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  • @fbfortune see files and directories in $PATH ordered by size, saving the result in file $FOO:
    du -h $PATH | sort -hr |tee $FOO

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  • How can we trust them?
    When I found Algorithms with TypeScript I told myself "wow, that's an interesting book!" And the premises are really catching:

    This book grew out of a simple observation: most software engineers use algorithms and data structures every day, yet many feel uncertain about the fundamentals. … Algorithms with TypeScript bridges that gap. It presents the core algorithms and data structures from
    https://monodes.com/predaelli/2026/03/15/how-can-we-trust-them/

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  • Tsuzuri(綴り)が実運用(外部からのフォローや外部への記事の配信など)ができるようになったので、これをベースに拡張すればお一人様向けのActivityPub実装を作れそうだなと考えている

    Tsuzuriにタイムラインや通知、フォロー、公開範囲の対応などをすれば一通り使えるものにはなるのではないかと

    通知やフォローなどはTsuzuriの既存機能を拡張すれば良いからそこまで実装コストはかからなさそう

    ただタイムラインや公開範囲などは考えることも多いと思うので、そこの見通しが立たない限りは実装しないかもしれない

    Mastodonの引用機能やMisskeyなどの絵文字リアクションまで考慮するとなるとより難しくなる

    ただ、お一人様向けのActivityPub実装が増えること自体は良いことだと思うので、うまくやる方法を考えたい

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  • Domani vi racconto tutto!

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  • @matz @simone @marcoboh @bradipo
    I bonifici ora sono immediati e costano come quelli ordinari.
    Per treni & c. ho una prepagata¹ che uso appositamente per le cose online e, non dovendo ricevere soldi da nessuno ho ritenuto inutile avere paypal.

    ¹la prepagata è di poste e ha anche l'iban per i bonifici e non è legata ad un conto corrente (anche se effettivamente ne ho uno sempre con poste).

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  • Ti odierò, se potrò.
    Altrimenti, ti amerò mio malgrado.

    Odero, si potero.
    Si non, invitus amabo.

    Ovidio

    da Amores III, 11 … https://cctm.website/ovidio-ti-odiero/

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  • Federated Replies and Reactions in Madblog

    Engage with the Web from plain text files

    Madblog is founded on a simple principle: a blog is just a collection of #markdown files in a folder. No databases, no logins, no client-side bloat — just files.

    The recently implemented support for both Webmentions and ActivityPub add an extra appeal to this approach: now those text files can federate, they can send mentions to Wordpress blogs or Mastodon accounts, and you can visualize mentions, comments and reactions from other corners of the Web directly under your articles.

    But after receiving in the past few days a bunch of reactions on my blog that I couldn't interact with, which forced me to fall back on my standard Fediverse account to send replies and likes, I've decided to take the "everything is a file" philosophy a step further.

    Now from #madblog you can also reply to comments and react to posts across the Fediverse - all from plain text files in your content folder.

    Replying to Comments

    When someone comments on your article from Mastodon or another ActivityPub-compatible services, their message appears on your blog.

    Now you can also respond directly from your blog.

    Or you can reply to any other post on the Fediverse or mention anyone, without those posts cluttering your blog's front page (I've learned to avoid this fatal design mistake made by e.g. Medium).

    How it works

    Create a Markdown file under replies/<article-slug>/:

    [//]: # (reply-to: https://mastodon.social/@alice/123456789) Thanks for the kind words, Alice! I'm glad the tutorial helped. @alice@mastodon.social

    Save the file, and Madblog automatically:

    Publishes your reply to the Fediverse as a threaded response Notifies Alice on her Mastodon instance Displays the reply on your blog, nested under her original comment

    Your reply lives in your content folder. Just like with your articles, you can version replies and reactions on git, synchronize them over SyncThing or Nextcloud Notes, or run some analysis scripts on them that would just operate on text files.

    Replying to replies

    Conversations can go as deep as you want. Reply to a reply by pointing reply-to at the previous message's URL:

    [//]: # (reply-to: https://mastodon.social/@alice/123456790) Great question! I'll write a follow-up post about that. @alice@mastodon.social

    The threading is preserved both on your blog and across the Fediverse.

    [Example of a nested thread rendered on Madblog]

    (I hope that @julian@fietkau.social and @liaizon@social.wake.st won't mind for using a screenshot from their conversation on my blog 🙂)

    Remember to mention your mentions

    An important implementation note: if you're replying to someone else's ActivityPub post, it's important that you also mention them in the reply, otherwise your reply will be rendered under their comment but they may not be notified.

