Profile for adele
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- Adële 🐁
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- @adele@social.pollux.casa
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- admin
About adele
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- Smolweb
- https://smolweb.org/
- Static hosting
- https://pages.casa/
- Gemini hosting
- https://pollux.casa/
- Email/XMPP hosting
- https://message.casa/
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aka 아델
#French 🇫🇷 #PHP / #JavaScript and #Java developer
#Korean 🇰🇷 ancestry (but I don’t speak the language)
Into #SmolWeb, #GeminiProtocol, #Smolnet, #LowTech
#ArchLinux / #Debian user
#Markdown 🇲⬇️ enthusiast
Instance running #GotToSocial 🦥
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Today, I have srarted to prepare the garden for the new season. I plan to plant potatoes, beans, courgettes, butternuts, tomatoes and carrots.
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Anyone else using #gotosocial have an issue where most images aren't being downloaded, with a server message similar to this:
"Note from electragicians.space: 1 attachment in this status was not downloaded. Treat the following external link with care:"
I'm wondering if this is normal for GTS, and also if it's possible to turn that behavior off.
Thanks!
Has Trump understood that these tariffs will be paid by Americans? 🤔
@adele I agree and would add another important thing - Europe on the EU level effectively does not have any working card payment system not tied to US (only on the levels of separate states). Block Visa/MC/AmEx and the consequences for the interstate movement of people and goods/money (one of EU pillars) will be devastating.
I can genuinely say that no piece of portable hardware I've ever owned has got as many questions or compliments as my @mntmn Pocket Reform.
What if the U.S. cut off Big Tech from Europe? A nightmare for many European firms
2025-02-02 22:20
Imagine waking up to the news that Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have been ordered by the U.S. government to cease providing their IT services to Europe. No more Azure, no more Google Cloud, no more AWS. The fallout would be immediate and catastrophic for countless European businesses, exposing a deep dependency that few truly acknowledge.
[New Blog Post] - From hugo markdown to gemtext with lowdown
https://bacardi55.io/2025/04/02/from-hugo-markdown-to-gemtext-with-lowdown/
cc @bacardi55
Bringing my blog back to life on #gemini :
- 1/5: Fix export from orgmode: ✅
- 2/5: Convert markdown to gemtext: ✅
- 3/5: Automate capsule build: ✅
- 4/5: Auto deploy after successful build: ✅
- 5/5: Change DNS to new server: waiting for migrating all other capsules first (to change DNS only once - as all capsules have a CNAME entry pointing to my main capsule)
Migrating other capsules to new server:
- Planet Gemini FR (french capsule aggregator): ✅ (new domain: gemini://planet-gemini.fr)
- gemini://houston.gmi.bacardi55.io: ✅ (DNS still pointing to old server)
- gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi55.io: In progress
- gemini://tinylog.gmi.bacardi55.io: In progress
Seems that even with new steps and migrations in the list, I'm getting there for real :-).
Do you use NFS at home? Feels weird to do it without authentication. Do you allow ip ranges? or go wild with kerberos.
I wanted to quickly explain why school kids should learn markdown instead of MS Office, and ended up writing a major Epos on Markdown vs obsolete writing formats:
https://ia.net/topics/markdown-and-the-slow-fade-of-the-formatting-fetish
This is, I kid you not, about 1/6th of what I wrote. I'll publish the rest later.
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Prosody 13.0.0 is here! Farewell Zero-ver!
This major release brings a number of exciting new features, including improved security, performance, and administration tools.
Check it out: https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-13.0.0-released/
#prosody #xmpp
Hard to wake up this Monday after the weekend's hour change. The DST system is really a mess.
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Folks who have a single-person #GoToSocial instance: what's your setup/hosting situation?
I want to try it out but am waffling about whether to go with managed hosting, or a VPS, or what. I may honestly start off by self-hosting with #Yunohost on my old netbook simply because it's the easiest and cheapest.
I've restarted the migration of my phpc.social account to this one. The first time I did it, my #gotosocial instance was not fully operational due to a wasm incompatibility with the server's cpu. Only a quarter of my followers had changed their subscription. I had to wait 30 days before trying again.
Now all my old followers have migrated to my new account 😊
Welcome back! 👋
There are no known security issues with "Siacs OMEMO" / OMEMO v0.3¹ despite of what some very loud Signal fans would like you to believe. It has been audited by a third party² who took a longer look at it than all of the Signal fans combined.
Yes, #OMEMO v0.7+ (or TWOMEMO 😜) is a cleaner spec with more features (most notably Stanza Content Encryption). That’s why we wrote it. I’m a co-author. That doesn’t mean v0.3 is insecure.
¹: https://xmpp.org/extensions/attic/xep-0384-0.3.0.html
²: https://conversations.im/omemo/audit.pdf
If you want to share an account without sharing its email/password you can do it with #Fedilab
You just have to create a token with the Mastodon Web UI (you can customize access read/write).
In the login page of Fedilab there is an option to authenticate an account with a token.
I no longer help friends and family with Windows issues
For years, I was the go-to person whenever a friend or family member had a computer issue. Whether it was a slow system, mysterious pop-ups, unsupported hardware after system update, or software not behaving as expected, I would spend hours troubleshooting and fixing things. But not any more, at least not if the system in question runs Windows (or macOS).
The primary reason I’ve stopped offering tech support for Windows and macOS is simple: they are closed, proprietary systems that take control away from users. Every time I fix a problem, I am reinforcing a system that actively works against the principles of software freedom and user autonomy. These operating systems are designed to restrict what users can do, push unnecessary updates, track their activities, and lock them into ecosystems they can’t easily leave. The last blog post of Microsoft about Windows 11 is a new proof of that, requiring an internet connection and a Microsoft account to use your computer.
Windows is notorious for breaking itself with updates, making a system sluggish or rendering essential hardware useless from one month to the next. macOS, while more stable in some ways, forces users into Apple's walled garden, limiting their choices and making even basic repairs a nightmare. By helping people fix these problems, I was merely patching a system that would continue to cause headaches, rather than encouraging them to look for real alternatives.
There is a better way. GNU/Linux and other free and open-source operating systems give users real control over their computers. Instead of endlessly troubleshooting problems caused by proprietary restrictions, I now encourage people to switch to systems that respect their freedom. If someone comes to me with an issue on Linux, I’m happy to help because I know we are working toward a sustainable solution rather than fighting against a corporation’s interests.
I am not abandoning my friends and family. I still want to help, but in a way that actually benefits them in the long run. If they are willing to move away from Windows or macOS, I will gladly assist with the transition, recommend distributions, and help them learn how to use a free system. But if they choose to remain locked into proprietary software, they will have to rely on someone else or a professional support. I don't force them to change, I'm just not the good person for these systems I don't use myself for two decades. I switched my personal computer with Ubuntu 5.04 (released on April 8, 2005)
This decision wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. Time and again, I saw how much effort went into fixing problems that shouldn’t have existed in the first place. Now, instead of wasting time on broken systems, I put my energy into supporting a future where users have real control over their technology.
If you’re frustrated with your computer’s constant issues, maybe it’s time to consider an alternative. And if you need help making the switch, many Linux users are ready to help you.
And you, using GNU/Linux system, are you always helping on Windows systems ?