chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.social
Oct 20, 2026, 11:50 PMokay why is the number 4 trending* right now
*by which i mean a conspicuous number of posts on my feed from the last hour are about it
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- chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.socialOct 21, 2026, 12:24 AM
thank you for explaining
- chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.socialOct 21, 2026, 12:25 AM
it's funny how posting "please explain to me the thing everyone is making jokes about right now" feels like a social taboo but then when you do it nothing bad happens
Oct 20, 2026, 11:51 PM@chrisamaphone a TLS certificate authority was found to have signing certificates with a private key of 4
Oct 20, 2026, 11:53 PM
Dan Sugalskiwordshaper@weatherishappening.networkOct 21, 2026, 12:28 AM@chrisamaphone I’ve found the worst but most probable outcome is people helpfully tell you what’s going on and you end up regretting knowing.
Oliver Kennedyokennedy@discuss.systemsOct 21, 2026, 12:35 AM@chrisamaphone The whole "Today's lucky 10,000" phenomenon :)
Oct 21, 2026, 1:14 AM@chrisamaphone It's mostly good, but someone did unfollow me for it once 🙄