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smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

More than ever before,
Now it is THE time,
To show #BigTech the door.

7 November at 7:08 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

Just found the #TestContainers project:

testcontainers.com

> Unit tests with real dependencies. Testcontainers is an open source framework for providing throwaway, lightweight instances of databases, message brokers, web browsers, or just about anything that can run in a Docker container.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

Heads up to the #ActivityPub test suite projects. This may be interesting.

@activitypubtestsuite

I updated the test feedback wiki on #SocialHub: socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/

Just found the #TestContainers project:

testcontainers.com

> Unit tests with real dependencies. Testcontainers is an open source framework for providing throwaway, lightweight instances of databases, message brokers, web browsers, or just about anything that can run in a Docker container.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

28 February at 8:07 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

#Browser news: #Dillo browser revitalised.

"Dillo is a fast and small graphical web browser", #GPL-licensed.

Project objectives:

- Lower the barrier of entry to the web.
- Support old or small machines and slow connections.
- Personal security and privacy.
- High software efficiency.

dillo-browser.github.io/

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

#Browser news: #Dillo browser revitalised.

"Dillo is a fast and small graphical web browser", #GPL-licensed.

Project objectives:

- Lower the barrier of entry to the web.
- Support old or small machines and slow connections.
- Personal security and privacy.
- High software efficiency.

dillo-browser.github.io/

3 January at 8:29 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

Sustainable FOSS. What is that?

Not long ago I found an article by Gabriel Mays titled "Business questions worth asking". It listed about 55 questions that went a bit more light-hearted about considering various biz-related aspects than BizCrap usually found when searching for #LeanCanvas and similar buzzwords.

Yet it wasn't really applicable to #FOSS projects. So I gave all questions a pass and reformulated to be more appropriate. From here it can be further improved.

discuss.coding.social/t/sustai

Sustainable FOSS. What is that?

Not long ago I found an article by Gabriel Mays titled "Business questions worth asking". It listed about 55 questions that went a bit more light-hearted about considering various biz-related aspects than BizCrap usually found when searching for #LeanCanvas and similar buzzwords.

26 Nov 2023 at 10:37 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

Yes, you can ditch #GoogleMaps now..

organicmaps.app

#OrganicMaps is here. Use it while offline and feel good about a #privacy-respecting app that doesn't suck you dry of your personal information. Based on #OpenStreetMap this app is gonna blow #Google #Maps out of the water (hopefully ;)

1 Sep 2023 at 8:03 | Open on social.coop
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Lumi

@smallcircles
It looks really good but doesn't give the best routes. Then again, I wouldn't say Google did, either.

6 Sep 2023 at 11:39 | Open on blorbo.social
jahed.dev
movodehe

@smallcircles Yes, you CAN ditch Google Maps, but @organicmaps is not (yet) a full replacement. Mostly because of:
1. worse search
2. no public transport
3. slower routing for long trips
4. no online mode
4.1. no live traffic

It has advantages:
1. better map
2. privacy
3. better offline map management

But I have to use Google Maps from time to time, because of one of the disadvantages. However no Google Maps user ever has to switch to @organicmaps for any of its disadvantages.
Big fan anyway!

@smallcircles Yes, you CAN ditch Google Maps, but @organicmaps is not (yet) a full replacement. Mostly because of:
1. worse search
2. no public transport
3. slower routing for long trips
4. no online mode
4.1. no live traffic

It has advantages:
1. better map
2. privacy
3. better offline map management

7 Sep 2023 at 13:33 | Open on social.tchncs.de
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

@J12t asked for a name to be given to the architectural style of the #Fediverse.

My thinking was:

> Communal social network: A distributed social networking architecture where the nodes or servers facilitate one or more people, who either interact with their community group or with participants in other groups that exist within the broader network. An example is the Fediverse, where nodes are called "instances".

#CommunalSocialNetwork WDYT?

8 Aug 2023 at 7:17 | Open on social.coop
Johannes Ernst

@smallcircles it appears to me that architectural pattern could be applied just the same to software that isn’t really a social network. A game, for example. Or a collaboration tool. Or a wiki for a particular community etc.

8 Aug 2023 at 14:52 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

Heard on HN re: #Reddit

> We (the internet community) made such a terrible mistake with #SocialMedia. We formed connections and communities and friendships [but] those connections are only allowed to exist as long as they are part of a profitable system. How awful it is to reduce human connection to that. To think that I am only allowed to maintain certain social connections as long as they continue to produce monetary value for an intermediary. An awful, awful mistake.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

Heard on HN re: #Reddit

> We (the internet community) made such a terrible mistake with #SocialMedia. We formed connections and communities and friendships [but] those connections are only allowed to exist as long as they are part of a profitable system. How awful it is to reduce human connection to that. To think that I am only allowed to maintain certain social connections as long as they continue to produce monetary value for an intermediary. An awful, awful mistake.

