Parienve @Parienve@qoto.org

@werwolf You are right, *I* don't need the same client on every platform, but the people I may want to convince to switch to XMPP want a simple answer on what to use.

Ideally, the name of the client would just be the name of the procol, which simplifies a lot of things for people understanding. If you have to explain to people that "oh yeah Conversations and Gajim work together because they all use the XMPP protocol", you already lost.

Also from experience when I tried XMPP a couple years ago, I had some funky issues with messages/history not syncing properly between my mobile client and my desktop client.

I want to believe in XMPP, because I'm really afraid that in 10 years from now we'll still be in this status quo with "not-really-decentralized" technologies (which also apply to Matrix because it's not clear if it'll stay heavily centralized on matrix.org or not ...) but it's time XMPP folks understand that things need to be made simple, otherwise nobody will switch.

@swiley @twotwenty @Snowden

I'd like to see your source for the matrix/POTS surveillance connection as well.

@twotwenty
Or XMPP. Considering Matrix is funded by the same people who run the POTS surveillance.
@Snowden

@alexandra with how some of them are documented it certainly feels like it at times

Unlike those on Halloween, the DMCA is a monster that won't be going away in the morning. That's why Defective by Design works year-round to #endDRM.

My god Feynman truly was a gem we lost from this world far far too soon.

#feynman #RichardFeynman

dos-like is a programming library/framework, kind of like a tiny game engine, for writing games and programs with a similar feel to MS-DOS productions from the early 90s. But rather than writing code that would run on a real DOS machine, dos-like is about making programs which run on modern platforms like Windows, Mac and Linux, but which attempts to recreate the look, feel, and sound of old DOS programs.
https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson/dos-like

Interesting post about the strange state of data authentication and encryption in Linux distros... encrypting the OS and user data with the same secret doesn't make sense in a multiuser setting. Also asking for credentials from an initrd whose authenticity is not validated is problematic.
https://0pointer.net/blog/authenticated-boot-and-disk-encryption-on-linux.html

@thor @jessica@mk.absturztau.be Tech is fine as long as you are in control, in many cases tech seems to control the user.

Civil liberty fears as police consider using drones that film from 1,500ft

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/29/police-england-wales-long-range-drone-footage-tender-filming
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038500

#introductions
👋 I'm a hobbyist programmer and sysadmin who is passionate about #CooperativeTechnology, #smalltech, and other forms of user empowerment with technology. You may have seen me before.

I'm interested in #Gemini and other small internet protocols, along with mobile Linux, real sustainability, and various computer languages (including Rust and Zig).

I won't follow too many people here, or engage in politics, but I will share some updates on the things I'm working on.

Very interesting exploration of non-Git* solutions. I particularly liked his point warning of vendor lock-in.

https://sumnerevans.com/posts/technology/migrating-to-sourcehut/

Just introduced this classic talk to some of my #clojure devs, when introducing David Nolen and why his perspective is good to hear besides Rich Hickey. https://youtu.be/8o01g6C7jWg

Proprietary control over education is growing and it is affecting students' rights to information. Watch and share "The University of Costumed Heroes and fight for young people's freedom. https://u.fsf.org/fsfheroes

I like the point that many Linux users actually know how to make bug reports, and there is transparency in where they go
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RT @nixcraft
Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from the Linux community https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/qeqn3b/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38_of_bug/
https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1452348305510260736

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