Akito

#DevOps Engineer with a heavy focus on #CloudOps with #Kubernetes #k3s #Rancher #Helm.

Smithing my own cloud services, for the infrastructure I build, with #Kotlin #PostgreSQL #SpringBoot on #Docker #containerd #Linux #Alpine #Ubuntu.

On hobby projects I'm working with #Nim #Rust #Julia #Nu #Ballerina #Nix.

Public Key

npub1wprtv89px7z2ut04vvquscpmyfuzvcxttwy2csvla5lvwyj807qqz5aqle

NIP-05 Address

akito.ooo

NIP-57 Address

akito@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs8q34krjsn0p9w9h6kxqwgvqajy7pxvr94hz9vgx0760k8zfrhlqq3udpqw

Author Public Key

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2023-11-06 03:36:21

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Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

2023-11-05 05:09:17

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Because, nowadays you see all idiotism combined, easily accessible by everyone on the internet. Back then, you would only see the highly paid or otherwise privileged artists.
It's a two way street today & probably better this way, because now you can actually grow popularity without needing a huge budget upfront from any monarchical treasuries.

2023-11-04 04:13:26

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It should be normal to link to #Nostr from within #Twitter, rather than the other way around. 😉 #NostrOnly
(No, I will never call it "X", because "X" is a placeholder or Roman number or a letter in the alphabet. Not a name. Not a brand.)

2023-11-03 12:50:46

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If you really want to have a good chair, not a "gaming chair" you should look up a truly ergonomic chair, that legitimately costs at least a 1000 bucks & you're good to go.
Otherwise, spending money on "gaming chairs" is the same as falling for a Nigerian prince, who happens to be your cousin.

2023-11-02 03:30:38

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Could you please create a post, explaining how you resolved all your inquiries?
I could not find any resolution regarding this, except that you made progress in general.
@npub1man…n9tn

2023-11-02 03:26:48

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You just mixed up words, there. You meant to say "moral absolutism [...]".

2023-10-31 13:56:11

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Why?

2023-10-31 13:53:19

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Now, this post really shows, that a NIPple for post editing should be mandatory on all clients.
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2023-10-30 02:49:47

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The same as "thou shalt not murder". If someone is murdered, the murderer deserves to be murdered.

2023-10-30 02:48:08

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Aren't billionaires on top of any bank?

2023-10-29 22:36:30

I'm using this amazing app, which beautifully & conveniently logs & provides you with information about app crashes.
You can also use it as yet another #Logcat viewer, where you can create custom filters & apply them as you wish, when viewing logs, so you only see, what you need to see.
Looks overall beautiful, is very useful & of course features Dark Mode. :)
If you like an open source app, but a development focused #OpenSourceContribution is too much for you, you might wanna install this app & report all crashes, that you experience with an app from #F-Droid, to help maintainers find the issue & fix it!
You can copy or zip the crash information & share it. Extremely simple! Everyone can help #OpenSource maintainers just by providing crash information.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.f0x1d.logfox/
#OSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #FreeAsInFreedom #FLOSS #FOSS #Android #Kotlin #Github #Log #GPL

2023-10-27 01:22:22

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Of course, you can change them. You just have to do it declaratively, ahead. 😉

2023-10-27 01:15:40

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I looked up the video, in case you're interested.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Ooa7wOKHhg
I'm pretty sure it's the one, I had watched. I don't want to watch it again, though. Still am shocked by it after such a long time.
If it is that video, it shows the entire scene & the video stops exactly at the moment, before they start shooting. So, you may see his last moments on YouTube, right before collapsing from fatal gun wounds.
The back story is basically, that some moron wannabe lawful idiot reported him to the police about a "rifle" he had, but in fact it was just a gun for playing around. He showed it to everyone & everyone was enjoying this fun toy. The moron wasn't at the party & literally assumed, that everyone on the party must be somehow part of the conspiracy, where everyone just blindly accepts a guy with an actual rifle. This is what the guy calling the police must've thought, else he wouldn't have called it.
Or he did not think at all. Most US Americans call the police whenever they don't understand something. They always presume the worst.
For example, there is another guy who literally walked on a car parking area, without going into a car, so the police was called on him, because it was "unusual". Things like these are the most US American shit there is. #FuckUSA
Well, anyway, I digress...
So, the killers arrive & put the victim into this stressful situation, as seen in the video. They were basically doing some Guantanamo styled power play, right there. So, of course, he made the mistake of moving his hand too quickly, which made the young officer fill him with bullets until the victim dropped dead.
Needless to say, the murderer was never in prison. He just changed his work location & still lives off US American taxes.
That's 'merica for ya.
#FuckUSA
....
Yeah, right, almost forgot my point.
My actual point was, that if this disturbing footage is perfectly legal & even available on a platform, which boss says, that the most important part of freedom of speech on the platform is to restrict content, then a screenshot portraying a horrible person, like the Discord guy, should be legal & you shouldn't be banned for it. Simple.

