Profile for adele
- Display name
- Adële 🐁
- Username
- @adele@social.pollux.casa
- Role
- 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/
Bio
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 🦥
fr / en
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🆕 blog! “I'm never going back to Matrix”
I should love Matrix. It is a decentralised, privacy preserving, multi-platform chat tool. Goodbye Slack and your ridiculous free limits. Adiós Discord and your weird gamification. Suck it IRC with your obscure syntax and faint stench of BO. WhatsApp and Telegram can stick their heads in a bucket of lukewarm sick and sing sea …
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/
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#foss #Matrix #OpenSource #rant
🎉 My photographs are featured in National Geographic!
NatGeo scoured my website, picking their favourites from my huge portfolio of beautiful #LostPlaces. They chose to feature places all from my home country of #England, amazing!
Thanks to #NationalGeographic for featuring my work, this is definitely a proud moment and a milestone for my journey as a #photographer.
The full feature now live, on their Dutch-language platform - https://www.nationalgeographic.nl/fotografie/a62133950/urbex-locaties-engeland
Windows market share in Germany drops to 69.78%, down nearly 10 points in a year 📉
Meanwhile, macOS rises to 19.59%, driven by user demand for privacy & seamless integration 🍏
Linux more than doubles to 5.49%, reflecting growing interest in open-source, secure, and flexible systems 🐧
#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS #MacOS
EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/s/YxmPgFes8a
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44705240
Some ramblings on "The Small Web"
https://www.nfnitloop.com/blog/2025/07/smallweb/
This self-hosted knowledge aggregator would have made my student days so much easier
https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-knowledge-aggregator-would-have-made-student-days-easier/
Having your own website is not going to fix democracy, or topple the online pillars of capitalism - but it's making a political statement nonetheless. It says "I want to carve my own space on the web, away from the corporations". I think this is a radical act. It was when I originally said this in 2022, and I mean it even more today.
https://localghost.dev/blog/this-page-is-under-construction/
In case you missed it, there are lots of news and media accounts you can follow on the Fediverse:
➡️ https://fedi.directory/news-media
Before you follow, you might want to familiarise yourself with Mastodon's Lists feature. There's a complete guide to using Mastodon Lists at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon
Some of the news accounts post extremely frequently, and Mastodon's Lists feature provides a way of following such accounts without overwhelming your main timeline.
My game will be about the same price as a cheap lootbox but instead of a chance on an item you get a full game without micro-transactions 😁
If you don't know the universal hand signal for help, please check this out. I just learned myself, years after it was created. It could save a life. The fingers folding over the thumb is to represent being trapped. Please boost for everyone
An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
The Document Foundation, which developers LibreOffice, is mad at Microsoft for the levels of complexity in the Microsoft 365 document format. They claim Microsoft intentionally makes this format's XML schema as complex and obtuse as possible to lock users into the Microsoft Office ecosystem.
This artificial complexity is charact
https://www.osnews.com/story/142851/an-artificially-complex-xml-schema-as-a-lock-in-tool/
Hello les mastonautes. J'ai 12 abonnés ici mais ça se tente ;)
Je cherche dans la région lyonnaise, une association promouvant le logiciel libre et qui pourrait intervenir dans le reconditionnement d'ordinateurs pour les envoyer à Cuba. Un ami a des machines en nombre, la logistique pour les expédier, et les contacts pour la distribution gratuite sur place. Le problème ce sont les licences, il y a beaucoup de Windows craqués, et ma suggestion est d'expédier des machines pré-installées avec une distribution Linux.
Est-ce que ça existe, comme objectif d'une association ? Et est-ce d'ailleurs une meilleure idée que d'envoyer les machines nues ?
@adele “I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile — some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question.” So close! Nabokov, 1969.
@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
