I had the unique situation that the train door which i used broke :blobcatgoogly: the door didnt closed correctly and they had to lock the door manually
nostr:npub1wdu2k8k5mwygl8n33lhac0gmc0uq7lnruwrke5sz5elq60zk35zsyz804k The problem is how should a rule look like, which prevents this situation...
Let me propose one:
Instance Blocks need to be published and there should contain a proof
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:comfyaww: hi fedi
Btw, heute erst entdeckt: Ganzes Hörbuch: »Enthüllt: Die wahren Hintergründe der Känguru-Verschwörung« von Marc-Uwe Kling
oh fuck its 3:00
nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq :blobcathuggiessad: And yet open source has nearly nothing to do with a political direction like left, center or right...
But I see, there are obviously bigger differences multiple different cases and not only limited to tech stuff...
In this case, it would be advisable to get involved less in such discussions and to concentrate more on doing it better oneself, thus providing proof that these things work... When they realize that you could use your phone/laptop or in general any other things longer, because you cared about such aspects like repairability, openness and quality, then they might change their opinion somewhen themself.
nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq In my experience, most of the time, parents will eventually respect somewhen what you do / certain ideologies, because the personal bond is strong enough that they will try to understand you and what you do. But this can take years
nostr:npub1xp9u5xtw5sx7s8z7jnjc3m44268vxm6254xdquaaup0cjwwmqezs8qamfw We tried going the political route but considering they're very scattershot on politics in general it didn't go very well.
They rant about planned obsolescence but in the same breath say "oh it doesn't affect me, I'll use $DEVICE until it dies and then get a new one maybe. It doesn't affect me what the corpos do"
He thinks we "overthink it all" and tries to push us back to blissful ignorance in windows on a daily basis and gah it is annoying af. To him 99.9999% of the world doesn't matter. All that matters is that he can do his job and make money and that "wokeism" doesn't get him and that people "go back to being centrist" whatever the hell that means...
We literally see him out of his home office for maybe 1hr a day...
They (mum and dad both) are in-fucking-furiating
-Astrid
nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq :blobcathuggiessad: And yet open source has nearly nothing to do with a political direction like left, center or right...
But I see, there are obviously bigger differences multiple different cases and not only limited to tech stuff...
In this case, it would be advisable to get involved less in such discussions and to concentrate more on doing it better oneself, thus providing proof that these things work... When they realize that you could use your phone/laptop or in general any other things longer, because you cared about such aspects like repairability, openness and quality, then they might change their opinion somewhen themself.
nostr:npub1xp9u5xtw5sx7s8z7jnjc3m44268vxm6254xdquaaup0cjwwmqezs8qamfw Our parents have very strong denial to almost all this stuff and act like it doesn't exist or that it doesn't affect them. For example, last week we tried to explain to our dad how windows 10 and 11 force updates on the user and how that bricked our BIOS (fuck you Dell and M$) but he kept trying to fight back and when we SHOWED him the auto update, he just said "nah you're just wrong"
These are the people who are trying to hold this discussion on tech with us and it ticks us off.
-Astrid
nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq nostr:npub175dnsl36ehsku4af6l9afvvunf7fye6uvt7zhyquphct6w06eppsa84a9p Very sad story. Imho a talk with technical arguments unfortunately leads to nothing there, even if you are 100% correct. This is due to several aspects such as, one does not know it differently, lack of expertise, lack of interest in the technology itself, influence by advertising and much more.
In such cases, it can be advantageous to refer away from tech and towards to a more political view: For example Planned obsolescence.
Every person should be aware by now that certain things that are often used are built in such a way that they quickly break or became unusable after the warranty expires. For example, there are coffee machines, smartphones, laptops or many other things that are daily used.
What would happen if those things are Open Source? One could repair them easily, install a android custom rom which still gets updates, install linux on a older laptop which then still can perform most of everyday tasks fast without the need for a new device.
nostr:npub1xp9u5xtw5sx7s8z7jnjc3m44268vxm6254xdquaaup0cjwwmqezs8qamfw Yea, this all started because our parents decided to try to take as corporate as possible a stand on software and act like everything that's closed source is a billion times better than any open souce software could ever be yadda yadda....
-Astrid
nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq nostr:npub175dnsl36ehsku4af6l9afvvunf7fye6uvt7zhyquphct6w06eppsa84a9p i had a feeling that this discussion started by non technical persons. Its quite simply, open source cant be avoided nowdays and its used everywhere.
When it comes to the discussion, if proprietary systems are better than fully open source systems then certain comparison like cars can be used. Parents may remember a world where you could just take a car to any car repair shop and they could fix it. Cars nowdays are locked down and filled with technical features so that you simply need to bring a car to a certain specific repair shop because all the others dont have access to relevant informations to fix that car. Older cars could even be fixed by people themself while for never ones its nearly impossible to do so.
hey, in a debate with nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq
over parents being delusional,
can you list any open source software that has become the industry standard, so far i got
- obs- video-streaming
- android
- Linux and BSD on servers
- both chrome and firefox are
based on open source
nostr:npub175dnsl36ehsku4af6l9afvvunf7fye6uvt7zhyquphct6w06eppsa84a9p nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq there is countless software. Even Windows is now shipped with certain open source software. Another good example is nearly every Homerouter, Smart TV and many technical things that are daily used may be proprietary but contain open source software in the end.
Use the Defcon Wifi (new blog)
Many security professionals, especially on social media, have an unfortunate tendency towards what we might call performative security. It’s where people broadcast their security measures to show how aware they are, and they suggest others follow their lead. It’s the inverse of security theater where ineffective security is imposed on us by organizations. It’s often ineffective, inconvenient, or both.
And today’s bad advice is “Don't use the defcon wifi.”
The #Defcon and #Blackhat networks are some of the most monitored networks anywhere. No one's going to blow an 0-day by using it on either network. This assumes everything's up to date and fully patched, and that you join the official networks, which are listed on signage around the venues. It also assumes that all your apps are using TLS everywhere. In contrast, there is a never-ending parade of warnings about malware in telecom infrastructure. There are routinely reports of extra base stations around Las Vegas. (I’ve heard numbers on the order of an extra 50, of which I’d guess many are simply just-in-time capacity from authorized suppliers.) The lack of authentication of base stations is apparently a ...feature... that’s never going to be fixed.
Now, there’s another way to interpret this, which is to put your devices in airplane mode or a Faraday cage, and that’s not awful advice. Disconnect. Be present. Enjoy the events. Talk to the people around you. If you want to disconnect, a well-constructed Faraday cage is safer than airplane mode, which let bluetooth and wifi work.
When I was at Microsoft, some of my co-workers made a big deal of how they locked down their laptop, or bought a burner for Defcon. Me? I asked why our products weren’t safe enough to use in that environment, given that they’re certainly used in more dangerous places.
https://shostack.org/blog/use-the-defcon-wifi/
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> When I was at Microsoft, some of my co-workers made a big deal of how they locked down their laptop, or bought a burner for Defcon. Me? I asked why our products weren’t safe enough to use in that environment, given that they’re certainly used in more dangerous places.
Its quite simple.
I guess as a Microsoft employee you have certain insights and you feel more confident in using your own product. However, alternative operating systems verifiably offer less attack surface, dont hide their source and can be controlled much better. These are all things that are considered very important in the target audience of Defcon and that is why you are one of the few people who act like you do
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oh yes, there are comfy foxes: :blobfoxcomfy:
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