• Re: Taking Back by Going

    From Knight Shadow@VERT/BONEYARD to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:26:00
    Luckily we seem to be entering a new era where people are turning awa
    from the big tech - slowly, and not 100% for sure. But at least now
    see more people talking about it than ever before.

    I'm seeing more gemini spaces, tilde web spaces, blog hosts like bear
    blog, and self-publishing than I've seen in a while. Neocities seems to
    be doing well, too.

    I've recently joined Cyberspace.online and notice quite a few younger folks on there talking about how they came there seeking to get away from big-tech sites and gravitating more towards Web 1.0 type sites like that one. It's cool to see.

    BTW if any of you fine folks are also on Cyberspace, hit me up! Macross introduced me to it... pretty cool vibe there.

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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to KNIGHT SHADOW on Friday, September 04, 2026 06:15:06
    Quoting Knight Shadow to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    I've recently joined Cyberspace.online and notice quite a few younger
    BTW if any of you fine folks are also on Cyberspace, hit me up!
    Macross introduced me to it... pretty cool vibe there.

    I'm zead on cyberspace, and wrote a full featured tui client in pascal for browsing that way. :)


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Knight Shadow on Friday, September 04, 2026 07:50:15
    Knight Shadow wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I've recently joined Cyberspace.online and notice quite a few younger folks on there talking about how they came there seeking to get away
    from big-tech sites and gravitating more towards Web 1.0 type sites
    like that one. It's cool to see.

    I'm trying to join, but it didn't take the password I'd just entered and
    I haven't received a reset password email. :(



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Tiny on Friday, September 04, 2026 08:14:39
    Re: Taking Back by Going
    By: Tiny to KNIGHT SHADOW on Fri Sep 04 2026 06:15 am

    I'm zead on cyberspace, and wrote a full featured tui client in pascal for browsing that way. :)

    Say more, please. Also, where can we see it?

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  • From Knight Shadow@VERT/BONEYARD to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, September 04, 2026 21:34:00
    I'm trying to join, but it didn't take the password I'd just entered and
    I haven't received a reset password email. :(

    Ack! Hopefully that can get fixed up. I'll defintely follow you once you're on (I'm knightshadow on there: https://cyberspace.online/knightshadow).

    And Tiny (zead) I gave you a follow too!

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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to PHIGAN on Saturday, September 05, 2026 07:02:40
    Quoting Phigan to Tiny <=-

    Say more, please. Also, where can we see it?

    http://github.com/shighfield/tiespace

    You can grab it there, linux only but I had the AI write docs to install
    it under wsl. Yes, I use claude, it can generate code much faster then
    I can, I use pascal as it's the only language I know well enough to make
    sure claude isn't introducing spyware.

    It needs modern linux terminal as well to display the fonts and images correctly. I use ghostty and kitty for testing, on windows I use the
    terminal preview to run wsl in.


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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to KNIGHT SHADOW on Saturday, September 05, 2026 07:02:40
    Quoting Knight Shadow to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    https://cyberspace.online/knightshadow).
    And Tiny (zead) I gave you a follow too!

    Sounds good! I'm on limited internet for the next few days. Our trailer
    roof caved in over the winter and the whole unit filled with black mold.

    My wife purchased a park model so I've been getting that all fixed up.

    I'm not at all handy so the floor looks good at a glance, but without
    the area rugs you'd see how the lamanite doesn't quite fit everywhere. LOL

    Project this weekend is to fix the furnace, the toilet (always the fucking toilet always always always plumbing and I hate hate hate plumbing), and
    fix one of the two broken lawn mowers. Most of my data will have to used watching youtube videos on how to do this and just blindly following some random youtube guy and hoping it works. (I'm not sure why we need to
    package all this gunpowder and gasoline in a food grade bucket to fix a lawnmower, but it's on the internet so it must be true!)


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  • From Knight Shadow@VERT/BONEYARD to Tiny on Saturday, September 05, 2026 08:34:00
    My wife purchased a park model so I've been getting that all fixed up.

    What is a "park model"? Is that like a "tiny home"? Or they the same thing? I don't see a real home in my future, but I do very much see a tiny home.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Tiny on Saturday, September 05, 2026 13:05:46
    Re: Taking Back by Going
    By: Tiny to KNIGHT SHADOW on Sat Sep 05 2026 07:02 am

    Quoting Knight Shadow to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    https://cyberspace.online/knightshadow).
    And Tiny (zead) I gave you a follow too!

    Sounds good! I'm on limited internet for the next few days. Our trailer roof caved in over the winter and the whole unit filled with black mold.

    My wife purchased a park model so I've been getting that all fixed up.

    I'm not at all handy so the floor looks good at a glance, but without
    the area rugs you'd see how the lamanite doesn't quite fit everywhere. LOL

    are you still using the trailer with the black mold? and ozone generator might Help, along with a lot of cleaning.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Knight Shadow on Saturday, September 05, 2026 13:07:20
    Re: Re: Taking Back by Going
    By: Knight Shadow to Tiny on Sat Sep 05 2026 08:34 am

    My wife purchased a park model so I've been getting that all fixed up. >
    What is a "park model"? Is that like a "tiny home"? Or they the same thing? I > don't see a real home in my future, but I do very much see a tiny home.


    Tiny homes cost a lot too.
    You can get a trailer but then you pay lot fees.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Knight Shadow on Saturday, September 05, 2026 12:16:03
    Knight Shadow wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Ack! Hopefully that can get fixed up. I'll defintely follow you once you're on (I'm knightshadow on there:

    And Tiny (zead) I gave you a follow too!

