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mihor

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sw architect, linux enthusiast

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HomeAssistant is a really good piece of software. The only issue I still haven't 100% resolved are notifications, since I still need to figure out the most reliable way for when I will really need them - the push notifications simply won't work sometimes on my graphene os phone. Perhaps using the RedNode and email notification, but that again relies on the mail server being up as well, so one extra breaking point.

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A thought, one way to mitigate such security issues yourself would be to make use of subaddressing (the + sign) in your email address you use for such services, by appending your own random guid, for example, essentially making guessing your exact email address string futile. For example instead of using simply johndoe@example.com you would instead use johndoe+9be28cb9-fd22-4e9f-8144-93f90ab04a1f@example.com when registering. Assuming the service provider isn't using some lame and incorrect email address validation regex.

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It's bad that information is getting lost/locked up.

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Touché, I have some rather embarrassing pages myself which have luckily passed to the great /dev/null in the cybersky. 🤭

mihor ,
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Great, I didn't know that. They 'ban' the Russian news channels that way as well.

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You forgot Rust. 🦀

mihor ,
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That would likely trigger some sort of 'protection' and they would d̶e̶m̶o̶n̶e̶t̶i̶z̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ steal your ad revenue.

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They're playing the long game here. First they assimilated browser space with Chrome, then they disabled manifest v2, and the next step will probably be some reincarnation of WEI just like you said, in order to close down the open internet for good.

If you look at the state of the web right now, most of the interactions and traffic go through the dedicated apps of the big tech (spyware, basically) who are vendor-locking the experience. I figure it will divide the web even further into two entities, one being the addictive big-tech apartheid spyware gardens, and the other being the free fediverse-like FOSS-natured web for privacy and tech enthusiasts, with severely limited interaction between the two. I'll always choose the latter, thank you very much.

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Sadly it looks to me a much better experience than the current state of the ad space...

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He's the bastard that ran the Chrome project!

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I have a 17 year old car with ESP (electronic stability) and without any 'smart' stuff. I'll run it until its last breath.

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Your honor, it was not a rape, it was my legitimate interest in sex.

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They will call it legal and we will like it.

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Bu that's the general view of executives pretty much in all big companies. I mean about the users being cash cows. It's irrelevant what executives think about LGBTQ+ community, they know very well that pecunia non olet (cash doesn't stink) so they ignore their own views, whichever they may be.

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  • Hold them?! * chuckles * No, sir, we will not hold you... Certainly not for longer than this crematorium takes to process you. 😵‍💫
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But I reckon there's not that much support for most trackers, and most need to first be registered with the official app, defeating the privacy. Is there a reasonably good product that works on gadgetbridge without vendor registration?

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Right after HL3 will be released.

Would you teach your kids how to pirate?

My gf and I have had discussions about teaching morals to kids. In that vein, I asked myself, would I teach piracy to my kids? Yes, it’s technically illegal and carries inherent risks. But so does teenage sex carry the risks of teenage pregnancy, and so we have an obligation to children to teach them how to practice safe sex....

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My spirit animal!

mihor ,
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You mean aye, matey!

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It varies depending on the manufacturer and model, though.

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At least we all agree that google is a piece of shit company.

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As an anecdote I once tracked down a person who threatened me. The only things I had were their likeness (whilst wearing a mask!), the car and plates (which were only useful to positively identify the person was correct when I called the phone number and asked 'do you own such and such car with such and such plates') and the fact that the person worked for a law firm (not specific) using only osint.

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RIP battery.

Dell is so frustrating

Dell has got to be one of the most frustrating companies that put out a linux laptop. They put out a laptop certified for ubuntu but then never support newer releases. A big part of their hardware is always proprietary drivers like webcam, fingerprint reader etc.. Then you update to a new LTS release because lets be serious...

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i'm seriously considering the Pulse 14, since it's around 800 eur cheaper than FrameWork Ryzen options, any good reviews out there?

