Nostr notes by Carlos Solís

I, for one, am not a fan of proprietary apple varieties, ...

2026-05-11T22:18:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…dr2q
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I, for one, am not a fan of proprietary apple varieties, regardless of how much more delicious and efficient they might be.

If this ...

2026-04-15T12:54:24Z

If this #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=AgeAttestation]AgeAttestation[/url] app is fully #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=OpenSource]OpenSource[/url], can we expect this to land on #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=FDroid]FDroid[/url] and work on a de-Googled device? Also, could it be eventually ported to desktop devices?
[share author='European Commission' profile='https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/users/EUCommission'; avatar=' ; link='https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116408687045514216'; posted='2026-04-15 12:20:00' guid='6956a0de-094bab7600bdc8a9-5cd9a631' message_id='https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/users/EUCommission/statuses/116408687045514216';]It is for parents to raise their children. Not platforms.

The European Age Verification App is ready.

It will allow users to prove their age when accessing online platforms. Just like shops ask for proof of age for people buying alcoholic beverages.

And it ticks all the boxes:
✅ Highest privacy standards in the world
✅ Works on any device
✅ Easy to use
✅ Fully open source

More info: [url=https://link.europa.eu/HmnrJc]https://link.europa.eu/HmnrJc[/url]
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2026-03-13T02:51:25Z

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@[url=https://studio8502.ca/users/mos_8502]mos_8502 🇨🇦[/url] If it weren't for all the Linux core applications that explicitly depend on #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=systemd]systemd[/url], I would have switched a good time ago. Are there any feasible compatibility shims out there for something like RC?

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2026-03-02T03:15:58Z

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@[url=https://mastodon.social/users/debiani386]6L6GC[/url] @[url=https://mastodon.social/users/Daojoan]JA Westenberg[/url] Question deep enough, and you eventually land on either nihilism or absurdism. Any other position requires willingly stopping at some point and taking a position as self-evident.

@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic]Cory Doctorow[/url] They ...

2026-02-09T13:42:05Z

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@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic]Cory Doctorow[/url] They remind me of Roman firefighting companies - plenty of anecdotes about them demanding the property being burned as payment for their services, talk about a "fire sale"!

@[url=https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite]Jared White ...

2026-02-08T17:44:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wz3u
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@[url=https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite]Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)[/url] To keep into account: which recent examples are you talking about?

@[url=https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek]Michał "rysiek" ...

2026-02-03T17:23:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…al9d
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@[url=https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek]Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦[/url] When you say:
[quote]But show us a centralized, end-to-end encrypted Signal alternative that is not backed by venture capital, blockchain, the Saudi royal family, or all three, and we'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.[/quote]
...I remember that XMPP is technically neither of the three - is the reason not to recommend it that end-to-end encryption is an [em]extension[/em] for XMPP (OMEMO if I recall correctly), and doesn't come enforced by default by the protocol?

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2026-01-10T05:16:41Z

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@[url=https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet]Chris Trottier[/url] You wanted a "Flash Browser"? The Flashpoint Archive got you covered: [url=https://flashpointarchive.org/]https://flashpointarchive.org/[/url]

If I ever found a way to ship all my groceries on a bike in a ...

2026-01-02T19:39:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…006q
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If I ever found a way to ship all my groceries on a bike in a single trip, I'd probably not need cabs anymore. Are there any novelties in that regard?

One of the few yearly recaps I wholeheartedly love, ...

2025-12-04T20:00:16Z

One of the few yearly recaps I wholeheartedly love, #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=FediDB]FediDB[/url] 's Year In Review 2025: [url=https://fedidb.org/year-in-review/2025]https://fedidb.org/year-in-review/2025[/url] #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Fediverse]Fediverse[/url] #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=ActivityPub]ActivityPub[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://fedidb.com/'; title='#OurFedi2025' publisher_name='fedidb.com' publisher_url='https://fedidb.com';]Fediverse Year in Review[/attachment]

@[url=https://mastodon.matrix.org/users/matrix]The Matrix.org ...

2025-08-15T18:39:34Z

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@[url=https://mastodon.matrix.org/users/matrix]The Matrix.org Foundation[/url] Interesting. So all major implementations of the Matrix protocol are currently able to, at minimum, build preview versions from code not yet available to the public?

Apparently the latest ...

2025-08-13T02:38:45Z

Apparently the latest #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Matrix]Matrix[/url] security vulnerability was so major, that the server implementers had to abide to an embargo before receiving details about it. I wonder how many #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Matrix]Matrix[/url] -related projects had to decline, due to e.g. their CI not being set up to build code not publicly on the main branch, and had to dash to implement the patch [em]after[/em] the embargo was lifted. @[url=https://mastodon.matrix.org/users/matrix]The Matrix.org Foundation[/url]

As expected, not too well: ...

2025-07-09T19:58:50Z

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As expected, not too well: [url=https://bsky.app/profile/fesshole.bsky.social/post/3ltk4id25jw2f]https://bsky.app/profile/fesshole.bsky.social/post/3ltk4id25jw2f[/url]

I wonder how will this one land on the ...

2025-07-09T19:45:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…9lfg
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I wonder how will this one land on the #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Bluesky]Bluesky[/url] side of things

Oh look, somebody is trying to cash out with a Fyre sale!

2025-04-23T23:42:02Z

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Oh look, somebody is trying to cash out with a Fyre sale!