    Usually you don't have to worry about this on Mastodon because the UI will automatically pre-fill the participating accounts in a sub-thread when you hit Reply.

    But this is something to keep in mind when your posts are just text files.

    Your replies are articles in their own right

    Even though anything under replies/ won't appear on your blog's home page, it doesn't mean that it must be rendered just like a humble rectangle in a crowded comments section.

    By clicking View full reply you get redirected to a separate page where the reply is rendered as a blog article, and its comments sections consists in the sub-tree of the reactions that spawned from that specific reply.

    [Example of a Madblog reply rendered as a blog article, with its own sub-thread of reactions]

    Liking Posts

    Sometimes a reply is too much — you just want to show appreciation. Now you can "like" any post on the Fediverse with a simple metadata header.

    Standalone likes

    Create a file under replies/ with just a like-of header:

    [//]: # (like-of: https://mastodon.social/@bob/987654321)

    This publishes a Like activity to the Fediverse. Bob sees the notification, and your blog records the interaction.

    Like and comment

    Want to like and say something? Combine both:

    [//]: # (like-of: https://mastodon.social/@bob/987654321) [//]: # (reply-to: https://mastodon.social/@bob/987654321) This is such a great point! Bookmarking for later. @bob@mastodon.social

    Bob gets both the like and your reply as a threaded response.

    Unlisted Posts

    Not everything needs to appear on your blog's front page. Files under replies/ without reply-to and like-of headers become "unlisted" posts — they're published to the Fediverse but don't clutter your blog index.

    Perfect for quick thoughts, threads, or conversations that don't warrant a full article.

    [//]: # (title: Thoughts of the day) Quick thought: I've been experimenting with writing all my Fediverse posts as Markdown files. It's oddly satisfying to `git log` my social media history. Guestbook Replies

    Your blog's guestbook works the same way. Reply to guestbook entries by placing files under replies/_guestbook/:

    [//]: # (reply-to: https://someone.blog/mention/123) @alice@example.com welcome! Thanks for stopping by. Editing and Deleting

    Changed your mind? Edit the file and an Update activity is sent. Delete the file and your reply is removed from the Fediverse too.

    Accidentally liked something? Remove the like-of line (or delete the file) and an Undo Like is published.

    Your content, your rules.

    Getting Started Enable ActivityPub in your config.yaml: link: https://blog.example.com enable_activitypub: true activitypub_username: blog # Only specify these if you want your ActivityPub domain to be different from your blog domain # activitypub_link: https://example.com # activitypub_domain: example.com Install Madblog From pip: pip install madblog From Docker: docker pull quay.io/blacklight/madblog Run Madblog from your Markdown folder (it is recommended that your articles are stored under <data-dir>/markdown): From a pip installation: madblog /path/to/data From Docker: docker run -it \ -p 8000:8000 \ -v "/path/to/config.yaml:/etc/madblog/config.yaml" \ -v "/path/to/data:/data" \ quay.io/blacklight/madblog Any text file you create under markdown/ becomes a blog article. Any text file you create under replies/ becomes an unlisted post, a reply or a like reaction.

    Check the README for detailed configuration options.

    Happy blogging!

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  • @peterkotrcka Next time, try the pizza and atmosphere at Sebastian Pub, a German boat floating in the Darsena. It's just a short walk from Caffè Italiano. It's open only in the evening, but the atmosphere is great and the pizza is peculiar and oval-shaped.