2023-10-26 21:52:14

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Well, finished it watching, now. That's the load of bull, I already expected.
It's also important to emphasise that the video "explaining" it is basically spreading propaganda about what Apple does to its users via iCloud. The guy in the video did not mention even ONCE that the algorithms used for this "DNA" are faulty & proven to misidentify perfectly harmless pictures as being linked to this type of horrible crime.
This is another #FuckUSA moment, because being reported for this picture is just dumb as fuck.
If you just send this screenshot, it does not mean you have any relation whatsoever with the video the screenshot was taken from. It's literally just a screenshot.
I have also proof of this idiocy.
For example, there's live footage of American police (#FuckUSA btw.) killing an unarmed man, begging on the floor with automatic rifles.
The first part of this video is freely available & tolerated on YouTube, because it stops right before they start shooting.
The same way, this screenshot itself is harmless. The video where the screenshot was taken from is NOT available, when you just send this one screenshot. Therefore, the screenshot is harmless & must be perfectly legal. It does not do, show or make you do anything illegal. It's a screenshot of a random ugly looking guy. Nobody on Discord probably ever saw the video in the first place, so why ban people for this screenshot.
This is your average US American idiocy.
#FuckUSA, in case, I did not mention it, yet.

2023-10-26 21:36:15

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#nevent1q…wxxg

2023-10-26 21:35:45

& people always pretend to be so fucking surprised, when I tell them, that I literally don't have a #Discord account.
This is just one of the many reasons I never use #Discord. You don't own the data. You don't own the "server".
You will own nothing and you will (NOT) be happy about it (when you are on Discord).
#FuckDiscord #FuckProprietary #Proprietary #FreeSoftware #FreeAsInFreedom #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Libre #FuckUSA
#nevent1q…j885

2023-10-26 12:36:25

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Welcome to the other side... 😉

2023-10-26 12:35:25

Looking for some #OpenSource projects, I can finish the #Hacktoberfest assignments with, ASAP.
Preferably an app written in #Kotlin for #Android published on #F-Droid, due to mostly small scale & helpful #contributions to #F-Droid users.
Other projects may be fine, as well. It depends.
#NoTypeScript #NoJavaScript or anything related to #JavaScript, though.
#AskNostr Does anyone have any quick recommendations?
It's important that the maintainers are quick with responses & merging the pull requests. :)
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #FreeAsInFreedom #GitHub #OpenSourceContribution #Dev #Development

2023-10-26 12:28:36

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#nevent1q…2070

2023-10-26 12:26:55

Thanks, @npub1tce…jmky for accomplishing the same favor for me. :)
#nevent1q…8rue
#nevent1q…w8vc

2023-10-24 00:58:29

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"Owning" a website is all relative, though. That's what people often forget.
Like, if you run it via Web Hosting, is it yours?
If you run it on a generic VPS, is it yours?
If you run it on your machine through proprietary software, is it yours?
If you run it on your server with #FLOSS software, is it yours?
Even the most free machine, that runs at your home still has to connect to some ISP & depend on a third party, except you connect through one of those freedom net things, but I don't know much about it, so cannot comment on that.
Well, I digressed a bit from the original topic, but I hope you don't mind me chiming in with these thoughts. 😉

2023-10-24 00:52:38

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Good question, considering there will be lots of cracked keys with all those direct messages that have been slowly leaking key data.

2023-10-22 23:25:58

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Nice

2023-10-22 03:05:52

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How sick it is, that everyone on earth is so used to drinking alcohol like it's nothing, that they drink two glasses & don't even consciously notice any difference in their physiology.
Alcohol being normalised over hundreds & thousands of years is kind of a mental health problem of all humanity.
Although, it's just as sick, that saying this is often seen as crazily exaggerated, when in fact the alcohol consumption of humans is the only exaggerated thing in that topic.

