shadearg

shadearg , 1 day ago (edited 23 hours ago)

Each SimpleX release gets me closer to using it. The upcoming v5.8 update is no exception:

This release focus is improving the app usability, and preparing the foundation for v5.8 that will provide an in-built protection of user IP addresses when connecting to unknown file and messaging servers, reducing the need to use Tor (which would still remain supported via SOCKS proxy, for additional privacy).

And another round of security audits:

We are planning a 3rd party security audit for the protocols and cryptography design in July 2024, and also the security audit for an implementation in December 2024/January 2025,

Looking good.

Edit: SimpleX v5.7.5 is 313 MB without Data/Cache on Android. Yikes.

Client	Version	App size
SimpleX	v5.7.5	313 MB
Threema Libre	5.3.1l	138 MB
Jami	20240521-01	102 MB
Briar	1.5.11	101 MB
Session	1.18.4	99 MB

shadearg , 2 days ago

Trying to break that million point grind.

Damn, that was 25 years ago.

shadearg , 2 days ago

And it was a proper Warehouse successor, too.

My two favorite maps.

shadearg , 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

The forefront of technology overutilizes resources?

Always has been.

Edit: Supercomputers have existed for 60 years.

shadearg , 3 days ago

Supercomputers were feared to be untenable resource consumers then, too.

Utilizing nuclear to feed AI may be the responsible and sustainable option, but there's a lot of FUD surrounding all of these things.

One thing is certain: Humans (and now AI) will continue to advance technology, regardless of consequence.

shadearg , 3 days ago

While I absolutely agree with everything you've stated, I'm not taking a moral position here. I'm just positing that the same arguments of concern have been on the table since the establishment of massive computational power regardless of how, or by whom, it was to be utilized.

shadearg , 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

Would you kindly find a source for that?

I can personally speak from the 80s, so that's not exactly a golden age of reliable information. There was concern about scale of infinite growth and power requirements in a perpetual 24/7 full-load timeshare by people that were almost certainly not qualified to talk about the subject.

I was never concerned enough to look into it, but I sure remember the FUD: "They are going to grow to the size of countries!" - "They are going to drink our oceans dry!" ... Like I said, unqualified people.

Another factor is that there aren't that many supercomputers in the world, a handful of thousand of them.

They never took off like the concerned feared. We don't even concern ourselves with their existence.

Edit: grammar

shadearg , 2 days ago

I am concerned about the energy abuse of LLMs, but it gets worse. AGI is right around the corner, and I fear that law of diminishing return may not apply due to advantages it will bring. We're in need of new, sustainable energy like nuclear now because it will not stop.

shadearg , 10 days ago

That's ligma, perverts.

shadearg , 1 month ago

The game came out in 2000 btw.

And the last official patch was...

• Mon Mar 19 12:06:14 2001 v1.112fm

...176 days before 9/11. Crazy foresight.

shadearg , 1 month ago

I got the game bundled with a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1 kit and played it before, during, and after 9/11, and was blown away by the coincidences that appeared eerily prescient during this time.

shadearg , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

And where will it get the cash? An analogue of OnlyFans.

Watch, it'll happen.

Edit: grammar

shadearg , 2 months ago

No E2EE for DMs, groups, or notes.

That's going to be the deal breaker for most.

shadearg , 2 months ago

Main character syndrome.

shadearg , 3 months ago

This was glaring when individual pixels were distinguishable.

The offset design is certainly on purpose.

shadearg , 3 months ago

Just like Megan Fox's toe thumbs

shadearg , 4 months ago

"...you guys might've wanted to stay away from our special sauce tonight. Me and Pookie, we added a secret ingredient..."

That's enough of that love.

shadearg , 4 months ago

"Bye, Beni."