A average man who is only not a drug addict because he lives in a country where drugs are regulated or shamed in a way to make them hard to obtain.
Most modern people will have a kind of cognitive disson … ⌘ Read more
Conspiratorial Thinking and “Multiple Outs”
How to do magic tricks…Magicians have this concept called “Multiple Outs.” It’s actually how you can do simple magic tricks. Suppose you have a person pick a card and say you will guess the suit of their card.
They pick a diamond card and announce it, and you tell them to check underneath their chair to reveal a slip of paper that says, “You will pick a diamond card.”
That might sound like a nice trick, but if they had picke … ⌘ Read more
The Problems with Utilitarianism
I originally wrote this essay in 2014 or 2015 in a Chinese buffet in Athens, Georgia. I’ve changed some of it and am re-adding it here. I talk about the issues with Utilitarianism and a bad book by Sam Harris.
At a dumb intuitive level, the “ethical” idea of Utilitarianism in principle gets pretty close to what most people reflexively want from social-political affairs: the greatest good for the greatest number of people—who … ⌘ Read more
Yay! Biden admin drops IP protection on Covid-19 vaccine patents. #TRIPSwaiver ⌘ Read more…
Monero and Other Privacy Coins
As I said in other writings and videos, no serious cryptocurrency can function in real life which is not also a truly private cryptocurrency.
By far, the most popular of all these is Monero, which has already become the de facto currency of the dark web, but also of all cryptocurrency users _who actually use cryptocurrency … ⌘ Read more
Peter Saint-Andre: Opinions about Opinions ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Press Freedom Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/03/press.html #programming #project #devjournal
Livestream on YouTube within an hour or so
See the link here:
On the blog: Media Websites Wanted… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/02/wanted.html #rant #media
My searx instance has changed domains
For those that use my SearX instance (which was formerly searx.lukesmith.xyz, I have now relocated it to searx.cedars.xyz, so if you use it as a default search engine, remember to change its url.
For those who don’t know what SearX is, it’s a metasearch engine that polls whatever search engines you want and aggregates the results. It is free software that can be installed by anyone on any server.
Read more about it … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Moses und Aron, ch 7-9 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/01/moses3.html #freeculture #bookclub