Posts by divVerent@blob.cat
(DIR) Post #AsM4Jg4a692l29J4EK by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-23T18:48:14.697454Z
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@laaspher Zumindest Windenergie kriegt man notfalls auch nur mit Kupfer, Eisen und kleineren Mengen von Halbleitern hin. Da gibt es genug Quellen.Auch bei Solar gibt es eine Menge an China- und Russland-freien Lösungen.
(DIR) Post #AsMP56ahJwNfyIDn5E by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-23T22:40:54.932720Z
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@Gnomeshatecheese Also, Johann Sebastian Bach. Not Bahk.
(DIR) Post #AsMPK4VpKZszrv50KW by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-23T22:43:37.204763Z
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@taylan @Gnomeshatecheese The soft ch as in Reich also is not well supported in many German local accents. E.g. where I grew up, you may as well just say Reisch (German), pronounced Ryesh.
(DIR) Post #AsMXc8ZjlKnZJe2AMq by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T00:16:31.391060Z
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@lamp @Suiseiseki May harm the person viewing, and also the person drawing. But both consent to it, so it is their problem and nobody else's.Also possibly copyright or trademark impact, but I could not care less.
(DIR) Post #AsMk7RWEa0ksUl5c3c by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T02:36:38.580051Z
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@lamp @Suiseiseki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_pornographyhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_pornography_on_young_peopleAs it shows, the harm depends a lot on the person. But anyway, whoever consumes it consents to it, so I see no reason for a government side ban, beyond age restrictions that usually are already in place (but care has to be taken to not enforce age restriction in a way causing much bigger harm - because the last thing we need is a government database tracking who watches which porn).In addition, it comprises a major part of Internet traffic, also because unlike e.g. Netflix and YouTube, it is not cached on your ISP's premises and thus actually goes through the backbone and peering. This harm is real, but of course, is one the ISPs could easily fix if they wanted to.
(DIR) Post #AsMkCtOoLheQPcDSPg by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T02:37:37.868867Z
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@Suiseiseki @lamp And yes, in case of OC the copyright/trademark issue of course is taken care of (except that the authors themselves may get their copyright infringed by others).
(DIR) Post #AsNLMWe3V2xd2cnqkq by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T09:33:55.699537Z
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@lamp @Suiseiseki Yes: https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en
(DIR) Post #AsNMIgGJtwb3fFQoOe by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T09:44:26.632374Z
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@Suiseiseki @lamp Speaking of slop, this is the kind of content that may be more harmful than pornography: brain rot YouTube videos. And short form videos in general whether on YT, TikTok or elsewhere.Harm from those has already been shown, e.g. in form of reduced literacy rates.https://jolt.richmond.edu/2024/03/06/tiktok-brain-can-we-save-childrens-attention-spans/
(DIR) Post #AsNceANiiCZGQS9ykq by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T12:47:35.848445Z
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@loke @GustavinoBevilacqua Yeah, and the very bottom right one is dumb but might at least be usable.Can only be screwed in by hand though. The power drill REALLY hates it.
(DIR) Post #AsOFlpWW2gIuGRv3T6 by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-24T20:06:00.783634Z
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https://screenrant.com/anime-censorship-ban-texas-senate-law-unconstitutional-op-ed/ #uspol #anime
(DIR) Post #AsRftYzAasnLZXY9Uu by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T11:42:50.605653Z
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@signalapp From what I read from articles, the only "vulnerability" was that users are shown as an icon with first letters of first and last name, and the journalist happened to match in initials with someone who may have been "intended" to be in that meeting.To which I must say, sorry, that's human error, not software error. Those tiny avatars were never meant for AAA in the first place, and having just 26^2 choices is obviously weak anyway and not Signal's fault.In a way there is something Signal _could_ do better though - I could imagine some form of contact groups, and e.g. listing group chat members according to those groups. That way, anyone in the group chat who maintains their contact list would quickly have noticed the "unexpected" person.So, not really a bug, but kinda a feature request for people who use the same chat app for different purposes (e.g. work/personal). As the example in the news shows, maybe not even a fixed list of categories, but an unlimited number of custom categories, like "staff/press/personal" groups.Also, I am not aware of a single chat app that even has this feature, but without the feature, the only somewhat effective way to avoid this problem is to use a different app for each purpose (or, if exactly 2 categories are enough, to use Android's work profile feature).Another option for Signal to solve this (although a clumsy way, IMHO, but OTOH also cryptographically more sound as key management then has fewer ways to go wrong, so there's that) is to allow login to multiple accounts on the same device.
(DIR) Post #AsRgPNLLPoGCjN5hqK by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T11:48:37.570308Z
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@veronica From the news I seen about this, it's actually _different_ from Eve or Mallory, as the Atlantic was added by accident, and didn't even actively try to attack. A scenario cryptographers usually don't even think of... but that is worth talking about in cryptography context as well.Although, most solutions of that are not cryptographic in nature, but more... user interface questions. I do wonder if cryptographic solutions exist though... a dumb idea could be "topic keys" that represent e.g. one's security clearance, that are used to wrap the encryption keys of the messages themselves, in addition to user or room keys - so even if someone invited someone to a classified room by accident, the person wouldn't be able to read conversation unless they actually get the necessary clearance.Although neat, this does seem to be unnecessary as this can just as well be managed by not inviting them to the room in the first place (and e.g. having serverside safeguards for that). Or even pure clientside solutions, like grouping contacts in a room by whether one knows them, what department/organization they work in, what clearance they have etc. so even if someone were to be added to a room in error, someone else is soon gonna notice.
(DIR) Post #AsRlV1Tq77CuQrZp56 by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T12:45:40.073964Z
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(DIR) Post #AsRsabYS7IkNRTLL4i by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T14:05:06.909834Z
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#security #opsec #signal
(DIR) Post #AsS2kMGknlRgTMM1nE by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T15:58:55.498120Z
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@jsit @veronica
(DIR) Post #AsS8L5pRODKhy6ultI by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T17:01:35.421722Z
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There is 1 Impostor among us, in the #EU.
(DIR) Post #AsSG44VNr9j8Zeva6a by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-26T18:28:08.242491Z
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@KuJoe @mattblaze Even #Matrix has that - just have your organization run its own server that doesn't federate with any other. Can already be done, but isn't super convenient yet (see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6401).
(DIR) Post #AsTcDv1YM140DM2F8a by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-27T10:11:06.771954Z
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@alfiekohn It is difficult. Lower class sizes DO improve results significantly. And so do better qualified (and thus higher paid) teachers, and so do teachers who actively stop bullying and other inter-student problems.But also, education in the US is much more expensive than in, say, Germany (and yes, when including the taxpayer funded part on both sides), but does not yield better results. So something is indeed off.But this is not solvable by just taking away money and seeing what happens. This requires looking at the systemic causes of this difference - precisely the job a Department of Education could take. Oh wait…
(DIR) Post #AsTdE9XWU8zbBifFaq by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-27T10:22:22.140798Z
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@psa @jwz Soon the firefighters: “Have you ever said thank you once?”
(DIR) Post #AsTlxPvxB86whKBbgu by divVerent@blob.cat
2025-03-27T12:00:13.249891Z
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Looks like https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj needs to be #streisand'd.