Notices by Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)

@yogthos Just to play Devil's advocate:

What are the alternatives?

XMPP might be, but they haven't been able to get their shit together for a decade and a half regarding... well, everything. Jabber is in shambles, especially regarding E2EE:

https://soatok.blog/2024/08/04/against-xmppomemo/

Matrix just has awful protocol design that crumbles under its own weight. Don't believe me? Try visiting #matrix:matrix.org.

So... We're kinda screwed, aren't we.

@krom What is your homeserver?

@yogthos

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dt21z_BWRMw

"The culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it."

Based. Hakita is fucking based, man.

Calling for gamer friends and journalists and generally everyone who cares about software ownership from US and Europe.

Ross Scott is planning a class-action lawsuit against #Ubisoft for shutting down The Crew, and needs your help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqyvquTEVU

Boosts to the max, as much as possible. This might be The Last Stand against Games as a Service.

#games #gaming #StopGaaS #GaasIsFraud #StopSaaS #SaasIsFraud

UPD: If you've bought The Crew at some point, or if you got anything you can help with, please shoot a message at: сrewemails@protonmail.com

(sorry for shotgun-mentioning you, guys, please help this message spread, it's very important)
@killyourfm @cwebber @Gargron @aral @ariadne @Truck @marcan @lina @stux @maxeddy @drahflow @seb @deadsuperhero @jackdetroit @evan @CraftComputing @ActionRetro @jeffjarvis @geerlingguy

Спасибо @kafazen за мерч!

Сейчас в спаме пришла вот такая картинка.

@rf, твори!!

Seems like both the governments AND the corporations don't want the Internet to be a thing anymore. It turned out to be altogether too liberating and uncontrollable for their liking.

I dread the day they figure out how to put this genie back in the bottle.

I mean, the Internet has always been a product of some kind of Nash equilibrium. It has been since its inception as a part of the nuclear project - when maintaining atomic warfare parity between states was crucial.

Since the Internet opened up, it has been revolving around parity between the states, corporations and general public.

We don't necessarily *like* each other, in fact, all three sides hate each others' guts. But, without clear path to victory over another, for each of our own sakes, the Internet must exist, neutrally and equitably.

I think, that equilibrium is slowly eroding, and us comon folk are basically stuck between a hammer and a hard place here.

The only hope I see here, is that it's ultimately us who build this network. All the other parties just claim ownership of what we've built. Talk about labour alienation. It's all they can.

So we, theoretically, can tell them to fuck right off and claim actual ownership of our communication systems.

But it will require getting pissed off. And potentially getting shot at. A lot.

Because one side has people with guns. And the other side has money. Which means also people with guns. And pretty much all we have is numbers and the know-how.

I'm not sure if we got spirit for that. :(

I know that old adage that the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. For now, it still holds true.

But how much more damage can we sustain before we can't route around it any more?

@cjd political violence may be a bad idea, but the thing is, in politics, it's pretty much the only idea.

All politics is secretly about violence, it's always about using force, by somebody, somwhere down the line. Because what politics is - is just glorified rulemaking. And rules are meaningless unless enforced.

Reverse Engineering x86 Processor Microcode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6dQfnb3y0I

Hmmmm... Can we perhaps, create open-source versions of CPU microcode this way? Teach an old dog new tricks, like implement some small instruction sets like Risc-V on existing hardware?

@libreleah @mntmn @lina what do you gals think?

@mntmn Is it still 3d-printer friendly?

@ZySoua Yeah, their recent attempt to hijack the whole DnD community is so ethical it hurts my irony glands.