spaghettiwestern
@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
That’s bad case of main character syndrome you got there.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
Keep trying. Two others have here that they are seeing the hijack.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
It’s has now been replicated. It seems it is you who “doesn’t understand any of this”.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
Did you follow a link from another site?
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
They do it intermittently and always after following a link from another site.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
I see your part of the Post Prevention Brigade. Carry on.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 5 days ago:
It happens after following a link from another sit, usually Lemmy.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 6 days ago:
Im basing it on months of irritation with their BS. Shows up consistently on Firefox with Ublock. Glad you’re not seeing it on your browser.
- Submitted 6 days ago to technology@lemmy.world | 31 comments
- Comment on Where are you running your wireguard endpoint? 1 week ago:
Started with it on a server but moved it to my Openwrt router. If the router’s up the tunnel’s up.
- Comment on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks 2 weeks ago:
Amazon has been slowly killing ePubs from public libraries so this is odd. Libby (previously Overdrive) lists “Kindle” and “Web” for reading, but has hidden ePub until “Other Options” is selected. It is the only thing there. (Do they think library users can handle 2 options but will be totally confused by 3?) Librarians have also repeatedly told me that ePub is no longer available and I suspect it’s only a matter of time until that’s true.
Maybe this is to increase book sales to those who refuse to use Kindle for anything, although many of those people (including me) won’t buy from Amazon anyway. Or perhaps there’s a longer term plan to completely squash ePub?
- Comment on hosting a VPN with a different ISP 3 weeks ago:
TMO has IPV6 implemented for mobile devices and has for years. There’s no way they only implemented IPV4 on a home/business service that uses the same network and the same towers.
- Comment on hosting a VPN with a different ISP 3 weeks ago:
Does their current equipment (and yours) support IPV6? If so CGNAT won’t be involved.
- Comment on Can't access Paperless-ngx via VPN 3 weeks ago:
Your WG network is a separate subnet. Add it to PAPERLESS_ALLOWED_HOSTS to allow access.
- Comment on What's the security situation when opening a jellyfin server up for casting? 4 weeks ago:
not that any of this is doable in the near future, since i’m behind cgnat and won’t get my colocated bounce server up until spring.
Doesn’t IPV6 allow direct external access even when cgnat is in use for IPV4?
- Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup 4 weeks ago:
When I was running a mesh topology I often had the same issue. Switching to a star topology fixed pretty much everything.
- Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been using Syncthing and it’s been almost flawless but was going to switch to Nextcloud for everything. Looks like I’ll be sticking with Syncthing for the foreseeable future.
Thanks for posting this.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 4 weeks ago:
Since I haven’t pulled it apart or tried to decrypt the ssl traffic so I have no idea whether it has “a microphone or something.” That’s the point.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 4 weeks ago:
Ours has needed very little maintenance and has quickly become a necessity because it gets the floors much cleaner that we ever did. An unexpected consequence is that the whole house stays cleaner because we still spend some of the time and energy we were spending on sweeping on other cleaning tasks.
As much as the thing irritates me you’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 4 weeks ago:
My robot vac will not operate when not connected to the Internet so it’s only allowed to communicate when actually in use. As soon as it returns to the charger the vacuum is immediately blocked via firewall.
Unfortunately the manufacturer has deliberately made this as inconvenient as possible. If communication is blocked for more than a few hours the vacuum loses all maps and will no longer load saved maps from the Tuya app. To use it the vac must be powered down and the app killed. Only then can a saved map be restored.
It’s too bad it’s so useful .
- Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 75 comments
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 month ago:
The “Repair application?” was far more alarming to my visiting friend than an “No Internet connection.” would have been. It is astounding that any company would put out such complete shit.
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 month ago:
What kind of idiots create a program error saying “Outlook failed to load repair Application?” when the only problem is the wifi is disconnected?
- Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out 1 month ago:
Don’tBe Evil. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 1 month ago:
Google: “Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn’t verified.
I’ve been side loading apks since I bought my first Android phones and am much more concerned about malware included in the “safe” apps from Google’s Play store. Google’s quality control is shit.
- Comment on FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs 1 month ago:
Many in the FFmpeg community argue, with reason, that it is unreasonable for a trillion-dollar corporation like Google, which heavily relies on FFmpeg in its products, to shift the workload of fixing vulnerabilities to unpaid volunteers.
Google may once have felt an obligation to support the open source software they rely on, but that day’s long gone. They have become nothing more than a skeleton of distilled capitalism, shedding the pretense of being of benefit to society along with their “Don’t be evil” motto.
Google’s behavior makes perfect sense with the understanding that every single move, no matter how small, is only about generating more revenue.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 1 month ago:
Reflect Orbit 2.0 Hacker Edition:
Move corporate HQ to Russia, place mirrors in orbit to block sunlight, then charge big $$$ to unblocked it. Profit.
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 2 months ago:
OpenWRT is a permanent solution for older TP-Link routers. Their newer routers are locked down and not supported by OpenWRT.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 2 months ago:
Thanks for that write-up. I’ll continue to ignore the electric company’s marketing errors and remain blissfully disconnected.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 2 months ago:
Samsung did something similar with one of their tablets when they remotely removed an app that provided an IR remote function - a primary reason for my purchase. Samsung’s support not so politely told me, “Too fucking bad.” when I objected.
Even though a replacement 3rd party app was less than $5 I haven’t purchased another Samsung consumer product or service in almost a decade.
