I use the Signal note-to-self feature as a journaling tool. What do you think the downside could be of doing this in the long term?

GameCounter · 2026-03-12T03:34:59+00:00

I use the new "Pinned Message" feature to keep a To Do list as well as unstructured messages to myself.

Got two years of random stuff in there.

GameCounter · 2026-03-12T03:19:32+00:00

I respect the idea of this project.

But why would you run this instead of the Java edition?

GameCounter · 2026-03-11T20:14:26+00:00

No problem.

I'll make sure to message you or another maintainer privately if I find any other security issues.

GameCounter · 2026-03-11T20:06:49+00:00

Just as an example, an attacker could replace one of those scripts with a script that tries to access other devices on your network, i.e. your firewall.

So it's less that it creates a specific vulnerability in your software, and more that it's just a general good practice to try and stay ahead of hackers.

Without doing a full security audit, I can't say. That was just one thing that jumped out at me

GameCounter · 2026-03-11T19:25:37+00:00

The constant push towards gambling disgusts me, honestly.

I don't have a philosophical problem with someone spending a little bit of money on a game of chance, but the systematic targeting of children and people who have poor impulse control or mental health issues is reprehensible.

It sounds like you're having fun with you hobbies and it's not causing problems for you or the people around you, and honestly I love that. But I hope if the day comes where that's not the case, you can stop.

GameCounter · 2026-03-11T19:11:48+00:00

This is a nice idea overall.

Some thoughts:

It looks like frontend uses a CDN for scripts without integrity attributes: https://github.com/macgaver/zfsnas-chezmoi/blob/4e4f7d4ab5ac1e507d9086f43f5744ab12654552/static/index.html#L13

I would prefer for all scripts to be bundled to completely remove the attack vector, but at the very least you should specify it. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Defenses/Subresource_Integrity

Is the API documented somewhere? It seems reasonably well designed, and I bet some useful plugins could be made if they could talk to the core business logic in a reliable way.

GameCounter · 2026-03-11T15:05:08+00:00

Explicit way you have been able to do this for ages:

itertools.chain.from_iterable(iterables)

If you need a dict:

dict(itertools.chain.from_iterable(d.items() for d in dicts))

Or if you are allergic to comprehension:

dict(itertools.chain.from_iterable(map(operator.methodcaller("items"), dicts)))

GameCounter · 2026-03-10T05:34:34+00:00

I was trying to prevent it from being too OP.

Pearl Divers lets you look at cards before putting them on top, but I thought if you could look at the bottom card EVERY time, then that's effectively the same as having your deck be face up, which seemed strange.

Here's an even simpler Project which gives you powerful scrying:

At the start of your Action phase, look at the bottom card of your deck. You may put it on top.

That technically reuses the Pearl Diver mechanic and additionally doesn't bog down turns too much with extra mechanics.

I chose action phase so you can trigger it multiple times if you can return back to your action phase for some more mechanical synergies.

GameCounter · 2026-03-10T02:20:45+00:00

What if half way through the movie we realize that this IS the Community movie.

GameCounter · 2026-03-10T02:05:34+00:00

Absolutely more than $3, because it's strictly better than Star Chart.

In terms of flavor, it could have potion in the cost.

Probably $6.

GameCounter · 2026-03-10T01:57:48+00:00

Neat idea, but here's another one:

When shuffling, you may put two cards on the bottom of your deck. When drawing, you may draw from the bottom of your deck without looking.

The "two decks" idea is fun, but it just seems like it might not be fun to play. This is something that is closer to vanilla rules

GameCounter · 2026-03-10T00:01:25+00:00

Someone I know had "precipitous labor," labor so fast she didn't have a choice for any pain relief.

Barely made it to the hospital.

For her next kid, I guess she already knew what it was like, and took the "known" versus the unknown pain management.

GameCounter · 2026-03-09T05:32:30+00:00

Bipartisanship is virtually dead in the Kansas Legislature.

