Preston Maness ☭
@aspensmonster.tenforward.social.ap.brid.gy
Free Software fan (love #linux). Spent 20 years in Austin, TX #atx. Now in #FortWorth. BSEE from #TXST, 2014. Currently ((2^5)+3) years old (354 ppm) […]
🌉 bridged from https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
🌉 bridged from https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Have had to work on some other things lately, but returning to #sciop and wrote a blog post about current status and our plans for federation - it's about that time. Just need to do one more feature (commenting) and finish up some work for main job responsibilities, and it's off to implementing […]
Original post on neuromatch.social
neuromatch.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Have had to work on some other things lately, but returning to #sciop and wrote a blog post about current status and our plans for federation - it's about that time. Just need to do one more feature (commenting) and finish up some work for main job responsibilities, and it's off to implementing […]
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Friends!
Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the #startrek double #knitting scarf is complete!
This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the #startrek double #knitting scarf is complete!
This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Friends!
Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the #startrek double #knitting scarf is complete!
This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the #startrek double #knitting scarf is complete!
This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
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"Thinking both cops are lying to me is emphatically idiotic & defeatist." Aaron, probably.
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"Thinking both cops are lying to me is emphatically idiotic & defeatist." Aaron, probably.
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A severe #accessibility issue I've seen very few people talking about is the widespread adoption (in my country at least) of touch-only card payment terminals with no physical number buttons.
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
Original post on dragonscave.space
dragonscave.space
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A severe #accessibility issue I've seen very few people talking about is the widespread adoption (in my country at least) of touch-only card payment terminals with no physical number buttons.
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
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Reposted by Preston Maness ☭
A few things #deltachat apps are doing positively different from #signal apps
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
Original post on chaos.social
chaos.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A few things #deltachat apps are doing positively different from #signal apps
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
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RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/115679804496870004
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
chaos.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/115679804496870004
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
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December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just gonna leave this GIF under the definition of "prurient" ...
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Just gonna leave this GIF under the definition of "prurient" ...
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RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@FromLefcourt/115663271360305803
Can't speak to every game in the list, but #cosmicraze was really fun :D You can watch a 41-second clip of me playing it here:
https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster/113911784526058870
Can't speak to every game in the list, but #cosmicraze was really fun :D You can watch a 41-second clip of me playing it here:
https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster/113911784526058870
mastodon.gamedev.place
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@FromLefcourt/115663271360305803
Can't speak to every game in the list, but #cosmicraze was really fun :D You can watch a 41-second clip of me playing it here:
https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster/113911784526058870
Can't speak to every game in the list, but #cosmicraze was really fun :D You can watch a 41-second clip of me playing it here:
https://tenforward.social/@aspensmonster/113911784526058870
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we regret to inform you that grayscale week is now over
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
we regret to inform you that grayscale week is now over
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[Come On Down To The Cursor Forums]
You'll Be At A Loss For Words, I Guarantee It
https://forum.cursor.com/t/weird-chat-message/139915
You'll Be At A Loss For Words, I Guarantee It
https://forum.cursor.com/t/weird-chat-message/139915
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![The same thing happened to me today, The message was 32,000 characters long.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
[Come On Down To The Cursor Forums]
You'll Be At A Loss For Words, I Guarantee It
https://forum.cursor.com/t/weird-chat-message/139915
You'll Be At A Loss For Words, I Guarantee It
https://forum.cursor.com/t/weird-chat-message/139915
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[AI schadenfreude]
Holy mackerel, the One True Bug never stops being funny
https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-switches-to-agent-mode-without-user-input-causes-extensive-damage/144332
Holy mackerel, the One True Bug never stops being funny
https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-switches-to-agent-mode-without-user-input-causes-extensive-damage/144332
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
[AI schadenfreude]
Holy mackerel, the One True Bug never stops being funny
https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-switches-to-agent-mode-without-user-input-causes-extensive-damage/144332
Holy mackerel, the One True Bug never stops being funny
https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-switches-to-agent-mode-without-user-input-causes-extensive-damage/144332
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You avoid including too many dependencies in your modern Web frameworks because they introduce a dangerous attack surface
I avoid including any dependencies at all because I never bothered to learn modern Web frameworks
We are not the same
I avoid including any dependencies at all because I never bothered to learn modern Web frameworks
We are not the same
September 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You avoid including too many dependencies in your modern Web frameworks because they introduce a dangerous attack surface
I avoid including any dependencies at all because I never bothered to learn modern Web frameworks
We are not the same
I avoid including any dependencies at all because I never bothered to learn modern Web frameworks
We are not the same
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This is how you hollow out an entire industry and make us all poorer for it in the process.
