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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a CRT as our family’s main TV until 2017

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple IOS 18’s New Repair Assistant: Easier Parts Pairing Yet With Many Limitations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve got a long way to go, but as a lifelong Android user, I have to commend Apple for the improvements they’ve (undoubtedly have been forced to) make thusfar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using the Zen fork of Firefox and have been enjoying it greatly. It’s still pretty early, and a lot of the Firefox issues are still there, but regardless it’s felt better than any other browser I’ve used lately.

  And since it’s Firefox, it’s unaffected by he Mv3 bullshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I’ve used Western Digital, Seagate, and PNY drives with no failures. Stay away from anything HP branded; they don’t actually produce drives but rather rebadge other failure-prone models and make it damn near impossible to claim any warranty.

  I’ve had a Samsung Evo drive fail on me, but warranty was pretty easy. I’ve also had a PNY 2.5" ssd that has never failed on me, but I did break the connector off accidentally. Warranty was actually ridiculously easy on that, despite it being entirely user error.

  If data is mission critical, it’s worth shelling out extra; stay away from any cheap brands (HP, SanDisk, etc) and opt for the higher end models in reputable brands (Eg WD Red, Purple, and Gold vs Green and Blue, or Seagate Ironwolf or Firecuda)

  These are my own personal experiences. Others will have better/worse experiences and I encourage you to seek out others’ experiences and options, as well as others to add their own

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Friendly reminder that Lexar isn’t micron anymore and was acquired by Longsys. I’ve had reliability issues with their products since

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “While we are making this change to ensure users’ expectations regarding a community’s access do not suddenly change, protest is allowed on Reddit,” writes Nestler. “We want to hear from you when you think Reddit is making decisions that are not in your communities’ best interests. But if a protest crosses the line into harming redditors and Reddit, we’ll step in.”

  Yall have very clearly demonstrated that you do not care about the communities best interest, and you have no interest in hearing what we think. Fuck Spez and good riddance to reddit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft strips ads from Skype in a move toward “user-centric design”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great! Now do it to Windows

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhh do we know if this extends to sites.google.com?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remote IT management provider TeamViewer says it has been hacked, allegedly Russian state hackers from APT29⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My professor made me install TeamViewer to our lab computers despite strong pushback from me, and perfectly functioning ssh access through the campus VPN. I can’t wait to send this to him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Legere was the best thing to happen to that company. They haven’t made a good move since he left

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Laptop Memory Is Here! LPCAMM2 Changes Everything! - iFixit Video⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a Thinkpad user since the early 2000s, I’m extremely excited to see this news after I’ve slowly watched all of my repair & upgrade ability be removed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Redfin agrees to pay $9.25 million to settle real estate broker commission lawsuits⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So just cost of doing business, like usual

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not happening, dude⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm they’re real as well as the reaction Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LK-99 superconductor physicist accused of “research misconduct”⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beginner needs help with setting NextCloud without a domain⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t want to buy a domain you can try a reverse DNS lookup, your ISP may already give you one. Mine was C-XX-XX-XX-XX.hsd1.pa.comcast.net and I could get a let’s encrypt certificate with that. I did end up buying a domain but it was good for personal use

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why don't people say mega meters⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but the real question is how many is a Brazilian?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Driver deliberately crashed into cars he thought were being badly driven⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how all the drivers are in the comments like “I ain’t saying he’s right but I get it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sydney is very concerned about lost data⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, when you said remote died I thought you meant lost connection

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sydney is very concerned about lost data⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A real answer to your question though, as long as you can get it to reconnect, even if you have to close the window first, it should still have your changes to the file ready to save. These will be cached (somewhere?) unless you close the file.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BABY POWER⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s innocent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to hear it worked! I edited the comment in case anybody stumbles across it with the same issue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not “best practice”, but a compromised key is a compromised key whether that key is used to connect 1 or 100 computers to a server. No, I can’t shut off access to exactly one machine, I do not however have any difficulty in shutting off access to every machine and replacing it with a new key. Your system and my system are no different with a single compromised key.

  If I had 100 computers that I had to change identity files on each time it was compromised, and my keys were being compromised often, I would see a benefit from using multiple different keys.

  Quit acting like I’ve left the front door to my house open when the door is locked but my roommate and I share the same key.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is actually quite handy, I’ve got a yubikey already and didn’t know they could be used for ssh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, I know it’s not amazing security but it’s not inherently bad. The key (actually encrypted), if (not when) compromised would provide the same level of access to my system as having two keys with one compromised. Assuming I’m an all knowing wizard and can smell when a key is compromised, I can log in remotely and replace the old key with a freshly generated one. More likely however is that if anybody was going to actually do something with my compromised key, they’d clear my authorized_keys file and replace it with a key I don’t have access to. Don’t kid yourself into thinking having multiple keys suddenly makes you 10x more secure.

  What’s more likely is someone finds my flashdrive on the ground, goes “oh boy free flashdrive full of Linux ISOs and recovery tools!” And proceeds to wipe it and use it for their own shit, while I regenerate a new key when I notice it missing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use the same identity file for all of my computers. I don’t have password auth enabled on my server and it’s an extreme inconvenience when I’m on a new machine and have to dig out a different machine to get a copy of my new key to the server. Best practice? Probably not, but I’d rather that than having password auth enabled. I keep an encrypted copy of my id_rsa on my thumb drive so I’ve always got it when I need it.

  I had never personally heard of ConnectBot, but it says last updated in February of this year on Google Play. I don’t see a real reason to use it over Termux however.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Install termux on your phone and run pkg install x11-repo followed by pkg install putty-tools which should put a copy of puttygen on your phone. Open your file manager and “Termux” should appear like a USB drive (in Google files it’s under “other storage” at the bottom of the home screen), copy your key file there and Termux will be able to access it. puttygen keyfile.ppk -O private-opensshShould let you convert to OpenSSH format and connect to trusted computers. You can also install OpenSSH in Termux to use it as an ssh client

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing here is that you don’t have to use play billing for in app purchases outside of the play store. The biggest example of this is Fire tablets, where you don’t even have the option of play billing on your app even if you wanted it, and I’m sure Huawei isn’t using play billing either. Let alone the fact you can sideload apps that have their own verification methods. When I bought gravitybox it was verified based on your PayPal invoice #. The secret revenue sharing, while “designed to keep apps down”, is nothing more than an incentive to stay on their billing platform. If Epic isn’t offered that deal they’re still free to make deals with other app stores.

  Meanwhile on camp Apple, there are no alternative vendors using different stores and you’re unable to sideload apps without a developer account. There is no alternative to Apple’s billing if you want to charge for something inside an app, which is precisely what Epic did to get banned in the first place.

  I 100% the verdict to be appealed by Google. I’m not a big fan of Google as a company, but when they’ve specifically made it possible for customers to have the ability to sideload while Apple doesn’t and they get spat in the face for it, why would they continue to make pro-consumer choices?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh?? They won this one but not the Apple one??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EV battery swaps will be tested with the Fiat 500e in 2024⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think a subscription would quite work for this. Somebody traveling 10k a month isn’t going to consume the same amount of batteries as someone who’s commuting 1 mile away each day. I certainly wouldn’t want to pay the same amount. Kind of an all you can eat shrimp situation, if you will

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One small step for man, one giant leap for a disabled man⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With how much live nation hates its customers it wouldn’t surprise me.