The year is 2026, websites still have not figured out how to properly sort country/state names with diacritics in them.
@phnt my favorite is when they sort by english name but show localized names
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Honestly it kinda checks out that a solid half the comments on the new Fall Out Boy start with the poster self-identifying as a 30-something teacher 😅
hamish campbell
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The "common sense" story of the web goes something like this:
Web 1.0: The web is for sharing information.
Web 2.0: But what if we could make money from it too?
Web 3.0: The web is now just about making money.
There's a problem with this story. #Web3 isn't really the web at all. It's largely app-based, and the enclosure of the web actually happened during #Web2, when platforms turned shared spaces into commercial silos.
So the only genuinely useful part of this "common sense" history is #Web1.0: the original idea of an #openweb for sharing.
We don't need another version of the same enclosure dressed up as progress. We need to recover the promise: an open, decentralised web built around sharing, participation and the commons.
Back to the roots, but with 30 years of lessons learned. #OMN #4opens
Over the past few days, I've been working on some Linux-based setups, bringing back some of my old solutions (with a few adaptations) to make them work the way I like. Mostly inspired by some of the ideas of simplicity that come from the BSD world.
I'm using Alpine Linux as a base, and I've been testing these setups on both proper servers and SBCs, for various reasons.
And, all things considered, some distributions (like Alpine, for example) have remained fairly true to the original ideas of simplicity and predictability. I still enjoy using Linux when it’s logical and predictable.
And this got me thinking: some distributions have gone from:
"Hey, we're a solid, simple, and reliable alternative to Windows. Give us a try!"
to:
"Hey, we support practically all your hardware, just like Windows" (which, to be fair, was a real achievement)
to:
"Hey, Windows! I’ve become just like you!"
As if complexity automatically meant "enterprise-grade", and being "enterprise-grade" were something everyone should aspire to - even on a laptop or a small SBC.
There's nothing wrong with solving complex problems. Some complexity is unavoidable, and sometimes even necessary. But complexity should be the price we sometimes have to pay to solve problems, not something we proudly advertise as a feature.
Otherwise, we end up exactly where we started: just like Windows. Or perhaps even worse.
@stefano Never a better time to use Debian.
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@lain this is just one thin layer away from that sign language intepreter who got a gig at the US government and just flailed hands randomly
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if I keep getting gcc segfaults while trying to install ruby 4.0.9 with rbenv, what could the cause be? I've seen some posts saying it could be due to low memory, but this PC has bags of RAM.
The year is 2026, websites still have not figured out how to properly sort country/state names with diacritics in them.
hamish campbell
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Remember: the scum rises to the top of vertical social structures. Be wary of any process or technology that reinforces this hierarchy.
Our friend and antidote is #KISS: simple tech that empowers people, shares power and keeps control horizontal.
Build for people, not princes and kings.
Coffee (Team CW)
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I bring dire warnings about a game called Factorio
Hey there, anyone want some help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse?
Reply (or send me a DM if you prefer) with your questions and I'll try to get you some answers 🙂
@FediTips I’ve never really understood @mobilizon What’s the added value compared to other planners?
@moth_ball maybe it's an uncharitable reading, but i think at least partially they do. Reminds me of all the 'middle east experts' who can't even speak arabic.
@lain this is just one thin layer away from that sign language intepreter who got a gig at the US government and just flailed hands randomly
RE: https://mastodon.nu/@ahltorp/117597169740637353
Such a cool shape, I wasn't aware that potter plotters are a thing!
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Banned from lemmy.ml for suggesting spam was Russia
Saw a post saying some shitty Christian lemmy instance was spamming bullshit on one of their latest posts, I said something along the lines of “probably Russians”. Come to find out my comment was removed and I was banned… then to find out they effectively have a CCP agent running town… lol.
I’ve seen people mention they were a garbage instance, now I know why! They said I broke rule 1 … this might just be the app I’m using but they don’t even have any fucking rules to look at lmao.
Glad they did the work for me and made it easy to avoid them.
Devolver Digital trolling with its "first ever AAA game" - All Army Attack https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/devolver-digital-trolling-with-its-first-ever-aaa-game-all-army-attack/
#AllArmyAttack #Proton #Strategy #Casual #Autobattler #Steam
Vous devriez mettre à jour vos Freebox Server (Revolution/Pop/Delta/Ultra) en 4.13.6
https://dev.freebox.fr/blog/?p=22572
Elles s'enchaînent actuellement...
Why do people type questions into mastodon instead of into their interwebs search?
@janneke I do that because the Fediverse has a far higher rate of delivering good answers than any of the popular search engines (which primarily return slop - either their own, or SEO slop).
Fedi is the best general purpose search engine we have currently! The latency ain't great, but the correctness and the detail are amazing.
If you're lucky, you get multiple infodumps, and will in turn, have a multiple new people to follow for more interesting infodumps!
Coffee (Team CW)
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Wisst Ihr wie damals, Ende der 50er, die 5-Tage-Woche eingeführt wurde?
Die haben einfach ne Petition geklickt und allen ihren Followern auf Insta Bescheid gesagt.
Schon wenige Tage später mussten alle Industriebosse klein beigeben.
So geht das!
@puniko 
that is the exact kinda of weirdo type of typo i keep making too
@catraxx@tech.lgbt same tbh
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They were providing the rules the OP clearly said they couldn’t see in the app.
The clown was part of the edit and directed at the people downvoting them for providing the rules the OP couldn’t find and where they were located.
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