Mastodawn

I’m continuing my deep dive into #gnutella history and am finding that source code for 0.4 spec compliant clients have all but disappeared. If anyone can find working Gnutella 0.4 clients (not 0.6) let me know. I think I want to build an archive.

Ricardo Carlino Mar 17

I wonder if LLM outages are correlated with dips in LinkedIn activity volume.

Ricardo Carlino Mar 15

Firefox and Chrome should offer native rendering for text/markdown pages. Imagine a world where you can author a blog in markdown and headings and links render as links and headings in an unmodified browser. Yes I know I just described #geminiprotocol

Ricardo Carlino Jan 18

I didn’t believe the YouTuber bros when they said it smelled bad. I even found a real recipe and everything. Surstrommig is as smelly as they say it is and I am fool for not listening. Recipe would’ve been great with sardines or smoked trout.

Ricardo Carlino Jan 17

The #Meshtastic content on TikTok is trying too hard to be edgy.

Ricardo Carlino Jan 16

For-profit university offers scholarship to #runescape skill cape recipients. https://usv.edu/max-achievement-scholarship

Max Achievement Scholarship | University of Silicon Valley

Earn recognition for mastery, persistence, and systems thinking — even in digital worlds. The Max Achievement Scholarship rewards extraordinary gaming achievements that demonstrate the same discipline and creativity that drive innovation at USV.

Ricardo Carlino Jan 16

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Gareth Halfacree Jan 16

All of that is, as always, available on the #GeminiProtocol for your text-only pleasure.

gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/

(Gemini does actually support images, but I'm keeping things simple over there. Would be interested to hear opinions on whether I should start including at least one image per article, actually...)

Ricardo Carlino Jan 14

Tijn Aug 27, 2025

Always wanted to explore the Small Web in beautiful 1-bit? Now you can!

Meet Hopper, a down-to-earth Gopher & Gemini browser for #Playdate.

Available today: https://tkers.itch.io/hopper

Hopper by tkers

Browse like it’s 1991

itch.io

Ricardo Carlino Jan 14

Hacker News Jan 14

Why IRC is better than Real Life

https://everything2.com/node/e2node/Why%20IRC%20is%20better%20than%20Real%20Life

#HackerNews #IRC #RealLife #OnlineCommunities #DigitalCommunication #VirtualInteraction

Why IRC is better than Real Life

You can IRC with bad breath, or in coke-bottle glasses, or with a huge pimple and still be a sex goddess. Virtual chocolate doesn't cost anything, and it...

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Ricardo Carlino Jan 13

Let’s take Gemini more seriously because it already has adoption and it works and it’s not perfect but it sure as fuck isn’t substack.