It’s unfathomable the extent in which [online] cattle crave to be fenced in...
It’s unfathomable the extent in which [online] cattle crave to be fenced in and restrained.You can virtually eliminate all the barriers to entry to trying something different, and it’s still never...
View ArticleAlright, this is just ridiculous, it’s past 32 hours now since the first...
Alright, this is just ridiculous, it’s past 32 hours now since the first email to security@joinmastodon.org (per the project’s SECURITY.md document) and still no response, no “we’ve received your...
View ArticleI’ll throw a little fuel to the fire here: half this conversation is just...
I’ll throw a little fuel to the fire here: half this conversation is just invisible entirely to a reasonable portion of my followers, or even a significant amount of the fedi in general, because of...
View Articlefurther, just because of not blocking servers at the request of people that...
further, just because of not blocking servers at the request of people that aren’t even users of this instance, and for engaging in discussions on “problematic” servers, that I tally up 80 publicly...
View ArticleIt generally seems like a pattern that when something “looks like a...
It generally seems like a pattern that when something “looks like a single-user instance” that they’ll silently block, for fear of otherwise ‘giving attention’ to an alleged bad actor. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleDespite what many conservatives here claim, many servers are willing to...
Despite what many conservatives here claim, many servers are willing to federate with people who don’t think exactly like themselves.I wish I could agree, but my experiences differ greatly, but part of...
View ArticleThe only thing you have control over is your own actions and how you choose...
The only thing you have control over is your own actions and how you choose to react things. You cannot force others to act to your preferences, much as it is with the real world off of social media....
View ArticleTo my knowledge, it’s actually because there’s a hidden server block against...
To my knowledge, it’s actually because there’s a hidden server block against were.social from mastodon.social, over prior unrelated things. But at the same time, I’ve never received any report, email,...
View ArticleMy understanding is that usually anything perceived as a “single user...
My understanding is that usually anything perceived as a “single user instance” doesn’t get publicly listed. I assume it’s blocked presumably because of a past discussion that may have been “too...
View ArticleI really hate what’s considered “the norm” in the hosting industry:...
I really hate what’s considered “the norm” in the hosting industry:...
View ArticleJust to sort out some of the small details:First tried to send an email,...
Just to sort out some of the small details:First tried to send an email, heard nothing back within an hour at all, sent another email asking for acknowledgement at least, heard nothing back. (Jan 26,...
View ArticleThis part is exaggerated: “and take over their accounts”More info will come...
This part is exaggerated: “and take over their accounts”More info will come later regarding this.
View Articlehttps://docs.python.org/3/library/ensurepip.htmlI agree, the Python ecosystem...
https://docs.python.org/3/library/ensurepip.htmlI agree, the Python ecosystem just keeps getting more absurd.
View ArticleYes, something else than colons may have been preferable, however hexadecimal...
Yes, something else than colons may have been preferable, however hexadecimal absolutely was a practical choice: you could split subnet allocations by each digit (4-bits), which you can’t do with...
View ArticlePart of it’s just literally getting people to take a step off of...
Part of it’s just literally getting people to take a step off of centralized/SaaS platforms, and creating fun things again. People can’t be creative if they’re forced to have their content be in the...
View ArticleThere is an alternate proposal I have where you just wrap a DID-based variant...
There is an alternate proposal I have where you just wrap a DID-based variant inside of a standard AP object, using the parent object as an envelope, thus being able to support both as a transitory...
View ArticleApparently the federation issue I’ve had with mastodon.social seems to...
Apparently the federation issue I’ve had with mastodon.social seems to presumably be with their CDN (Fastly) and TLSv1.3 use. After limiting this instance to TLSv1.2 for outbound connections, it’s now...
View ArticleThere is a chance it could be screwy things on my side with the Erlang OTP...
There is a chance it could be screwy things on my side with the Erlang OTP version and it’s TLS implementation or with Hackney and other middleware, nonetheless I stumbled...
View ArticleI finally got around to digging into it further today:There’s changes in...
I finally got around to digging into it further today:There’s changes in Erlang OTP 24.3.4.3 that cause a bug with ‘middlebox compatibility mode’ in TLSv1.3, whereas with ‘compatibility mode’ it’s...
View ArticleFor your torture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-number
For your torture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-number
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