danhakimi

@ danhakimi @kbin.social

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Hi all. I'm Dan. You can message me on Matrix @danhakimi:matrix.org, or follow me on Mastodon at @danhakimi.
You might want to check out my men's style blog, The Second Button, and the associated instagram account

2y ago

Mishaal Rahman: The Google Play Store is A/B testing a new "App FAQs" section that gives you AI-generated answers to frequently asked questions.
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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago
why?

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

If you are willing and able to enter a partnership like Samsung, you can do it fully (including encryption support etc).

Samsung can interoperate. We cannot. We cannot enter into partnerships with Google. We are people, Samsung is a massive corporation. You understand the difference, right? Google will not let us access their servers. They're not making it difficult, they're not making it possible at all.

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

you don't just need to support the protocol, you need a server to communicate with your client, and Google is not here to federate its RCS service with Bob's summer Github project.

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

Matrix is the federated messaging network. It's also end to end encrypted, although people have pointed out issues with server security and with metadata—which is why they're working on peer to peer tech.

RCS is not similar to any federated technology at all. It's operated exclusively by Google in the US and most other countries. The technology was created, from the ground up, for carriers. But even carriers couldn't actually make it work in practice, so they asked Google to take over. It's a fucking albatross. We, as a society, need to drop it.

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

Google is the exclusive RCS provider for all carriers in the US and many other countries. The desire for an AOSP android API is for developers to be able to write clients the way they do SMS clients, not to replace Google's servers—that's a pipe dream. IIRC, Google actually helped Samsung develop RCS support in their app. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to implement.

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

There is an RCS test app, we could theoretically modify that, but I guess nobody has for some reason. I don't particularly want people to use it, Matrix makes so much more sense.

2y ago

Is RCS an open standard?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

It's kind of open. It's pretty much open for carriers to implement on the server side, and for OEMs to develop on the client side. There is an open source client in AOSP's RCS Test App, but for one reason or another, as far as I know nobody's attempted to implement it in an actual usable client app. I don't believe there's a server reference implementation. And, in the US, all the carriers' RCS services are run exclusively by Google, so there's no real point in attempting to set up your own server. Apple might be able to navigate the politics with carriers and with Google to make something work, if it wants to, but it's really not a standard for us to play with.

Use Matrix Instead.

2y ago

Remember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

I disabled the Google App back when "Google Now" was still a thing. Remember when it would give you directions to get where you were going after you were already on your way? I'd be on the train, it'd tell me "oh, you wanna go somewhere? Get off the train, take a cab to the nearest train station, get on the train..."

They removed everything but sports score tracking, I kept using it for a while, and then I realized that I could just fucking use my browser for search, since that's where I wanted to read search results anyway. And that's what I did.

They're going to keep doing this again and again, making their app worse and worse.

No idea why I would ever want the Google app back.

2y ago

What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

If you are talking about something like openauth (where you sign into some random website using your Google account) yes, but your base identity is still tied to Google. So if Google goes down, you lose your google account, and you also lose your account at every other website you logged in to using your google account.

Yeah, essentially that. The back-up plan in case your instance goes down is a separate issue, my main plan is just that users shouldn't need a new account for each fediverse application they want to try, considering one account is already able to make any kind of post.

2y ago

What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

couldn't your instance just serve your identity to other instances?

2y ago

What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

I don't think the fediverse needs more platform alternatives.

What I really think we need is a way for people to use one fediverse account to log into different interfaces, so people can try out a new app / interface without starting a new account. Many apps can do this, but web apps generally cannot, they're generally tied to an instance.

2y ago

What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

well, yeah, because it's private messaging, it requires encryption and things like that. Really, fediverse instances should ideally incorporate matrix chat in some way or another, but that's not exactly trivial.

2y ago

What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet?

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

oh man, that's not pretty enough to start using as an alternative to, like, partiful (oh, yeah, I totally want to give my phone number to some random fucking website to go to a party) or wedding registry sites... but those don't really need to be federated, huh?

2y ago

Old spice Blue vs White stuff

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

I don't believe that's what OP intended.

2y ago

Old spice Blue vs White stuff

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

I am assuming OP once heard the name "Sisyphus" and made a strange assumption about what he thought it meant and how he thought it was spelled.

edit: oh, I'm replying to OP... that explains why it doesn't make any sense...

2y ago

My best focaccia ever

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

alright, I never remember how to do this... @allthingsfoodandcooking

2y ago

Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

Smart TVs are the stupidest fucking things.

No TV manufacturer is actually willing to put processing power or networking features in a TV, and they're never willing to spend money developing the software, so even new, they're slow as shit, and you can no longer realistically use them for 10 years, they'll go obsolete. A $35 external computer is more powerful and I've been using mine for a decade now without a problem. The interface is more straightforward. I don't need to log into anything. I don't need a special remote, I can just use my phone. The TV manufacturer can't spy on me. There's no microphone.

Dumb TV + Chromecast is just a thousand times better than a smart TV.

2y ago

Old spice Blue vs White stuff

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

what would that have to do with irritation from aluminum-based deodorant? Is he saying that "sissies" - "fus" (???) are complainers? That's a new one, to me, I thought the term was mostly just used to describe men who were perceived as feminine in some stupid way... unless OP is trying to suggest that complaining is femme...

2y ago

Old spice Blue vs White stuff

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

what exactly does OP think he meant by "sissyfus"

2y ago

Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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danhakimi @kbin.social 2y ago

It's weird how much better Chromecast was when it came out than it is now. Stronger hardware, sure, but no real antifeatures, you could set it up without installing the app, you could use the app without giving it location data, casting was way more straightforward...