Steltek

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by Steltek 1y ago
MacOS feels like Android. It's more mobile OS than desktop/laptop. It's theoretically open but you can absolutely feel the walls closing in around you: only signed binaries are trusted by the OS (no asked who you trust), ap
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by Steltek 1y ago
Going by the wiki link further down the tree: 1980's: 4 shutdowns totaling 2 days 1990's: 3 shutdowns totaling 29 days (21 of those days was when Gingrich as Speaker) 2000's: 0 (9/11 and GWoT unity?) 2010's: 3 shutd
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by Steltek 1y ago
But to continue your analogy, the pilot is also totally correct in refusing to crash the plane into the ground or jettison passengers out the door because they're brown. The current state of affairs is not some mere disagreement of ide
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by Steltek 1y ago
Deploying Western troops to Ukraine has a clear purpose and limit: evict Russian troops from Ukrainian territory. Using nuclear weapons does not make much sense in that scenario. There's nothing to gain and a lot to lose. Yes, it puts
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by Steltek 1y ago
There are twin goals: total freedom of speech and holding society together (limit polarization). I would say you need non-anonymous speech, reputation systems, trace-able moderation (who did you upvote), etc. You can say whatever you want b
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by Steltek 1y ago
You have to love how this whole thread embodies Cunningham's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#%22Cunningham'...
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by Steltek 1y ago
How much stuff breaks when you do that?
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by Steltek 1y ago
> I disagree when it comes to people like teachers who are openly advocating for political violence. Do you think that's a fair characterization of who's getting fired? Was Matt Dowd advocating violence? How were his remarks so
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by Steltek 1y ago
I didn't say they invented the walled garden. I said Apple made it acceptable and successful for general purpose computing. "I can't use Firefox on my phone" doesn't quite have the same ring as "I can't us
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by Steltek 1y ago
You were trying to re-focus the discussion away from Apple's behavior by pointing to Google. Yes, both stepped over the line trying to anti-competitively make their browser dominant. Everyone had an ostensible choice to not use Chrome
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by Steltek 1y ago
This is a nonsequitor. You fear a loss of control (someone will force you to install Google and MS apps) so you choose iOS because it has less control.
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by Steltek 1y ago
Regular walkie talkies + VOX + headset re-assembled into the phone handset ? Make the phone hook a switch to cut the mic (err, like it originally did, I guess). It's not elegant but it could be a quick evening's work.
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by Steltek 1y ago
Speak for yourself. I can't wait for my Pebble to arrive so I can junk drawer my awful Garmin watch. The UI is dreadful to the point that I can't believe no one else notices. Like, doesn't anyone else notice how hard it is to
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by Steltek 1y ago
How did you get the Tapo cameras to play nice in rtsp mode with frigate? I found that even one camera did horrible things to the wifi. Even with one camera per AP per band, they caused trouble.
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by Steltek 1y ago
We've seen the GOP reaction at a State level. When a Dem governor is about to take office, the GOP legislature passes sweeping bills to limit executive power and the about-to-be-former GOP Governor signs them.
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by Steltek 1y ago
The US "fiscal situation" is a creation of the same sabotage-driven administration. Extreme tax cuts, deferred maintenance, and a bone-chilling police state apparatus is a sure fire way to destroy your economy.
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by Steltek 1y ago
> I do wish I could get the other modules in lavender too Since we're in plastic/budget territory, is it absurd to consider a color matching sticker/wrap over the basic modules?
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by Steltek 1y ago
From the article: > But how can websites know whether its users are using secure authenticators? Authenticators can cryptographically prove certain facts about their origins, like who manufactured it, by generating an attestation stateme
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by Steltek 1y ago
It begs the question, are you carrying extreme loads, like refrigerators, on a daily basis? If not, then this is like buying an F-350 when you're mostly taking your kids to school. If so, then maybe none of these are the right design a
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by Steltek 2y ago
Self-hosted Matrix with all the bridges is awesome and brings back that Pidgin/Adium life of one chat app for all of my friends. Too bad Apple has an uncanny ability to avoid consequences with iMessage.
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by Steltek 2y ago
Tarpit instead? Trickle out a dead end response (no links) at bytes-per-second speeds until the bot times out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_(networking)
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by Steltek 2y ago
The original blog post for the revived Pebble was very clear about the design goals and it drove home something quite clearly: this is not going to deliver a laundry list of features or support all possible lifestyles. It will be focused on
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by Steltek 2y ago
The more interesting Apple trademark case was "iPhone", which was in active use by Cisco for their VoIP desk phones.
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by Steltek 2y ago
The politics are so bad that I think people should stay away from Lemmy period. It's like saying it's fine to create a Xitter account these days as long as you stay away from politics.
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by Steltek 2y ago
I have a Garmin Instinct 2. They definitely did not nail it. It's horrible in all respects. It's HUGE, physically painful to use, and the UI must have been written by 10 different teams who weren't talking to each other.
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by Steltek 2y ago
Compared to _Garmin_? The Pebble UI and OS will run circles around it. Intuitive, fast, and amazing.
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by Steltek 2y ago
My Pebble Time Steel finally bit the dust so I turned to a Garmin Instinct. I can't stand it. The button placement is totally random and legitimately painful to use. The Garmin software focuses on fitness activities to the exclusion of
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by Steltek 2y ago
I guess I wasn't thinking of my primary line of defense: webapps! Naturally sandboxed and least privilege'd. And many of them are locally selfhosted in containers too. Native apps for me tend to fall into a few narrow categories:
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by Steltek 2y ago
Moving PCs to a more mobile-like environment, where apps are always sandboxed and all permissions are explicit, sounds so tempting. But then you realize that manufacturers will always cross the line: MS and Apple apps get special privileges
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by Steltek 2y ago
I feel the same way about e-bikes: expensive, proprietary parts and form factors everywhere. Oh, your battery is worn out? You need one that's custom molded to your downtube? That's too bad. Thankfully they're easier to DIY t

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