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Links 21/06/2023: Rusty Gophers and Back from Web3



  • Gemini* and Gopher

    • Personal/Opinions

      • 🔤SpellBinding: ABCXOSH Wordo: TELLS
      • Brassy tacky

        Who amongst us is going to become selfless enough to show other selves sufficient path to selflessness that the things you're talking about *might* be possible? I mean, one fellow allegedly died on a cross to accomplish such, and most modern bastions of putting themselves first mock - if not despise - that guy.

    • Politics and World Events

      • Books for conservative teenagers

        Winter World by A.G. Riddle was weird. I wouldn't have finished it if it hadn't listened to it as an audiobook.

        That said, these days I don't finish most books as I'm easily bored and have a vivid imagination so as soon as I think I know what the author is going to write, I loose interested very fast.

    • Technology and Free Software

      • Another day on planet stupid

        Case in point: a water bill "auto pay" set up correctly that has led to non-payments and threats of the water being shut off instead of alleged convenience.

        More cases in point: pick a "news" story, any "news" story.

        "The news" in my lifetime has been primarily - if not exclusively - an advertising delivery mechanism. Accuracy is irrelevant relative to sell, sell, sell.

      • Internet/Gemini

        • Rusty Gophers

          I've started building a Gopher server in Rust. Nothing fancy, just a way to learn Rust and dig into the Gopher protocol. Eventually want it to support simultaneous serving of Gopher, Gemini, Nex and HTML. Maybe it uses gmi files as a default and converts to the rest?

          it's gotten me thinking, what would be a next step with the advancement of Gemini. This protocol has made me appreciate reading and having actual conversations through BBS & replies to my logs.

        • Back from Web3

          My last post was about spending some time in Web3 and ... what can i say... after my first overly excitement i now just want to see everything regarding this burn down.

          But let me tell you how i ended up in that place. About a month ago i stumbled upon nostr, a peer to peer microblogging protocol that lead me down the Web3 rabbit hole. On nostr i encountered tons of interesting people and read about their projects, i started exploring the "internet computer" and the whole world of blockchain. It was really exciting...

      • Programming

        • there may be some useful information about VCS in here

          Someone remarked that for the authentic rogue programming experience™ one should use RCS. Actually, it is worse than that; rogue (1980) predates RCS (1982) and used SCCS, or the Source Code Control System (1973). Computers are beginning to have History!


* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.



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