Notices by Claes Wallin ???? (clacke@libranet.de)

> Starting September 1st, I'm shutting down the user-facing portion of invidio.us and stepping away from development. [ . . . ]

> [ . . . ] If you're a patron on Liberapay, I would urge you to switch your donation to iv-org, as that will ensure it goes to the stewards of the project going forward.

> People outside of the former USSR don’t really know about the siege. They often confuse it with the Siege of Stalingrad, by which they mean the Battle of Stalingrad, which was also a big deal, but not like the
Siege of Leningrad.

> 1.5m people died in the siege. It was and remains the largest-ever depopulation of any city in human history.

♲ @emanuele@quey.org: Did you know #Google is collecting data from every page on the open web that relies on Google Fonts?

Here you are some public stats: fonts.google.com/analytics
(the best data, for sure, they will keep for them).

#privacyMatters

♲ @salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org: #HK
mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_…

♲ @progo@noagendasocial.com: Why software developers and engineers don't quit sub-optimal jobs. Dilbert nails it.
dilbert.com/strip/2019-01-27

And finally, a feature that you will not want.

* unix.stackexchange.com/a/46516…

Over many years, people have regularly asked for a terminal emulator where the line progression goes from bottom to top. The idea that they have is that they will find this easier than top to bottom. In response to a recent question in the same vein on Stack Exchange, I have given console-fb-realizer, console-ncurses-realizer, and console-termio-realizer the ability to realize displays with the line progression reversed.

Having used this, it seems to me that people only want this because they have not tried it. Trying it makes a convincing case for not using it. So I have retained this feature in order that, at long last, there is an actual terminal system with this feature that people can try, and come to the same realization. (-:

♲ @sophia@glitterkitten.co.uk: Speaking of masterpieces, I have been shown this on twitspace and feel many of you will appreciate the page layout genius on display (page of a book)

♲ @switchingsocial@mastodon.at: Just got a request about Facebook alternatives on the Fediverse.

There are a number of options, but the one most suitable for non-technical people is probably Friendica.

Friendica's major instances are already federating through ActivityPub (on the development branch of the code), such as:

nerdica.net
squeet.me
libranet.de

Friendica has a Facebook-like interface, and FB-like features such as events and photo albums.

#DeleteFacebook