Chinese researchers break RSA encryption with a quantum computer
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/24515831
The research team, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, found that D-Wave’s quantum computers can optimize problem-solving in a way that makes it possible to attack encryption methods such as RSA.Paper: cjc.ict.ac.cn/online/onlinepap…
Follow up to lemmy.ca/post/30853830
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KDE cares about your input [devices]
The KDE Goals initiative is working to improve support for input devices such as game controllers, fancy mice, handhelds — anything for your gaming needs.
This Sunday, Oct 20th at 18:00 (UTC), the KDE Goals champions will be answering your questions live. Post your questions here and I'll make sure they'll answer them.
We'll be streaming here: tube.kockatoo.org/w/2tAyknEQc8…
You can get in touch with the community at the Matrix room.
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Most important feature whoch Gnome has for Years.
2 or more Mices at the same time with its own focus. Something that KDE can't handle at all, because those two mice positions are figthing for the cursor
I develop Programs out of scratch using C++, GLFW and glad to communicate with my GPU using OpenGL. Thats my definition for "out of scratch"
I had ideas to create fun little games using multiple mouse inputs. But I was lazy to switch to Gnome because gnome didnt support VRR and I just wanted to push this idea first so it comes to KDE. Its nonsense to create something that will only work on one specifix Desktop Environment.
There is potential for a new Perspective of Game creatioms, but the question is also, can a Program detect different mices? I mean, doesn't matter. Just make the game run 4 seperate Windows and handle the input seperately.
I also slowly start to use Godot and Bevy instead of playing around with C++ and OpenGL
A lot of new game ideas.
It was a wish when I started to develop my own 3D Engine with OpenGL.
But after finishing it to a point where I am happy, I would try going to Godot and Bevy.
Maybe I will try to create something first in Gnome, but I dislike Gnome a bit after 3 Years of usage and a switch to KDE for 2 Years.
Puuh, I can redo it. But I had a Video 2-3 Years ago where I used a Feet and a Hand at the same time on the table (because one Hand needs to hold the Phone/Cam)
I loved it because its goofy flexing.
Its only possible on X11 Yet afaik because in X11 you can Manipulate XInput and create new Focus Groups to assign your devices there (move them to another group).
This already is used in Both KDE and Gnome Wayland, but only for Tablets (they get theie own Focus group like I can do it with X11 and XInput command tool, its the same but a feature that actually is default). You can also see a difference how Gnome can actually handle both inputs well at the same time, while KDE is a glitching nightmare
how can we have relatively simpler touch gestures? mostly what I'm thinking about is long press for imitating a right click, but text selection with popup copy/paste/etc buttons would also be useful.
I would say it's also inconvenient that we don't have a good touch keyboard for wayland, but you probably know that.
maliit is hard to build, afaik not packaged for any distro, buggy and not customizable (or if it is, it is not documented anywhere else than the code), apparently there is no way to limit it's width, which makes usage harder on tablet sized screens. it has also been abandoned by the devs.
squeekboard is not compatible with KDE wayland because of missing protocols.
onboard is X only.
long press for imitating a right click, but text selection with popup copy/paste/etc buttons would also be useful.
Unfortunately that's not something that can be done system wide, apps have to handle that themselves.
afaik not packaged for any distro
It's packaged in every widely used distro.
Unfortunately that's not something that can be done system wide, apps have to handle that themselves.
I had a dell tablet a decade ago with windows 7 that was able to do it anywhere
What do you mean by "I'll make sure they'll answer them"? Are you a reporter? But if this is a bug report thread now, here I go:
I have and one of my friends had the Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED mouse. It has a problem with it's mouse wheel.
I've done the debugging a while back, but maybe I can get the logs again. Basically when using it wired it only uses the regular mouse wheel events, but when using it wireless (most of the time) it uses both highres mwheel events and regular ones. Confusing all apps. To add to this, the regular events seems to be simulated by software, based alongside every 5th (? maybe it was a long time ago) highres event. While at seemingly random times a full "click" of the mouse wheel just doesn't register the required number of highres events, making the "normal" one also absent. I tough this was a hardware issue, as when it happens you can go back and forth and it won't register it at all, however it doesn't happen when pugged in.
This is probably some kernel issue if I'm being honest, all I know is that on Windows it works perfectly. But I am using KDE and I have not debugged this mouse on any other window manager.
