Weird #question time: what is a webchat (either #IRC or #XMPP) client that works with #OTR or #OMEMO encryption?
I'm looking for something that I can access from my work computer (where pretty much all I use is the browser), and ideally would have a way to use my own key for the encryption (instead of autogenerating one every time I log in).
Recently I've been pondering Matrix-as-MIMI, better known as "Linearized Matrix" (what kind of a name is that?!), and its potential role in the future of messaging. I haven't looked into it in a while and it was cursory when I did so maybe this is all accounted for but:
Message types should be MIME-based, using a single "body" key and allowing extension fields to be added. (For Markdown, the variant part of the type should be in the type, and maybe skip the body key for JSON.)
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In all honesty this is how #Matrix should have been handled from the start. With the big names of Matrix and IETF involved, I hope vanilla Matrix, #XMPP providers, platforms like #Databag, and maybe even #IRC networks can more directly federate, and with that firm base, it's only up from there!
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This is a request to all FOSS projects who only use matrix for communicating with the community.
Please consider bridging your rooms with IRC or XMPP.
India has banned Element, the most widely used Matrix client. I know it's just a client, but to be safe it's wiser to stay away from matrix for a while. So please help us in this regard.
I'm taking a small break from Fediverse stuff this weekend due to frustrations with Elasticsearch... but I played around with some #irc stuff. This bot is actually really nice: https://github.com/bitbot-irc/bitbot
Maybe it's me being too young to understand #IRC, can someone help me out here?
People tend to lump it in the same "federated" box as the Fediverse or XMPP/Matrix, even though to my knowledge, it isn't really federated at all?
On public servers, you have to periodically message Nickserv to stay signed in with a nickname. It's pretty annoying. Can I use a client certificate for that? How do I do that?
My IP is public when I'm in a room, most of the time. That's kinda uncomfortable.
Maybe it's me being too young to understand #IRC, can someone help me out here?
People tend to lump it in the same "federated" box as the Fediverse or XMPP/Matrix, even though to my knowledge, it isn't really federated at all?
On public servers, you have to periodically message Nickserv to stay signed in with a nickname. It's pretty annoying. Can I use a client certificate for that? How do I do that?
My IP is public when I'm in a room, most of the time. That's kinda uncomfortable.
Did you know there's an #interlisp IRC channel at Libera.Chat? It's usually pretty quiet but feel free to ask questions, share your Interlisp projects, or start discussions.
The fact that you see very little presence of the larger cryptocurrency community on the Fediverse shows the actual interest in distributed systems compared to their interest in making money. A large part of the cryptocurrency community are just VCs or wannabe VCs.
a lot of crypto people don't really carea bout the values, they just want money, like you said
there's like a half dozen blockchains based social media networks fighting for a very small pie at any given time (bluesky, farcaster, lens) and because network effects are what they are, none are winning against big bird
the really hardcore decentralists (like the #monero crowd) vault right past Mastodon to maximally decentralized and encryptable services like #irc and #Matrix
an existing culture in the broader fediverse that's deeply hostile to crypto
Taken altogether, it makes it seem improbable that we'll see crypto communities congregate in the Fediverse
I understand the reason for this - organization and coordination are difficult tasks. And the team responsible for resolving conflicts should not itself be a source of misunderstanding and conflict.
For this purpose #discord is a very useful, but flawed tool. And alternatives (e.g. #Matrix, #IRC, #Email and #Jitsi) have their own issues - some are just down to network effects, others actually lack features making them less useful for coordination.
#Mastodon introducing #QT#QTs on future release tells me this ship may not be heading into the iceberg that #Usenet and #IRC hit in their arrogance of not listening to their users. #Twitter#Bluesky