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Sean Fenian<p>This is <i>doubly</i><span> beautiful.<br><br></span><b>FIRST</b>, because CD Projekt Red put <i>actual</i> <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/manhole" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manhole</a> <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/specification" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#specification</a> markings on manhole covers in the <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/game" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://plasmatrap.com/tags/Cyberpunk2077" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cyberpunk2077</a><span>.<br><br>And </span><b>SECOND</b>, because they used the <i>wrong</i> specification <b>and a German player NOTICED.</b></p>
Programming Quotes<p>Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.</p><p> — Antoine de Saint Exupry</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Programming Quotes<p>The secret to building large apps is never build large apps. Break your applications into small pieces. Then, assemble those testable, bite-sized pieces into your big application.</p><p> — Justin Meyer</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwares</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span> Also using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_light_communication" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">visible light</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-space_optical_communication" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FSOC</a> avoids all the <em>"spectrum compliance"</em> and <em>"licensing"</em> issues whilst making it impossible to ban, unless one were to ban colour filters and lights!</p><p>Having access to said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IrDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrDA</span></a> is also beneficial for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> as IrDA was a modestly successful tech and could thus be used for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bridging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bridging</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>troed</span></a></span> Yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IrSimple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrSimple</span></a> is AFAIK basically is a 115200 baud half-duplex serial transfer.</p><ul><li>Problem is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Specification</span></a> has been <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191115171139/http://www.irdajp.info/specifications.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">original consortium website is long gone</a> with the domain <code>irdajp.info</code> nowadays used by some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DomainSquatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomainSquatters</span></a>...</li></ul>
Programming Quotes<p>Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.</p><p> — Edward V. Berard</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Programming Quotes<p>Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.</p><p> — Antoine de Saint Exupry</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mrchrisadams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrchrisadams</span></a></span> Yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/S3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>S3</span></a>-Style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ObjectStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectStorage</span></a> is nifty in many places.</p><ul><li>It's kinda good that whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> is a bad company, they basically had to <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>"</em> S3 as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> so anyone would even bother to implement it at all, and basically every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hoster</span></a> nowadays offers that with bit &amp; second-precise billing if wanted, as it's more convenient to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTP</span></a> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/quota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quota</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fixed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fixed</span></a> storage...</li></ul>
aproitz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://agora.echelon.pl/users/kravietz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kravietz</span></a></span> </p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a>: How did you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circumvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circumvent</span></a> the 500 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Characters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Characters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Specification</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> ? It's often <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nagging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nagging</span></a>, if you want to write a longer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Text</span></a>. Does <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anyone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anyone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/else" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>else</span></a> knows this too ? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thanks</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advance</span></a> for an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Answer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Answer</span></a>. Have a nice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Day</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greez</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>.</p><p>:gnomeHey:</p>
Open WebTech Association<p>Looking for feedback on the current state of the OWTS-01 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> (Guidelines for Open Web Technologies) as well as the certification process and tiers.</p><p>🔗 Specification: <a href="https://github.com/open-webtech/owta-publications/blob/main/specs/drafts/owts-01.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/open-webtech/owta-p</span><span class="invisible">ublications/blob/main/specs/drafts/owts-01.md</span></a></p><p>🔗 Certification Process and Tiers: <a href="https://github.com/open-webtech/owta-publications/blob/meta/owta-certification/meta/certification.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/open-webtech/owta-p</span><span class="invisible">ublications/blob/meta/owta-certification/meta/certification.md</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWebTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWebTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p><a href="https://mato.social/tags/Consequential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consequential</span></a>:<br>"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> provide critical <a href="https://mato.social/tags/PublicInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInfrastructure</span></a> to over five billion people. To cover the high cost of maintaining such complex feats of engineering, <a href="https://mato.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> vendors and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchengine</span></a> providers have improvised a system in which money is levied from search revenue and distributed to browsers. This <a href="https://mato.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a>…formalizes a browser/search <a href="https://mato.social/tags/levy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>levy</span></a> that improves on the current one and addresses its shortcomings."</p><p><a href="https://darobin.github.io/wise/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">darobin.github.io/wise/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
billseipel<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> pattern versus eliminating conditional logic via polymorphism. </p><p>Discuss. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/designpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/polymorphism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polymorphism</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oop</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a></p>
billseipel<p>We have a database "rules engine" that I greatly dislike. The maintenance of it is especially troubling.</p><p>It is essentially a huge Conditional statement. Which leads me to Martin Fowler's solution: conditionals as polymorphism.</p><p>Which led me to use JSON schemas to define the polymorphed classes at runtime. But <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/polymorphism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polymorphism</span></a> in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/json" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>json</span></a> isnt quite that simple. </p><p>I've also considered the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a> pattern. But maintaining specifications is the issue.</p><p>Still thinking.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/designpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a></p>