#ToughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: Is it #ethical to build on top #civilian technologies coming from and still provided by manufacturers in the military sector? To what extent would you avoid using such tech? Then.. Is it ethical to build next-gen #fedi #SocialStack that's fully unprotected to corporate takeover (unless BS manages to push fedi into calm waters again)? Knowing your innovation will serve needs of oppressive powers, incl these arms dealers? Let's ask fedi #ethics csar.. oh wait.

"Following" is about the poorest social networking interaction we could implement. "Following" is also freaking cringe as a concept. #ReimagineSocial? 🤔

Someone starts a new #FOSS project as a hobby activity. "No one bossing me around like at work, just having fun, do as I wish." they write in the README. After some time the project starts to get noticed, people request new features, and some Pull Requests are contributed and merged. There's a good vibe with similarly interested devs. One year later. An unhappy community has formed. People complain about the #BDFL and harsh words circle the social channels. Is the label of "BDFL" justified?

Cool! 🚀 > #Nova is a #JavaScript (#ECMAScript) and #WebAssembly engine written in #Rust and following data-oriented design principles. It is currently nothing more than a fun experiment to learn and to prove the viability of such an engine, but may very well become something much more in the future.

Why build a JavaScript engine? · Nova

Addressing the most important elephant in the room.

GitHub

GitHub - trynova/nova: JS engine lolz

JS engine lolz. Contribute to trynova/nova development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42168166

It is a pity that #Peertube has never been well integrated with #Microblogging. The primary way we become aware of a #video is when someone drops the URL in a toot, and we open it in a separate tab. We watch while not logged into the particular @PeerTube instance, thus not giving likes and having interesting discussions in the comments section. Same is true for #Pixelfed and #Mobilizon etc. While organically building my social graph for years, this stuff just doesn't reach my timeline mostly.