James Smith 💾
@floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.
Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Keep forgetting I’m going to #Dragonmeet on Saturday to (amongst other things) have a go at playtesting the little boardgame we made… really ought to update the rules sheet.
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Keep forgetting I’m going to #Dragonmeet on Saturday to (amongst other things) have a go at playtesting the little boardgame we made… really ought to update the rules sheet.
Er, did GitHub always show results from *utterly unrelated repositories* in the issue number autocompletion?
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Er, did GitHub always show results from *utterly unrelated repositories* in the issue number autocompletion?
Had a bit of a look back again at discussion around the #rails leadership problem, and it seems clear that the Rails Core team is 100% on board the DHH train - there seems to be no dissent at all.
So I guess asking them to take action is pointless, and a complete fork is the only way. I wonder […]
So I guess asking them to take action is pointless, and a complete fork is the only way. I wonder […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Had a bit of a look back again at discussion around the #rails leadership problem, and it seems clear that the Rails Core team is 100% on board the DHH train - there seems to be no dissent at all.
So I guess asking them to take action is pointless, and a complete fork is the only way. I wonder […]
So I guess asking them to take action is pointless, and a complete fork is the only way. I wonder […]
@thomasfuchs I was just adding some filename sanitization in @manyfold with Zaru, when I saw your face on the repo, and thought I'd say an immediate thank you ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@thomasfuchs I was just adding some filename sanitization in @manyfold with Zaru, when I saw your face on the repo, and thought I'd say an immediate thank you ❤️
Upgraded to macOS Tahoe over the weekend, and now all my windows seem to have different curvature radii. Thanks Apple, I absolutely hate it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Upgraded to macOS Tahoe over the weekend, and now all my windows seem to have different curvature radii. Thanks Apple, I absolutely hate it.
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Very interested to see MyMiniFactory's Soulcrafted Slicer announcement; a fully open source resin slicer escaping from vendor lock in. This is the way. We'll definitely be looking at supporting this somehow!
https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/soulcrafted-slicer-5006
#3DPrinting #opensource
https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/soulcrafted-slicer-5006
#3DPrinting #opensource
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Very interested to see MyMiniFactory's Soulcrafted Slicer announcement; a fully open source resin slicer escaping from vendor lock in. This is the way. We'll definitely be looking at supporting this somehow!
https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/soulcrafted-slicer-5006
#3DPrinting #opensource
https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/soulcrafted-slicer-5006
#3DPrinting #opensource
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HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
The HTTP QUERY Method
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing. This is similar to POST requests but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.
www.ietf.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
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@Floppy
**Schwing**
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to share your plate
Someone who melts just great
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to calm your cravings
Someone who is grating and waiting
Feeling alone with an empty board
Hunger rising you can't ignore
Pick up the platter, I'll make you […]
**Schwing**
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to share your plate
Someone who melts just great
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to calm your cravings
Someone who is grating and waiting
Feeling alone with an empty board
Hunger rising you can't ignore
Pick up the platter, I'll make you […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@Floppy
**Schwing**
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to share your plate
Someone who melts just great
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to calm your cravings
Someone who is grating and waiting
Feeling alone with an empty board
Hunger rising you can't ignore
Pick up the platter, I'll make you […]
**Schwing**
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to share your plate
Someone who melts just great
Your own personal cheeses
Someone to calm your cravings
Someone who is grating and waiting
Feeling alone with an empty board
Hunger rising you can't ignore
Pick up the platter, I'll make you […]
Making school lunches while listening to Depeche Mode on #6music. Result:
🎶“Your own; personal; cheeses”🎶
Great, that’s gonna be in my head until the day I die, now. Why do I do this to myself?
(And now, you, sorry)
🎶“Your own; personal; cheeses”🎶
Great, that’s gonna be in my head until the day I die, now. Why do I do this to myself?
(And now, you, sorry)
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Making school lunches while listening to Depeche Mode on #6music. Result:
🎶“Your own; personal; cheeses”🎶
Great, that’s gonna be in my head until the day I die, now. Why do I do this to myself?
(And now, you, sorry)
🎶“Your own; personal; cheeses”🎶
Great, that’s gonna be in my head until the day I die, now. Why do I do this to myself?
