Post AzSzSpr2JbnUMldRZY by lrvick@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AzSzSnGnvLcuLofTou by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-18T09:54:53Z
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Hacking is a state of mind, not a skill. Want to cook eggs and all you have is a waffle iron? Time for a kitchen hack.Hackers are just creative people that compulsively test boundaries be they artistic, social, technological, or otherwise.Houdini was a hacker. Edison and Tesla were hackers. The Wright brothers were hackers. Michelangelo was a hacker.Break stupid rules. Be a hacker.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSoVNKesOBIUdAe by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-18T10:49:10Z
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@lrvick Irvick, i am sincere Muslim. You know, there is the concept of user rights in Islam. According to this concept, don't closed-source software violate user rights? In that case, using closed-source software is not permissible.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSpr2JbnUMldRZY by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-18T12:00:30Z
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@tuskun I would go a step further. I feel the entire concept of intellectual property is theft, robbing those of the freedom to be creative and repair or improve anything they wish with their own resources.Similarly I think giving or selling someone hardware or software without also giving them the full source code and the information to maintain and repair is a scam, conning people to be permanently dependent on the scammer.This legalized scamming is profitable, but it is still theft.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSqiv5Gtn3sqTYm by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-18T12:03:40Z
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@tuskun I can see allowances for things like entertainment. A magician should not be required to reveal his secrets.But tools, those are sacred. To intentionally create and sell a useful tool and intentionally monopolize the information needed to maintain, improve, or repair said tool, is evil.I am very aware evil is the default.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSrl5EiDwGsriZU by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-19T09:25:35Z
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@lrvick My friend why is qubesos non free parts are better than fully free libre trisquel? And in my opinion Matrix is problem protocol. Because there is lots of metadata and less decentralized. Can you help me? Should I use XMPP or Matrix?
(DIR) Post #AzSzSsWwMmVMfJFwAK by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-19T09:30:16Z
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@lrvick And also, could you recommend a laptop for me? Should I buy a laptop compatible with trisquel(or parabola etc.)?
(DIR) Post #AzSzStGfcl5Ix8eSRc by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T07:37:59Z
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@tuskun I personally use and recommend QubesOS. Personally I use a GPD Win Max 2 as I do not ever carry a mobile device, and this device is small enough to put in a small pouch attached to my leg yet powerful enough for me to fully do my job from on the go.Note this is not an officially supported device, so it may take some research to work around minor issues from time to time.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSu64XeCXWYhVZ2 by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-20T09:32:17Z
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@lrvick Which laptops do you recommend?
(DIR) Post #AzSzSunJwqnPggw2yW by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T19:18:40Z
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@tuskun I use the GPD Win Max 2, but anything on the QubesOS compatibility list is a safe bet.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSvawyKUkAc9gKe by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-20T20:24:51Z
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@lrvick What do you think about SimpleX?
(DIR) Post #AzSzSweB3ofdQufm08 by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T21:13:42Z
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@tuskun With Federated systems like Matrix I can pick a specific server I trust to not leak my metadata, but with SimpleX I have to trust that most of the network is honest, when any random person can run as many nodes as they want.If SimpleX had node remote attestation so any nodes could be kicked off the network that are unable to prove they are not logging, then it would be a lot more interesting to me.@xyhhx is a SimpleX fan, so maybe they can add defenses for it I am not aware of.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSxSs1LDhy8OG12 by xyhhx@nso.group
2025-10-21T00:37:16Z
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@lrvick i don't go by '"he" (for the dozenth time) and i'm not a simplex fan (for also the dozenth time)why are either of these things so hard for you to understand?@tuskun
(DIR) Post #AzSzSxweEd2VSUK2Qi by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-19T10:05:52Z
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@lrvick And why, For me, if the software is not free, it is not secure.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSy9lRrX07ASVsG by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-21T20:48:36Z
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@xyhhx @tuskun Oh you have been defending simplex lately as better than matrix so figured you were a user.Edited pronoun. I can almost never remember peoples names so pronouns are almost impossible to remember.There should be a thing like for emails where it is like "you said the word attachment, did you mean to attach something?"only instead"This user has they/them on their profile, do you want to adjust the pronoun you used for them?"I need autocorrect for misgendering.
(DIR) Post #AzSzSyySPO54eOAztA by xyhhx@nso.group
2025-10-22T09:36:44Z
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@lrvick thanks for correcting it. moshidon does this, kinda. you can see a user's pronouns next to their name if they've set it up in their bioas for simplex, i was only saying its protocol has less metadata leakage than matrix. i still use matrix daily and don't use simplex at all, after all @tuskun
(DIR) Post #AzSzSzwMoe0FeCCqGm by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-22T09:39:37Z
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@xyhhx @lrvick XMPP! Matrus.
(DIR) Post #AzSzT0iZvOZG3ilLPs by xyhhx@nso.group
2025-10-22T10:27:26Z
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@tuskun xmpp - as a protocol - is quite nice. it has metadata leakage to some extent too, similar to matrix. but the clients are woefully lacking in features and user experience compared to matrixanother interesting thing about matrix is that it's far "more decentralized": rooms don't exist on any server per se, and can never really be deleted@lrvick
(DIR) Post #AzSzT1m9zZ1jL7Ridc by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T11:36:47Z
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@xyhhx @tuskun XMPP is also a very heavy protocol that was designed before portable computers or smartphones were in popular use, so battery life was not a consideration.Matrix heavily optimized their protocol to minimize data and battery consumption taking cues from similar approaches taken by major proprietary alternatives.Frankly XMPP inspired modern alternatives, but I don't see any reason to use XMPP today.
(DIR) Post #AzSzT3KaD49kAAYivo by tuskun@mas.to
2025-10-19T10:08:15Z
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@lrvick Matrix is like virüs imo.
(DIR) Post #AzTcNGuUhq2Akkag7c by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T18:06:38Z
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@pj @tuskun @xyhhx The low bandwidth mode will be a nice optimization, and allow for push notifications to be done natively over matrix which will be huge, but I am talking about the current stateXMPP as I understand it always requires a constant active communication with the server which is expensive on mobile, while Matrix can sleep until a push notification, and then sync a whole channel buffer at a time.
(DIR) Post #AzTcNN4HoLQpqrDaDY by lrvick@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T18:07:12Z
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@pj @tuskun @xyhhx Bear in mind I have not been a regular XMPP user in 20 years, so by all means correct me if I am wrong.