2023-10-22 02:59:17

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Anyway, I haven't been using it much, although two profiles are better than one, so thanks for reminding me to check it out, again & really try to make use of it...

2023-10-21 21:31:56

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https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
#F-Droid #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #FreeAsInFreedom #Android #Degoogle

2023-10-21 18:05:44

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Camera Flash ruined it...

2023-10-21 18:04:59

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You prefer the opposite, where not even children are asked? 🤔
Every alcoholic drink less is a win for humanity. 😉

2023-10-21 09:23:06

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This definitely sounds totally legit & not like those gift cards were ever bought with stolen money. 🤔

2023-10-20 17:21:51

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Which sadists? The ones that kill you or the ones you pay for? 🤔

2023-10-20 10:32:08

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The grammar of the question ought to be rejected, because there is no "peaceful" & especially no "evil".

2023-10-19 10:53:51

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This only works, if everyone abides the same rules.
In reality, the people who write the best stuff, are already hesitant & do not #spam anything.
While the most useless shit posters #spam everything like there's no tomorrow.
So, in reality, using less hashtags just further diminishes the chance for the best people to be seen, because they are so easily drowned by spammers.
This is why, on an open platform based on an open protocol, you cannot avoid #spam enough to just make everyone hesitant enough.
Like, there are even some greedy morons, who #Abuse the AskNostr pound sign to #spam everyone with pictures of nude women, like what the fuck is wrong with them.
I think, the most realistic solution is a strict anti-spam policy & technical abilities to block #spam.
You won't ever delete all #spam ever, but this way it's realistically possible to get rid of 80% #spam without issues.

2023-10-19 10:47:18

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Well, "who knows" does not guarantee it will happen.
I have experience with #Peertube etc. & all these technologies have shown me, is that #decentralisation starts to crumble on huge media files, because even if everyone with a computer shares some space, it will still be smaller, slower & less available than an incredibly huge #Google funded datacenter filled with top notch performance machines.
I don't really see any #decentralised service ever replacing something like #YouTube, in its fullest, without sacrificing a LOT.

2023-10-19 00:22:45

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Smoking causes cancer & kills.

2023-10-18 19:49:09

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Where will all the videos be saved then? Where to get all those exabytes from?

2023-10-18 09:14:59

I just discovered an ingenious little tool, making your #Shell life easier off #Linux.
It is a #CrossPlatform implementation of #GNU #coreutils, i.e. `rm`, `mv`, etc.
This means, you can use basic #Linux commands on #Microsoft #Windows & #AppleInc #MacOS.
You can even use `df -h` on #Windows this way!
Here, a list of currently available utilities.
```
arch, b2sum, b3sum, base32, base64, basename, basenc, cat, cksum, comm, cp, csplit, cut,
date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt,
fold, hashsum, head, hostname, join, link, ln, ls, md5sum, mkdir, mktemp, more, mv, nl,
nproc, numfmt, od, paste, pr, printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, realpath, rm, rmdir,
seq, sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha3-224sum, sha3-256sum, sha3-384sum, sha3-512sum,
sha384sum, sha3sum, sha512sum, shake128sum, shake256sum, shred, shuf, sleep, sort, split,
sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, test, touch, tr, true, truncate, tsort, uname, unexpand, uniq,
unlink, vdir, wc, whoami, yes
```
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
#Bash #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeAsInFreedom #BusyBox #Rust

2023-10-18 09:06:48

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I researched this a while ago & all my research suggested to stay away as far as possible from it. It's slow, buggy & just generally obsolete.
This is one proper alternative of many, which should usually be used, instead.
https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql
Benchmark...
https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql/blob/main/PERFORMANCE.md

2023-10-18 08:55:07

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Did they really change the title in the meantime? 🤔

2023-10-12 22:57:11

Welcome to the daily dose of #FuckUSA.

2023-10-12 22:54:28

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You are already way ahead. My point was, that saying "Twitter is not a European company" is some bullshit wannabe excuse made by supposed freedom lovers, who actually mean freedom only for the ones who can afford it in the US American Dollar Democracy.
So, am not saying anything is broken or that the guy is law enforcement.
Just saying, that your type of arguments sound like US American bullshit to me.
Fuck the USA, btw.

