Context for those who don’t know: Epic Games is the company behind the hugely popular video game Fortnite. As far as I know, the core game is still free-to-play and supported by microtransactions. It’s available on Windows, consoles, and mobile platforms. They sued Apple a few years ago because they felt the 30% cut Apple takes for in-app purchases was unreasonable and that they should be allowed to distribute their software independently of the App Store. It didn’t turn out so well for them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple

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More thoughts about changes to twtxt (as if we haven’t had enough thoughts):

  1. There are lots of great ideas here! Is there a benefit to putting them all into one document? Seems to me this could more easily be a bunch of separate efforts that can progress at their own pace:

1a. Better and longer hashes.

1b. New possibly-controversial ideas like edit: and delete: and location-based references as an alternative to hashes.

1c. Best practices, e.g. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

1d. Stuff already described at dev.twtxt.net that doesn’t need any changes.

  1. We won’t know what will and won’t work until we try them. So I’m inclined to think of this as a bunch of draft ideas. Maybe later when we’ve seen it play out it could make sense to define a group of recommended twtxt extensions and give them a name.

  2. Another reason for 1 (above) is: I like the current situation where all you need to get started is these two short and simple documents:
    https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/twtxtfile.html
    https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/discoverability.html
    and everything else is an extension for anyone interested. (Deprecating non-UTC times seems reasonable to me, though.) Having a big long “twtxt v2” document seems less inviting to people looking for something simple. (@prologic@twtxt.net you mentioned an anonymous comment “you’ve ruined twtxt” and while I don’t completely agree with that commenter’s sentiment, I would feel like twtxt had lost something if it moved away from having a super-simple core.)

  3. All that being said, these are just my opinions, and I’m not doing the work of writing software or drafting proposals. Maybe I will at some point, but until then, if you’re actually implementing things, you’re in charge of what you decide to make, and I’m grateful for the work.

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HP Is Adding AI To Its Printers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCWorld, written by Michael Crider: The latest perpetrator of questionable AI branding? HP. The company is introducing “Print AI,” what it calls the “industry’s first intelligent print experience for home, office, and large format printing.” What does that mean? It’s essentially a new beta software driver package for some HP printers. According to the press release, … ⌘ Read more

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In-reply-to » I'm experimenting with SQLite and trees. It's going good so far with only my own 439 messages long main feed from a few days ago in the cache. Fetching these 632 rows took 20ms:

Three feeds (prologic, movq and mine) and my database is already 1.3 MiB in size. Hmm. I actually got the read filter working. More on that later after polishing it.

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Some more arguments for a local-based treading model over a content-based one:

  1. The format: (#<DATE URL>) or (@<DATE URL>) both makes sense: # as prefix is for a hashtag like we allredy got with the (#twthash) and @ as prefix denotes that this is mention of a specific post in a feed, and not just the feed in general. Using either can make implementation easier, since most clients already got this kind of filtering.

  2. Having something like (#<DATE URL>) will also make mentions via webmetions for twtxt easier to implement, since there is no need for looking up the #twthash. This will also make it possible to make 3th part twt-mentions services.

  3. Supporting twt/webmentions will also increase discoverability as a way to know about both replies and feed mentions from feeds that you don’t follow.

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I’m not writing on ‘twtxt’ as much as I did in 2021-2022. While it has many advantages, I couldn’t get my close circle to join.

As part of my focus on digital minimalism, I aim to only use services that bring joy, value, and spark interesting conversations within the community.
That’s why I’m considering suspending my twtxt, switching to microblog on other platforms.

If anything of what I’ve written is interesting for you, or want to chat, you can find me on various platforms here:
https://text.eapl.mx/microblogging

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In-reply-to » I’m not advocating in either direction, btw. I haven’t made up my mind yet. 😅 Just braindumping here.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de going a little sideways on this, “*If twtxt/Yarn was to grow bigger, then this would become a concern again. But even Mastodon allows editing, so how much of a problem can it really be? 😅*”, wouldn’t it preparing for a potential (even if very, very, veeeeery remote) growth be a good thing? Mastodon signs all messages, keeps a history of edits, and it doesn’t break threads. It isn’t a problem there.😉 It is here.

I think keeping hashes is a must. If anything for that “feels good” feeling.

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Happy Birthday my Son, I guess you are still camping and celebrating your special day with family.
You were born on a Wednesday on 15 September 1982 at Belmont Hospital, which is a lovely low set place outside Newcastle, as you were brought home to live with my Mum and Dad at Sunshine in our first few months as a married couple, at Sunshine near Morriset NSW. Enjoy your special day.

