Spakman

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1. 31.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   I'm not saying that you're right or wrong, but why do you think that?
2. 32.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   Contrary to some other advice here, I switched to a new window manager first (xmonad, FWIW), but kept running a bunch of GNOME stuff too. Gradually, I have phased out most of GNOME and my computing life is simpler and more stable as a resul
3. 33.▲
   Signal and Giphy(whispersystems.org)

   225 points by Spakman 10y ago|114 comments
4. 34.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   I love the static nature of Wikipedia's design.
5. 35.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   I haven't seen anyone from Open Whisper Systems speak out about this. One of the things they like best about the current/deprecated Chrome app is the distribution and update model. I'm not sure how much that will affect their
6. 36.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   Signal-desktop runs on Linux and Windows too (and pairs with Signal on Android).
7. 37.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   The GoToMeeting web client works in Chromium on Arch for me. Perhaps it's worth another go?
8. 38.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   As I have only just learned higher up on this page, FF has an Android button in the URL bar to switch from, for example, a Youtube page to the Youtube native application. I was missing this too!
9. 39.▲
   by Spakman 10y ago

   I'm afraid not. Federation isn't supported at all as far as I'm aware. It was on the Signal roadmap early on, but things have changed: https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
10. 40.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    It's not without a few (non-dealbreaker, at least for me) bugs but Signal-desktop works well.
11. 41.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    I disagree that most people know this. I imagine most reasonably technical people do, but I'd be amazed if most people on the street understand any of this.
12. 42.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    I used to think the same sort of thing regarding the Scots language, but a while ago I came across this website that disagrees: http://www.ayecan.com/faq.html#answer1
13. 43.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    Don't you wish that made you laugh?
14. 44.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    I'm not sure how relevant this is, but I'm one of the most open, positive and optimistic people I know and I just want everyone to enjoy life and being alive as much as I do. Perhaps people like that.
15. 45.▲
    by Spakman 10y ago

    I'm glad you wrote this. I feel similarly myself, although it sounds like the making of friends comes more naturally to you. I have a surplus of friends that I know could become much closer friends if I was able to dedicate more time t
16. 46.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I would really, really like to hear more about federation in Signal too. They used to mention that it was planned, but that was a while ago now.
17. 47.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I agree about the documentation and a number of other things, but why doesn't the Chromium extension count as a desktop client? You don't need to use Chromium for anything else if you don't want.
18. 48.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    Have you heard much about the Signal server federation? It's been more than a year since it was mentioned (that I've seen) by the Open Whisper Systems folks. I'm hoping it's still on some sort of roadmap.
19. 49.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    It seems that Rocket League is so good it has forced Microsoft to implement something wanted for years!
20. 50.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    As someone who lives in Scotland, that would be utterly fantastic.
21. 51.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    Thank you very much. This has given me a lot of food for thought. I hadn't ever considered TOR for NAT traversal for a start.
22. 52.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    There was talk some time ago now about Signal server federation. I was under the impression that it was planned and either dropped or de-prioritised for now. Certainly, it seems that while running your own server might not be actively disco
23. 53.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I love Signal and advocate it wherever possible. After following along on the GitHub tickets for this project, I'm happy to say thank you and congratulations on the beta release folks! I'm probably about to ask this on the mailing
24. 54.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    These aren't specifically about Qt or GTK applications (except maybe the Ubuntu phone app), but here are some other projects that are shooting for compatibility: https://github.com/f41c0r/textsecure-client https:
25. 55.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    They do plan to use other identifiers than the phone number but I don't know how high a priority it is. My knowledge about this is probably a year old.
26. 56.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I have read of people on the mailing list who appear to have the server running. There used to be some documentation about running it, but it was removed from the repo (presumably because they didn't want to dedicate resources to suppo
27. 57.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I believe it was always designed to allow for federation but I haven't heard anything about that for a long time now.
28. 58.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    Interesting comment. I was with you right up until the last paragraph. What do you mean by that?
29. 59.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    What do you mean that "The security story is unfinished though."?
30. 60.▲
    by Spakman 11y ago

    I suppose it's because I've spent quite a lot of time in the GNU Readline source that this function doesn't seem that bad. Not that I'm wanting to endorse it as great code, of course. I find it fascinating to look at h