2023-10-12 22:45:16

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Ew, jq...

2023-10-10 22:52:59

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If you deliver services in the #EU, your company could come from Mars & you would still need to abide local laws.
I think, Musk should fuck himself, first, in this situation...

2023-10-05 09:21:48

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#nevent1q…m6hc

2023-09-29 02:22:23

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#Amethyst

2023-09-28 23:13:24

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If it were made out of #Bitcoin, yes.

2023-09-28 23:05:16

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Alcohol is addictive too, but most people tend to be relatively responsible about their consumption.

2023-09-28 23:01:01

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Here, the clean URL...
https://onion.tube/Ur20vi40NYY
You're welcome.

2023-09-28 22:58:43

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Coincidence? 🤔😂

2023-09-28 14:56:31

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Prlug
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-8BvVlqUebE8Uxl9D-ifizzw-t500x500.jpg

2023-09-28 14:54:11

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So, moving the SD risk to SSD risk... 🤔

2023-09-28 12:01:28

The #RaspberryPi5 is announced & I am hyped.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/
https://onion.tube/yul4gq_LrOI
#RaspberryPi #SingleBoardComputer #SBC #Linux #Hardware

2023-09-27 21:20:37

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Putting all followed npubs in a single pool is the opposite of simple to me.

2023-09-27 13:51:13

I opened a #PullRequest on #SimpleX' #GitHub.
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/pull/3126
It rewrites the #Documentation for using #SQLite in the form of #SQLcipher, to investigate chat messages from the #SimpleX #Database #Backup.
#OpenSource #Markdown #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #Libre #Chat #InstantMessenger #IM #Messenger #Privacy #Security #Relay

2023-09-27 13:44:19

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Skimming & ignoring sounds all well on paper, but in reality, everything you see & consume costs time, energy & attention. It drains you, no matter how fast you scroll by.
Our brains aren't computers, which can just immediately forget such stuff, when it's irrelevant.

2023-09-27 13:42:42

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From my experience, bare reposts have a place, although it's controversial.
For example, reposts are excellent for sharing something from another community into your community.
Sure, you could also quote it, but, as previously mentioned, people would then start quoting & not actually add any content.

2023-09-27 13:40:17

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Just what I thought about, as well. You cannot stop boosts, because people will do it either way. Even if you forbid event & note link resolution, you can still post the link & explain the content.
Essentially, a cave man's reposting mechanism. 🤷

2023-09-27 00:35:58

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Okay, let me give you an example of only actual humans, based on my real experience on #Nostr.
After I joined, I followed various accounts, mostly lead by humans. For the sake of this explanation, I don't count in any non-humans.
I followed an art related npub, which is lead by a human.
This npub shared tons of posts *every single day*, while other humans shared something maybe once in two days or sometimes less.
Even the humans who posted once or twice a day, were completely suffocated by the amount of content from this one artsy npub.
From this experience one of the first npubs I unfollowed was a human, who posted nice arts but it was way too much & often for me & my feed ecology.
Wouldn't this use case perhaps apply to a scenario in your feed?
Or are you already weeding out such potential problems by not following them in the first place?
In this example, I would've loved to have the option to mute all posts of the artsy channel & instead get a summary of the most liked posts of the week, or whatever criteria.

2023-09-26 22:14:03

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For me, it's the absolute opposite.
I was annoyed, when #YouTube changed its star rating system to like & dislike. Now it's only like, anyway.
The same way I never understood how people just "follow" everyone the same way, when clearly not all followed deliver content of exactly the same quality for you.
I have this issue on #GitHub & now on #Nostr, as well.
Like, everyone follows each account for different reasons.
Would you put RSS bots in the same category as literal humans traveling around the world? I think, not.
So, I basically experience a feed with lots of crap, because everything is in the same pool of "followed" npubs.
I want to follow all, but I'm not interested the same way & same degrees in all the content each npub publishes.
Therefore, especially the Super Follow & Follow thing makes absolute sense to me.
Like, I already had to unfollow so many people on #Nostr, simply because they crap up my feed with too many posts. I want to follow them, but I simply cannot, due to the lack of such a filtering & categorisation mechanic.

2023-09-26 09:01:01

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Did you refresh the repositories?

2023-09-26 09:00:03

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Didn't work well at all, last time I used it. Messages would never arrive, etc. Just a terrible experience.

