In-reply-to » @arne Hahaha, vor Dekaden hab ich auch mal einen ā€žXMLā€œ-ā€žParserā€œ selbst gebaut. Der wollte dann pro Zeile entweder einen ƶffnenden oder einen schlieƟenden Tag oder aber einen Wert haben. :-O Ganz Ć¼bel, aber fĆ¼r den damaligen Anwendungsfall hat's gelangt. War halt bloƟ kein XML. :-D

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Die meisten Hersteller von Internetradios (Sony, Denon, Marantz, ā€¦) binden einen externen Dienstleister (vTuner) fest(!) in ihre GerƤte ein, damit die Nutzer sich durch eine groƟe groƟe Liste von weltweiten Internetradio-Stationen hƶren kƶnnen.
Nun hat vTuner seit ca. 2020 sein GeschƤftsmodell geƤndert. Man darf da nun fĆ¼r jedes GerƤt (MAC-Adresse) bezahlen. Die Kosten steigen auch von $3 auf $7 pro Jahr. Die Hersteller zucken einfach mit den Schultern. Im schlimmsten Fall schaltet vTuner einfach die Domain ab und dann steht man da - wie bei mir: http://sagem.vtuner.com
Der XML-Parser von der alten Sagem-Huddel verlangt zeilenweise EintrƤge ohne EinzĆ¼ge. Vielleicht standest Du mit Deinem Parser ja Pate!? šŸ˜‰

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In-reply-to » LECK MICH FETT! Das KĆ¼chenradio (Sagem - My Dual Radio 700) gibt wieder Tƶne von sich! Der XML-Parser von dem Ding ist sowas von hinĆ¼ber. Die "Fertiglƶsungen" YCast und YTuner haben ein zu ordentliches XML erstellt. Per Trial and Error habe ich dann die Formatierung gefunden, die die olle Kiste braucht. šŸ„³

@arne@uplegger.eu Hahaha, vor Dekaden hab ich auch mal einen ā€žXMLā€œ-ā€žParserā€œ selbst gebaut. Der wollte dann pro Zeile entweder einen ƶffnenden oder einen schlieƟenden Tag oder aber einen Wert haben. :-O Ganz Ć¼bel, aber fĆ¼r den damaligen Anwendungsfall hatā€™s gelangt. War halt bloƟ kein XML. :-D

Was konkret war dann das Problem von dem zu sauberen XML in Deinem Fall? Und schƶn zu hƶren, dass Du das GerƤt vor dem vorzeitigen Elektroschrotttod bewahrt bekommen hast. :-)

Zum Abschluss noch ne ganz doofe Frage, ganz offensichtlich hab ich von Radios keinen blassen Schimmer. Wieso muss denn das Ding Ć¼berhaupt mit XML rumfuhrwerken? O_o

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LECK MICH FETT!
Das KĆ¼chenradio (Sagem - My Dual Radio 700) gibt wieder Tƶne von sich! Der XML-Parser von dem Ding ist sowas von hinĆ¼ber. Die ā€œFertiglƶsungenā€ YCast und YTuner haben ein zu ordentliches XML erstellt. Per Trial and Error habe ich dann die Formatierung gefunden, die die olle Kiste braucht. šŸ„³

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In-reply-to » It seems related to us poor single user pods not getting the trust to share twts.. which it seems to still untrust on restart for me.

@xuu The Pod.LastSeen and Pod.LastUpdated fields are only ever updated in the Cache.DetectPodFromUserAgent(ā€¦) function as far as I can tell. This function is called in Cache.DetectClientFromRequest(ā€¦) and Cache.DetectClientFromResponse(ā€¦).

Cache.DetectClientFromRequest(ā€¦) is only invoked when the twtxt.txt is requested and looks at the User-Agent HTTP request header.

Cache.DetectClientFromResponse(ā€¦) is only called in Cache.FetchFeeds(ā€¦) and looks at the Powered-By HTTP response header. This header would be set in twtxt.txt HTTP responses from yarnd. A bunch of places invoke Cache.FetchFeeds(ā€¦), including a periodic job (UpdateFeedsJob.Run()). Maybe something is iffy around these locations.

