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Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:52:10 -0300

Mike Macgirvin wrote the following post Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:18:40 -0300

OCAP is what the ActivityPub folks want to use to add permissions and access controls to ActivityPub because they (finally) recognise that these concepts are important in decentralised social networking. And because they refuse to use any technology which I came up with. In this spirit it is claimed that Access Control Lists are flawed and OCAP fixes all these flaws. It does not. It merely creates a new and different set of flaws. Access control lists are used by every major operating system to protect files. There are good reasons why this is the case.

Hubzilla has an "Access Token" feature which resembles the way OCAP works. Resources are protected only by a random string or key. I've never promoted this feature because it doesn't do what most of us want, which is to share things with specific people (access control lists). Instead it is described as a way to protect something by giving people "keys" or "tickets" to access something. You can't actually control who uses that key or ticket. Anybody can use them and access your stuff if the key/ticket is published somewhere (or hacked). That's why I don't particularly care for this technology. It's a solution which doesn't really fit the problem we're trying to solve and protecting your keys/tickets from getting into the wrong hands is quite a challenge. People don't know whether or not a link is a link to a private thing, and if they share them online all of a sudden everybody using Google or Facebook now have access to your private thing.

Oh and to use it in this space you *still* need an access control list because you need a place to define who you should give keys/tickets to. So you end up with all the flaws of both solutions.

Anyway, this doesn't matter to me. I'm happy to work with any technology that these folks dream up if it can be coerced to solve my problems. I already have much better solutions to these problems (and have had for nearly a decade) so I'm not in any hurry.

Re: OStatus - it isn't dead. It still has more people using it than use Zot networks. I'm not supporting it in Zap, but I'm not supporting any insecure or spammy or non-nomadic protocols in Zap. ActivityPub is still an insecure, spammy, and non-nomadic protocol at this point in time. So is Diaspora. So is OStatus.

The real wall we'll run into

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:59:39 -0300

Earth warming more quickly than thought, new climate models show

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Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere mainly by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth's surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those used in current UN projections, scientists said Tuesday.

ivan zlax

ivan zlax

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:16:19 -0300 last edited: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:14:49 -0300

They're falsifying it:
https://wolnemedia.net/szczyt-klimatyczny

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:47:57 -0300

@ivan zlax hi there.

So, the objections in that page have been dealt with many times over; even in the page itself there is a comment pointing to the simple explanation of why its interpretation is based on ignorance of basic facts of the matter. (And a long discussion that follows where the author of the comment patiently responds to other objections unrelated to the fact that the article is proven wrong).

Moreover, climate models are not based simply on data, but also on large scale physics simulations of the planet. So it is also a consequence of atmospheric physics that the rise in carbon dioxide causes heat to be retained in our planet. And there is no question about the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the last century.

For that, we have several sources of evidence, direct measures being only one of them. Add to that tree rings, ocean sediments, coral reefs, and layers of sedimentary rocks. From every scientific point of view, verified by different scientific communities, you get consistent results.

And, very unfortunately, today we wouldn't even need that our data and models be as precise as they are, because we can already see the consequences directly, through measures of surface ice, water and fire. The simple fact that this is happening now, within all the last millennia, at the exact same time that greenhouse gas levels explode, which are predicted to cause just that, make it unlikely that they are not connected.

And on the top of all that, really on top because again this ain't necessary, you still have the principle of precaution. Meaning the consequences of climate change are so disastrous that even if the probability was not so high we should be acting as if it was certain. If you're offered a choice between breaking your arm or playing russian roulette, the logical option is to pick the first.

Abraço.

ivan zlax

ivan zlax

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:35:48 -0300 last edited: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:34:18 -0300

@Alexandre Hannud Abdo

So, the objections in that page have been dealt with many times over; even in the page itself there is a comment pointing to the simple explanation of why its interpretation is based on ignorance of basic facts of the matter. (And a long discussion that follows where the author of the comment patiently responds to other objections unrelated to the fact that the article is proven wrong).

I read the discussion. There were no serious arguments there.
In addition, i personally talked to the NOAA staff member about this graphics. I was told that these corrections were the result of homogenization. I asked why this homogenization in 99% of cases cools down the past, although if it was an adjustment of measurement inaccuracy, the corrections would be 50/50 for increasing and decreasing the temperature. The NOAA's co-worker did not answer, but simply stepped away from responsibility in this case.

