# Twtxt is an open, distributed microblogging platform that
# uses human-readable text files, common transport protocols,
# and free software.
#
# Learn more about twtxt at  https://github.com/buckket/twtxt
#
# This is hosted by a Yarn.social pod twtxt.net running yarnd 0.8.0@d074171
# Learn more about Yarn.social at https://yarn.social
#
# nick        = stutteringsteve
# url         = https://twtxt.net/user/stutteringsteve/twtxt.txt
# avatar      = https://twtxt.net/user/stutteringsteve/avatar
# description = https://peguero.xyz
#
# followers   = 19
# following   = 2
#
# follow = adi https://twtxt.net/user/adi/twtxt.txt
# follow = jlj https://twt.nfld.uk/user/jlj/twtxt.txt
#

2021-09-26T20:34:25Z	My first post on a derivative of Yarn, coming to you from beautiful Hoboken, NJ.
2021-09-27T21:22:22Z	@<eldersnake https://twtxt.net/user/eldersnake/twtxt.txt> @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> (#<5ddqiwa https://twtxt.net/search?tag=5ddqiwa>) I just had to add those last two lines to gift wrap that post!
2021-09-27T21:27:53Z	If anyone happens to follow my blog via RSS and noticed how I changed the title of my first blog post a few times, my apologies! That's an old habit from use of social media that I'm going to personally work to prevent doing.
2021-09-29T14:01:29Z	Reading over Hacker News, I was not previously aware of server-side tagging (tracking). The engineers working for that Mountain View, CA business are clever bastards, I will give them that. It illustrates their disrespect towards those who wish not to be tracked and their determination to impose themselves by any possible means. I will do my best to circumvent that technology, also. Surveillance capitalism must not succeed.
2021-09-29T14:28:29Z	(#<cwjkosq https://twtxt.net/search?tag=cwjkosq>) In the meantime, I have begun to migrate most of my website over to the new Gemini protocol, which has been deliberately designed to account for the World Wide Web's privacy shortcomings and prevent tracking from advertising companies.
2021-09-29T15:16:43Z	(#<wxpxwia https://twtxt.net/search?tag=wxpxwia>) The moment when, to my displeasure, I discovered server-side tagging. Looks like we got some more circumvention to work on, people.
2021-09-29T15:18:04Z	(#<wxpxwia https://twtxt.net/search?tag=wxpxwia>) I want to figure out how to determine who has implemented this technology on their web servers and forever boycott them thereafter. I'm going to begin practicing a no-javascript policy, with exception of select few websites, and closing unnecessary accounts, even at the cost of convenience.
2021-09-29T15:28:28Z	(#<wxpxwia https://twtxt.net/search?tag=wxpxwia>) I really am beginning to think it is also imperative that we ween ourselves off our web dependency and go back to basics (i.e. pre-2007 computing and life).
2021-09-29T15:49:16Z	@<adi https://twtxt.net/user/adi/twtxt.txt> (#<wxpxwia https://twtxt.net/search?tag=wxpxwia>) The beginning of the smartphone (iPhone).
2021-09-29T16:10:38Z	(#<cwjkosq https://twtxt.net/search?tag=cwjkosq>) @<adi https://twtxt.net/user/adi/twtxt.txt> I'm working on Gemini support at the moment. I'm rewriting `mkws` in such a way to work with both Gemini and WWW content with ease. ;)
2021-09-29T16:16:50Z	From Hacker News:

> "The issue is that people like this fetishise avoiding tracking. [...] Do they ideologically disagree with large companies gathering data?"

Bingo.
2021-09-29T16:32:24Z	(#<hkhwf2q https://twtxt.net/search?tag=hkhwf2q>) When justifying privacy, especially within the realm of software, the most important and persuasive point to note is ***"preventing malicious actors from inflicting harm upon others."***
2021-09-29T17:17:55Z	@<adi https://twtxt.net/user/adi/twtxt.txt> (#<oplp4sa https://twtxt.net/search?tag=oplp4sa>) Check one of those two crypto wallets for a new transaction within the next few minutes.
2021-09-29T17:27:46Z	@<stutteringsteve https://twtxt.net/user/stutteringsteve/twtxt.txt> (#<hkhwf2q https://twtxt.net/search?tag=hkhwf2q>) In addition to ***“preventing malicious actors from inflicting harm upon others"***, I would also include ***"preventing discriminatory practices"*** for good measure.

