Notices by rixx (rixx@chaos.social)

A message from our very favourite VOC: JavaScript and WebSocket guru needed

We need your help to liberate a piece of software! We'd like to use a cool bit of remote video production software, but it has one proprietary piece hidden inside the code that is otherwise AGPL, and it talks to a server that is hosted outside the EU. Can you help us replace the obfuscated JS code, and set up an equivalent server, so the software truly becomes free, and data stays where it belongs?

Nothing can make me as happy today as this post by Erik Bernhardsson, in which he simulates buffet lines to figure out the best queueing method. It involves simulation by way of random food emoji (and a bunch of graphs). https://erikbern.com/2019/10/16/buffet-lines-are-terrible.html

https://www.advocate.com/photography/2018/9/06/20-photos-trans-elders-who-have-survived-jess-t-dugan

Not sure if this series of pictures of older trans people has been posted on the Fediverse yet. Anyways, here you go – we see so much of younger trans people. It's worth to remember, that there are older trans people around too, both long-transitioned and newly-transitioning. (Also: just beautiful to look at.)

Of all the places I look for tech books, The Pragmatic Bookshelf is the one I like best. No creepy ads or horrible recommendations, just good books, good descriptions, errata, updates, and a simple interface for my user account. Does exactly what I need it to do. https://pragprog.com/

I'm looking for really really good blogs and podcasts from a) people outside the Python community and b) people outside of programming, about their profession/work. The stuff you can't help but recommend – hit me!

TIL: VLC can stream over SFTP. Perfect for when I want to watch movies at home on my laptop from our fileserver. sftp://server:/path/to/file. Run from terminal to provide the proper ssh environment.

Mein kleiner Bruder lernt Java und möchte damit GUIs bauen. Hat hier wer eine gute Tutorial-Empfehlung, die wirklich von den Basics (Syntax) anfängt, und von da bis zu GUIs geht? Er hat schon Python geschrieben. Das Tutorial muss nicht interaktiv sein, nur gut aufgebaut. In Ermangelung besserer Ideen habe ich ihn jetzt mal zu Codecademy geschickt … Habt ihr sonst Empfehlungen?

https://shouldiaddpushnotificationstomy.website/

LEGO now has audio and Braille instructions: https://legoaudioinstructions.com/ #a11n

I did a thing. Full-res: https://share.cutebit.de/meme.png

Yesterday I asked artists for their experience and advice on dealing with critique and criticism. Check out the answers – they've been tremendously helpful, with great exchange of experiences. Illustrates really well the type of exchange I love in the Fediverse: https://chaos.social/@rixx/102345899605353140

Gotta applaud the idea of https://trackthis.link/

About five years ago I read an article about building responsible/polite/good scrapers that rate limit themselves etc. I can't seem to find it now, can anybody help out? (Similar resources would do, too). It didn't discuss legality, and focused on practical implementation of a few points, like spacing out requests.

Whenever I think I have maxed out my love for Simone Giertz, she does something even better. This time: A Tesla pickup truck. Cutting off stuff and jamming stuff in, until it's a pickup. 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKv_N0IDS2A

Oh, der Laufkalender von runme will jetzt Geld? Wo guckt man denn derzeit nach Wettläufen nach Zeit/Strecke/Ort?

https://www.partei-o-mat.de/