Does anyone care about the 140-char limit recommended by the #twtxt spec? I have been trying to respect it but wonder if it’s wasted effort.

iOS 16.7.9, iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 15.8.3, & iPadOS 15.8.3 Released with Security Fixes
Apple has issued security updates for prior generation iPhone and iPad models that are not compatible with iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6. Specifically, the new updates are versioned as iOS 16.7.9, iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 15.8.3, and iPadOS 15.8.3, and include important security fixes making them recommended for all users to install onto compatible devices. iOS … [Read More](htt … ⌘ Read more

How to Search the Web (Minus AI Junk & Clutter) with Google on Safari for Mac
If you’re a Safari user, as many of us are, you might be interested in actually searching the web with Google and then seeing a list of actual web link results, without seeing any of the new AI junk, video and image recommendations, knowledge panels, related searches, suggested searches, or the other junky clutter that … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/24/search-web-google-no-ai-junk-clutter-saf … ⌘ Read more

There’s a bunch of Nerd Shit™️ like that, which mean that I won’t switch to using beeper as my main matrix account.

This is stuff like using my own domain, getting to mess around with appservices, being able to use other open source clients, and other small stuff.

I’ll definitely keep beeper installed to bridge with networks that I haven’t bothered self-hosting a bridge for (which is more than a handful).

But I’d recommend it for less matrix-geeky users in a heartbeat. ✨ ⌘ Read more

ok so #beeper is extremely cool, and I recommend that you try it out.

https://beeper.com ⌘ Read more

K8s Benchmark Report: are organizations meeting NSA hardening checks?
Member post originally published on Fairwinds’s blog by Joe Pelletier The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) continue to update their Kubernetes hardening guidance, making recommendations to help organizations ensure they are hardening their Kubernetes clusters. This… ⌘ Read more

Victorian Premier says tobacco shop licensing will roll out by end of year
Victoria will finally set up a tobacco licensing scheme, more than two years after it was recommended, as part of a crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade that has sparked a spate of fire bombings. ⌘ Read more

Could farmers get a fairer deal with the supermarkets if there was a mandatory code of conduct?
The ACCC is investigating the disparity between supermarket check-out prices and farmgate prices and one thing it could recommend is a mandatory code of conduct. But would it make the market fairer for growers? ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.3 Update for iPhone Available to Download Now
iOS 17.3 for iPhone has been released by Apple, along with iPadOS 17.3 for iPad. The software updates include some minor new features, as well as security enhancements and bug fixes, and are therefore recommended for all iPhone and iPad users to install onto their devices. The most notable new feature to arrive with iOS … Read More ⌘ Read more

@eaplme@eapl.me

Didn’t know of bytesypider and bytedance, I assume those are bots, although I no idea why they are pointing to that address to your site
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/psa-bytedance-and-bytespider-bots-recommend-blocking/
You gave me a good idea to block bytespider. Its just weird what it pulls in.

twtxt-php isn’t sending User-Agent headers as it’s in the original spec:
https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/discoverability.html
sending user agent would be a nice thing to have so that people using regular twtxt clients can find you and anyone else hosting twtxt-php or timeline

HTTP logs are annoying but webmention has an issue that it needs a server to check for webmentions. The server can be an external one or hosted on the same server as far as I can find.
But also HTTP logs need a server that one can view the logs.

MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 Update Released with Bug Fixes
Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The update is said to include important bug fixes and security updates, and is therefore recommended for all users to install. Separately, Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2.1 for iPad, iOS 16.7.4 and iPadOS … Read More ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.2.1 & iPadOS 17.2.1 Updates Released for iPhone & iPad with Bug Fixes
Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone, and iPadOS 17.2.1 for iPad. The small point release updates are said to include important but unspecific bug fixes for those devices, and is therefore recommended for all users to install. Separately, Apple also released a similar update for Mac as macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, and for older iPhone … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/12/19 … ⌘ Read more

