Notices by Michal Bryxí 🌱 (michalbryxi@veganism.social)

@yogthos Fun fact about #SimCity design:

> Our game was going to be really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots

https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/9/4316222/simcity-lead-designer-stone-librande-talks-about-building-game

Wut? @pixelfed ? Is everything ok? Seems like the version comparator compared wrong
... or? 🤔

For the #geeks out there:
1) There is pre-built solution for locaiton sharing & collection using #LlamaLab #Automate, but anything that can fire HTTP request would do
2) There is prepared manual on how-to host your own data on #firebase
3) Client is just a web app that can take the #JSON object and splash it on a map

The main idea here is that for years I hade 24/7 shared location with trusted circle of people, so that I have a chance of getting help in case something goes significantly sideways on my (mountain) adventures.

And as #GoogleMaps is getting less and less useful, I thought that finding an alternative for this one use-case should be easy.
It is not. All the solutions I've found have questionable ideas about data processing or steep pricing model or vendor lock-in or all of the above.

So I thought that for folks with similar needs I should build easy(tm) to start & operate alternative.

My latest pet #project: Replace the "free" #location sharing services with simple solution where one has full control of (a) data collection (b) data storage (c) data sharing/visualisation.

If you want to give this #GoogleLatitude like alternative a go, I'd be happy for any and all comments:

https://github.com/vast-ch/the-mountains-are-calling

#OSS #EmberJS #TheMountainsAreCalling

At the time I was building this I was watching (on and off, finished just now) "An introduction to #SmallWeb" from @aral

I've used completely different stack in my project, but I think the fundamental thoughts (decentralised, private, ownership) are the same.

Really cool to see similar thoughts around 🐱

https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts/video/842224883?utm_content=buffer9e531&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

@raucao I guess the question should've read: ... inherently without any extra steps and deep technical knowledge...

@raucao How do you mean?
If you thought about using (better than) mixer services, actively bypassing fiat<->¢oin exchange identity registration mandated by certain jurisdictions, and using VPN&Tor&Throw away accounts when spending ¢oins, then I'd select 'no'.