Colin Matthias @colin@mastodon.technology
Cloud software guy (programmer, former manager). Paul Graham once told me that my startup idea was one of the worst ideas he's ever heard. Self-hosted tech > walled gardens.
Does anyone else think it's a bad idea to make a wallet that attaches with magnets to the back of your phone? Like... a wallet... where credit cards go? Next to a ring of magnets? 🤔
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Got some money? Want to donate in such a way that maximizes the chance that we vote the assholes out? Check out this extremely well-written article on the topic! https://idlewords.com/2020/09/effective_political_giving.htm
Hmm... just discovered that both of my 2015 15" retina MBPs will accept a Thunderbolt 2 cable rotated the wrong way (meaning, upside down). I thought the shape was supposed to prevent that. I was really confused and thought my dock had died 😱
bird site
Hot take: Twitter and its for-profit, eyeball-driven nature is the worst thing to happen to government, journalism, the free exchange of ideas, mental health, and countless other factors that contribute to a functioning society, in at least a generation. Change my mind.
Me: Alexa, when is Thanksgiving?
Amazon Echo, a "smart device": Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28th. People also asked, "Who is Barack Obama?" Would you like to know the answer?
Me:
rms
My hope is that the ideals that Richard Stallman planted and cultivated for these many years can finally bloom without having their sunlight taken away.
I also believe in forgiveness for those who are truly penitent. I hope that RMS will eventually learn from his mistakes without the microscope upon him.
These ideas are too important to throw out; too precious to let degrade.
Wired, 1993: Rebels with a Cause - Your Privacy. "On the cover were Eric Hughes, Tim May, John Gilmore, holding up an American flag, faces hidden behind white mask, their PGP fingerprints written on the foreheads. Gilmore even sporting an newly-founded EFF T-shirt. (from Thomas Rid, CS Monitor)"
Wired, 2019: YOU'RE IN PRIVATE MODE. To continue using a private window, sign in or subscribe. The title of the article being denied reads "It's Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser. Ad trackers are out of control".
(finally) continuing my series on becoming a private-label Amazon seller: https://www.colinmatthias.com/blog/fba-how-to-part-2-selecting-a-product/
This video is a fantastic intro to the basic math behind 3D graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih20l3pJoeU
Heading into the city today for the first time in a while!
Posted a quick writeup about an issue I had with ufw and Docker: https://www.colinmatthias.com/blog/ufw-docker-fixing-security-issue/
I'm pleased to announce the v1.0.0 release of Hometown, my Mastodon fork! It's up to date with Mastodon v2.9.3, and unique features include:
- Local only posting
- Full support for rendering incoming `Article` posts from federated blogs like Write.As
- "Exclusive" lists that let you follow someone without clogging up your home timeline
For more info, including rationale for each new feature, check out our wiki:
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/wiki
And the release itself is here:
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/releases/tag/v1.0.0%2B2.9.3
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If you only use 140 characters like on Twitter, you will be able to sign those 140 char
messages with GPG (ECC keys) here on mastodon.social
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Wow, a 500-character limit for toots? Feels so liberating. I can't even count the number of times that I've wanted to go over the 160-char limit. Annnnd now that I finished that thought in less than 160 characters, I'm just adding extra because I can.
is this thing on?
Cloud software guy (programmer, former manager). Paul Graham once told me that my startup idea was one of the worst ideas he's ever heard. Self-hosted tech > walled gardens.
