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   by iam-TJ 7y ago

   You might find 'nmtui' (Network Manager Text User Interface) more helpful if you prefer an ncurses based interface similar to the GUI nm-applet (but it doesn't work for GUI-only configuration extensions for some VPNs, etc.) &
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   by iam-TJ 7y ago

   Firefox doesn't like the certificate there, which is rather ironic: Web sites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for curvedns.on2it.net. The certifica
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   by iam-TJ 7y ago

   I posted this primarily to draw attention to the massive increase in contacts and complaints by the UK public due to GDPR and their rapidly growing awareness of protection of personal data.
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   ICO publishes annual report covering an ‘unprecedented’ year(ico.org.uk)

   1 points by iam-TJ 7y ago|1 comments
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   by iam-TJ 7y ago

   Here's a clause from a U.K. (England and Wales) lease agreement that is pretty standard: 35. Landlord's Covenant for Quiet Enjoyment The Landlord covenants with the Tenant, that, so long as the Tenant pays the rents reserved by an
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   by iam-TJ 8y ago

   A couple of people asked for more details so here's a photo [1] and the Xorg config [2]. [1] http://iam.tj/projects/misc/workstation-6-monitor.jpg [2] http://iam.tj/projects/misc/xor
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   by iam-TJ 8y ago

   Mostly bug-hunting and coding in unfamiliar code bases so I need a lot of resources instantly available in front of me to compare and figure out relationships. However, it does make remote sys-admin safer too in that I can assign remote hos
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   by iam-TJ 8y ago

   I've been using 6 x 1920x1200 displays for several years - 5 x 24" plus the laptop's own 15" panel [1] in a corner configuration with 3 in portrait orientation (perfect for reading documents and web pages). _ _
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   by iam-TJ 8y ago

   I too would like more information about both of your projects. I'm currently designing a digital technology platform for a charity for the blind in the UK and transcription of speech to text is one aspect I'm investigating, in add
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    Elon Musk: SpaceX and Tesla almost went bankrupt in 2008(bbc.co.uk)

    28 points by iam-TJ 9y ago|13 comments
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    Wouldn't a link direct to the source be more appropriate? http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-pub...
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    I do a lot of support on IRC Freenode #linux and #ubuntu and we get a lot of this kind of report. We see a 90% success rate with a simple-to-apply workaround. This is so common I wrote an article and fix [0] for it containing 4 shell comman
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    What happens when the FB employee[1] finds a way to collect the images and personal data they are reviewing and at some later time distributes the images using some other outlet? [1] "... a specially trained representative from our Com
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    Your observation about the reply-to is an important flag. I almost always instantly delete any email where I see the From: or Reply-To: has noreply@ or the email starts off with "Please do not reply to this email it is sent from an acc
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    There has always been a rule for bug-fix and security updates: Apply the minimum necessary change to solve the problem. This means cherry-picking the mainline patches where possible, or back-porting them where modification is required for t
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    Magisk (/system/less root) currently passes the SafetyNet checks and it, and it's MagiskManager App, are both FL/OSS and hosted on github [0] as well as pre-built images linked from XDA [1]. I'm using it successfull
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    Agreed; there are many facets colluding. I believe others of significance may be the exhaustion and stress many feel at the pace of life and coping with it. On the educational side I think it very much depends on what culture, which country
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    Being a long-suffering thoughtful inquisitive type that can turn their hand to anything I have spent many hours pondering why it seems that most people around me show traits of 'stupidity'. I've come to the conclusion 's
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    This is after the original (5 year) renewal in May 2017 was not granted and they only got a 4-month extension which expires Sept 30th. So Uber have been on-notice since May that they need to comply with the regulator's requirements for
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    This is an article published on 26th May 2017. The license was not renewed and the September 2017 thread " Uber London licence not renewed" is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15310664
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    It's been getting under my skin how many of these kind of articles repeat the inaccurate (lie) "Hack a turned-off computer" theme For the sake of accuracy stop persisting this myth. Take away the wall power/remove the ba
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    by iam-TJ 9y ago

    I'd be interested in this too. I volunteer for a charity that produces a weekly talking newspaper for the visually impaired in the UK (where such things are very popular). Our current production process requires a group consisting of e
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    by iam-TJ 10y ago

    My first computer. Ordered the day it was released after saving up 50% of the £70 and my father added the other 50%. Finished secondary school whilst waiting for it to be delivered, it arrived the following week - the first week of June 198
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    by iam-TJ 10y ago

    I think the crux of the issue is that a Windows workstation already authorised on an existing AD domain server will change its default gateway and proxy to the hot-plugged USB Ethernet device but not invalidate the existing credentials so t
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    by iam-TJ 10y ago

    Ode to the cashier. First they came for the waiting room, and I did not speak out - Because I did not mind to queue. Then they came for the stock pickers, and I did not speak out - Because I did not mind to pick. Then they cam
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    by iam-TJ 10y ago

    Technically I appreciate much of the systemd design and implementation, but what repeatedly annoys me is when it 'takes over' - replaces - existing tooling and doesn't provide feature parity, resulting in regressions. The one
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    by iam-TJ 10y ago

    With the help of a couple of prefix aggregation tools [1] [2], the BASH shell, and the RIPE database, it is straightforward to block any Autonomous System with, e.g: $ ASN=32934; for IP in 4 6; do \ whois -h riswhois.ripe.net \!$
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    by iam-TJ 11y ago

    As I mentioned in an earlier story this week about the rumour of an antitrust action, this is very reminiscent of the Microsoft antitrust bundling convictions. This seems to be the crux from the EU commission fact-sheet [0]: "Android i
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    by iam-TJ 11y ago

    Digital addiction, especially with communications tools, has been a very real problem since the 1990s at least (with regard to Internets) and has become prevalent with the rise of social networks. I've built and run several companies s
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    by iam-TJ 11y ago

    My take-away was that for all the work on the hardware and experience, it will be the people that solve the interactive tooling challenge that will open the flood-gates to mass-market MR/VR/AR.