Moreover, climate models are not based simply on data, but also on large scale physics simulations of the planet.

Exactly. These models are based mainly on simulations.

So it is also a consequence of atmospheric physics that the rise in carbon dioxide causes heat to be retained in our planet. And there is no question about the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the last century.

When you're a supporter of depopulation, there's no doubt about it.
But when you become aware yourself as those who trying to be exterminated by colonizers in the name of climate care, doubts arise by themselves.

Add to that tree rings

I personally examined the tree rings. And you?
I know what the tree rings say, they don't talk about warming, they talk about a major disaster 200 years ago. Do you want to see it for yourself?

And, very unfortunately, today we wouldn't even need that our data and models be as precise as they are, because we can already see the consequences directly, through measures of surface ice, water and fire.

Exactly:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/09/08/ship-with-climate-change-warriors-caught-in-ice-warriors-evacuated/ (funded by GEF)
Common snowy day at June: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGxkhYtSBvU

If you're offered a choice between breaking your arm or playing russian roulette, the logical option is to pick the first.

You want to break my arm? No wonder you use such arguments to advance your neo-colonial agenda:
https://www.globalresearch.ca/rockefeller-familys-covert-climate-change-plan/5678775
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/paris-climate-change-conference/12035401/Farewell-to-the-man-who-invented-climate-change.html
You're repeating their claims. You seem to be the beneficiary of this.

Did you ever get any grants? If yes, you could specify from which organizations exactly.

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:30:21 -0300

#CeuxQuiFont : Geneviève Fontaine, la transformation sociale en théorie et en pratique

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#CeuxQuiFont : L’ancienne prof d’économie à Grasse veut développer la transition écologique en mettant la main à la pâte : magasin coopératif, ateliers de recyclage d’ordinateurs et de vélos, fab lab...

@Henrique Parra

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:22:26 -0300

Mike Macgirvin wrote the following post Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:50:59 -0300

Most of the dissent I've seen around Zot from the AP side seems to be centered around me making privacy claims and promises I never made (or were taken out of context) and that Zot can't deliver. This is why I have tried very hard over the years not to make such claims.

So let's be clear.

1. Your friends and their site admins that have access to your private stuff can share your private stuff.
2. Comment permissions do not prevent people from talking behind your back.
3. Software has bugs

No decentralised/distributed technology can prevent these things, not even E2EE, although it can take site admins out of the picture. The only claims I make about our software is that we try to implement privacy and permissions to the best of our abilities within these constraints.

There is actually a lot that can be done within these constraints to provide a reasonably private and spam resistant environment. Note I am not using absolute terms here. "reasonably" and "resistant" acknowledge the challenges. We aren't attempting to provide military grade security because we can't actually provide it. Neither can Pleroma.

The take home message is that just as in real life, sometimes people violate your trust. We can't change that. Choose your associations carefully and do your best to steer clear of deception. These are social issues that software alone cannot solve.

Unlike many software engineers I am willing to deploy things that work for 95-98% of people and are satisfactory for their immediate needs. I see on many projects (Diaspora is notorious for this) a resistance to deploying any software whose algorithms aren't 100% perfect. The problem with this is that given that goal, 95-98% of your customers are left for years with no workable solutions to their needs. Many ActivityPub developers are following this same path. I love perfection, I really do. But when you've been in this game as long as I have you have to face the reality that the last few percentage points of perfection are usually not achievable within human lifespans. My experience at Netscape taught me the value of time. In six months the world will be different and people will have completely different needs. Write software for today. Get it out there.

W/r/t the semantic web - I do not personally care about this. If you do, get involved.

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:10:45 -0300

Henrique Parra wrote the following post Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:43:56 -0300

Laboratório do Comum Campos Elíseos: corpos, territórios e tecnopolíticas do fazer- bairro

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CONVOCATÓRIA – Laboratório do Comum Campos Elíseos

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Diante das formas renovadas de produção de desigualdades, do consórcio explícito entre forças autoritárias e as dinâmicas de expropriação da vida e do território, promotoras da crescente militarização, gentrificação, despossessão e tristeza, lançamos perguntas-vinculantes: Como reativar uma possibilidade de inteligência coletiva...

