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It freezes. For minutes at a time. Not often, but minutes are too long, and you cannot kill it. Also, it auto hides in the middle of typing when you type "too fast", there are words you simply cannot swipe ("never" being one, it always gives "nerve"), some that constantly are guessed wrong (common words replaced by a rather obscure alternative), and sometimes, when you type "too fast", the cursor moves one or to positions backwards as you type.

Honestly I appreciate the effort it must have been to code, but I'm sad it has all those issues. That being said, it is still more usable than Florisboard...

The best one I found so far was the AOSP keyboard with swiping enabled via a proprietary blob. But, well, it's not entirely opensource...

For starters, a way to unban people would be nice. Then, also, a way to easily see new content for their community. Like, only new content. And not see it after it has been marked as "reviewed" (except as context to unreviewed content, when unfolded). I mean, new posts, new comments, etc. With alerts. Also, sudden activity alert.

A way to match keywords, and bring up matching posts and comments.

Metrics about each user's contributions to the community, are they new, or seasoned. Did they contribute mostly popular content or unpopular content? What words do they use most? Etc.

Compiling multiple reports for a single post/comment into one. Ignoring reports from select users.

That's all I can think of for now.

But, essentially, a dashboard with live content, showing "old" content as "greyed out", and relevant actions, would be really, really useful.

Edit: additionally, automated actions would be great. Answering posts/comments matching regexes with templates populated with the user's information; automatically removing, issuing warnings, and banning (outright or after n warnings) people for specific terms, etc.

It would also really help to have automation workflows (e.g. user commented with "r-word" or "n-word", autocomment a warning, wait X minutes/hours, or Y minutes/hours after user comments again, remove comment/ban).

This automation could come as an additional tool, to be ran under a separate account.

I made a joke, basically saying that if you use a single device, it's "Multiple fields authentication" as opposed to "multiple factors authentication".

It's still 2FA. They're separate secrets.

At this point, it really depends on implementation, and the exploit.

It the exploit can get both in one go, I'd argue that it's technically 1FA. Else, no matter how trivial it to do both steps, it's 2FA. But then it pushes the question back to "what is a go at it"? A script? A remote file copy? Etc.

Kinda important technicality in my view, as separating them in the password management process is the first requirement to actually have two factors.

However, using two apps instead of two parts of the same app isn't much of an improvement. If the device is compromised, it doesn't matter much how many apps you split the data into. You can always use different passphrases, no biometrics, etc, but at that point, it's so inconvenient that you're just better off carrying two devices...

The point I'm making here is: 2FA were originally supposed to be actually separated (other, offline device). However, for various reasons (cost, adoption, convenience, etc), apps were pushed instead. Now we have a regression where, in most cases, 2FA or MFA are often just a "single factor authentication with extra steps". As a matter of fact, true MFA was the main criteria when I selected my bank. And the day they force an app on me is the day I change banks.

Naaah, in "Multiple factor Authentication", the word "factor" is just to look cool... The original MfA meant "Multiple fields Authentication". (I'll see myself out)

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I can't wait for the first of April Lemmy RFC featuring actual lemmings... 😛

I agree, we literally went there eons ago with weapons and a mighty superior attitude, took anything and everything of any value, sent our trash there, and somehow are now trying to gaslight the locals that "We ArE dOiNg It FoR tHeiR oWn GoOd!!1". Fucking hypocritical colonialists.

French people would be very upset if they could read English...

It's missing a very important bit tho: namely that the "taxes → bailout → billionaires" funnel is a lot less important than the "billionaire-owned, monopolistic marketplaces for basic-needs/essentials → billionaires" one.

Not only it's how they get most of their money, but it's also how they are literally controlling the entire economy, setting the prices for rent, food, and most consumer goods.

No. You set limits. I understand your confusion if all you know is authoritarianism, but "setting limits" is actually diametrically opposed to "forcing". Setting limits is literally how any fair society functions, literally how to educate, etc. Also, punctuation exists.

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In "your freedom ends where mine begins", the keyword isn't "you"...

And fucking give her some smooches too...

Cross, Star of David, Hand of Fatima, Om, etc.

Pretty much anything associated to (especially monotheistic) religion is a no go.

