ReluctantMuskrat
@ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
- Comment on This whistle fights fascists | How thousands of 3D-printed whistles are derailing ICE. 6 days ago:
And when lots of people are around, you have lots of cameras. Imagine how different things would be if we didn’t have video from Minnesota.
- Comment on 10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town 6 days ago:
Crazy to me that it was filmed in 2010. My experience dumpster diving was as a kid in the 80s in Phoenix and as I mentioned, the stores started locking things up and so it stopped. Or so I thought… it seems in many areas it was and maybe still is occurring. Perhaps locking dumpsters is too much of a hassle for some places. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
- Comment on 10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town 1 week ago:
They used to dump them in unlocked dumpsters but people figured that out and started pilfering the dumpsters. My dad, not poor at all but quite frugal/cheap, somehow heard about this and started taking me as a kid to go dumpster diving with him. It was crazy the amount of food we brought home for those couple years before places started locking the dumpsters. And there were a lot of people driving up and going through them just like us.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 1 week ago:
Same… unique email for each service and the Discord leak a few weeks ago was the most abused one I believe I’ve experienced. So many emails for a huge number of sites claiming I opened support tickets and what-not.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 1 week ago:
Please, oh wizard, share your magic!
- Comment on YSK that radishes are fucking amazing. They improve heart health and are full of Sulforaphene, a powerful anti-cancer substance. They contain almost no calories 1 week ago:
Mass has no direct relationship to calories. A gallon of water has 0 calories. A pound of salt has 0. Some things we eat provide necessary elements of nutrition but no energy/calories. Some things provide calories but have 0 nutritional value, like sugar. Most foods provide a mix of nutritional value and calories.
- Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why 5 weeks ago:
To be fair when it’s a product a person didn’t ask for and the OS forced it on them, it’s not unreasonable that they may not understand how it works and make mistakes.
- Comment on Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 5 weeks ago:
It certainly depends. I’m not sure what qualifies as “most people” now. Plenty of people have higher interest rates on their homes from recent purchases than those who’ve purchased homes 4 or 5 years ago, and if you live in a state with higher income tax you’ll have more to deduct. Also self-employed contractors and non-incorporated small business owners are likely going to itemize. My wife and I itemize but we’re fortunate enough to be in a place where we support a lot of charities so itemization is worth it.
- Comment on Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 5 weeks ago:
“Required” isn’t the right word but they do record who donates to them because people usually want them to. People donating to non-profits will receive statements from those non-profits at year end so they can deduct the donations from their taxes when filing their return.
People can donate anonymously but if they do so, they give up their right to claim the tax deduction so most do not.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Is no place safe for me??
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 1 month ago:
Apparently you missed the part where LG says they plan to weave Copilot throughout WebOs and use it “proactively” to assist users and offer content.
Ignoring the app doesn’t keep the AI from spying on you and your household.
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 2 months ago:
I’m surprised to see so few of us actually. Thought this was more common.
- Comment on Anti-zionism v antisemitism. Bondi Beach "F*** Israel" t-shirt man in court battle for freedom of speech - Michael West 2 months ago:
It’s a term created by Jews to self-identify as being anti-Palestinean. Are you a liar or just stupid? I think we know.
- Comment on I didn't verify the headline. 2 months ago:
Worse than that… they’re probably researching if they can reverse this and make their neighbors racist
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
Thankfully no. I think they’re more like 5.5-6% currently. Back in 2020 I managed to get a 2.375%.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
No, it’s just some exaggeration to make it even more ridiculous. As if 50 years isn’t enough.
What’s really awful is when you see how little the payment lowers between a 30yr and 50yr mortgage with current rates. It’s not nearly as big a difference as you’d think.
- Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair. 3 months ago:
This particular model I have in my house. Only ones I’ve ever had that take 2 AA instead of 1 9V battery. And when you open it + and - indicators aren’t easily determined so take note before you remove the old batteries or you’ll be struggling, which is no fun at 3am when you’re barely awake, standing on a short stool and your eyes are full of gunk.
- Comment on Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals 3 months ago:
Murdered…
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 3 months ago:
Thank you for that! I’m keeping the cvedetails link bookmarked.
My two devices, the Archer BE9300 router and the TL-WA3001 AP aren’t listed with any known vulnerabilities, though I suppose it may be they haven’t been tested. The BE9300 is pretty popular though so that would be surprising.
The known vulnerabilities in their other devices don’t appear malicious or any worse than other common vendors either however. Given the state of the US government and its desire to monitor it’s citizens, I can’t decide if it’s contempt for TP-Link is a bad thing or not. They might just be mad they can’t get the vendor to give them a backdoor.
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 3 months ago:
A solution to what exactly? Nobody has provided any information about definitive risks.
An as OpenWRT goes it would either be a permanent solution or no solution at all. How would it be temporary?
- Comment on If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7 3 months ago:
It’s true with them just as it’s been true with the US companies. If the product is free, then you’re the product.
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 3 months ago:
I have one mikrotik poe AP I use and am quite happy with, but certainly not something I’d recommend for non-technical people because it’s firmware isn’t consumer friendly.
However my question is really what’s the real risk in using TP-Link devices. Neither the article or any of the comments link to any explanation of the actual risks. Is my network actually open to hackers now? Is my router able to be used for dos attacks or for other purposes now? Everyone is acting like their flaws are common knowledge and there’s zero info about genuine flaws or exploits.
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 3 months ago:
Do you have any information to share about their bad security? I have a couple of their routers which seem to work quite well. Any I really at risk, and anymore than I would be with something from Linksys or Netgear?
- Comment on mercy merci 3 months ago:
They are not bugs that will eat your food though, which was the point I made.
- Comment on mercy merci 3 months ago:
I had one plop off the ceiling onto my shoulder while I was working a few weeks ago. Took a pic and sent it to my daughters to remind them spiders are our friends and then took him off my shoulder and put him on the ground.
My philosophy… if he’s surviving in my house, he’s eating bugs and providing a service.
- Comment on mercy merci 3 months ago:
Spiders are keeping your house free of bugs that will eat your food if they find it. They’re working hard and get little thanks.
- Comment on Discuss 3 months ago:
Explain… what chocolate is spread on bread? Or do you simply mean hard chocolate sandwiched in the middle?
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 4 months ago:
You won’t go low on vitamins if your carnivore diet incorporates organ meat. Most people don’t want to do this however. Liver isn’t terribly popular, kidneys and other organs even less so.
- Comment on Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription 5 months ago:
Yeah but VW needs it’s share too. Stop being so greedy!
- Comment on HBO Max’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Will Start in Earnest in September 6 months ago:
Interesting… thanks for the reply!