Manuel

Manuel

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:18:55 -0300 last edited: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:17:34 -0300

¡Que hermosa es la palabra "común" en todas las lenguas! : -)

LH31

LH31

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:30:30 -0300

¡Que hermosa es la palabra "común" en todas las lenguas! : -)

En las lenguas europeas sí, pero no es seguro para otras lenguas.

Wings of Doom

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:25:07 -0300

Marina Takahashi (Tiger Cult's lead guitar while the group existed) performing Wings of Doom (from the album Cold and Terrible, 2004) with the group Garotas Superfuderosas (an all girl heavy-metal group, the name is a wordplay on the portuguese translation of Powerpuff Girls).

Wings of Doom (2019)
by marinex2000 on YouTube

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:12:38 -0300

India’s Looming Ethno-Nationalist Catastrophe

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The decision to revoke Kashmir's special status is part of a ghastly—and popular—agenda for Delhi's hard-right Hindu government.

h.EAR.t

h.EAR.t

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:06:20 -0300 last edited: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:05:14 -0300

Marshall Sutherland

Marshall Sutherland

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:56:35 -0300 last edited: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:55:25 -0300

Why create new ones on purpose?

Uniting people against an external enemy helps distract them from internal problems. It is a common means to get people to support the people in power rather than question them.

h.EAR.t

h.EAR.t

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:50:14 -0300 last edited: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:49:08 -0300

And so it materializes...

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:38:42 -0300

Librem 5 Shipping Announcement – Purism

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Purism — Private and Secure Hardware, Software, and Services

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Waitman Gobble

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:35:55 -0300

I've been a skeptic early on. An acquaintance did PR when they did their first crowdfunding. It took them a while but I think they delivered. They were using a BIOS with proprietary binary blobs, not sure if that was changed.

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:52:43 -0300

@Waitman Gobble I think what they managed to achieve was to completely separate the modem from the main computer, so the latter has no binary blobs, but the modem does because there is currently no alternative, and there's a hardware kill switch for it.

h.EAR.t

h.EAR.t

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:06:39 -0300 last edited: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:05:33 -0300

h.EAR.t

h.EAR.t

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 01:56:59 -0300 last edited: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 01:55:47 -0300

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:39:09 -0300 last edited: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 05:24:31 -0300

@h.EAR.t I'm choosing the earliest possible batch. For two reasons:

1. The intervals are sufficiently long that the next batch will be less "modern" when it comes out than the preceding one when it did, despite its improvements. The last batch comes out more than a full year after the first, and the only concrete advantage is a slightly better cpu.

2. If they actually manage to impact the smartphone market, which is what we're all hoping for, these things are going to become collector items and the earliest batches will be worth thousands of euros in the future.

There's also a third reason: when you meet your hacker friends you'll be cooler than anyone who doesn't own a Librem-5, but you'll also be cooler than all the other guys who own a newer batch than yours kkkk

h.EAR.t

h.EAR.t

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:18:28 -0300 last edited: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:07:04 -0300

Se eu fosse eu

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:24:04 -0300

Débora Wainstock | Se Eu Fosse Eu | Clarice Lispector
by Toda Poesia on YouTube

Wild Child - W.A.S.P.

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:45:15 -0300

Fuck...

Wild Child
by W.A.S.P. - Topic on YouTube

Haddad no Gordo, excelente! :D

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Tue, 27 Aug 2019 21:03:54 -0300

CALDEIRADA #LULALIVRE com FERNANDO HADDAD

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No Panelaço de hoje, recebemos o Professor Fernando Haddad (@Haddad_Fernando), não só para discutir a situação alarmante em que se encontra nossa pátria mãe,...

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:00:06 -0300

Manuel wrote the following post Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:40:59 -0300

Eros at play

Why the ancient erotic poems of Sappho and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi are far more stimulating than modern pornography

How ancient poetry can revitalise our erotic imaginations – Jamie Mackay | Aeon Essays

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    [ the]
    sweetness of your laughter: yes, that – I swear it –
    sets the heart to shaking inside my breast, since
    once I look at you for a moment, I can’t
             speak any longer,

    but my tongue breaks down, and then all at once a
    subtle fire races inside my skin, my
    eyes can’t see a thing and a whirring whistle
            thrums at my hearing,

    cold sweat covers me and a trembling takes
    ahold of me all over: I’m greener than the
    grass is and appear to myself to be little
             short of dying.