School in France is strongly Laic, and while it may vary from teacher to teacher (esp. with small symbols - earrings or pendants, etc - and discrete signs - triskelion, wheel of dharma, etc), obvious religious attire will definitely get you in trouble. It's like entering a bank with your motorcycle helmet on: its color doesn't matter, people will assume you are ill intended.

People tend to really forget that the defining event for the French republic, the Revolution, was as much about the church as it was about the nobility. And while the French society has regrettably become corrupt with an ever increasing tolerance to the return of nobility, it has fortunately retained a much more rigid stance towards religion. Religion is a personal affair. Once you start making it a public affair, be prepared for very public consequences.

I have also chatted with Tutanota workers and I didn't have the impression that they were not driven.

Full disclosure, I have no idea about the position of the person I talked to. They sounded quite superior, so I am guessing they were talking about a subject that is their daily work (so I'm assuming dev). But it is far from mine (even though I would like to know as much as humanely possible, I have unfortunately no time to learn app development, browser development, and the related ins and outs), so I can't judge how knowledgeable they were.

It seems like a very gratifying way of spending my time.

Definitely better than most jobs, yes. No questions there.

However, Matrix has been an aspirational platform in which only my closest friends, and the wokest or tech-savvy acquaintances join.

That is, IMHO, more related to politics and release timing than anything else. I have taken forever (only deployed a server 2 weeks ago) to try matrix because of all the associated complexity and inherent "nerd factor" (RTFM and all that, again, I have a pretty demanding job and a private life too - so I really appreciate a solution like signal, briar, simpleX, etc, that can stay out of the way while allowing me to use it until I have time to eventually review bits and pieces and then more). It's a sad thing, but they missed a key wisdom from Linus Torvalds himself: make it as painless as possible for the user (after all, all salespeople know that a good sales opportunity is characterized by a "pain point" for the user).

Do you think there's a way of extending email (rather than "reinventing the wheel") that's also as simple as "give me your email and let's agree on a password"?

Great question, thank you for asking. And yes, absolutely. I believe MUAs have done a terrible job presenting the users with clear UI for PGP. The PEP project has gone farther than most, and contributed quite a bit, but in fine, I would posit that they all missed the mark in associating PGP encryption with an opt-in, additional feature, while, correctly implemented in the UI, it would actually be a very viable solution to combat spam, by defaulting to EE2E+signature for all emails. And thus, it could be a very good way to sell it to "normies".

This could still be done with a "normal" email interface, but enabling the whole automatic encryption+signature via a procedure similar to signal's cryptographic verification.

Also, the MUA should clearly manage the pgp keys by default, allowing their management via the OS as an opt-out, so to enforce sensible defaults, allow expiration extension, etc etc.

Hey, come back, you did not hear everything!! Obviously it's 1% AND PIZZA*!!!

Pizza available in the limit of one single 25cm pizza per department. Pizza costs, including delivery, 50% tip, and 33% handling fee, are included in the 1%. Pizza costs not refundable if you didn't get or want pizza. Pizza is consisting of dough and tomato sauce only, all unsalted, gluten free, and raw, to accomodate all diets. Cost is 21.52 per pizza, rounded up to 25 for accounting simplification. Pizza is understood and accepted by all employees as a fitting and acceptable substitution for health insurance, 401K contributions, and the state mandated 10 min break every 4h. Employees understand that pizza is an acceptable substitute for bonuses, raises, and career advancement. By having pizza in the lobby, employees accept a legally binding agreement not to attempt forming, or be part of an union, for their entire employment at the company, and 25 years after. Individually specified pizza, with cooked ingredients, and other toppings, might be available to select management employees. By having pizza in the lobby, employees fully accept a legally binding agreement not to sue the employer for any and all pizza, or work, related injuries, any illness, and infirmities. Pizza is fully understood as a fitting and acceptable substitute for sick leave, days off, and paid holidays. Due to pizza costs, the day of work will now be of 16h. This is reflected by the additional raise, accompanying the pizza, and all together constituting the 1%. Due to inflation, the raise will be accompanied by a Company Utilities Team Subvention (CUTS) of 10% on all (non management) salaries. In the unlikely event the pizza is not enough, a second pizza event will take place next year, but employees will have to organize it and cover all costs, including the 33% handling fee. Enjoy your pizza, and remember to show lasting and continued gratitude for the opportunity to work in such a caring environment!

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