Which one doesn’t make the dirt Klingon?

I use matrix weekly with about 3 different (all verified) clients and every single one of my encrypted group chats has had this issue.

Perhaps it has gotten better, but every once in a while some messages simply won’t decrypt, and it’s hard to determine why.

I checked just now and I can’t see one user’s messages sent in the last 48hrs (other users can, and I used to see them too). I haven’t signed out of any sessions and AFAIK they are verified.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Matrix. I host my own server. I think it has the most potential to become an industry standard, but it’s still a rough ecosystem for the non-technical.

Honestly, federated FOSS makes so much sense for government communication, as it insulates them from reliance on corporate entities.

I just wish Matrix’s E2EE worked better. Even if you have all your keys managed probably, it’s still really unreliable.

This is an incredibly informative (if not a bit intimidating) post, thank you!

This is an important aspect to ongoing health that women should know before bottom surgery, and I don’t see it talked about much.

Yeah, I noticed that. Luckily, the YT embedded player has an “add to Watch Later” button (the clock icon). I’ll use the favorites as a fallback for when Google inevitably kills that feature, lol.

This is great! FreshRSS has been part of my YouTube “flow” for a long time. I like going through my subscriptions list, adding them to my “Watch Later” playlist, and then watching them all in a row. This seems like it’d be perfect for that.

It’s no secret to regular readers of this newsletter that I’m still an avid Plex user. Despite the numerous privacy concerns, price increases, and recent (confusing) primary domain redirect from plex.tv to watch.plex.tv, I still find the transition to Jellyfin a hard sell given its fragmentation and smattering of third-party clients that are all good* but not really great (oh, and hello to the Lemmy readers who always roast me for this take)*.

Alright, I’ll spare you then. <3

This is a seriously cool plugin though, and I legitimately loved Plexamp. Plex’s decent really sucks for this community.

I just read this article about beauty standards and while I see the excess of it as harmful I can’t help but feel hypocritical when I think about laser or hormones or even putting on eye shadow and mascara, not to mention FFS.

I’ve struggled with these same thoughts, and while I do believe there is a line between pursuing gender euphoria and pursuing societal beauty standards, finding that line can be very challenging (and subjective).

There is something to be said about acceptance, and I think no matter where you are in your transition, you should show yourself love and grace, because you are so much more than just your appearance. However, if some aesthetic change alleviates dysphoria for you and makes you happier, then by all means, allow yourself to be happier.

At the end of the day, you should do with your body that which brings you joy. Follow what feels right, don’t run from what feels wrong. Changes motivated by insecurities are often an endless treadmill that keep you dissatisfied with your body, while following a lifestyle that feels authentic to you will likely have lasting positive effects.

Both require the same underlying systems - and my face laser wouldn’t be attainable without the massive beauty industry making it affordable by virtue of many cis women using the service.

Similar with hormones. If most postmenopausal women didn’t get E prescribed, then it would be prohibitaly expensive

I don’t think this is a fair criticism. You aren’t responsible for these systems by utilizing them. It’s impossible to live life without interacting with an unethical system. While we can try our best to support the things we agree with, sometimes you only have one option. That’s not your fault as the consumer. IMO the “market decides” mentality is an excuse for these industries to avoid their very real responsibility.

I don’t think gender affirming care or the systems enabling it (especially at the rates they are prescribed) is doing much harm, and the good they bring far outweighs it.

It’s collar-bone-o-clock, fellas!

These is a very reasonable policy. Strictly policing what is and isn’t LLM generated code is incredibly difficult and not really the point.

I think sticking to their guidelines for code quality and author responsibility is a good perspective.

Meanwhile, the potatoes:

I’m still salty the only on-screen B’Elanna + Tom wedding we got was… this episode.

It seems like you already have your pros and cons list. This kind of decision seems way too important to leave up to internet commenters with no other context about your life.

I mean… they make fake ones you can attach if so inclined.

At least there’s always https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco_hot_dog

Me when my co-workers started mansplaining my own job to me.

Snow White and the 7 Rules of Acquisition

Make sure you wear sunscreen even if you’re a tans woman.

Don’t podcasts and RSS still rely heavily on XML?

Yes, but having both in place can help mitigate lateral movement risk.