    I'm on as poindexter, following you both. Looking forward to playing
    around on it.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Tiny on Saturday, September 05, 2026 12:16:03
    Tiny wrote to KNIGHT SHADOW <=-

    Project this weekend is to fix the furnace, the toilet (always the
    fucking toilet always always always plumbing and I hate hate hate plumbing),

    I listened to a podcast with a couple of actors talking about houses.
    One of them bought a new house and immediately replaced all of the
    toilets. Because, of course, you don't want to use someone else's
    used toilet in your house. The other person acted like that was a
    thing.

    I've never replaced a working toilet in a house I bought. I did replace
    one toilet that was on the water company's evil list for needing some
    ungodly amount of water to flush. We replaced it with a basic toilet
    from Home Depot that was free after rebates from the water company.



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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Sunday, September 06, 2026 06:18:56
    Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-

    My wife purchased a park model so I've been getting that all fixed up.
    are you still using the trailer with the black mold? and ozone
    generator might Help, along with a lot of cleaning.

    No we tore it down. Andrea found a park model that she liked and bought
    it. We're in the same park just in the other (more busy) end. I really
    miss the old private lot, but this trailer is much nicer.

    I still need to renovate the bathroom and build a deck / gazebo but I
    think it will wait until next year. For the rest of the season (a month)
    I'm going to just enjoy being out of the city.


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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to KNIGHT SHADOW on Sunday, September 06, 2026 06:18:56
    Quoting Knight Shadow to Tiny <=-

    What is a "park model"? Is that like a "tiny home"? Or they the same thing? I don't see a real home in my future, but I do very much see a
    tiny home.

    RV that doesn't really move. Too large to tow with anything except a
    transport truck. Ours is for "camping" so we're in a seasonal park that
    is only open from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving (early oct).


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  • From Tiny@VERT/PHARCYDE to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sunday, September 06, 2026 06:18:56
    Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Tiny <=-

    used toilet in your house. The other person acted like that was a
    thing.

    I've never heard such nonsense.

    replace one toilet that was on the water company's evil list for
    needing some ungodly amount of water to flush. We replaced it with a
    basic toilet from Home Depot that was free after rebates from the
    water company.

    The previous owner installed a flush toilet that uses a ton of water,
    and then built the cabinet OVER the toilet so you can't fix it.

    Since I'm currently flushing with a usb cable I tied to the chain and
    have to remove the toilet to fix, I'm going to replace with a ceramic
    camping style one (foot control) that doesn't use as much water. I'm
    hoping to be able to do this without destroying the counter, but if I
    need to cut it I will.


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  • From Dmxrob@VERT/HDCBBS to Knight Shadow on Sunday, September 06, 2026 12:28:00
    Re: Re: Taking Back by Going
    By: Knight Shadow to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Sep 03 2026 09:26 pm

    I've recently joined Cyberspace.online and notice quite a few younger folks on there talking about how they came there seeking to get away from big-tech sites and gravitating more towards Web 1.0 type sites like that one. It's cool to see.

    BTW if any of you fine folks are also on Cyberspace, hit me up! Macross introduced me to it... pretty cool vibe there.

    This is a new one to me - just signed up! I'm over there as dmxrob. Always looking for something to get further and further away from big tech.

    -dmxrob

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dmxrob on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 07:05:57
    Dmxrob wrote to Knight Shadow <=-

    This is a new one to me - just signed up! I'm over there as dmxrob. Always looking for something to get further and further away from big tech.

    I just followed you -- cyberspace.online is an interesting place. I'm
    seeing other sites popping up to create oases for creative types to
    collaborate. One group that's done a lot of documentation is Dark
    Forest, dfos.com. It feels a little "walled garden"-esque, like a
    modern day AOL. With curated membership and a specific focus, they feel
    more like a collaborative space.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 12:27:23
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dmxrob <=-

    Dmxrob wrote to Knight Shadow <=-

    This is a new one to me - just signed up! I'm over there as dmxrob. Always looking for something to get further and further away from big tech.

    I just followed you -- cyberspace.online is an interesting place. I'm
    seeing other sites popping up to create oases for creative types to
    collaborate. One group that's done a lot of documentation is Dark
    Forest, dfos.com. It feels a little "walled garden"-esque, like a
    modern day AOL. With curated membership and a specific focus, they
    feel more like a collaborative space.

    Does the "curated" membership mean that you have to love Pumpkin Spice
    Lattes, have a man-bun, and wear skinny-jeans to qualify? Oh, and drive
    an EV, of course.



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  • From Dreamweaver@VERT/PHARCYDE to Gamgee on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 14:13:18
    Does the "curated" membership mean that you have to love Pumpkin Spice Lattes, have a man-bun, and wear skinny-jeans to qualify? Oh, and drive
    an EV, of course.


    LOL!

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Tiny on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 05:23:21
    Re: Taking Back by Going
    By: Tiny to PHIGAN on Sat Sep 05 2026 07:02 am

    http://github.com/shighfield/tiespace

    Heh, I was going to build this on the Pi I'm connected into but FPC wants to install almost a gig of X11 packages. Wtf does it need that for?

    Well I'll have to run it from something else, anyways. Guessing it won't work so well on this 8bit computer if it needs a fancy terminal anyway ;).

    It would be cool if cyberspace.online's site supported a text browser, or if there was a lite.cybespace.online site or something. Oh well, it'll have to wait until I get to a newer computer.

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