@bender IRC is so simple and lightweight it can run ANYWHERE and consumes so little resources. And it's intrinsically decentralized and in the hands of its users. Of course, it has many downsides, like no history, no concept of "logging in", it virtually does not exist unless you're present... The learning curve / paradigm shift can be quite steep, it is really really niche. But are those things really downsides? Debatable.

I see this is a reply to @bender's reply to my post (#b36hpsa). You should look into a client that includes hashes / "reply" functionality, or it won't show up as a reply, even for those that follow you.

Welcome to twtxt @Gabe's ! Just started following you.

@bender weechat / IRC seems to be my newest obsession. And by "newest", I mean I'm back to it after a tiny 20 years hiatus. ;-)

@lyse these pics are from late 2023.

I was taking a shower -- we use electric showers in Brazil, and in many other countries in South America. Despite the global widespread GASP whenever this is mentioned, it's a safe thing... if your electrical installation is decent. As this very thread (and the picture) can attest, mine... kinda isn't.

Yet, I didn't die from the shower itself, but I nearly died that day: I was showering, power went out only in the bathroom, and an intense burnt smell and thick smoke were in the corridors of the building (I live in a lower floor). I was half-desperate and half-"gotta act NOW", grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher and dealt with the actual fire that had started into the FUCKING WOODEN ELECTRIC BREAKER PANEL (remember my "sad joke of a infrastructure" comment).

It was not until later that I learned half of the fire extinguishers in the bulding are WATER based and I didn't die by mere chance. Yay.

@lyse these pics are from late 2023.

I was taking a shower -- we use electric showers in Brazil, and in many other countries in South America. Despite the global widespread GASP whenever this is mentioned, it's a safe thing... if your electrical installation is decent. As this very thread (and the picture) can attest, mine... kinda isn't.

Yet, I didn't die from the shower itself, but I nearly died that day: I was showering, power went out only in the bathroom, and an intense burnt smell and thick smoke were in the corridors of the building (I live in a lower floor). I was half-desperate and half-"gotta act NOW", grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher and dealt with the actual fire that had started into the FUCKING WOODEN ELECTRIC BREAKER PANEL (remember my "sad joke of a infrastructure" comment).

It was not until later that I learned half of the fire extinguishers in the bulding are WATER based and I didn't die by mere chance. Yay.

@lyse still not as bad as the time a fire started in the breaker panel for my building and I had to personally put it out myself with a fire extinguisher.

Yeah. It's a peculiar situation.

On one hand, I can count on my fingers (ha! fingers... one hand...) how many power losses we have in a year on the last few decades.

On the other hand, I live in an old part of the town and the infrastructure is equal parts a joke in bad taste, an archeological defiance, and an ugly mistake that needs to be killed with fire. (On second thought, maybe not the last part).

This month we started having power failures only on some apartments, which make no sense at all. When we call the power company, they always promise to send someone to check on it, but the power comes back in one or two hours.

The first time it happened, I suspect it damaged my PC's mainboard and / or GPU, who are both showing random, subtly erratic behaviors.

Don't tease me with a crazy idea! I was only half-joking. Less than half, if I'm being honest.

"Yes... Look at everyone @prologic is following! Next, look at everyone each one of them is following... Next... Hmm... Build a graph of follows and mentions, it'll be so FUN and not at all time-consuming"

-- My evil ADHD brain

I find it hilarious that one of the ingredients of homemade yogurt is... yogurt. It seems part of a nonsense comedy sketch. Or some meta-referential recursive concept. Yes, my sense of humor is weird.

@arne I'm finding that hubs like https://twtxt.net, as a yarn "pod" that indexes a lot of users, works great as a place to find interesting conversations and people to follow.

@dce Does a profound mix of hatred and lethargy for suffering a 40°C+ summer counts as seasonal depression?

@prologic OMG, the yarn.social creator himself replied, what an honor!

@bender Oh, look! There are other humans on this place! (looks at avatar no offense intended, sir) ;P

The absence of a "follow" button isn't enough to stop me! In fact, an even crazier plan is already forming in my mind, where the concepts of "fun" and "pointless, frustrating tech madness for the pure sake of it" a lot of times overlap...

Replies aren't actually broken, I just... need to add myself to the follow list?! That's quite counter-intuitive and (IIRC) not mentioned in the docs. But... It seems to be working now, which is nice (I still don't know how webmentions and webfinger works, so can't speak about this so far)

@prologic I can calculate a hash by hand... Or I can cheat and copy the hash when previewing my own feed at https://twtxt.net ;P

YAY! IT WORKS! (...kinda? Mentions and replies seem broken.)