Ivan Vučica
@ivan.vucica.net
Find me on fediverse: @ivan@vucica.net
Croatian code-writing individual living in Ireland.
Croatian code-writing individual living in Ireland.
Shame I didn’t feel like figuring out how to delete individual posts one by one, now that the API access is effectively gone.
But I can’t care about every detail.
But I can’t care about every detail.
March 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Shame I didn’t feel like figuring out how to delete individual posts one by one, now that the API access is effectively gone.
But I can’t care about every detail.
But I can’t care about every detail.
I did deploy a decoy replacement empty X account to squat on the username for a bit. But letting the old stuff expire closed the book on that.
March 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I did deploy a decoy replacement empty X account to squat on the username for a bit. But letting the old stuff expire closed the book on that.
There may then be potentially-serious legal consequences for not updating your software to respect new flags once new ones are introduced. Not sure it can *correctly* work.
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There may then be potentially-serious legal consequences for not updating your software to respect new flags once new ones are introduced. Not sure it can *correctly* work.
I have a better one to ponder:
Subscribers to the firehose and PDS readers are the adversaries — they may not respect delete/edit requests (same as on Fediverse), similar badness as not delivering at all
The only winning move is not to post
My name is Captain Obvious and I’ll be here all night
Subscribers to the firehose and PDS readers are the adversaries — they may not respect delete/edit requests (same as on Fediverse), similar badness as not delivering at all
The only winning move is not to post
My name is Captain Obvious and I’ll be here all night
March 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have a better one to ponder:
Subscribers to the firehose and PDS readers are the adversaries — they may not respect delete/edit requests (same as on Fediverse), similar badness as not delivering at all
The only winning move is not to post
My name is Captain Obvious and I’ll be here all night
Subscribers to the firehose and PDS readers are the adversaries — they may not respect delete/edit requests (same as on Fediverse), similar badness as not delivering at all
The only winning move is not to post
My name is Captain Obvious and I’ll be here all night
Most derivative and generic? Just draw on Nordic mythology. Elves, dwarves, etc. Add some wizards or druids perhaps.
Draw on Slavic mythology in the most surface-level fashion.
Add faux-Mongolian horseback-riders.
Cataclysmic magical event could have torn the world apart, perhaps.
Draw on Slavic mythology in the most surface-level fashion.
Add faux-Mongolian horseback-riders.
Cataclysmic magical event could have torn the world apart, perhaps.
March 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Most derivative and generic? Just draw on Nordic mythology. Elves, dwarves, etc. Add some wizards or druids perhaps.
Draw on Slavic mythology in the most surface-level fashion.
Add faux-Mongolian horseback-riders.
Cataclysmic magical event could have torn the world apart, perhaps.
Draw on Slavic mythology in the most surface-level fashion.
Add faux-Mongolian horseback-riders.
Cataclysmic magical event could have torn the world apart, perhaps.
Solution, as usual, really depends on what the end goal is (Collecting stats and determining lossiness in a “good enough” way? Sampling some posts is enough. Getting “exactly” how many posts you lost in an ongoing way? Eh. Not worth it unless you’re operating the firehose and want to measure an SLO)
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Solution, as usual, really depends on what the end goal is (Collecting stats and determining lossiness in a “good enough” way? Sampling some posts is enough. Getting “exactly” how many posts you lost in an ongoing way? Eh. Not worth it unless you’re operating the firehose and want to measure an SLO)
Eh, I don’t know. Licensing can get pretty complicated in a difficult-to-encode way, and is only worth it if it will be enforced and thus respected :/
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Eh, I don’t know. Licensing can get pretty complicated in a difficult-to-encode way, and is only worth it if it will be enforced and thus respected :/
(It took some scrolling to realize you didn’t mean Bethesda’s weirdware)
March 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
(It took some scrolling to realize you didn’t mean Bethesda’s weirdware)
Reinventing licenses via machine readable flags — interesting
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Reinventing licenses via machine readable flags — interesting
As in: enumerate accounts you follow, resolve the DIDs back into PDSes (did web directly, or did plc via the directory), probe PDSes for posts. Compare to firehose.
How to do this at scale without missing the point of a relay server? Dunno. But if you need just some samples… that could be enough.
How to do this at scale without missing the point of a relay server? Dunno. But if you need just some samples… that could be enough.
March 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
As in: enumerate accounts you follow, resolve the DIDs back into PDSes (did web directly, or did plc via the directory), probe PDSes for posts. Compare to firehose.
How to do this at scale without missing the point of a relay server? Dunno. But if you need just some samples… that could be enough.
How to do this at scale without missing the point of a relay server? Dunno. But if you need just some samples… that could be enough.
Poll PDSes of accounts you care about.
