octo888

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by octo888 1y ago
Sigh. It's been 42 years since it was cleared up and that most people became citizens. Can we stop with that remark already
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by octo888 1y ago
Let's hope so
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by octo888 1y ago
Wonder if it's anything to do with the in-progress merging with Three? I've noticed my MVNO Vodafone service, which was faultless, suddenly declining. Random dropouts are fairly common, no connection inside some big buildings (whe
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by octo888 1y ago
Fastmail servers are in the US btw And the company is based in Australia. They're not at the top of the list for anyone concerned about privacy
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by octo888 1y ago
And then from Edinburgh to Manchester (184 miles) instead of Newcastle (91 miles) or Teeside (125 miles), both airports Ryanair operate out of.
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by octo888 1y ago
I wonder if the pilots considered Newcastle (or Teeside)? The METARs showed favourable weather conditions at Newcastle and many planes landed there that day without issue I believe. Also far closer to Edinburgh than Manchester. I wonder if
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by octo888 1y ago
Yup. They also popularised excessive baggage under the seat, and I routinely used to see obvious hazards that would impede an evacuation. Staff would turn a blind eye. Probably still do Further, with the baggage being there in easy reach un
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by octo888 1y ago
> Under FAA rules this was a screwup An oversight I'm sure they can fix ;-) FAA as a yardstick? Hm
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by octo888 1y ago
Do consumer rights exist in the skies? Genuine question!
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by octo888 1y ago
Yes hah. > I’m more interested in the 3.14.15 That was indeed the joke
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by octo888 1y ago
Here's hoping they make 16 patch versions
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by octo888 1y ago
[warning: old man rants at clouds] Maybe I'm getting old, but I think at this stage I want the third, often-unspoken route: no data. Let go of things No need for infrastructure when you have nothing to host. And data that doesn't
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by octo888 1y ago
I'd love more of this kind of frank discourse because I'm tired of decades of political pearl clutching "even just one death is a tragedy"
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by octo888 1y ago
How have touchscreens had such a free pass compared to mobile phones?! Just kidding I know the answer is lobbying
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by octo888 1y ago
Interesting. Thanks!
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by octo888 1y ago
Fingerprints are not required in the UK to apply for a passport (for UK citizens who didn't apply for naturalisation etc). Biometric doesn't just mean fingerprints.
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by octo888 1y ago
Wow position 140 on HN after about about 3 hours. Brutal lol
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by octo888 1y ago
Yeah nobody is willing to give up the revenue/tax from someone driving a car. In fact, I bet electric vehicles will end up more expensive per mile, mark my words.
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by octo888 1y ago
Many TLS deployments still leak the hostname in plain text as part of SNI
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by octo888 1y ago
Same here. On my WhatsApp, read receipts and online status are off, and have been since I first found the feature. The way "they left me on read" has found its way into common English is disturbing.
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by octo888 1y ago
> Not sure Microsoft realizes the damage they're doing to the Windows brand Well their stock certainly isn't tanking. Do they care about anything else?
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by octo888 1y ago
Yeah, excessively sweaty feet.
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by octo888 1y ago
Not universally true. The Mullvad client has lots of additional features to enhance privacy. Killswitch, split tunnelling (you might otherwise disconnect the VPN to use a certain app, so it can overall improve privacy), Shadowsocks, Lockdow
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by octo888 1y ago
There was a bumpy ride with CF a while ago but they seem fine now (still plenty of captchas, of course)
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by octo888 1y ago
They especially love "According to ChatGPT..." these days. Make sure not to even make it a question
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by octo888 1y ago
If in the UK, you better have some tact, otherwise it'll go down like a lead balloon ! Personally I'd make up a lie: "Oh! What a great idea those posters are...I lost my dear brother to sepsis...they told us it's so easy
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by octo888 1y ago
Not for feature parity. And I find there's a good correlation between the quality of the apps and the overall quality of the company. No surprise that the Mullvad VPN app is excellent
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by octo888 1y ago
TLS doesn't hide which websites (hostnames) you visit
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by octo888 1y ago
Are we allowed to discuss (edit: if it's not too political?) if Kape Technologies has any connections to Israeli security services, given the nature of VPNs and given the amount of data that can be trivially collected, and: "Being
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by octo888 1y ago
I tried Airvpn but the MacOS client is beyond trash. And the website just gives 2005 amateur PHP coder vibes. Not just the design. The session expiry is seems very long - I hadn't visited for a few days and I'm still logged in. I&

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