However, depending on the motive behind and the consequences of a situation of discriminatory practice, you could connect it to the former statement.
2021-09-29T17:42:36Z	@movq (#<wxpxwia https://twtxt.net/search?tag=wxpxwia>) Precisely! 2007, with the introduction of smartphones, was the very beginning of, in my opinion, the software and hardware industry's decline; from user-hostile interfaces and planned obsolescence, to boundless tracking and everything in between. They really began to rear their ugly heads sometime after 2012, when flatness and bright colors became the stylistic standard across tech. I believe the rise of this stylistic standard has been tech's attempt to seem (disingenuously) innocuous at face value while hiding their true intentions.
2021-10-02T08:15:36Z	It just occurred to me that I cannot play M3U playlist files on iOS, not even from within VLC. Once again (but worth iterating), these smartphones are built as mere appliances and do not behave as real computers. It's the little things such as this that irritate me about this form factor.
2021-10-04T19:29:40Z	Re: [Facebook-owned sites are down (Hacker News)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28748203)

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**Good riddance.**

May Twitter and TikTok 404 next, so Americans can finally cease their cultural "war" and become a humble people again.
2021-10-04T20:12:42Z	From @todd-davies at Hacker News:

>Perhaps allowing Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to merge was efficient after all - now that they have synchronized outages, people finally have a chance to get on with their lives, free of clickbait news and misinformation.

Agreed.
2021-10-08T15:05:41Z	With the variety of music I listen to that derives from London, I'm going to outright say that I musically identify as British.
2021-10-08T15:14:34Z	Being an American, as much as I want Amsterdam to be my first visit to a European city for its extensive bicycle infrastructure, human-first urban design and astonishing architecture, London's long-time music scene is awfully enticing.
2021-10-12T18:29:51Z	Leave it to Microsoft to display this message without detailing why.

![](https://twtxt.net/media/7S3WB63ge8ccxt6BVjjtZW)
2021-10-12T18:36:54Z	(#7wpqhsq) @<jlj https://twt.nfld.uk/user/jlj/twtxt.txt> Is this how you're able to host `twt.nfld.uk`? I might give this a try myself.
2021-10-12T19:13:06Z	I'm (symbolically) blocking Twitter at the transport layer, too. Their platform, much like Facebook, continues to socially tear us apart with their psychologically exploitative algorithms. I've had enough.

```
% nc -vw 1 twitter.com 80

nc: connect to twitter.com (104.244.42.129) port 80 (tcp) failed: Connection refused
```
2021-10-12T19:27:12Z	(#67clxvq) I did, and I believe a TPM 2.0 module is what's required at this rate, but additional details would be nice to have, just as a confirmation of sorts. Considering that this installer can display this message, it should not be out of the realm of possibility to programmatically print a list of what's required within the same window.
2021-10-12T19:31:24Z	(#vvfvttq) Simple and concise, the way a web site should be. 👍
2021-10-12T19:42:35Z	(#74hqt5q) Goddamned Californians, depriving us of even our interpersonal relationships, and for your monetary gain.
2021-10-14T07:05:36Z	@<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> (#2tn5zmq) And doesn't manipulate its users!
2021-10-14T07:09:38Z	@<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> (#74hqt5q) My original post should say "for *their* monetary gain", but I can't make an edit any longer. 😢
2021-10-14T07:12:58Z	(#7wpqhsq) @<jlj https://twt.nfld.uk/user/jlj/twtxt.txt> I'll test this on a VPS in the coming days. That's wicked impressive.
2021-11-24T22:13:17Z	I'm finally beginning to delve into containers on Linux, after many years of assuming (since 2014) that containerization would be just another bygone, short-lived trend in IT history. This was such poor judgement on my part. I'm starting off with Podman outright.

I do wish introduction articles and other related content pertaining to containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes) were explained in plain English. I know I'll eventually understand this particular technical jargon that some DevOps people have zealously published online thus far.
2021-11-24T22:29:39Z	(#kztamfq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> This should be forever pinned, because that is, by far, the simplest explanation of Linux containers I have seen yet. I've thought of containers as a special chroot concept of sorts. Glad to know I wasn't wrong with that assumption!
2021-11-24T22:32:30Z	(#kztamfq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Lol, I'm honestly still trying wrap my head around Kubernetes. It's seemingly an Ansible with far greater capabilities. In practice, is Kubernetes supposed to replace Ansible?