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Reply to The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions
In reply to Terence Eden, Dan says that he considers it's morally-acceptable for a personal website to take a reactive approach to the moderation of comments syndicated via WebMentions, and explains why.
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Geohashing expedition 2022-12-02 51 -1
This hashpoint looked like it'd be a walk in the park, but it nearly ended up as a battle with bullocks.
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Announcers and Automation
A friend of mine used to do railway station announcements and was so good that he could do it from memory. That job now belongs to a computer. And that's fine.
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Things The Other Child Did Wrong That Lead To The Fight that I've heard so far today:
Clapped too loudly
Sang too loudly
Sang too quietly
Sang the wrong words
Put their feet too close to the dog
Ate the last grape
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Posted a note for GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing
This checkin to GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Following feedback, I've tweaked the hint.
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The Far Side in FreshRSS
The proxy I implemented to bypass The Far Side's lack of an RSS feed is now unnecessary, because FreshRSS is better than ever.
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Breakups as HTTP Response Codes
408: Request Timeout = "You keep saying you'll propose, but you never do", and 18 other HTTP response codes expressed as relationship breakdowns.
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Sisyphus: The Board Game (Digital Edition)
I implemented a terrible digital version of a truly stupid board game idea. My excuse is illness, I guess?
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When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins
Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.
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Found GCA28T9 "Look Mummy, It's a Log"
I was just barely pipped to the post for a FTF by runmc while out walking the dog.
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Spring '83 Came And Went
As the sun begins to set on Spring '83, I finally finish implementing my server for the protocol, way too late for anybody to pay attention or notice.
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Oxford Geek Nights #52
Oxford Geek Night returned this week after an incredibly-long hiatus, and it was amazing.
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Finally got around to implementing a super-lightweight (~20 lines of code, 1 dependency) Spring '83 key generator. There are plenty of others; nobody needs this one, but it's free if you want it:
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Finger Portal to WordPress Blog
Has anybody ever made a Finger-to-WordPress gateway before? No? Can you imagine why that might be?
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Counselling and Constellations
What do counselling and constellations have in common? They can both be about picking points and drawing lines between them.