Michele Finotto @michele@finotto.social

The first beta build of #Lagrange for iOS is now on TestFlight.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/gemlog/2021-03_testflight.gmi

Join now and not only will you get a preview of v1.3, but you'll also get to enjoy a variety of exciting bugs. Will it crash and burn?

#Gemini

Filing taxes: 30 min.

Panic attack because you're terrified of doing it wrong and being labeled a fraud and having your life destroyed like the many others who have been crushed by the Dutch Tax Authority and years later still live with systemic debt oh fuck idk *wheeze* take all my money omg please just leave me alone: 2 hours.

#adulting #taxes #yay

OK, MNT Reform Standalone Keyboard (USB) in 7 psychedelic colors:

https://shop.mntmn.com/products/mnt-reform-usb-keyboard-standalone

And put in a repo:

https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/bare

Lately on the blog: Markdown Service Tools v3.0

https://bit.ly/2B8g9Qb

https://git-rebase.io

rebase liberally

aerc 0.4.0 released

https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc/refs/0.4.0

Remember, there is a generation that don't see nothing wrong here.

Boost if you get it ;)

In my experience, existing contributors who are comfortable in their workflow is a known value, and thereotical new contributors who might be more comfortable in a different workflow is an unknown value. I would sooner cater to the former group, who have already demonstrated a history of consistent contributions under an existing workflow.

This is why sway and wlroots are still on GitHub, despite the fact that, you know, I am the CEO of a competing service. I am in a position to force these projects to move to sr.ht, but it would be disruptive, risk alienating established contributors, and likely be a net negative for the project.

If you put your programming article up behind the paywall on Medium.com instead of on your own blog, you are not a true hacker, and will not hear the horns of freedom when you die, and the blinkenlights of Das Komputermaschine will not shine above your grave.

@sir I’ve been a happy customer for years. It’s very cheap, and they even have a cheaper plan available if you’re technical and don’t have to contact support with dumb questions.

https://berfr.me/posts/deploying-s3-sourcehut/

What a bargain! (1979) #retrocomputing

Will you refuse to install an application because of the programming language it was written with?

- Yes
- Conditionally (Yes, but only if there is no binary available and I have to install the language's build tools)
- No
- Other conditions: please specify

Boosts appreciated, because I find the "boosts appreciated" trick working for other people and I figured I'd try once

repost https://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.php

I've added another entry to my list of reasons why you probably shouldn't use #Facebook.

Reason #11 - FB admits to circumventing GDPR.

https://kevq.uk/why-you-shouldnt-use-facebook/

Thanks to @fatboy for posting the original link.

sway 1.2 released 🎉

https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/1.2

The cleverest name for a computer program that I’ve seen so far is an old cd-rom writer tool: Nero burning ROM

“Just install Linux on it” is the “just change the engine of your car” of tech.

Not everyone is a mechanic, not everyone wants to be a mechanic, and, if we want a world where freedom is the norm, we must stop expecting everyone to become a mechanic.

Note: this is not because these people are too dumb to be mechanics. It’s because they’re brain surgeons and space-shuttle pilots and they have three kids and they care for a loved one and they don’t have time to also be a mechanic.