Posts by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
(DIR) Post #B2TLQgRRQQgfmh84Y4 by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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Housemate: "The existence of http and https implies the existence of http3, http: Resurrection, and http vs. Predator. Discuss."
(DIR) Post #B43cgZwK6eLexqoP3I by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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No, bunny.net. Your fonts are still trackable because there's an HTTP header which will be sent back to your CDN through the GET request with the site URL. The best practice is to self host the font if you want to avoid CDN tracking.
(DIR) Post #B43cgajx882zRm22PQ by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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The key argument for using a font CDN, any font CDN, not just google's, is "performance, performance, performance". In practice, however, font selection is highly specific per site, and even branded particularly for a site, so...it doesn't help at all.EDIT: As others have pointed out, modern browsers don't do cross domain caching for security purposes, meaning that even with a font CDN, you're redownloading the font *anyways*.
(DIR) Post #B43cgbCfPN12spSyAK by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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The other reason is latency and offloading. You want to "relieve" the web server of the traffic for serving the font. In practice, this doesn't happen.High performance sites will put the entire site behind a CDN, removing traffic from the web server entirely for cached content. The goal is to eliminate "font flash", where the site loads before the font does. And there's a deviously simple way to fix it:Make. Simpler. Sites.No SPAs, no massive JS frameworks. Less stuff, less load.
(DIR) Post #B43cgbbptn9I8tF4Oe by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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"But we're wasting bandwidth because the fonts and CSS aren't compressed! We need a CDN for that!"[slams buzzer] WRONG.WOFF2 is already compressed. Many web content managers *already* compress their CSS. CSS compression can also be done as a build time task for simpler sites.Make. Simpler. Sites.
(DIR) Post #B43cgbzwSAQnLeWJyC by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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Bunny.net's argument is that *their* CDN doesn't do tracking.That may be true, now, but in practice they will still have the web server logs tracking the HTTP Ref which effectively gives you tracking and informatics. Old school informatics *used* web server logs.If you don't want to have any tracking with fonts at all, you need to stop relying on a third party CDN and self-host the resources.You trade a little performance for more privacy.
(DIR) Post #B43dGXMz8f6lQ1QfZY by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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@dalias Really? That just makes font and JS CDNs even more ridiculous.
(DIR) Post #B43dQCogPUBAZNzkPI by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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@dalias I'm going to go back to my little backend blanket room now and cry.
(DIR) Post #B45Wn5r698eCHI0kLo by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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Printer progress:Nevermores have been tested, wired, and installed. Case interconnects for both the filters and the UV lights have been crimped, sheathed, and installed.Tested the JST splitter for both the fans, but the real treat was the lights:
(DIR) Post #B5zG2sibz8W7bFFttw by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done".The protocol is finished. It works well. It's stable and unremarkable as opposed to trendy.And to capitalists, that's "dead".Nothing to hype, no wealth to extract.
(DIR) Post #B6ZvwWyf60b8CNyTjM by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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The worst part about cyberdecks is the tyranny of the laptop form factor. And the reason that's a problem is because it's a *good* form factor. It's tried and true, and there's little way to improve on its trade offs of ergonomics, economics, and functionality. It also makes so many cyberdecks dull as hell.
(DIR) Post #B6ZvwXlaA7jIe6rXyy by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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If your deck is just a laptop with greebles, that's the most common and least interesting form. Keytar designs flatten that out, making it more a tablet with a keyboard. I have a soft spot for those, but you can see why they're less common.I'd love to see something more like a messenger bag with a tethered remote, but would be a complex build. The Flipper One opens an interesting form of smallness over all, sacrificing power, while still providing a conventional desktop.
(DIR) Post #B6ZvwYJc7ax4Lemj1k by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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I feel cyberdecks need to be:* For a dedicated use case (radio recon, survival, pentests, word processing)* Be an expression of the user/creator* Reflect the social and economic context in which it was createdThat is, consider both the reason, the person, and their world.
(DIR) Post #B6ZvwYj8ahMtcoj6oK by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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One aspect I don't see enough of in cyberdecks is modularity. We're spoiled by the industrial design of fondleslabs which might as well be computronium. Being able to slot in new functions and leave others behind creates interesting deign challenges. This focuses on the Reason.The fact we're seeing highly gendered builds now shows that the aesthetic need not be so dedicated to the likes of Gibson. This emphasizes the user/creator.Even the junk deck is great, since that's their World.
(DIR) Post #B6jAmnhHnrowFy3U9I by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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@davidrevoy Don't sleep there too long, you'll turn into a cat.
(DIR) Post #B6pueghBiFYb44q2Iy by socketwench@masto.hackers.town
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RE: https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda/116663659169009930It's almost as if we trained an entire generation of people in tech not to have morals or ethics at work except "the highest bidder"...I had four years of CSci at college, 0 days of ethics training.Compare this to my cultural anthropology classes: Ethics was the. first. day. of. class.RT: https://exquisite.social/users/thomholwerda/statuses/116663659169009930