Meta launches its much-awaited Threads API, letting developer publish posts, fetch content, manage replies, and view analytics, after an API beta in March 2024 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
@erlend@Techmeme@tchambers was trying to see if there are any client apps that have started playing with this API yet. I wonder if you can see any of the ActivityPub work from the API yet
@JamesGleick@cstross
Don’t worry! There’s probably an AI tool that’ll neatly revise it down to the precise target length. Even in iambic pentameter! 😬🤪😁🙄
I've always believed that displaying the software version allowed malicious users to determine which vulnerabilities affect your software.
For example, NodeBB sends x-powered-by header, but only ever sets the value to NodeBB, this has been the case for many years.
The other line of thinking is that relying on security by obscurity is fallacious, but since it's only one facet of a broader security posture (the rest of it being keeping up with updates, writing as secure code as you can, reporting/bounty systems, audits, etc.), I honestly don't see a problem with transmitting as little information as I can.
The downside of hiding that information is that sites that gather statistics on fediverse software use wouldn't be able to discern software versions for NodeBB in their charts, but I don't think that's necessarily a problem.
@darktable Yes, really looking forward! I really love how fast Darktable is evolving. Thanks a lot to all the developers! I am right now editing a whole wedding shooting and I am glad there is no cloud, AI or license bullshit I have to deal with, and no need to use Windows. Just editing images and my customers love the results.
@JamesGleick probably not, maybe Shakespeare but even in that case an American had to reconstruct the theatre because the British were totally uninterested
I always strive to be kind to everyone. This world is hard enough, and you never know what someone is going through.
But the truth is, this kindness never extends inward. It pains me to admit that I'm quite mean to myself—meaner than I've ever been to another person, ever.
I'm working on it, but it's a hard habit to break.
So I want to know: what's one simple thing you do to show yourself some kindness?
I was catching up on some older Scientific American articles and came across this one from March.
It's an article about the problems caused by car dependency, and it hits all of the important parts of a solution (zoning, regulation exceptions for SUVs, free parking, etc).
There are no surprises to anyone who has been orange-pilled, but it's still nice to see this kind of article in the more mainstream press.
@notjustbikes Is it true that most urbanists have better knowledge of cars than average regular drivers? There are so many things people are missing when they are driving, which makes me feel weird.
Your wonderful SUV-bashing video pushed me into a weird rabbit hole about what kinds of cars are in the streets and which kinds of driver behaviour are bad. Turns out there are so many mad people on the road that I was not previously aware of, some of them leaving signs in their cars that can be seen when the car is parked.
For example, I have seen more than one car with stickers on the rear windshield, or something is behind the rear windshield, mostly plushies. This indicates the driver is not using the rear view mirror. Outrageous.
One can usually find bs on their main page, e. g.:
'Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table'
'These Gray Whales Are Shrinking and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why'
We're in the process of adding a basic tagging system to our app. This feels like one of those things we have some pretty established conventions for already in order to make tag-entries exceedingly user friendly on both desktop, mobile et.al., soo
got any good resources for 'Best Practice of Tagging UX'?
@erlend This isn't specifically about tagging, but maybe you'll find it useful: I like to read through the Material Design guidelines because I think they've got nice usage examples and do a good job explaining how things work and why.
@smallcircles I added Fedi Foundation to the list of related initiatives. I marked it as collective, as I found no sign of it being a registered organization. If I should change that or anything else, just let me know.
Yes, collective is probably accurate enough. The e-zine is part of Social Coding movement. Which is called a "movement" as its a loose do-ocracy, not an intentional community.
I'd like to tell a quick story about successful troubleshooting.
A few months ago I rented a scissor lift to install lighting at my new office. When it arrived, the delivery person gave me a quick demo and off he went.
Well, when I went to actually use it - the lift went up by about a foot then stopped and screamed beeps of terror. It was broken!
But the display on the control read "18"
Rather than call the rental company, I searched "sinoboom fault code 18" to see what that meant.
@TechConnectify This!!! I work in IT, and while I appreciate not everyone is knowledgeable about IT, so many seem to lack even the beginning of any troubleshooting skills at all - not just when it comes to computer related things. Might be the reason people so often tell us there is "an error", without specifying any of the information that is right there - they don't seem to get no one has an innate knowledge of every problem and how to fix, but that there is a "process" for it.