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Fastidious Elegance

My name is Aaron Hsu, and I'm a computer scientist. I'm changing the way people look at computing and programming languages, what they can do with them, and how they do it.

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Aaron W. Hsu

Moving Beyond Facebook

Introduction First came Net Neutrality, then came the Snowden leaks, then came so many users’ leaked private photos, then came the evidence of censorship by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, then came the sight of Zuckerberg defending himself and Facebook in front of Congress. In truth, this should not have

ssb scuttlebutt social-media patchwork pub-server facebook
8 days ago
Aaron W. Hsu

Trials of Running a Pub Server

So I decided to try to run a Pub server the other day. Unfortunately, it turns out that the state of the pub servers is rather poor right now. Not that they won't work, but simply that the maintenance and work to get one up and running reliably right now

social-media scuttlebutt pub-server patchwork programming
a month ago
Aaron W. Hsu

Playing around with Scuttlebutt/Patchwork

So I'm playing around with Scuttlebutt and Patchwork. I've even set up a pub server: social.sacrideo.us Specifically intended to help those who are interested in keeping up with my own social/technical network. While I can't stand normal social media, perhaps this decentralized stuff might make it easier

social-media scuttlebutt patchwork pub-server programming apl
a month ago