Profile for adele
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- Adële 🐁
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- @adele@social.pollux.casa
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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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@adele they're so much easier to type on a regular keyboard compared to the emoji that need to be searched and selected! I get a unique "disappointment and rage" feeling when I type an ASCII smiley and it gets autoincorrected to the emoji variant.
>:(
New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️
➡️ https://www.burgeonlab.com/blog/customize-retext-markdown-editor/
My full guide on how to customize the look and feel of ReText (Python Markdown Editor)! I'm quite happy with this post—one of those "learning while doing" type scenarios.
I've written about #ReText before, so if you're interested in trying a new #markdowneditor, read the first post too on how to install it on macOS.
https://github.com/retext-project/retext
#blogging #blogs #hugo #weblog #smallweb #markdown #python #FOSS
The charm of ASCII smileys :-)
Nowadays, it's easy to forget about ASCII smileys. These simple text faces were the first way to show feelings online. They have a special place in the history of the internet and in my heart.
A bit of history
The story of ASCII smileys starts in the early 1980s. Back then, the internet was just beginning, and people mostly communicated through text. Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist, had an idea. He suggested using :-) for jokes and :-( for serious comments. This small idea changed how we talk online forever.
Simple and for everyone
ASCII smileys are wonderfully simple. Unlike today's emojis, they look the same no matter where you see them. In an email or a text message, they always look familiar. This makes them a reliable way to share feelings.
But their simplicity is deceptive. With just a few keystrokes, you can make many different expressions. Some examples for youngest readers:
;-)for a wink:-Dfor a big grin:'(for crying>:-(for anger:-/for skepticism
These little combinations let us express a lot, even in plain text.
A touch of nostalgia
For those of us who remember the early days of the internet, ASCII smileys bring back memories. They remind us of simpler times, of chat rooms and the first social media sites.
Using ASCII smileys today can be a fun way to remember the past. It connects us with others who share those memories. It's a small way to celebrate how digital communication has evolved.
A spark of creativity
ASCII smileys also encourage creativity. With just a few characters, you can make unique faces. This adds a personal touch to your messages. For example, ^_^ can show a playful tone, and :-| can show indifference.
This creativity can be fun. Challenge your friends to make their own smileys. Use them to add a personal touch to your messages. I like and often use ^^. I remember a friend using o_0 because of his asymmetrical face caused by a childhood illness, we knew it was him when we read the forum posts!
Why they still matter
Even with all the new emojis, ASCII smileys are still around. They are used in emails, texts, and forums. Their appeal is in their simplicity and universality.
ASCII smileys are a nice return to basics. They remind us that simple things can be very effective. They also allow us to send plain text emails without worrying about compatibility issues.
So next time you write a message, think about adding an ASCII smiley. It's a small way to connect with the past and add a bit of personality to your words.
@thecannaisseur the EU is constantly trying to break encryption with their "chat control" movement, just hosting yet another centralized instance of #Signal will not solve the real problem, we need a decentralized resilient messenger like #DeltaChat, #xmpp, etc.
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/what-is-mistral-ai-everything-to-know-about-the-openai-competitor/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
100 000 signatures contre la loi Duplomb, c'est fait !
Désormais, l'objectif est d'obtenir 500 000 signatures pour obtenir un débat à l'Assemblée nationale. Lien vers la pétition et les explications ici : https://bonpote.com/une-petition-en-ligne-obtient-100000-signatures-contre-la-loi-duplomb/
OK, writers! Starting a new writing project. Any alternatives to Scrivener that are FOSS and work on Linux? I also need to be able to add end/footnotes and have them be exported.
Boosts appreciated!
@box464 Some advice for the over-domained.
https://evanp.me/2024/11/16/how-to-register-just-enough-domains/
Wonderful summary of @valhalla 's talk at #DebConf25 about #xmpp
https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2025/07/15-federated-instant-messaging-100-debianized/index.html
It's a perfect summary of my own toughts about it as well! Waiting for the video ...
Italian translation: https://www.resolutions.it/nextcloud/s/DWMXoA42ZDyYKKW
For those in the #OldComputerChallenge in need for a lightweight #web browser, #Dillo can be built from source in under 10 minutes from old CPUs (let us know otherwise).
We always welcome new pictures for the gallery: https://dillo-browser.github.io/gallery/
@adele any particular favorite CLI/TUI tools recently?
I recently discovered helix editor and have been enjoying that. (And already miss a lot of its keyboard navigation when I’m back in other editors.)
And I started using jj-vcs as a better git client.
When I write scripts for myself these days, I use Deno because you can easily include dependencies in a single file. I recommend https://jsr.io/@david/dax for easy shell scripting and prompting.
I released my tool for serving #gemini text over http.
https://jsr.io/@nfnitloop/gemi
It’s very simple. But that’s partly the point.
#smallweb #projectgemini #geminiproject #geminiprotocol #gemtext
Watch Queen’s Brilliant Live Aid Performance: It Happened 40 Years Ago Today (July 13, 1985)
https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/watch-queens-brilliant-live-aid-performance.html
No-AI and solid end-to-end encryption is the new tech hype.
If you don't invest heavily in solid end-to-end encryption, privacy-protective and No-AI features, you will be left behind. People might even laugh at you.
Tell everyone.
I set up a #prosody #xmpp server, and I liked it. I tested both Linux and Android clients. I hit a wall getting people self-registered via #iOS. Self-reg works on #monal, but confuses the users with the default server so they always screw that part up. Even once logged in, I can't really recommend it. #snikket would have been perfect, but it obscures the usernames in group chats so as to be functionally useless. #siskin fails on self-registration, but everything else about it is good.
I'm a Debian user and supporter and have been for longer than many of the folks I follow here on Mastodon have been alive. Yeah, I'm old. Shut up! 😂
Anyway, this blog post by @markpitblado is great and hits on many of the reasons why I've been a Debian user for so many years.
https://www.markpitblado.me/blog/one-year-in-debian-feels-like-home/
#linux #debian
Anyone running @gotosocial know why I might be seeing a lot of posts with images missing and instead messages like this:
> Note from <server>: 1 attachment in this status was not downloaded. Treat the following external link with care...
and in the log, lots of messages like this:
> func=dereferencing.(*Dereferencer).fetchStatusAttachments level=WARN msg="partially loaded attachment: processMediaSafeley: error loading media https://blablabla.social/xyz.jpg: store: error draining data to tmp: context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout or context cancellation while reading body)"
#gotosocial
https://news.itsfoss.com/libreoffice-markdown-support/
LibreOffice is FINALLY working on adding Native Markdown support!!
Took them long enough!!
Mastodon API: fixed a regression (introduced in previous version in the "boosts disappear in Tusky" fix) that interrupted timelines.
https://comam.es/what-is-snac
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse