So I am at my dads this weekend, and I (as always) load bgp.tools to check what the internet connection is doing, and to my surprise this time IPv4 was showing correctly as Trooli (his local AltNet), but huh, what? on IPv6 Cloudflare is his upstream?
That seems wrong and unlikely?
So surely I thought my dad might be running the Cloudflare Warp VPN or something, but I asked him, and nope.
The IPv6 address check on bgp.tools works by making you request v6.bgp.tools/whoami, a DNS name that only has a AAAA on it, forcing you to use IPv6 (if you have it). Yet this time it seemed that it was returning a IPv4 cloudflare record!
Also interestingly, I could not reproduce this on Firefox.
So, I think "Is cloudflare acting as a weird NAT64", he is using 1.1.1.1 in his PiHole config, but surely cloudflare would not dare try and work around AAAA records like this?
A quick dig proves that 1.1.1.1 is not doing this:
[11:59:15] ben@eshwill:~$ dig A v6.bgp.tools +short
[11:59:19] ben@eshwill:~$ dig A v6.bgp.tools @1.1.1.1 +short
[11:59:23] ben@eshwill:~$
So what is doing this? To get a better idea, I use chrome://net-export/ to export a file, and load the file in netlog-viewer.appspot.com/#dns
And I see this in the DNS tab, showing a pretty normal DNS setup, but there is a critical clue on what is going on here!
So. My dad configured a DNS search domain. It turned out, because he has no IPv6 in the house.
It used the search domain.
[11:59:19] ben@eshwill:~$ dig A v6.bgp.tools @1.1.1.1 +short
[11:59:23] ben@eshwill:~$ dig A v6.bgp.tools.replaced-personal-domain.com @1.1.1.1 +short
172.67.222.196
104.21.17.59
Of course.
My dad had a wildcard proxy record on his cloudflare domain, that he used on his DNS search domain/path. So when the resolver tried the search path, it got back CF v4 records. And because bgp.tools (for now) uses Cloudflare for DNS, Cloudflare had no problem proxying it as if the proxy was enabled on bgp.tools.
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Working on an article about digitally divided folks grappling with low.no bandwidth issues. Took the time to look at the "not found" page in three browsers. I have no idea how a non-technical person is supposed to make sense of these. Is "try again later" really the best we can do in 2023?
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@FreakyFwoof It certainly didn't in my case, i.e., I tried invoking Siri and turning off/on VoiceOver, but as I'm a sample size of one, take that how you will.
Pretty cool as a free way to do some things with GPT. It can now summarize custom, RSS, feeds, along with a few other providers. apps.apple.com/ca/app/call-ann…
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I'll have a blog entry about it soon, but before then, you get to hear about it first: A full transfer of the USC Cinema sound effects library, which includes the work of Sunset Editorial and their hundreds of sound effects.
The “SSE” sound effects come from the Sunset Editorial collection which was donated to USC Cinema in 1990. Sunset Editorial had a low-key history in Hollywood. Not a lot is known about them.
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I posted about Apollo accessibility for VoiceOver users. Please give this post some attention if you have a moment; we need an alternative to Dystopia badly. If you're not familiar with Apollo, I urge you to put down your pitchfork; it is developed by just one person and he genuinely wants to do better for us. We need an organized group of people to direct that, and that's what I've tried to start here. reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comment…
Curious what's wrong/bad about Distopia out of interest, or just to have more than one option in case it ever dies? I barely use Reddit at all so genuine curiosity really.
nothing is wrong perper say. but the author refuses to release it to the app store. its been on testflight since 2017. Either stick it in the store, or open source it for others to work on. Its such a great app not to ever get released.
@FreakyFwoof @Doug73 Yeah, he says that his work won't allow him to release any code. he's been saying that since about 2019 or so. and when anyone asks when it is going to be released, we get radio silence. I tghink all of that now is a big excuse and he will never release it to be honest.
