Dungeons & Dragons is in the business of selling fantasy. Not the stuff with the magic and monsters -- the part where you *actually believe* that you and several other likeminded adults will be able to coordinate your schedules on a regular basis.
Webtorrent (Bittorrent over WebRTC) is absolutely amazing: https://webtorrent.io/
I was wondering how Peertube (https://joinpeertube.org) could hope to scale at all; this is the answer. For popular content, this will work.
The long tail is harder. But this is a HUGE step in the right direction. Very cool!
the reflection
Really enjoyed The Phoenix Project. Brings a dry topic to life. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255186-the-phoenix-project
This sculpture just hit me in the stomach. Anyone knows where it is? So perfect..
Upcoming version of Mastodon (2.4.1) will have a delete & redraft function.
RT @fr3ino@twitter.com: Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! 🙄
5.2MB → 500KB
I'm switching laptops, and I didn't copy over all Firefox add-ons and configs from the old laptop.
As a result, this morning I've been browsing the Internet without an ad-blocker.
It's a horrific experience. So much noise. Visual and auditory noise. Newspaper articles are filled with ad boxes. Videos that auto-play to get me to buy things I don't want. Ugh.
uBlock Origin to the rescue, and things are better.
(Don't tell me ad blockers are immoral. I pay for the newspaper.)
Jira is the most horrible POS software. I hate it. Makes Windows 8 look good.
What Type Of Centrist Dad Are You? https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/what-type-of-centrist-dad-are-you?utm_term=.jyZnaNnD3#.xfk8vz807
"Efail is a prime example of irresponsible disclosure. There is no responsibility in hyping the story to @ EFF and mainstream media and getting an irresponsible recommendation published (disable PGP), ignoring the fact that many (Enigmail, etc) are already patched."
– ProtonMail (https://twitter.com/ProtonMail/status/996012067105722368)
#infosec #efail #pgp #gpg
I'd scream too if I saw a Great White while scuba diving. https://youtu.be/LfckFEO_72I
HN: "I don't think you can built a social network on $100k. You'd need at least 5 people"
me:
When I want to buy a paper book, I search bookfinder. Is there a similar tool to see if anyone sells an ebook without DRM of a particular title?
When I do not know the store, I have no way to know whether they just will mail me an ePub, or want me to log in to some baulky, script-heavy cloud service to download the code to let some non-free software download the actual book. I find that the second kind of shop is not worth the trouble.
#DarkSouls3 boss fights are all good, but duelling with agile humanoids is way more interesting than hacking at a behemonths' ankles. https://youtu.be/jHhaGZMx5yo
Not too long ago someone was shouting into the void about how crappy Audacity is, and wanted to know if there's any other free audio editing software out there.
I don't remember who, but if you catch this toot, SONAR (incredible software) has been rebranded back to Cakewalk, and it's free.
"Jeremy Corbyn’s pacifist illusion" https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21740745-labour-leaders-reluctance-use-force-threatens-make-world-more-dangerous
Got DOTA coaching from @purgegamers this evening. 🤓
