#indieweb 2024-02-01

2024-02-01 UTC
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[snarfed] (followed up in #indieweb-dev)
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j12t The horrible Web Component hack called annost I just showed: https://github.com/jernst/annost/blob/main/annost.js
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[Al_Abut] Thank you Johan (spelling?) for the very helpful breakthrough in helping explain Web Component for newbies.
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[tantek] who is j12t?
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Loqi https://indieweb.org/User:Upon2020.com
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reillypascal It's getting late on the east coast, so I'm heading out from the Pacific homebrew website club!
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r​eillypascal See everyone next time!
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gRegor 16 people tonight! https://events.indieweb.org/2024/01/homebrew-website-club-pacific-l8jJrVJmiF7q
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] 10 tickets are now available for IWC Brighton 2024 for people who’ve previously attended an IndieWebCamp: https://ti.to/indiewebcamp/brighton-2024/with/previous-indiewebcamp-attendee
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] 15 tickets will be made generally available later today. Let me know if you run into any issues grabbing a ticket.
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] (These are tickets to RVSP for attending in-person, btw)
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capjamesg[d] [Paul_Robert_Ll]++
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Loqi [Paul_Robert_Ll] has 6 karma in this channel over the last year (26 in all channels)
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[Murray] Really wanted to make it down for this, but I just don't think it'll be possible. A major issue is that I won't have access to a laptop for that weekend – slightly limiting! 😄
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[tantek] [Murray] perhaps ask on the wiki page if anyone has / can bring an extra laptop!
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[tantek] Maybe the organizers can find one
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[tantek] A loaner for the weekend
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[Murray] That's a nice idea; I may even have a friend locally I could borrow from, now you mention it. The laptop isn't the only issue right now (and I don't love the idea of trying to set up a dev environment on the fly 😄), but I'll have a think 🙂
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jeremycherfas On balance, and with regret, I am not going to be able to get to Brighton this year.
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] 😥
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jeremycherfas I know; I still need to collect a pint from you. :)
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] Ha! Hopefully a few camps in Germany this year, those might be easier to get to… and I’d be tempted to attend one, too. You’ll get your pint this year, I’m sure!
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capjamesg[d] jeremycherfas I hope to see you at another IWC this year!
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jeremycherfas I'll certainly try.
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sam_b Hi all, nice to meet you! I’m new to the IndieWeb community but am interested in joining the IndieWebCamp in March. I’m not currently blogging regularly but I have a bit of web dev background and am definitely interested in new web stuff, in particular their social effects. If you think those topics are relevant to the event then I’d love to join, but don’t want to take a place away from someone else. Happy to hear your thoughts on this!
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capjamesg[d] Welcome, sam_b!
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capjamesg[d] Do you have a personal website?
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capjamesg[d] Mine is jamesg.blog.
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[Paul_Robert_Ll] Hey sam_b; only requirement for attending an IndieWebCamp is enthusiasm! Be great to see you at the camp in March; tickets to RSVP go live later today.
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irongeek Wow, you blog a lot James. I started to look through your blog, a lot of interesting items to take in. I have been following the IndieWeb scene for a few years but never checked out the IRC channels before.
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sam_b hi James! yes I do - samboyer.uk. haven't updated it in a while though.
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sam_b hi James! yes I do - samboyer.uk. haven't updated it in a while though.
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sam_b hi James! Yes I do - samboyer.uk. haven't updated it in a while though.
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sam_b sorry didn't realise there was a delay haha, only meant to send once.. Thanks for the encouragement Paul! I'll RSVP this evening.
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capjamesg[d] sam_b I love the design of your website!
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capjamesg[d] How does the background work?
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capjamesg[d] irongeek Welcome to the chat!
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bacardi55[m] Thanks for the note of yesterday's EU HWC, nice to be able to read what was discussed :) I'll try to join a future one!
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capjamesg[d] Yay!
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Loqi 😊
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[schmarty] catching up on a few days of discussion. _oof,_ the way the folks announcing the Castro purchase and future app updates feeling the need to specify that they will _not_ be adding chatbot functionality. what a state we are in.
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jacky "we promise that the computer will not try to speak"
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[Al_Abut] @sam_b I love your tagline: “now serving small web pages.” Very artisanal and hand-crafted!
