codesections @codesections@fosstodon.org

Yup. Here goes #VoidLinux attempt number 1.

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out which distro of Linux would be best for a computer dedicated to #gaming on #Linux AND as an #HTPC.

like four out of five critiques of masto, its development, and its governance, come down to frustration with a lack of alternatives. masto is AP's standard-bearer but clearly wants to be its own project with its own opinions. if there were a different standard-bearer, it wouldn't get that flak.

of course, it's no small feat to organize the labor and materials to govern a standard implementation.

Maybe I need to look at Void 🤔

Tech debt is a very real thing. We tend to think of it as purely bad, but debt isn't bad when you're borrowing to buy a house. Same with borrowing a little tech debt in the name of shipping quickly. The key is to understand how much you're borrowing.

Dear #tootbrain, should sudo on a hosted #linux require password?

I have several vm's at different hosting providers, so I cannot be absolutely sure the shell have not been compromised and equipped with a keylogger. As it is impossible for me to remember a password for each machine, I login using ssh keys. In this case I think it is better to have no password required for sudo.

What do you think?

I wrote a post about how @codesections, @bugaevc, and I refactored and drastically sped up my Rust solution to #AdventofCode Day 5 -- from ~140 seconds to just 1.1!

https://sts10.github.io/2018/12/07/optimizing-rust-advent-of-code-day-5.html

If you really want to help Firefox succeed, file a bug on https://webcompat.com/ when you find a broken website. Don't just switch back to Chrome; let Mozilla know there's a problem so they can try to fix it.

When browsers lose market share, they fall into the "compatibility death spiral." Sites don't bother to test, they break, and users flee to the browser that "just works." Mozilla is fighting this battle every day, and it just got harder.

The #webstandards war isn't over. The battleground just moved to the #chromium issue queue.

The #w3c #web body is a protest group now.

When the history of the web is written, let the record show that I was against this decision and it's part of the reason I left Microsoft. I didn't join the Edge team to help cement Google's dominance of the web.

DWM loving friends, have you ever tried spectrwm (previously named scrotwm)? It is very much like DWM with a few minor differences and is configured via simple config file instead of editing the source and recompiling.

What are your favorite #Linux #Terminal Emulators?

Go!

honestly though, mastodon instances are run and moderated by real people who care about the network, to the point of often paying their own money out-of-pocket to run their instances.

the *one* time i've had to report a post, my instance admin messaged me directly to let me know the action taken about it.

don't be shy to report. it works here. the rules aren't there just to keep things advertiser-friendly.

welcome to mastodon. don't be a dick. hug your local mods/admins.

Probably gonna stay on this instance for a long while, looks pretty good.

I'm happy that @Gargron is always quick to recommend @pinafore to folks who prefer single-column layouts. I see Pinafore less as a competitor and more as a statement about how it's *possible* to build alternative Mastodon UIs (thanks to Eugen's good API design). #Halcyon and #Brutaldon are also great examples of this.

The Mastodon frontend doesn't have to be all things to all people. We have a wide choice of mobile apps; it should be the same for the web.

@codesections Cybre.space runs a very outdated version of Halcyon.Unluckily it seems like many people still don't know that it has been under active development again for more than a half year.You can find instances running more recent versions at https://notabug.org/halcyon-suite/halcyon/wiki/Instances