terlisimo

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by terlisimo 4y ago
Alternative title: "Unintended but not unexpected consequences of proxying websites with illegal content."
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by terlisimo 4y ago
For example, online piano lessons/practice websites like Piano Marvel.
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by terlisimo 4y ago
Better download a modernized version https://dunelegacy.sourceforge.net/website/ It's a souped-up Dune II that runs on Linux/Windows/Mac. Uses original graphics and sound but has quality of life improvem
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by terlisimo 4y ago
I believe that a part of the problem with software engineering is the "we can always fix this later" mindset. Even during development, the only cost of iterating over errors until you get it right is just time. But HW engineers ju
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by terlisimo 4y ago
Here's a page that compares different SID trackers: http://chordian.net/c64editors.htm It's no longer updated but still kinda relevant.
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by terlisimo 4y ago
I suppose this is worth mentioning: https://github.com/deathybrs/SIDStep2 It's a VSTi that can export to SID format.
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by terlisimo 4y ago
To me, that 25-minute long Tetris tune stands apart from all other SID music. It's like a movie soundtrack :) For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny743c32gPg BTW, thanks for sharing this. Most "to
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by terlisimo 4y ago
Same, migrated to self-hosted Joplin recently. I fired up EN at one point recently. Wanted to add a note in a certain category and it took me like 20 seconds to get to the point where I can type in the actual note text. It wasn't even
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by terlisimo 4y ago
Compared to etc/hosts or PiHole, it allows you to go from "allow by default, block specific" to "block by default, allow specific".
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by terlisimo 4y ago
I found it less annoying to just silently block everything. Then, when something doesn't work, manually allow it. btw, similar program for Windows: https://binisoft.org/wfc
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by terlisimo 4y ago
This looks neat, I'll check it out. I'm currently using Binisoft (now Malware Bytes) Windows Firewall Control to block unwanted traffic. I'm quite happy with it. The amount of traffic that it regularly blocks is insane. Windo
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by terlisimo 4y ago
Learning to use CMake/autotools is kind of like learning SQL when all you know is Python. CMake/autotools syntax is nothing like C/C++, or actually any general purpose programming language, so you basically need to become fam
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by terlisimo 5y ago
This is how I learned what DMARC is. A friend with email @live.com said he never received any of my emails. No spam, no bounce, just silent drop. I went through MS knowledge base which thankfully said that DMARC/DKIM are pretty much re
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by terlisimo 5y ago
Wait till you're in line for the order. Then you get an email from a domain that has "apollo" in it but is not mentioned or linked to anywhere on the main site. The person sending the email says your order is ready and asks y
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by terlisimo 5y ago
> I get enthusiasm for FOSS, but enthusiasm to the point of delusion I see your point but consider this: 20 years ago you could make the same argument for all aspects of linux, not just gaming. Why use some hobby level OS for serious w
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by terlisimo 5y ago
Amazon recognizes this :) Kindle with ads: 120 EUR. Kindle without ads: 140 EUR.
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by terlisimo 5y ago
That was quite enjoyable, thanks for the link. The author is good at picking apart what made this game so memorable.
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by terlisimo 6y ago
similar project https://github.com/EmberHeavyIndustries/HID2AMI Supports mice and gamepads. You can build one yourself or buy a finished product.
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by terlisimo 6y ago
A walnut creek CDROM? Well look at the mr. millionaire here, I could not afford a CD drive at the time :) My first slackware install took like 5 hours of flipping floppies (40 or so) and haphazardly answering questions like "Do you wan
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by terlisimo 6y ago
My first thought at Google launching any new product/service is: "Heyy, another neat service that will live for 2-3 years before it gets axed."
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by terlisimo 6y ago
Arguably, most security is security through obscurity. No password -> simple password -> complex password Plaintext -> Caesar cypher -> Vernier cypher -> modern cyphers 40-bit crypto -> 56-bit crypto -> 128-bit crypto -
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by terlisimo 6y ago
According to one AF general, the purpose of the F-35 is "to spend money". So in that aspect it is performing admirably :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba63OVl1MHw
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by terlisimo 7y ago
I've settled on Aegis. It is open source and allows you to export secrets to an encrypted file which you can copy around. A bit more tedious than Authy and similar cloud sync solutions but lower attack surface and less tedious to back
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by terlisimo 7y ago
Funny, I once realized my computer was infected with a virus because of the change in sound the HDD would make when launching Windows Commander. I had AV software running but the virus was new and undetected.
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by terlisimo 7y ago
I found Google Play Music's "radio station" feature great for discovering new artists. Works even better than Pandora. Also, unlike Spotify and Pandora, it is legally available in my country.
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by terlisimo 7y ago
music-map is great, thank you for your service :)
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by terlisimo 7y ago
Sane nginx default for 99.999% sites out there: # prevent access to any file/dir beginning with a dot location ~ /\. { return 404; }
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by terlisimo 7y ago
When I first read Dune and sequels in my teens, I too thought that the later books were kind of boring. I have re-read it in my late 30s and now I actually favor the later novels. I consider all 6 novels as one work. The deconstruction of a
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by terlisimo 7y ago
> surely you would prefer temporal degradation then total system shutdown Sometimes, but sometimes you want the opposite. A slow service (e.g. a db server with a failing disk) might still pass health checks but degrade overall system per
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by terlisimo 7y ago
Yes, one example where overcommit can be better than swap is Redis. When redis is persisting its state to disk, it temporarily needs 2x the memory because it forks a child that does this in the background. Since fork uses copy-on-write, onl

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