Scripting News: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Podcast: Let's use feeds to hook together pieces of the twittersphere. #

I theorized why Jack Dorsey is disappointed with Bluesky on Bluesky. I did the same on Threads and heard people say ugly personal things about Dorsey. This really pissed me off, because he's a human being who made a large contribution to the technology we use, and I think his heart has been in the right place. Nobody is purely good or bad. If my theory is right about why Dorsey is disappointed, it's a valid point, Bluesky was started with its prime mission as creating a distributed system. The more they dig in on nice-to-have features that have nothing to do with being distributed, the more they go down the same path as Twitter did. Jack was openly talking about turning Twitter into a developer platform as early as 2007. Had they realized the system he talked about, basically global object storage with real financial backing, we'd be much further along with the web as an operating system. We're paradoxically so close to that now, but so far, for a reason I don't understand. We should start having a public discussion about this. It can't hurt to talk about what-if's instead of barrelling down the same ridiculous cul de sac as we did in the 00's. I've been writing about this since 1994, the loop we refuse to break out of. Well let's start talking about how we break out, because it's not going to "just happen" organically. #

When will ChatGPT be able to do a transcript of an audio file?#

I look forward to the day when I can ask a question on my blog and get an answer, on the blog, from a trusted member of my karass. #

I look forward to the day when I can link to a topic I've written about on my blog without having to depend on Google. I don't think they know I have a blog or have any respect for it. #

Linkblog items for the day.

These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump. salon.com

Harris calls 'hateful rhetoric' surrounding Springfield 'a crying shame.' thehill.com

Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December. techcrunch.com

Dan Rather interview with Ringo Starr. axs.tv

Millions Have Amnesia About the Worst of Trump's Presidency. Memory Experts Explain Why. motherjones.com

Coincidence. CSS was first proposed the same day in 1994 that I started my blog. October 10. Almost 30 years ago. wikipedia.org

To fight climate change, we must create political will. theframelab.org

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