Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • 🔤SpellBinding — CTIKOPH Wordo: PONCE

  • Aggregators

    I have lots to say. I have nothing to say where I don't think twice and the risks I can imagine (from disagreeing "politically", to finding out what my job is and where I live, to being bored) don't outweigh any potential benefits. This is why I never made it as any kind of author. I am having some trouble with existing as a person, if communication is essential.

    I was born with anxiety and RSD, and that's before youth gender clinics tried to convince me to not exist for a few years, and nobody had anything to say about it except to defer to the experts. It's hard to say anything of importance that does not have "I exist" as a premise in there somewhere, which I feel is a weak point that people can easily object to.

• Technology and Free Software

  • CIQ Offers Long-Term Support for Rocky Linux on AWS

    CIQ, the company behind the Rocky Linux project [1], is now providing LTS for versions 8.6, 8.8, and 9.2 images on Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to the anouncement [2] this LTS "ensures extended life for discontinued major and minor operating systems versions, maintaining point release operating system life for at least two years." Customers can subscribe for 24/7 access to the latest images of Rocky Linux point releases through AWS Marketplace [3].

  • Webb Maps Weather on WASP-43b

    WASP-43b - a gaseous exoplanet the size of Jupiter, but with double the mass - is located around two-hundred-and-sixty light-years away in the constellation of Sextans, and lies so close to its host star, the orange dwarf star WASP-43, that it completes an orbit in just 19.5 hours; it is also gravitationally locked so that it keeps one hemisphere facing the star. Although its nightside never receives any direct radiation from the star, strong eastward winds transport heat around from the dayside.

  • Tech: A Tool, Not a Tyrant

    Technology. It's the electric spark that ignites progress, the canvas for human ingenuity. From the printing press to the smartphone, it's woven itself into the very fabric of our lives. But like any powerful tool, technology has two edges – one a cutting-edge for advancement, the other wields the potential to serve up a nasty slice of oppression.

  • The Labyrinth of Abstraction: Is Modern Development Slowing Us Down?

    In the relentless pursuit of progress, software development has embraced a philosophy of ever-increasing abstraction. Frameworks, libraries, and tools galore promise to make our lives easier, allowing us to focus on the "what" rather than the "how." But is this relentless march upwards creating a labyrinth of complexity, ultimately hindering performance and innovation?

  • How Does a Data Breach Affect You, and Why Should You Care?

    It seems like a day doesn't pass without a new data breach. Take the iOS debacle back in March, for instance, where it was reported that the iOS X app was sharing crash reports with the platform even if users had opted out. It's a bad look but, with so many of these occurrences popping up, it's easy to become numb to the news.

  • Internet/Gemini

    • I Retired My Atom Feed in Favor of My Gemfeed

      The Atom feed always felt out-of-place, because it needs a script to be created. First I used a Python script¹, then a Bash script². When I created my capsule, I only started using it because it allowed using my full name as the gemlog title, which would not have looked good on my gemlog index page. And my full name postfixed with “’s Gemlog” is just too long for aggregators and on mobile alike. But after I introduced my tinylog, I consolidated the titles and used subtitles. I'm happy now.

    • Diaspora* is still alive!

      I started using Diaspora* on 2016 and I continued to use until 2022 (I guess) when my account was closed by inactivity. I recently opened a new account because I am generally unsatisfied with the kind of interaction Mastodon offers.

      Diaspora* is a social media platform built on easy of use and focused on privacy (with its on limitation though), perhaps well known a bunch of years ago, but today it is almost forgotten.

    • Lagrange: A Gem of a Client for Exploring Geminispace

      Let's talk about Lagrange, the absolute star (pun intended) of my Gemini exploration experience. For those unfamiliar, Geminispace is a text-based protocol focused on minimalism and efficiency. It's a fantastic way to discover insightful writing and unique content, but the right client can truly elevate the experience.

  • Programming

    • NSFW - No Such FORTH Word

      For those luckily lacking in vision, there is not much to miss here, and you are probably better off not knowing, unless you have an Atari from the early 80s—or, more likely, an emulation or remake of such—and are interested in FORTH on said system, in which case the contents, not the cover, of the book "FORTH on the Atari" may be of interest, though there are probably better books on FORTH out there.

      Meanwhile, I'm still deep in the unix gravity well so haven't done much with FORTH. Instead, I was looking at "101 BASIC Computer Games" which on the plus side shows the code, has a sample session, and describes the game, but on the minus side much of the code would require unpacking to unravel the logic. There are modernized versions that may be better to study from.