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Aaron Parecki

  • Simon Willison https://twitter.com/simonw   •   Nov 19
    I thought that was valid with RelMeAuth but not IndieAuth - how can I get that working as an IndieAuth client?
    Aaron Parecki
    I’ll admit it’s a bit of a “hack”. The trick is “aaron@parecki.com” is a URL because if you assume the http scheme then you get http://aaron@parecki.com which is a username but no password with HTTP basic auth. The server can switch what it returns based on that username.
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  • Blaine Cook https://twitter.com/blaine   •   Nov 19
    In the meantime, IndieAuth is, imho, a step backwards. OAuth/OIDC sign-in with login_hint works *great*; the lack of auto-/no-registration / a public key version is a real bummer, though.
    Aaron Parecki
    This one I’m really confused on, and we should probably chat about it to clear things up. IMO OIDC is more of a barrier here because the default is that clients need to register. With IndieAuth there is no expectation of client registration at all.
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  • Blaine Cook https://twitter.com/blaine   •   Nov 19
    😢 @aaronpk knows my stance on this well - domain-based auth is exclusionary and confusing to users. IndieAuth should just use email addresses, even if it's not doesn't use webfinger and just does s/@([^.*]\..*$/\1/ with the address.
    Aaron Parecki
    There is no obligation that you have to register your own domain for IndieAuth to work. I’ve talked about this at ActivityPub Conference showing how they can use IndieAuth to enable a standards-based app ecosystem for ActivityPub/Mastodon apps. That of course uses shared domains.
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  • Simon Willison https://twitter.com/simonw   •   Nov 19
    I'm intrigued by the IndieAuth thing where you can input a domain but your final identifier is a page specific to you on that domain - seems like it could help avoid users having to register their own domain or remember their full URL
    Aaron Parecki
    so it turns out this works. I can type in “aaron@parecki.com” in an indieauth prompt and it works. because that is a URL.
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  • Dennis Crowley 🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/dens   •   Nov 18
    "This is an urgent message for the vehicle owner..."

    How do we not have the technology to stop this shit?
    Aaron Parecki
    a side benefit of not owning a car is being able to completely ignore these without even a second thought 😂
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  • Defrag https://twitter.com/defrag   •   Nov 17
    Alright, I'm taking recs on home-cameras that aren't Nest. Because the quality of Nest just consistently degrades.
    Aaron Parecki
    I use Unifi cameras cause the whole thing runs locally and records to a pile of hard drives in my closet
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  • Ben Philippe https://twitter.com/gohomeben   •   Nov 17
    A 12-YO INTRODUCED ME TO HER ZOOM CLASS AS "THIS IS BEN. HE'S VERIFIED ON TWITTER WITHOUT A LOT OF FOLLOWERS." END OF BIO.

    THAT'S A WRAP ON 2020. I'LL BE IN BED. LEAVE SANDWICHES OUTSIDE.
    Aaron Parecki
    woo welcome to the verified-without-a-lot-of-followers-club 🎉
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  • idiot_girl https://twitter.com/idiot_girl   •   Nov 17
    Lol it’s ok. I’m old too and my knee jerk reaction/gun-to-my-head reaction would also be MySQL and PHP mainly because that’s how I learned to code - by ripping apart php/mysql powered cms and e-commerce playforms. I know it inside and out.
    Aaron Parecki
    yeah exactly, and users of this CMS are going to care exactly zero what fancy tech it's built with, so it's more important that it works well than it's built with the latest JS framework or the blockchain or whatever sorry do I sound bitter? 😇
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  • idiot_girl https://twitter.com/idiot_girl   •   Nov 17
    If you were going to write a web app for content management (basic user access plus create, read, update, delete) what would you use to power the database? What would you use to build the logic interface?
    Aaron Parecki
    probably still PHP + MySQL, likely using Laravel, but a server-rendered UI with maybe a hint of javascript for some nice interactions. I'm old.
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  • flaki https://twitter.com/slsoftworks   •   Nov 17
    So finally my ATEM Mini Pro has arrived yesterday and YES it is exactly as wonderful as the fables would have it! 🤩
    Aaron Parecki
    nice greenscreen setup too!
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  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 16
    I like how they copied stories from instagram and now shorts from tiktok. what's next?
    Aaron Parecki
    oh and channel memberships from Patreon
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  • Tommy Callaway https://twitter.com/tgcallaway   •   Nov 16
    youtube's answer to tiktok. 1080p vertical videos, 60 seconds or less, uploaded to your channel with the hashtag "Shorts" seems to be the key. Might not need the hashtag any more.
    Aaron Parecki
    I like how they copied stories from instagram and now shorts from tiktok. what's next?
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  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Nov 14
    If I'm talking about something I script. If I'm doing something its off the cuff.

    Scripting is more work up front but it saves me SOO much time in the edit.
    Aaron Parecki
    Exactly the same for me and I'm learning it's absolutely worth the effort cause it makes the rest go soooo much faster
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  • Randall Degges https://twitter.com/rdegges   •   Nov 14
    About to switch from my Pixel 3 and FitBit (been using Android since the very first Android phone) to an iPhone and Apple Watch. Wish me luck.
    Aaron Parecki
    Whoaaaa welcome to the d̶a̶r̶k̶ light side
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  • Danielle Baskin https://twitter.com/djbaskin   •   Nov 13
    Every time an Intuit recruiter reaches out (frequently for some reason) I ask them to describe the job, then I say “Sorry, I’m just not that into it. Heh heh heh.” and the joke just never hits.
    Aaron Parecki
    👏👏👏
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  • Alexander Martin https://fosstodon.org/@alexbuzzbee   •   Nov 14

    @aaronpk You can put it on the inside and the outside and have some cheese on the side too. And there will probably be some extra crispy cheese left in the pan.

    Aaron Parecki
    and then also dip it in cheese sauce
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  • Tommy Callaway https://twitter.com/tgcallaway   •   Nov 5
    B&H Dealzone - little LED Pad light for under $100, comes with a grid. LedGo makes some solid products. https://bhpho.to/32hY1Os - ends in 5 hours.

    buy lights!
    Aaron Parecki
    This was in fact a good deal and mine just arrived today!
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  • 🌊 🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/coreload   •   Nov 14
    Atom content can be a MIME type. Carousels are a presentation option.
    Aaron Parecki
    Sure, you *can* represent anything with Atom because at the end of the day it’s just XML and you can extend it however you want, but then you also have to convince other people to consume that XML for it to be useful. This is what I meant by actually go try it.
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  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 13
    Don’t forget that RSS is by definition unable to evolve to include other richer post types than just blog posts. Atom you could start to shoehorn other things into by adding namespaces and such. But does anyone really want to keep writing XML?
    Aaron Parecki
    Meanwhile, Pingback has nothing to do with Atom/RSS and has always worked with arbitrary web pages. That too was XML for literally no good reason, so that’s been simplified into the Webmention protocol
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  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 13
    Don’t forget posting things other than blog posts and text. You want to post a photo? Sure you could embed that in a blog post I guess. A video? now it’s getting tricky. Maybe use Atom enclosures? Posting multiple photos to be shown as a carousel like instagram?
    Aaron Parecki
    Don’t forget that RSS is by definition unable to evolve to include other richer post types than just blog posts. Atom you could start to shoehorn other things into by adding namespaces and such. But does anyone really want to keep writing XML?
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