I truly don't know if this was the type of reply you were looking for, if not: Sorry for wasting your time. (There's also a KDE bug when editing widgets or when turning the screen off and on, but that's not input device so)
The alternative to World War III is unthinkable for our leaders
The alternative to World War III is unthinkable for our leaders
Everyone needs to understand what this meansAnti-imperialist News (Anti-imperial Nexus)
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Russia Is Clawing Back Land Taken by Ukraine This Summer
Russia Is Winning Back Territory Taken by Ukraine in Its Summer Offensive
Moscow’s forces have been recapturing some villages and land taken in a Ukrainian incursion into Russia. The advances could undermine Kyiv’s hopes of pushing Russia to the negotiating table.Constant Méheut (The New York Times)
‘They will vote against Harris’: Arab Americans in Michigan desert Democrats over Gaza
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Stephen Starr in Hamtramck, Michigan
Mon 14 Oct 2024 11.00 EDT
‘They will vote against Harris’: Arab Americans in Michigan desert Democrats over Gaza
Hamtramck, population 28,000, has new Trump campaign office weeks from election in hopes of gains in swing stateStephen Starr (The Guardian)
Speed Dreams – Robot race at Ardennen-Spa
In this video of work-in-progress circuit you can see some of the new developments the developers are working on, like the particles (smoke, sparks, dust...), and also the AI tuning... This track is under development. You can donwload it from the leillo's personal repository: codeberg.org/leillo1975/ardenn…
The version of the game used for this video corresponds to an internal development version. If you want to enjoy it you will have to build the source code from:
sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams…
You can find this game and more info about this Open Source project on:
speed-dreams.net
SPEED DREAMS - Robot race at Ardennen-Spa
This track is under development. You can donwload it from the leillo's personal repository: https://codeberg.org/leillo1975/ardennen-spa The version of the game used for this video corresponds to a...LinuxRocks PeerTube
Scientists accidentally discovered deep-sea 'jelly' creatures fused into a 'single entity' after an injury
Cool!
Also, yuck!
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What is heavens name is that captcha gate? I blocked notifications then it tried to scam me that my phone screen was broken and I had a virus
A handful of the bad forwards my pihole did manage to block
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Narkotikagrossist avslöjad i Stockholmsområdet. Ett omfattande nätverk med centraler för distribution av narkotika har avslöjats av Tullverket. I flera lägenheter i Stockholmsområdet har ett kriminellt nätverk ägnat sig åt att ta emot beställningar, förpacka och sedan distribuera narkotiska preparat till tusentals drogköpare runt om i Sverige.
North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border
SEOUL, Oct 15 (Reuters) - North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas on Tuesday, prompting South Korea's military to fire warning shots.
Pyongyang said last week it would cut off the inter-Korean roads and railways entirely and further fortify the areas on its side of the border as part of its push for a "two-state" system scrapping its longstanding goal of unification.
At around midday on Tuesday, some northern parts of road and rail lines connected to the South were destroyed, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
South Koreans are effectively banned from taking positions that deviate very much from certain state lines. The state suppresses "sympathy" with the DPRK or its party, reading any books from the DPRK, discussion of certain histories out of line with the state, including the history of Japanese colonization and Korean comfort women, and media are widely censored.
The official state line is that the South wants "reunification", but as described it is really the South taking over the entire peninsula. This maximalist position gained steam after the fall of the USSR, when the US instituted harsh sanctions and eliminated their primary trading partner, turning the North, which had previously economically outperformed the South, into a depression with fuel and food scarcity. This is where mean-spirited jokes about poor North Koreans come from. It can be challenging to get accurate ideas of the sentiments of average South Koreans due to the censorship laws but historically the wider public has wanted a peaceful reunification, including the proposal of the DPRK to have one country with two systems. This has been repeatedly rejected by the ROK state.
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Israel faces potential shortage of interceptor missiles amid Iran threats - report
Israel is facing a potential shortage of defense system interceptor missiles as it bolsters air defenses against possible attacks from Iran and its proxies, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Stroul also noted that the US cannot indefinitely sustain supply efforts for both Ukraine and Israel, as resources are reaching a critical limit.
Moreover, Boaz Levy, CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries, the state-owned manufacturer of Arrow interceptors for shooting down ballistic missiles, told the Financial Times that he was operating on triple shifts to keep the production lines active.
“Some of our lines are working 24 hours, seven days a week. Our goal is to meet all our obligations,” Levy explained. He further noted that the production time for interceptor missiles was "not a matter of days," while the size of Israel's interceptor missiles stockpiles are not accessible to the public, Levy emphasized that, “It is no secret that we need to replenish stocks.”
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There's a low chance that this is a story about actual shortages that would indicate a weakness in Israel's missile defenses and very high chance this is about the weapons industry trying to milk more money from the US and Israeli governments.
