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davefp··on Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for social media
How do you write a tweet that cribs the ideals of existing federated social media projects (Mastodon, PeerTube, PixelFed, Write Freely etc.) without at least acknowledging their existence?

Also: Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/

davefp··on Show HN: Version Control for Databases
Migrations allow you to version the db _schema_, not the actual rows.

I can see myself using a tool like this to streamline testing of destructive data changes.

davefp··on PeerTube v2
Here's the relevant FAQ entry for that: https://joinpeertube.org/faq#what-is-peertube-s-remuneration...
davefp··on Build Your Own Thrust Vectored Rockets for Vertical Landings Like SpaceX
I binge-watch the MMX videos over the course of a couple of weeks a year or so ago in order to get up-to-date and have been following it since. It's been great to see the thing evolve through the challenges, setbacks, and breakthroughs. The final machine seems so close now!
davefp··on Build Your Own Thrust Vectored Rockets for Vertical Landings Like SpaceX
After seeing the headline I thought "If this is by anyone other than Joe Barnard they've really missed an opportunity here". Glad to see it's him! His videos are always in-depth and don't hand-wave or gloss over the various technical problems he encounters/fixes. He also does detailed breakdowns on the successes and failures of his launches which I really enjoy.
davefp··on Httpx: A Ruby HTTP library
Faraday is a wrapper around lower-level libraries like this one.

Faraday would likely need some modification to support the concurrency aspect, but eventually you could be using Faraday _with_ httpx, rather than instead of.

davefp··on Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
I have the same situation, Bitwarden for personal use and 1pass at my job.

1pass does a few things better (2FA, background agent so I don't have to log into the browser and desktop app separately, general level of polish), but apart from that they're largely interchangeable for me.

davefp··on Show HN: Ieddit – A minimalist, Reddit-like site with anonymous posts/comments
Lobsters uses an invitation tree, you can read a bit more about it here: https://lobste.rs/about
davefp··on Show HN: Thread – Ad-free social networking and iMessage alternative
What's the reasoning for tying my account to a phone number? Personally it's a huge turn-off for me.
davefp··on Airbnb host ordered to pay £100k of unlawful profits after letting council flat
renting a subsidized apartment
davefp··on We tried to hustle our way into YC after we got rejected
FYI visiting https://conferencebadge.com doesn't work, only the insecure or www does.
davefp··on ZeroPrestige
Is this your site? I'm seeing a self-signed cert when I try to visit the link over HTTPS.
davefp··on Matrix 1.0 and the Matrix.org Foundation
Fantastic! I know what I'll be doing this evening :D
davefp··on Oculus Rift S
That's not what HTC were going for with the Pro, it's geared towards commercial use. Hobbyists are still buying it (naturally) but what we're really waiting for is whatever Valve are up to.
davefp··on Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service
OnLive's patents were bought up by Sony in 2015, and I imagine they now power at least some of Playstation Now, Sony's streaming servier.
davefp··on Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet?
FWIW I found installation/upgrade via apt to work very well.
davefp··on Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet?
I think Matrix is brilliant. I run a synapse home server and updating/maintaining it has been a breeze.

That said, on a couple of occasions (once a while ago, and once with Riot 1.0) I've tried migrating from my free Slack org to Matrix and it still falls short for the feature set I want.

Specifically, I want a community whose members can create rooms for that community that are automatically visible and private to the community. Currently the community features in Riot make that a difficult task.

If anyone has had success doing this I'd be more than happy to hear about it!

davefp··on Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output
In answer to 2:

Buying all 5 days means that they're employed and getting paid for that fifth day, but they have no work tasks. This is so that employees can't work a second job on that day, which would be 'moonlighting'.

davefp··on New logo
It looks a lot like the Google Photos logo turned upside down to me.
davefp··on Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent
Tidelift is the latest attempt at this: https://tidelift.com/

They don't adequately explain what happens if a project has no 'lifters' and it sounds like it could have the same problems as Brave.

davefp··on An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algorithms and my son's birth
> How, exactly, are they supposed to know that?

Because situations have more than one possible outcome. Lumping everyone into a single cohort based on a majority rule (e.g. people who buy pregnancy-related products often buy baby-related products later) is a kind of insensitivity that would be frowned on if applied in person.

> The bigger issue here is everyone expecting Facebook to somehow be omnipotent.

I'd argue that Facebook (or its advertising algorithm in this case) is operating _as if it is_ omniscient when really there are lots of shortcomings that can and do cause harm. It should be reigned in instead of forgiven.

davefp··on Medium is a poor choice for blogging
I recently started a blog built with Hugo and published using Netlify by way of a private git repo on Gitlab.com.

I would have used Gitlab pages but there is not support for automated SSL certs for custom domains. You have to upload your own manually which doesn't play nice with letsencrypt's 90-day expiry.

davefp··on Google Home (in)Security
Guest WiFi usually uses a captive portal, I think. I don't think that would work with something like Google Home, which expects to have internet access right away AFAIK
davefp··on Google Home (in)Security
I'm somewhat surprised that home router manufacturers haven't started shipping models with a built-in IoT guest network that has its own VLAN.

Incidentally it's concerns such as those raised in the article that drove my decision to use zigbee or z-wave devices for my HA setup where possible.

davefp··on Show HN: Proven – An alternative to Twitter's verified accounts, with HN support
I'm seeing the same thing (Firefox).

Apart from that this is a great little extension. I especially like that it only asks for access to the sites it's known to work with, rather than blanket access.

davefp··on Krypton: phone-based U2F Authenticator
On their FAQ page they state that their app is 'public source'. I assume that is so you (or presumably your organization) can audit (rather than debug) it if necessary.

I've not tried it, but they also suggest you can compile your own binaries from that source to get around the untrusted binary problem.

davefp··on Using Flywheel Batteries to Charge Electric Vehicles in Ten Minutes
> This system stores the current in stationary flywheels

Well, rotating flywheels.

It amazes me just how much energy you can story in a flywheel. They're really neat devices.

davefp··on Ask HN: Who are your favourite people to follow on Mastodon?
Basically, yes. I don't see that being any different to any other online service though.

As others have said you can backup your data, which is a good rule of thumb everywhere.

davefp··on Ask HN: Who are your favourite people to follow on Mastodon?
For me the main draw of Mastodon is that my interactions with it aren't being increasingly optimized for revenue.

There are no ads in my feed, and no opaque algorithm determining what I see.

Data security is a concern of mine, but I don't think Mastodon is any more or less vulnerable to attacks than any other software.

davefp··on Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
The name is 'shotcut' but I definitely read it as 'shortcut' the first time too
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