2023-09-25 11:42:10

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I hate the world "problematic", because each time it's used it basically means, there is no actual problem, so you cannot describe the problem, so you have to use a fake general term like "problematic" to make it seem & feel like there is a problem, when in fact there is not.

2023-09-25 03:46:58

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"The Five Elements of Effective Thinking" is also a great audiobook. It summarises effective thinking through lots of easy to understand examples. You can make a moron listen to this & he will definitely grow some brain cells listening to it. Happened to me already. :D

2023-09-25 03:35:36

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There are a couple of nice ones. Have to look up their names first, though...

2023-09-25 03:18:09

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You already mentioned the ones I would be interested in muting. It's not even like I don't like those topics, #Bitcoin is just discussed way too inflationary here, if you catch the irony...

2023-09-24 10:54:26

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I'm curious as to what the point of that is? 🤔
I only used it without a GUI. :D

2023-09-24 10:48:06

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Funny, how this image actually is based on cognitive dissonance by the authors.
Nowadays, modern propaganda does not have to lie or fake, it has to choose the right topics & drop the dangerous ones.
This way, it can use actual facts, but it's always crammed & twisted in a way to make you think in the way that you are manipulated into.

2023-09-23 23:16:21

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You can use #Android without any #Google whatsoever on it.

2023-09-23 23:12:01

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Do you use #Alpine with a GUI?

2023-09-22 12:06:18

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Nope, not a client problem. It depends on how you connect to the services, through which network & how many relays allow your requests to go through etc.
If it works well for you, you maybe don't have a lot of different connections & the servers are more available to you. I don't know.

2023-09-22 01:43:03

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The biggest problem I see right now is the first use experience. The first 15 minutes you use a product determines whether you continue using it or likely drop it forever.
When you just start #Nostr & you wanna see anything, all Relays have to be queried first, etc. At first, everything is empty.
Happens as well, when you delete the cache of the #Nostr app you use.
People are so used to instant access, it's probably a pretty big blocker to wait for Relays to finish loading the feed, especially in Global, basically like viewing an image in Internet Explorer during 2003.

2023-09-20 00:00:43

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What was the official reasoning for this hammer?

2023-09-16 11:48:51

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That Marketing trick actually still works?
I guess, I should announce a soft drink for 10k bucks & then on release offer it for 1000 bucks & shout: "THIS DRINK IS 90% OFF!!!! ONLY ON RELEASE DAY!!!! IT'S SO CHEAP!!!".
Considering the controversy around their behaviour & shitting on critical community members, I'd say, they should make it much cheaper, deliver more & apologise on top of it.

2023-09-16 01:31:49

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Do you wear both at the same time?

2023-09-15 19:03:37

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A 1000 bucks only? Wow, that's cheap.

2023-09-10 03:11:23

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Ever used Geddit?
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/geddit.buzl.uk/
Does not use the Reddit API, which means you can use it from anywhere.