@FreakyFwoof @Doug73 The developer has also recently commented on a post asking when it would be released, and expressed disinterest on actively developing it further, other than releasing updates so it doesn't stop working on Test Flight. I guess the review process is more than she wants to bother doing.
@FreakyFwoof @Doug73 That way of thinking is kinda...odd from how I'm looking at this. So the dev would rather that only those who are ok with getting testflight be able to access the app, instead of the wider community as a whole, just because they don't want to go through the review process? Yeah, they should probably just say fuck it and open source this thing.
@jdking92 As far as I understand, this was a highschool project, and the developer has since moved on to other things in her life, which apparently doesn't include building a life on an app on the app store. And yes, I agree she should open-source the project. But since she doesn't seem to be inclined to do so, working with the Apollo developer on getting Apollo the rest of the way there, is the better option. @simon @FreakyFwoof @Doug73
@jdking92 @Marco @FreakyFwoof @Doug73 It could also have a lot to do with Reddit's recent API changes, removing access to some content and functionality from third party apps, as well as charging for it.
Thanks for posting this! Some of the things I also suggested to @christianselig and hope this might get addressed sooner rather than later. I certainly added my upvote to your post.
@Marco That was a great post, thanks so much both of you. It was a long weekend in Canada so I took a bit of a break so just wanted you to know I wasn't ignoring this post!
@christianselig Thanks, Christian, that is definitely appreciated! Please let any of us know if you need any more input. Or someone of us to show you some things in a live call or so.
@Marco I'd love your feedback on this comment if you have a chance! Basically just unsure how to best weigh verbosity/speed (I know different folks have different preferences so there's probably not a one-size-fits-all solution), and if settings are the solution, how best to surface that so it's discoverable reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comment…
And we have a developer response! Copied from the Reddit post: > Apologies for coming to this post late, it was a long weekend in Canada so I took some time off, but I just wanted to say I've saved a link to this post and really appreciate the thorough feedback. The takeaway I'm getting is rotor actions and controlling the verbosity of feedback (among some other things but those are two big ones) would make a big difference, so that's definitely something I want to prioritize in the short term
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Funny you mention MSC2213, I have some private rooms where besides me the other party is my home automation system (node-red), and recently I left one by mistake. Spent almost an hour figuring out how to invite myself back in from the node-red side. (though the bonus is I learned a lot about the matrix node)
@ascherbaum we have fine 4g/5g almost everywhere here in Sweden and I had no problems with that where I took the picture. Usually the sunlight's glare on the screen is the bigger issue! 😀
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Integration of the #Fediverse and #Mastodon Identity standards into the software that powers #WikiPedia & other Wiki's is so important I find it hard to express.
It is the first big step of integration between the Wikipedian and Fediverse communities, and it has been massively under-noticed and not gotten nearly the attention this deserved.
I'm all for it, want to find ways to help & hope this is the beginning of much more integration to come. 🔥
The number of times I’ve needed to #define an alias to deal with naming collisions makes me vaguely glad of the objective-c habit of domain-abbreviated prefixes, but wishes there was a better way to accomplish it in plain old C.
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@jrp Yes, it is. Supports medical science. My clients currently are running mostly tasks for cancer research, but there are also tasks for Alzheimer and others. Each client gets a piece to process (called a "work unit"), the next WU when done – and their servers combine the results. The entire network thus makes up a kind of "super computer".
There are comparable projects such as BOINC, so you can take your pick if you want.
@IzzyOnDroid ✅ I am doing Boinc, on worldcommunitygrid.org - it is unsatisfying since quite some time. I've some old laptops doing only this, preferably on their GPUs. Anything else (e.g just CPU work) seems inffective. Mostly not working on WCG, lack of WU for GPU there. Ar your results open knowledge/patent-free?
