Posts by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
(DIR) Post #AW5mUz94qRpbO49sA4 by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-05-27T11:05:00Z
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Whether that's allowed by exception clauses for interoperability, whether that's allowed by some kind of fair use clause, whether Nintendo's broken DRM actually counts as an effective copyright protection measure, etc. -> only a lawsuit could decide that. Your guess is probably as good or as bad as anyone else's.EOT
(DIR) Post #AWFSI8i1RpQgfUbyvg by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-01T10:33:16Z
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I can't remember if I've asked here already or not, but I don't think I found an answer...Does anyone know of a non-profit / cooperative run domain registrar? In theory the ICANN rules don't seem to forbid it, and I'd much rather give my money to a non-profit or something workers-owned than billionaires.
(DIR) Post #AWJc9DezRl6XajPzcG by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-03T12:43:49Z
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Visited Stanserhorn today. Fairly touristy mid-height mountain peak near Luzern. But the best part about it imo is not the view, it's how to get there.
(DIR) Post #AWJc9EUkLKVMBFdKHw by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-03T12:45:36Z
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You can just hike up the mountain. Or... Take the old funicular part way up.
(DIR) Post #AWJc9FI1O7v6e4gg5o by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-03T12:47:46Z
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And you then reach the cable car station.But not any cable car.A dual cable, double decker cable car! Never been on one of those before. In fact I'm not sure if any other exist in the world.Of course I rode it on the top outside floor both ways 🙂
(DIR) Post #AWJc9HBiKY3yX5kfXU by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-03T13:01:06Z
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Also when arriving at the station you can deboard either from the bottom floor or from the top floor. And what better tool for the job than a drawbridge!
(DIR) Post #AWLSBlSW8zHrlp4xk0 by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-04T10:19:56Z
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Dumb gaming "news" YouTube channels (hi MVG): "omg @dolphin devs are so dumb for distributing decryption keys everyone else does things differently"PPSSPP: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/blob/master/Core/ELF/PrxDecrypter.cpp#L20RPCS3: https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/blob/master/rpcs3/Crypto/key_vault.cpp#L25Xenia: https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/blob/master/src/xenia/cpu/xex_module.cc#L32Cemu: https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/blob/master/src/Cemu/ncrypto/ncrypto.cpp#L340Citra: https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/blob/master/src/core/hw/aes/key.cpp#L36Desmume: https://github.com/TASEmulators/desmume/blob/master/desmume/src/utils/decrypt/decrypt.cpp#L33I think of all the emulators I've checked for platforms that use crypto for DRM/obfu, Yuzu are the only ones not shipping keys.
(DIR) Post #AWTmtrEPazrklMSmhs by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T10:28:08Z
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As much as I love Torvalds' latest viral post on Mastodon, can we talk about the fact that this was once again caused by a major failure of the default moderation policies on the Fediverse?Like, how has social.kernel.org not blocked poa.st -- you'd think it should be opt-in to receive their bullshit, not opt-out. They're not unknown offenders.
(DIR) Post #AWTogKOUZaU93yr2nY by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T11:12:20Z
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@glitch @erincandescent @lanodan I'll take "cool kids table" over "Nazi bar" syndrome any day of the week.(Of course I'd prefer neither, my point is that if I had to choose one it would still be an absolutely trivial decision.)
(DIR) Post #AWTz4jOwFPDR75L2rQ by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T11:48:52Z
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@erincandescent @f4grx I agree, I think I'd still take that cost/price.(For example, I've had mostly pleasant experiences with qoto.org users, and they're "silented" almost everywhere. IIRC because their admin used a tool to figure out who had blocked their instance...)
(DIR) Post #AWU6KxnvAHD45zi9Ee by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:39:48Z
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@feinzer see https://mastodon.delroth.net/@delroth/110509040588549506Your solution clearly does not work. You're suggesting "let's keep the existing state" when overwhelmingly the result is "people figure out that they had a choice hours too late and after the harm was already done to their users".
(DIR) Post #AWU72TQpRxqIdfenom by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:44:03Z
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@feinzer I'm not saying it's "the answer", I don't think such a thing exists.I'm saying it's "a better answer", and that we should prioritize "a better answer" over "finding an even better answer" when the latter directly translates to "more harm towards users caused by inaction".
(DIR) Post #AWU72U70v7aQkVOUZU by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:46:15Z
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@feinzer (and note that while I believe "a big default blocklist" is a better answer, that's not even what I was suggesting: I was suggesting a set of blocklists to choose from, but making it an explicit decision that is *required* for your instance to even boot up.That set of blocklists could be curated in a centralized fashion with guidelines similar to how instances are picked for joinmastodon.org.)
(DIR) Post #AWU72UegtuWcQx9O40 by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:47:10Z
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@feinzer (I now realize that clarification happened in thread replies to my original post, so you might not have seen it -- but I never made the argument that there needed to be "one big default blocklist" either)
(DIR) Post #AWU7JVKddeLbSGslmK by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:51:43Z
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@feinzer I agree it could have been more clearly worded. IMO if an admin has to make an explicit choice at instance creation time between a set of blocklists (that I imagine would block poa.st) and "no default moderation, I like Gab posters and CSAM" that counts as opt-in if they choose the latter option :-)
(DIR) Post #AWU9DoM0Calccavvl2 by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:18:58Z
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@js I think there's a middle ground to be found there: I suspect most users don't want to curate their moderation, especially not for egregious cases. Block lists also have the benefit of being preventive and not reactive, which is important when talking about potential harm to a user.I also think people feeling unsafe being themselves (please don't bring up the paradox of tolerance) is also more likely to break the Fediverse than defederation. The latter is theoretical, the former happens now
(DIR) Post #AWU9DprEbxLPHkYO4u by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:25:32Z
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@js yeah, I do feel like server to server with no per user override is a suboptimal model. If that's your point I agree.
(DIR) Post #AWU9DrTYaxaoItUVRw by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T15:01:42Z
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@js I generally agree with this, but I lack the experience to evaluate how problematic the approach would be in practice (from a UX perspective or from a technical perspective) and I don't think it should be a requirement for "federating with poa.st should be an opt-in decision and not an opt-out thing that happens by default without you realizing".
(DIR) Post #AWU9DtkI9iARLNKtoO by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-08T14:34:35Z
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@js (now that I'm on a non-mobile client...)I also strongly believe that minimizing harm is important and that this should be the focus over creating a perfect system.Right now users who get piled on by abusers are harmed, people who read those replies because they're made publicly visible and discoverable are harmed, and the Fediverse's reputation within the populations who should care about it the most gets harmed.
(DIR) Post #AWhnDeyVvkKVis49ce by delroth@mastodon.delroth.net
2023-06-14T14:47:04Z
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Today on the LKML: Red Hat virt dev (rwmj) reports a major kernel regression causing between 0.1% to 1% of boots to just hang. Does a great job of reproducing the issue and bisecting the problem. Links to a full analysis on the qemu bug tracker where this was initially found.First reply from a kernel dev: "Can I please just get the detail in mail instead of having to go look at random websites?"Is there a German word for "pissed off by proxy for someone else"?https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/6/14/372