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AJ Sadauskas

@ ajsadauskas @aus.social

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Australian urban planning, public transport, politics, retrocomputing, and tech nerd. Recovering journo. Cat parent. Part-time miserable grump.

Cities for people, not cars! Tech for people, not investors!

  • Federated Blogging Platforms

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  • @sabreW4K3 Plume doesn't appear to be active, unfortunately 🥺

    There's a notice on the official Join Plume website saying the former developers don't have the time to maintain it anymore. Most of the former public instances now throw up errors of various kinds.

    WriteFreely ( @writefreely ) is alive and well. I was seriously toying with the idea of setting up a blog through its main instance, which is called Write.as Professional. The sticking point for me was that the official on-platform monetisation tool (Coil) appears to be dead, and doesn't support members-only posts (like Ghost).

    Ghost, when federation goes live, looks like it will be the best option for my blog.

    WordPress plus @pfefferle 's plugins is another great option, depending on what you want to use it for. (There's no shortage of WP plugins!)

    As for Lemmy, I could see a blogging-focussed front end being created for it, in the same way FediBB put a traditional message board front end on it, but one doesn't appear to exist at present.

  • I'm thinking seriously about getting Google out of my life, and trying NextCloud.

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  • I'm thinking seriously about getting Google out of my life, and trying NextCloud.

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  • @denshirenji @asklemmy On photos, does NextCloud Photos or Memories play nice with Digikam or any other desktop photo gallery applications? And what about Immich?

  • Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative

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  • @lemmyreader Here's a starting point for a fediverse StackExchange: Make sure it's interoperable with Lemmy.

    Now, you may not get the full feature set on Lemmy, but you should be able to interact with it from Lemmy as if it's a group on there.

    StackExchange #Fediverse #Coding

  • Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App

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  • @thegiddystitcher @helenslunch I think hashtag feeds being overrun with vertical videos is an excellent point. (One I hope @dansup considers!)

    But beyond that, I think vertical videos through Loops on the Fedi are likely to be far less obtrusive than they have been on other platforms.

    What's so annoying about them on Instagram and YouTube is that the algorithm automatically drops vertical videos into my feed.

    And there's lots of them in my feed, often on topics I'm not interested in.

    They're not there because I'm interested, but because they serve the commercial interests of the social media app's owners.

    Hashtags aside, on the Fedi, they'll only appear in your feed if you follow a Loops account you're interested in, or someone you follow finds one interesting enough to share.

    And if people on your Mastodon server all find them really annoying, there's always the option to just block the Loops servers and be done with it.

  • Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App

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  • @deadsuperhero @nutomic I think the concept of a TikTok on the Fediverse is solid. And if short form videos help to get more people on the Fedi, and engaging with the Fedi, that's a good thing in my book.

  • Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative

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  • Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative

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  • @nutomic That last question was me trying to get my head around how this works.

    Will each page have a username, in the same way each Lemmy group has a username, which can be followed from Mastodon?

    If you follow that username from Mastodon, will you see a series of posts? If so, will they contain page edits or something else?

    What happens if you tag that account in a post from Mastodon? Or reply to one of those posts?

  • Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative

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  • @nutomic Looks like an interesting project!

    Will there be a mobile-friendly version of the front end?

    And will you be able to follow Ibis pages (or perhaps edit them?) from Mastodon? Or potentially even Lemmy?

  • What should I add to my '90s website?

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  • @tokenwizard @asklemmy I'm thinking of eventually doing three websites.

    One that's a '90s pastiche (that one), a minimalist personal website that takes some elements of the '90s web but tones them down a notch, and a blog.

  • What should I add to my '90s website?

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  • What should I add to my '90s website?

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  • @HobbitFoot I'm not yet, but if there's a good one then I'd be happy to add it...

  • What should I add to my '90s website?

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  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    What should I add to my '90s website?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Are there currently any Substack replacements that integrate with ActivityPub?

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    In an age of LLMs, is it time to reconsider human-edited web directories?

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Dude, where's my self-driving car?

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki And yet again.

    Here are your claims:

    "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam."

    Seriously, even a link to where "battery investors" are saying this will do.

    Do you have a link to an article that supports these two claims?

    Anything at all?

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki And still no link to back up your claim that: "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    Still no link to back up your claim that: "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam."

    I've cited multiple direct examples of why you claim that "there is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen" is false here: https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/111475696158764155

    And here: https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/111476477510088172

    All you have to do to move the conversation along is to provide a link to back up these two claims of yours.

    I'm seeing lots of obfuscation, and no sources.

    It should be simple to do.

    So where's your link?

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki Still no link to back up your claim that: "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam."

    Still no link to back up your claim that: "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    More ad hominem attacks, no moreflections, still no links to any source to back up those two claims.

    You do have some source to back up those two claims, right?

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam."

    Citation needed.

    "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    Citation needed.

    And again.

    Do you have anything to back up your core claims?

    Link please.

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki I'm seeing some big claims from you that "nearly all rhetoric against hydrogen is just some kind of corporate propaganda, if not from the battery industry then it is from the petroleum industry."

    I'm seeing strawman arguments and deflections from you.

    But nothing to back up your claims.

    1. You claimed: "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam."

    Do you have anything you can link to back up your assertion?

