Scripting News: Thursday, April 4, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Today we got Doc's blogroll working on his WordPress blog. This is the first of our blogrolls on WordPress anywhere. It's been tricky to get the CSS worked out, but we're getting there. It's worth the effort. #

Threads: Maybe The Atlantic or New Yorker could write a detailed article about what the great purges in China and Russia were like. How many millions died. Hitler isn't the only recent model for an authoritarian government. We should be studying this, you can be sure Trump's government has and is.#

Understanding AP and RSS#

What does ActivityPub does that RSS doesn't?#

Off the top of my head, it's not the ability to syndicate, RSS already does that. I can follow anyone on any server. #

I think it's the timeline? And the ability to delete posts. Keeping all that in sync is a lot of work, and presumably a lot of traffic? #

Also replies. If I reply to a post when viewing it on another server, the reply should show up under any other view of that post.#

What else??#

PS: Only thinking about features that are used by Mastodon to federate, not potential future features. If that were the rule, then RSS could do anything AP could do, right -- because you can always add the feature. So, just the features that are in use.#

PPS: I posted this on Mastodon and may post it elsewhere, if I do I'll link them in here. #

They call me El Grandé#

Back in the Valley some of my friends called me El Grandé.#

Some still do.#

Dave Jacobs has been playing with ChatGPT art, and sent me this one, and I thought it belonged here. #

Dave Jacobs calls me El Grandé.#

PS: You say the El part softly then pause on the G and add a slightly gutteral H before proceeding with rand and then stretch out the "ay" with a smile and you got it. #

PPS: You could roll the R too, for fun, if you're into it.#

PPPS: Guy Kawasaki calls me Beeeeeeg Stuffff. #

Linkblog items for the day.

One thing Twitter is good for — getting support from your cable ISP. twitter.com

Blinken warns: Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it doesn't protect Gaza civilians. timesofisrael.com

New York's Pot Legalization 'Disaster' Was Entirely Predictable. reason.com

Elon Musk realized he created a badge of shame with blue checks on X. slate.com

Doc has the first blogroll on a WordPress blog. We got it working today. Still more CSS issues to work out. searls.com

Doc is looking for DALL-E-3. searls.com

I've been trying to figure out what ActivityPub does that RSS doesn't. mastodon.social

Attract Backyard Birds, Not Backyard Bears. bearwise.org

A billionaire helped bring '3-Body Problem' to Netflix. His business partner ensured he never lived to see its premiere. cnn.com

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