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  • Matthew Somerville https://twitter.com/dracos   •   Aug 29
    Aaron Parecki
    Foursquare requires the client secret, simon doesn't want to ship the secret in the code, so the only way to do it is for simon to host a web service that acts as a relay.
    Portland, Oregon
    1 reply
    Thu, Aug 29, 2019 10:56am -07:00
  • Phil Gyford https://twitter.com/philgyford   •   Aug 29
    When I wrote a script to get all of a user’s checkins to make an ical feed I couldn’t find anything and ended up with the laborious instructions here https://github.com/philgyford/foursquare-feeds
    Aaron Parecki
    It definitely exists, I use it for copying my checkins going forward to my website. I just haven't done the full import of past checkins yet. https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/api/users/checkins
    Portland, Oregon
    1 like 2 replies
    Thu, Aug 29, 2019 10:42am -07:00
  • Nick Doty https://octodon.social/@npd   •   Aug 29

    @aaronpk but the carbon emissions of that air commute are much, much greater, even compared to long car commutes!

    Aaron Parecki
    That is very true, which is why I'm glad I don't actually commute every day :-)
    Portland, Oregon
    1 reply
    Thu, Aug 29, 2019 7:42am -07:00
  • Daniel Ehniss https://twitter.com/depone   •   Aug 29
    Is http://ownyourgram.com not working for me or anybody else? // cc @aaronpk #IndieWeb
    Aaron Parecki
    yes, we've been playing a cat and mouse game trying to keep it working. Not looking good right now.
    Portland, Oregon
    Thu, Aug 29, 2019 7:02am -07:00
  • Micah Silverman https://twitter.com/afitnerd   •   Aug 29
    Me (in Australia): It took me a bit to get used to how all your power outlets have individual switches.

    My mate (I use the word mate now): You mean in America the power to all the outlets is on all the time?

    Me: yup

    My mate: Well, that's just fucking dangerous!
    Aaron Parecki
    also I'm imagining someone saying that in an australian accent and it is great
    Portland, Oregon
    2 likes
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 11:19pm -07:00
  • Micah Silverman https://twitter.com/afitnerd   •   Aug 29
    Me (in Australia): It took me a bit to get used to how all your power outlets have individual switches.

    My mate (I use the word mate now): You mean in America the power to all the outlets is on all the time?

    Me: yup

    My mate: Well, that's just fucking dangerous!
    Aaron Parecki
    Last weekend I was chatting with a friend who does forensic investigation of fires and it turns out electrical outlets are ACTUALLY REALLY DANGEROUS omg. Don't ever leave a device half plugged in it turns out it *will* start a fire.
    Portland, Oregon
    3 likes
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 11:18pm -07:00
  • Simon Willison https://twitter.com/simonw   •   Aug 28
    It's for a tool to export the user's entire Swarm checkin history and save it to a local SQLite database file
    Aaron Parecki
    I need this tool!
    Castro Valley, California
    1 like 1 reply
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 5:00pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Aug 28
    Yeah there are a couple tricks, none of which are ideal. Basically you kick off the flow from the CLI app, get the user to visit a URL, but the redirect is to your server, and then you either tell them to paste an auth code into the CLI or
    Aaron Parecki
    or, you spin up a local web server to catch a redirect back from your backend, or you mimic the OAuth device flow on your backend. Hmm this sounds like a fun blog post 😬
    Castro Valley, California, USA
    3 likes
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 4:58pm -07:00
  • Simon Willison https://twitter.com/simonw   •   Aug 28
    @aaronpk do you know if there's a neat way for me to auth with Foursquare from a CLI tool I'm building? I need the user to be able to get their own OAuth token but I don't want to ship my client secret with the CLI tool
    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah there are a couple tricks, none of which are ideal. Basically you kick off the flow from the CLI app, get the user to visit a URL, but the redirect is to your server, and then you either tell them to paste an auth code into the CLI or
    Castro Valley, California
    1 like 1 reply
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 4:57pm -07:00
  • dietrich https://mastodon.social/@dietrich   •   Aug 23

    TIL: You can get watermelon poisoning.