Israel arrested some journalists for merely reporting on missile strikes. I have a hard time believing an Israeli weapons exec is dishing with a foreign paper on their weakness or the Jerusalem Post would get approval from the censors to write about it, even if the Financial Times had already done so.
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America had a large amount of interceptor missiles in supply. However after thousands of rockets it is not unthinkable the missile factory cannot keep up. Hezbollah is firing 100 rockets into Israel every single day.
It could be similar to the artillery munition for Ukraine which ran out because production could not keep up.
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that's really, really, too bad:(
Looks like the US de-industrializing for short term profits to feed the oligarchy wasn't such a good idea ... hmmm
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Tech Workers Coalition: Adapting the Labor Movement for the Digital Age - The Blockchain Socialist
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Writing an article on the Fediverse and Lemmy in particular. What are your thoughts?
Writing an article on the Fediverse and Lemmy in particular. What are your thoughts?
Decentralized Social Media: An Introduction to the Fediverse
I've always wished that, in some ways, messengers and social media would be more like email: You chose who hosts your inbox (Google, Microsoft, good old GMX/WEB.DE, more specialized providers such as Proton, …)—or, if you feel truly adventurous and trust no one, you can even run your own mail server in your basement. And regardless of your backend choice, you can pair it with whichever client application works best for you (the stock iOS Mail app on your iPhone, the Gmail web interface in the browser, Outlook on your desktop PC, …). And the beauty is: no matter what each one of us opts for, we can all stay connected and seamlessly send emails to each other across providers and client applications—thanks to widely-adopted standardized open protocols.
Now, imagine if social media worked the same way. Currently, most mainstream messengers and social media platforms are walled gardens, that lock their users into a closed ecosystem. But as some of these platforms like Twitter and Reddit have evolved (or deteriorated), some users found themselves seeking alternatives that offer this kind of freedom and choice.
Enter the Fediverse, a collection of decentralized social media platforms built on the principles of openness and user control. This post will introduce you to the Fediverse, focusing on Lemmy—a decentralized Reddit alternative—and explore the benefits and challenges they bring to the social media landscape.
What is the Fediverse?
The Fediverse is a collection of interconnected but independent social media platforms that communicate via open protocols. Unlike traditional social networks, which are centralized and owned by companies, the Fediverse is decentralized, meaning no single entity controls it. Instead, anyone can host their own server (called an "instance") and connect it to the wider network.
Platforms within the Fediverse cover different use cases. By far the most popular platform is Mastodon (an alternative to Twitter) with currently over 7 million registered accounts and 800,000 monthly active users. In second place is Lemmy (a Reddit alternative) with a smaller but still significant number of around 400,000 registered accounts and 40,000 MAUs. Other less popular Fediverse alternatives include Pixelfed (Instagram), PeerTube (YouTube) and Friendica (Facebook).
The Rise of Lemmy and Mastodon
While over the course of time many platforms have been pitched as alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, few have gained lasting traction. Two platforms in the Fediverse, however, seem to have reached a critical mass of users that gives them a real chance of long-term relevance: Mastodon and Lemmy. Their growth can be attributed to user dissatisfaction with mainstream platforms.
Mastodon
Mastodon offers a decentralized alternative to Twitter. Its rapid growth coincided with Elon Musk's controversial takeover of Twitter, which led to the reactivation of previously banned accounts, reductions in content moderation, and spikes in hate speech and misinformation. As these issues escalated, advertisers pulled out, and the platform's value plummeted. Users flocked to Mastodon, seeking a less toxic, more user-centric environment.
Lemmy
Lemmy serves as a decentralized Reddit alternative. Its appeal grew after Reddit imposed high API fees on third-party developers, effectively forcing popular third-party client applications offline. While it is reasonable for Reddit, as the operator of the backend infrastructure, to seek a share of the revenue generated by these apps—most of which displayed ads and offered premium subscriptions—the proposed fees were excessively high. This move was widely seen as a shift of Reddit toward prioritizing its own ad revenue over its user experience. Lemmy, with its openness, community-driven ethos, and no API restrictions, became a refuge for those seeking to preserve the Reddit experience.
Getting Started with Lemmy
To truly understand the Fediverse, I'd recommend to dive in and experience it for yourself! Getting started with Lemmy is easy:
The first step is to choose an instance. An instance is a server that hosts the Lemmy software and that federates with other instances in the Lemmy network. You can check out join-lemmy.org that provides a directory of active Lemmy instances, including each instance's focus and user count, helping you find one that suits your interests. Don't overthink your choice—remember that you can still interact with communities and content from all other instances and communities, no matter which one you choose as your home.