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In-reply-to » I'm rather frozen after half an hour looking at Venus and Saturn through the telescope outside. I couldn't see any rings around Saturn. Disappointing. It also appeared rather dark. The very bright Venus on the other hand told me that there is something growing inside the scope. :-( Or maybe there is dust.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Itā€™s an old, cheap Optus without any model information on it. It was maybe 180DM or so in a discounter 25, 30 years ago. Its main job is to collect dust, canā€™t even remember its last use. That must have been easily 15 years ago I reckon. Thus, absolutely no surprise. Maybe Iā€™ll just take it apart and see what I can see as the week progresses.

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In-reply-to » hmmm? šŸ¤”

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @prologic@twtxt.net šŸ˜† There was something weird going on with my #Timeline instance, the text input box was visible even though I was logged out and I was able to twt from it ā€¦ It has to do with cache because it wouldnā€™t disappear unless I whip my websiteā€™s cache from the browser.

Poke @sorenpeter@darch.dk and @eapl.me@eapl.me I have no Idea how to reproduce this.

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Iā€™m rather frozen after half an hour looking at Venus and Saturn through the telescope outside. I couldnā€™t see any rings around Saturn. Disappointing. It also appeared rather dark. The very bright Venus on the other hand told me that there is something growing inside the scope. :-( Or maybe there is dust.

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In-reply-to » It's ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but can't decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if can't - its not message to you

Itā€™s nice to see weā€™re all largely thinking along the same lines. e.g: Salty.im šŸ˜…

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In-reply-to » my first thought is that encrypting messages with Elliptic keys is not as easy as with RSA, although I tried doing something similar a few months ago with ECIES https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/owl/blob/main/src/app/controller/ecies_demo.php

@eapl.me@eapl.me Yeah this is true. Previously RSA and AES were more common. These days Salsa and Chacha and Curve are fairly prevalent. For example all the Wireguard stuff uses Curve25519 / Ed25519 crypto. Signal uses very similar crypto too, but with some very nice double ratcheting 3DH.

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In-reply-to » my first thought is that encrypting messages with Elliptic keys is not as easy as with RSA, although I tried doing something similar a few months ago with ECIES https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/owl/blob/main/src/app/controller/ecies_demo.php

a year ago I had a struggle to find documentation about it and now it seems there are more examples, cool!

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In-reply-to » interesting idea. I'm not personally interested on having DM conversations on twtxt (for now), although I see the community could be interested in.

I agree šŸ™‚, although itā€™s easy to lose comments over time and are not so grouped by topic, itā€™s not so easy to vote or make a survey about itā€¦

I prefer a forum for that šŸ˜Š

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In-reply-to » It's ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but can't decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if can't - its not message to you

here are a few ideas you might take into consideration when designing a secure IM https://developer.virgilsecurity.com/docs/e3kit/fundamentals/secure-instant-messaging/

Obviously if youā€™ve worked on something similar, you already know it, he

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In-reply-to » It's ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but can't decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if can't - its not message to you

I made a draft of an ā€œencrypted public messengerā€, which was basically a Feed for an address derivate from the public ket, letā€™s say ā€˜abcd..eaeaā€™

Anyone could check, ā€œare there any messages for my address?ā€ and you get a whole list of timestamps and encrypted stuff.

Inside the encrypted message is a signature from the sender. That way you ā€˜couldā€™ block spam.

Only the owner of the private key could see who sent what, and soā€¦

And even with that my concussion was that users expectations for a private IM might be far away from my experiment.

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In-reply-to » It's ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but can't decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if can't - its not message to you

It is not possible to remove it, otherwise you do not know that the message is for you. With that information you canā€™t decrypt.

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In-reply-to » I want to share a little idea for a new extension with the goal of adding direct messages in #twtxt https://github.com/tanrax/twtxt-direct-message-extension

@prologic@twtxt.net @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org First, please leave me your comments on the repository! Even if itā€™s just to give your opinion on what shouldnā€™t be included. The more variety, the better.

