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eliotlear

@eliotlear@mastodon.social

Internet engineer, and Independent Submissions Editor for the RFC Series

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    @jpmens cert validation is a bit of a tricky mess in s/w because we the industry have not yet made it easy enough to register and renew them, not to mention trust anchors and collecting a decent amount of entropy. Yes, there’s acme and letsencrypt and EST and SCEP but it’s not enough, especially if we have applications on a device that intersect multiple trust domains.

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    Once in a while, I read a story about the iPhone and realise just how far behind Android it is.

    Take this: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/24/ios-18-home-screen-app-icon-customization/

    Have iOS users really been unable to arrange their homescreens like this? Even the very earliest versions of Android let you place icons and widgets wherever you wanted.

    Mind you, I remember diehard iFans declaring that the iPhone keyboard didn't need to change the case of letters when the shift key was pressed 😆

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    @Edent If this is the biggest "innovation" in iOS 18, Apple is in big trouble.

    Edent, (edited ) to random
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    When someone doesn't really know what they're talking about, but are utterly convinced of their righteousness, which of these phrases are they most likely to use?

    eliotlear,
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    @Edent I am utterly convinced that I’m not a stochastic parrot. But good luck proving that!

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    eliotlear,
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    @jpmens @phynecs @paul_ipv6 @paulehoffman Well this is embarrassing. I work for Cisco and I have reported our poor punctuation to our IT people. Thanks for spotting the error.

    danyork, to ai
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    Do any of you have good pointers to articles or research about various #AI technologies being used either improve or disrupt Internet, network, and communications infrastructure?

    I’ve seen mention of machine learning (ML) being used to optimize routing. Also seen mention of AI used for improving security (defense) - and improving attacks.

    Anyone have good pointers to info about those kind of things? (And other ideas?)

    I’ve been doing searches, but it’s hard because of massive AI hype.

    eliotlear,
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    @danyork contact me oob next week. There wide swathes of work to improve network infrastructure.

    eliotlear,
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    @danyork Cisco uses ml/mr for diagnosis and visualization

    danyork, to random
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    Count me as one of the people who actually liked the #TouchBar on my MacBook Pro. It isn’t something I have to use.. it never became a strong part of my workflow. But now and then in different apps it provides a quick and convenient way to do things. I always kind of wished it was on the Apple magic keyboard so that I could program some shortcuts into it.

    However, that is all going away…

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23938841/apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-discontinued-proof-of-concept

    eliotlear,
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    @danyork IMHO the touchbar is inaccessible. Try closing your eyes and changing the volume / finding the mute button...

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    eliotlear,
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    @slothrop Lecke!

    eliotlear, to random
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    Happy birthday to a good man.

    danyork, to TwitterMigration
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    So will we see more #TwitterMigration after the latest news out of the birdsite? Or will this be something mentioned but then not implemented? Will it be policy or just publicity?

    And will people migrate here or to Threads? (Or BlueSky?)

    We shall see..

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/musk-says-twitter-now-x-is-moving-to-monthly-subscriptions.html

    eliotlear,
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    @danyork Honestly, He's not getting enough ad revenue and the money has to come from somewhere. And there are people like me who hold a handle but almost never post anything (I mostly post to remind people that I'm not there). This will be his way of cleaning out dead wood, showing the advertisers that there are REAL eyeballs, and getting some moolah. Or not, if the place remains a sewer.

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    Jann Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians. https://apnews.com/article/4052a04c35ce13cc2b17b5455ebe6883

    eliotlear,
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    @w7voa Nevermind canceling because attitude toward women and people of color; he has demonstrated remarkable incompetence. How could he NOT mention Madonna, Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt, or Dolly Parton,, Grand Master Flash, Carlos Santana, Prince(!), or ground breakers like Diana Ross, Tina Turner, and Sheila E, or even Karen Carpenter, women drummers!! And that's just 2 minutes of thinking about it. And this at a time when women are dominating the field.

    peterhoneyman, to random
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    our ride is fueling up ✈️ ⛽️

    Side view of a Boeing 787-8 parked at the gate being fueled

    eliotlear,
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    @peterhoneyman Oh enjoy!!!

    georgetakei, to random

    I know how I'd feel. Thoughts?
    https://www.comicsands.com/mom-conflicted-neighbor-kids-swingset-2664929628.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

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    @georgetakei it’s her property. They should ask. I agree with the liability concerns. We had a swing set that I always offered to the neighbors. I only asked that they supervise their kids. That worked out ok.

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    Such a sad little man.
    https://www.comicsands.com/musk-threatens-anti-defamation-league-2664950111.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

    eliotlear,
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    @georgetakei Thanks, George. I did indeed need a reminder to donate to the ADL.

    danyork, to rotary
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    Can you spare $10? For a chance to win $1000? In 9 days we'll be dropping 1,500 golf balls from a helicopter - closest to the pin wins $1,000, second $500, third $250.

    All proceeds go to the fire and rescue services in Charlotte, Shelburne, and Hinesburg, - PLEASE HELP US RAISE FUNDS FOR THESE CRITICAL SERVICES!

    You can buy 1 (or more!) balls at:
    https://cshrotary.eventgroovefundraising.com/358d6d/Campaign/Details

    The golf ball drop will be livestreamed on Friday, Sept 15, at 4:30pm US ET.

    eliotlear,
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    @danyork https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?si=0yj6Qt47Pk-IcQ9h

    eliotlear, to random
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    I cannot imagine the pain and damage this man caused, but I cannot countenance one murder as a response to others.

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/02/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-trial

    eliotlear, to random
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    It was roughly 10 years ago when Edward Snowden revealed NSA's pervasive surveillance programs. Four luminaries have given their views on what has changed and what has not.

    https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9446.html

    eliotlear, to random
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    I’m just sitting here on the Group W bench…

    eliotlear,
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    @SteveBellovin I dunno, man. Just minding my own business at the end of an 11:26 flight that left one half hour late, arrived nearly a half hour late, and made us wait a half hour for a gate. Clearly I did something wrong.

    eliotlear, to random
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    Deep Thoughts:

    1. Nobody ever enjoys refactoring someone else's code.
    2. Everyone can clearly see the logic errors in other people's code.
    3. Few understand other people's code.
    4. The world runs on refactored code.
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    @neil going to or from TB?

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    @neil I've been using it since the 90s. DM me if you have specific Qs. I might even be able to answer 1 or 2.

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    @neil @SonOfSunTzu The UI dates back almost to the beginning, although there have been some touch-ups here and there. Also, if you want to insert a web table, of if you want to use CSS, fahgetaboutit. That's an area that could stand some touch ups.

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    eliotlear,
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    @neil and that means what?

    slashdottir, to random
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    content moderation is hard and thankless

    check out this new game on content moderation by @mmasnick

    https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/

    eliotlear,
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    @mmasnick @slashdottir Thanks, Mike. I should have written something more important: this game gives people a feel of what it must be like to be those who review questionable material on sites like FB. Your point about evolving standards adds another twist for human beings: how fast do we adapt? What is left to understand is how do Scooby Snacks (rewards) change the equation?

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