Once you've selected an instance and registered an account there, you can start exploring the different communities on your home instance and on other instances. Communities are spaces where users share content on specific topics, similar to subreddits on Reddit. You can join as many communities as you like, engage with posts, comment, and contribute your own content.
On most instances by default you'll encounter the default lemmy-ui web client. While functional, this interface is not particularly visually appealing—don't let that overwhelm you. Once you've registered your account, I suggest exploring alternative client applications that better suit your preferences. There are various options available, including web clients and native mobile apps. Some of the mobile clients have previously been third-party Reddit clients, but pivoted to Lemmy as their new backend after Reddit imposed the aforementioned API fees.
The Technology Behind the Fediverse
The Fediverse is powered by ActivityPub, an open protocol that allows the different instances of a platform to communicate with each other and exchange its contents ("federation"). It can also facilitate connections between different Fediverse platforms and other platforms outside the Fediverse, provided their functionalities are compatible (for instance, interconnecting Lemmy and Mastodon is less practical because, among other functional differences, Lemmy is built around the concept of communities, whereas Mastodon focuses on individual users).
Here's a simplified explanation of how ActivityPub works:
Naive Approaches
One option for decentralization would be for every instance to maintain a complete copy of all data, but this would be inefficient (this is what blockchain does, btw). Another option would be to retrieve foreign content on-the-fly only when requested, but this would make certain functionalities, like search, cumbersome.
ActivityPub's Solution
ActivityPub strikes a balance by allowing servers to communicate and share content more intelligently. Servers exchange data when users from different instances interact, allowing for an efficient, distributed experience.
Integrity and Defederation
To ensure data integrity, the Fediverse relies on cryptographic keys and signatures. Each instance can also block other instances (defederation), giving users some protection against spam or malicious actors.
The Advantages of the Fediverse
The Fediverse offers a few clear advantages over centralized social media platforms:
Interoperability
Instances of Fediverse platforms communicate with each other, allowing users from one instance to follow and seamlessly interact with users on other instances.
Openness and Choice
Users can freely choose what instance to use, without missing out on the content of other instances. If you don't like or trust any of the existing instances, you can even host your own instance. Furthermore, due to the open nature of the platforms, there are many client applications / frontends to choose from, for both, web and mobile. And also here you are free to start building your own client.
No "Concentration of Power"
Due to its decentralized nature, no single company controls the network, reducing the risks of data exploitation, censorship, or the negative effects of corporate takeovers.
Challenges Facing the Fediverse
Despite its promises, the Fediverse faces several challenges:
One-man Shows and Unstable Software
Most instances as well as client applications are run by individuals or small groups. If they lose interest or funding, their projects are vulnerable to outages or sudden discontinuation. Furthermore, Platforms like Lemmy are still in early stages (version 0.x), making them prone to unexpected bugs and stability issues.
Deletion of Content
Content removal is less straightforward than on centralized platforms. Once content spreads across instances, reliably enforcing its deletion from all places becomes difficult.
Monetization
The operating cost of the instances are largely funded by donations and the efforts of enthusiast developers, which is a model that often lacks long-term viability. While some client applications show ads to their users and offer paid premium subscriptions, this primarily benefits the app developers rather than the server operators, who carry the much more significant burden in terms of infrastructure costs. This needs to be solved, possibly with a revenue-sharing model, to avoid a repetition of what happened between Reddit and its third-party app developers.
Decentralization Slows Innovation
In decentralized ecosystems, introducing new features or updates can be a slower process because decentralized protocols like ActivityPub require broader consensus for changes and must maintain backward compatibility. Centralized platforms, by contrast, can move faster since they control the entire protocol and user base.
"Outcompete and Isolate" Threat
Meta's Threads, a centralized platform, has recently started to federate with the Mastodon network, which raises strategic concerns. They might use their substantial resources to offer a more polished experience over the same content, potentially attracting users away from independent Mastodon instances and client applications. If Threads were to later limit or cut off their connection to the Fediverse, they could retain the users they gained, letting Mastodon hang out to dry. While this scenario might sound far-fetched, it is precisely what happened more than 10 years ago with Google Talk and the open instant messaging protocol XMPP.
Conclusion
In conclusion, while the Fediverse offers a promising alternative to traditional social media through its decentralized, interoperable, and open nature, significant challenges remain. Compared to the mainstream social media platforms, while not insignificant, the user numbers of platforms like Lemmy and Mastodon are still merely a drop in the bucket. Coupled with issues such as long-term financial sustainability, for which effective solutions have yet to be found, the future of the Fediverse may be uncertain.
