mikael @mikael@mastodon.online

Feeling very happy with my dithering CLI. I was developing and using it today, to create an example image for the README. Felt fun and powerful to use, it has all the features I want.

Here's a sneak peak of the interface. It'll probably be released this weekend.

didder -i david.png -o david_dithered.png --palette 'black white' --recolor 'black F273FF' --upscale 2 bayer 4x4

Now that Signal is bundling a shitcoin and everyone is saying “b-but I just convinced like all 127 of my friends to switch from WA”, I feel I need to link this article again: Whatsapp and the domestication of users

Sequel: Keeping platforms open.

Platforms covered across both articles:

WhatsApp
Firefox + the Web
Signal
XMPP
Email
Matrix
(briefly) programming languages

Recognize the potential consequences of getting everyone on a platform before you make recommendations.

Reblogs welcome.

Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/leaked-phone-number-of-mark-zuckerberg-reveals-he-is-on-signal/ar-BB1fjNfL

Seriously considering where I can use this license:

https://github.com/scanlime/bandsocks/blob/master/LICENSE.md

Nokia Bell Labs has transferred Plan9 to the Plan9 Foundation. Editions 1, 2, 3 and 4 have now been released under MIT license by the foundation. Enjoy

http://p9f.org/dl/index.html

#plan9 #9front #OpenSource #free #research #os #glenda #experimental #nonprofit

Browser Tabs: They are weird because users tend to place tabs that "belong together" in close proximity on the 1-dimensional tab row, like 2 web pages they want to switch quickly in between. However, tabs are exactly the tool that _prevent_ seeing both pages at the same time.

So users sit in front of a 27" 4k screen with one fully maximized browser window and switch tabs of web pages that display type at 5cm character height. (Exagerating but you get the idea.)

1/4

Update on the announced self-hostable #bandcamp alternative: Got tons of work done on the foundation over the last days (architecture, reading, transcoding, caching, syncing, configuration, cli arguments, ...). Today was the first time I did some design exporation (first glimpses attached - these are already in-browser screenshots of the functional interface, not mockups :)). I'm developing out in the open at https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

white people getting vaccinated at almost 2x the rate of black people in america.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56405199

don't worry though github stopped calling it "master"

The waiting list is growing for US customers! 🇺🇸

We hope we can soon add a new US-compatible smartphone model with /e/OS that will be available in quantities 📱📱📱📱📱📱

#degoogled #smartphones #auditableprivacy #opensource

https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-free-android-smartphones-are-now-available-in-the-us

Announcing my latest open source project, in collaboration with @carl

🌵 Cactus Comments - Federated web comments, based on the Matrix protocol.

Docs: https://cactus.chat/
Demo: https://cactus.chat/demo
Source: https://gitlab.com/cactus-comments

We launched this long-term subscription last year, to look to our next 5 years of building a calm, independent company that'll still be here decades from now.

After other VC-funded companies have come and gone, we'll still be here, answering only to the people who use our software -- because they're the ones who help keep our lights on.