Access to affordable food needs government intervention, report finds
A year-long parliamentary inquiry focused on the future of Australia’s food security recommends introducing a minister for food among its 35 recommendations to the federal government. ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.1.2 & iPadOS 17.1.2 Released for iPhone & iPad with Security Fixes
iOS 17.1.2 has been released for iPhone users, along with iPadOS 17.1.2 for iPad. The small software update includes security fixes and is recommended for all users to install onto their eligible devices. It is unclear if any bug fixes are included in the release, as none are mentioned in the release notes, which are … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/30/ios-17-1-2-ipados-1 … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Update Released with Security Fixes
macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 update has been released for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The software update includes unspecified bug fixes and security enhancements, and is recommended for all Mac users running Sonoma to install. Full release notes are included below. Separately, Apple has also released iOS 17.1.2 update for iPhone, and iPadOS 17.1.2 … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/30/macos-sonoma-14-1-2 … ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.1.1 Released for iPhone, & iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPad
Apple has released iOS 17.1.1 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPad. The point release updates offer bug fixes and security enhancements, and are therefore recommended for all users to install on their devices. Specifically, iOS 17.1.1 fixes an issue where the Lock Screen Weather widget may not display snow correctly, and an issue … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/07/ios-17-1-1-released-for-iphone-ipad … ⌘ Read more

iOS 16.7.2, iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 15.8, & iPadOS 15.8 Released for Older iPhone & iPad Models
Apple has released a series of software updates for older model iPhone and iPad devices, that have either not yet updated to iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, or are not able to run those versions of system software. The updates include important security fixes, and are therefore recommended for all users to install, especially if … [Read More](https://osxdaily.c … ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.0.3 Released to Fix Overheating iPhone 15 Pro Problem
Apple has released iOS 17.0.3 for iPhone to address an issue where many iPhone 15 Pro users were experiencing overheating iPhones and slow performance sometimes along with rapid battery drain. The update is recommended for all iPhone users to install, even though apparently the overheating issue is limited to iPhone 15 Pro devices. While a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/10/04/ios-17-0-3-released-to-fix-o … ⌘ Read more

How to Get Started with the Weaviate Vector Database on Docker
With Weaviate, you can build advanced LLM applications, next-level search systems, recommendation systems, and more. Discover features of the Weaviate vector database and learn how to install Weaviate on Docker using Docker Compose. ⌘ Read more

@jmjl@tilde.green I’m sorry that I’m not super knowledgeable about alternatives to jmp.chat but I’ll tell you what I know.

You’re probably right about jmp.chat not working for you, at least as it is now. You can only get US and Canadian phone numbers through it last time I checked, so if you’re not in either of those countries you’d be making international calls all the time and people who wanted to call you would be making international calls too.

I’ve seen people talk about using SIP as an intermediary: you can bridge SIP-to-XMPP, and bridge SIP-to-PSTN (PSTN = “packet switched telephone network”, meaning normal telephone). You can skip the SIP-to-XMPP side if you’re comfortable using a SIP client. I don’t know very much about SIP or PSTN so I am not sure what to recommend, but perhaps this helps your search queries.

There are a fair number of services like TextNow that let you sign up for a real telephone number that you can then use via their app (I wouldn’t use TextNow–they had tons of spyware in their app). I don’t know if that kind of service works for you but if it does perhaps you’d be able to find one of them that isn’t horrible. This page (https://alternativeto.net/software/jmp-chat/) has a bunch of alternatives; I can’t vouch for any of them but maybe it’s a starting point if you want to go this route.

Good luck!

@mckinley@twtxt.net Yes, I’m still with jmp.chat, and still very happy with them overall. Their beta period ended and their pricing increased a bit, so that’s worth a bit of consideration. I also managed to get one of their eSIMs. I’m slightly less happy with that aspect of their service, though they seem to be actively working on improving it and I knew in advance this was an early beta kind of thing and likely to have issues.

The only unreliability with calls that I’ve noticed was traceable to the unreliability of my own internet connection. I’ve confused incoming calls by simultaneously making and taking calls from the computer and the phone, but I think it’s understandable that problems might arise and that’s not a real use case for me. Once or twice I did not receive a text transcription of a voice mail, but the support is usually quick to address things like that.

I host my own XMPP server and have for a good decade now, and that’s what I use with jmp.chat. I can’t speak to the quality of their hosting options.