However, recent regulatory changes like the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) could shift the balance. For instance, WhatsApp is currently working on and rolling out a "third-party chats" feature, which is all about making WhatsApp interoperable with other different messaging services. This move, driven by regulatory pressure, signals that even major platforms might need to embrace more open and interconnected ecosystems—potentially opening the door for decentralized platforms like those in the Fediverse to gain more traction and user interest.
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I skimmed through it, looks good
If you want to have additional ideas, I wrote that short post a few weeks ago to address common criticism against Lemmy: old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlterna…
Since you're asking for feedback:
Very good intro and analogy to email.
I'd delete the sentence with "focusing on Lemmy", since you're going ahead and talking about the Fediverse in general in the next sentence, and then Mastodon. And the article is more broad and not really focusing on Lemmy, one paragraph aside.
There are quite some good paragraphs. Explaining the concepts very well, and without the need for prior knowledge. You also mention protocols, give examples. I think it's written very well and good to understand.
I'd add a bit more info on how federation works and the consequences. Earlier on in the text to clarify the terminology. That instances are the interconnected nodes that make up the network. In the background the information gets forwarded between them. Every instance can have it's own rules and perspective on the network. Cater to specific interests or have a unique design.
The paragraph on "Openness and Choice" isn't entirely correct. Users can miss out on posts. Not all posts are visible from all instances.
I'd add a paragraph that it's made by the people, for the people. And not for some corporate interests.
I like you also mention the downsides. I think you should rename "Monitization" into "Funding". And especially the "slow innovation" is some downside that might not be very obvious. It's nice to mention that.
You could also mention the "network effect" because that's also something we regularly struggle with.
And that this happens to be powered by Free Software. And we can choose which server software to use and everyone is invited to participate or change things to their liking.
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That instances are the interconnected nodes that make up the network.
I would even just use the word "parts" instead of "nodes".
Don’t overthink your choice—remember that you can still consume content from all other instances and communities, no matter which one you choose as your home.
I find the framing here very problematic. Both because passively "consuming content" is inherently problematic and because Lemmy just doesn't have sufficient "content" to enable that, thus leading to quick disappointment of users looking for that kind of experience.
And in general it does matter with instance you chose. Not to the point that new users should worry too much about it, yes, but there are distinct cultures between different instances and it is a strength of the Fediverse that instances are not just faceless pieces of infrastructure, i.e. pipes to content, but rather thriving communities with real people behind them.
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I don't think it's anywhere near as big of an issue as people try and make it out to be. Most of the widely defenerated instances are spam and trolls. There are a couple of legit ones from feudes, but for the most part going for a low-defederation or no-defederation instance is probably more trouble than it is a benefit.
Since it'll expose those new users to things that might very well scare them away.
Rereading the whole text again, I agree that it should probably be modified.
@WhimsicalWave@lemmy.world, I usually point out to lemm.ee, because
- second largest instance of Lemmy per monthly active user
- not experiencing the issues that LW has with geographically distant instances: lemmy.world/post/20575394
- very short defederation list: lemm.ee/instances (3 instances)
- neutral name (compared to sh.itjust.works)
- non-interest or country related
You could maybe suggest to go to Lemm.ee if they don't want to bother with choice, and then keep your existing paragraph about join-lemmy.org if they want to have a deeper look.
From past experiences, the instance choices is a very strong factor with people not giving Lemmy a try, because it's confusing. Most of the people just want one URL to go to, and that's it. If they want to move later, we now have settings export and import, so it would be easy. But having them try the thing is the biggest challenge here, and not providing them a default suggestion might hinder that.
I actually personally wouldn't recommend it for new users specifically because of the third one.
I know that lots of 'freeze peach' trolls love to complain about defederation. The thing is though the majority of the defederations are actually beneficial to new users who may be scared or unnerved by some of the shit that comes out of those blocked instances.
I think that it's important for us to recognize that the stigma against defederation, is largely because of trolls who have to resort to sign ups on our servers to spread their messages here. There really aren't a lot of arbitrary defederations, it's mostly hate speech in spam. The stigma doesn't really have the merit that it might seem.
Additionally I would also not really recommend lemm.ee, for brand new users, on the count of their very loose moderation policy instance wide. Since that can create some scary and unpleasant situations that may be unnerving to normies.
Another reason is that the image upload size is, unreasonably tiny on lemm.ee, and they limit your ability to do uploads for a long time. Something that will likely be very annoying to people who sign up there since they won't be able to set up their account with a picture, and even when they can it will be ridiculously tiny. It can be really annoying, especially to new users when things don't just work.
