Notices by Garrett (garrett@masto.garrett.life)

@alcinnz I got this far in life not knowing much JS and I think I can keep going.

@undead I don't know the technical stuff, that's why I asked. I assume all technology is extremely complicated and my experience trying to learn it has confirmed that.

This is what I expected to be the true answer: The internet could not exist in the society that most* anarchists would want. There either has to be:

A) government run internet
B) corporate run internet
C) some combination of the two

To have modern tech we will need to have at least one of those two things.

*ancaps don't count

I just saw that Net Neutrality was struck down again so...yeah I'm just tired of the tech world. I'm tired of the hypocrisy of anti-Net Neutrality people. I'm tired of planned obsolescence causing me to spend more money on new things while otherwise perfectly functional hardware would still work fine. I'm tired of JavaScript frameworks making things more complicated than they need to be. I'm tired of seeing job listings that want 5 years of experience with a technology that's only 3 years old.

So like, maybe dumb question but...how do we start our own internet that is outside of the control of governments or corporations? Can I hook up to the internet without going through Verizon or Comcast or AT&T?

I'm not saying I don't ever want to touch computers again. I'm saying I want to be out of the tech world. I want to just be a regular computer user who doesn't have to deal with this stuff. Though a lack of Net Neutrality and planned obsolescence will always affect me anyway I guess.

@janriemer @alcinnz wow thank you for sharing this...I didn't know about it but I work in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry and this channel is like the intersection of all that Im interested in

@alcinnz I do remember reading that HTML-only lacks some accessibility that CSS solves, though that may have changed as browsers add more features on how we can choose to see things.

@alcinnz It's a cool website. I kind of like the idea of HTML-only...or at least as little CSS as possible. I guess CSS is important for us to not have to build everything out in tables and frames like when I first started building websites. (I still miss frames)

@alcinnz No that site is definitely using CSS...they're saying they just dont teach CSS

@alcinnz Wait are they really not using any CSS on their website??

@alcinnz that’s basically the conclusion I’ve come to. Like who fucking cares? It hurts literally no one for me to say I’m a programmer because I poured this glass of water. Singing karaoke is a programming language and I’m gonna make some sweet software tonight.

@alcinnz if we want to err on the side of inclusivity it’s better to assume my award winning home made baked potato soup is in fact a programming language. If we say it’s not, we’re immediately disallowing everyone who creates using my FDA approved award winning home made baked potato soup from calling themselves a “programmer”. And what does that even matter anyway? Are programmers so worried about the title that they have to draw lines in the sand? Big “you’re not a gamer” vibes.

@alcinnz I don’t think it really matters, in the end, what is or isn’t. And so anyone who says something *isn’t* are being gatekeepers. Like who fucking cares. If people want to say my homemade baked potato soup is a programming language — let them believe that!

@alcinnz way back in the early 2000’s when I first started learning HTML, I was taught that p doesn’t need closed, and we didn’t close it.

Ever since then, from 2006 when I graduated HS, everything I’ve seen always says to close your p tags.

I figured for safety reasons you should always close tags that can be closed. But now I’m like …what do I do

ITT: Please post any zine creation resources you know of, anything even adjacent. If you think “this might help someone make a zine” then post it here. And please boost.

I’ll start with The Zine Arranger by @nash

Convert a multi-page PDF into a zine!

https://nashhigh.itch.io/zinearranger

@monoxane @cstanhope Oh damn that’s awesome. I run the A/V for a couple “hybrid” conferences every year and it’s all patchworked together with cheap stuff lol. Only 4 1080p cameras tops, tho, but 2 laptops running it all.

How do we make it easier for "everyone else," the "normies," all those "regular" folk who just want to get online, how do we reduce the friction required to get them to make their own little corners of the web? How do we make the #IndieWeb easier? How do we make the #WebRevival more convenient?

@tek Anyone who needs to take time, take time. No shame in that. Self preservation comes in many forms and it must be done first.

But, me, I'm ready to get to work right now.

I jumped out of bed after 6ish hours of sleep ready to get to work.

Alright I'm ready to get to work.

How can I help?

@jwarlander @alcinnz Personally I like PHP and I find it to be a really accessible language for beginners.