Group texting works fine for me if one of the other parties initiates the group text. I haven’t tried to initiate my own group text in well over a year; last time I did, it didn’t work. That may or may not be a problem for you, and it may or may not have been fixed by now. Worth investigating more if it’s important. I should also say I’ve only ever used group texts with 3 participants, and can’t speak to what happens if there are more nor whether there are upper limits.

Group texts don’t use MUC. Rather, they use a special syntax in the JID, something like “+1XXX,+1YYY,…,+1ZZZ@cheogram.com”, where the + and , are required, the XXX, YYY, through ZZZ are the phone numbers (no dashes or other special chars just digits), and the @cheogram.com at the end is required.

I recommend the cheogram app if you’re on android. It has a lot of nice features on top of the Conversations base. I use gajim on my (linux) computer and it works well with jmp.chat.

I’m happy to answer other questions if you have them!

I love radio! It the best way to discover new music. No algorithm can recommend music as well as a live human can

Ignite Realtime Blog: CVE-2023-32315: Openfire Administration Console authentication bypass
We’ve had an important security issue reported that affects all recent versions of Openfire. We’ve fixed it in the newly published 4.6.8 and 4.7.5 releases. We recommend people upgrade as soon as possible. More info, including mitigati … ⌘ Read more

**In @SHIFTERpt’s latest magazine issue, dedicated to “the city” as its topic, last December’s “Buses Shouldn’t Be Free” comes up as a recommended reading…

…so I decided I should share the rebuttal article, “Yes, Buses Should Continue to be Free”:
https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/12/13/op-ed-yes-buses-should-continue-to-be-free/**
In @SHIFTERpt’s latest magazine issue, dedicated to “the city” as its topic, last December’s “Buses Shouldn’t Be Free” comes up as a recomm … ⌘ Read more

💻 Issue 359 - Twitter’s Recommendation Algorithm ⌘ Read more

Bitwarden Unified
Bitwarden (my favorite and recommended password manager) is offering a “new deployment option”. This new option combines all microservices into a single Docker container and doesn’t require 11 different containers anymore. And it supports PostgreSQL and MariaDB in addition to MS SQL. ⌘ Read more

Snikket: Notes on the F-Droid security warning
Snikket Android users who installed the app via F-Droid may receive a warning
from F-Droid telling them that the app has a vulnerability and that they
“recommend uninstalling immediately”. First of all - don’t panic! This is a
over-simplified generic warning that is scary, but the actual situation is
not quite so scary and has an explanation. Here goes…

When an app is developed and ready for release, it must be compiled and built,
to produce the fina … ⌘ Read more

“Bloggers, Dump Your Twitter Card Tags”
It’s crazy to think how much bandwidth is being used by metadata tags. Every company wants to invent it’s own new system. Wouter Groeneveld gives a brief overview and recommends getting rid of them (for the most part). I agree with him completely. The only one of these systems that my blog supports is Microformats, which is quite popular among the IndieWeb community. ⌘ Read more

Wirecutter Recommendation
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I’m quite curious about this “Ghosts from the Library”. Medawar edits the collection “Bodies from the Library” (which I recommend) and this idea of going through old newspapers to recover serialised stories or finding never published before ones is quite appealing.

Ghosts and Ghosts from the Library

http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/2022/10/ghosts-and-ghosts-from-library.html ⌘ Read more

**RT by @mind_booster: Google Chromebooks are being banned in schools in Denmark!

IT professor Jeppe Bundsgaard recommends open-source solutions and how schools can better benefit from them.

Read our blog:

#PrivacyWednesday #Nextcloud

https://nextcloud.com/blog/schools-in-denmark-look-toward-open-source-solutions-after-dpa-bans-google-chromebooks/**
Google Chromebooks are being banned in schools in Denmark!

IT professor Jeppe Bundsgaard recommends open-source solutions and how schools can better benefit f … ⌘ Read more

**I don’t need to wait for the end of the year to know that Powerplant’s Stump Soup is one of the best albums 2022 has to offer.

Released by @staticshockrecs on tape, this album is surprising, refreshing and innovative.

Recommended specially to fans of DVAR.**
I don’t need to wait for the end of the year to know that Powerplant’s Stump Soup is one of the best albums 2022 has to offer.