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    Das Gehirn der Rebellion ist online! In Teil 5 der Rebel Homebase lassen wir die „Lego Duplo“-Welt der Hyperscaler hinter uns.K3s auf Blech: 5 Nodes, 1 Mission. Pure ARM-Power statt Cloud-Miete. Schluss mit Cloud-Illusionen und dem digitalen Stockholm-Syndrom. Wir bauen Infrastruktur, die uns gehört. ✊https://www.pandolin.io/k3s-blade-cluster-aufbau-cm4-cm5/#RebelHomebase #Kubernetes #K3s #OpenSource #BeAVoice #Linux #HomeLab #DigitaleSouveranitat #Ubuntu
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    @SueNeu Dream jobs do exist
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    @stefano @ricardo the article mentioned the FreeBSD subreddit and The FreeBSD Forums. Yorick Peterse shared his post in the sub, where it was very well-received. Pictured: insights that are not visible to the public (I very rarely share such things, doing so seems harmless on this occasion). No mention of Discord, Twitter, or X. Also pictured: the wiki for FreeBSD Discord very recently cautioned that the FreeBSD Community Code of Conduct can not be enforced. I do not imagine that this caution relates to any recent misconduct there …<https://www.freebsd.org/internal/code-of-conduct/><https://wiki.freebsd.org/Discord/DiscordServer><https://yorickpeterse.com/>#FreeBSD #Reddit #forums #Discord #community #conduct #misconduct
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    In today's video I chat about using Newsboat RSS reader with the Lynx command-line browser. Bread on Penguins' channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BreadOnPenguins A minimalist workflow: My desktop setup is built around i3, and everything I do is handled by simple scripts and terminal tools. There’s no taskbar, no desktop icons, and no visual clutter. My email runs in aerc, my RSS feeds in Newsboat, and my web browsing in Lynx. Everything is fast, predictable, and distraction-free. When I open Newsboat, it immediately loads my RSS subscriptions, a mix of Linux blogs, news sites, and personal journals from friends. It’s not the neatest list in the world (I really should organise it one day), but it gives me exactly what I want, information without noise. Unlike some feed readers that throw everything into one endless list, Newsboat groups feeds cleanly by source. That matters because some sites post dozens of articles a day while others might only update once a month. Separating them lets the quieter voices, personal blogs or smaller projects, actually be seen. Organising information: Newsboat’s tagging system is one of its best features. I’ve got tags for friends, games, news sources, politics, podcasts, and more. One of my favourite feeds is “TheyWorkForYou”, an RSS service that updates whenever UK MPs speak in Parliament. I highly recommend it for anyone in the UK. It’s an easy way to see what your representatives are actually doing, and I think it’s good for democracy to stay informed like that. Some of my other feeds include Boiling Steam, GamingOnLinux, FreeGamer, and a handful of personal blogs like Ghosty’s and Drew’s. Newsboat makes it easy to jump between them depending on what I’m in the mood for, Linux, games, or just something thoughtful to read with coffee. Why I browse with Lynx: When I want to read a full article from an RSS feed, I usually open it directly in Lynx. It’s a text-based browser that runs right inside the terminal. For most of the content I care about, blogs, reviews, essays, or news articles, Lynx is perfect. It loads instantly, displays cleanly, and keeps me focused on the text instead of ads, autoplay videos, or pop-ups. Sure, modern websites are built like web apps now, but that’s exactly why Lynx is such a breath of fresh air. It strips the web back to what it was meant to be: information, text, and ideas. For sites that really need a full browser (say, something JavaScript-heavy), I’ve got Firefox set as an alternative, but honestly, that’s rare these days. I experimented with Dillo too, another lightweight option, but Lynx fits more naturally into Newsboat. I can just press a key to open any article right where I am, no switching windows or leaving the terminal. Page Up, Page Down, and I’m reading. It’s fast, simple, and reliable. The beauty of plain text: All of this ties into what I’ve been loving about working in the terminal again: everything is plain text. Config files, notes, RSS lists, scripts, it’s all just text. That makes it transparent, portable, and easy to automate. For example, Newsboat’s feeds are stored in a single plain text file. If I want to back them up or edit them, I just open the file in Vim. If I want to tweak the configuration, it’s one small text file with a couple of commented-out lines for the browsers I’ve tried. That’s also the philosophy behind how I manage my dotfiles and scripts. I used to use GNU Stow for symlinks, but I’ve replaced it with a few simple bash scripts of my own. Same with address books, why use a complex app when a CSV or tab-separated file does the job perfectly? The more I build my own little tools, the more I enjoy the workflow. It’s like rediscovering the old Unix philosophy: simple tools that do one job well. Where it’s all going: I’ve been spending more time writing lately, both on my blog and in text posts across platforms like the Fediverse and PeerTube. You can find everything at chriswales.wales, which links to all my current projects, podcasts, and social channels. If you’re curious about minimalist computing, or want to see what life looks like when you move away from 'apps' and back into 'tools', I’ll be writing more about this approach, from plain-text note-taking to terminal calendars and to-do lists. And if you’re just starting to tinker with RSS, I can’t recommend Newsboat enough. Pair it with Lynx, and you’ve got a distraction-free reading environment that’s faster, cleaner, and infinitely more satisfying than the modern web.