I'm not too happy about ...

2025-02-24T16:04:48Z

I'm not too happy about #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Friendica]Friendica[/url] 's cross-poster to #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Bluesky]Bluesky[/url] being somehow less reliable than its cross-poster to #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Twitter]Twitter[/url] of all things. I'm currently working around this by using #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=BridgyFed]BridgyFed[/url] and manually reposting my #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Fediverse]Fediverse[/url] messages on BSky - less than ideal.

Good thing nobody in the last ten or so years cares for me enough ...

2025-01-29T17:02:27Z

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Good thing nobody in the last ten or so years cares for me enough to harass me, a single-tenant server admin! ...Yet!

Reimplementing the server in a snappier language in order to ...

2025-01-18T20:40:18Z

Reimplementing the server in a snappier language in order to accommodate for larger deployments: great!

Making said reimplementation proprietary, in order to prevent corporations from using your service without paying you a fee: questionable

#[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Matrix]Matrix[/url] #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Synapse]Synapse[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://element.io/blog/scaling-to-millions-of-users-requires-synapse-pro/'; title='Scaling to millions of users requires Synapse Pro' publisher_name='Element Blog' publisher_url='https://element.io/blog/'; publisher_img='https://element.io/blog/content/images/2020/07/Logomark---white-on-green-1.png'; author_name='Steve Loynes' author_url='https://element.io/blog/author/steve/'; image='https://element.io/blog/content/images/2025/01/nation-scale-banner.png';]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.[/attachment]

What a world do we live in. With InfoWars now being owned by The ...

2024-11-14T17:38:44Z

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What a world do we live in. With InfoWars now being owned by The Onion, and thus changing their focus from "fake news we're selling as accurate" to "fake news that are supposed to be satire but land a bit too close to reality", InfoWars might end up speaking truth to power more accurately than the Washington Post or the New York Times will do during the next four years.

Ah how have the tables turned. From privacy-aware people moving ...

2024-11-14T13:16:13Z

Ah how have the tables turned. From privacy-aware people moving out of #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Facebook]Facebook[/url] but staying on #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Twitter]Twitter[/url] as it was less invasive, to brands moving from Twitter [em]to Facebook[/em] (and other Meta products, like #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Instagram]Instagram[/url] and #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Threads%29]Threads)[/url].

@[url=https://framapiaf.org/users/davidrevoy]David Revoy[/url] ...

2024-10-06T14:47:38Z

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@[url=https://framapiaf.org/users/davidrevoy]David Revoy[/url] Talking about open-source firmware, are there any macropads that use QMK? [url=https://qmk.fm/]https://qmk.fm/[/url]

Nice, the University of ...

2024-09-22T14:03:15Z

Nice, the University of #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Innsbruck]Innsbruck[/url] managed to configure a #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Mastodon]Mastodon[/url] instance to use their internal account system, so that every teacher and student can automatically have a presence in the #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Fediverse]Fediverse[/url]. [url=https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/]https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/[/url]
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2024-09-06T13:46:18Z

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@[url=https://studio8502.ca/users/mos_8502]mos_8502 :verified:[/url] @[url=https://social.sdf.org/users/deepthaw]Tony Toon[/url] So what you say is that LXQt is the new golden standard?

Corporate platforms I absolutely get, but what did MastoSoc did ...

2024-08-12T14:39:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…crht
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Corporate platforms I absolutely get, but what did MastoSoc did this time?

Silly me is cross-posting my ...

2024-08-12T01:52:33Z

Silly me is cross-posting my #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Fediverse]Fediverse[/url] messages to a public #[url=https://hub.azkware.net/search?tag=Facebook]Facebook[/url] page (because posting to my private account is no longer possible via API). Now some unspecified post of mine was hidden there due to "violating community guidelines" (the heck will I know which one) and got my public page demonetized (I was getting a total of zero cents from there anyways). No wonder why I've been self-hosting my own presence for years, imagine a professional at the mercy of the algorithm.

Currently wondering how much progress is there into making a ...

2024-07-31T00:18:28Z

Currently wondering how much progress is there into making a recursive blocker for those who need it. Like, a way to fetch all known profiles found to be related to a user on one website, proceed to block those in all the accounts you control, and if possible, push that block to all users that follow your banlist.

When I log in, instead of being led to the home page, I'm ...

2024-07-01T15:48:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…7ryu
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When I log in, instead of being led to the home page, I'm sent to this one instead:

And when I go manually to the home page, this error happens (warning: flashing lights)

Oh so the image is effectively proprietary, noticed

2024-06-29T16:50:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…n4tc
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Oh so the image is effectively proprietary, noticed

Talking about logging in with a Mastodon app: I tried logging in ...

2024-06-27T16:37:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…7ryu
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Talking about logging in with a Mastodon app: I tried logging in with a Mastodon-compatible Friendica server, but now I'm on a login loop. How can I debug whether the issue is on Friendica's side or yours?

Yeah, what I was interested on with the CX16 was the fact that it ...

2024-06-14T14:53:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…hwvr
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Yeah, what I was interested on with the CX16 was the fact that it was made with new parts specifically, so I wouldn't need to worry about parts failing due to the passage of time. I'll check the Foenix to see if it fits my bill.

Which reminds me - what do you recommend as an alternative to the ...

2024-06-14T05:28:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…kyh0
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Which reminds me - what do you recommend as an alternative to the Commander X16 in that case?