Mastodawn

@kestral depends a lot on what you're guarding against. For general region block avoidance I use Mullvad.

@squid christ, NO

get in loser, we're encoding 10-bit h265 ultra HD video at 50fps

I know maintaining it is a thankless job and I shouldn't complain but I'm a bit sad that that one “transcode video with good automatic settings” project got much harder to use on Windows for no clear reason

Wild how different the vibe is in Canada this holiday week. I've never seen so many Canadian flags out on houses around here. Hope the neighbours to the south stop trying to piss in the cornflakes.

I posted this meme I made in my local hackerspace chat and immediately someone took it seriously

sobbing

Matilda Love Jun 24

@CursedSilicon omg are you saying you hate my favorite encrypted chat protocol and therefore hate me???

@matildalove Actually I got accused of liking Telegram which was arguably worse

Matilda Love Jun 24

@CursedSilicon

i'm here if you need a shoulder 💜

@matildalove I was just kinda like

Julis 🦊 Fox Grrrl Jun 25

@matildalove @CursedSilicon ouch (that be me😬 (tho usually I am not entirely serious about that))

Wolf480pl Jun 24

@CursedSilicon wait are you saying this isn't true? I've been avoiding trying out matrix for the last few years because people are saying it doesn't work and all they get is "unable to decrypt message"...

@wolf480pl Matrix is an *aggressively* FOSS application

Which means it has the UI/UX experience of eating broken glass

Ελλεν Εμιλία Ά.ζ.Jun 28

@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl Matrix is a prime example of VC-founded FOSS

Jun 28

@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl it's not even FOSS!!

Dan

Jun 28

@jj
It isn't? I thought Element etc were all AGPL.
@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl

https://element.io/blog/scaling-to-millions-of-users-requires-synapse-pro/

Jun 28

@danielittlewood @CursedSilicon @wolf480pl element is. synapse, the reference (only?) server implementation (also developed by the element/matrix team) moved to an "open core" model. performance rewrites in rust (the synapse server is python) are closed-source and only available for paying customers

Scaling to millions of users requires Synapse Pro

Nation-scale Matrix deployments will fail if built on the community version of Synapse. Huge deployments need a different architecture, which is what Synapse Pro delivers.

Element Blog

Noé Lopez Jun 29

@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl foss can have good ux, not electron apps

Cursed Silicon Jun 29

@baleine @wolf480pl Exception than the rule IMO

Ivan Enderlin 🦀6d ago

@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl Did you try Element X 😇?

Cursed Silicon 6d ago

@hywan @wolf480pl Unfortunately x:

Ivan Enderlin 🦀6d ago

@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl What did you dislike? What was your experience?

Cursed Silicon 6d ago

@hywan @wolf480pl Mobile chat apps in general are *not great* I find. Though Telegram is the one with the least friction (unfortunately)

unit b4412c "clover"Jun 24

@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon i tend to find that once youre settled in it works mmmmm 95+% of the time, as long as your account isnt on the matrix.org server. it definitely feels like eating broken glass from time to time but id rather have that than corporate bullshit shoved down my throat

Cursed Silicon Jun 25

@stringlapse @wolf480pl The hill I will forever die on is that chat programs peaked with MSN Messenger 6.2

Jonas Jun 25

@CursedSilicon

@stringlapse @wolf480pl

Julis 🦊 Fox Grrrl Jun 25

@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon
I am kinda of a matrixnfangirl

At first that can happen and if you switch clients, but once it settled a bit not often anymore, usually easily being fixed by dropping the session. (For me atm i got more problems with whatsapp being unable to decrypt messages than matrix🙄😬🫣)

Michal

Jun 25

@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon I don't know, I haven't seen "unable to decrypt" in a couple years, my whole family is unknowingly using it on a self hosted server for a year ("use this app to chat with us") and it's been smooth sailing.

Anectode with N<10.

LisPi Jun 28

@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon Honestly it's one of its lesser issues anyway.

Jer Jun 24

@CursedSilicon Image description:

The sad / happy bus meme, where one passenger looks out the left side and is sad by what they see while another passenger on the right side is happy about what they see.

On the sad side, we see a screenshot of a Matrix chat app printing "unable to decrypt message" over and over again.

On the happy side, we see a still from the film The Matrix (1999) featuring Neo stopping a bunch of bullets in mid air. They cannot reach him.

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤Jun 24

@CursedSilicon both are matrix, wtf is serious about it???

@efi It was in the midst of complaining about Matrix, I guess?

I dunno

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤Jun 24

@CursedSilicon how can you complain about matrix when you can't even decrypt the message?

Andrew Jun 24

@CursedSilicon “You get used to it after a while. I don’t even see the messages anymore, All I see is Unable to decrypt message, Unable to decrypt message, Unable to decrypt message…”

Erik Uden 🍑Jun 29

@cinebox @CursedSilicon why is matrix like that btw. I swear I have my backup keys and everything, but on the same device I sent a message on, sooner than later it just don't work no more.

Cursed Silicon Jun 29

@ErikUden @cinebox Noooooo idea

Dianora (Diane Bruce)Jun 25

@CursedSilicon Probably an autistic. *whistles innocently*

Marlow Jun 25

@CursedSilicon
Even as someone that cares about things being decentralized. Even for personal use I found Matrix a pain to use. Let alone convince friends to switch.

Signal (yes it's centralized) at least is easy for people to understand how to use. I would rather use something that is at least E2EE then nothing.

Kevin Karhan

Jun 25

@CursedSilicon I consider this an absolute win!

https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-takes-down-another-encrypted-messaging-service-used-criminals

Meko #nowar Jun 28

@CursedSilicon this topic was not covered in your meme

International operation takes down another encrypted messaging service used by criminals – It is not the first time and will not be the last time that authorities are able to read criminals’ messages in real time | Europol

Black glove holding phone

Europol

Cursed Silicon Jun 28

@yura Surprised it was that hard. Matrix has so many bugs anyway

aspen 🍃Jun 29

@CursedSilicon oh at first i interpreted this as like "why would i try to talk to my friends using an encrypted service at all when i could be watching the hit 1999 film The Matrix"

Cursed Silicon Jun 29

@anikwacas Arguably it's "why am I suffering with Matrix when I could be WATCHING The Matrix"