Probably why, among other reasons, the idea of naming an instance shit just works, was even a thing. And even though you don't like it because of the name I would still recommend it because they have insanely good and insanely effective moderation. Despite being one of the few instances that doesn't ask people to beg or play 20 questions on signup.
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Sorry if I caused confusion, when I said "freeze peach trolls" I didn't necessarily mean that lemm.ee was a free speech instance or that I thought it was. I was more so talking about the people who complain about defederation in comment sections on Lemmy and on Reddit, and how most of them are bellyaching and upset that objectionable content and servers are censored.
I'm glad to hear that there is a strict moderation policy over on lemm.ee, even if you don't use defederation as part of moderation.
Fair points.
About the name, I still got quite a few reactions that told me there was no way they were going to browse daily a site with shit in the name.
What do you think about Lemmy.zip?
I'm not really sure about lemmy.zip. I've browsed it a little bit in the past and it seems like an okay instance. It does have a pretty short block list which, also could pose issues for new users should they stumble into hexbear or grad folks.
However the biggest problem I've faced is that since it's a .zip domain and my ISP seems to be doing something funny with them, I can't actually connect with the server unless I'm on cellular, a VPN, or Tor.
I've tried changing DNS settings and even setting up DoH but it doesn't really seem to be helping. It only connects to the site when I'm not on my home network, or on a VPN or Tor.
It's possible that my scenario might be an edge case, and other isps may not actually be blocking zip domains. Though if it is happening with others, that could be a really frustrating problem for somebody facing it since the solution isn't obvious (it just looks like there's no connection).
There may be other problems with the instance that I haven't considered, like Federation issues or culture. The biggest and most glaring problem though is the connectivity issue, which probably isn't universal, but has severely limited me from checking them out.
Interesting.
I opened that thread on a local community a few weeks ago to discuss that topic, only one other person had an issue (work firewall was blocking it): lemmy.zip/post/23138027
What I like about lemmy.zip is their regular very detailed reports: lemmy.zip/post/23138027
I guess it's not really surprising given that back when zip domains were introduced there was a lot of concern about them being used for phishing.
(I typed this out but forgot to hit send).
there are distinct cultures between different instances and it is a strength of the Fediverse that instances are not just faceless pieces of infrastructure, i.e. pipes to content, but rather thriving communities with real people behind them.
Yeah, that deserves emphasis.
That inability to passively keep "consuming content" is honestly a big strength of Lemmy for me. On Reddit I can sometimes get sucked in for hours on end, and I can get mentally exhausted pretty quickly but just keep scrolling for "the next thing." The fact that you can't really do that on Lemmy has made it a much healthier choice for me to spend time here, and I've only just started (kinda – it's complicated).
Interactions here feel so much more personal too, which I like. Even with all the various instances and communities, we're also all part of the same community. And that can kinda extend to the fediverse as a whole too. What we have in common is that we all want an alternative to the corporate social media landscape that gives more freedom to the users, and enables interchange between platforms to discourage monopolizing walled gardens. It really is fantastic.
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On top of that, we still seem to have a wide margin, especially for text-based posts and comments.
For pictures and videos, external hosting such as catbox.moe/ can help to ease the load on the instances.
Interesting I really thought it'd be more... I wanna make one now hahaha
Ayyy I love catbox! I found out about it from someone's comment here on Lemmy and have been using it ever since
or this post I just did:
Well, while we don't overthrow the system, we still can use its infrastructure to subvert it, and that applies here on the internet as well.
Today I'm going to teach you how to get the URL of videos from Reddit with audio and images.
You can press the F12 key, this will open DevTools, and go to the console tab. Then paste this code:
let array = document.getElementsByTagName("shreddit-player")[0].__packagedMedia.playbackMp4s.permutations;
let url = array[array.length - 1].source.url;
alert(url);If you want to create a shortcut to make things easier, just make a bookmark and paste this here in the address field:
javascript:
let array = document.getElementsByTagName("shreddit-player")[0].__packagedMedia.playbackMp4s.permutations;
let url = array[array.length - 1].source.url;
alert(url);This code opens an alert with the video's URL for you to copy and use wherever you want.
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Add Brasil to the country specific too, come on! (jk)
Great text, very complete, when you publish let me know and I will add a translation to our instance and to Brasil subreddit.
Overall I think this is well written. I agree with @poVoq@slrpnk.net that the section on picking an instance could be improved, since which instance one picks can be rather important, since federation/defederation is dictated by individual instances.
