2026-04-06T21:56:40Z https://yabu.me Sam Whited https://yabu.me/npub1svyd9l33ev0t0n32jxywpwdslfv94z7kpyfyl67ysgxjwhl3gyssw7khm0 https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/249/454/original/22c4d362fe00ed76.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/249/454/original/22c4d362fe00ed76.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswpjzvdee3t0c4va5h9xlyrssh42j93yzk2mzx99aun8mlyjhan7gzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzqwycnr I finally decided I should get over my cynicism of tech products and try &#34;Upwork&#34; since everyone has been telling me to get on it for ages. This is the most rent-seeking nonsense I&#39;ve ever seen; not only is every job &#34;We only want the best!… $5/hour&#34; but both the freelancer and the contractor have to pay to use it, plus their cut of every job, and the platform is absolutely *covered* with ads trying to get you to buy &#34;boosting your profile&#34;, etc.<br/><br/>Why are people recommending this? 2025-04-29T13:51:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw2x0t33yk9flhwl4rs6lm9mzus5yk5854un26z4ua5pvg7rmpeszyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjz92jpqk Does anyone know someone who is making ICE / &#34;Know your Rights&#34; cards that are 1. laminated or otherwise waterproof, 2. in (at least) English and Spanish? Is it possible they could send me a stack? I have a friend with some family members who may need them, as well as some little free libraries where they could be distributed. Maybe I should just get a lamination machine one of these days. 2025-02-08T13:08:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7zns0akhy0gcvv8yfk7seqn2qry3eegzlpe9qlkua4cwgmhrykqzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzjnt4gp Web folks: I keep being told to use htmx, but at first glance it appears to be a security nightmare and would require opening up my CSP in a way that feels bad. That said, despite having done a lot of security work I am a backend person who avoids front end stuff at all costs and have very little relevant experience in this area. Is this actually something that I can do securely without experience, or just the latest trendy insecure thing that JavaScript people are pushing?<br/><br/>#AskFedi 2025-01-10T16:00:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkxuxkwmp826gvwakvrg9x6hu6tfdswdnm2ww666h4xvm0k9vergzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzc8fm63 Let&#39;s play a game that is not a game: I&#39;m curious what people are using for secure communications these days for groups where Signal is *not* an option (ie. let&#39;s assume people in the group have devices that are not iPhone or Android with Google Services). The group in question (a real use case, though they are likely not going to make change, I&#39;m just curious what people will recommend) has the following requirements and threat model:<br/><br/>#AskFedi 2024-11-24T13:07:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpfdt7862enf5zamtsk05wgvhpqx0lszcnynpzepdkwmuddm28eqzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzyqfpl6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkaa0cnxmytzgurfgat5a9yfxp7pfcp0dysdxs07xp6rljyfte7quta7ng'>nevent1q…a7ng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>much appreciated; thanks!<br/><br/>**EDIT:** actually, I still can&#39;t see it? Maybe my instance is just behind on updates. But I got your &#34;done&#34; message so I dunno? Weird. 2024-11-22T14:31:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7juw85z2y3yq4qjnak4cfl5ft2p3t4ggfdm4l3gg9uwzgs9jdnczyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzu9rm3t &#34;In order to make the bid [for InfoWars] work, a lawyer representing the [Sandyhook] families told CNN that the families &#39;agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of the Onion’s bid, enabling its success&#39;.&#34;<br/><br/>This is just breathtaking. After all these families have gone through instead of taking more money and letting Jones hurt other people, they&#39;re just grinding him into the dirt in the funniest, most impactful, way possible as a warning to others. Brilliant. 2024-11-14T20:18:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqhjcmpv4ms5maf7tgmm6fv9f00uljpvjan7lszu23ywhtr8pkztszyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzf7j967 Has someone ever written about the history of the big 5 tech companies influence over federated networks and community projects?<br/><br/>I always get a ton of push back when I suggest that federated networks fail when any one node gets over some large threshold of percentage of total users (and thus more power over the rest of the network) and it seems super obvious from historical examples, but honestly I don&#39;t have a good way to argue for why that is other than &#34;because I&#39;ve seen it happen before&#34;. 2024-10-04T11:26:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw7mqhfqzw23lfyj6mwx57f9kqvcnt8uandk4pn06spypxy6qzyvczyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzdfm0j6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5whhj7zmkpqwx4vy92grh2n88a758h8yfl6drwx70ptapvf6k8q7xe86c'>nevent1q…e86c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Spent the day hanging out with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pd69plsu60ht0hzm4ny3matfgxkvgtm9mgtcczuhj2fcdgjryn4qvaxqql" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emi</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pd6…xqql</span>)</a></span> and seeing some lovely parks… but enough about that. The busses here have rear boarding and you can tap a credit card to pay the fare! You can even run a slight negative balance on your Compass card (oops)!<br/><br/>Now off to Squamish! 2024-09-16T00:30:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5whhj7zmkpqwx4vy92grh2n88a758h8yfl6drwx70ptapvf6k8qzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzt9xhuz The Canada Line from YVR into the city has boarding markings (that everyone ignored) and tap to pay gates, not to mention walk through cars with a bicycle area! Why can&#39;t we have nice things like this in Atlanta?<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/139/735/742/076/841/original/a93c2da54d7c1e80.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/139/746/833/429/965/original/062c2898061d82a9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/139/747/711/013/685/original/ec592ecef9f3346d.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-15T04:47:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0sss99llp0x0x66jpu4cld6syllt269ctc98w5wqvvddknm3ejeczyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzkyaqk7 *sigh* the people on Nextdoor have finally discovered Cobb&#39;s MSPLOST tax that will add more bus service. They are out in force telling everyone that voting for it is giving out &#34;handouts&#34;, etc.