heads up, this account may be going away soon so if you haven't yet followed @[email protected] this is a good time
i make pretty pictures of abstruse math:
http://faec.me
i make songs:
http://beadysea.bandcamp.com
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triangle husbandry. gayer than an x-wing pilot. trans.
i make pretty pictures of abstruse math:
http://faec.me
i make songs:
http://beadysea.bandcamp.com
i make pretty pictures of abstruse math:
http://faec.me
i make songs:
http://beadysea.bandcamp.com
i know security in federated stuff is shaky and imperfect and vulnerable to malicious actors, but making it hard for people to respect each other's explicit privacy preferences even if they WANT to is. disappointing?
"a UI to audit your followers" is kind of a stunning non-solution. i do check out my followers but if they can't even tell a post is non-public then lack of malice isn't going to help anything.
umm... so it's the intended behavior that private posts get federated as non-private, with no barriers to resharing?
that's... a serious problem.
Moved: -> @A word of warning to anyone upgrading to Mastodon 1.3(.1)!!!
Starting with 1.3(.1) Private posts will federate! But they don't do so securely! Warnings are built in but be aware that if you have followers on GNU Social, Friendica, or postActiv then they will **NOT** know that your post is marked private/followers-only!! And they **will** be able to boost it!! Once they do so, it becomes a public post
This is not opt-in, it just happens post-update
If this worries you, go audit your followers
i might post on this account more now that amaroq supports multiple accounts XD but reminder that the personal stuff is all at @[email protected] now
anyway today i'm reading "universal behavior in nonlinear systems" http://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-80-5007
the early papers in a subfield are often way clearer than the textbooks. the early papers need to convey understanding and interest un a new concept to a large skeptical community, whereas the textbooks just have to be "correct" and "thorough."
new personal account! i am now @[email protected]. that account is locked (though feel free to send a request); from now on i'll be posting selfies and personal-type things over there. i'll probably keep this one for public stuff.
think i might try for a witches.town account today