Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>One thing that really pisses me off personally is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. </p><p>My personal distaste and dislike for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114935952643402592" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">³</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">⁴</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, etc. aside: </p><ul><li><p><em>WHY</em> is there no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrossProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> to handle that shite?</p></li><li><p><em>WHY</em> does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> each of them can??</p></li></ul><p>This problem ain't new and <em>already got <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">solved for corporate social media</a> ages ago!</em> (Not to mention actually good messengers!) </p><ul><li><p>And no, <a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bridges</a> <em><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">don't</a> count</em>! </p></li><li><p>I mean <code>API 0</code> - <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">style</a> access because obviously <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">none of the platforms</a> will <em>allow, endorse or support such an endeavour</em> and <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>actively fight the developers and users</em></a> !</p></li></ul><p>So yeah, consider this a call for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pidgin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pidgin</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pidgin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pidgin</span></a> <em>for garbage platforms!</em></p><ul><li><p>Cuz back in the day we had <em>way worse messengers</em> yet people actually made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> work just fine from one single <em>"phat" client</em>!</p></li><li><p>Can we please get that back? Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> pisses me off!</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/api0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api0</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hsnl.social/@eloy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eloy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/@merlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>merlin</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a> are what's wrong with the whole concept of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFI</span></a>... </p><ul><li>it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> & messy shite!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@KarlHeinzHasliP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KarlHeinzHasliP</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodontech.de/@denki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>denki</span></a></span> which brings me back to my point that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarManufacturers</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/phat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a>"</em> monstrosities <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114343382478816265" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>need to die out for good</em></a>…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FirewallDragons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FirewallDragons</span></a></span> needless to, say I'm dissatisfied with existing options re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firmware</span></a>, espechally for.my prokects like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PocketCrypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PocketCrypto</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/PocketCrypto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[1]</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptofon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptofon</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/Cryptofon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[2]</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LambdaCrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LambdaCrypt</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/LambdaCrypt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[3]</a> that I started <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[4]</a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenADK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenADK</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YoctoProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoctoProject</span></a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxFromScratch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxFromScratch</span></a> are either too <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cringe</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/complex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complex</span></a> IMHO and I wantes something simple and auditable...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ivarch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ivarch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> <br>Not to mention a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNUfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUfree</span></a> Linux distro is kinda useful given that the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSF</span></a> has kinda given up on being a <em>net-positive</em> and instead turned itself into <em>"The church of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a>"</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2SKenHRhMg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">overflowing with Stallmanists</a> whilst their stuff gets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> af and better alternatives show up.</p><ul><li>A good example is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enc</span></a> which is way less cumbersome than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GnuPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GnuPG</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPGP</span></a> and <a href="https://github.com/life4/enc/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">just works</a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ivarch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ivarch</span></a></span> granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> is a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toxbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxbox</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> distro.</p><p>Basically taking the idea of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> did and work it towards a foundation for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimal</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> systems because I find <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxFromScratch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxFromScratch</span></a> too <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenADK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenADK</span></a> too <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cringe</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YoctoLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoctoLinux</span></a> also too <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/phat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phat</span></a>.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <em>nodds in agreement</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxFromScratch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxFromScratch</span></a> basically builds a whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rpm</span></a> and all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSB</span></a>-compliant stuff...</p><ul><li>I too think it's really <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> because most of that isn't needed.</li></ul><p>Similarly I think that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> is a <a href="https://youtu.be/o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">net positive</a> on anything beyond space-constrained minimalism. It just didn't make the cut being too big to fit as of now.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Republicans have had remarkable success mobilizing resentment against school teachers, or auto workers (and not, significantly, against the school administrators or auto industry managers who actually cause the problems) for their <a href="https://c.im/tags/supposedly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supposedly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>. <br>It's as if they are being told<br> ‘but you get to teach children! Or make cars! You get to have <a href="https://c.im/tags/real" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>real</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>! And on top of that you have the nerve to also expect middle-class pensions and health care?’</p><p>If someone had designed a work regime perfectly suited to maintaining the <a href="https://c.im/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capital</span></a>, it's hard to see how they could have done a better job. <br>Real, productive workers are relentlessly squeezed and exploited. <br>The remainder are divided between a terrorised stratum of the, universally reviled, unemployed and a larger stratum who are basically paid to do nothing, in positions designed to make them identify with the perspectives and sensibilities of the ruling class (managers, administrators, etc.)<br>—and particularly its financial avatars<br>—but, at the same time, foster a simmering resentment against anyone whose work has clear and undeniable social value. </p><p>Clearly, the system was never consciously designed. <br>It emerged from almost a century of trial and error. <br>But it is the only explanation for why, despite our technological capacities, we are not all working 3–4 hour days.</p><p><a href="https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mustafa Kulle<p>This is why the modern web sucks.</p><p>- Excessive "Javascript"<br>- Takes ages to load<br>- Pop-up boxes<br>- Forced "essential" cookies</p><p>To name a few.</p><p>We are forced to put up with all this inconvenience before we can get to the content we want to read.</p><p>The modern web is bloated as fuck. I'll take the early 2000's internet any day. Rant over.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modernweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modernweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a></p>
Tony Daniels<p>I tried to warn everyone I could about Adams, but who listens? What a terrible mistake we made in electing this guy mayor. First a 5 billion dollar handout to the unabashed racists at the PBA, now this freak show while teachersnand libraries suffer epic budget cuts. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/nypol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nypol</span></a> <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/robot-dogs-tiny-rocket-ships-will-soon-work-alongside-nypd-officers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gothamist.com/news/robot-dogs-</span><span class="invisible">tiny-rocket-ships-will-soon-work-alongside-nypd-officers</span></a></p>
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