2026-10-27T17:04:08Z https://nostr.now meek cynics https://nostr.now/npub13e2kf7rtsl3qerpmth9n49algle6g3q030ljjkfyyxkhgr58x7jqt7n8tx https://awkward.place/media/17b4a372a74a07022d6496acbe449c851bc4c643500f169b739ef309f6b7eaaf.png https://awkward.place/media/17b4a372a74a07022d6496acbe449c851bc4c643500f169b739ef309f6b7eaaf.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgm379vvtddj98khdaw4dg8xseqxevyp9hyrc2fuqam4fw7pc60kczyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gjyszpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zcfwlv8844f87jjy9wxxscuahz43qew4gdmmgmzdgv9wy35kemgng5r43'>nevent1q…5r43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer <br/>What do they look like? <br/>Ships? Motorcycles? <br/>Were the circuits like freeways? <br/>I kept dreaming of a world I thought I&#39;d never see <br/>And then, one day <br/>@Ian_Dunn@defcon.social took a photo 2026-07-15T02:16:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9x9e3h0e7wm0dwa2zn46e7upxc2pd9f03nyeqnpkjlng53x6wwlszyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6g0gthl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zzugg8g9f9csvmxdgvnvp38kxhrtv269hy49puw56x04dayf3ug59wz4q'>nevent1q…wz4q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oi <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14a35d063w95nxz6hmt3fav8h7j7svxl5ckh0t2wewxs7ts7a7fdq0yhg6r" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️</span> (<span class="italic">npub14a3…hg6r</span>)</a></span> &amp; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lfyg5eqlgzv9pcf6dctmv3kpz0srk7mall49z2ffu9shcw6k95asnxrxet" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lfy…rxet</span>)</a></span>, i suspect the photo isn&#39;t real 2025-12-22T07:37:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqymylydcy9hhdl73tjqychk7u24u2upwk6932lexu8rluehyjy6szyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gcgvf87 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwp0q06hmkh6a6sfxzvl4qj7z3a68qeeae22yu69yxsk8cljkd3cxjgxtg'>nevent1q…gxtg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>, randomly thinking of that glorious moment in time over four years ago when <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub128axssj2pkm6w9mzysflk8he55w7k657ehkedgxqh774gmwtrc2qecpf6f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jérémie Zimmermann🎶💗🧀🫖5946</span> (<span class="italic">npub128a…pf6f</span>)</a></span> made a poll with three options: R, G, B, and fedi collectively created a color converging to my pseudonym CnX (#436e58, also my profile picture). 2025-11-20T13:54:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszasuchkpjul6pcamvu0rhp469x4j404tqmqyj2kew8xjzq2sdjjgzyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6g8nyh9q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lh2ut603vu3pvtzdmxf08dy2dn85gnq8xqsw4cy78y6x8qvxj5ssl9pxn'>nevent1q…9pxn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>, you don&#39;t need sub-500 ms latency for instant messaging, even if mega cloud providers are the only low-latency option for decent VoIP UX, there&#39;s no reason to not have reliable instant messaging when they&#39;re down. Whittaker was basically saying because frozen meat is cheaper, even if the cost of rice is negligible, when the supermarket closes we should rather starve than buying rice at the farmer&#39;s market. Say you&#39;re an activist, if you can&#39;t call for rescue you should get killed instead of sending out an SOS text. TBH it sounds like a bullshit excuse to continue cutting corners. <br/> <br/>BTW @liaizon@wake.st, round trip time between data centers are up to 70 ms because physics, though realistically communication are usually between closer people. The majority of latency is between households and data centers due to the lack of network neutrality, but even that is usually only an issue for international connections, and 50 to 500 ms is a steep jump. In 2023, Signal had 55M users and spent $11M on infra (not counting cellular registration). That&#39;s one good rapper per user. Splitting that into 1000 servers (~5 per country/region) you will get a monthly cost of $1000 serving 55k users. If each is calling 10 min each 16 h day (because most people sleep at the same time) on average, that&#39;s 600 simultaneous users, accounting for around 10 Gb of bandwidth. That&#39;s still huge, but since Signal does not do homomorphic video processing, servers are just relaying the data. <br/> <br/>The math here are highly approximated with error in an order of magnitude, but it is clearly possible to use multiple infra providers. Cc: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ht64h604stywr6g57m85r9nejft6pn32cne00swqjn6x76s8gl4qq0khrq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lance R. Vick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ht6…khrq</span>)</a></span> to hopefully correct some of the stuff I got wrong here. 2025-10-28T08:41:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfz7d6659sehk3lkhnv02z5qfj3gnzxqahq7eryxszlqn2gwccz9szyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6g8rjypj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra6qg0g9u26pzqr4j0e5rnm0s3rmqrwwvelxsmqz0xpep8t732vcrw5p9g'>nevent1q…5p9g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Errors always exist, @Linux_in_a_Bit@infosec.exchange, I was noting that there&#39;s always an incentive for a client to fix them. Servers don&#39;t have to actively participate in the debugging process. 