itsericwoodward @itsericwoodward.com
 (3w ago)

After taking most of the year off from role-playing, Iā€™ve got 3 one-shots coming up in the next month, all of which need some tweaking before I can run them (as do my homebrew rules).

Plus thereā€™s a ā€œbuild a gameā€ code challenge at work, a pair of media boxes I need to rebuild, a pair of dead machines I need to diagnose, and Iā€™d like to (eventually) get my twtxt apps to a ā€œreleasableā€ state.

So many projects, so little (free) timeā€¦

#dettn3a
alexonit @twtxt.alessandrocutolo.it
 (1y ago)

While working on the Discoverability for my twtxt client (it runs client-side) I found out that Chrome doesnā€™t allow to set a custom user agent. šŸ™ƒ

I thought it was a general thing for browsers, but it that was actually allowed in a newer specification, yet itā€™s still not implemented in Chrome, it does work in Firefox though.

#36qa76q
alexonit @twtxt.alessandrocutolo.it
 (1y ago)

(#dvw775q) @zvava@twtxt.net @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I also think a location based reference might be better.

A thread is a single post of a single feed as a root, but the hash has the drawback of not referencing the source, in a distributed network like twtxt it might leave some people out of the whole conversation.

I suggest a simpler format, something like: (#<TIMESTAMP URL>)

This solves three issues:

  • Easier referencing: no need to generate a hash, just copy the timestamp and url, itā€™s also simpler to implement in a client without the rish of collisions when putting things together
  • Fetchable source: you can find the source within the reference and construct the thread from there
  • Allow editing: If a post is modified the hash becomes invalid since it depends on [ timestamp, url, content ]
#altkl2a
alexonit @twtxt.alessandrocutolo.it
 (1y ago)

Hello everyone! šŸ‘‹

After a long while away, Iā€™m back on twtxt with this new feed.

Some of you might remember me as justamoment@twtxt.net, that was a test account I made for trying things out, but I ended up keeping it more than planned.

I also tried other social platforms in search of a place that felt right for me.

In the end twtxt was the one that ticked all of my boxes:

  • Slow social: it act more like a feed reader and I really appreciate that thereā€™s no flood of content that I canā€™t keep up with.
  • No server needed: I absolutely love to have total control over my content, I tend to avoid having moving parts that might break, plus you can put your feed under version control and itā€™s all backed up.
  • Ownership: I can put my feed anywhere I want and nobody can decide if I can access it or not.
  • For hackers: a single .txt file allows me to join a community, how cool is that!

This is why I decided to build my own twtxt client, one that allows you to decide how the feed is presented on your ā€œinstanceā€.

Itā€™s still in the making but Iā€™ll try to share a bit of it once I defined how things should work.

Coincidentally, I discovered that @itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com and @zvava@twtxt.net were also building a twtxt client, seems like twtxt is set to grow!

#hyp22lq
dce @hashnix.club
 (1y ago)

So, in addition to HTTPS and Gemini, my twtxt should now also be available over Gopher (gopher://hashnix.club:70/0/~dce/twtxt.txt). Not sure who, if anyone, would need this; but since my tilde provides Gopher hosting, Iā€™d may as well mirror my twtxt there as well.

#d4pnopq
dce @hashnix.club
 (1y ago)

You know, I think I do actually like it here better than my other social media. Itā€™s slower and quieter, but it feels more organic and nobodyā€™s trying to sell me anything, promote their podcast, or change the way I think. Itā€™s justā€¦ nice!

#iy53q2q
dce @hashnix.club
 (1y ago)

Since 2020, Iā€™ve been putting together one playlist every year, in which each track represents one month of that year. However, I also have assigned each season two specific songs, which do not change year-to-year: Spring: ā€œA Little Bit Of Loveā€ by Weezer and ā€œGretelā€ by Alex G; Summer: ā€œDumbā€ by Roe Kapara and ā€œEndless Bummerā€ by Weezer; Autumn: ā€œ1979ā€ by The Smashing Pumpkins and ā€œThe Dead Come Talkingā€ by Roe Kapara; Winter: ā€œRed Water (Christmas Mourning)ā€ by Type O Negative and ā€œChristmas Time (Donā€™t Let The Bells End)ā€ by The Darkness

#iqzsyta
dce @hashnix.club
 (1y ago)

Since 2020, Iā€™ve been putting together one playlist every year, in which each track represents one month of that year. However, I also have assigned each season two specific songs, which do not change year-to-year: Spring: ā€œA Little Bit Of Loveā€ by Weezer and ā€œGretelā€ by Alex G; Summer: ā€œDumbā€ by Roe Kapara and ā€œEndless Bummerā€ by Weezer; Autumn: ā€œ1979ā€ by The Smashing Pumpkins and ā€œThe Dead Come Talkingā€ by Roe Kapara; Winter: ā€œRed Water (Christmas Mourning)ā€ by Type O Negative and ā€œChristmas Time (Donā€™t Let The Bells End)ā€ by The Darkness

#gkf5nha