Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 53

Most hilarious thing I've seen on the net for ages.
"Frikkin' froooggggggggssssss!"
https://invidio.us/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8

This is an intriguing piece of pop tech journalism in a novel, interactive form:
http://digital-deadly-sins.theguardian.com/

@rain
> we can build a binary from source and compare.

That's my understanding of what reproducible builds means. But what if we didn't need to trust the server? Is there a way servers could expose copies of the binaries they're running for comparison, without compromising their security?

Just spitballing here. It seems to me that serverless apps only cover some user needs, and currently the only way to know if you can trust a server is to run it yourself, or know the people who do.

I also found this excellent essay on building non-linear narratives by Nigerian storyteller and web technologist #SenongoAkpem:
https://alistapart.com/article/building-nonlinear-narratives-for-the-web/

Source code for #Celtx is here:
https://github.com/tmhorne/celtx

Anyone else out there liked the original Avatar: The Last Airbender, but not seen #TheLegendOfKorra? I was pretty underwhelmed with the first season, so it took me a while to watch any more, but I really enjoyed season 2, and so far I'm finding season 3 pretty page-turning (so to speak ;)

@kyzh what about organizing with your community to prevent collapse, at least in your local area? Have you come across the #TransitionHandbook by #RobHopkins?
https://archive.org/details/Transition-Handbook

#Douglas Rushkoff and #CoryDoctorow discussed this recently on the #TeamHuman podcast.
https://teamhuman.fm/episodes/ep-131-cory-doctorow-the-oligarchys-operating-system/

#ShowerThought to have even some of the software freedoms when using someone else's computer as a server, you need to be able to see not only what #FreeCode software the server is running, but the exact source code for the software running on that particular computer. Is there a way to apply the concept of #ReproducibleBuilds to binaries and scripts running on a remote server?

"But this is not a technological response. It is an explicit act of will—an individual’s choice to change their behaviors about what to use, where to work, what to adopt, what to pay attention to. It is simple mindfulness, that thing which needy technology makes so hard to practice. And it starts with a question: what is technology’s role in your life? And what, really, do you want from it?"
- #FrankChimero, 'The Web's Grain'
https://frankchimero.com/writing/the-webs-grain/

#ShowerThought there's a battle going on for the soul of the net, between those who are trying to realize democracy, and those who are desperately trying to prevent it.

The StoryTools proposal mentioned another free code tool called #Celtx, that does some of the job, but is more built for managing the production of linear fiction:
https://www.celtx.com/

This reminded me of another tool I'd seen for creating interactive fiction for the web, but I couldn't remember the name of it, so I started web searching. One of the search results #StoryTools proposal for building the tool Brooker said he needed for Bandersnatch but couldn't find, for film-makers wanting to manage non-linear narrative projects in a single app:
http://opendoclab.mit.edu/storytools-lets-build-tool-writing-non-linear-stories-david-dufresne/

I recently subscribed to the #ScriptNotes podcast and heard #CharlieBrooker mention #Twine, a #FreeCode tool for mapping out non-linear narratives which he used in creating the #BlackMirror special #Bandersnatch:
https://twinery.org/

<satire>
Nowadays almost all web pages contain SpyScript, a scripting programming language that runs on a visitor's web browser. It makes web pages functional for specific purposes, like tracking you and stealing your crypto-tokens:
https://hackernoon.com/how-one-hacker-stole-thousands-of-dollars-worth-of-cryptocurrency-with-a-classic-code-injection-a3aba5d2bff0

If SpyScript is disabled, for good reason, the web page can be limited or unavailable. Here you can find instructions on how to enable SpyScript in five most commonly used browsers.
</satire>
https://enable-javascript.com/
#MakeJavascriptOptional

@zatnosk the #Chernobyl mini-series is pretty gripping. It is *about* an explosion, but the show is all about the human stories surrounding the event.
@Anke

Apparently #Jami is now packaged for #Debian, which meant that it made it into the #Ubuntu 19.04 repos, which means eventually it will be in the #Trisquel repos!