johnke.meRob Shearer outlines some of the issues he sees with Mastodon as it currently stands and, as much as I want Mastodon to work, it’s hard to disagree with a lot of his complaints.
Plus you just have to look at the subtoots his post have generated to see how right he is about the worst of that place.
The thing about Europe is its economy is permanently stuck in the doldrums, a global cautionary tale. And no wonder. Europeans enjoy August off, retire in their prime and spend more time eating and socialising with their families than inhabitants of any other region.
I was not expecting to see such a pro-Europe article from The Economist of all places.
Oh, and no EU leader has ever launched their own cryptocurrency.
YET, Economist. No EU leader has launched their own cryptocurrency YET.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Microsoft, Bill Gates has released this really terrific memoir of how they got started, including the source code for the original Microsoft Basic, which he claims is “the coolest code I’ve ever written”. It’s such a great artifact and the presentation is chef-kiss perfect.
We always get asked “why don’t you ever come to play in XYZ”, and, though flattered, I personally also feel frustrated that there’s a lack of understanding as to the financial restrictions touring bands often face.
Los Campesinos! lay out the economics of what it cost them to put on their recent show in Dublin and it’s pretty eye-opening stuff.
One of the most disappointing git diffs I’ve ever seen.
Gina Trapani has put together a beautiful web-first memoir/memento mori. So simple, so clever.
One step closer to the vision of the internet we were promised in the 90s.
Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool.
Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.
A great set of resources to help people of all levels of technical expertise detach from the modern web. Or, as they put it “return to web 1.5”. I really like that as a phrase.
This isn’t wildly different from Kenji Lopez Alt’s advice, but I’ll use any excuse to add to my cacio e pepe tag.