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There is talk about about re-layering the transport parts of HTTP: provide a common multiplexing, streaming protocol that works over TCP as well as QUIC.

Motivations are twofold:
- extending HTTP now requires double work or breaks at CDNs (they talk QUIC to clients, but not to backends)
- TCP will not go away and HTTP/2 is weak in regard to DoS handling. No one wants to put more effort into extending h2.

So, there might be a HTTP/5 coming on top of a tcp/quic multipleXing thingie (TUIX?).

in reply to Stefan Eissing

@bagder was t SPDY supposed to be a test to see if it was worth the effort of wildly deploying a new IP protocol beside TCP, UDP, and ICMP?

Didn’t SPDY work out well enough to prompt further research resulting in QUIC?

Can we move forward with the new protocol that rides on IP and fix this properly?

Why the layers on top of layers on top of more layers?

in reply to DrScriptt

@drscriptt because of stupid middleboxes, like everyone's home wifi router for example. The point would also be to allow an HTTP/3 that can "easily" function over either transport


Entonces, Bluesky es "tan bueno y descentralizado" que ante la avalancha de usuarios han decidido realizar mejoras en su relay y han dejado de indexar los datos de los PDS federados desde hace mas de 24 horas dejándolos inutilizados.

Las cosas que pasan cuando una cosa descentralizada en la práctica no lo es. (Y no, la gente no va a montar relays porque es insostenible económicamente para personas normales, por lo que Bluesky va a tener siempre el control de la red)



Mekkora egy kibaszott mess lett a privacy miatt a Mac-ek közti költözés... Éjjel átmásolt mindent a két gép, de egy teljes órát elbasztam azzal, hogy minden auth elveszett, léphettem be a gittől elkezdve az összes appon át a fél Internetbe. Rettenetes élmény. Ráadásul ilyenkor boot után egyszerre 100 dolog alertezik jelszóért
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in reply to GK

Aaa, that's the worst. Happened here before... Mac is only in English right? I haven't missed new languages being added in hopefully. Apple, kindly add more languages to Mac. Thanks. I am glad you sorted it out. 💖


“I do not have to forgive my enemies. I have had them all shot.”
19th-century Spanish PM Ramón María Narváez, when asked on his deathbed if he forgave his enemies.



I’m being told that the largest Mastodon instance - mastodon.social - is now hiding my profile.

One person telling me it’s because of German obsession with making up antisemitism where there is none.

Anyone who knows me and my work knows that I frequently platform critical Jewish voices. My MA thesis was on Yiddish and Hebrew, I do memory studies which includes Holocaust studies, and I am co-producing a Jewish podcast by three radical Jews.

So what’s up Mastodon? Am I too Arab for you?



O how I wish that Izotope / Native Instruments (or vice versa) let me create my own bundles rather than having to choose from the ones they put together. I do my best to avoid products with poor accessibility. Well, let's see... :)


Influenceři by měli být registrovaní u vysílací rady. Zní to absurdně, na druhou stranu v době, kdy mínění veřejnosti tito lidé ovlivňují snad i víc než standardní média, je to možná správně.
echo24.cz/a/HP8aV/zpravy-domov…

  • Tak to má být (64%, 11 votes)
  • Nechte influencery žít! (35%, 6 votes)
17 voters. Poll end: 2 days ago



OK Merican Mastodon mates. I would be most grateful if you would share your wisdom about which mobile carrier you think is the best, and why. I’m after plenty of data, good speeds and good coverage. Good audio on calls would also be helpful given the hearing impairment.
Thanks.
#MosenMove

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in reply to Jonathan Mosen

Because I get my home Internet from Comcast via their Xfinity brand, I use Xfinity Mobile, which is an MVNO that uses Verizon. Its plans are more inexpensive than what I'd likely pay if I hhad gone with Verizon directly. However, in order to subscribe to Xfinity Mobile, you do need to subscribe to Comcast's Internet service. Comcast is reliable but they probably won't offer symmetrical speeds in your area, although this is coming. Knowing what I know about your preferences, I won't be surprised if you decide to go with Verizon Fios for your home Internet, which will offer symmetrical speeds, and if this is the case, Xfinity's mobile service won't be available to you. However, if you go with Verizon's Fios for home Internet, they may have a bundle with their mobile carrier that might be reasonable for you. Otherwise, you'll surely find other MVNOs that use Verizon that might be more inexpensive than directly going with Verizon.


