rysiek

rysiek, 2 months ago to telegram

Here we go again:

Telegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmare
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/25/telegrams-peer-to-peer-sms-login-service-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

sigh

Stop using #Telegram. Seriously.

Telegram uses confusing language to pretend it is end-to-end encrypted by default. It is not — you have to enable that separately for each chat, and it only works for one-on-ones, not groups.

Telegram's protocol design is sus af (that's a technical term), and that's putting real people in real danger:
https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/russia-is-spying-on-telegram-chats

#InfoSec #Privacy

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/27/opening-europe-longest-hyperloop-track-reignites-future-of-transport-hype

> Supporters say the hyperloop offers potentially cleaner and quieter as well as quicker transport, although passengers may balk at the idea of travelling in a windowless pod hurtling through an airless tube. Lamme suggested reluctance could be overcome with “a capsule with a nice ceiling which might display stars or a nice sunny day”.

Or, crazy idea, invest in trains instead? 🙄 🤦‍♀️

rysiek, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to affinity

If you're a graphic designer, and able to, now is a good time to consider financially supporting some FLOSS tools. 👀

Sure, most are nowhere near the closed-source tools as far as usability and functionality is concerned.

But this keeps happening. We had the same kind of conversations a while ago when Figma (almost) got acquired by Adobe.

And it will keep happening until there are truly viable FLOSS tools in this space.

Canva acquires design platform #Affinity
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-press-release/

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Heads up, if your self-care practices on here involve muting/filtering out bad news, you might want to mute/filter "Baltimore" for a while.

There's been a bridge collapse and it is going to be all over timelines pretty soon.

Take care of yourselves out there. :blobcatheart:

rysiek, 2 months ago to fediverse

The Fediverse is Already Dead
https://nora.codes/post/the-fediverse-is-already-dead/

Despite the grim title, it's a wonderful, thoughtful, hopeful piece by @noracodes on what fedi was and what it has become. And what the future can hold.

Highly recommended. Especially for those of us who are, like me, struggling with what "The Fediverse" is supposed to mean these days.

#Fediverse

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Gah, an account that posts photos with alt-text being just "-". 🤦‍♀️

This is why we can't have nice things.

Look, if you don't have the spoons to add alt-text, that's fine — we all run out of spoons sometimes — don't add alt-text. :blobcatcoffee:

And if you can't be arsed to add alt-text, whatever, you do you, don't add alt-text. 🙄

But adding a random character or a filename as alt-text just so that the "[ALT]" label shows up on your images is really extremely shitty. :blob0w0:

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

We so desperately need an independent modern browser.

Could Mozilla please get their cranio-rectal intrusion fixed post-haste? Pretty please?

rysiek, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to fediverse

Okay, let's do this:

What is fedi?
Bad answers only.

:blobcatpopcorn:

:boost_ok:

#Fediverse

rysiek, 2 months ago to NixOS

Third time's the charm, I have a booted #NixOS VM. 🎉

Now what.

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Threads is using ActivityPub, and ActivityPub spec includes the concept of "actors":
https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#actors

Does that make threads[.]net accounts…

Thread actors?

:blobcatpeek:

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Fedi is punk af.

rysiek, 2 months ago to NixOS

This is the second time I am trying to install #NixOS on a VM, and it is the second time it is not booting after install.

Sigh.

rysiek, 2 months ago to solarpunk

Hey fellow Solarpunks, the mainstream is onto us:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104890/figma-ceo-dylan-field-cyberpunk-solarpunk-trends-sxsw-2024

Don't lose your bearings, don't get distracted, don't fall for the trinkets. "Solarpunk capitalism" is still capitalism.

Remember, it's more about the "punk" than the "Solar". Movement, not just aesthetic. Community as the protagonist.

Media attention comes and goes, it's up to us what remains. And we're all in this together.

#SolarPunk

rysiek, 2 months ago to Canada

I wonder if 20 years of cramming "#hackers" into every story that involves computers being broken (or broken into) has anything to do with #Canada banning #FlipperZero? :thaenkin:

Surely, media focusing every such story, for decades, on some nebulous "hackers" instead of on companies who could not be bothered to secure their stuff properly in no way affected the public perception of who's to blame. :blobcatcoffee:

But please, do tell me how we should not fight for this term anymore. 🙄

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

I've been struggling recently with the question of why AI-generated memes are not funny to me.

And I think I finally got it.

Basically, they are not much different from someone describing the joke. Not telling the joke — but describing it.

Telling a joke, or making a meme, requires care and effort to make it work. Dropping a prompt into image autocomplete really doesn't.

To me, there is just nothing there to relate to, nothing to anchor the humor, so to speak.

rysiek, 2 months ago to random

Hey @NGI_Taler any chance for verified links in your profile? 👀

Just to calm my paranoia down. :blobcatwink:

rysiek, 3 months ago to Polska

Fundacji @panoptykon gratulujemy roku na fedi. :blobcatbirthday:

#Polska

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

A very merry "here we go with stories on how daylight saving time is a horrible, outdated idea again" to all those who celebrate.

Can we please just stop doing DST? I honestly don't care which "time" ("summer" or "winter") becomes the standard, as long as we stop the silly ritual of moving the clocks twice a year for no benefit at all.

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

Boeing has not been doing well for a while but now it seems wheels are really falling off. :blobcateyesblush:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Iz-yv7QtNLU

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

Interesting that a big studio decided to make a whole movie about Boeing's problems, but gotta say calling it "Mad Max" is a bit much.

:blobcatpeek:

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

> The Open in openAI means that everyone should benefit from the fruits of AI after its built, but it's totally OK to not share the science (even though sharing everything is definitely the right strategy in the short and possibly medium term for recruitment purposes).
https://openai.com/blog/openai-elon-musk

🤡

So, "Open" in "OpenAI" effectively means "closed". Gotcha. What "AI" in that name means is, I guess, left as an exercise for the reader? :blobcatcoffee:

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

too soon? 👀

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

I hear Internet is down?

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

Oh man, I am really excited for the inevitable cryptocurrency hype cycle overlaid on the on-going AI hype cycle.

That's going to be great.

rysiek, 3 months ago to random

I have two looming deadlines on projects that I really care about, so of course I am here, shitposting the night away.

As one does.