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sam_b @capjamesg[d] loving your site's layout too! very nostalgic backgrounds 😅 my header background is just a tiny webgl shader that works on a small noise texture. it's been through a few iterations to reduce the GPU load, and I've considered removing it in favour of a 'low-tech' page, but hopefully it's worth the 'cost' ^^
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capjamesg[d] sam_b There is a scavenger hunt!
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capjamesg[d] See if you can find all four of the unique backgrounds.
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capjamesg[d] https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/18/scavenger-hunt/
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Loqi [preview] The James' Coffee Blog scavenger hunt
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sam_b haha nice, I'll give it a try later!
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sam_b @Al_Abut thanks! I kinda realised after-the-fact that minimizing the page weight to this extent probably doesn't achieve much, but it's a nice challenge and has accidentally given it an cool-ish aesthetic
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[tantek] [Murray] dev environment? BBEdit has a free fully functional 30-day trial on new installs. That plus the built-in Terminal app should suffice right? :) though I suppose we should chat dev env in #indieweb-dev
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[tantek] very cool and welcome sam_b++
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Loqi sam_b has 1 karma over the last year
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[tantek] You may be interested in the #indieweb-dev as well for more technical discussions of GPU usage, shaders, page weight etc
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m​andaris Hello!
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[Al_Abut] Hi, welcome! Do you have a personal website that you’d like to share?
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m​andaris https://mandarismoore.com
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m​andaris I'm trying to link my name to an event I went to.
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m​andaris https://indieweb.org/events/2024-01-31-hwc-europe
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m​andaris I have a user page
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m​andaris https://indieweb.org/User:Mandarismoore.com
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[Al_Abut] Cool site! I love your dog.
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m​andaris Could someone point me to some documentation to look at
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m​andaris [Al_Abut]: Thank you!
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[Al_Abut] So I think I can help with the linking. Are you able to sign in and edit the page?
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[Al_Abut] If so then you can see that the usernames are in the {{username}} format and that links to the profile.
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[Al_Abut] (I think. Let me check my own advice real quick…)
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m​andaris Yes, I've seen that and I've tried a couple things like {{mandarismoore.com}} and some other permutations
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m​andaris It keeps asking me to make a new page
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m​andaris But I'm not sure if that's correct, since I've already got one.
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[Al_Abut] Oh wait, you’re right. I think David helped me get over that hurdle at a recent meetup and now I forgot how to do it :/
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[Al_Abut] Sorry that wasn’t much help, I’m sure one of the old hands that are comfortable with wikis will chime in soon.
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m​andaris Ok.
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m​andaris Thank you for responding. I didn't want to feel like I'm screaming into the either.
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[Al_Abut] No worries, I’m going to keep tinkering to see if I can figure it out. I’m treating myself to a nice slow morning…
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[Al_Abut] Ah! Found it!
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[Al_Abut] You have to set something called a “chat username” on your user page. You can go to mine and hit edit to see the formatting: https://indieweb.org/User:Alabut.com
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[Al_Abut] See the sidebar off the to right?
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gRegor Welcome, mandaris! These are the steps to set up that little signature template: https://indieweb.org/Template:sparkline#How_to_make_a_small_h-card_template Can help more in #indieweb-dev if you have questions
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[Al_Abut] Here comes the cavalry, thanks [gRegorLove]
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gRegor Recommend not using your .com in that name btw, rather your chat nickname or similar
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gRegor in that *template name, that is
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Loqi hey gRegor, it looks like this conversation is getting pretty technical (template), can you take it to #indieweb-dev?
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gRegor shh, I did!
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[Al_Abut] 😂
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gRegor Can't please these bots
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m​andaris LOL
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m​andaris I've got to disconnect but I'll come back and set it up later
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m​andaris Thanks!
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gRegor Welcome!
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cambridgeport90 I figured I would run this by you guys...just ran across the disroot Searx instance (apps.disroot.org) and it appears that they have been suspended by three search engines for too many requests; Duckduckgo, quant, and Brave. are those not alternatives to the big three, hence should allow more requests by default?
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[tantek] this sounds like a #indieweb-dev question
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