Posts - page 23

A listing of all long-form posts published to-date. Herein, you'll find my thoughts on concepts, ideas, politics, and more.

Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

New, Full Search Function

A while back I had a real shoddy, and not-so-well integrated search function on my website. It kinda sucked. The text bled off of the page, there was no pagination, and the result querying was live, which also didn’t look good. I’ve been working on a lot of things on...
published December 27, 2024
#webdev #design #html #website
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

To Be or Not To Be (On Threads)

There are a lot of good arguments as to why you shouldn’t be on Threads, or any Meta-owned social media, for that matter. Zuck is storing your info, selling it to advertisers, and using it to tailor ads to you to be ever-more invasive in your digital life. And, you...
published December 26, 2024
#threads #mastodon #socialmedia #meta
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Essential Workers

I happen to visit corporate social media on a regular basis, as I’m trying to build multiple platforms, because I’d like to traditionally publish a book, if I’m lucky enough, in a one out of a million chances I have at doing so. Either way, corporate social media (Threads) has...
published December 24, 2024
#blogging #thoughts #politics
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Linux and Mac, in Tandem?

I’m a real big into Linux kinda person. So much so, trolls have had a laugh at my expense because of it, because, as we all know, Windows is totally superior, with its built-in ads, built-in AI, built-in (or soon to be) digital snoop, built-in forcing you to use Edge...
published December 23, 2024
#linux #mac #computing
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Bluesky: Still Not Very Good

I didn’t post about this when it happened, because, honestly, I’m unsure how much attention I want to give toxic people, and, after so many years of this being routine from people with Main Character Syndrome (see: narcissism) on social media, it’s tiring. But, Bluesky was an unwelcoming hellscape when...
published December 23, 2024
#socialmedia #bluesky #toxicity
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

The Issue of Being a Slow Writer

You might be thinking, “Slow writer? You’ve written like 800 babillion things on this website!” And while that may be true, I’ve also got three books on the burner I’ve started and never finished. My next and upcoming book, Dissolution Protocol, especially. Having just read over everything I’ve written for...
published December 20, 2024
#thoughts #writing #fiction #writer
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Python, Swap Out Reddit for Lemmy!

As some may know, back when the Reddit devs/CEO decided to follow Musk’s decision-making like a lost puppy dog, they restricted their API and killed a ton of third-party apps. This was seen as a very bad move, and it sucked tons of butt. In response to this move, some...
published December 17, 2024
#python #lemmy #mastodon #activitypub #programming
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Firestorm, Currently Broken on Linux

If you’re like me, and you abandoned Windows quite a while ago, or maybe even recently, and you use the Firestorm viewer for Second Life (yes, this is probably an extreme niche of a niche of people), you’ve likely noticed that the latest update to the Firestorm flatpak has destroyed...
published December 15, 2024
#secondlife #firestorm #linux
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

Centralized Social Media Eventually Immolates

The thing about centralized social media, and this is in direct reference of Bluesky, both because that’s what it is, and because I’d like to spite the devs, is that all centralized social media eventually turns to garbage. And the same is true for the social media app that calls...
published December 15, 2024
#bluesky #mastodon #socialmedia #activitypub
Avatar 𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣

mkultra.monster, and AcvtivityPub vs. The Rest

I’m seeing murmurs that people, at least some people, are becoming fed up with the low amount to entire lack of moderation on Bluesky. That the team behind the app sort of leaves it mostly in the hands of the users to construct block and mute lists (which comes with...
published December 12, 2024
#mastodon #bluesky #socialmedia #activitypub