Released by @staticshockrecs on tape, this album is surprising, … ⌘ Read more

The Circle
Some years ago, I started reading the novel “The Circle” by Dave Eggers. I never finished reading it, but today I watched the movie. It has an important message about privacy, transparency and surveillance and shows that there’s a thin line in-between those. I can definitely recommend watching it, although I sometimes wasn’t impressed by the acting. ⌘ Read more

I’m trying to switch from Konversation to irssi. Let’s see how that goes. Any irssiers out there who can recommend specific settings or scripts? I already got myself trackbar.pl and nickcolor.pl as super-essentials. Also trying window_switcher.pl. Somehow my custom binds for Ctrl+1/2/3/etc. to switch to window 1/2/3/etc. doesn’t do anything: { key = "^1"; id = "change_window"; data = "1"; } (I cannot use the default with Alt as this is handled by my window manager). Currently, I’m just cycling with Ctrl+N/P. Other things to solve in the near future:

• better, more colorful and compact theme (just removed clock from statusbar so far)
  
• getting bell/urgency hints working on arriving messages
  
• nicer tabs in status bar, maybe even just channel names and no indexes
  
• decluster status bar with user and channel modes (I never cared about those in the last decade)

Ukraine war ‘could take years’, Nato chief warns
The Nato chief’s comments came amid intensified Russian assaults after the EU recommended granting Ukraine candidate status to join the bloc. ⌘ Read more

Vulnerability Alert: Avoiding “Dirty Pipe” CVE-2022-0847 on Docker Engine and Docker Desktop
You might have heard about a new Linux vulnerability that was released last week, CVE-2022-0847, aka “Dirty Pipe”. This vulnerability overwrites supposedly read-only files in the Linux kernel host, which could enable attackers to modify files inside the host images from the container instance. If you use Docker Engine natively, we recommend you should update … ⌘ Read more

I would HIGHLY recommend reading up on the keybase architecture. They designed device key system for real time chat that is e2e secure. https://book.keybase.io/security

A property of ec keys is deriving new keys that can be determined to be “on curve.” bitcoin has some BIPs that derive single use keys for every transaction connected to a wallet. And be derived as either public or private chains. https://qvault.io/security/bip-32-watch-only-wallets/

Get started with ease using security workflows!
In-line with the other categories, workflows in the Security category will be recommended based on a repository’s content. ⌘ Read more

it’s not about what utilitarians recommend, it’s about what utilitarianism recommends, rob.

Getting started with GitHub Actions just got easier!
When you want to create a workflow in the Actions tab of your repository, the recommendations are now based on an analysis of repo content. ⌘ Read more

It’s time again to ask my followers: I have my homepage jlelse.dev, but I’m thinking about using jlelse.com for a more professional and appealing website about me. I can program, but my design skills are somewhat limited. What should I use to design and create the site? I used Carrd a couple of years ago. But are there any other recommendations? ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Manpage says

The user is supposed to run it manually or via a periodic system
service. The recommended period is a month but could be less.

So me doing it weekly is a bit over cautious. It’s often overseen by users that they are supposed to perform this task regularly.

Tigers and Bears and Programmers.
That’s a comic strip. You like it very much. You probably want to send it to everyone you know. If you aren’t currently a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal, I highly recommend it. It is so choice. The free edition is great. If you pitch in a few bucks you get ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de
I would recommend a longer rotation, perhaps? The way I see it, you are proposing a monthly one. That can make metadata huge too. Maybe yearly, or every 6 months?

Mozilla Firefox now shows advertisements as you type in URLs
Reason #7,852 why I recommend people stay far away from Mozilla. ⌘ Read more

@benk@kwiecien.us I’ve logged in to Monad now (iOS XMPP client) but I’ve gotta be honest: I don’t know if I’ve created a user in the app or logged in to tilde.team 🤔 Do you happen to know how I join a group? And which groups do you recommend?

@frogorbits.com Would you recommend it?

Please stop recommending JavaScript programs to me. They’re bad enough in a browser, let alone as a piece of dedicated software.

some words today on installing monolith. I still wouldn’t recommend it: @!(monolithref “install”)!@.

Calls to “own your data” and focus on “privacy” fall on deaf ears if you’re sponsored by Google and Mozilla, recommending the use of Tumblr.