computerfriend

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1. 31.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   Another anecdote: I have not had problems with OTA updates.
2. 32.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   I also felt a little guilty when making the switch! Totally irrational of course, but still there's something to be said for sticking to the the original.
3. 33.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   > everyone just wants to use nano (which I understand I do not understand. I have a very capable colleague/friend who uses nano. Unix hacker type, so I think it is what he is used to from growing up. I still find it strange, but suc
4. 34.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   > Humans rarely typo a traversal. I don't think this is true?
5. 35.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   This isn't about toxic combinations, it's about various low-hanging security bugs (and I think it was written by an LLM without disclosing it).
6. 36.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   2. I think split-divider-color does what you want.
7. 37.▲
   by computerfriend 7mo ago

   > notoriously mathematics runs on javascript After being a software engineer for a while, coming back to mathematics really felt like this at times. Amazingly good analogy.
8. 38.▲
   by computerfriend 8mo ago

   Branches can be sorted. git config branch.sort ...
9. 39.▲
   by computerfriend 8mo ago

   Yes? It's a famous diagram, at least in the world of Git workflows, so I would expect a reviewer of Microsoft's Git workflow documentation to be familiar with it. (But the main issue is that the diagram is slop, not that it's
10. 40.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    Strange that there's no v9.2 tag in https://github.com/vim/vim/tags .
11. 41.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    Yeah, their "standard library" so to speak (basically everything under the actions org) is lacking. But for this specifically, you can use the gh CLI.
12. 42.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    Same, plus my VPN connection.
13. 43.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    I do something similar with LoadCredential and it is quite amazing, especially when you want to run the application as a dynamic user.
14. 44.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    YouTube NonStop: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-nonst... .
15. 45.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    The kidnapping of Abu Omar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwGsr3SzCZc
16. 46.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    They thought I had a gun in Toronto airport and were surprisingly calm about it. (I didn't actually have a gun.)
17. 47.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    I also can't help but feel bad for the author. However, when the first line of the README is > A production-grade Matrix homeserver this is engineering malpractice. It is also unethical to present the work of an LLM as your own.
18. 48.▲
    by computerfriend 8mo ago

    Signal has exports.
19. 49.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    If you log into your GitLab account from a Hong Kong IP address, they'll delete your account after 60 days and tell you to use JiHu, a Chinese company, instead.
20. 50.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    > We wish to express our deep gratitude to Jason Lau, CISO and the Crypto[.]com Security Team, who we approached first to help independently verify this zero-day vulnerability. Bizarre choice.
21. 51.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    Advertising has been a net negative and the mathematics produced by string theory research is amazing.
22. 52.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    Here's a similar analysis for Hong Kong: https://khwongk12.medium.com/7-eleven-vs-circle-k-5964b8f008... .
23. 53.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    > completely failing to mention what he is fighting for. Not so. > Denis Kapustin, a far-Right extremist and former football hooligan, ... > Since 2019, he has been banned from entering the Schengen Area for promoting neo-Nazi ideo
24. 54.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    Every American destroying submarine cables might be, yes.
25. 55.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    This is true (modulo travel and extradition) regardless of where in the world you live.
26. 56.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    You can put a transition on details > summary.
27. 57.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    > better UX with PGP instead of SSH This might be true of comparing GPG to SSH-via-PIV, but there's a better way with far superior UX: derive an SSH key from a FIDO2 slot on the YubiKey.
28. 58.▲
    by computerfriend 9mo ago

    Talk to a psychiatrist about ADHD.
29. 59.▲
    by computerfriend 10mo ago

    If only they could see ads for ad blockers.
30. 60.▲
    by computerfriend 10mo ago

    They aquihired (and gutted) keybase for this, but I have a doubt that their "reimplementation" is actually E2EE.