Going to do an #introduction post as it's the thing we all seem to be doing.
"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
Here are mine:
#adtech #privacy #ttrpg #webdev #ssg #11ty #metadata
'Don't forget to boost good posts with hashtags so searchable posts make it out to more instances!'
Users threaten to sue after yield generation project Stablegains loses $44 million in Terra collapse
I am interviewed in the Wall Street Journal today about the difficulty/futility of identifying bots on social media, and more generally why Elon Musk is likely blowing smoke saying that bots are the reason he is pausing his Twitter acquisition.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-bot-problem-is-fake-news-11652868000 (paywalled, sorry!)
First episode of #HazardNJ is out! It covers the toxic legacy of the American Cyanamid company in Bridgewater, New Jersey and its cleanup, which has dragged for decades and is now threatened by the weather changes created by our climate emergency.
https://hazardpodcast.com/episode/episode-01-bridgewater-nj-american-cyanamid/
This is rad af @ defer and @ stream in graphql https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/pull/2319
The architecture of MediaWiki
The Architecture of Open Source Applications: MediaWiki it's a very interesting read about the software that powers one of the busiest sites in the world, specially since it was specifically for Wikipedia. It's not terribly up-to-date, but it's a good introduction to understand how MediaWiki works in general, nevertheless.
https://felipe.lavin.blog/2022/05/17/the-architecture-of-mediawiki/
Oh, this was really fascinating! https://gamehistory.org/wabbit/
Four pricey NFTs stolen from actor Seth Green
May 17, 2022
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=four-pricey-nfts-stolen-from
"My overwhelming feeling is that Web3 projects seem to be a solution in search of a problem." https://hbr.org/2022/05/cautionary-tales-from-cryptoland?utm_source=pocket-newtab
On the bright side they expertly coded against the oracle SNAFU that cost two projects a combined $21.8 million. Don't have to worry about pesky oracles if you just hardcode the price to $1!
https://twitter.com/web3isgreat/status/1524951853837991943
COVID test orders
New round starting; you can now get #COVID eight tests. Just ordered mine.
Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration Through Abstraction https://hyperallergic.com/732799/remembering-japanese-american-incarceration-through-abstraction-noguchi-museum/
NSA crosses its fingers and pinkie swears. https://gizmodo.com/nsa-no-backdoors-new-encryption-standards-promise-1848924186
Was very excited to read about all the interesting work that could be done for styling RSS feeds when @m2m wrote their blog. So when I helped launch the Hazard Podcast site this weekend I went all in on making a fully done-up podcast feed for the site: https://hazardpodcast.com/rss/podcast/index.xml
You can create your own Mastodon server even without technical knowledge 🐘
There are companies that provide Managed Hosting, where you pay a monthly fee and they do all the technical stuff including hosting, installation and updates.
You own and run the server, they do the tech stuff behind the scenes.
The best managed hosting companies for Mastodon are probably https://masto.host and https://federation.spacebear.ee
It's not just Mastodon either, there are lots of Fediverse platforms and other online services available through managed hosting. Try visiting https://growyourown.services for more options (or follow them at @homegrown).
The https://indieweb.social Mastodon instance has about 3600 users, only 4 (me included) are supporting @tchambers with a little contribution every month. So this is a reminder that running a server comes with fixed costs and contributing financially is the only way to support. Please have a look at
https://www.patreon.com/indiewebsocial/ and consider supporting too.
Just in time to finish this week's #Fedipixels challenge. Wide ratio is kind of challenging for me, and the restrictive palette is no joke either, but I think I pulled through.
The category for #Fedipixels1 was Combat Vehicle, so I chose a Tachikoma (タチコマ), from Ghost in the Shell!
(More info: https://mastodon.art/@Curator/108260008474107823)
AramZS. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own