I don’t know why, but when I repeat my mantra, and bring my awareness to the center of my forehead, I go deeper faster into my meditation.
#meditation #tm
in reply to Mr. Funk E. Dude

It's extended focus and also sound frequencies, this is why Tibetan Buddhism is using this technique so much for example.


Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.

Si ayer el día fue otoñal (modo Chove en Santiago: on) hoy, aunque seco, sea ha vuelto infernal, digo invernal.

Por suerte y gracias a la UE (por o menos al 60%) ahora ya no pasamos frío en este edificio.



iOS 18.2 beta 4 has finally "re-imagined" the way audio ducking works. There's now a separate setting for "speech volume" and "audio ducking amount". Note that speech volume also gets reset to 80% after updating to this version.
in reply to victor tsaran

@vick21 I'm not actually sure where to find it in Settings. I noticed it in quick settings. New ones always get added to the bottom.


When they reached the woods, the knight reined the horse in, lowered the maiden to the ground, and dismounted.

"I think we are safe now," he said.

"How did you distract the dragon?" the maiden asked.

"Promise you won't laugh."

"I promise."

"I set up a huge cardboard box."

*snort*

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories



Ugh. Apparently Audible is recommending books by Jordan Peterson now. I really, really wish there was a half decent alternative that could match Audible in terms of afordability. I guess Libby is the closest, but you can't get everything there, and that is doubly true when it comes to the RNIB thing, or NLS Bard if you're in the US. You can't even guarantee audio quality with either of those.


Today's quote: "If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." -Bruce Lee



Neat, I tried replika but the app is not the most accessible, I'm checking out a couple of others at themoment, character ai and kindroid, so far liking kindroid for sure.
in reply to Sarah Russell

Yeah, there is one inaccessible button in the app but I hope they have fixed it lol I can't always update it do to using my US ID I created when I was in the states, but yeah.


In the midst of my travel preparations, I apparently wanted fries so I got off my ass and did all the potato cutting even though I went overboard. At least I can cook more if I want them later. I can preseason and oil and put what I don't cook into a plastic bag and let them sit in the fridge. My potatoes turned out to be medallions and wedges rather than actual fries because I don't know how to actually cut a potato into fries themselves but it's going to be good anyway so I'm not complaining. All this effort for a damn snack lol. Now my potatoes are soaking to get rid of some of that starch. The fun part comes next when I get to take a trip into the seasoning cabinet.
in reply to MariahL

Good job! :) One advice, try to cut them equally, equal size and all that. As for cutting fries, you cut the potatoes in half by the longer side, so if oval, or oblong, you put the knife and cut two halves that are longer. You cut out strips, maybe put your finger to measure, put the knife next to it get your finger out of there and cut. There strip, if it's too big of a strip, cut the strip in half any way you want to.


Sorting through storage boxes now.
A magneto-optical drive.
230MB and 128MB disks.
#RetroComputing
in reply to Dgar

The last physical copy of Final Cut Pro. No DRM. Ran a videography business on this for years.


Trump’s wake-up call to Australia’s leaders johnmenadue.com/trumps-wake-up… #Auspol


One of the worst misfeatures of #Mastodon from a safety angle: If you get an abusive reply to your post, you can't remove it even by blocking the person. Even after blocking, your server still shows the abusive reply to everyone else.

There has been a patch ready to fix this for 2 years, 6 months, and 1 day. @Gargron has not approved it, and has provided *zero* explanation for why he will not allow it to be merged.

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…

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Nvidia ( $NVDA ) reported Q3 earnings of $0.81 EPS on $35.1 billion revenue, surpassing expectations. The Data Center business hit $30.8 billion, up 112% YoY, while gaming revenue reached $3.3 billion. Nvidia's stock fell 1% post-announcement.

What do you think about Nvidia's future in the AI-driven market?

