Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS…

Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS.

On one hand, I’ve thought it was a cool idea since I first heard about it. (And now I’m thinking of that cache problem with HTTPS sites and high-latency connections.)

On the other hand…it’s a lot easier to remember and type ‘example.com/whatever’ than a hash value.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/distributed-web-gateway/

#ipfs

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Whitney Frost cosplay by CasualCosplayKatie

Whitney Frost cosplay by @CasualCosplayKatie@Instagram.com.

Google Photos reminded me that it’s been exactly 2 years since she was going to debut the cosplay at Long Beach Comic Con, but ended up not being able to go. We did a photoshoot anyway that morning, and she’s worn the outfit at several conventions since then, including the following year’s #LBCC

#cosplay #longbeachcomiccon #LBCC2016 #LBCC2017 #WhitneyFrost #AgentCarter

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Pixelfed boost test results

I know it’s not done yet, but when I saw I could boost from PixelFed, I had to try.

1. Follows, likes & replies don’t federate back to Pixelfed yet.

2. Replies do appear on my profile here & on the OP on Mastodon instances where I am following this account.

3. Neither the OP nor replies show up on Mastodon instances where I’m not following this account.

4. I can search the OP on another Masto instance, but it doesn’t see the replies.

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I also like the idea of boosting a blog post and having replies federate as …

I also like the idea of boosting a blog post and having replies federate as comments.

We’ve all been trained by FB to discuss on the network instead of at the source. That fragments the conversation, and while sometimes that’s a good thing, sometimes it helps to, well, centralize.

Everyone who’s asked me for help using IFTTT with Mastodon has asked *here*, not on the blog post, so they haven’t seen other people who had the same problem & how they fixed it.

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2017/12/mastodon-ifttt/

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A few scenic shots taken around the Long Beach Convention Center during Long Beach Comic Con…

A few scenic shots taken around the Long Beach Convention Center during Long Beach Comic Con over the past weekend.

The first is a new walkway that connects the main entrance to the convention center with a theater around the far side.

The second is a building lit up by the sunset reflecting off a building behind me.

The third is a mural on the side of the convention center *under* the theater.

#photography #LongBeach #California #City #LBCC2018

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Spent the weekend at Long Beach Comic Con.

10th year of the con, still smallish but very comics & art focused (unlike other “comic cons”).

7YO was fascinated by the droid builders as always, and played a lot of laser tag. Wife cosplayed as Prof. Trelawney. I went to see Marv Wolfman & Christopher Priest talk about their careers as writers and editors. We bought some art cards, prints, toys & discount books.

Blog: https://hyperborea.org/journal/2018/09/long-beach-comic-con-2018/
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/albums/72157700841439474

#lbcc2018 #ComicCon

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Some of the comics I’ve read on that list…

Daytripper is amazing.

I quite liked the original Elfquest.

Fun Home is really good.

Planetary is a fascinating exploration of superhero/scifi tropes, but works best if you know the references.

Transmetropolitan is really good, but not everyone’s cup of tea.

Sandman is epic, but start w/the 2nd collection & go back for part 1 if you like it. It took 8 issues for the series to find its voice. So while the first collection establishes the setting and characters, it’s a very different tone from the rest of the series.

Astro City is a great reimagining of superheroes, hopeful & standing on its own.

Oh, and Hark! A Vagrant! is a lot of fun also, especially if you like literary and historical humor. It’s a collection of unrelated comic strips rather than an ongoing story.

The owner of example.com automatically owns www.example.com, whatever.example.com…

In response to concerns that someone could set up a phishing subdomain on a legit primary domain

@jessmahler @rowan @ibagail @DialMforMara @Anke They’d have to alter the registry info (either at the registrar itself or by controlling the network that the target user is on) in order to set up another subdomain and actually get it to function. If they can do that, they don’t need the subdomain – they can alter the records for the primary.

@ibagail The owner of example.com automatically owns http://www.example.com, whatever.example.com, blah.blah.blah.example.com, etc. In the case of YouTube, YouTube.com is the building and www is one floor of the building.

They can let someone else use some floors if they want to, but no one can just grab http://www.youtube.com

That said, it is possible for YouTube to set up different websites with and without www. It’s not common, and most sites choose not to in order to avoid confusion, but it does happen.

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