16 Jun 2023 at 3:42 | Open on social.coop
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M_U

@smallcircles I don't mind most of my relationships being structured around an economic one, what I dislike about IG/twitter/telegram type space is the manipulation by very powerful forces, which probably inevitably goes with capitalism.

16 Jun 2023 at 5:24 | Open on toot.community
CaliCarol

@smallcircles This is the first time I have recognized what's going on right now. I am an old luddite but I trust you tech guys&gals to win.

16 Jun 2023 at 5:25 | Open on mastodon.online
ProtectiveHen

@smallcircles THANK You - great words! Also on this thread: "We spent so many years crowdsourcing these curated knowledge bases on a variety of subjects for free to the point that it's empowered the controlling companies to firewall them now and then make our input a commodity that they can turn around and sell to us....They take our words and ideas and give nothing back in return."

16 Jun 2023 at 5:58 | Open on mas.to
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

Hurray! The #Fediverse is evolving and the #FEP's keep coming πŸŽ‰

@trwnh has just PR'ed the following enhancement proposal that deals with an improvement of the FEP process itself:

#ActivityPub
FEP-9606: Using w3id.org/fep as a namespace for extension terms and for FEP documents

Check it out at: codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src

And provide your feedback on #SocialHub at: socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/

Hurray! The #Fediverse is evolving and the #FEP's keep coming πŸŽ‰

@trwnh has just PR'ed the following enhancement proposal that deals with an improvement of the FEP process itself:

#ActivityPub
FEP-9606: Using w3id.org/fep as a namespace for extension terms and for FEP documents

Check it out at: codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src

11 Apr 2023 at 3:21 | Open on social.coop
An Agora
tallship

@smallcircles @trwnh
@fedidevs@a.gup.pe
@fedidevs@venera.social

That's great news!

And the discussions continue at:
socialhub.activitypub.rocks/

Thanks for your tirelessly consistent commitment to advancing #Fediverse adoption and #ActivityPub development for the past several years too - your efforts continue to be an inspiration for all concerned #Fedizens!

#tallship #FEP #SocialHub #SocialCoding #swicg #FOSS #fediverse-city:matrix.org

β›΅

.

@smallcircles @trwnh
@fedidevs@a.gup.pe
@fedidevs@venera.social

That's great news!

And the discussions continue at:
socialhub.activitypub.rocks/

Thanks for your tirelessly consistent commitment to advancing #Fediverse adoption and #ActivityPub development for the past several years too - your efforts continue to be an inspiration for all concerned #Fedizens!

11 Apr 2023 at 8:38 | Open on social.sdf.org
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

The project that @yarmo created to auto-generate the delightful.club website, might be used as well for @gabek documentation website at fedidocs.org to aggregate FEDERATION.md from registered #Fediverse apps, which detail how #ActivityPub is implemented.

github.com/gabek/fedidocs/issu

31 Mar 2023 at 5:51 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

#Numen is an open #GPL licensed project by @geb that allows system-wide computing by #VoiceControl without using mouse or keyboard. A great #a11y tool, looks like.

numenvoice.com

git.sr.ht/~geb/numen

29 Mar 2023 at 12:30 | Open on social.coop
smallcircles (Humanity Now πŸ•Š)

#FOSS community is so focused on tech concerns, that it often loses sight of non-technical objectives. #Fediverse is a perfect example.

Ask yourself: What's the key defining quality leading to success of our fedi?

Well, no. Though they're important, it isn't #ActivityPub or #Mastodon.

πŸ‘‰ "It's the #Culture, stupid!"

All our #grassroots efforts to slowly get where we currently are, created favorable conditions for true #Social to emerge.

And NOW we must protect that!

socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/

#FOSS community is so focused on tech concerns, that it often loses sight of non-technical objectives. #Fediverse is a perfect example.

Ask yourself: What's the key defining quality leading to success of our fedi?

Well, no. Though they're important, it isn't #ActivityPub or #Mastodon.

πŸ‘‰ "It's the #Culture, stupid!"

23 Mar 2023 at 8:37 | Open on social.coop
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Arne Babenhauserheide

@smallcircles This instances wonderful moderator who cuts off the most horrific parts of human communication is *who* makes communication much more enjoyable here.

I happily support them financially fort hat.

23 Mar 2023 at 8:43 | Open on rollenspiel.social
METADESTROYER !! (He/Him)
Ryuno-Ki

@smallcircles
You know I recently come to think about power dynamics.

Like for example, how would you handle someone who positioned themself in a favourable position and then grab for power?

Certain areas don't offer enough choice to simply walk away.

FOSS way would be to fork.
But there's a cost attached to it.

23 Mar 2023 at 13:31 | Open on layer8.space
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