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Aaron Parecki

  • bradfitz https://twitter.com/bradfitz   •   Nov 18
    I literally just sprayed coffee all over my monitor at your comment. Took the wrong moment to have a sip.
    Aaron Parecki
    I appreciate the commitment to prove this with a photo and am also very curious about what's in your bookmark toolbar and open tabs
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  • patrick. https://twitter.com/imPatrickT   •   Nov 18
    yup and loading from Lock Screen is a deal breaker for me.
    Aaron Parecki
    *deal maker. agreed.
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  • Deity Microphones 🎙️ https://twitter.com/deitymicrophone   •   Nov 18
    Seems like YouTube is changing their service terms AGAIN.... It's that second bullet point that should be interesting...

    What are your thoughts on the new changes to the YouTube platform?
    Aaron Parecki
    I always assumed that was already the case. Is it not?
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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
    Email addresses *are* domain-based auth. I think you’re conflating two different parts of the system. In IndieAuth, the canonical user identifier doesn’t have to be the thing the user enters in a login prompt. This is also true for almost every other authentication system.
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  • Aaron Parecki
    To be clear, I’m not sure this is a *good* idea, and it also requires a bit of code running at the web server of the root domain, but it does work.
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  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 18
    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.
    Aaron Parecki
    As a client developer you have to: 1) follow the spec by assuming “http” if no scheme is entered, and 2) allow the user-entered URL to contain a username component.
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  • 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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