Sly Gryphon @sgryphon@qoto.org

IPv6 is so much better. Have a bunch of different services at home, just add rules to allow what I want through the router firewall, and they can each provision a Let's Encrypt certificate (as they each have a port 80 and port 443, instead of having to share the), and each be accessible from the Internet (without having to set up port forwarding).

@craigmaloney@octodon.social Just play the songs backwards (and if you are lucky you might even get a message from the opposing side).

Strange to see a text you digitised 25 years ago appear scattered around the Internet. Search for "Transcribed to 1's and 0's by Slaegr the Anarch".

@craigmaloney@octodon.social the issue is not the application, e.g. there are many email apps, but using a standardised, and federated, protocol.

Matrix (Element) seems the best available, for security: https://privacytools.io/software/real-time-communication/#im

They also have a big focus on bridges to lots of other platforms, which helps.

i.e. bridge from one platform on one server, through to Matrix, a federated system, then out some completely different server bridged somewhere else.

@fsf many of the tools are also mentioned at https://privacytools.io/software/real-time-communication/#voip

@h4890 sorry, I don't know enough about Mastodon.

My guess if it was a stand alone server it would work fine, to message each other internally, i.e. local messages. The host name in your browser, or certificate details, would not be relevant or need to match if sending from alice@foo.private to bob@foo.private.

Public certificates, etc, would be relevant for federation, e.g. for a message to get from @sgryphon to @h4890 then the qoto.org server needs some way to (securely) connect to the liberdon.com server.

@h4890 not sure if they had email in mind, just aspects are similar, same as any messaging system you need to identify who to send to.

Also similar to ActivityPub / Mastodon / fediverse, an address has a local part and a domain part, with the domain part relying on existing DNS structure.

Not the only way to do addressing / server discovery, but common.

Have a look at some of the peer-to-peer systems, which don't rely on server infrastructure, e.g. Briar and Jami, mentioned on privacytools.io

Found a mirror to match our bedroom, so spent the morning putting it up. #bedroom #mirror

@h4890 think of Matrix like email -- to use email you at least need a host name to be somewhat usable, but not necessarily a full domain. i.e. you need a domain for addressing.

Certificates are free, from something like Let's Encrypt.

There is a guide here: https://matrix.org/docs/guides/free-small-matrix-server

Otherwise, look at some local/peer-to-peer messaging options: https://privacytools.io/software/real-time-communication/#peer-to-peer

@tonkatsu182 Yes. https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarian

@lrvick I currently use Signal because on the plus side the client is open source. (The Android client also acts as the default SMS client, which is nice), however I am planning on moving across to a federated solution (the main drawback) using Matrix. Soon. When I get the time.

@bignose @sil I love the #mouseguard system where a check is either (a) a success, or (b) success at a cost, a status like hungry, tired, etc, or (c) another obstacle (another check).

That next check is then either (a) success, (b) success at a cost, or (c) another obstacle, and so on.

There are no dead ends!

Either you succeed (possibly with a cost), or there is more story.

@PresGas Yes. Part 4 gives you a licence to Use; Part 1 defines Use to include distribute, copy, edit, format, and modify.

That means for content designated OGC you can modify and distribute those modifications, alongside your own work. D&D 3rd Edition gave a massive boost to the RPG industry by releasing their core rules OGC and it spawned a whole host of D20 spin offs by other publishers.

Note that product identity, specific names, etc, are not included in OGC, so the OGC version of Mordernkainen's Magnificant Mansion was simply called "Magnificent Mansion", etc.

I think Part 2 also makes the OGL kind of copy-left, as any OGC that you Use, e.g. modify and distribute, must also have the OGL.

A product can have both product identity parts (usually the fluff) and OGC parts (the rules).

@lrvick I wonder what happens if someone writes the key into the Bitcoin blockchain???