There is no #cloud, only other peoples' computers. As @pluralistic says "It’s funny because it’s true and the 'other people' in this case are rapacious, vertically integrated monopolies."
I don't click on URL shortener links. And I'm actually going to say something this time, because you are using one to point to a supposed privacy tool. (I say supposed, because I only have your word for it and an opaque URL.) And, thus, you have opened yourself up for this criticism.
Please do not use URL shorteners, of any kind for any reason. If you value privacy and computer security, do not click on links for URL shorteners.
@jackwilliambell Hi Jack! I understand your reticence and the traditional issues with third-party link shorteners. But we host this link shortener ourself! Precisely because we don't want to use a bit. ly etc. Cheers 😀
So I should trust it because you say so? Who trusts you?
Because, from where I stand, you're just another Internet rando.
Please try to see it from my viewpoint and then find a way to make the trust you demand from me something that is verifiable by me. Perhaps a trusted-by-me third party can speak for you? (I trust @pluralistic, for example.)
Trust is not easily earned and should not be easily given.
(BTW: I still won't click on a link shortener, even so.)
@jackwilliambell Sure, I can't force you to trust me. When did I try to do that?
A URL to a web server I run is a URL to a web server I run. Whether it is a 301 redirect or not, or what length it is, has nothing to do with privacy or trust. An HTTP request is an HTTP request and can be logged by the server.
Here are two direct links to apps I hope people will trust enough to use, but if that is not you, that is okay 😀
And… this is interesting. What does this say about the level of anonymity of votes in Mastodon polls? I always assumed at least some of the instance admins would be able to deanonymize votes, but if votes are somehow analagous to statuses does that imply random users could snoop who voted how…?
Pitch Mastodon allows multiple-choice polls; e.g., selecting more than one choice is allowed. However, these polls reject an attempt to vote for 0 of the options. In many types of poll, that may be...
No. Evan's comment describes the inter-server protocol. Other users have no way of accessing these individual votes, on the voting server nor the poll server. Admins with database access can plainly read individual votes on either of the two servers.
PieFed came up with an interesting system last year that scrambles user IDs for votes to anonymize them, so the voting user's server would still know their specific votes, but the poll server would not. This has not yet been added to Mastodon.
So this is almost like Matrix where any room participant can read individual poll answers, even historical ones after a user changes their mind (except here it’s gatekept to only admins, but a random user can just run a single-user instance and become admin)
I feel like somewhere should be a disclaimer that poll answers aren’t really as private as they would seem. Similarly for blocks (Moshidon does say the blocked user sees that they’re blocked but most servers actually hide this)
@kimapr @julian My read of Julian's comment is that a third-party instance could not see individual votes, only the instance containing the voter and the instance tallying the votes ever have that information.
This is correct. @kimapr If you run a Mastodon server, you have access to (1) all votes for all polls started on your server, and (2) votes by people from your server on polls hosted elsewhere.
I didn't have room for it in my original reply, but it's worth clarifying that there's nothing except a social contract stopping an ActivityPub server from publishing all votes it knows. The whole "private voting" idea in PieFed started because mBin was publishing votes: piefed.social/post/205362
The Enigma machine is perhaps one of the most legendary devices to come out of World War II. The Germans used the ingenious cryptographic device to hide their communications from the Allies, who in…
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RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’
“It used to be, when I were a kid, that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” he said, then taking a swipe at the vaccine. “The vaccine doesn’t do that. The vaccine is effective for some people for life, but for many people it wanes.” 🤦♂️
Can we please NOT give nazis megaphones? I mean, ~probably~ most of your followers know those are lies, but rather than quoting him directly in a way that might get amplified to people who don't know better, even just sticking in someone's head subconsciously, report on what they lied about:
"RFK called for everyone to get measles, citing a lie that getting it provides lifetime immunity and that the vaccine does not. In reality, getting measles destroy's the immune system's memory of past infections, rendering one susceptible to other deadly diseases."
Ooooooh! Cory Doctorow is planning a trip to NZ, with a Wellington event on May 3 or 4! I really enjoy all of his writing, so it will be great to hear him again!
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Inside: Announcing the Picks and Shovels book tour; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/06/picks-and-shovels-tour/
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Each package includes the tax information, the return, related schedules such as schedule 1, provincial and territorial information and related forms.2024 income tax package,
Okay, I completed and mailed my taxes today, perhaps just in time for another Canada Post strike.
I included a note for the feds about how I’m doing it on paper this year because way too many “approved” services store Canadians’ personal tax info in the US. (I also circled in red ink the bad translation job on their envelope.)
I had to mail two separate larger-than-normal envelopes, so I slapped two “permanent” stamps on each one and am hoping that works out to $1.94 or whatever the current in-store postage amount is.
