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by robolange 7y ago
"Explained" is perhaps too generous a word. I'm a software engineer and I found that page to be confusing. It seems to be written for internal Mozilla employees, not for the general public.
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by robolange 7y ago
I too use Debian's Firefox ESR. I noticed the "Allow Firefox to install and run studies" option in Privacy & Security Preferences a long time ago. It was unchecked and greyed out (i.e., unclickable), and a label below it
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by robolange 8y ago
Fair enough. I had a few minutes of spare cycles and I tried it out. It failed on the first thing I tried (installing Typescript), so I dropped it and didn't look back.
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by robolange 8y ago
Last time I used UserLand I couldn't install something major (maybe typescript from npm, it's been a while) because there was some file path limit (maybe 143 bytes, again, it's been a while) that a bunch of the package's
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by robolange 8y ago
I see people mention Waze frequently as a competitor or alternative to Google Maps. It's useful to remind people that Google also owns Waze, so it's really just another Google product.
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by robolange 8y ago
If I recall correctly, immigration in the US is considered a civil, not criminal matter, so there is no right to an attorney if you cannot afford one.
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by robolange 9y ago
I would live it if someone did a really good anthology series based on the Silmarillion. Those were some epic stories that, if told fully, could easily rival the Lord of the Rings.
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by robolange 9y ago
Yup. My 1987 Toyota pickup contains no digital computer whatsoever. It's so mechanically simple. I'm pretty sure I could do or have done any major repair (e.g., full transmission replacement, major engine overhaul) for less money
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by robolange 10y ago
That is true for distribution-hosted repositories. But how many web sites are there that are like, "Add this line to sources.list, then run this apt-key command, and then run apt-get install our-app." So few people bother to check
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by robolange 10y ago
Doesn't Mirai use UPnP IGD to work around NATs/firewalls? I imagine a lot of people have that activated on their router to play video games and whatnot. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/who-makes-the-i
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by robolange 10y ago
The main take-aways are: 1) Use a firewall between your Internet connection and your IoT devices, and 2) disable UPnP support on your firewall. It's disturbing how many devices enable telnet and/or ssh by default, make it difficul