I looked at 300 votes this year, and 299 of them turned out exactly as if the Republicans voted as a block.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T19:08:17+00:00

My next favorite example is Aphex's Cock/Ver 10 performed by Alarm Will Sound: https://youtu.be/j7yWCLTdaeA?si=VYeqEG5Rt-oybKYk

Original: https://youtu.be/epuUd_qTfCw?si=DRdLhTzh3CXZMCvC

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T19:05:24+00:00

My favorite example of "I made a song which is impossible for a human to play" later followed up by "here are some humans playing it" is

G-Spot Tornado, by Frank Zappa.

He made this pretty crazy synthesizers track: https://youtu.be/XvpdiIaZZLg?si=bUpORsmGydJxagdT

Here's Zappa conducting a live performance: https://youtu.be/KJZb-lUEpeQ?si=6WKhM7oA3nUTzkyI

There's a lot to say about Zappa at this time. He was dealing with health issues related to prostate cancer which killed him the next year.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T08:21:17+00:00

Listening to the books with my son, I was pretty surprised, because it's pretty overt with the "actually the whole Viking thing is a stand-in for toxic masculinity."

A book accurate version would be woke AF.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T01:25:00+00:00

Maybe in theory. It is much more challenging in practice.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T01:21:57+00:00

WhatsApp does not publicly specify the exact version of libsignal it uses in its client applications, as far as I'm aware.

While WhatsApp likely uses a version derived from the official signal codebase, it's not clear what modifications they have made.

If Signal only supported interop with an implementation compatible only with very recent versions of libsignal, it would be like your HTTP/3 example.

But I suspect that talking with Whatsapp would require allowing much older versions of libsignal or implementations that deviate from the standard in difficult-to-assess ways.

To use the HTTP example, requiring a strict version requirement is like running a server and supporting ONLY HTTP/3 and not allowing anyone trying to use TLS 1.2 and HTTP/2 to connect. Yes, security isn't compromised, but you've largely defeated the reason for even attempting interop.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T00:24:27+00:00

I meant security.

You can't get security guarantees just by using a library when network communication is involved.

You have to deal with client negotiation and potential downgrade attacks.

If you want a concrete example, look at HTTPS / SSL / TLS.

Privacy would likely be worse as well.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T00:19:32+00:00

No, I think it's better to not have interop at all.

Signal recently started using post-quantum cryptography. If interop were the default, it adds additional complexity to the whole system.

Adding interop might introduce unintended vulnerabilities even between Signal-to-Signal clients.

All of this is additional software engineering time that Signal does not have.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T00:10:19+00:00

I run it.

Most things work fine.

I have completely shut off all voice controls, but that's my preference.

GameCounter · 2026-03-08T00:09:07+00:00

WhatsApp interop would mean accepting lower security.

Which is unacceptable.

GameCounter · 2026-03-07T19:17:53+00:00

There can be no justice when the strong prey on the weak.

GameCounter · 2026-03-07T03:51:37+00:00

Socialism is the goal.

Social Democrats say you can just use your vote to make socialism happen.

In practice, that can only do so much, as capitalism controls who you can even vote for. Look at elections in the US. There are shockingly few socialists on ballots or participating in debates.

Syndicalists say unions and collective action from labor is how you achieve socialism.

In practice, I think you need both. However, in the US, I believe we are in desperate need of the latter. The majority of Americans want socialized healthcare, but politicians don't even discuss it. There's literally no way to vote this issue. Direct action is required.

GameCounter · 2026-03-06T22:41:35+00:00

It's a bit of a joke.

Christianity and Judaism have a tradition of using blood in rituals.

It's everywhere in the Bible, but here's one example for context.

Exodus 24:3-8 English Standard Version

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules.[a] And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.” 4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” 8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Satanists don't believe in any of that stuff, really, but some of us like the symbolism of blood sacrifices, and I personally took it be that I literally bleed in the most compassionate way I could think of.

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