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by beermonster 5y ago
Well it’s no longer the in thing, and TikTok is the new kid on the block. In the UK kids think FaceBook is for old people and use Snapchat and TikTok.
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by beermonster 5y ago
Why use FB for that and not a picture sharing site, just out of interest?
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by beermonster 5y ago
“ Our Lisp services are conceptually a classical AI application that operates on huge piles of knowledge created by linguists and researchers. It’s mostly a CPU-bound program, and it is one of the biggest consumers of computing resources in
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by beermonster 5y ago
And supports off-line navigation IIRC.
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by beermonster 5y ago
So how about OsmAnd[0] ? Supports fully offline mobile navigation. [0] https://osmand.net/
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by beermonster 5y ago
Since MacOS 10.11.5 SMB signing is enabled by default which does impact performance.
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by beermonster 5y ago
> Samba is SO SLOW Are you using SMBv3? Here are some comparison stats [1] [1] https://photographylife.com/afp-vs-nfs-vs-smb-performance
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by beermonster 5y ago
Yes, one such is https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Netatalk Though haven’t Apple deprecated [0][1] AFS in Mavericks 10.9 in favour of SMB? [0] https://eclecticlight.co/2019/12/09/can-you-s
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Finnish diplomats’ phones infected with NSO Group Pegasus spyware(bleepingcomputer.com)
224 points by beermonster 5y ago|107 comments
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by beermonster 5y ago
LUKS2 is supported with some know limitations [0] Argon2id (cryptsetup default) and Argon2i PBKDFs are not supported, only PBKDF2 is. grub-install does not support creating a core image that could be used for unlocking LUKS2. [0] https:&#x
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Decryption through LUKS2 reencryption crash recovery(seclists.org)
143 points by beermonster 5y ago|38 comments
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Public Libraries and Schools Surpass Half a Billion Digital Book Loans in 2021(company.overdrive.com)
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by beermonster 5y ago
Also from the announcement : “.. but we encourage using one of the many URL shortening services that are available, instead of git.io, as we will be deprecating the tool in the future.”
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by beermonster 5y ago
You can always do what I do. Delete 90% of the pre-installed apps from a Smartphone and disable most notifications. Then be really really discerning about what you then install to that base from its App Store. Effectively turning a smartpho
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by beermonster 5y ago
Philip is Greek for lover of horses i.e. ‘Horselover’. Dick is German for fat. So Horselover Fat = Philip Dick.
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by beermonster 5y ago
Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29965600
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Pandemic board game mysteriously disappears from app stores(nintendolife.com)
4 points by beermonster 5y ago|1 comments
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by beermonster 5y ago
Eons ago there used to be a type of service on the web that allowed you to send a URL to a mail server. It would fetch the content at that URL and email the article to you. I can't for the life of me remember what that type of service
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by beermonster 5y ago
Anecdotally I’ve noticed the DDG search result relevance/quality improve a lot in that time too. Well done DDG - I rarely use Google search these days. I’ve found the search operators work more reliably too which is great for locating
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by beermonster 5y ago
One such alternative is from objective-see [1] and it's great. [1] https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html
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by beermonster 5y ago
Moleskine paper is horrible which is a shame as the rest of the product is good. Sadly that’s one of the most important parts for me - especially if using a fountain pen or rollerball
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by beermonster 5y ago
I have a Rhodia with a pen loop so might be worth checking again as they may have extended their range
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by beermonster 5y ago
That was about Japan’s Paper Culture but was very well written and liked. Regarding JetPens, they’re great at mixing valuable information with a superb product line and customer service - very rare in 2022. It’s I used to like going to bric
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by beermonster 5y ago
Jet Pens to the rescue https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-22-Best-Pencils-for-2021-Wo...
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Best Pens for 2022: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens(jetpens.com)
459 points by beermonster 5y ago|245 comments
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by beermonster 5y ago
Can also audit using ssh-audit [1][2] [1] https://man.archlinux.org/man/community/ssh-audit/ssh-audit.... [2] https://www.ssh-audit.com/
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by beermonster 5y ago
Since OpenSSH >=8.2 you can use FIDO2 and security keys. See https://www.stavros.io/posts/u2f-fido2-with-ssh/
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by beermonster 5y ago
I continue to still use RSS daily. Feedly and Innoreader are both good and use various apps and or extensions that hook into those two. It’s one of the best ways to quickly scan content from multiple upsteam sources and a decent reader make
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Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain(bbc.co.uk)
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by beermonster 5y ago
Seconded. I have found the Pomodoro method is a great way to stay focussed. I even use the pomodoro mode in Spacemacs and there are simple apps available for iOS/Android. For being interrupted by apps I generally invert control E.g. -

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