Programming Quotes<p>The cardinal rule of writing unmaintainable code is to specify each fact in as many places as possible and in as many ways as possible.</p><p> — Roedy Green</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maintenance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
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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>
Jakarta EE<p>Looking to learn more about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JakartaEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JakartaEE</span></a>? Check out our learning page for specification and starter guides, explainer videos, documentation and more: <a href="https://jakarta.ee/learn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jakarta.ee/learn/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
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>Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.</p><p> — Alan J. Perlis</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>
Programming Quotes<p>A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.</p><p> — anonymous</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Programming Quotes<p>A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.</p><p> — anonymous</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Programming Quotes<p>The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.</p><p> — C. A. R. Hoare</p><p><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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a></p>
lispm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> Detailed and well written documentation is great... <a href="https://moth.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://moth.social/tags/commonlisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonlisp</span></a> <a href="https://moth.social/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> <a href="https://moth.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://moth.social/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lasse<p>recently I stumbled upon <a href="https://github.com/w3c/activitystreams/issues/616#issuecomment-2498990563" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/w3c/activitystreams</span><span class="invisible">/issues/616#issuecomment-2498990563</span></a> and (apart from this concrete issue) it make me think about how _new_ users to the protocol understand the use of multiple languages</p><p>The problem why the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Specification</span></a> has a deep learning curve:</p><p>In order to understand the use of multiple languages, you need to read at least 4 specifications.<br>Any user of the software can say: I speak language X in quality Y.<br>It might not be obvious to new users that it is the according <br>- HTTP "accept-language" header <br>like e.g. "de,en-US;q=0.7,en;q=0.3"</p><p>The default language is defined in the <br>- JSON-LD spec. as described in above issue</p><p>The primer to read about how to use it is in the <br>- AS Core specs.<br><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/#naturalLanguageValues" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core</span><span class="invisible">/#naturalLanguageValues</span></a></p><p>while the properties are described in the <br>- Vocabulary specs.<br>e.g. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-name" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">w3.org/TR/activitystreams-voca</span><span class="invisible">bulary/#dfn-name</span></a> </p><p>While this is understandable and fine for me, it might be confusing to new or non-tech-implementors …<br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/i18n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i18n</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/specs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specs</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/jsonld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jsonld</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/as" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>as</span></a> </p><p>/ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span></p>
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>
Tommi 🤯<p>I just found out that the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@ietf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ietf</span></a></span> recently published <strong>JSContact</strong> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9553/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">yet another specification</a> for storing contact data.</p><p>It’s super interesting, though, and I am falling down the rabbit hole of all the links and related information about this. 👀</p><p>One of the authors is Mario Loffredo, <a href="https://www.iit.cnr.it/mario.loffredo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“First Technologist”</a> of <a href="https://www.cnr.it/mario.loffredo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Informatics and Telematics section</a> of <a href="https://www.iit.cnr.it/mario.loffredo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Italian National Counsel for Research</a> (CNR). 😲</p><p>It’s the first time I find an <em>Italian</em> in <em>public sector</em> research authoring a spec!</p><p>I just sent him a Linkedin connection request, even if I don’t even know why…</p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/JSContact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JSContact</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/RFC9553" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFC9553</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/IETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IETF</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/vCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vCard</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/VCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VCF</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/contact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contact</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/contacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contacts</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/CardDAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CardDAV</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/spec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spec</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specification</span></a></p>
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven<p>Intel published version 1.2 of their X86S ISA specification:</p><p><a href="https://cdrdv2-public.intel.com/776648/x86s-eas-external-1.2.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdrdv2-public.intel.com/776648</span><span class="invisible">/x86s-eas-external-1.2.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X86S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X86S</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Specification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Specification</span></a></p>
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>
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