Mastodawn

Simon Pickup🥑May 15, 2017

Nolan Lawson May 15, 2017

malfunctioning.technology is humming along nicely! Fixed a few more issues in ServiceWorker, including mistaken caching of 40x/50x error pages and Firefox breaking on redirected caches (not Firefox's fault; they are following the spec and Chrome will match them in v59). Still more work to do: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/3052

Thanks to those testing; if you want to get in on ServiceWorker/AppCache testing, check out https://malfunctioning.technology/

Simon Pickup🥑May 14, 2017

As an #Aussie from #Melbourne, living in the #UK, it's lovely to still be able to hear Red Symons, ABC Radio Melbourne breakfast host to remind me of home:

"Kick start your morning with irreverent musings and all the information you need for the day ahead. With the latest news, sport, weather and traffic and the unconventional stylings of Red Symons."

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/breakfast/

Simon Pickup🥑May 14, 2017

40 Of The Most Evil-Looking Buildings That Could Easily Be Supervillain Headquarters:
#Architecture

http://themindcircle.com/evil-buildings/?utm_content=buffer7d2a1

Simon Pickup🥑May 13, 2017

The Guardian May 13, 2017

'Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over #guardian #news https://social.undernet.uy/url/705126

Show thread

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 30, 2017

@WelshPixie black lines or no lines. Lovely. Did you draw them yourself?

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 29, 2017

BBC Apr 29, 2017

Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason #bbc #international http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39754909

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 29, 2017

Is #inequality about to get unimaginably worse? Could advances in technology, genetics and artificial intelligence lead to a world in which economic inequality turns into biological inequality? asks the historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari in BBC Viewpoint.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39706765

Interesting background reading to the #London #Futurists talk TODAY - Who can save Humanity from #Superintelligence? by Tony Czarnecki
https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists/events/238040299/

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 28, 2017

are Apr 28, 2017

interesting that you cant delete account on mastodon yet.

I wanted to leave another instance I dont use much anymore but couldnt find a delete button so I just made my profile and header completely white, unfollowed everyone, blocked anyone following me, locked my account, and deleted my posts. This was quicker than it sounds cause I didnt have much on that account

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 28, 2017

Ken Apr 28, 2017

+1. Mainstream social networks can never match this. Due to open-source nature, users submit feedback and suggestions to the core team. There has been 1400 such feedback submitted, out of which 800+ had been implemented. This is excluding other informal feedback channels.

This rapid rate of iteration implementing user feedback will simply lead to a platform which just creates massive value for its users, even though users number is small by comparison to mainstream social networks 🐘

Simon Pickup🥑Apr 28, 2017

Baldur Bjarnason Apr 28, 2017

I've been doing a bit of a deep dive into Mastodon/GNU Social/postActiv/et al. for almost three weeks now and almost feel ready to start noting down some of my thoughts. I'm probably still a couple of weeks away from writing a blog post, since I need to have another go at reading through the OStatus specs and another attempt to look through Mastodon's source code before I'm comfortable with outlining exactly why I find what's happening in the Mastodon/GNU Social/postActiv nexus so interesting.