Naughtylus @Naughtylus@fosstodon.org

There's this 'low-tech website' that's been going around Reddit / HN for a while, and that's great and all. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-lowtech-website/

I want to nitpick exactly one thing, which is that they dither all their images. My argument is that the dithering is less effective than normal JPEG compression, and they should admit that it's just an aesthetic thing that looks cool but wastes bytes.

My whole comment with numbers is here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9ti0pw/how_to_build_a_lowtech_website/e8xkf7w/

Godot 3.1 is RELEASED!

More than a year of work on new features and a ton of usability improvements, as well as several thousand bugs fixed. Enjoy!

A big Thank You to all contributors for making a #FOSS #gamedev project such as #GodotEngine possible!

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-1-released

After 6 months of effort by our talented team of contributors, we are thrilled to announce the immediate release of GNOME 3.32, "Taipei". Please see our release announcement for the comprehensive list of changes.

https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/03/gnome-3-32-released/

Home-made drone:

Laser-cut wood as a frame, Arduino as a flight controller, gyroscope from a Wii controller.

The rest is off-the-shelf: motors, ESC controllers, RC equipment.

Saying "I'm not going to read the code so it's okay if it's not free/open-source" is like saying "I don't vote so it's okay if not everyone is allowed to"

Looking at the Bike mod for #Minetest
https://youtu.be/HH3TKZ4-uFs
#Gaming #OpenSource

Oh I deleted my gmail account, I’m trying this new thing called email. It’s like gmail but federated.

Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.

Protonmail has been awarded €2 million from the EU to further develop the Proton ecosystem https://protonmail.com/blog/eu-funding/

When I inform people of how dodgy FB and WhatsApp are, they generally reply with "But I have nothing to hide".
My response is always: " Do you shit with the door open?
Do you live in a glass house?
Do you have sex on the tram/bus when it's filled with strangers? "

Oh, I see. You DO enjoy your privacy?!

Fuck sakes.

As requested, I also uploaded it to PeerTube: https://peertube.social/videos/watch/d9bd2ee9-b7a4-44e3-8d65-61badd15c6e6

PSA for schools: Google is not your friend. Google does not want to help you learn. Google collects data on your students and they have no option to opt-out. You sign contracts on their behalf that sign their data away to massive companies who have no accountability. Attending public school is not a choice, and you should not force students to use spyware without their explicit consent. You should not base entire classes on proprietary spyware.

Wi-Fi 6, explained: how fast it really is https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18232026/wi-fi-6-speed-explained-router-wifi-how-does-work

ErgoDox-ez - A long video about a nice keyboard (unboxing) https://share.tube/videos/watch/62bf4747-d1ca-4123-a2c2-1e661ef80130

I think it's hard for non-students to imagine just how bad textbooks are. This (horror) story comes pretty close: https://www.edutopia.org/textbook-publishing-controversy

when you're configuring iptables but you lock yourself out of your own connection

Not sure if most Mastodon website users know this but you can create custom columns in Mastodon with just a selection of the people you follow. The feature is called Lists. To access click on the three horizontal bars with tooltip text 'Getting Started'. Then click on Lists and add just the people you want. You can create multiple lists if needed. I know some people read the manual but others don't. You can also see all your favourited items in one place
#Lists #Mastodon #GettingStarted #Group