@jrp Unfortunately on Linux, getting GPU supported is not that easy (at least it was not when I checked last), involving manual install of proprietary stuff and potentially breaking things, so I've never achieved that. I don't want to install proprietary stuff, and I cannot afford breaking the machine I need to work on 😉
@SkyfaR Ja, das ist guuut! Die 2k Grenze überqueren wir innerhalb der nächsten 24h. Nur um vom "Top 10k" Label eine Stufe hoch zu kommen brauchen wir einen weiteren Tausender. Also alle mille points die wir kriegen können!
Hm, hat Deine Andeutung etwas mit dem Mond und mit Katzen zu tun? 😜
aber ab nächsten, spätestens übernächsten Monat unterstützen zu Hause im Ho mich auch ein Ryzen 7 7800x3d + 4070 16GB Edition wenn die dann schon da ist mein Home Rechner.
Da kann bestimmt die ein oder andere WU auch mal gerechnet werden. 😅
Dann steht das nächjste große Upgrade mal mal an nach 5 Jahren.
jaa eigentlich hatte ich jetzt kein Upgrade geplant aber mein #SteamDeck Gerät doch bei gerade großen AAA Titel an seine Grenzen, da nehm ich wohl doch nochmal "eine Generation" Upgrade "erstmal" mit, und da Upgrades auf AM5 + 4000er Generation vermutlich wieder ein paar Jahre halten werden, denke ich kann ich von AM4 (2600er) + 1060er auf AM5 7000er + 4000er Generation Upgraden schon mal noch machen. Vor allem ist das "preislich" "noch" okay.
Elon Musk’s personal lawyer Alex Spiro sent a letter on behalf of Twitter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella accusing Microsoft of violating an agreement between them for the use of its APIs and data.
this was a very interesting read! although us-centric, the same effect can be seen all around the world, as literature programs in so many countries are modeled after the trends arriving from the usa. so give it a read, even if you hate us politics.
executive summary for writers: don't just fucking show, but also TELL!!!
It's good to see some push against the flat, so-called cinematic style of writing. Not saying people shouldn't do it if they want to, but there are so many other ways of writing. Same with the obsession with third person limited. To me, the overfocus on immediate sense data of a single character takes away some of what writing is uniquely positioned to do--showing us perspectives and placing us in the thoughts of other people. Not to mention, language isn't just a mirror or a window: it is a medium. Artfully shaping it is a part of the possibilities of the form. It's fine if people want to write in a way that doesn't call attention to the language, but the affordances, limitations, and quirks of language itself are a potential vehicle for beauty and and can be profoundly interesting.
So Meta appears to be making an ActivityPub play [1]. I want to go on record about this, in two ways:
1. Meta has dramatically - like, at least two orders of magnitude - more development labor to throw at this issue. If this software is easier to use or more intuitive to you than Mastodon, Akkoma, Calkey, etc, it's worth taking a moment to acknowledge that this is probably why - and if it's a janky mess, well, that's going to be very funny.
2. This is an Embrace, Extend, Extinguish [2] play, baldfacedly. It's incumbent upon instances whose users are committed to decentralization to at *least* silence, and preferably suspend, corporate takeover attempts like this.
If you care more about reach than decentralization, that's fine; it's a personal choice that someone might make for any number of very valid reasons. I would ask that those of us who *are* ideologically motivated in this way not harass others who can't or don't make that decision.
But.
I would also ask people to kindly refrain from ranting about how ~unreasonable~ it is for Fediverse old-timers to shun corporate ActivityPub instances. Many of us are in this game because we want to see a future where all internet discourse isn't filtered through a half-dozen corporate moderation panels, and we are willing - and able - to make choices based on that.
There is also likely to be a *lot* of spam and bad discourse from that direction, so even if you're not ideologically motivated to avoid corporate nonsense, you might want to.
Thanks.
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1: Lia Haberman, "ICYMI: Instagram's New App Could Be Here By June " on Stubstack. Archived: web.archive.org/web/2023051915…
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