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Asterisk πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Linux enthusiast and Canadian

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πŸŒ‰ bridged from https://social.linux.pizza/@asterisk on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Wrote a small sequel to my last #bluesky post.

https://asterisk.lol/blog/interop/

#blog
On Interoperability
Interopability is more than just two web UIs.
asterisk.lol
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
https://asterisk.lol/blog/atproto-is-a-lie

In tech circles a lot of people have been talking about ATProto as the future of social media or building their latest flashy social network built with it, alongside companies trying to get in as well. The whole thing looked owned by one company with […]
Original post on social.linux.pizza
social.linux.pizza
February 1, 2026 at 10:28 PM
@jd Loops is a Canadian self-hostable Fedj alternative.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Priorities
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
@Gargron At this point I'd just use @FreeTube
Frees you from the recommendation-filled home page, ads, Youtube's horrible search bar and has support for external video players, Invidious, and downloads.

https://freetubeapp.io
FreeTube (@[email protected])
19 Posts, 21 Following, 3.11K Followers Β· FreeTube is an Open Source YouTube client for Windows, Mac, and Linux focused on privacy and convenience.
fosstodon.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@molly0xfff Noticed an issue with the definition box for "flash loan attack" on @web3isgreat
March 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@thelinuxcast You mean conservatives ("right" doesn't really mean anything since the typical definitions people use to define "left" and "right" break down fast). Conservatives call what they hate woke, liberals call it far-right.
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Asterisk πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
I am not really comfortable with uutils, sadly.
Even thou a rewrite in Rust is a nice idea, and I do like the initiative - I do not like the MIT-licensing at all.

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Asterisk πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
University professor, circa 2010 : You can’t trust Wikipedia. You cannot use it for your essay.

University professor, circa 2025 : Here are powerpoint sildes on how to use ChatGPT to do your essay.

Personal conclusion: the only problem with Wikipedia was that it was not corporately owned and […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
February 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5kprsqawucwuvso2ehagzq2r" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@ploum They own Teslas and MacBooks.
February 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@zstg @thelinuxcast

Not perfect yet since it was never focused on making migration for devs easy.
January 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
asterisk.lol
January 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM