Notices by maiki (maiki@mastodon.sdf.org), page 15

@satchmoz Sorry, I want to sheepishly point out I use "GPG" the same way I use "Linux", so I am not going for precision, at the moment. GPG = all the PGP crypto stuff. ^_^

@satchmoz No. I can't find it. Is there one? Haha, I feel like you just made an elegant point, and I am missing it. ^_^

@satchmoz Re: confidence, I am not sure there is much confidence in GPG as a daily tool. The math is sound, but every where I turn there are two camps:

1. GPG is too hard
2. This thing (ProtonMail, plugin, whatevs) makes it so users don't understand what is happening

A couple of decades usage, and I am not that confident myself. ^_^

@satchmoz I get that feeling too, but it smells like a feeling to me. Maybe most GPG users use a handful of email clients that are vulnerable. And are we really sure turning to plaintext will fix the clients?

I am not the EFF, just a random person wondering aloud, but I also have doubts that is good enough. So I don't know, I guess I am not as confident as you are in GPG plugins. ^_^

@tomasino Nice! Every video game should not only have a succint line like that, but also be posted to ActivityPub, so we can activity at it! ^_^

@satchmoz Nah, I think it was okay. Consider the audience. We aren't worried about most GPG users being hacked this way, but the ones we *are* worried about, they need to shut that down. Me thinks. ^_^

@tomasino Hey, do a quick data download about the game (platforms, license, cost, release, etc.). That way I don't have to leave #tootstream or load KS's site! ^_^

@timotheus @satchmoz Ah, did Atom have an emacs mode?

Also, that is a very pretty website: https://web.archive.org/web/20180513204327/https://atom.io/

I had a good bad-experience recently, so it is allowing me to see the web for what I care about, and I have zero fucks in my sideboard, so there we are. ^_^

I also think we are going to build a new web browser, with a variable value for "new".

ActivityPub support for GNU Social is in the works! I'll be working with @up201705417 on a plugin this summer.

https://git.gnu.io/dansup/ActivityPub/blob/dev/actions/activitypubactor.php

One pro for doing it: I get to set it up correctly. Learning SquareSpace isn't what I'd call fun, but it will give me the knowledge and vocabulary to speak to current users, as I can with Shopify and Wix users. Also, I've read over and over that SqaSpa is one of the main competitors to #WordPress.

But gah, learning it to set it up, rather than shutting it down?! BHULaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.

* I like this client a lot
* This client is very influential in their field, where I'd like to work more
* No level of hissy fit is going to change their collective minds

Is that why I am ambivalent here? Could I be less paladin and more rogue when it comes to FLOSS support?

Okay folks, please #boost, I have a #moraldilemma:

I have a client that wants to work with me, but internal politics at org means not going with my recommended path, instead moving to SquareSpace.

Normally I'd eject, but I plan collaboration in decades, so there is a strong chance in five years I migrate this to something good.

So, even though I am absolutely against this, should I provide support and build this relationship, to influence future decisions?

@gemlog @amylsacks Haha, that totally describes me! I mean, I hope I learn the value of things, and have been steadily for a couple of decades, but I still feel like I know the cost of everything, and the value of very little. My plan for the last year has been to ignore costs unless I can't, and only focus on value. Ends up with me hanging with my family whenever I can. ^_^

@saba Oh. I guess that kinda makes sense. Very non-obvious to me! ^_^

I think I am missing something. When a text editor automatically puts a closing quote or brace, how do I get to the other side?

I also press the down or right arrows, but that feels unnatural, and it is easier for me to just close the quote myself.

Is there a design pattern I've missed, and makes that a useful option?