    A link to an article?

    Anything?

    1. You claimed: "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    I've provided you with multiple examples of where the Australian gas industry has cited hydrogen as a reason to delay or avoid a switch away from gas.

    You don't have to take my word for it. I've provided links.

    Do you have anything you can link to back up your assertion?

    A link to a news article?

    Some research?

    An academic paper?

    Anything at all?

    1. You claim: "You are arguing a conspiracy theory where if the fossil fuel industry pursues a green energy technology, it automatically means it is a scam."

    That's clearly not what I, or anyone else in this thread, is arguing.

    Once again, here's my position on hydrogen:

    "Green hydrogen (produced using renewable power) has its place, especially in industrial processes, in agriculture, in aviation, etc.

    "But it has its limits. And there are use cases where renewables with local battery, grid scale battery, or other energy storage solutions (eg grid-scale pumped hydro) are a better option.

    "Especially if the hydrogen in question is grey or brown hydrogen, as per the Victorian bus trial."

    It seems to me you're constructing strawman arguments and deflections, because you don't have a strong counter-argument.

    Which brings us back to the point you're deflecting from...

    1. You claim "nearly all rhetoric against hydrogen is just some kind of corporate propaganda, if not from the battery industry then it is from the petroleum industry."

    If you have some evidence of that, I'd love to see it.

    A link to a news article?

    Some research?

    An academic paper?

    Anything at all?

  • Well looks like a Lemmy comment is making the rounds on Mastodon!

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  • @janAkali @maxprime You certainly can follow Lemmy groups from Mastodon. And you can reply to Lemmy threads from Masto.

    In fact, take a look at my account — I'm doing it right now...

  • Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced

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  • @Hypx @Baku @AllNewTypeFace @zurohki

    "There is almost zero interest from the fossil fuel industry for hydrogen."

    The oil and gas industry routinely cites the potential of hydrogen and biomethane as substitutes for oil and methane gas, including in submissions to government inquires.

    Take a look at any of the submissions to Victoria's inquiry from an oil or gas industry group.

    Almost every single one, including the submission from Exxon-Mobil, cites hydrogen and biomethane as their preferred long-term options: https://engage.vic.gov.au/help-us-build-victorias-gas-substitution-roadmap

    And going back to the original post, the grey hydrogen to be used in Victoria's bus trial is not exactly an emissions-free fuel source.

    "It is pursued as enthusiastically as they pursue wind and solar. There is no reason they will strongly pursue anything that could replace fossil fuels."

    Because the oil and gas industry knows the prospect of hydrogen is effective at delaying the replacement of gas appliances with electric ones.

    "And if they did, then all the better, since it is in fact, green energy."

    Hydrogen that's produced with methane gas or coal — what Exxon-Mobil is producing — is not green energy.

    "What you're doing is just gish gallop. It has no bearing to reality. You are arguing a conspiracy theory where if the fossil fuel industry pursues a green energy technology, it automatically means it is a scam. [Snip]"

    Again, green hydrogen (produced using renewable power) has its place, especially in industrial processes, in agriculture, in aviation, etc.

    But it has its limits. And there are use cases where renewables with local battery, grid scale battery, or other energy storage solutions (eg grid-scale pumped hydro) are a better option.

    Especially if the hydrogen in question is grey or brown hydrogen, as per the Victorian bus trial.

    Elsewhere in this thread, you claimed any criticism of hydrogen came from the battery industry or the fossil fuel industry. You have presented nothing to back up that assertion.

    To the contrary, the Australian oil and gas industry regularly cites hydrogen as a reason to delay or avoid the transition from gas to electric renewable alternatives.

    As yet another example, here's Energy Networks Australia's Gas Vision 2050 policy statement. Hydrogen is right there on the front page:

    "Since Energy Networks Australia and our industry partners launched Gas Vision 2050 two years ago, the industry has invested in research and development, policy analysis and pilot projects to demonstrate these new technologies, with a focus on the role of hydrogen."

    https://www.energynetworks.com.au/projects/gas-vision-2050/

    I've cited multiple examples of where the oil and gas industry has cited hydrogen as a reason to delay or avoid a switch away from gas.

    Do you have any concrete examples to back up your assertion that: "The only people saying this are battery investors. They merely want to replace our dependency on fossil fuels with a dependency on their batteries. That is the real scam"?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    With BlueSky moving towards finally opening up federation, I'm interested in how people feel about it?

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Prominent "free-speech absolutist" threatens to sue Jewish anti-hate group because it engaged in free speech he didn't like.

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Me: Will the Matildas win the World Cup in 2023?

  • Music @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    The Australian digital invention that changed the face of music—and made Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill possible.

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    So Elon's a "visionary" who wants to turn X into a single website where you can do everything — kinda like Yahoo!

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Called it. Elon's doing exactly what I thought he would do: https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/109979152813584947

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Should tags automatically be added to KBin and Lemmy posts?

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    What are your other Fediverse (KBin/Lemmy/Pixelfed/PeerTube/Calckey/Mastodon) accounts?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    There's a word to describe anyone who still uses Twitter by choice (and isn't from a marginalised community): Complicit.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    Anyone have an interesting blog that uses the WordPress ActivityPub plugin?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    AJ Sadauskas @aus.social

    The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.