And a minor typo I noticed:
leaving Mastodon out to try
I assume that should be "out to dry".
leaving Mastodon out to try
While it's clear what's meant from the context, I've never heard this idiom. Do you mean "hanging Mastodon out to dry"?
Drop in the bucket sounds weird to me too, but a quick check shows that it's the US version of drop in the ocean.
That's pretty smart. Guess what I will buy redacted domain(I don't want bot to buy it).
I know domain hack exist. I just like @ b/w sal and mander.
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Early Monday morning October 14 before the start of the work week the offices of local weapons manufacturers Ghost Robotics was targeted with a message for Ghost Robotics and their backer the University of Pennsylvania: Ghost Robotics and Penn, THERE’S BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!
The UPenn run campus known as Pennovation in the Grays Ferry neighborhood where Ghost Robotics has its offices was coated with a mix of red paint, broken glass, nails, and messages from Philadelphians to Ghost Robotics and their landlord and backer UPenn: no business as usual for evil fucks who make murder tech!
Ghost Robotics AI-enabled machine-gun-armed robot dogs have been used against Palestinians in Gaza and have been sold to the Department of Homeland Security for use in the US borderlands. Philadelphians won’t stand for the manufacture of killing machines in our backyard with our stolen tax dollars. Across the city people are taking action against Ghost Robotics, demanding an end to the manufacture and distribution of weapons of apartheid. We want Ghost Robotics out of Philadelphia, out of Palestine, and out of the borderlands. As long as Ghost Robotics exists and keeps peddling their killer robot dogs, there’s blood on all of our hands. We will not stop targeting Ghost Robotics and their backers. If you profit off of genocide, you are on notice.
As we cross the threshold of one year since the people of Palestine took a bulldozer through the apartheid wall, we must reflect on how far we have come, and how far we still have to go to see the liberation of Palestine and the liberation of all people from colonialism, militarism and imperialism. This last year of resistance to apartheid and genocide has mobilized millions, and support for the people of Palestine is stronger than ever before. Even still, the US and Israeli backed assault on the Levant carries on, with escalations in the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, and doctors estimating that 200,000 people have been killed. If the US government won’t stop sending weapons to Israel, we hope people will do what they can to stop the weapons themselves.
So long as Ghost Robotics exists and until Palestine is free, people in Philly and around the world will continue to fight against agents of genocide. Revolution until Liberation. Free Free Palestine!
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On the morning of October 10, an autonomous group targeted the home of Gavin Kenneally, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Robotics. The group painted “Funded By Genocide” across his garage, and “I Make Killer Dogs” on the sidewalk, threw paint at the door and ring camera, and smashed windows. We firmly say — we don’t want your dog shit in Philadelphia! And we don’t want it anywhere!
Gavin’s home is currently listed for sale for a whopping $1.9 million dollars. While his autonomous robots are shipped across the world to patrol and surveil Palestinians, Gavin awaits the sale of his lavish home he’s made with dirty money.
Other manufacturers of autonomous robots have stated their commitment to not arming robot dogs, but Ghost Robotics has positioned themselves as the dealer for these weapons. They clearly have no shame or concern about their robot dogs being used to surveil and kill people.
No genocide profiteer should sit comfortably in their home — we commit to draining funds from Gavin, to reminding him that his robot dogs are agents of U.S. imperialism, and to closing down Ghost Robotics.
Until all people are able to live safely and freely in the place they call home, we commit to fighting for our collective liberation.
Fun fact: that guy harassed that tank, which tried to avoid him and then stopped. He climbed on it, then walked away. Overall, uneventful. This footage has been available for decades.
Liberals still believe he got squished based purely on vibes and propaganda.
I heard that after this scene he just disappeared and was never found?
If I'm right it was the population who fraught back their oppressive regime but I can't remember exactly when or where (if someone could give me some Info's here?)
It was a very very hard time for this country and this image was and IS a symbol for freedom.
If any historian could chime in :)
If I’m right it was the population who fraught back their oppressive regime but I can’t remember exactly when or where
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's…
Nobody knows who the guy was, who the guys who brought him away were, or what he was yelling at the soldiers about.
This guy was only killed afterwards after being taken away, but plenty of other people we shot or run over right behind him.
Full vid: youtu.be/YeFzeNAHEhU
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I think I'm about to step up my signoff game. Who wouldn't want kingly regards?
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People are already jumping to defend it as "a preview on where technology is headed".
How would they know? Musk and his minions keep lying about their technology.
