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- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 day ago:
My server is still called driveway because the install originated in an HP laptop a customer ran over with their car. Motherboard still worked though!
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company 5 days ago:
FYI an MBR table with a fat32 partition is probably what it was looking for. If that doesn’t work odds are the port is broken
- Comment on I did it because I had to! 1 week ago:
- Comment on EVGA closes its official forums and transitions to Reddit 4 weeks ago:
The company has erased all mentions of GPUs on its website, leaving just power supplies, gaming peripherals, and a few last-generation Intel motherboards
Not that it really matters, but graphics cards is still on their main page www.evga.com/Concept/Product_VGA.asp
- Comment on Xiaomi has provided official support for Home Assistant 2 months ago:
Local control is implemented by Xiaomi Central Hub Gateway (firmware version 3.4.0_0000 above) or Xiaomi home devices with built-in central hub gateway (software version 0.8.0 above) inside. If you do not have a Xiaomi central hub gateway or other devices having central hub gateway function, all control commands are sent through Xiaomi Cloud. The firmware for Xiaomi central hub gateway including the built-in central hub gateway supporting Home Assistant local control feature has not been released yet. Please refer to MIoT team’s notification for upgrade plans.
Xiaomi central hub gateway is only available in mainland China. In other regions, it is not available.
- Comment on Corning offers bundle of commitments in bid to settle EU antitrust probe 3 months ago:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but exclusivity clauses seem kinda redundant for Corning. Gorilla glass is top of the chain; but I guess it (would’ve) protected future products from eating their lunch
- Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. 3 months 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 4 months 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? 4 months 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 4 months 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 months 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 5 months 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” 7 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 7 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 8 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 8 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 9 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 9 months ago:
So just cost of doing business, like usual
- Comment on Not happening, dude 10 months ago:
Can confirm they’re real as well as the reaction Image
- Comment on LK-99 superconductor physicist accused of “research misconduct” 11 months ago:
Ironic
- Comment on Beginner needs help with setting NextCloud without a domain 11 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 11 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 11 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 1 year ago:
Damn, when you said remote died I thought you meant lost connection
- Comment on Sydney is very concerned about lost data 1 year 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 1 year ago:
He’s innocent
- Comment on SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.
