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jenbanim
@jenbanim@mastodo.neoliber.al
mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+chuckyaAdmin of mastodo.neoliber.al, techmod of reddit.com/r/neoliberal. Seattleite and Linux sysadmin irl. Liberal carfree vegan interested in VR, electronica, FOSS, astronomy, urbanism, cats, and memes (he/him)
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The bathtub curve, but for tech literacy
Literally begging companies to stop bundling streaming services with things I actually want
UW Cherry Blossoms!
#Infosec has anyone pieced together how Microsoft was able to associate this hacker's #GDID with the websites they visited?
I've been looking around and all the "explanations" I've found seem like overconfident guesses
https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/12/microsoft-confirms-windows-gdid-device-identifier-that-cannot-be-disabled-documented-in-fbi-case-filing/
Something about the Bel Red light rail station is just spooky. This area is weird
Twitter reacting to #Seattle's GDP growth is hilarious
#MastoAdmin #Fediblock another #spam wave from mastodon.cloud. This isn't the first time -- the instance doesn't seem to be keeping up with moderation. I'd recommend limiting and blocking media
I think I'm going to embrace the #techbro manchild lifestyle. Someone talk me out of it
Somehow I only just found out that #KingCountyMetro rapid ride buses have free onboard WiFi. It even works ok!
CAUSE I'M A CRÊPE
I'M A WEIRD DOUGHHHHH
My conspiracy theory is that a contributing reason we've lost the war on spam is that platforms (e.g. Google, Apple) have an interest in taking on a role as a your personal bouncer because it makes it more difficult to leave their walled garden
You basically can't self-host an email server these days. Having a phone line is useless if you don't have spam call protection from a major company. This is a bad situation we've found ourselves in
Tired of my job, I am now taking applications for a sugar momma. Must be a team player
#GetFediHired
YouTube asks way too many questions these days lol
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@notasnek@infosec.exchange I'm down but I think email is gonna be our generation's version of the fax machine - sticking around far longer than it should due to inertia
Surprised I haven't seen this posted everywhere already, but you shouldn't have smart cameras in or around your home
The internet sucks now!
What websites do you use?
Linkedin, Twitter, and Instagram
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@MFennVT@mastodon.world there's vegan cat food now that has been fortified with the nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a plant based diet
@fieldswork@wetdry.world it's full of space that it carried back from space
We live with the knowledge that there are uncountably many small tragedies happening all around us. If it were the case that each of us felt every small tragedy as a bit of sadness, then we would immediately be overwhelmed by the magnitude of it all. Therefore there must be some threshold, some smallest unit, of sadness we're capable of experiencing, below which we are unaffected. In this essay I will describe a "quantum feels theory"...
Anyone doing fun stuff with their #HTPC? Curious of what else I could do now that I've got Bazzite and Jellyfin running
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@ZachWeinersmith I'm convinced a lot of AI discussions along those lines are less about making real predictions for the future and are more about the speaker trying to convince others that they understand the future
In turn, I think that "I know what's going to happen" attitude can come from a few different places. It could be genuine arrogance, trying to gain influence over others, or a fear of being "left behind"
Mild annoyance @kagihq@mastodon.social whenever I start typing "[thing]" all the suggestions are for "[thing] [other word]"
E.g. in this screenshot there isn't a suggestion for just "Oregon"
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@notasnek@infosec.exchange there isn't really a viable alternative which is why I think it's sticking around
Tethering to my phone sucks ass for some reason. I'm looking to buy a dongle I can stick a sim card in for a data connection but it seems like this is a product class that just doesn't exist. The closest things I can find are "mobile hotspots" which look like they're just smartphones without a screen that you tether to, which doesn't inspire confidence they'd actually be better than my current connection
Anyone got a solution for this they like? I'm down to throw money at the problem
#AskFedi
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@jeridansky@sfba.social Interesting - it doesn't work, kinda. You still get a notification, but it's locked behind a warning message
It'd be nice if it were possible to select whether a domain block hid notifications like this or blocked them entirely
If Wilson can follow through on this she deserves a statue in her honor
I'm equal parts optimistic and scared
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mvuk5qvagm4ljx3lwj4vmb6v/post/3miewzz3ekk2t
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@Neblib @kemotep @dlakelan I don't worry about it for private services. For public ones I'd get a $5 VPS and run an nginx reverse proxy
I'm probably being overly paranoid but TailScale's "no really it's a free lunch, trust me" model doesn't inspire confidence. Setting up a VPN on OPNSense is more difficult but not substantially so, so that's what I do
https://tailscale.com/blog/free-plan
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@dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al this is a great application of proof of work but I wouldn't call that cryptocurrency
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@mrundkvist @vicgrinberg @nomenloony it's genuinely difficult to study the far side of the Milky Way because of all the stars, gas, and dust between us. This is a pain for studying the history and evolution of the Milky Way. So in some small way we are living in that reality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Avoidance
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@yvanspijk Seems like there's an easier connection here between English "Fabricate" and Spanish "Fábrica"
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@gavi the Beyerdynamic DT series is always a solid choice. Be sure not to get anything over 80 ohm though unless you've got some sort of audio interface or amplifier
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@girlonthenet@mastodon.social I appreciate the people getting up to shenanigans in the issues and pull requests
https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/pull/54
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@jewelpit@dice.camp I own a Rad City 5 which I've put about 1,200 miles on. Never had any issues with the tires that I'm aware of. I have had problems with the brakes and headlamp however they replaced those free of charge and at a discount because they were known issues so I'm overall pretty happy
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@OhTheUrbanity@mastodon.social Tangential, but in terms of safety I've actually found fall to be worse than winter in my city, Seattle. We don't do a good job of removing leaves so they end up just decaying and turning into terrifyingly slippery mush
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange Bash is like a Monkey's Paw where any failure to specify exactly what you want to happen results in dire unforseen consequences
I also put "set -euo pipefail" at the top of every script and I feel like I'm writing an incantation to ward off bad luck
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@Reshirams_Rad_Slam@mastodo.neoliber.al I'm on Mint, this is just an inspector for GTK applications
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@jewelpit@dice.camp ah sorry that made it sound much worse than it actually was. One of the pads on the front brake would get stuck in a semi-closed position sometimes. Not enough to slow the bike down noticably, but enough to cause a grinding sound and unnecessary brake pad wear
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@nik @daandemeyer @pid_eins but in either case this is an extra flag that you need to append to the command to use this non-standard behavior, so I don't think it's an undue risk and I think it makes sense to describe using it as a conscious choice
Personally, having to chown files I created with sudo is a constant frustration so I'm quite excited to get my hands on this (2/2)
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@nik @daandemeyer @pid_eins that's totally fair. The documentation should absolutely be clear about what it does and what risks it might entail
Do any #Linux understanders know how to configure GTK to NOT use a dark variant, ever, as seen in the inspector window?
Edit: fixed by prepending env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:light to the startup script for this application