2025-09-10T01:05:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5wva3am5ag4sml2xd5dpeneg8nwym5uqed9t3nlzxzkazdlnfsszyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gkcku7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru4m2zfx5pnrtxhp8v5z5th7nfe4y3w4d9r322q9tyktkxrtdqucez7st0'>nevent1q…7st0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>, since every (meaningful) program serves a purpose, it&#39;s no benevolent reason to send out the wrong messages. 2025-09-09T02:06:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zqre4eawrwxe8yxk95p4q4vj6cahasl8s4j6r3j92pk4rjpsqtszyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gudyl5e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstl0auf2cq289htnf49fg90a2f9aedn6jf9e7rcuwhufqjusvmjag5njje8'>nevent1q…jje8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>with google being google, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hgkzepr94nyhnw88zddq0fk34gnr3azv5uvwk4s0mg4r5j8ptm5q2qc9q8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Adolph</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hgk…c9q8</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rs8mx0wep808tn28qmsgzpc4cfspu5ypmkjsnqaser950f2zjuwsjrna04" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Q.U.I.N.N.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rs8…na04</span>)</a></span>, i wouldn&#39;t be surprised to find out that it&#39;s already being done 2025-08-29T08:07:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstml22k0kgz7l6rsxf5qrd0c2crgxct8c5ldrmc9k7p3syns38skczyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gra6fgm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4xwvhg3wcmwm4v6qh6jkn3a7qsy3nk05m4w59xxqlhd9wvmqxpqtz3y3p'>nevent1q…3y3p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You don&#39;t have to, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xc52y0qmkzxwsmw3h8k3m8enr75daxh28k0057r92kgwutcsa08sc89m83" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>oscarfalcon</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xc5…9m83</span>)</a></span>, but you definitely should: please see the [Mastodon monoculture problem](<a href="https://rys.io/en/168.html">https://rys.io/en/168.html</a>) by @rysiek@mstdn.social. <br/> <br/>Cc: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-19T01:15:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszu8vfenj774265r5fmnmcsyfqd7m55lpg0lqh8x6j0seeplmxj8czyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gd4vfxd The meme about Linux being difficult to set up was probably definitely not about installing GNU or GNU-like distributions, but Android. <br/> <br/>In the last decade I&#39;ve install over a dozen of free operating systems on four different architectures, many times on a chroot, and bootstrapping has always been a single step. A child could do it. How do I know? I was something of a child meself. <br/> <br/>LineageOS? Thou needst to sacrifice 2 goats, summon a devil, sell thy soul for a holy sword to kill the same fucker to make some devil wellington. Upon savoring such delicacy, thou shalt finally gain the strength to flash the image flasher. 2025-02-18T11:08:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9x3lrr6msyz200d4ypfd0ec02c7azdm6x568madsa6srwnqlc8jgzyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6gjhp73d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmepkz5llafa39hjuum8kyptulre4ng0cctul5x4f6482j2nl45gqa0yj9'>nevent1q…0yj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>idk <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lvsp4e3wmduu9c8cmln4jl8ay7d4xxgf8ajrkfq6wckr0n7t5jfqu2ty57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zennblack</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lvs…ty57</span>)</a></span>, maybe i pick yellow cuz i&#39;m asian 2025-02-18T09:40:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqss3yzatytdhmt9cs44qmxdgay9k7zxnpzl6z3adgpyv3efj84eczyz892e8cdwr7yryv8dwukw5hharl8fzyp79l722eyss66aqwsum6g42s976 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0hrd43uxsxh0mh5t8vep2vlkv66sd4k6y4wewjse655het00p2cxrhwjv'>nevent1q…hwjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dear Programming Language dev teams, don&#39;t release a package manager. <br/> <br/>&lt;/rant&gt;, a.k.a. Fin. <br/> <br/>Merci. 2024-11-22T05:43:52Z