Second, Iā€™m going to try to do tests with Elliptic keys and base64. Thanks for the advice @eapl@eapl.me

Finally, Iā€™d like to give my opinion. Secure direct messages are a feature that ActivityPub and Mastodon donā€™t have, to give an example. By including it as an extension, weā€™re already taking a significant leap forward from the competition. Does it make sense to include it in a public feed? In fact, weā€™re already doing that. When we reply to a user, mentioning them at the beginning of the message, itā€™s already a direct message. The message is within a thread, perhaps breaking the conversation. Direct messages would help isolate conversations between 2 users, as well as keeping a thread cleaner and maintaining privacy. I insist, itā€™s optional, it doesnā€™t break compatibility with any client and implementing it isnā€™t complex. If you donā€™t like it, youā€™re free to not use it. If you donā€™t have a public key, no one can send you direct messages.

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In-reply-to » my first thought is that encrypting messages with Elliptic keys is not as easy as with RSA, although I tried doing something similar a few months ago with ECIES https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/owl/blob/main/src/app/controller/ecies_demo.php

@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me actually it is easy šŸ¤£ Itā€™s now the standard for SSH keys šŸ˜†

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In-reply-to » I haven't read the entire specification, but I think there is a fundamental design problem. Why would someone put an encrypted message on a public feed that is completely useless to everybody other than the one recipient? This doesn't make sense to me. It of course depends on the threat model, but wouldn't one also want to minimize the publicly visible metadata (who is communicating with whom and when) when privately messaging? I feel there are better ways to accomplish this. Sorry, if I miss the obvious use case, please let me know. :-)

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org This is a good point.

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In-reply-to » It's ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but can't decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if can't - its not message to you

@doesnm@doesnm.p.psf.lt Thatā€™s actually not true, because youā€™d have to know the target youā€™re interested in, in the first place. Inboxes in Salty.IM are deliberately shahed for this reason. So whilst you may know your own inbox address, etc, I (as an arbitrary bad actor) wouldnā€™t easily be able to guess (let alone brute force) my way to another inbox address of an interested party.

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In-reply-to » I haven't read the entire specification, but I think there is a fundamental design problem. Why would someone put an encrypted message on a public feed that is completely useless to everybody other than the one recipient? This doesn't make sense to me. It of course depends on the threat model, but wouldn't one also want to minimize the publicly visible metadata (who is communicating with whom and when) when privately messaging? I feel there are better ways to accomplish this. Sorry, if I miss the obvious use case, please let me know. :-)

Itā€™s ok for most encrypted protocols (In salty you can fetch other messages but canā€™t decrypt). Btw i think recipient can be removed so if someone seen message they tried to decypt, if canā€™t - its not message to you

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In-reply-to » Friendly, regular reminder to always check if a TV show has already been cancelled before you start watching it.

I remember starting that one.. it was a bit gratuitous for me to get past the first few episodes.

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In-reply-to » which show?

my gotoā€™s are the Expanse, the Magicians, XFiles, House, Umbrella Academy, Orphan Black, 12 Monkeys, the star treks (DS9 especially)

i have probably watched through them a half dozen times each. some more :D

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UNIT DualMCU One with RP2040 for Real-Time and ESP32 for Wireless Connectivity.
The UNIT DualMCU One is a development board that combines the ESP32 and RP2040 microcontrollers. The ESP32 provides Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, while the RP2040 offers hardware control with flexible GPIO, supporting applications in IoT, robotics, and automation. The RP2040 features a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ processor running at 133 MHz, offering compatibility with Arduino UNO [ā€¦ ā€¦ āŒ˜ Read more

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In-reply-to » @movq Woah, that sun from satellite SDO is fucking sick! https://social.bund.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/859/065/836/106/300/original/95b43f7a0086476d.jpeg

Just threw this RSS feed into Newsboat. The titles suck, but I hope the content makes up for it. :-)

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In-reply-to » Clouds are hiding the planets right now, but the sky was slightly on fire before: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2025-01-20/

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Speaking of fog, a workmate showed me his view out of the window today and you couldnā€™t even see a hundred meters. Looked really nice! :-) We actually had a little bit of sun over here.