Edit: also the customization looks promising, it seems Tuxedo has its own github page with drivers so you can hack your own keyboard layout, now I really want one!

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I'm sure that could be implemented.

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Finally deleted my LinkedIn account!

After putting my account into "hibernation" for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I'm still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company's site and finding a Jobs page.

Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!

@privacy

mihor ,
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Shit, I got almost half of my jobs through that site, though. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. 😆

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Security by obscurity isn't.

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The last time I used 'new' teams I had serious issues with video, as in the video stream would keep wiggling 1 pixel left and right, really nauseating! 🤢

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Damn straight! I worked with remote Indian devs and always treated them with respect like any other colleague, in addition to taking extra time to explain the specifics of the project which many of my local coworkers never bothered. It always went well and I had excellent relationships with them.

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Now, where might one find those? For science, of course...

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Fuck /u/spez

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LOL, serves them right! 😂

mihor ,
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Doesn't Ghostery do that for us?

mihor ,
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Thanks, I'll look into that!!!

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They'll be disappointed by the valuation, that's for sure. Reddit is worth jack sh*t.

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Yeah, I would like to know that as well.

Although if updating the adblocker’s list is not instant, as with wm2, it is basically a losing race with Google, since they can change the ad domains even before the adblocker update is applied.

Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend?

Things that make me angry about my current smartphone Samsung Galaxy S21Ultra on a Verizon plan is the mandatory software updates in which they install WITHOUT MY PERMISSION stupid apps like Netflix and addictive gambling games and stacking block games and Candy crush. God knows what else they install without my permission. I...

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Well, the only viable alternative then seems to be some sort of Linux phone, then.

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Fair point, I suppose the only thing preventing me from going for Linux phone are banking apps which want to run on unrooted android. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I'm currently downloading a show that is on a service to which I subscribe

I have a Galaxy Tab S7 and for a trip to Spain I downloaded some stuff to watch on the flight. When I got on the plane none of the stuff downloaded on Disney+ would play. Maybe an issue with downloading to the SD card? I don’t know, but regardless Disney offers SD card as a download destination so they should make sure it is...

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Shiver me timbers.

mihor ,
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But that’s exactly what I LOVE about him! Well researched and thoroughly argumented rants, full of juicy insights and no restraints. I love him, he’s my spirit animal. And I love Blackberry and Clinton.

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Fun fact, Linus is Swedish speaking. :)

(Please see comments) Alternatives to Signal if they exit EU due to ending E2EE

Like the title states looking for E2EE apps (Android and iOS) without going into much details or needs to be robust enough and easy to use for anyone and stable for operations that are susceptible to constant electronic warfare. I did some research and thought about replacing Signal with Molly and wondering if it will still work...

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Pardon my ignorance but is EU really truly considering this colossaly stupid move to ban E2EE?

what youtube is doing is a slow easing of removing adblockers rather than an immediate one

if they outright forced us to stop day one there’d be outrage, so they instead ease us in. first a popup, then a timed popup, slowly leading to their actual goal but without the risk of an initial outrage. i know this is an extreme comparison but we’re like lambs to a slaughter

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Thanks for this!!!

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Virtual staredown.

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Maybe just stop using shit products, I don’t know.

Windows pc calling home (even while asleep) ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )

I have a network-wide pi hole and I noticed that it requested activity.windows.com, a url blocked by my pi hole, even while my pc is suspended. I pinged 10.0.0.217 and it is currently unreachable. So, somehow, windows pc’s turn on networking, phones home, and turns off even while suspended....

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Sorry for the rant but why the hell people still entertain themselves with proprietary Windows games in 2023?!? So much so that they are willing to put up with such utter rubbish of an OS? Man, just play better games, even FOSS ones, on Linux! The proprietary rubbish pay-to-win games should be shunned!

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Lol, kosa means scythe in slovenian.

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