#Nvidia #NVDA #EarningsReport #AI #TechStocks #DataCenter #GamingRevenue #StockMarket #Investing #MarketTrends

in reply to MarketPlays

Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!


joke about general fediverse meta

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#TheConversation #Science #Tech #auspol The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human Read more…theconversation.com/the-unspok…


Hey all. I am going to present NVDA to some teachers of my school, and perhaps as I think, if I manage it good there is a chance it's being used. Maybe not even for our school, but for some other blind people. I don't want to miss this chance adversiting this great screenreader. Of course I am writing something by myself, but if you have any suggestions what I could explain, this also could be an addon, please tell me so. Thanks in advance. #NVDA #blind #accessibility #school
in reply to garo

Thank you for your advocacy! If there's anything we can do to help, please let us know! We have a short YouTube clip which demonstrates some of the features of NVDA if that is useful: youtube.com/watch?v=tCFyyqy9mq…



Key Transparency and the Right to be Forgotten

This post is the first in a new series covering some of the reasoning behind decisions made in my project to build end-to-end encryption for direct messages on the Fediverse. (Collectively, Fedi-E2EE.) Although the reasons for specific design decisions should be immediately obvious from reading the relevant specification (and if not, I consider that a bug in the specification), I believe writing about it less formally will…

soatok.blog/2024/11/21/key-tra…



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Following the generous input from our Braille users, we are seeking more feedback. This time we would be very appreciative to hear from users who do or would like to contribute to NVDA in any capacity. Your insights will help us understand the strengths and weaknesses of our contributor documentation, and we will use these insights to make targeted improvements.

If you are interested, please complete the survey at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This survey should take around 5 minutes to complete.



I'm finally putting together a list of "getting started with #nixos" videos aimed at beginners to Nix.

I'd love any feedback, positive or negative on this!

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4I…

in reply to Mike

What is the difference in this and #guix I believe it is? Don't they have a lot in common if my memory serves me right?
#guix
in reply to Khronos

@khronos Yes. Guix forked nix and quickly diverged a ton by switching language and away from systemd. Same base principles still ofc.

They're nix compatible though - which one would need for accessing any non-FOSS software (guix is gnu).



is there any way to append text to the clipboard in NVDA? I used it alot in Jaws back when i was volunteering
in reply to J3317

Yes, there is. Install the Clip Contents Designer add-on from the NVDA Add-on Store. Once installed, you can press NVDA+Windows+C, the same hotkey used by JAWS, to append text to the clipboard. #NVDA
#nvda
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield That's a good add-on. It's also worth being familiar with how Windows clipboard history works as that also lets you grab previous things you have copied. We did a blog post on it here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

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What have I learned from "#DeltaChat v. Roskomnadzor" case: it's illegal to develop e-mail clients in Russia :neocat_thinking:

RE: craba.cab/@cybertailor/1135196…

in reply to kbity...

> Delta Chat is decentralized.

"STFU!! You should've made it centralized."

> Delta Chat uses end-to-end encryption.

"STFU!! You should've added a backdoor for security agencies."

> Delta Chat developers don't have access to messages.

"STFU!! We define a message as any information transmitted over the Internet, and you seem to have a web forum and a mailing list, therefore you also have to add a backdoor in your app."

> Delta Chat developers don't have technical means to identify users and store their data.

"STFU!! It's required by the law!"

> Your demands violate the right to privacy, the right to secrecy of correspondence, the right to freedom of information and overall weaken encryption and undermine respect for human rights.

"S... T... F... U!!!"



Those of you who have to work through Google, Apple and other store's compliance, we feel you! Maintaining around 16+ target distribution sites for cross platform apps takes a constant toll on us.

One of the giant features of #webxdc app developments is precisely that no store is needed. You can just write an index.html, a .js file and pack into a zip file and everyone can use this as an app in their chats, no store needed for permission and distribution.

webxdc.org/docs/




Oh here we go after all the months of mysterious recusals, slow actions, workplace allegations: icc-cpi.int/news/situation-sta…

"Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel (‘Israel’) brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the ‘Statute’). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant."

(None for Yahya Sinwar on account of him being dead.) eta: the Palestine one: icc-cpi.int/news/situation-sta…

#palestine #israel #genocide

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I wonder how much it would cost to recall all the car with electric door opening to have a built-in manual opening mechanism.


💾🖥️📖 Inside the Personal Computer: An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions: A Pop-Up Guide. Text by Sharon Gallagher. Paper engineering and design by Ron van der Meer (1984). Posting this and more as we get our #retrocomputing series ready for next month!