Rusty @RustyStriker@qoto.org

The portable identity people always, inevitably forget one simple truth: the identity and the means of accessing it should be separable. I've explained them way too many times that a public key is not a viable form of identity. They still keep insisting on using public keys as identifiers.

The fatal flaw of the use of cryptographic keys for identity is that
- Once leaked, it can't be revoked to prevent further unauthorized access and impersonation
- Once lost, it can't be recovered and a new key pair, thus a new identity, is required

This stuff is non-negotiable really. I worked at VK, they have an entire department dedicated to restoring people's access to their accounts. People are terrible with passwords and they will be even more terrible with private keys.

T-Rex

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that my free and open-source board game simulator, Tabletop Club, is now officially released! 🥳

You can download v0.1.0, a.k.a. "Humble Beginnings", right now 😱

https://drwhut.itch.io/tabletop-club/devlog/523502/release-v010-humble-beginnings

#OpenSource #GameDev #GodotEngine #Tabletop

This week in KDE: The bug slaughterfest continues. Plus: Discover's search gets smarter, KRunner makes maths functions simpler, Plasma's panel configuration goes visualer(?).

https://pointieststick.com/2023/04/28/this-week-in-kde-the-bug-slaughterfest-continues/

#Kdenlive 23.04 is out with nested timelines, Whisper engine support, new effects and transitions and much more.

Go check it out:
https://kdenlive.org/en/2023/04/kdenlive-23-04-0-released/

please dont buy chairs that need a #subscription to work. buy #chair for 10$ but to sit on it you need to download an #app on your phone and register your butt and pay 2$/month per butt. otherwise youll be ejected or the chair will self destruct. o;

The official Mastodon app is doing something new which is potentially very dangerous to the existence of Mastodon and the Fediverse.

The official Mastodon app now prompts users to join mastodon.social by default, when previously it prompted them to pick a server. If you're new this may sound harmless, but let me explain.

The entire point of this place is to be a social network spread out on as many servers as possible (the reasons are here: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/).

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Absolutely super.

TFW you know exactly how to model an algorithm in a dozen ways but not the way that Rust wants.

I kinda wish mastadon wasnt anti-algorithm when it comes to your feed... The ideal, IMO, is that the user can pick whatever algorithm they want to effectively empower their feed and make discovery of new content better.

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accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"

"Yes, I used LaTeX and couldn't fix that bit"