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In-reply-to » Apple Stands By Decision To Terminate Account Belonging To WWDC Student Winner TechCrunch's Sarah Perez reports: Apple is standing by its decision to terminate the Apple Developer Account of Appstun, a mobile app company created by one of Apple's own Worldwide Developer Conference 2021 student winners. According to an announcement published on Appstun's website, Apple moved to terminate the devel ... ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net At least Android has fDroid. Apple is a dominatrix.

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Had a amazing bike ride with the dog today, the weather is a bit cold today (15c). Been wanting to find a gravel road that I can use, without meeting too many others. And today I found that. Got his pulling harness on, got my bike out of the basement, and headed out.

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From my bed, I can hear a noise outside that is most likely a confluence of insects and distant freight trains but sounds errily like the static-laden cacophany of an old radio. I would go out to see what it is, but a small part of me is worried I might end up living out an episode of “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” if I do.

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Camila Mendes to Star as Teela in Masters of the Universe Live-Action Movie
Riverdale alum Camila Mendes has been tapped to star as Teela in the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Masters of the Universe, joining Nicholas Galitzine’s He-Man.  The actress is set to play Teela, a warrior who has been enlisted to help protect the royal family, most especially Prince Adam of Eternia (also known as He-Man).

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US legislation bars Eric Watson claiming $16.7m for reputational damage
Eric Watson may need to hire a lawyer after the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed its legislation this week prohibiting the New Zealander from making a counterclaim for damages concerning its charges against him of insider trading/tipping.

The beleaguered former high-flier lodged a counterclaim with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York last m … ⌘ Read more

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DWMBlurGlass – 为 Windows 10/11 启用窗口透明/玻璃/模糊效果
DWMBlurGlass 是一款为 Win10、Win11 全局系统标题栏添加自定义效果的开源工具,主要有模糊、混合颜色、文本颜色、Aero 效果等。@Appinn 来自发现频道,@suntrise ⌘ Read more

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我有一个绝妙的游戏点子,怎样才能把它做出来?——独立游戏可行性概念篇
如何完成一个独游项目的立项,大概可以这样思考:

1 想做什么?怎么整理自己的点子?

2 怎么确定自己的概念设计可行?怎么进一步推导可行性?

3 评估能力和成本,怎么做好项目的规划和商业化预期?

4 怎么让项目能够落地下来?

我会以“ 烟花”作为命题,来讲讲怎么从“烟花”这个概念拓展为能变成能落地的可行性概念。

一、 灵魂疑问:我有一个绝妙的游戏点子?

人总会容易有一种错觉:我有一个绝妙的游戏点子,只要做出来肯定火。

那问题来了:

这真的能行吗?怎么才算绝妙的点子呢?

答案很简单:

别YY,去外部验证

之前有群友问“烟花”怎么做成独立游戏,这次就以烟花当例子来进行推导。

首先,在动脑前,最好是先到互联网验证一下自己“绝妙的游戏点子”是不是已经有人想出来了,甚至做过了?

先花时间搜一下能很有效的避免重复造轮子。

下面是一个随便一点的流程。

先到b站搜一下:

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Americans dying younger than their English-speaking peers worldwide
Jessica Ho and Penn State,  Researchers  -  Study Finds

_Stephan: The United States is now ranked as one of the poorest democracies and Americans have the shortest lifespans amongst all the English speaking democracies. and part of the reason for the short lifespan data is that people in Red States have notably shorter lifespans than people in Blue states. Here are the facts about our lengt … ⌘ Read more

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Erlang Solutions: Elixir Blog Round-Up
Welcome to our first-ever Elixir blog round-up!

This is your guide to some of our most insightful articles on the Elixir programming language. Our experts have written several posts to further your knowledge, regardless of where you’re at in your Elixir journey.

So whether you’re a business leader looking to discover Elixir’s benefits, a seasoned developer looking for the latest Elixir updates, or just new to the language, we’ll have an article to keep you covered.

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10 Gruesome Realities from the Great Chinese Famine
The Great Chinese Famine, which occurred between 1959 and 1961, is one of modern history’s most devastating and tragic events. It was a period marked by extreme food shortages, resulting in the deaths of millions of people. The famine was largely a consequence of misguided policies, natural disasters, and political turmoil, which together created a

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Go 語言什麼時候該使用指針?指針使用的分析與講解
什麼是指針 我們都知道,程序運行時的數據是存放在內存中的,每一個存儲在內存中的數據都有一個編號,這個編號就是內存地址。我們可以根據這個內存地址來找到內存中存儲的數據,而內存地址可以被賦值給一個指針。我們也可以簡單的理解爲指針就是內存地址。指針的聲明和定義 在 Go 語言中,獲取一個指針,直接使用取地址符 & 就可以。 示例:func main() {  name := ”Go語言圈”  na ⌘ Read more

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