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@bender@twtxt.net

“I'm so embarrassed. I wish everybody else was dead.”

@bender@twtxt.net

@zvava how is that client coming along? "/me gently pushes zvava towards a working desk" 😂

Read replies 1 week ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@itsericwoodward your site link on your profile is broken. It goes to https://www.itsericcwoodward.com/, but it should be https://itsericwoodward.com/ (works).

Read replies 1 week ago
@bender@twtxt.net

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

"A proud tradition, but it is hard work. Enter... The Internet!"

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@bender@twtxt.net

So, this happened this morning:

Seemingly caused by rocket boosters returning

Read replies 4 weeks ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Yes, if a twtxt contains something like "(This is a test. Will this work as it should?)", it will show empty on Yarn.

Read replies 2 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

(This is a test. Will this work as it should?)

Read replies 2 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

I came across this on "Why Is SQLite Coded In C", which I found interesting:

"There has lately been a lot of interest in "safe" programming languages like Rust or Go in which it is impossible, or is at least difficult, to make common programming errors like memory leaks or array overruns."

If that's true, then encountering those issues means the programmer is, simply, horrible?

Read replies 2 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Ending three luxurious do-what-I-please weeks; tomorrow is back to work. What do you all do during your break (and this assumes you had one, even if short)? I mostly did nothing, which in itself was truly something! So much, I long to do it all over again. A man can dream, right? Haha!

Read replies 2 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Waiting for @prologic to make it back from his luxurious vacation, to engage on Australia's teen-under-16 social media banning technical, parental, and philosophical discourse.

Read replies 3 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Ah, the collateral damage of ActivityPub bridges...

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@bender@twtxt.net

One can tell holidays are abound; even twtxt slows down to almost a halt.

Read replies 4 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

It is harder to regain ownership of an IRC channel than crossing the Mexico/US border. 😅

Read replies 4 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Bavaria is moving to the Microsoft cloud: The state government intends to conclude a contract with the US corporation by the end of the year for the use of the cloud office package Microsoft 365.

Source: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Bavaria-wants-to-move-to-Microsoft-cloud-by-year-end-11066929.html

🎉🎉🎉

Read replies 4 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@movq streamlining jenny.vim?

index adc0db9..cb54abc 100644
--- a/vim/ftdetect/jenny.vim
+++ b/vim/ftdetect/jenny.vim
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 au BufNewFile,BufRead jenny-posting.eml setl completefunc=jenny#CompleteMentions fo-=t wrap
+au BufRead,BufNewFile jenny-posting.eml normal $
Read replies 5 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

That Manton guy is so incredible dull, not even funny: https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html

Read replies 5 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@aelaraji, I mean to follow up here on the brief exchange we had on irc.mills.io, but I forgot. Never too late, so here it goes:

18:16 <aelaraji> quark 🙏 much appreciated but it won't be necessary, since there isn't much to miss out on in most of  where I hang out, so I could just disconnect and spare everyone else the noise 
18:17 *** aelaraji (aelaraji@776014f5a3edd32f1ed19658b7b85c8c655945b0feacaedd92fe60e61a3c0ae2) has quit (/ME goes "yeeeeet..!")
18:18 <quark> No noise for me. 
18:18 <quark> It’s all good. 
18:18 <quark> What would IRC be without on/offs?
18:19 <quark> Preeeety boring!
18:19 <quark> Ah, he was gone. 
18:19 <quark> Well, I will twtxt this to him.  LOL. 
Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Test.

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@bender@twtxt.net

I would like to wish everyone, including all haters and losers (of which, sadly, there are many) a truly happy and enjoyable weekend!

Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@kat, see this one, regarding "Anubis" (which I believe you use, right?): https://github.com/eternal-flame-AD/pow-buster

Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Old, but as relevant as ever today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZtdmyKlI

Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@zvava I am getting [2025/09/11 12:56:01.816] ⇒ please set config.host when trying to run "bbycll". How to bypass that tiny hurdle?

Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@itsericwoodward, hi there! Welcome to the twtverse! It seems you have a typo on your site address, an extra "c".

Read replies 6 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

This is it, boys and girls! The year of the Linux Desktop is this! I can smell it! :-D

For the first time, Linux has officially broken the 5% desktop market share barrier in the United States of America! It's a huge milestone for open-source and our fantastic Linux community.

Read replies 8 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Can I create a post?

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@bender@twtxt.net

I swear that I have muted all the cat's feeds already. Yet, a new(?) one popped up.

