My mother’s maiden name was also Spartacus!

My other name online is Spartacus.

Why doesn’t it mention the Fediverse at all???

Seems like they’re advocating using a Fairphone running e/OS, Ecosia as the search engine, LibreWolf as the browser, LibreOffice as the office package, and W for social media?

Yes; the problem IPFS has is the same problem IPv6 has.

The hash-in-a-URL solution can function cleanly in the background on top of what people already use.

The idea is to verify the archival copy’s URL, not to verify the original content. So yes, a server could push different content to the archiver than to people, or vary by region, or an AitM could modify the content as it goes out to the archiver. But adding the sha256 in the URL query parameter means that if someone publishes a link to an archive copy online, anyone else using the link can know they’re looking at the same content the other person was referencing.

If the archive content changes, that URL will be invalid; if someone uses a fake hash, the URL will be invalid (which is why MD5 wouldn’t be appropriate).

The beauty of this technique is that query parameters are generally ignored if unsupported by the web server, so any archival service could start using this technique today, and all it would require is a browser extension to validate the parameter.

Link it to something like Web of Trust, and you’ve solved the separate issue you described.

In fact, this is a feature WoT could add to their extension today, and it would “Just Work”. For that matter, Archive.org could add it to their extension today, too.

Remind me to ping Jason about that.

Only works for archived pages though, because for any regular page, a large portion of the page will be dynamically generated; hashing the HTML will only say the framework hasn’t changed.

He only modified archived pages in response to a dox attempt?

And the thing is, the discovery of the modified pages revealed that it wasn’t even the first time he’d modified pages. And he used a real person’s identity to try and shift blame.

Irrespective of the doxxing allegations, if he’s done all this multiple times already, it means the page archives can’t be trusted AND there’s no guarantee that anything archived with the service will be available tomorrow.

Seems like we need to switch to URLs that contain the SHA256 of the page they’re linking to, so we can tell if anything has changed since the link was created.

What exactly do we consider the Diaspora to be? First generation?

Because there are people living in my area whose ancestors came from China 200 years ago.

I’m left with the same questions at the end of that as at the start.

Also, how does OAuth integrate with Passkeys? Because they seem like compatible concepts.

The ones at my local water park do!

It uses a completely different paradigm of process chaining and management than POSIX and the underlying Unix architecture.

That’s not to say it’s bad, just a different design. It’s actually very similar to what Apple did with OS X.

On the plus side, it’s much easier to understand from a security model perspective, but it breaks some of the underlying assumptions about how scheduling and running processes works on Linux.

So: more elegant in itself, but an ugly wart on the overall systems architecture design.

Along with the other advice, it’s worth noting that “USB” ports can have different specs; make sure you’re plugged into one that supports USB 3.1 or higher.

Also, USB is CPU-bound; if the CPU is busy doing other things, peripheral communication slows down.

Isn’t “theshamblog” AI generated? So in this case, including the Ars article it’s referencing?

The pieces are dated 2024.

Here’s a simple answer: cables going from analog input devices to DSPs, mixers, etc. need proper shielding and should be as short as possible, with low-resistance connectors. Otherwise, EM radiation can be picked up and interfere with the signal.

Anything traveling digitally? It just needs to arrive at the destination in a timely manner; your cable would have to be really bad to have any influence.

Cables out to analog speakers? As long as you have a decent signal, these can use the crappiest connections and unshielded cables — the worst thing they’ll do is provide interference for OTHER cables they’re near. Just adjust your EQ until the speakers provide the response you’re looking for.

These days, not really, except that netcat has wider capabilities and so often triggers security alarms when used.

I used to send messages by hand over SMTP using a telnet client.

But telnet is just a bidirectional TCP connection. You can run any terminal emulation you want over it, and run it on any port you want.

The telnetd service on the other hand… that has no reason to still be internet-facing.

Funny thing is: I switched from cheap T shirts to dress shirts after I bought one good quality one for a job interview.

They don’t get hot in the heat, wick away moisture, keep you warm when it’s cold, don’t shrink or wrinkle, last a good 10 years of heavy use and look professional no matter who you’re with.

I don’t know why my parents’ generation ever abandoned them.

I wear a dress shirt to work every day. They’re all no-iron; they don’t wrinkle and are wearable out of the dryer.

Textiles have come a long way in the past 50 years.

https://beehaw.org/post/24684848

I think this may not be the best time for them to do that….