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Gängkriminell ordningsvakt arbetade på tingsrätt. Den 11 december förra året gjorde polisen ett tillslag mot en lägenhet i Upplands Väsby. Och efter en genomsökning fann de en pistol, ett magasin och två lösa patroner i en ventil i köket. Den 19 mars greps en ordningsvakt i 30-årsåldern då han kunde kopplas till den aktuella lägenheten efter att ha fångats på bild av polisen vid den aktuella lägenheten.
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in reply to schizoidman • • •If its true it is a big "achivement", but it still did not broke RSA.
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in reply to mogoh • • •Speak for yourself. I'm going to migrate all of my 22-bit RSA keys to a longer key length. And not 24 bits, either, given that they're probably working on a bigger quantum computer already. I gotta go so long that no computer can ever crack it.
64-bit RSA will surely be secure for the foreseeable future, cost be damned.
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in reply to schizoidman • • •So it factored a trivial (22 bit) RSA key.
1024-bit RSA has been deprecated for years. 2048-bit RSA is the recommended minimum.
Interesting. Not quite worrisome.
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in reply to schizoidman • • •So if you are genuinely worried about this, don't.
First because, as numerous persons already clarified, researchers here are breaking deprecated cryptography.
It's a bit like taking toothpicks and opening a lock while the locks used in your modern car is very different. Yes, it IS actually interesting but the same technique does not apply in practice, only in principle.
Second because IF in principle there IS a path to radically grow in power, there are already modern cryptography techniques which are resistant to scaling the power of quantum computers. Consequently it is NOT just about small the key is, but also HOW that key is made, what are the mathematical foundations on which a key is made, and can be broken.
Anyway for a few years now there has been research, roughly matching the interest in quantum computers, to what is called post-quantum encryption, or quantum resistant encryption. Basically the goal of the research is to find new ways to make keys that are very cheap to generate and verify, literally with something as cheap and non powerful as th
... show moreSo if you are genuinely worried about this, don't.
First because, as numerous persons already clarified, researchers here are breaking deprecated cryptography.
It's a bit like taking toothpicks and opening a lock while the locks used in your modern car is very different. Yes, it IS actually interesting but the same technique does not apply in practice, only in principle.
Second because IF in principle there IS a path to radically grow in power, there are already modern cryptography techniques which are resistant to scaling the power of quantum computers. Consequently it is NOT just about small the key is, but also HOW that key is made, what are the mathematical foundations on which a key is made, and can be broken.
Anyway for a few years now there has been research, roughly matching the interest in quantum computers, to what is called post-quantum encryption, or quantum resistant encryption. Basically the goal of the research is to find new ways to make keys that are very cheap to generate and verify, literally with something as cheap and non powerful as the chip in your credit card, BUT practically impossible to "crack" for a computer, even a quantum computer, even a powerful one. The result of that on-going research are schemes like Kyber, FALCON, SPHINCS+, etc which answer such requirements. Organizations like NIST in the US verify that the schemes are actually without flaws and the do recommendations.
So... all this to say that a powerful quantum computer is still not something that breaks encryption overall.
If you are worried TODAY, you can even "play" with implementations like github.com/open-quantum-safe/o… and setup a server, e.g Apache, and a client, e.g Chromium, so that they can communicate using such schemes.
Now practically speaking if you are not technically inclined or just want to bother, you can "just" use modern software, e.g Signal, which last year signal.org/blog/pqxdh/ announced that they are doing just that on your behalf.
You can finally expect all actors, e.g hosts like Lemmy, browsers like Firefox, that you use daily to access content to gradually both integrate post-quantum encryption but also gradually deprecate older, and thus risky, schemes. In fact if you try to connect today to old hardware via e.g ssh you might find yourself forced to accept older encryption. This very action is interesting because it does show that over the years encryption changes, old schemes get deprecated and replace.
TL;DR: cool, not worried though even with a properly powerful quantum computer because post-quantum encryption is being rolled out already.
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in reply to schizoidman • • •The headline should mention that they're breaking 22-bit RSA, but then it would get a lot less clicks.
A different group of Chinese researchers set what I think is the current record when they factored a 48-bit number with a quantum computer two years ago: arxiv.org/abs/2212.12372
I guess the news here is that now they've reached 22 bits using the quantum annealing technique which works on D-Wave's commercially-available quantum computers? That approach was previously able to factor an 18-bit number in 2018.
🥂 to the researchers, but 👎 to the clickbait headline writers. This is still nowhere near being a CRQC (cryptanalytically-relevant quantum computer).
Hirom
in reply to schizoidman • • •Does this attack scale linearly with key size?
That attack is a threat only if it scale better than existing attacks.