(I vaguely recall some public talks by Facebook, some time 2010-2015, about feeds being constructed by internally polling feeds you follow. And something similar with Facebook. Don’t hold me to this, I wouldn’t be able to find a source for this)
(I vaguely recall some public talks by Facebook, some time 2010-2015, about feeds being constructed by internally polling feeds you follow. And something similar with Facebook. Don’t hold me to this, I wouldn’t be able to find a source for this)
March 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Poll PDSes of accounts you care about.
(I vaguely recall some public talks by Facebook, some time 2010-2015, about feeds being constructed by internally polling feeds you follow. And something similar with Facebook. Don’t hold me to this, I wouldn’t be able to find a source for this)
(I vaguely recall some public talks by Facebook, some time 2010-2015, about feeds being constructed by internally polling feeds you follow. And something similar with Facebook. Don’t hold me to this, I wouldn’t be able to find a source for this)
Anyway, I’m in EU and probably part of the problem, but I don’t know what could I do but turn into a hermit, give out all I have, and isolate… somewhere
I won’t do it, but I don’t know what else I could do.
I’ll just focus on my own toy projects and hope I don’t get “eaten” during the revolution
I won’t do it, but I don’t know what else I could do.
I’ll just focus on my own toy projects and hope I don’t get “eaten” during the revolution
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Anyway, I’m in EU and probably part of the problem, but I don’t know what could I do but turn into a hermit, give out all I have, and isolate… somewhere
I won’t do it, but I don’t know what else I could do.
I’ll just focus on my own toy projects and hope I don’t get “eaten” during the revolution
I won’t do it, but I don’t know what else I could do.
I’ll just focus on my own toy projects and hope I don’t get “eaten” during the revolution
I suppose “techies” for me means rich, fancy, “we are so healthy” people, who complain about cost of living while being overpaid compared to anywhere else.
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I suppose “techies” for me means rich, fancy, “we are so healthy” people, who complain about cost of living while being overpaid compared to anywhere else.
It’s disturbing enough that I’ve felt uncomfortable, and I’ve been a nerd my entire life.
But it’s a weird thing; it’s not even nerds running the place, it’s “techies”.
I don’t know how to explain the difference or why it makes me feel uneasy.
But it’s a weird thing; it’s not even nerds running the place, it’s “techies”.
I don’t know how to explain the difference or why it makes me feel uneasy.
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s disturbing enough that I’ve felt uncomfortable, and I’ve been a nerd my entire life.
But it’s a weird thing; it’s not even nerds running the place, it’s “techies”.
I don’t know how to explain the difference or why it makes me feel uneasy.
But it’s a weird thing; it’s not even nerds running the place, it’s “techies”.
I don’t know how to explain the difference or why it makes me feel uneasy.
(There’s FAANG in Europe, too, and elsewhere in the US. Bay Area was the weirdest ‘tech’-obsessed atmosphere I’ve seen. I say that as someone who’s been a nerd my entire life: there was some… strange feeling in Bay Area regarding tech that I can’t quite describe. Just as car obsession was strange..)
March 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
(There’s FAANG in Europe, too, and elsewhere in the US. Bay Area was the weirdest ‘tech’-obsessed atmosphere I’ve seen. I say that as someone who’s been a nerd my entire life: there was some… strange feeling in Bay Area regarding tech that I can’t quite describe. Just as car obsession was strange..)
Never been there, only passed through in the nearby areas once in my life :)
Public transport is crucial too, though.
My gold standard is Amsterdam on both walking and public transit. Dublin is fine for walking, public transit is barely passable.
Mountain View was… properly unsuitable. :)
Public transport is crucial too, though.
My gold standard is Amsterdam on both walking and public transit. Dublin is fine for walking, public transit is barely passable.
Mountain View was… properly unsuitable. :)
March 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Never been there, only passed through in the nearby areas once in my life :)
Public transport is crucial too, though.
My gold standard is Amsterdam on both walking and public transit. Dublin is fine for walking, public transit is barely passable.
Mountain View was… properly unsuitable. :)
Public transport is crucial too, though.
My gold standard is Amsterdam on both walking and public transit. Dublin is fine for walking, public transit is barely passable.
Mountain View was… properly unsuitable. :)
Some might NOT be saving up for a car and don’t plan on trying to drive any time soon, thank you very much :)
January 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Some might NOT be saving up for a car and don’t plan on trying to drive any time soon, thank you very much :)
Some of us working on software also don’t feel very bro-ish, and are very jaded too
Then again, I’m in Europe, maybe that’s the trick
Then again, I’m in Europe, maybe that’s the trick
January 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Some of us working on software also don’t feel very bro-ish, and are very jaded too
Then again, I’m in Europe, maybe that’s the trick
Then again, I’m in Europe, maybe that’s the trick