2023-09-08 11:45:24

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Funny that you ask, because I wanted to post about it already, anyway.
Many years ago, I was a happy owner of a smartphone with an actual physical keyboard. Was the best thing ever. Not a #Blackberry, btw.
Since then, it was apparently "cool" to not ever offer physical keyboards again, but do everything via touch, even if touch was still unreliable back then.
Nowadays, touch has become pretty sophisticated & reliable, but I still don't like how imprecise it is.
I tried a lot of #FLOSS keyboards from #F-Droid, but they are all pretty extremely shitty & I still cannot understand how people are using them. It's too hard to type on them & their predictions are laughable at best.
For example, their touch detection, especially when long pressing keys for symbols, is so off & difficult to tweak.
The worst thing about those keyboards is that they all SUCK ASS when it comes to the usage of different languages. I type in 3 to 5 different languages & if those #Keyboard's even understand the concept of a non-English language, you always have to explicitly switch to that language, rather than being able to type most languages on the same layout & have simultaneous predictions for several languages, all in one.
These are some of the reasons I got used to using a specific proprietary keyboard over too many years, which I block with my #Firewall, so it cannot call home, at all.
Its predictions are amazing & even allows writing some words you are not sure of, because the predictions will lead the way to the correct spelling etc. Unlike your usual #FOSS keyboard, where you are using some stone age thing.
However, even this keyboard isn't ideal, because it's still not great to type on & easy to mistype.
Predictions & #AutoCorrect actually make things worse when you use custom words, because it wants to correct a word that is already fine, but just unknown.
Obviously, it being extremely proprietary, made by a #TooBigToFail #BigTech corporation is also a huuge no-no.
Now, the best part & the moral of the story.
Recently, I found a #FLOSS keyboard app on #F-Droid which finally gives hope. Is it finally an #OpenSource keyboard on #Android, which does not suck ass?
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/
It is explicitly designed to be super fast & easy to type on & so far, I can only confirm that claim.
The only downside for many users is the learning curve. This post was partially written with this & partially with the old one, because I'm still pretty slow with this one & need to practice more.
The other problem is language support. It is designed & optimised for English, nothing more, nothing less.
However, so far it seems to be very great & once you type often enough, all this will get into your muscle memory & you will be able to type without any mistouches whatsoever & you will forget something like predictions exist, because it's so simple & easy to just manually type out all words.
It also may remind you of good old #CellPhone's, which you could wash in your washing machine & they would still work afterwards.
#FreeSoftware #Freedom #GPL #GitHub #TechSupport #Technology #FreeAlternative #Amethyst #ThumbKey #Smartphone #Phone #FuckGoogle #FuckMicrosoft #Degoogle #Privacy #Security #Spyware #Infringement #FuckUSA

2023-09-04 02:57:19

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We are talking #JavaScript here & #TypeScript is basically polishing shit. As Mythbusters have proven, it is indeed possible to polish shit, but do you really want polished shit?

2023-09-04 00:04:25

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Doing shit in #JavaScript just makes you used to the most wrong way of programming there is, i. e. not even knowing what a type is, not to mention managing them smartly.

2023-08-30 20:50:12

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Looks really healthy! Don't forget to take a burger home, next time. 😂

2023-08-30 02:49:18

@npub1s0c…s7kd denies obvious security issues with its product.
Requirements
1. Phone Number you have access to.
2. End to End Encryption must be manually enabled.
😂😂😂
#nevent1q…4n70
#Telegram #E2E #EndToEndEncryption #Encryption #Cryptography #Cloud #Chat #InstantMessenger #Messenger #IM #Corporate #CorporateSpeak #Marketing #Propaganda

2023-08-30 02:37:24

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Does not matter what the guy says, who makes millions off the product. I trust the independent security experts who have repeatedly shown, that Telegram is basically a differently coloured WhatsApp, when it comes to security. Like, end to end encryption was even optional for such a long time. 😂
& in regards to who or what company is behind it, #Telegram is not exactly trustworthy, either.
That said, there are plenty of people & organisations, which have been infiltrated, because they thought they were safe on #Telegram.

2023-08-25 01:07:23

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Great, they were smart. #FuckUSA

2023-08-16 12:35:18

This has always been a difficult topic. Moving forward versus keeping things working.
Both sides have their arguments & there should be always some kind of balance between the two, depending on the deployment situation & target audience.
Personally, I've been always a strong proponent of moving forward for the sake of breaking old stuff we don't need anymore.
So, from my perspective, a lot of the reasons explained in this article sound to me like "but muh typewriter should still be viable in 2023, though".
This is what I generally don't like about a majority of #Linux culture.
People say shit like "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", while misportraying the spectrum of the word "broken" in this context.
To me, "broken" in the IT world, doesn't only mean, it's not working.
It means it's not viable anymore, today.
For example, your horse might still live & work, but you don't take your horse to ride to work every day.
Your typewriter may still work, but do you really prefer to use it to accomplish work assignments?
Your oldtimer car still work, because it was built in a very robust way, but is it worth the tons of more gas you waste, because its system is so inefficient & wasteful of resources?
#Windows3.1 literally still works on every computer with a tiny emulator to make it run or sometimes even on bare metal, if you know what you are doing, but would you complain, that you cannot run new software on #Windows3.1 or software from that time on your modern operating system?
Move forward, even if you break things along the way.
Its better this way, rather than being stuck in the past & not accepting new, well made technology.
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2023-08-13 11:27:08

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Is there a battery integrated or how is it powered?

2023-08-03 21:45:56

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Is the voice-over guy some scammer or something? I remember his voice when researching scammers.