For shame.
For shame.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is how you hollow out an entire industry and make us all poorer for it in the process.
For shame.
For shame.
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And I don't think I can find much sympathy at all for the people stunting the professional growth of these beleaguered job-milled IT people by denying them the chance to learn from the short history of our industry and from their peers in other organizations at other points in this […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
And I don't think I can find much sympathy at all for the people stunting the professional growth of these beleaguered job-milled IT people by denying them the chance to learn from the short history of our industry and from their peers in other organizations at other points in this […]
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It is galling to see the reputation of a discipline about which I care deeply be dragged through the mud like this. I'm watching a bunch of consultants and MBAs pat themselves on the back for zero-summing their opex by a couple of single digit percentage points by shoveling sand straight into […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It is galling to see the reputation of a discipline about which I care deeply be dragged through the mud like this. I'm watching a bunch of consultants and MBAs pat themselves on the back for zero-summing their opex by a couple of single digit percentage points by shoveling sand straight into […]
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I know how these environmental sacrifice zones of IT anti-excellence are formed because I've seen it happen over and over again, from different angles, in different organizations, following _exactly_ the same toxic runoff trails of incentives into the tailing ponds of organizational dysfunction […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I know how these environmental sacrifice zones of IT anti-excellence are formed because I've seen it happen over and over again, from different angles, in different organizations, following _exactly_ the same toxic runoff trails of incentives into the tailing ponds of organizational dysfunction […]
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The thing about this IT department is: I've had this job. I _know_ it is not easy. But these problems are not new: they're so old they have names. The _solutions_ have names. _The books from the 70s and 80s about those solutions_ are known by single words.
And it is not the fault of the IT […]
And it is not the fault of the IT […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The thing about this IT department is: I've had this job. I _know_ it is not easy. But these problems are not new: they're so old they have names. The _solutions_ have names. _The books from the 70s and 80s about those solutions_ are known by single words.
And it is not the fault of the IT […]
And it is not the fault of the IT […]
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IT: we're forcing every macOS user to update to Tahoe *ding of a customer support request ticket being opened*
IT: ...next *ding* week *ding*
IT: so that *ding* we can switch to *ding* a new fleet management tool *ding* *ding* with a lower license *ding* fee
IT: the new *ding* fleet tool […]
IT: ...next *ding* week *ding*
IT: so that *ding* we can switch to *ding* a new fleet management tool *ding* *ding* with a lower license *ding* fee
IT: the new *ding* fleet tool […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
IT: we're forcing every macOS user to update to Tahoe *ding of a customer support request ticket being opened*
IT: ...next *ding* week *ding*
IT: so that *ding* we can switch to *ding* a new fleet management tool *ding* *ding* with a lower license *ding* fee
IT: the new *ding* fleet tool […]
IT: ...next *ding* week *ding*
IT: so that *ding* we can switch to *ding* a new fleet management tool *ding* *ding* with a lower license *ding* fee
IT: the new *ding* fleet tool […]
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ope, guess its about that time
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ope, guess its about that time
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Uh oh my cat has figured out pretending to be injured as a way to get my attention
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Uh oh my cat has figured out pretending to be injured as a way to get my attention
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how do people like... do things and then keep doing them until they're done and then keep going them instead of "getting scared of things being done and never finishing anything"
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
how do people like... do things and then keep doing them until they're done and then keep going them instead of "getting scared of things being done and never finishing anything"
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On the occasion of SimpleX and Session getting cryptocoin-donations/funding ... we won't hide that most delta contributors are pretty skeptical of cryptocoin-circles. Exhibit 1: Webxdc apps -- mini apps that anyone can whip up -- and the declared motto still on […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
[Original post on chaos.social]
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On the occasion of SimpleX and Session getting cryptocoin-donations/funding ... we won't hide that most delta contributors are pretty skeptical of cryptocoin-circles. Exhibit 1: Webxdc apps -- mini apps that anyone can whip up -- and the declared motto still on […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
[Original post on chaos.social]