<br/><br/>Several of them seemed shocked when I told them I couldn&#39;t afford a car and to please consider voting for this so that I could continue to take jobs in town. I wonder why they were surprised that I couldn&#39;t afford a car… what could be different about me and the people they imagine take the bus… 🤔🤷🏻 2024-09-13T12:27:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92j06ras3v5yqjknxk7tg0vgehe0zsmx8s7h7ez4vtnfxnruxtqgzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjz8q3emp &#34;[Walz] will use his newfound power to demand that all Americans own jumper cables and know how to use them.&#34;<br/><br/>This is a good line and should become a new meme format. What are some other horrible abuses of his new found power will this wholesome dad do?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/06/fox-news-kamala-harris-walz">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/06/fox-news-kamala-harris-walz</a> 2024-09-06T15:26:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv984jyay5jahs5v0esrm8hv8g2lv56k8usjqmahecrkpfcujcmhgzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjz3lktxq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjm6m478as6fnx0kcu0npeecys7p3gcr88enq6ufsjkqhulzn9cgckvw4j'>nevent1q…vw4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t done one of those specifically, but we used to sell some of their stuff in a previous shop I worked at and IIRC it&#39;s a normal Shimano Hollowtech setup so I can probably help. What&#39;s up with it? 2024-09-04T15:44:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqge387ycuv0ta52599ydz0xwahf2zq6twljsjk68kyzh2n6u8glqzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjztn073c Had a friend who&#39;s a physical therapist say happily that AI tools were making her job much easier lately. She looked put out when I said &#34;please don&#39;t get yourself arrested&#34; and she said something along the lines of &#34;but they make these tools specifically for us!&#34;<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know how I can possibly stress enough to people who have never been in the tech industry how little they care if you are following the law or killing patients or what not as long as you give them your money first. 2024-08-29T19:24:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9ztga8zresdm5r8he2xmu0jp9dazrpfxgaxct6awamgzeau85zgzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjza0qv6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9y9d8xyw0sclncu83gcfclxxqg58ksch25epg97jzetss3a75w5scu7dsf'>nevent1q…7dsf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m mad at myself for letting them see that I was irritated by it (the usual &#34;well you&#39;re emotional, so obviously you must be the one who is wrong&#34; fallacy likely applies), but by the same token calmly saying &#34;no, we don&#39;t need to have this conversation&#34; does the same thing (&#34;well you&#39;re being closed minded, we&#39;re just talking&#34;) and now the group thinks that you have to seriously consider anything a handful of crackpots on the internet say with equal weight to actual medicine. 2024-08-09T02:03:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszsqgthrj2jawxcy6z6cdrwmkqtr78yf3tgp45hwa4rqrc2m93x9czyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzah56t4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcz4x4sl74k3df937udu8wr2n9ndt7662w5wvfdqx9qtvynefhwsn4048f'>nevent1q…048f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Late followup: for those who don&#39;t know, I&#39;m trying to start a bike shop out of my home garage (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12234yj5zx47j3z63y2mnc338ewwawffd2a9e0l7gqavr3lfh3z8sayll50" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Atlanta Bike Shed</span> (<span class="italic">npub1223…ll50</span>)</a></span>). The city won&#39;t let me put up a sign so it&#39;s not obvious that it&#39;s a shop. A moment ago I walked out to the garage and right as I did a woman riding past randomly on our neighborhood street got a flat! I inflated it for her and gave her a card in case she wants a proper service later. If you&#39;re going to break down, do it in front of a bike shop!<br/><br/>#BikeNite 2024-08-07T16:49:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4ec32tachn09jw86gtc5tyt0v0kd0sa2jzhf9f5qhh38ktwysygzyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjz8a28z5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5ukneswk85y985gkfl058zjxj95wn23c0h7zksy7e72x237fgpqfe88hw'>nevent1q…88hw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sorry, I didn&#39;t mean to suggest that, I meant what you said previously: &#34;Freedom is not a one-way road I don&#39;t care if a fascist wants to be a fascist. The red line with me is if they are an actual threat&#34;. I feel like sometimes their literature is what triggers the actual threat. 2024-07-01T20:05:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrsmn6gkf2vw9xa7r0px86euavz8w7zfy8xka3fwlj3dxu6df68szyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzym50sm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8gs346v77sqys6ljhnm8gqa265lxckzuxk5s7gvy2h2qckhdhwgpl0pe5'>nevent1q…0pe5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do think it&#39;s a bit more complicated than that, some speech is actively harmful even if it&#39;s not physically threatening, and it&#39;s not just &#34;let them be a fascist over there&#34;, because this sort of thing radicalizes people who do go out and hurt others.<br/><br/>But also I don&#39;t feel confident that this makes it okay to remove them because who am I to judge that? I just that I don&#39;t think the portrayal of them as harmless is accurate. 2024-07-01T19:59:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrzg6r2h54sl7h8a46cd40u3vd4gy0spd5dvqhpmsq6sqqxqnz7czyzps35h7x893ad7w92gc3c9ekra9sk5t6cy3ynltcjpq6f6l79qjzzvwm72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4vd0r3ajuwhjqseucpz2au788jfat30ktnwhhgck7y9agwf5fdqe6kdq0'>nevent1q…kdq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been thinking about this a lot lately; I sometimes see books I disagree with in one of the many Little Free Libraries near me, and while I leave most of them alone I can never quite figure out where that line is. If it&#39;s outright hate speech, I normally remove it, but I don&#39;t feel great about it and still can&#39;t really decide if it&#39;s okay to do or not. 2024-07-01T19:27:59Z