msage

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[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

It's not good.

But it's leagues better than crypto.

I hate typing 'asymmetric key cryptography', and GPG is just three letters.

Those blog posts explain a lot, but one use case is missing (at least I don't see it apart from git commit signing), and that is verifying the source of a public message.

And I do wish we tried using the private keys more. Specially now when anyone can deepfake anything.

If I ever release my nudes, never trust them unless they are signed and you can check them with public key in my profile.

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just fucking sign it. With your private key.

And publish your public key.

Then everyone will be able to verify it's your work, and no deepfake will ever pass that test.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sorry for blowing this on you, but fuck blockchain, fuck NFTs.

What we need is better understanding of cryptography.

PGP has solved this problems decades ago, and crypto has just borrowed some parts, but made it worse in every possible way and into incomprehensible depths.

Again, fuck crypto, fuck NFTs.

I should make a guide on how to use GPG.

[–] msage@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago

Just add SEPA payments from Europe and I won't touch Visa or MC ever again.

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Altman is a megalomanic psychopath, lying to steal even more money and break everything just to feel better about himself.

[–] msage@programming.dev 37 points 9 months ago

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

We can nitpick specific examples for everything you want, and we will be correct, but that detracts from the point that Gabe has helped to build things that took decades of slowly getting anywhere.

I wish we didn't need it, but we do.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's usually the llvm that takes forever, then Firefox, then LibreOffice.

You can actually pull binary packages in Gentoo, if you are into that, and update like any other system.

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

It may not be that easy, but they burned billions of cash and fresh water, and it's not that much of an achievement.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I have an 8 core CPU, but I have to admit I don't use any DE.

Updates can take several hours if I don't upgrade for a while, but PC is usable during them (you can set number of build threads).

Manual intervention is what I've said needed way more in Fedora, which left me without any video after updates, or Ubuntu which broke integrations or replaced my software.

Gentoo just... is.

There are sometimes updates that would require intervention if you do something special, nothing too difficult though, and you get a link to Wiki with working solutions.

I need to donate more money to that project.

[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then there's BeamNG.drive

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I have struggled with Fedora for couple of years (graphics drivers after major updates), then Ubuntu got me down a couple of times (snaps and other malice).

Zero issues with Gentoo after the initial setup. You build it, update it, and IT WORKS. Also you can easily remove parts of software you're building with USE flags. -telemetry, -x11, and you never care about it anymore.

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