tron
@tron@midwest.social
- Comment on Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive” 2 months ago:
I agree, the security key thing is a bit of an issue. However this might a bit of a user error as well. The thing to understand is that Encryption keys are not stored on Matrix.org. If they were, then Matrix.org (or whatever homeserver you’re using) would be able to decrypt everything you can can decrypt, thus making Matrix pretty useless. The solution is that keys are only stored locally on your devices. Keys are shared to other devices using the Verification process and Emoji matching thing. The problem is most users just go “Whatever!” And ignore the verification process and then have a bad experience because they don’t have Encryption keys.
- Comment on Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive” 2 months ago:
Would love to see the implementation!
I’m using Maubot in a docker container with the Social Media Download Plugin. Here is a list of all the plugins: plugins.mau.bot
- Comment on Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive” 2 months ago:
I moved a big group off Discord last year to Matrix chat (Element). It’s been largely pretty alright. 100mb upload limit, we have a bot that downloads tiktoks/Instagram/reddit videos and uploads them to the channel so you never have to visit the sites. Pretty nice! Open source and federated, you guys should give it a try!
- Comment on Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative 4 months ago:
They use discord because it’s popular. Insert Ouroborus argument here, and at the end of the day it’s still the most popular app.
Using this logic why shouldn’t I just download chrome and forget this project exists?
- Comment on I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity 4 months ago:
Oh my god this whole post is amazing, thought I’d share my favorite excerpt:
This entire class of person is, to put it simply, abhorrent to right-thinking people. They’re an embarrassment to people that are actually making advances in the field, a disgrace to people that know how to sensibly use technology to improve the world, and are also a bunch of tedious know-nothing bastards that should be thrown into Thought Leader Jail until they’ve learned their lesson, a prison I’m fundraising for. Every morning, a figure in a dark hood7, whose voice rasps like the etching of a tombstone, spends sixty minutes giving a TedX talk to the jailed managers about how the institution is revolutionizing corporal punishment, and then reveals that the innovation is, as it has been every day, kicking you in the stomach very hard.
Where the fuck do I donate???
- Comment on Despite Microsoft's push, Windows 11 and Edge see decreases in user share 7 months ago:
I am also a recovering microsimp. I even bought a god damn Windows Phone 7 at launch. Metro UI had such promise!
- Comment on FLOSS communities right now 8 months ago:
Element is just a client, while Matrix is the chat protocol. But yeah, I have recently switched my discord server to a matrix instance and its been pretty great. Some pushback by users who didn’t care about privacy or security, but overall the tech is solid. We didn’t like that discord was moderating private chats and they don’t offer any type of encryption.
- Comment on FLOSS communities right now 8 months ago:
This user is being extremely pedantic, I recently moved my discord server to a matrix instance and I promise you, it is not that hard. Download Element, make an account in the app, log in. It takes no longer than any other service.