La « Nueve », ces républicains espagnols qui ont libéré Paris !

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:20:27 -0300

La « Nueve », ces républicains espagnols qui ont libéré Paris !

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Les républicains espagnols de la 9e compagnie, rattachée à la 2e division blindée du général Leclerc, furent les premiers soldats alliés à rentrer dans Paris le 24 août 1944. Le rôle de ces hommes fut longtemps oublié avant d’être salué.

La Nueve ou les oubliés de la victoire. Un film de Albert Marquardt
by Association 24 août 1944 on YouTube

Manuel

Manuel

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:31:44 -0300 last edited: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:30:54 -0300

[Agência Pública] Quem está botando fogo na Amazônia, presidente?

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:07:37 -0300

[Agência Pública] Quem está botando fogo na Amazônia, presidente?

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Uma semana antes das queimadas da Amazônia se tornarem assunto global, o sul do Pará pegou fogo. Em 10 de agosto, como reportou Fabiano Maisonnave na Folha de S. Paulo, o Inpe registrou, de um dia para o outro, um aumento de 300% em focos de incêndio no município de Novo Progresso. Em Altamira, também no Pará, o salto foi ainda maior: 734%...

Tetê Kikuchi

Tetê Kikuchi

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 14:35:44 -0300

[Letter from South Africa] The Myth of White Genocide | Harper's Magazine

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:50:44 -0300

A must read. No more to say.

[Letter from South Africa] The Myth of White Genocide | Harper's Magazine

An unfinished civil war inspires a global delusion

Janaina Paschoal e Marcelo Freixo trocando elogios e falando sobre o Brasil

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:35:53 -0300

Janaina Paschoal e Marcelo Freixo trocando elogios e falando sobre o Brasil
by Quebrando o Tabu on YouTube

Giacomino

Giacomino

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:30:54 -0300

acontece que estou em desacordo com pessoas de esquerda, claro que pode acontecer, e acontece mesmo ...
mas acontece também que a maioria (mais do que a metade) das pessoas de direita me parecem doidos, fora da realidade, vivendo num mundo imaginário esquisito , feito de convicções de fato esquisitas
rss

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:53:26 -0300

@Giacomino rsrs... não posso dizer que não te entendo

Trust In Scientists Is Rising, Poll Finds

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:47:35 -0300

Trust In Scientists Is Rising, Poll Finds

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The proportion of people who say they have a "great deal" of confidence in scientists to act in the public interest increased from 21% in 2016 to 35% in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center.

Erica Malunguinho - deputada estadual, entrevistada pela Agência Pública

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:10:04 -0300

Erica Malunguinho: "A esquerda só será esquerda quando colocar o debate racial no centro das discussões"

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Primeira parlamentar transexual da Alesp, deputada fala sobre os primeiros meses de mandato e sobre o governo Doria

L'énergie

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France, Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:05:13 -0300

UN PILLAGE FRANÇAIS #3 : L'énergie
by Le Fil d'Actu - Officiel on YouTube

Exercice d'écriture 2019-05-05

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

Paris, France (Map), Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:01:52 -0300

Aujourd'hui j'ai noté que j'arrive encore a passer une nuit blanche à travailler et enchaîner le lendemain devant l'ordi à bosser, même s'il s'agit d'un samedi et dimanche. J'ai noté que j'ai encore la sensation, au compléter 30h d'éveil - maintenant je compte 36h - de rentrer dans un état de grâce où tout est léger et je me sens davantage moi même. Je ne pense pas que ça soit pareil pour tout le monde, et il faut dire que je ne prends pas de café ou autre stimulant durant ce temps là. Pendant cette période j'ai aussi cuisiné et suis allé à un concert, un spectacle de butō, un film. Je viens de dîner dans un bon resto avec l'amie avec qui je suis allé voir Dumbo. J'écris ça dans le métro. Je l'ai pris dans le mauvais sens. Maintenant dans le bon sens, un homme passe qui fait la manche. J'enregistre ce texte sous la forme d'une tâche dans mon portable. (Et de lui je ne ferai une publication que trois mois après.)