    It's terrible, I do not recommend.

    Aaron Parecki
    is that like...eating too much watermelon? or watermelon poisoning like how lettuce can give you food poisoning?
    Portland, Oregon
    1 reply
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 11:16pm -07:00
  • Sen. Samantha Bananathon :qvp: https://social.illegalpornography.com/@BestGirlGrace   •   Aug 27

    "What's your calling convention?"
    - me, asking a robot girl if she wants me to talk to her on the phone or what

    Aaron Parecki
    some people do this for humans too http://ttk.me/w/CommunicationProtocols
    Portland, Oregon
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 9:53pm -07:00
  • Amateur Slacker https://twitter.com/noop_noob   •   Aug 27
    BTW, the reason I found this sentence is because the documentation for the "httr" R package linked to it https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/httr/vignettes/secrets.html
    Aaron Parecki
    oh wow yeah, I can see how that would be incredibly confusing. Well for the record, OAuth secrets are absolutely supposed to be secret, and we have different solutions for deployments that can't keep secrets.
    Portland, Oregon
    2 likes 1 reply
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 8:46pm -07:00
  • atola visuals https://twitter.com/AtolaVisuals   •   Aug 27
    Litto baby camura
    Aaron Parecki
    can our cameras be friends
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 reply
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 6:44pm -07:00
  • Jᵾlien Genestoux https://twitter.com/julien51   •   Aug 26
    Controversial opinion: recurring payment are an anti-pattern.

    If a product/service does not have enough value to justify a quick "one click" checkout on a monthly basis, then anything recurring is rent seeking.
    Aaron Parecki
    I know of at least one other person who shares this opinion :-)

    https://blog.beeminder.com/autocancel/
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 like 1 repost
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 2:34pm -07:00
  • Amateur Slacker https://twitter.com/noop_noob   •   Aug 26
    "The process results in a client ID and, in some cases, a client secret, which you embed in the source code of your application. (In this context, the client secret is obviously not treated as a secret.)"

    from https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2

    I'm confused.
    Aaron Parecki
    Good find... that is a really confusing sentence. I'm going to try to track that down and see if they can remove it.
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 like 2 replies
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 2:31pm -07:00 #oauth
  • atola visuals https://twitter.com/AtolaVisuals   •   Aug 26
    Smile! 😁📸
    Aaron Parecki
    oh my god what is that camera I must have it! 😍
    Portland, Oregon
    2 replies
    Mon, Aug 26, 2019 1:42pm -07:00
  • Michael https://mastodon.xyz/@nortix   •   Aug 26

    @aaronpk When you‘re away it displays that you‘re away? 😉

    Aaron Parecki
    Yes then it says where I am and when I'm coming back!
    Portland, Oregon
    1 like
    Sun, Aug 25, 2019 10:45pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Aug 25
    Having one of those moments where I feel like I need to tear up my entire office and living room and reorganize things and get rid of clutter, but that is not a project I should start at 5pm on a Sunday
    Aaron Parecki
    Update: I spent an hour cleaning and organizing, and ended up with two bags to take to goodwill. Not bad.
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    10 likes
    Sun, Aug 25, 2019 8:01pm -07:00
  • LimeAID https://twitter.com/_LimeAID   •   Aug 26
    Sorry to hear about this! Please send us a DM or email us at support@li.me to follow up. https://help.li.me/twickets/5637460
    Aaron Parecki
    It's fine, they switched back to English after I rode some in the US again!
    Portland, Oregon
    Sun, Aug 25, 2019 8:00pm -07:00
  • The Everyday Dad https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Aug 25
    This app is single handedly why I think the @LumixUSA GH5 (and others) are the best studio cameras 👍
    Aaron Parecki
    Confirmed, this is lifechanging! Thanks for the tip! Didn't even have to buy any new gear 🤣
    Portland, Oregon
    2 likes
    Sun, Aug 25, 2019 10:46am -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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