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I have tried so many times to convince non-technical people that they can put together their own website quite easily, but so often they think I'm joking and that it requires a lot…

How does Prisma compare to EdgeDB? Pros and cons? I have limited experiences with DBs and ORMs, but EdgeDB looks very interesting.

Thanks, this is fascinating!

Wow, did not know about XQuery. Can you point to some resources explaning how one would use it as a SSG?

The law ("Offentlighetsloven") is quite nuanced and take into account a lot of different situations and edge cases. The law does not only apply to politicians, but to every public …

Norwegian politicians are required by law to only use official channels of communication (government email, phone etc) when discussing anything related to their public service. Cit…

I was so exited when I tried out Astro yesterday! Their announcement about taking VC money dampens my exitment considerably. VC money almost always means that there will be a less-…

Here in Norway it is common knowledge to not head out into a winter storm or driving over a mountain pass without having a full(ish) tank / charge. It is advised to bring warm blan…

Yes, some years ago during a distro jump. Went back to Arch pretty fast, like all the other times I went through a distro-curious phase. Fedora 35 has been the only distro where I …

I switched from Arch (btw!) To Fedora last year and it has been an awesome experience. Highly recommended! 10 years of Arch has thought me alot and I have enjoyed i3 and sway, but …

I just read a book from 1854 covering a dry agricultural topic. To my suprise, the language was more poetic and rich than most modern prose! It was a delight to read and never felt…

How is IPv6 coverage in the email provider landscape these days? I guess it would be easier to build up a decent IP reputation if it was on a "virgin" IPv6 address used only for th…

That ... is actually an awesome idea! The condition for getting a domain name should be to have a public consumption and battery status page.

What a great read! I have been playing with DLNA equipment lately and have found that, while extremely niche, is still alive and quite flexible for the few of us who like to curate…

Jami has improved alot the last few years, and now I do also use it for my business SIP account. I will test out the new conferencing features with family soon, Zoom and Skype has …

Special interest groups (like MADD) is almost extremist in their single-mindedness, pursuing utopic ideas without any regard for existing laws concerning privacy and personal freed…

The example with Bill Gates at the bottom is wild! The "teardrop" under one of his eyes makes it slightly gangster, and the smooth face and awkward smile reminds me of a much young…

Flarum is a built on PHP / Laravel and is easy to host even on shared hosting providers. It looks and behaves much like Discourse, but less resource intensive in my experience.

Mastodon was hard to "sell" to my peers when I tried to explain how it works. Recently I changed my approach by not explaining all the great technical features related to federatio…

> How's this working with regard to discoverability? He quickly learned to use the super key or the upper left corner to go to the overview. He mainly uses the browser and the emai…

I have started installing Fedora on computers I set up for my family, and it has been great! Everything works out of the box and every app is avaliable in the app store thanks to F…

I have little experience with OpenBSD, but this webzine reveals a playful community that have piqued my interest. A great way to mark important releases :)

LibreWolf is a privacy focused fork of Firefox and I use Fennec on Android. My only add-on is uBlock.

I know it won't happen, but going back to a chronological ordered feed would solve so many problems! No algorithm.

I watched this documentary last night on NRK [0] (Norwegian broadcaster) and it made a deep impression on me. In a nutshell, it documents how Cambridge Analytica-like companies in …