Will both packages arrive? Maybe. Are my numbers correct? Maybe. Are my principles and supporting documents correct? I’m confident in my case.
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Elon Musk and President Trump’s push to lay off federal workers may jeopardize the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon. pcmag.com/news/ftc-asks-judge-…
The FTC accuses Amazon of duping people into signing up for Prime. But it's hard to prepare for a trial when Elon Musk fires your attorneys and support staff.
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Hm. If you draw a line on a map from the place you found this, back toward Manhattan and aligned diagonally with the Manhattan street grid. Does the line intersect any of those parks with public chess boards. If so, maybe you can extrapolate where it was going
Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
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Manga Musai no Reijou Jobu [Maou] de Juurin Suru (The Talentless Noble Lady Tramples On Everyone After Being Granted The [Demon King] Job) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
The surface shown in my last few posts can be described as a diagonal on the hypersphere. In this 🧵 I'll expand a bit on what I mean by that.
On a sphere we can trace 'loxodrome' curves of constant bearing, diagonal to the longitude/latitude directions, spiralling from one pole of the sphere to the antipodal one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_li…
Stereographically projecting from the top pole onto a horizontal plane gives logarithmic spirals, where one of the poles projects to the point at infinity. However, if instead we turn the sphere on its side before projecting we get a family of beautiful double spiral curves which reveal the true symmetrical nature of the 2 poles.
What is the equivalent of these curves in one dimension up?
Instead of the familiar sphere in 3d space a.k.a. the 2-sphere (which can be parameterised with 2 coordinates, longitude and latitude) we now have the 3-sphere or hypersphere in 4d space.
Stereographic projection which maps the 2-sphere to the flat plane can also be generalised to higher dimensions, and it conformally maps the 3-sphere to our familiar Euclidean 3d space.
This projects Hopf coordinates to a triply orthogonal system composed of spheres, planes and nested tori. At one extreme the torus becomes a horizontal circle and at the other a vertical line (or circle through infinity) through its centre (see toroidal coordinates here mathcurve.com/surfaces.gb/trip…).
Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels There are many risks from drinking, but high cholesterol doesn't seem to be one. arstechnica.com/health/2025/03…
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Taida na Akujo Kizoku ni Tensei Shita Ore, Shinario o Bukko wa Shitara Kikaku-gai no Maryoku de Saikyou ni Natta (Chapter 08) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/412237 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Fantasy #Harem #Isekai #Reincarnation #Shounen
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Taida na Akujo Kizoku ni Tensei Shita Ore, Shinario o Bukko wa Shitara Kikaku-gai no Maryoku de Saikyou ni Natta (Chapter 09) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/412237 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Fantasy #Harem #Isekai #Reincarnation #Shounen
For my flight back to London, I plan to binge listen to the first four episodes of @firesidefedi@audio.firesidefedi.live (on audio) - somehow I only just became aware of this new Fediverse-centric #podcast
Just realized people are @'ing the podcast and didn't even know folks were. 😁
I'm looking into how to see direct messages in Castopod.
I'm not familiar at all with podcasting, so if there's any recommendations on how to get the podcast into "pocketcasts" I'd be more than happy to. Thank you for the follow and I'll check into this.
Any other suggestions, please let me know. There's a massive amount I don't know, and very little I do. 😁 So I'd rather folks ask if I'm aware of something so I can learn.
Thanks! I looked through Castopod and connected up a bunch, some already had the fedicast in it. Thanks to whomever did that. 😀. I saw Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, etc. But they all require logins and I don't really wanna be in those systems. I know it'd probably help, but they're all literally against what this all stands for. So hopefully it'll grow organically through Fediverse. 😀.
Fireside Fedi is a show about people behind the Fediverse. Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live VODs - https://video.firesidefedi.live/a/firesidefedi Microblog - https://social.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi Blog - https://write.
Intel has a new CEO: Lip-Bu Tan, a former board member, takes the reins as the US chip maker faces more competition than ever. pcmag.com/news/intel-names-for…
February may be the shortest month, but the Thunderbird desktop team filled it with updates, improvements, and important conversations. Including:
* What you can find in the new monthly Release channel * Talks on privacy and security * What's landed in the Calendar rebuild work and in EWS support on Daily * The new Account Hub, which you can test this week in Daily! * Global Message Database and In-App Notification news
We have some testing we need to do before we use the release version in both the snap and the flatpak. Joining the planning mailing list (thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…) and watching the blog (blog.thunderbird.net) is the best way to stay up to date!
Sonos reportedly cancels its plans for an Apple TV streaming box rival Opinion: The long-rumored Sonos streaming box wasn't a good idea anyway. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
something that could have made it different, would have if it had extended sonos voice command module and home assistant built in, so you could do automatons without a 3rd party would be listening in to what you said.
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