📰 "Fragment-Based Configuration Interaction: Towards a Unifying Description of Biexcitonic Processes in Molecular Aggregates"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16528 #Physics.Chem-Ph #Dynamics #Matrix
Content warning:Venting about Matrix.
It occurs to Us that just how horrible the #markup situation for #Matrix is isn't very common or accessible knowledge, so here's a summary from a nerd who loves tinkering with markup.
For background, unlike the common asmuption, Matrix doesn't actually work with #MarkDown (#CommonMark), but defines a narrow set of HTML tags and attributes to be supported and it's the client's job to convert markdown to HTML before sending. And, before We say anything bad about it, We absolutely love the idea, if it were executed properly, it would completely blow every other chat platform out of the water with how powerful the markup is while remaining just as accessible to the average user.
Of course, this is #mtarix we're talking about, so what actually happens is that
1. "Implement any of these tags at your convenience. We do not care how many or which." ( https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#mroommessage-msgtypes )and
2. even if you follow the """strongly advised""" set to a tee, there's still so much behavior left undefined that even when things are "supported", there is no guarantee that anything but the most basic of markup will result in messages that look anything alike.



Update on our migration from discord to #matrix: notifications are hopelessly broken. On my phone, I don't gent any notification at all while another user notifications for inexistente messages and can't disable the notification badge.
This software is kind of wank, unfortunately.
New security issues found in Matrix https://peq42.com/blog/new-security-issues-found-in-matrix/
#matrix #cybersecurity #cybersec

Why is this still an issue on #Element :))
It's been a thing for mooooonths (or a year?) despite not being an issue before, and I'm not sure if it's to do with Element or #KDE/#Kwallet (or something else entirely i.e. #Flatpak). The last time I had an issue relating to Kwallet was with #VSCode and even that required some weird workaround (IIRC, lying that we're using #GNOME 's keychain or smtg like that).
I've been using #NeoChat but I swear Element's the best #Matrix client and I miss having it.

RE: https://furry.engineer/@soatok/116088639302283341
This is old news for some but way too many people didn’t get the notice: do not trust Matrix crypto. It’s not that they have issues (who doesn’t), it’s their approach which is the opposite of taking security seriously.
#Matrix #MatrixMessenger #infosec
RE: https://furry.engineer/@soatok/116088639302283341
I’m not qualified to comment on the alleged security vulnerability in #Matrix, but 'the entire Matrix community sucks because one user once disagreed with me on the Internet' is such a wild take.
I was always a big fan of #Conversations and seeing now, that people actually use this app as a unified push provider for #fluffychat is really cool :D
However, we really should find a way to bring #xmpp and #matrix closer together because we share so many ideals <3
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 19th at 4PM CET for an FHE.org meetup featuring Miran Kim, associate professor of the Department of Mathematics and affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at Hanyang University, presenting "Efficient Homomorphic Matrix Computation for Secure Transformer Inference".
RSVP at https://luma.com/FHE.org-084
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #matrix
