Posts by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
(DIR) Post #A46pEvdgsNkGZY6dBg by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-09T20:54:12.277288Z
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@jwildeboerThat I can agree to. Egos and drama is problematic. @hanswolters
(DIR) Post #A4Cip3NbnGSEpMDtbM by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-12T17:10:25.899021Z
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@cwebberI'm old. What works best for me is dark themes preferably green on black and no overhead light.I have a faint lightsource behind my monitors that only gives indirect light. @lanodan
(DIR) Post #A4F8TRQMhc5K9Zmt0K by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-13T21:07:10.641969Z
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@jwildeboer @mattrose I don't even have the energy to be outraged. I refuse to accept that the democrats are this incompetent.It's all republicrats now.
(DIR) Post #A4F9imO19EJPSqZDYe by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-13T21:21:12.225005Z
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@jwildeboer they could use a good dose of democracy and peace keepers. With all the maga gangs, neonazi gangs and police gangs things aren't looking good.
(DIR) Post #A4H9KVXSWZH2ZuKUGe by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-14T20:26:08.580567Z
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@openessYou use biometrics?What will you do when they leak?@habmala @LN
(DIR) Post #A4I57yVzH5as1VMy5w by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-15T07:13:46.781756Z
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@Gina well done getting a new job. I'm sure you will do great 👍
(DIR) Post #A4I5nHLw8mFuJxMbU8 by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-15T07:21:14.058187Z
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@openess it is kinda magical. It's because we all have moist air coming out of us (that sounded kinda icky).In even colder temperatures your eyelashes will also become all frosty.It only takes like -8 C for my mustache to get all icy.
(DIR) Post #A4JCeSAYTS8yjn41RY by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-15T20:13:02.325601Z
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@ultem @kaia @coin Oh nice. Another mystical scary haunted object that boomers pass around.I used to find stuff like this interesting and amusing until I figured out how many believe stuff like this.
(DIR) Post #A4JOT9XSzJWUwgTuLI by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-15T22:25:26.941253Z
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@duponin @lanodan @feld @hj Kerberos is outstanding and not that complex. I have held training sessions on how it does auth and the various steps of interaction.Most things looks like hacky shit when you look at how they actually work, Kerberos isn't like that. The deeper you dig the more beautiful it gets.
(DIR) Post #A4MOF4ncOZhdfNChTU by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-17T09:07:02.734471Z
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@jwildeboer @FailForward I might be looking at this wrong and letting my bias get the best of me but it sure looks like the "SmartCity" projects is basically mass surveillence.It's interesting to see that when China does things like that we all hate it but when coporations from the US dangle some shiny things it's all super nice and we should all just fall in line.
(DIR) Post #A4MPlwPCix9h8z1G2y by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-17T09:24:12.355002Z
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@FailForward Thanks for the good faith reply in the thread, it's refreshing :)The problem of centralised services and data collection isn't handled by us talking about it. We (as a society) has just given up it seems, we accept mass surveillence not only from nation states but from private enterprise for the token pay of free service.If this discussion had happened 20 years ago it would have been more timely.As for centralisation vs decentralisation, yeah decentralisation is harder. The main push for centralisation is a monetary one though.@jwildeboer
(DIR) Post #A4Obse36xTle0QZIye by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-18T10:49:18.430602Z
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@FailForwardThanks for the lengthy answer.What needs to be considered here is that corporations are mandated to maximize profits and will never do anything to benefit someone else unless there is profit to made or regulations that demands it.The examples you take up shows that a great deal of resources could be saved by designing decentralised services from the start, that way communication could be in lockstep with development. Having specifications, protocols and data flows out in the open from the start saves time too since there it helps show problems early, it can be seen as insurance from backlash.As for how long we have come and how companies have "corrected", well no. We have via legislation sometimes forced companies to adapt. We have mostly not though, sure GDPR was a step in the right direction for the consumers but it one of few positive examples.We need to realise that we have most of the work ahead of us. @jwildeboer
(DIR) Post #A4P9y5Og6VXCiHQF28 by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-18T17:11:16.910693Z
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@FailForwardI would like to start by saying that I will never ever advocate for a waterfall design, ever.Sidestepping the loop of black boxes that leads to outrage and pushback is a sign of being agile and understanding who are stakeholders.That doesn't mean you have to move slow or finish the design phase before building anything.It just means that one understands that the people who will live in smarts cities are stakeholders and that everyone else isn't dumber than oneself.I understand that we have different styles of optimism. I look for problems and solve problems, that is what I do anywhere in life.I know we will eventually get things right but there are ideological struggles that needs to be had.Since the for the last 20 years the public has been on the loosing side of that struggle and if that trend holds then the smart cities are dystopian cities.We have the ability to build decentralised software. We are actually quite good at it. In fact, all the things that work well are decentralised or at least fiercely interoperable.Even telecom networks (from a technical standpoint) and those are built by companies that can only be described as pure evil.So to sum up, yeah building new things is great but if we want to do it fast we need the acceptance of the people who will use the new things. We get that by understanding their needs. @jwildeboer
(DIR) Post #A4VYtIIYNE41528360 by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-21T19:18:49.659220Z
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@jwildeboer clean desks are for empty minds 😉Never apologize for a messy desk, it just means you work for a living.
(DIR) Post #A4XprZ5T4KJM6kgnMO by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-22T21:38:27.509974Z
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@frostotron yes, my environment comes right up without a hitch. Doesn't all properly maintained environments do that?I also have 3 kids, so I guess I'm doubly blessed :P
(DIR) Post #A4ZlVD2IMYjxqWD3ho by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-23T19:59:02.277908Z
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@lanodanThe Norse languages also have combined words or whatever it's called in English :) @siina @hj @mametsuko
(DIR) Post #A4Zm1ZXAFfMYtA52K8 by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-23T20:04:53.655427Z
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@siina They are?I see.I knew they were related but the "sorting" isn't clear to me :D@hj @lanodan @mametsuko
(DIR) Post #A4bgzAZrxOSZSDIgO8 by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-24T18:17:51.564636Z
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@tuxdevices I'm running Fedora with sway on mine.Works very well but isn't a turnkey solution.
(DIR) Post #A4kANzMhEX4fr10NWq by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-02-28T20:25:00.975778Z
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My middle kid got his first own computer.His case is pretty awesome if I may say so myself
(DIR) Post #A4oBALPhL28ulhJ4JU by qrsbrwn@totallylegit.site
2021-03-02T18:52:40.501218Z
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@eatenpetals it seems they rarely want perfection, just that things are done according to their whims.Very annoying.My wife used to be like that with cleaning, she figured it had to change when the alternative was to take care of all the cleaning.Now she's only slightly annoying but very wonderful.