TedDoesntTalk (u/TedDoesntTalk)

TedDoesntTalk commented on F-Droid site certificate expired gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-... · Posted by u/kxxt

m-p-3 · 4 months ago

CRLs are becoming bulky, and OCSP have some privacy implications (telling the CA which websites you visit), plus most browsers are set to soft fail if there's an outage and the request can't be made instead of a hard fail and making the website inaccessible, reducing the security and usefulness of OCSP.

Short-lived certificates fixes these issues from an end-user standpoint.

TedDoesntTalk · 4 months ago

Is it possible that one day certificate expiration will be a thing of the past?

TedDoesntTalk commented on How to Firefox kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefo... · Posted by u/Vinnl

nasso_dev · 5 months ago

I don't know if it's just me but in my case the problem isn't really the crypto bs, but rather Brendan Eich himself.

As much as Mozilla and Firefox can be criticized for both technical and non-technical reasons, at least I share the same core values. I don't seem to share any core value with Brave or its creator. Plus, yeah, still smells like Google :)

TedDoesntTalk · 5 months ago

Brendan Eich’s contributions to computing are immeasurable. Your opinions of his social or political views don’t change that.

Do you not use Linux because you don’t like Linus? He’s quite a controversial figure. And before you say Linux is not Linus, the same can be said about Brave and Brendan.

Many other people work on these projects than just the leader.

Do you not use JavaScript because you don’t like Brendan?

TedDoesntTalk commented on How to Firefox kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefo... · Posted by u/Vinnl

thinkingtoilet · 5 months ago

>I've never felt impeded by loading speeds

I honestly think it's just something people here like to complain about. It's a complete non-issue. No everyday web experience is even close to being noticeably different. Full stop. It's almost like a meme, people say it because they think they should say it. I would ask those people that are complaining, what are you doing with all those extra milliseconds you claim you're saving?

TedDoesntTalk · 5 months ago

> what are you doing with all those extra milliseconds you claim you're saving?

Watching more ads.

TedDoesntTalk commented on Work Life balance slows careers pathtostaff.com/p/work-li... · Posted by u/elza_1111

ryandrake · 5 months ago

> Second is people saying "I can retire early if I work hard now" I mean sure. Toil away the best years of your life when you have the most youth, beauty, energy and freedom so you can enjoy leisure when your body is aching and getting a good sleep is hard.

This argument always comes up, where we just assume one's "best" years are in their 20s and 30s, and people can't enjoy leisure at 60. My response is always "Make hay when the sun shines." I can accept you're probably at your cognitive and physical peak in your 20s and 30s, and I'd argue that's the time to max out your earnings, because you may not be able to when you're 60+. I look back at my 20s and 30s, and even though I spent most of them working and not really goofing around having fun, I wish I spent even more of them on my career and saving, due to compounding interest and investment gains. If I did, I might be retired already and spending 100% of my time on fun, instead of playing financial catch-up. Probably the worst thing you can do, financially, when you're 22 and just graduated from college is to take a gap year backpacking in Bali or horsing around in Ibiza or something.

In summary: You can have fun and/or work when you're young. You can also have fun, but might not necessarily be able to work when you're older.

TedDoesntTalk · 5 months ago

Do you know how many “mights” and “may not” are in your post? A lot.

You “might” lose half your investments after working 16 Hour Days for 20 years to a divorce. You might get hit by a bus.

Nothing is promised except for this moment, right now.

TedDoesntTalk commented on Genetic code enables zebrafish to mend damaged organs caltech.edu/about/news/ge... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

zombot · 6 months ago

Genetic code enables lizards to regrow their tails.

TedDoesntTalk · 6 months ago

Future humans will be part human, part lizard, part zebra fish, and seveal other species. We will regrow teeth, heart, and limbs. Sometimes we might accidentally grow a tail.

TedDoesntTalk commented on The Hobby Computer Culture technicshistory.com/2025/... · Posted by u/cfmcdonald

TedDoesntTalk · 7 months ago

> Even as late as 1978, an informed observer could still consider interest in personal computers to be exclusive to a self-limiting community of hobbyists

WHAT? That was true even well into the 1980s.

TedDoesntTalk commented on Recession and crisis in the IT industry. 7 months of interviews with 50 managers trojanczyk.eu/crisis-in-t... · Posted by u/catinblack

TedDoesntTalk · a year ago

Clarification: he is not interviewing to be hired for a job

TedDoesntTalk commented on The Discovery of the Celendrical Date Line webspace.science.uu.nl/~g... · Posted by u/thunderbong

TedDoesntTalk · a year ago

Wikipedia says the international date line is “a cartographic convention, and is not defined by international law.”

The “line” wasn’t a convention at all in the 16th century so how did sailors experience loss of a day?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#:~:t....

TedDoesntTalk commented on Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox engine zen-browser.app/... · Posted by u/femou

InsideOutSanta · a year ago

I like it, because it shows the author's aspiration. Not all software aims to be visually appealing, which is totally fine. But depending on what the software is, aesthetics are something that I find important.

For browsers in particular, that is a major reason why I don't use any of the existing Firefox forks: they are all very utilitarian. But I look at a browser window pretty much all day long, so I prefer a visual design that brings me joy.

TedDoesntTalk · a year ago

> I prefer a visual design that brings me joy

This sounds like a marketing-speak. Joy is not an experience gained by staring at the visual design of a browser. You are confusing joy and another experience, perhaps appeal or attraction.

If you genuinely experience joy from browser visual design, you are probably that same guy who experiences “delight” when a customer support representative treats you well on a phone call.

TedDoesntTalk commented on United States discloses nuclear warhead numbers; restores nuclear transparency fas.org/publication/unite... · Posted by u/philipkglass

watersb · a year ago

Scientifc American deep dive into plutonium pit production in operation at a new facility at Los Alamos:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/behind-the-scenes...

TedDoesntTalk · a year ago

Rocky Flats manufactured triggers. What’s pit production?