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4.6.0-nightly.2026-03-12
Longer hair than you.
Got the ⏻ symbol into #Unicode.
Open Standards / Source / Data geek.
Known as @Edent@mastodon.social on most social platforms.
Bit obsessed with #SolarPower but not quite a #SolarPunk.
Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Brilliant news! The UK's Labour Government are going to make "plug in solar" legal.
Grab some panels from Lidl, hang them off your balcony or out your window, plug them in to your mains. Done!
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-go-further-and-faster-in-becoming-energy-secure
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Are there any good conferences coming up in London which *aren't* about tech?
I'm bored of watching manels about niche computing concepts, being cornered by cryptobores, and endless discussions about AI.
What fun, ideally free or cheap, conferences can you recommend?
(Personal recommendations please. I know how to search Eventbrite.)
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
"You two have been through thick and thin!"
Which do you think is the good one and which is the bad?
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”
When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.
The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-can-governments-pay-open-source-maintainers/
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#government #money #OpenSource
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
The best edit to see on a #DoctorWho Wikipedia page 😯
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Daleks%27_Master_Plan&action=history
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
What's the largest number of "trusted partners" you've seen in a cookie consent pop-up?
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
We've hit FORTY-THOUSAND entries on https://openbenches.org 🥰
All contributed by people like you.
Thank you to all our wonderful supporters, brilliant photographers, and open source coders.
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
"If it terrible for everyone it isn't an accessibility issue - it is just a bit shit."
Brilliant from @kitation@disabled.social
#Sotb26
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Families And How To Survive Them by John Cleese and Robin Skynner”
★★⯪☆☆
This is a curious and mostly charming book about therapy. It is presented as a (somewhat contrived) Socratic dialogue between Skynner the teacher and Cleese the pupil. Skynner lectures on while Cleese interjects with "that's too clever to be…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/book-review-families-and-how-to-survive-them-by-john-cleese-and-robin-skynner/
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#BookReview
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blog! “AI is a NAND Maximiser”
PC Gamer is reporting that the current demand by AI companies for computer chips is having a disastrous effect on the rest of the industry.
In an interview, the CEO of Phison said:
If NVIDIA Vera Rubin ships tens of millions of units, each requiring 20+TB SSDs, it will consume approximately 20% of last year's global NAND production capacity
駿HaYaO
NAND is a t…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/ai-is-a-nand-maximiser/
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#AI #philosophy
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
> "If NVIDIA's Vera Rubin ships tens of millions of units, each requiring over 20TB of SSD, it will consume approximately 20% of last year's global NAND production capacity
AI is a NAND Maximiser.
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Planning our next Interrail. Any personal recommendations for these cities gratefully received 🙂
🇬🇧 London →
🇩🇪 Hamburg →
🇩🇰 Copenhagen →
🇸🇪 Gothenburg →
🇳🇴 Oslo →
🇸🇪 Stockholm →
🇫🇮 Helsinki →
🇪🇪 Tallinn →
🇱🇻 Riga →
🇱🇹 Vilnius →
🇵🇱 Warsaw →
🇩🇪 Berlin → Munich →
🇮🇹 Verona → Milan →
🇨🇭 Basel →
🇫🇷 Paris →
🇬🇧 London.
If you live in one of them and fancy meeting for a drink, drop me a DM.
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
I'm planning a big Interrail trip this year.
What's the easiest / best / most fun way to meet up with friends for a drink in random cities?
I usually put out a message on social media saying "Anyone in $city fancy a pint tomorrow?"
Is there a way to see which of my friends on Signal / WhatsApp / LinkedIn are in a specific city? Or let them know I'm going to be within 10km of them?
I think I want engineered serendipity. Does that exist?
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blog! “Book Review: On the Calculation of Volume - Solvej Balle”
★★★★★
I had the most intense time reading this book. Do you ever see the date of a famous event and notice that it is also the date of your birthday? When I do, my brain gets a fun jolt of recognition. This book is set perennially on the 18th of November - my birthday. My poor little brain was…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/book-review-on-the-calculation-of-volume-solvej-balle/
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#BookReview
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
(Please don't be a dick in the replies as a muting often ofends.)
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Some interesting (to me) stats from #FOSDEM
Talks about NFTs: 0.
Presentations about the Metaverse: None.
Cryptobros inviting me to a party in order to schill their coin: Zip.
Really enthusiastic LLM users describing how AI has improved their OSS codebase: Zilch.
People complaining about pronouns and codes of conduct: Nada.
"Ironic" hats saying "Make xyz Great Again": Conspicuous by their absence.
What did *you* think was missing from FOSDEM?
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Urgh. Very annoyed with @bitwarden@fosstodon.org
For obvious reasons, I want to move from the .com version to the .eu hosted version.
There's no "one-click" way to do it. Instead, there's lots of exporting data, creating new accounts, importing, deleting old ones.
That wouldn't be so bad, but I have a family plan and would have to do this for several people. That's going to be a logistical nightmare.
Why can't they offer an easy migration to paying customers?
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blog! “Should HTML's code blocks be translated?”
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or Hebrew will show you any weird little layout glitches which might occur.
But mechanical translation is a bit of an unthinking brute. In this example, I had a…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
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#code #HTML #languages
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
🆕 blogging - “Twitter's archive doesn't have alt text - but Mastodon's does!”
Because I don't trust Alan, the Hyperprat who now runs Twitter, I decided to download my Twitter archive before setting my account to dormant. About a decade ago, I wrote about how the Twitter archive works and where it is deficient. Thing…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/twitters-archive-doesnt-have-alt-text-but-mastodons-does/
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#a11y #accessibility #mastodon #MastodonAPI #NaBloPoMo #twitter
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
Longer hair than you. Got the ⏻ symbol into # Unicode . Open Standards / Source / Data geek. Known as @ Edent on most social platforms. Bit obsessed with # SolarPower but not quite a # SolarPunk . Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!
If you want to understand what the #accessibility community have lost with the demise of Twitter - and what Mastodon can do to help - you've got to listen to @tink@front-end.social on the BBC's latest podcast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dfbgsc
(Starts about 24 minutes in - but the whole podcast is great.)