I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...
I somewhat disagree with the last few paragraphs, about Life being life and all that. To me this is presented much, much differently. Roy (Olmos’ character) wants to live. He loves life. The Tyrell corporation created life and couldn’t use the old models for profit anymore so it wants them scrapped.
I also think Decker not knowing he’s a replicant works very well, specifically because of this dichotomy. For all he can tell, he is a regular human doing his job. Decker portrays the 9-5 workforce, mostly faceless, simple humans just going about their day to day, until they die. When we get to interact with the Blade Runner world, we see the chefs and the other officers. Some of them have strong feelings, some of them are just puttering along. This is you and I living our lives without any revelation about life.
And then there’s Roy (and Pris). Roy is one of the most emotive characters in Blade Runner, at times inhumanely so. But all of his motivations aren’t just centered around survival, they are centered around finding freedom for the beauty of life. His character portrays the western outlaw, to live free or die.
I’ve always felt that in Roy’s death he becomes human. Or at least he lived as a human would have. In life, Roy was enslaved, escaped, and lived on the lamb. He sought vengeance towards God (Tyrell), found love, exacts vengeance once more before, in my opinion, realizing and accepting that God was right. There is no extending life.
Not Roy’s. As he sees Deckard about to die, with the understanding that Roy himself will soon as well, Roy saves Deckard not as an act of mercy but as a birth. To extend life.
For me, the story isn’t much about Deckard. It’s about what Deckard’s piece represents for humanity. Whether Deckard is a replicant or not, IMO doesn’t much matter. The question is “Does Deckard live free?” And I believe that Roy’s revelation in saving Deckard allows Deckard to carve his own path to freedom, followed up in 2049. I felt this way before I saw 2049 and thematically I think it fits very well.
This month, I managed to wrap up many overdue matters. It seems to me that I responded to the majority of lingering emails, and a few issues turned out to be so important that they took a few extra days. I also dealt with [a certain aspect related to the project, about which I'll be able to share more in a few weeks....
The main issues with the improper functioning of the instance have been resolved, but it led to additional complications. Currently, using the instance should be quite comfortable, but I will continue to work intensively on a comprehensive solution for the next few days. Therefore, occasional interruptions or errors may still...
For the past few days, I've patched up a few minor errors that there was never time for. I also took a short break from coding, but I'm still working on planning the federation. I'm trying to spend a bit more time with my family and recharge for the upcoming week.
Today, I am continuing work on the new ActivityPub module. I am also adapting the test environment that I will use during further development. Work on launching the API on the instance will continue tomorrow.
Today, I continue with code refactoring, getting closer to finishing the most tedious part. I've also improved tools to prevent spam on the instance, which will take effect in a few days, addressing the issue of overloading other instances that have been reported. After today's wave of spam, I've also started working on...
Today, a quick log from the day. Lots of configuring test environments that I'll be working on for the next few months. This also includes testing a new method of creating instances for Docker....
Today, I worked on the user and tag pages to make them operate a bit faster and consume fewer hardware resources. Additionally, I implemented the first iteration of marking new comments in visited threads and posts. This is a test change and will be improved over the next few days. It's progressing a bit faster than I initially...
RE: Is Ernest still here? (kbin.social) angielski
I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...
Another week, another article arguing that Decker in Blade Runner, and that knowing this completely ruins the movie ... (www.giantfreakinrobot.com) angielski
This acclaimed director has brought us some of the best films of the last half century, but he ruined of his best....
RTR#52 Busy month (kbin.social) angielski
This month, I managed to wrap up many overdue matters. It seems to me that I responded to the majority of lingering emails, and a few issues turned out to be so important that they took a few extra days. I also dealt with [a certain aspect related to the project, about which I'll be able to share more in a few weeks....
[UPDATE] Issues with the functioning of kbin.social (kbin.social) angielski
The main issues with the improper functioning of the instance have been resolved, but it led to additional complications. Currently, using the instance should be quite comfortable, but I will continue to work intensively on a comprehensive solution for the next few days. Therefore, occasional interruptions or errors may still...
RTR#49 On-site work (kbin.social) angielski
The instance may not be functioning properly for the next few hours. We are working to identify and eliminate the errors. Sorry for that....
RTR#48 Happy holidays everyone (kbin.social) angielski
For the past few days, I've patched up a few minor errors that there was never time for. I also took a short break from coding, but I'm still working on planning the federation. I'm trying to spend a bit more time with my family and recharge for the upcoming week.
RTR#45 Fix some bugs, comment url (kbin.social) angielski
Today, a very quick update. I addressed the errors that occurred during voting and the link to the comment in the notification....
RTR#39 Further development of the ActivityPub module (kbin.social) angielski
Today, I am continuing work on the new ActivityPub module. I am also adapting the test environment that I will use during further development. Work on launching the API on the instance will continue tomorrow.
RTR#36 Fixing bugs and further optimization work (kbin.social) angielski
Todays quick update, as I want to fix the errors on the website as soon as possible, as mentioned more broadly here:...
RTR#32 Further refactoring, debugging voting errors (kbin.social) angielski
Today, I continue with code refactoring, getting closer to finishing the most tedious part. I've also improved tools to prevent spam on the instance, which will take effect in a few days, addressing the issue of overloading other instances that have been reported. After today's wave of spam, I've also started working on...
RTR#26 Configuration of the work environment and aggregate view (kbin.social) angielski
Today, a quick log from the day. Lots of configuring test environments that I'll be working on for the next few months. This also includes testing a new method of creating instances for Docker....
RTR#25 Further performance improvements (user page, tag page), marking new comments (kbin.social) angielski
Today, I worked on the user and tag pages to make them operate a bit faster and consume fewer hardware resources. Additionally, I implemented the first iteration of marking new comments in visited threads and posts. This is a test change and will be improved over the next few days. It's progressing a bit faster than I initially...