mlaga97
@mlaga97@lemmy.mlaga97.space
- Comment on Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 3 months ago:
Where the metadata goes I think is important as well.
All Signal metadata necessarily goes through Signal’s servers and is tied to your phone number, but not all Matrix metadata ever gets near the Matrix.org if you are using a different homeserver.
I think both are less than ideal in that regard, and I think Briar (strictly P2P) has a much better model for dealing with this at the expense of generally being a UX disaster.
- Comment on Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 3 months ago:
The server software appears to be available and updated now, which they’ve been spotty about in the past. I’ve updated to remove the closed-source part since that is not correct.
As for phone number: Signal still requires me to enter a phone number to create an account as of about 5 minutes ago.
- Comment on Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 3 months ago:
Signal is centralized, closed-source, not-selfhostable and requires being attached to a phone number.
Matrix is decentralized, federated, fully open source with multiple client and server implementations, self-hostable, and does not require being attached to a phone number.
- Comment on Are cars with AWD worth it compared to FWD. 3 months ago:
Possibly not relevant to your use case, but one point that I haven’t seen mentioned yet is that for many SUVs that are available in both FWD and AWD, the tow rating will be significantly higher for the AWD version (like 5000lbs vs 3500lbs for FWD in the case of the Toyota Highlander and Honda Pilot)
- Comment on What is Cara, the anti-AI social media app for artists? 4 months ago:
Given how common it is for people to use the ‘reset password’ link for this exact purpose, it does make it seem kinda redundant to even implement passwords on many services to begin with.
- Comment on What’s next for Mozilla? 9 months ago:
Something something “Looking Glass”
- Comment on People who back into parking spots: Why? 1 year ago:
Yet in the same posts they insult people who don’t have the same opinion as them.
I’m betting it’s the use of the phrase “objectively easier” when that is incorrect by argument of geometry. The “objectively” riles people up.
There is a reason why forklifts have rear-wheel steering (and therefore behave much like an automobile driving in reverse): having the point of rotation towards the direction of motion allows for much more precise maneuvering, much like you would need to do in a larger vehicle trying to fit into a tight parking space.