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by thombles 3y ago
Format needs an update. We are getting the update ready for you . . .
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by thombles 3y ago
Every service I've used with TOTP codes (12 at current count) has given me some sort of randomised backup token at the same time to use if I lose my 2FA app. I store those somewhere separate. I'm not going to argue that this is us
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by thombles 3y ago
We're not even near the end of this process. Every thing that occurs on (ostensibly) your PC must be uploaded and processed by Bing AI so you can be "productive" while utterly dependent on the cloud and viewing as many MSN ad
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by thombles 3y ago
No argument from me but regarding workarounds for (1), accessing ProcessInfo.processInfo.hostName has been a reliable pop-up trigger for me for a long time. Eskimo also offers some (esoteric) suggestions for how to notice if your network op
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by thombles 3y ago
Smartphones are much less optional now too. To log in to government webapps I need to use a mobile app ( https://www.mygovid.gov.au/ ) which is (naturally) only available via App Store/Play Store, which implies I need an
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by thombles 3y ago
It often flows the other way too (speaking from experience with some self-authored posts on Lobsters).
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Critical bug in ownCloud file sharing app exposes admin passwords(bleepingcomputer.com)
25 points by thombles 3y ago|4 comments
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Campaign: Send AOL CDs back (2002)(edition.cnn.com)
1 points by thombles 3y ago|0 comments
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by thombles 3y ago
I "report spam" on almost all emails formulated along these lines, both for my own sanity and in the hope of reducing the burden for future targets. The senders often don't realise that their emails constitute spam and will s
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by thombles 3y ago
Also good luck finding a NAN-capable WiFi adaptor that you can plug in to your regular Linux PC, Raspberry Pi, etc.
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by thombles 3y ago
Speed, mostly. Ad-hoc wifi can push tens of MB/s, which matters when sharing photos and videos at today's sizes.
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by thombles 3y ago
To me (and presumably others) those digital modes that are only available via closed source binaries effectively don't exist. I would venture it's one reason why things like AX.25 have such staying power. It would be fun and most
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by thombles 3y ago
I never understand why people get more upset about the bash script running arbitrary code than the program it's actually installing.
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by thombles 3y ago
Author here. The victim was a mate of mine and we were just as shocked. No idea how the perp got away with it let alone had the audacity to try. It was so bizarre I had to include it.
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by thombles 3y ago
Author here - I did have that problem in the distant past while battling a dodgy BNC terminator but luckily we were mostly on CAT5 by the time I was doing networks with friends. I won't put in writing the ill-advised technique I used t
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by thombles 3y ago
Underrated by whom? :) Movie: Baraka. It's connected to the much better-known Koyaanisqatsi and is a similar concept but IME this one was more compelling in subject matter and videography. Music: The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Bro
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by thombles 3y ago
Stolen Focus is an interesting book and worth your time, but it's absolutely set on making the case that governments need to intervene on social media and I don't think it did it very well. I wrote a longish review digging into wh
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by thombles 3y ago
Take too long to winch in the jib and it's another matter though. :)
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by thombles 3y ago
SWIG directors are awesome. It's so powerful having some functions implemented in C++ and some in Java in the same class, and able to call each other willy-nilly.
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by thombles 3y ago
Other dedicated client: KMail
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If I was Meta and wanted to make fedi implode(thomask.sdf.org)
3 points by thombles 3y ago|2 comments
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by thombles 3y ago
I discovered the other day that WhatsApp (on Android at least) will not let you start a conversation with someone without selecting them from your contacts.
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by thombles 3y ago
https://thomask.sdf.org/ - a random assortment of programming (mostly Rust recently), technical quirks, and reflections on technology. I've given up on being consistent enough to stick to a theme.
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by thombles 3y ago
The docs note that certain kinds of beacons (which presumably would only be useful for location-finding) will be filtered from results. Otherwise I suppose it's just a soft flag for Play Store review or similar. There's not much y
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by thombles 3y ago
As described in sibling's link, they finally corrected this in Android 12 with fine-grained permissions including a flag for whether you are intending to use the BLE for location purposes or not. iOS is now somewhat behind in granulari
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by thombles 3y ago
> What happens here when you click button is, Edge deletes browsing sync data from Microsoft servers and stops syncing on all other devices you’re signed into Is that true? My (possibly faulty) recollection is that if you subsequently la
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ChatGPT versus engineering education assessment: a benchmarking and analysis(tandfonline.com)
1 points by thombles 3y ago|0 comments
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by thombles 3y ago
> What genuine efforts have been made to rebuild the web without starting on the web/browser? We could just start over and not allow the same things that made the web today turn to to shit. What you're describing sounds like Ge
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by thombles 3y ago
Oh good heavens no, I get annoyed at all manner of spammers. Only one of them is on topic today however.
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by thombles 3y ago
These emails have been bizarre. Seemingly because I once crowdfunded the librem 5 my email address ended up on an "investor-relations" mailing list which periodically solicited, well, investments. Bonus points to the enlightened s

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