bierjunge

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by bierjunge 5y ago
10-15 years ago a lot of people were saying, that the "digital native" generation will be tech savvy and will surpass everyone with their IT knowledge. Yeah, right. A few months back in 2021 I was asked how to "make an app on
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by bierjunge 5y ago
A designer friend explained it to me with this image: https://i.redd.it/38jjcgaqu1g11.jpg Yes, the font you use to communicate with others matters. It's like the tone of your voice and your body language in a personal
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Yeah, because Cisco is and always was trustworthy and never put hardcoded passwords and backdoors in their hardware. /s
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by bierjunge 5y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20211012222546/https://www.sfchr... Fun fact: no paywall for EU users
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by bierjunge 5y ago
> "Why would anyone want to interfere with my equipment?" Because it's interesting and "because we can". It's a challenge without any other motivation besides curiosity. But lets say some ransomware outfit d
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by bierjunge 5y ago
I have a small Hetzner Cloud VPS with 20TB egress 100Mbps included for about 3€/month. The prices for new instances got up a few weeks ago, because of IPv4 prices, but they are still about 4€. It's not unlimited, but 20TB is more
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Nah, then they will try to get the information over other channels. Take the laptop and gift it to someone over craigslist or a similar site. It will take them some time to realize they are not monitoring you, using a persona, but a soccer
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by bierjunge 5y ago
We also had SPD/FDP with Helmut Schmidt as chancellor between 1974 and 1982.
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Yes, don't do that, name the kid "null" and see the world burning.
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Yes most of that would be illegal, except you gave them consent in your contract or other legal document. This is also exactly why I always check all the paperwork for "personal usage" of the devices and services provided by the c
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by bierjunge 5y ago
This will only happen if Fuchsia replaces Android.
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by bierjunge 5y ago
COVID-20 or COVID-19-rev-B would be great names for that.
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by bierjunge 5y ago
This. I try to get on my BMX as often as possible after work. Either I'm completely concentrated on riding or there will be pain. After 30-60 minutes everything work related is gone. Also, if you are not on-call, disable work related s
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Yes, you are right, the military rifle is only for the case of war or the mandatory military training. It's also wrong to believe that there is a military grade gun in every Swiss household, most people leave their rifle at the militar
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by bierjunge 5y ago
> What we do in the civilized world is we don't allow everyone to have assault rifles at home. It's not so uncommon to have a assault rifle from the military or other guns at home in Switzerland and their numbers are way lower
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by bierjunge 5y ago
I feel your pain. Most projects I work on are medical software, often connected to hardware. Getting this stuff certified is impossible without paying thousands of euros for the standards and then you pay even more for a few people who judg
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by bierjunge 5y ago
PM: "Why did we miss the sprint commitment?" AI (in Samuel L. Jackson's voice): "Legacy code motherf****r" This could be awesome.
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Yeah, it's getting even better. > VW will need to pay the bulk of the penalty, €502 million, despite being granted a 45 percent reduction for having cooperated with the investigators. WTF? 45% reduction for cooperation? Which cooper
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Lichtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Luxembourg. Can I have a cookie now?
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by bierjunge 5y ago
The Golang example would not even compile, because `sql` is not imported.
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by bierjunge 5y ago
First and most important rule of technical support I've learned: "All users lie, there are no exceptions"
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Companies in Germany mostly have a local number from the area where they are physically located. If a company has multiple sites around the country, they mostly use a number within their HQ area or they get a service/freephone number r
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by bierjunge 5y ago
My old university prof used to say: "How many Germans do you need to change a lightbulb? One, because we are efficient and don't have time for humor." (German university + German prof) Yeah, the Austrians are saying that, but
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by bierjunge 5y ago
You need to be a EU citizen or live in a EU country. Then it's pretty easy, just write a email stating that you want to have all data they collected about you including what they shared with which company. Alternatively you can claim,
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by bierjunge 5y ago
Nah, this won't work, because too many people just don't care. The whole situation we are in right now is a arms race between the ad industry and users. Ads are going more and more sophisticated and intrusive (fingerprinting, trac
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by bierjunge 5y ago
I've pushed it even harder with a gTLD ('.jetzt' -> 'now' in German). My email looks like ${firstname}@${some-german-word}.jetzt and I never had a problem with German speaking people. Ok, some people, especially
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by bierjunge 5y ago
It wasn't intended for working from home, but I've got a hammock with the corresponding structure to set it up everywhere I want. As Covid-19 hit last year, it was really a great place for having remote meetings. Just set it up in
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by bierjunge 5y ago
That's why drug cartels in Mexico are setting up their own cellular networks. If you control infrastructure, it's harder to get wiretapped. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-telecoms-cartels-s...
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by bierjunge 5y ago
I have the same sketchy feeling about Sofortüberweisung/Klarna. If they want to make transactions on my behalf, why should I give them full access to my account? Most banks have a paragraph in their contracts/ToS forbidding sharin
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by bierjunge 5y ago
IIRC the original CentOS developers started AlmaLinux after CentOS LTS got shortened for already released version.

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