whyoh

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by whyoh 2y ago
1. It's not a false dilemma, it's more of a question of how to handle the "average Joe" user that doesn't know how to store encryption keys. I don't like how this automatic encryption is implemented, by the way
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by whyoh 2y ago
The ability to freely run software has its risks, no doubt. But switching to what are effectively terminals centrally managed by big corporations sounds quite dystopian to me.
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by whyoh 2y ago
>I am actually scared of getting fat Not getting fat is easy, avoiding microplastics is not. One problem affects people with a certain lifestyle, the other affects everyone (it's an environmental issue). Also, as the article points
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by whyoh 2y ago
It's possible that he was driving with the open window or that the window in his truck wasn't blocking much UVA.
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by whyoh 2y ago
I switched from VLC to mpv. Mpv loads quicker and is more (CPU) efficient. Besides that, I like the minimalist UI. I think it's worth it, but to get the most out of it, you'll need to customize it to your liking (tweaking the OSC,
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by whyoh 2y ago
Discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41187470
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by whyoh 2y ago
>the support for old hardware is honestly amazing I disagree. As an example, Macs stuck on 11 (Big Sur) stopped getting updates in 2023.[1] That includes Macs released until ~2014-2015, which are still usable in terms of hardware.[2] I w
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by whyoh 2y ago
>CrowdStrike runs on Linux as well. _This time_ they only crashed Windows devices, but there's no guarantee that switching to Linux would prevent any of it. In fact there was a recent CrowdStrike-related crash in RHEL: https:/
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by whyoh 2y ago
Relying on easy-install "security vendors" is the problem. It's one thing to run an antivirus on a general purpose PC that doesn't have a qualified human admin. But many of the computers affected here are single-purpose
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by whyoh 2y ago
This kinda reminds me of a feature Windows (Phone) used to have, where it would share your Wi-Fi password with the device's contacts automatically. To opt-out you had to add _optout to the SSID name. https://www.theregister.
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by whyoh 2y ago
I, just like the blog author, disable remote images in emails. So I wouldn't get the "intended experience" anyway. Actually, does anyone besides Outlook users get the intended experience here? Second, "reactions" ar
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by whyoh 2y ago
It's going to have a 5" screen, but quite thick at 15mm. A similar (but thinner) size phone is the Qin 3 Ultra.
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by whyoh 2y ago
The S22 is notorious for the poor battery life. The S23, for example, is pretty much the same size, faster, and the battery lasts significantly longer.
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by whyoh 2y ago
>Apple discontinued the iPhone mini because they weren't selling. I've read somewhere that they sold several millions of them in the US alone. Is that not enough to make a profit? But I think they could sell it with a slower CP
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by whyoh 2y ago
>the upcoming Jelly Max From a quick search it looks like it's gonna have a 5" screen and be 15mm thick.
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by whyoh 2y ago
Frankly, I don't like almost anything about it. The dynamic loading/endless scrolling instead of pages, the silly navigation bar, the "x time later" instead of the exact date and time, the narrow post width... I get &quo
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by whyoh 2y ago
To me an old fashioned forum would be something like phpBB. Discourse-style forums are relatively new and IMHO much worse in terms of UI. I really don't get the appeal.
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by whyoh 2y ago
>I feel like iPhones and iPads receive updates for what seems like an industry-leading amount of time. If we're talking about OSs alone, Windows wins. MacOS/iOS second. Android dead last on average (but it's much better no
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by whyoh 2y ago
>an "ad" for iCloud appears in the Settings dialog hierarchy where iCloud settings would normally be. Also, they are really subtle and hard to notice, tastefully integrated with the OS/color scheme. Okay. But can they be p
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by whyoh 2y ago
>It’s hard to say that Chappell Roan is particularly derivative of anything I've never heard of her, but the first search result I got is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKqOmSkGgM It seems very derivative to
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by whyoh 2y ago
Also, Signal for Windows installs in a user writable location (C:\Users\...). Which means that user-level malware can modify or replace its binaries.
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by whyoh 2y ago
Yes, that could work (it would need to be done for each fan individually, because of manufacturing variation). But it's still not guaranteed that the fan will keep working the same way in the future, after some use/deterioration o
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by whyoh 2y ago
Some restaurants have been experimenting with eliminating or reducing tipping.[1] But I agree that it's a difficult task for the "free market" to solve at scale. [1] https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation&#
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by whyoh 2y ago
Because the RPM of a fan is not a 100% reliable indicator of its loudness. Sometimes a lower speed can even be louder than a higher one, because of certain resonances...
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by whyoh 2y ago
>People feel good about themselves when they leave extra, deriving a sense of generosity. Interesting. I never feel good about tipping. If I tip I feel bad, because I caved in to the pressure. If I don't tip I feel bad, because the
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by whyoh 2y ago
If you value privacy, you should disable referers by default. Only enable them if you really have to (there are extensions for that).
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by whyoh 2y ago
Yes. Which is another reason to disable referers in the browser. (There are extensions to toggle them on/off quickly, in the rare event that a website doesn't work properly.)
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by whyoh 2y ago
>But then... It won't f*ing run Windows 11 because it doesn't have a TPM. You can keep using Windows 10. The LTSC version will be supported until 2032. Even the regular versions will get (paid) updates probably until 2028.
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by whyoh 3y ago
Windows 10 LTSC IoT (same thing, really) is supported until 2032.
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by whyoh 3y ago
>Even youtube had rss feeds for channels. It still does!

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