Notices by Stefan Bohacek (stefan@stefanbohacek.online), page 2

Here's the actual proposal, from https://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html

A piece of history.

@clacke @timbl That's a nice milestone!

It was on this day 36 years ago when @timbl submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web.

"In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.

[...]

His boss’s response?

“Vague, but exciting.”"

https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history

#OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting

Oh nice, with the latest Mastodon update (shout-out to @Claire!), we should start seeing proper capitalization of hashtags more often.

"e.g. if the client had previously used # ClimateCrisis and the server is suggesting # climatecrisis, the UI will suggest # ClimateCrisis"

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34070

#mastodon #MastodonUpdate #fediverse #hashtags

Ha, this one might be my favorite. "Gulf of Starship Debris."

#GulfOfMexico #GulfOfAmerica #maps #SpaceX #starship

"A week ago, transgender Representative Zooey Zephyr delivered a powerful speech against a bill that would create a separate indecent exposure law for transgender people. [...] In a stunning turn, 29 Republicans defected, killing both bills. One Republican even took the floor to deliver a scathing rebuke of the bill’s sponsor."

👏✊

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-speeches-from-trans-dems

#news #USPol #USNews #TransRights

@aral Wishing him a speedy recovery!

@funkwhale is "hardcoding" anti-fascism filters into their their code base.

"Anti-fascism is not optional in our community."

https://blog.funkwhale.audio/2025-funkwhale-against-fascism.html

Source + commentary on their approach: https://forum.wedistribute.org/topic/3b5e7f3d-35fd-471c-bdf7-c709da522ad3/funkwhale-wants-to-filter-out-far-right-music

#fediverse #funkwhale #FunkwhaleAgainstFascism #antifascism #antifa #FightFascism

Solidarity with @w7voa who's "being placed on an extended “excused absence” pending a human resources investigation" over criticism of Trump ✊

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/voice-of-america-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k4.pgMI.aLQTNHwXQHYL&smid=url-share

#USNews #USPol #news #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #FreedomOfThePress

Oh wow. Skype is shutting down after 23 years, 14 years after Microsoft bought it.

"It’s not clear how many people are impacted. The most recent numbers that Microsoft had shared were in 2023, when it said it had more than 36 million users — a long way from Skype’s peak of 300 million users."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-hangs-up-on-skype-service-to-shut-down-may-5-2025/

#news #technology #TechNews #skype #microsoft

Heads-up, new government form that should absolutely not be spammed just dropped.

"The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination."

https://enddei.ed.gov/

#DEI #EndDEI #USGov #USPol #spam

“I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.”

― Jana Stanfield

#quote #motivational #HopePunk

"So you better comply [with the executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports] because otherwise you’re not getting any federal funding."

"See you in court."

Fucking badass.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-maine-governor-transgender-athletes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.HtNl.25ZjN61Jjb9U&smid=url-share

#USPol #TransRights #ally #GovMills #JanetMills #trump

"In the scream cipher, messages consist of all As, with different letters distinguished using diacritics."

https://xkcd.com/3054/

#xkcd #WebComic #cipher

Celebrating 16 years since I created my first website!

Here's a blog post commemorating this occasion from last year.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/15-years-of-running-a-personal-website/

#anniversary #milestone #PersonalWebsite #indieweb

"In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today's standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards."

https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html

#technology #history #TechHistory #VintageTech #VintageComputing #data #PunchCards

In case anyone was doubting the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):

As a result of its lawsuit, Chase will make it harder to use their Zelle app for scams.

"The company also says it may request more information when you add a payment recipient to Zelle, including the purpose of your payment, how you contact this person, and “other details [...]""

https://www.theverge.com/news/614311/chase-zelle-block-social-media-transactions

#news #USNews #banks #chase #zelle #cfpb #finance #scam #MoneyScam

@HistoPol Ah, I am so sorry, yes, my answer applied to the other tools that use Mastodon's API.

For the posting history, yes, that tool does require uploading the file to my server for the time being (this is only to be able to unzip the archive), but I should be able to remove that requirement, apparently there is a library that lets you do that in the browser.

As an alternative in the meantime I'd recommend https://s427.github.io/MARL/dist/index.html (it was from its author I learned about this library, which it uses).

Sorry about the confusion!

@HistoPol

1) The reason why the tool is so slow is because of Mastodon's limit on how many posts you can request per second. I just did a quick test and the tool fetches 2k posts in about 1 minute and 40 seconds, so if my math is right, it could be up to 50 minutes total?

I recall someone suggesting I add settings for how many posts/how far back to go, so that might help, I just have to find the time for that.

2) This is all happening right in your browser, and all connections are directly between you and your server.

If you know how to use the network developer tool in your browser (https://support.iterable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001674223-Developer-tools-in-Chrome-and-Firefox#network-tool), you can actually watch it make the requests, it will all go straight to mastodon.social.

The processed data is saved in your browser for an hour, so that you can refresh the page or come back within that time and still see the results without having to redo everything.

@HistoPol Thank you!

Do note that for accounts with a large number of posts, it may take a bit longer to load all of them.

Either way, hope you'll enjoy!