(And now, you, sorry)
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TIRED: “Like Uber, but for [whatever]”
WIRED: “Like whatever], but decentralized and supported by a thoughtfully structured nonprofit with incentive structure so as to guard against future [#enshittification”
WIRED: “Like whatever], but decentralized and supported by a thoughtfully structured nonprofit with incentive structure so as to guard against future [#enshittification”
sfba.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
TIRED: “Like Uber, but for [whatever]”
WIRED: “Like whatever], but decentralized and supported by a thoughtfully structured nonprofit with incentive structure so as to guard against future [#enshittification”
WIRED: “Like whatever], but decentralized and supported by a thoughtfully structured nonprofit with incentive structure so as to guard against future [#enshittification”
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People should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of the company plastering the fucking "AI Overview" at the top of every search tells the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of the company plastering the fucking "AI Overview" at the top of every search tells the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
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November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I knew putting all the stuff in the same datacentre was a bad idea, but you mean funneling the entire Internet through the same CDN was *also* a bad idea? God, I can't keep up. #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I knew putting all the stuff in the same datacentre was a bad idea, but you mean funneling the entire Internet through the same CDN was *also* a bad idea? God, I can't keep up. #cloudflare
#3dprinting experts, generally my printer is pretty well calibrated these days, so it’s not really a problem, but do you know what can cause this sort of moiré pattern on the first layer? Could it be an artefact of the bed mesh compensation maths, or something mechanical?
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#3dprinting experts, generally my printer is pretty well calibrated these days, so it’s not really a problem, but do you know what can cause this sort of moiré pattern on the first layer? Could it be an artefact of the bed mesh compensation maths, or something mechanical?
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Shouldn’t the text explanation for HTTP 418 be “You’re a teapot.” If the server was a teapot it should be 518.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Shouldn’t the text explanation for HTTP 418 be “You’re a teapot.” If the server was a teapot it should be 518.
How does time even
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How does time even
The Insane Clown Posse school of Physics has another graduate, I see.
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Insane Clown Posse school of Physics has another graduate, I see.
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Twenty-nine years ago on this day, #httpget 0.1 was released.
I found the tool a few days later and within a few months I became the maintainer. We later renamed it. Twice. The last name it got is #curl. It stuck.
httpget was my first insight and lesson into HTTP and since then I have kept […]
I found the tool a few days later and within a few months I became the maintainer. We later renamed it. Twice. The last name it got is #curl. It stuck.
httpget was my first insight and lesson into HTTP and since then I have kept […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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P.S. Thankfully some of you are doing a *fantastic job* at exactly the right kind of takedown, and here is a perfect example.
https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
P.S. Thankfully some of you are doing a *fantastic job* at exactly the right kind of takedown, and here is a perfect example.
https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
James Watson sounds a *lot* like some other people I could mention…
“His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed”
What’s the name of this tendency for people to succeed at one thing to then think they’re right […]
“His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed”
What’s the name of this tendency for people to succeed at one thing to then think they’re right […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
James Watson sounds a *lot* like some other people I could mention…
“His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed”
What’s the name of this tendency for people to succeed at one thing to then think they’re right […]
“His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed”
What’s the name of this tendency for people to succeed at one thing to then think they’re right […]
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We'd very much like to talk to someone who uses something like Patreon subscriptions for working on 3d models for subscribers. We want to be able to support your workflow, and would love to learn from you about what you need.
Boost for reach, or intros to anyone that might be interested in […]
Boost for reach, or intros to anyone that might be interested in […]
Original post on 3dp.chat
3dp.chat
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We'd very much like to talk to someone who uses something like Patreon subscriptions for working on 3d models for subscribers. We want to be able to support your workflow, and would love to learn from you about what you need.
Boost for reach, or intros to anyone that might be interested in […]
Boost for reach, or intros to anyone that might be interested in […]
Call me radical, but I don't think *anyone* should have a trillion dollars' worth of anything.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Call me radical, but I don't think *anyone* should have a trillion dollars' worth of anything.
Mastodon's "apply a mute filter for a certain amount of time" is very useful consider I can't watch Traitors until tomorrow evening (the other viewers in the house are out, and would kill me if I watched it without them).
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mastodon's "apply a mute filter for a certain amount of time" is very useful consider I can't watch Traitors until tomorrow evening (the other viewers in the house are out, and would kill me if I watched it without them).
#mastodonmeuk users; Mastodon 4.5 will *probably* arrive here in a week or so - our hosts @beasts always hold off for a few days to wait for patch releases, just in case of problems. Never fear though, you *will* get the ability to quote post... soon.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#mastodonmeuk users; Mastodon 4.5 will *probably* arrive here in a week or so - our hosts @beasts always hold off for a few days to wait for patch releases, just in case of problems. Never fear though, you *will* get the ability to quote post... soon.