Read replies 9 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Grok's "daddy" teaching it the good stuff early on:

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has been repeatedly mentioning “white genocide” in South Africa in its responses to unrelated topics and telling users it was “instructed by my creators” to accept the genocide “as real and racially motivated”.

Read replies 10 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

"Forgive me for the harm I have caused this world. None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on. I am thankful to have been caught, my fall cut short by those with wizened hands. All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am."

Read replies 10 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

So, Monday, we meet again. I mean, it is not a complain per se. I am glad to meet Monday! I am just not-so-glad to meet the working-from-office Monday. But, so it is.

Read replies 10 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

I wonder if this twtxt will kick Yarnd into working again. There is only one way to find out, right?

Read replies 10 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

This is up @movq ally, a tiny OS that runs in a boot sector. That's, it's only 510 bytes! But check it out, and see what it can do. Truly amazing. Can you beat that?!

Read replies 10 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

I figure Eris is getting and update. A real certificate this time? Time will tell!

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@bender@twtxt.net

Hear, hear, @prologic! :-)

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

I had Chick-fil-A breakfast today (sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit, hash browns, coffee, and orange juice). Then at lunch my work place offered hot dogs. I had two (kosher, if that matters), plus a coke, a macadamia nuts cookie, and a small chocolate brownie.

So, here I am, at home, feeling hungry but guilty and refusing to eat anything else for the rest of the day. To top it off, I have only clocked 4,000 steps today (and I don’t feel like walking). I am going to hell, am I?

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

"Here’s what we do know: After their meeting ended and Vice President Vance left the room, the pope was still alive. We can deduce that he was alive, because he was heard asking an assistant, “Ho appena incontrato il volto del diavolo?” which roughly translates to, “Have I just encountered the face of the devil?” It’s a very common question that has been asked in many languages after encounters with JD Vance."

I couldn't help but chuckling a bit while reading.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Testing mentions, immediately followed by commas. Let's see: @prologic, this one is local, it might not break. Now, this one @movq, isn't local. Nor this @lyse, one. Will they break. Let's find out!

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

This is something for @movq and old OS hobbyists alike: FreeDOS 1.4! Get it while it's hot!

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

"A handbag belonging to the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem containing her passport, department security badge and $3,000 in cash was stolen on Sunday night at a restaurant in Washington, the department confirmed."

Oh dear!

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

I miss @kat. Just sayin'.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@prologic please reply to this one. I want to make sure I am not seeing a ghost here. 😅

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Setting custom primary and secondary colours isn’t working. I tried “red” for first, and “orange” for second. Didn’t work.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

The tiny avatars, as expected (because they showed normal to you too @prologic), do not show under macOS’s Safari, but they do show on iOS’s Safari. It truly is a puzzle.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Conduwit is set to archive on GitHub. It was my favourite Matrix server, which I still self host. I think I am going to get off Matrix altogether now.

Maybe go back to Jabber?

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@prologic page navigation on profiles (mobile, at least) overlaps the collapsed twtxt text area.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

ABC Australia is reporting of a potential market manipulation in the US. Potential? I would call it almost certain. For as much as I would like not to be dragged into politics, it is rather impossible these days.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@bendereapl.me let's see how this mention comes out. I noticed that @kat's pod doesn't have this problem. That is, their mention to you works fine.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

One was able to purchase iPhones on instalments (and interest free), whether they were associated with a carrier, or not. The only way to buy them on instalments now is if the are associated with a carrier; otherwise one gets charged the full amount up front.

So, yeah, going to return a couple of those this weekend.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@prologic, is it my idea, or the size of avatars have gotten smaller?

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Finally lawn is mowed---well, the one at the front, the wild forest in the back will have to wait a bit longer. I haven't clocked my 10,000 steps today, but what I didn't walking, I did through full body "exercise". Will call it a day. 😅

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@kat, your forum (Angel) is dishing out a 502.

Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

@prologic, from IRC:

  1. Saving preferences is failing. Specifically trying to save "Open Links" on the same window. For sure it isn't happening. Check errors on browser's console.
  2. Search results pagination is broken. Search for "twtxt.net" and see it. Also, picking oldest/newest makes no difference on that search query.
Read replies 11 months ago
@bender@twtxt.net

Hey, hey, I am back. I lost all my worthless twtxts, but at least I still have the blackjack and hookers!

Read replies 11 months ago
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