Bobby Moss @bobstechsite@mastodon.technology

As promised, episode 3 of the Bob's Tech Site #podcast is now available!

This time it's all about free software and why it's awesome. There's also a couple of new sections I'm trying out for future episodes.

https://bobstechsite.com/bts-podcast-season-1-episode-3/

How much or how little I ultimately contribute will be dictated by my understanding of how the project governs itself and whether the changes they want to make with their fork enthuse me.

The most likely scenario is I'll probably just keep an eye on their issue list and maybe do some bugfixes/minor features for them. Also maybe a blog post on how to install whatever they create.

Don't read anything into the fact I'm not on the #forkofftogether discord anymore.

Basically using Discord for this links my professional and gamer profiles together in a way that makes me uncomfortable. I'm looking up what the "alternative" IRC details are to get around that issue. 🙂

I'm pleased to say there's way more activity going on in all those Discord channels than I can reasonably keep up with. The agenda for the big meeting is also comprehensive & a little over my head 😅

* Online service that turns RSS feeds into followable ActivityPub-compatible bots
* A working PeerTube instance
* Create video versions of the Bob's Tech Site podcast (audio overlayed on LibreOffice Impress presentations)
* Finally get around to writing blog post on retrogaming desktop

Also some time next month I need to record the next episode of the BTS podcast.

It's a good thing I've paused LXF writing work for a while!

As it's publicly visible on said page, I should point out I donated 50€ to Framasoft's kickstarter for PeerTube too.

https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform

Every euro helps. We need a compelling alternative to YouTube that encourages good content creation without the weird ad-friendly incentives and bizarre takedown decisions.

In the next month or so I'll also be hosting my own instance at bobtube.rocks 👍

I reckon this happened because of my love of the Civilization series.

It doesn't matter if you have ye olde creaking units in your stacks of doom because they still do damage, and you can always upgrade them with money or Leonardo's Workshop if necessary.

This isn't the case with Stellaris. You have limited capacity and command limits, and have to make good use of it.

It's taken me a month of playing this game to realise that the reason the AI always has bigger fleets than me in the midgame is they scrap their corvettes and replace them with destroyers.

Maybe I should do that! 😂🤦‍♂️

Apparently Google was in the running to buy Github, but lost out to Microsoft.

Which would you have preferred? Google has a good track record with open source projects, and even used to support SVN projects on Google Code until it was shuttered.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17512908/google-github-microsoft-acquisition-comments

Well, I guess if we lose we have a slightly easier route through the knock-outs. #worldcup

We have to bear in mind that this is essentially the "B" team for England so while losing would be disappointing (my Belgian colleague is going to be insufferable tomorrow) I won't be losing heart over it.

Well, that sucked! #worldcup

Hopefully bringing Rashford on will help England draw level.

"Should I use honey or syrup?"
Syrup if you have it. When you use honey the flavour overpowers everything else and you'll have to use a plate because it won't bind together as well.

"Would this work with chocolate?"
Yes. Remove 1 tbsp sugar & 1 tbsp honey/syrup from the recipe and melt 100g chocolate instead. You'll probably want to use mini cake cases though because chopping it into bars would probably be a complete nightmare.

I should've been a cook! 👨‍🍳