Threads for aloha

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    aloha avatar aloha 10 months ago | link | on: Self-hosting a static site with OpenBSD, httpd, and relayd

    What about using Redbean?

    https://redbean.dev/#:~:text=redbean%20is%20an%20open%20source,html%20and%20.

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      reezer avatar reezer 10 months ago | link

      Given that it’s not part of the base system I’d assume it’s not on topic.

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        citizen428 avatar citizen428 10 months ago | link

        Exactly. I find Redbean quite interesting in principle and starred it on Github a while ago but it never quite seems like what I need.

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      hwayne avatar hwayne 10 months ago | link | on: Is it time to look past Git?

      I tried fossil for a bit and it seems extremely promising, aside from not being able to purge “asfgs” commits when trying to text CI. But as you said, using something other than git cuts you off from the larger ecosystem.

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        sunset avatar sunset 10 months ago | link

        I tried Fossil on a whim for a small project three years ago and adored it so much that I’ve used it for several larger ones since. It solves a lot of problems in a very small footprint.

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          aloha avatar aloha 10 months ago | link

          What is an “asfgs” commit?

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            hwayne avatar hwayne 10 months ago | link

            When the CI/CD config is stored in a yaml and the only way to see if I set it up write is to commit and push

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              Sophistifunk avatar Sophistifunk 10 months ago | link

              test CI… Now I get it :)

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                hwayne avatar hwayne 10 months ago | link

                Curse you touchscreen swiping

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          nikivi avatar nikivi 10 months ago | link | on: One Decade of Lobsters

          Is it possible to get a data dump of all of Lobsters comments/links/threads? Would be interesting to do some data science on it.

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            strugee avatar strugee 10 months ago | link

            No, but @pushcx will run queries for you: https://lobste.rs/about#transparency

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              aloha avatar aloha 10 months ago | link

              Out of curiosity, what is the reasoning behind keeping this data private instead of publicly open to all?

              Does Google get to fully index lobsters?

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                pushcx avatar pushcx 10 months ago | link

                Users haven’t agreed to their comments being reused.

                The 800 pound gorilla indexes whatever it would like to. We’ve also been indexed by ArchiveTeam, Archive.org, and many hobbyists. There’s some mild rate-limiting in place, and we have trivially predictable URLs with .json endpoints on many.

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                  aloha avatar aloha 10 months ago | link

                  Gotcha, this is a considerate policy that I can certainly appreciate. Thank you kindly for explaining.

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            aloha avatar aloha 11 months ago | link | on: Ripcord: Alternative desktop chat client for Slack (and Discord)

            There is apparently a Mac contender: https://shrugs.app/

            Though it seems pretty crap in comparison to RC.

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              lim avatar lim 11 months ago | link

              Ripcord is built for macOS too.

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                calvin avatar calvin 11 months ago | link

                Not a native Mac app; you’d lose a lot of native features. Qt is better than Electron, but not by much.

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                  dark_grimoire avatar dark_grimoire 11 months ago | link

                  Which macOS features are unavailable when using Qt?

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                    calvin avatar calvin 11 months ago | link

                    Oh, you can integrate the features - it just takes a lot of work to do so, moreso than a native app. What’s more annoying is all the annoying subtleties, everything from editing controls to menu bar behaviour.

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              atoponce avatar atoponce 11 months ago | link | on: ffsend: A fully featured Firefox Send client

              How does this compare to Magic Wormhole?

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                kevincox avatar kevincox 11 months ago | link

                Firefox Send is “async”. The file is uploaded first, then the server “buffers” it until the downloader comes by. This enables a nicer workflow but has some downsides (mostly server costs).

                Magic Wormhole is Peer-to-Peer which removes the need for size limits and can have lower end-to-end latency and higher performance if both ends have a good connection (although it also means that both ends have to suffer if one end has a bad connection). But both users need to be online at the same time.

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                  johnolinda avatar johnolinda 11 months ago | link

                  Wormhole is single-use, whereas Send can be accessed by several people without generating a new link.

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                    aloha avatar aloha 11 months ago | link

                    Magic Wormhole has no size limits, which is nicer.

                    ffsend might be a little easier to use? Ymmv.

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                    aloha avatar aloha 1 year ago | link | on: tylr

                    https://ibb.co/ThmYXGZ

                    Cool.

                    Wish this was visible on Android. Even rotating sideways cuts off past the margin.

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                      Student avatar Student 1 year ago | link

                      Doesn’t work on iOS either