Gemini* and Gopher

• Technology and Free Software

  • AI contributes code on GitHub

    I'm reading through DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler. It's a contribution that is very big. 40 commits touching 147 files. It's huge. The author is asking for a review by the maintainers. They don't like it.

  • Fork: GTL Gemini Tiny Logs from bacardi55

    It appears Bacardi55 has stopped working on his GTL (Gemini TinyLogs) development. A few patches have been submitted to the developer mailing list, but they remain uncommitted despite being over 7 months old.

    Therefore, I forked the project and applied the pending commits. In honesty, I rather won't maintain GTL and won't be developing it significantly myself.

    However, if anyone sends pull requests with improvements or bug fixes, I will integrate them into the repository because I believe it's a good program and worth keeping alive.

  • Internet/Gemini

    • Mapping offline with CoMaps and Every Door

      But there are (at least) two potential issues when doing so during multi-day hikes into at least somewhat remote areas: Having internet connectivity & managing phone battery levels.

      To give some context about the locations in question: Similar to Machu Picchu, Choquequirao is tucked away on the side of a mountain, surrounded by forests.

      But unlike its sister site, there is no way to reach that doesn't involve hiking 25 km as first descending and then climbing 1,600 meters (That is one way, you then do the same in reverse to get back).

      Given this geography, there's very little to no internet connectivity along the way, which makes live-mapping very hard.

      And while the Inca trail is more touristy, even along it there's ~2 days where there's no connectivity.

      Furthermore, most of the campgrounds one encounters have limited if any electricity to recharge batteries as well.

      To nevertheless be able to survey and contribute, I used a mix of strategies: Firstly, as I was recording the actual hiking paths with my Garmin _Fenix_ watch[1], I got GPX tracks of our routes somewhat as a side effect.