Notices by Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)

@lain More like staying out of prison than "politically alive". The latter sustains the former, but he's just kicking the can down the road, isn't he?

@lain Arrogance as a Service — AaaS

The Federal Republic of Germany is finally offering a legally compliant alternative to Claude now:

https://klausprogrammieren.com

Linux 7.0: "Rust is here to stay."

Found some ethnic cuisine:

@lain The Producers. If you don't have nostalgia for the original movie, then the 2005 version is great IMO.

@silverpill @greyarea @lain @sozialwelten @koteisaev Thought I'd share this here, in case someone missed it (I know I did):

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/

@sidereal @sundogplanets @skyglowberlin The Gen 2 Minis are still dimmer than the Gen 1 satellites, even without the visors and the much larger size. There's also nothing "green" in space.

It's sad how a lot of you can't have polite conversations anymore, immediately jumping to insults and personal attacks the second someone says something you don't like.

@silverpill @lain @sozialwelten @koteisaev Yes, that could be the first step for anyone. Still better than sending unencrypted DMs around.

@sozialwelten It's 2025 now, and there are no tangible results.

@koteisaev @sozialwelten There is zero progress in that, just a few people discussing what anyone interested in E2EE already knows.

@koteisaev @sozialwelten FWIW, since Nostr identities are based on key pairs by design, and its developers care a bit more about privacy, E2EE DMs are already being tested via an MLS-based protocol there:

https://github.com/marmot-protocol/marmot

I think it's a shame that none of the large AP implementers are prioritizing this, because without user-owned keys, not just are DMs unencrypted, but there can be no true user sovereignty and account portability on the fediverse.

@lain @sozialwelten @koteisaev Yes.

@lain Nyonya Laksa so good

Best hangover of my life.

A lot of men kind of think that the emotions portrayed in wedding movies are somewhat unrealistic, until they get married themselves I assume. At least I thought so, too, until today.

The ceremony is tomorrow, and I'll have to keep it together for the vows, because writing mine brought tears to my eyes.

@dcc @yukiame @cjd It literally takes me less than 10 seconds to pay for something online with Lightning, including opening the wallet and confirming the payment. If you want to send cash, first you need an envelope, then a stamp, then write the address, bring the envelope to a post box, ideally not directly where you live, then wait until it arrives and hope the receiver acknowledges the anonymous payment.

How on Earth is that not more expensive and time-consuming than pressing 2 buttons?

@dcc @yukiame @cjd The envelope would be stamped with a rough location, it would take days to arrive, it costs much more money and time, etc.. It's objectively terrible for buying something online.

@dcc @yukiame @cjd You should learn how Lightning works before making statements like that. And yes, I also regularly buy things in the physical world with it using my phone. You put up an example where cash is great, and I put up an example where cash is terrible. It's not black and white.

@dcc @yukiame @cjd I can buy a VPN service via #LightningNetwork instantly right now, and not be tracked by digital payments.