ComradePhil

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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I completely do not understand snap hate. Imo, snap is one of the best things Canonical have done. I'm trying to read comments here to find what everyone who hates it is talking about but I can't seem to find anything except for g
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
You can disable snap auto updates or control all aspects of auto updates, just like you can with apt.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Did you ask the company that rejected you what the reason was? Did they tell you that it was the programming task or did you just assume it was? It is very likely that you did well, but one of the other candidates was a better fit overall..
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
They are when pharma does it.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
The western media has been working extra hard to suppress Nazism in Ukraine: https://mobile.twitter.com/elaadeliahu/status/15179484439222...
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Are you working with an IFS therapist or are you using Pete Gerlach's online self-help course? Has anyone had success with Pete Gerlach's course?
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
It literally cures mortality. https://youtu.be/C7EocA1hsCU
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
No, it's not bad judgement for a normal human being... or even for an okay security engineer.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
"Open sourcing" the algorithm to a public platform will be very interesting... but even getting Twitter out of influence of foreign agents, whether they are bots [1], the 50 cent army [2] or powerful foreign state-level actors [3]
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Anyone can be a "security engineer" on paper if they get the necessary training... but that doesn't give you the personality that you need for the job. The author does seem to have the personality to some extent... so he shou
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
If you measure competence as relative performance, a person cannot know how competent they are compared to others... because to do that correctly, they would not only have to know how much they know but also know how much other people know.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
> mindlessly watching TV Also childish. > going to sports games More teenagy than childish, but still just as bad.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
One thing that has changed is the fact that most of the third party drivers is installed automatically when you install Windows and can also be updated as "optional updates" using Windows update itself... also with WSL, you can ru
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Or ignore the PUA warning and install it anyway?
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I'm with you here... but marketing by corporations really works. People really believe that the genius bar people are skilled people with all the technical know-how and training to solve every problem. People don't know that in re
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
They chose terrible timing to launch it. They should have either done it while Trump was in office or whenever Democrats lose the election next time... because that's when their primary audience seems to seek comfort in their stories a
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I think Musk is seriously misled about the future of social media. Twitter is where people go for posting stuff when sitting on a toilet. Even though it may seem like it is where all the newsmakers are at this point in history, imho it does
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
So, the fact that Russia has been against NATO expansion... and has consistently spoken and acted against it including in Georgia is "mostly bullshit"? Ok.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Because they can easily un-backdoor them?
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Maybe it is true to some extent but the mechanism is different: maybe those who have low self-esteem work harder to be more competent than those who are comfortable with what they know.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
> it has a decent CLI half baked in with a number of weird ass exceptions that punch you in the face regularly. Tell me you haven't used WSL without telling me you haven't used WSL.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I found this which claims to block these attacks: https://www.gdatasoftware.com/antivirus-windows > USB Keyboard Guard > Protects you against manipulated USB devices that pretend to be keyboards, even though they look
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
From the linked article: > Kaspersky Endpoint Security's technology will not authorize any HIDs unless the user inputs a code using a HID already authorized to do so.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Windows has a MUCH superior cli these days because of WSL.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
This is a well-known mode of attack and some anti-virus software have protections against it: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/weaponized-usb-devices/26495/
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I dedicated most part of a day to migrate most of the subscription to a new email. Iirc, it took me more than 8+ hours.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
I can only imagine of one possibility and that is the software calculating the speeds incorrectly.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
He discusses this in his recent TED interview: https://youtu.be/cdZZpaB2kDM
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
This is already done in sensible parts of the world to some extent where consumer electricity is priced differently from electricity for business purposes... but yes, a more fine grained control would lead to better prices for most users.
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by ComradePhil 4y ago
Takedowns. If certain videos are important to you, make copies and store in your local drives, make encrypted backups and store in the cloud. Too many forces want to change history, gaslight the masses and disinform them. For example, how l

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