no one has noticed the donkey playing guitar hidden in this

Just realized I've been using Signal for 10 years now as my main messaging app 💖

E2EE apps felt so fringe until recently. Kind of can't believe it's been so long!

Joyful 『Chess』
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ON0MJEIzSE

@shriramk this post inspired me to bring back an old trend of making flashy Blingee-type GIFs that said "Gödel, Escher, Bach" https://infosec.exchange/@rival_elf/115965413460033592

Blingee is gone from the Internet :(

When I was in college, my friend started a trend where we used to make over-the-top sparkly gifs with fairies that said "Gödel, Escher, Bach" and we'd all share them with each other.

Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.

the kind of evening where I wish I had a physical Korg Wavestation from the 1990s

@quephird @uliwitness sorry for your loss <3

Ah, here's one I recognize. I took a class with Alfred Menezes and he told us to avoid reading the "Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Menezes" lol

I have a math degree, but outside of like ~3 courses I didn't have textbooks, just course notes the professors would provide, so I recognize almost none of these!

Just learned about the Open Syllabus map, where you can browse a visualization of the most frequently assigned college textbooks across college courses https://galaxy.opensyllabus.org/

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@rival_elf/115925818941368950

A lot of people have been confused by this post, but it really is as good as it sounds. There is no limit to the number of generations back it applies. I recommend sharing this around, as quite a few people are discovering they now qualify for citizenship.

More info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Canadiancitizenship/wiki/index/

@cczona Aside, thank you so much for replying to all the questions with clear, helpful info! The website is genuinely very confusing and your responses are great 🙏

@janeadams where does it say that on the page?

@ojarjur where is that on the page?

@RachelThornSub That's not my read of it based on:
- "Second generation or later: Also born outside Canada to a first-generation person. This person is now Canadian in some situations."
- "Citizenship may have been restored or given to people who were born outside Canada in the second generation or later before December 15, 2025."
- "This rule also applies to you if you were born to someone who became Canadian because of these rule changes."

The last point is the one that really seems like it applies to any direct ancestor. What do you think?

Some caveats:
1) You must have been born before December 15, 2025 for this to apply (which if you're reading this, you are), and
2) You (obviously) need to be able to be able to provide some proof of your claim

Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html

I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!

@rene_mobile do not worry, I will take any opportunity I can get to complain about weird linux distributions