I don't usually explicitly ask for shares, but this is a big deal for SourceHut - the project hub solves one of our major goals for the alpha. Please help spread the word ❤️

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Apr 24, 2020, 01:32

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**Philip White** @philipwhite@functional.cafe · Apr 24, 2020, 01:32

Apr 24, 2020, 01:32

Philip White @philipwhite@functional.cafe

@sir No, it's a good language because it slows people down, which means it causes them to write less bad software than they otherwise would have been able to.

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Apr 21, 2020, 18:26

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**Nelson Chu Pavlosky** @skyfaller@jawns.club · Apr 21, 2020, 18:26

Apr 21, 2020, 18:26

Nelson Chu Pavlosky @skyfaller@jawns.club

@amiloradovsky @sir I love Ansible because it lets me (1) document in code exactly how my servers are set up, and (2) quickly rebuild my servers if something goes wrong.

That said, Drew has a point; because Ansible makes servers easier to maintain, it enables/encourages more complex configurations that you would not create if you had to deploy everything by hand. The complexity is still there, even if you manage it with automation.

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Apr 09, 2020, 05:13

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Apr 09, 2020, 05:13

Apr 09, 2020, 05:13

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Thinking about trying again to set up a #gnuSlashDarwin system (on a different machine). Last time I tried, I got stuck and ended up wiping macOS.

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Mar 26, 2020, 21:36

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**DoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔** @doenietzomoeilijk@mastodon.nl · Mar 26, 2020, 21:36

Mar 26, 2020, 21:36

DoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔 @doenietzomoeilijk@mastodon.nl

Docker rant

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 19, 2020, 04:34

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 19, 2020, 04:34

Mar 19, 2020, 04:34

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

What if I told you we could give your site a dark theme just by **deleting** a few lines of CSS.

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 19, 2020, 04:27

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 19, 2020, 04:27

Mar 19, 2020, 04:27

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

CSS normalization is where you tell your users that you don't care about their preferences.
`@media prefers-color-scheme` says "we care about some preferences... iff your browser/OS is new enough"

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Mar 18, 2020, 16:19

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**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · Mar 18, 2020, 16:19

Mar 18, 2020, 16:19

Drew DeVault @sir@cmpwn.com

SourceHut:

820ms, 50 KiB

GitLab:

4030ms, 4400 KiB

Also GitLab:

aa9342dac8cc0b35.png

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Mar 13, 2020, 12:41

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**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · Mar 13, 2020, 12:41

Mar 13, 2020, 12:41

Drew DeVault @sir@cmpwn.com

GitHub’s new notifications: a case of regressive design

https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/13/GitHub-notifications.html

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:48

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:48

Mar 07, 2020, 06:48

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

#emoji question: Is there a need for black-and-white #emojis?
Do any existing vendors provide satisfactory monotone glyphs?

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:41

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:41

Mar 07, 2020, 06:41

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Waiting for unicode-based output to devour fontawesome (and similar). For accessibility purposes. #OpenMoji defines some ui-element glyphs in the private-use area: https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/blob/master/src/extras-openmoji/ui-element/E268.svg

Maybe some of these should move to become part of the #unicode standard?

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:29

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Mar 07, 2020, 06:29

Mar 07, 2020, 06:29

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Recently discovered #OpenMoji, a completed #FLO emoji font project. https://openmoji.org.
I don't think I'll retire #Fossmoji yet though: emoji-font design should be accessible to the masses, and I still believe composing them from multiple semantically-named files enhances the process.

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Feb 22, 2020, 04:25

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Feb 22, 2020, 04:25

Feb 22, 2020, 04:25

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Spent some time this evening working on [Otter](https://github.com/poowf/otter), a free content management framework for laravel (PHP framework). It's promising, but currently leans heavily on a vue.js frontend... for now...

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** · Feb 11, 2020, 15:43

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**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · Feb 11, 2020, 15:43

Feb 11, 2020, 15:43

Drew DeVault @sir@cmpwn.com

Idea: NFC receipts as an alternative to paper receipts

I don't want to give you my email address, but you encode the receipt data onto an NFC pad I can tap my phone to, we can save paper without giving you that oh-so-tasty data

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Feb 10, 2020, 03:40

**Zach "earboxer" DeCook** @zachdecook@librem.one · Feb 10, 2020, 03:40

Feb 10, 2020, 03:40

Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Years ago, I had this cheap $10 "gaming" mouse I bought maybe on ebay or dealextreme. It was perfect: shaped well, no weird, sticky texture. I lost it (maybe left at a friends house) and never saw it again. Tried to buy one online, but I think the model was discontinued. I'd like to get a good mouse for work: Does anyone have any mouse recommendations?