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In-reply-to » I want to share a little idea for a new extension with the goal of adding direct messages in #twtxt https://github.com/tanrax/twtxt-direct-message-extension

I havenā€™t read the entire specification, but I think there is a fundamental design problem. Why would someone put an encrypted message on a public feed that is completely useless to everybody other than the one recipient? This doesnā€™t make sense to me. It of course depends on the threat model, but wouldnā€™t one also want to minimize the publicly visible metadata (who is communicating with whom and when) when privately messaging? I feel there are better ways to accomplish this. Sorry, if I miss the obvious use case, please let me know. :-)

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In-reply-to » I want to share a little idea for a new extension with the goal of adding direct messages in #twtxt https://github.com/tanrax/twtxt-direct-message-extension

another one would be to allow changing public keys over time (as it may be a good practice [0]). A syntax like the following could help to know what public key you used to encrypt the message, and which private key the client should use to decrypt it:

!<nick url> <encrypted_message> <public_key_hash_7_chars>

Also Iā€™d remove support for storing the message as hex, only allowing base64 (more compact, aiming for a minimalistic spec, etc.)

[0] https://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/its-2023-you-should-be-using-an-ed25519-ssh-key-and-other-current-best-practices

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In-reply-to » I want to share a little idea for a new extension with the goal of adding direct messages in #twtxt https://github.com/tanrax/twtxt-direct-message-extension

interesting idea. Iā€™m not personally interested on having DM conversations on twtxt (for now), although I see the community could be interested in.

Iā€™d suggest to enable the Discussion section in your Github repo to receive comments, as we did for timeline https://github.com/sorenpeter/timeline/discussions

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In-reply-to » I want to share a little idea for a new extension with the goal of adding direct messages in #twtxt https://github.com/tanrax/twtxt-direct-message-extension

It would also be great if you put up a PR against twtxt.dev šŸ™

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Tolle Wurst: vTuner hat den Support fĆ¼r das KĆ¼chenradio (Sagem - My Dual Radio 700) eingestellt. Die Subdomain sagem.vtuner.com ist nicht mehr.
Mal gucken, wie ich mit einer DNS-Umleitung und YCast wieder Klang in die Kiste kriege. Es wƤre schade um das GerƤt, welches einwandfrei funktioniert.

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In-reply-to » Google Begins Requiring JavaScript For Google Search Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. From a report: In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the change is intended to "better protect" Google Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and to improve the over ... āŒ˜ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Who the F+++ still uses gooā€™s search engine anyway xD Shout out to all my homies hosting a Searx instance šŸ˜‚šŸ¤˜

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#selfhosting is a privilege.

Sure, I agree: it is the best option in many cases, and in some cases it feels like the only option - if you care for things like safety and privacy.

But us - the same community that usually promotes self-hosting - should also be aware that it is a means to an end, we should understand the reasons why it is a good ideaā€¦ and also design ā€œthe fallbackā€ for those who cannot, for some reason, self-host.

And we know how to do that: just look at the healthy community of fediverse servers that are out there, not in competition but in cooperation with a number self-hosted single-user instances. But we donā€™t do it/have the same ecosystem in many other fields.

And self-hosting is a privilege: it demands more financial investment, more time investment, and has some potentially expensive dependencies (stable 24/7/365 internet connection and electricity, for eg.).

Just like the ā€œpath to #freesoftwareā€ is a ladder and not a binary switch, service autonomy/independence/sovereignty is too (an often they are even related - how many ā€œneedā€ to use some proprietary app in order to access to a certain service they are dependent of?).

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VersaLogicā€™s Sabertooth AI Combines Xeon-E Processor with NVIDIA RTX GPU
VersaLogic Corp. has introduced the Sabertooth AI, a compact and rugged embedded system designed for AI inferencing and high-bandwidth video applications. Featuring DDR4 ECC memory, dual GbE, and support for multiple displays, it delivers high computational performance in a small form factor for industrial and edge computing. The Sabertooth AI incorporates an Intel Xeon-E processor, [ā€¦] āŒ˜ Read more

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In-reply-to » Cleaning up some of the 500 open tabs on my phone. I realized that if I donā€™t have some place to stash the good ones, I wonā€™t go through any. http://a.9srv.net/b/2025-01-16

I tried using Firefox Focus as my default browser for a while but it was to extreme. Itā€™s still the only one on my home screen. 50-60 is sort of my intent, but then it keeps being ā€œjust one moreā€¦ā€.

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