2023-08-01 20:49:34

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To release on F-Droid, your app needs to be open source in at least major parts of the app. This is what many greedy bastards don't appreciate. 🤷

2023-07-30 19:04:05

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That is rather unfortunate. :)

2023-07-30 19:02:10

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Did you order on discount? There was one recently.

2023-07-29 02:06:29

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Standard #Firefox for convenient synchronisation between devices.
#PrivacyBrowser for the most private browsing experience (excluding Tor & Proxy based browsers) you will ever get on #Android.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.stoutner.privacybrowser.standard/

2023-07-27 10:36:21

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How to join the resistance for freedom, free technologies & free money, to support & improve a censorship-resistant & freedom-loving communications protocol.
1. Join a fucked up centralised communication server, where you sell your data & soul.
2. Apply to some single third-party with your project, which could be rejected by this single third party.
3. If this single third party approves your project, you may claim the bounty.

2023-07-25 10:11:09

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Speaking of SimpleX, in my life this app was a total failure.
I convinced someone getting an alternative to WhatsApp, so we could talk to each other, since I don't support WhatsApp.
What's happened is, that the person installed SimpleX & uninstalled it within 24 hours, because it drained tons of battery compared to how the person was used to battery drain.
Basically, I lost one opportunity, because SimpleX was no sufficient alternative.
I think I even reported the issue & then realised, this was a huge problem, which was going on for a long while & they still hadn't fixed it by then.
So, again, not sure why SimpleX is so hyped. In my experience it sucked ass. Do people actually use it outside, without constantly charging the phone? :D

2023-07-24 22:34:55

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Second thing is, why use a service with a phone number, if you have so many easier alternatives available?
You talk about VPNs, Tor, Bitcoin, etc... Why make life so hard?
There are so many instant messengers, which don't require shit.
For example, XMPP is dead easy to set up. Have already set it up for several people with no technical knowledge at all (you can be lucky, if they find the on/off button on a device) & it works without any hassle.
Now, enable OMEMO & you get free encryption without any effort. You usually don't even need to press a button, because it's usually enabled by default.
There are tons of XMPP servers, which don't care about your account, at all. & even in some weird scenario, where they do, you can switch accounts within minutes, by just choosing an alternative server.
Simple & way less difficult & time-consuming than your Signal journey over three oceans. :P

2023-07-24 22:29:39

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Temporary phone number means, that you have no ownership of it & it is inherently insecure. Having a phone number is already bad enough, but not having & using a temporary one is really bad. Every following Code/PIN will be sent to a phone number literally anyone could use at that moment. So, if there's account recovery via phone number possible, which most services definitely offer, you basically offer anyone the possibility to steal your account with potentially compromising data.
To me, temporary phone numbers are absolutely useless, except you need a throwaway phone number for a lottery or some other bullshit you'll never use anyway. For a private(!) messenger I would never use a phone number. Let alone a temporary one, anyone can have access to, at some point.

2023-07-23 11:53:27

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I would stay away from all services requiring a phone number, because this system is already broken & it won't come back. There are also luckily plenty of alternatives to Instant Messengers, which require phone numbers, like Signal.
For example, you say "burner number", so you might hail from the USA or some other country with similar laws.
If you are in the EU, you are screwed.
There are no burner numbers.
The only way to get a "burner" number is to get someone else to register the number. However, even then you're screwed, because the number will deactivate once you stop wasting money on that phone number. So, once you pay cash into the number, they already can track who's the actual user of the phone number now.
Or if you let someone else cash in, they can ask at least two people to expose you. First, the number seller, second the one who cashed in.
Therefore, numbers in the EU for example are already entirely broken & unfixable, because no government will make them less controllable & more free, ever.
Which is why using a burner number is not an international option, if you don't want to exclude a big part of an entire continent.

2023-07-22 21:59:36

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I generally oppose services requiring phone numbers, just to fuck us over.
When will plebs understand its NOT for security, but to get data from you easier & not allowing you to have more than a single verified account?
It's so easy to social engineer your way into getting someone's phone number & then getting access to all important centralised shit services, like Google, Amazon & Microsoft products registered by the victim, who lost his phone number through a social engineering attack.
There are tons of people who lost so much, due to this.
If services actually want security, they need to implement hardware key, TOTP & GPG support. This would be implemented by those monopolies, instead of the requirement for phone numbers, if they actually gave a damn about your account security.