Smoogs
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- Comment on Plex got hacked. 1 week ago:
…second phone number…
Anyways… we are digressing here,
at this point it’s a lot like protecting anything in life: prevention and making yourself less tasty to a psycho.
If you’ve set it even two step You’re already doing way more than any user they are probably intending this warning to do more to protect themselves who set their password to “password” or phrases haven’t changed it in decades and would even prefer to publicly post their passwords on social willing to give up their entire savings rather than having to do anything further as if technology is too beyond and suddenly so super complex that they have to use different keys on their keyboard other than letters.
You don’t have apply every threat like it’s calculus in a situation where there are people who are scared of even doing basic sums.
This situation was hashtags. Literally. And all they are asking is to rehash it. And here you are already disposing of the 2nd feature after that.
- Comment on Plex got hacked. 1 week ago:
Yes and no. hacking isn’t new. Everyone could get sued technically for security breaches for not taking enough interest in their own security.
But then it’s ridiculous if you could sue your own grandma cuz you once used her computer to print your resume and because she uses default passwords now someone has all your info you had from anything you left behind.
Ransom and hacking is pretty common unfortunately in the industry. And it is in part on the user to also take practices to protect themselves if they haven’t enabled 2F yet. And there’s way more you can do where you make email masks now and simply do not fill in with your accurate information like don’t use your real name.and use a VPN. Store stuff on ext drives and less on clouds that don’t use e2e encryption
I don’t know if it’s perfect but as a user just always have it back in your mind that your information can be obtained(if you ever used a web service to check your info on the dark web, this is pretty much going to be a given) . And it probably has. So maybe at least you can try to control what gets obtained.
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
Not a spoiler: Complaining the way of blaming one evil for you doing another evil is not effective either.
Go back to soiling your diapers.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
Either buy pine or try out userland for current but I haven’t completed the research yet
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
And how many from the republicans?
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
“Doom us to republicans”
No this is bullshit as you’re choosing to vilify one and not the other. If you blame your mistake on choosing worse for yourself and blame someone for your choice it is you to blame. And it is pure ignorance. You are using pure ignorance to try to explain your position and only ignorant people and abusive people would agree with this level of stupid.
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
Blaming dems for Republican actions is pure ignorance.
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
Blaming dems for what republicans so is some mental gymnastics.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
And just like that I’m all about Ubuntu phones now
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
Dems didn’t invent ice.
Nor Epstein
Nor trump.
Voters need to take some culpability to their own mistakes here and stop blaming it on anyone else but themselves for this shit show they created.
- Comment on Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps 2 weeks ago:
Blaming it on dems that you voted Republican?
It’s your finger on the trigger with the gun to your own head. That’s not biden’s. This is how people with mental illness sociopathy reason their actions. Manipulation and unreasonable rules that never hold themselves accountable to themselves.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 3 weeks ago:
just look how he treated Twitter once he bought it. He cares…. just about the wrong shit.
Because he’s unstable and undiagnosed and in denial.
And yet somehow he seems to legitimately think that’s how you do business.
Perhaps it’s because America coddles everything under the capitalist label so he doesn’t have to do business like he has to care about it succeeding. And he has too many millions to have to count anything else as a success.
Enablism and denial all the way down.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 3 weeks ago:
He didn’t care so much he bawled on trump’s shoulder and got him to buy one.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 3 weeks ago:
in US the patriotism is injected into a brand. Way more money than brains.
- Comment on Spotifies come and Spotifies go, but that folder of badly-sorted MP3s will still be there in the 2050s. 3 weeks ago:
And no ads 😁
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 4 weeks ago:
Oh hell no. Fuck off with this won’t stand up to the bully but will stand on everyone else you think you can bully bullshit.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 4 weeks ago:
Ok then You Go yell at musk about it.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 4 weeks ago:
There are areas of the planet where there is no signal or fibre. Clearly you and I are not in one of these dead spots but they do exist.
Just something to think about before you run around talking down with privilege of where you’re speaking about it.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 4 weeks ago:
I’m so glad other countries are coming up with their own satellites just for the expressed interest to boycott musk.
- Comment on LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. 5 weeks ago:
Same and I’m sure we will get there. Seems with the help tutorials online someone somewhere has found a trick for almost every consideration on Linux. Im 95% of the way there. Dunno where I’d be without those tutorials.
I’m still happy I took a plunge. It was a real plunge though. Lucky for me I’ve worked with Linux (only on the job) so it was likely easier for me to convert than someone who probably never has touched Linux. I cannot imagine the sheer terror of having to step back and learn on a whole brand new OS after being embedded in a different OS the entire time up until now.
- Comment on LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. 5 weeks ago:
You have to install nvidia still whether you chose to do it manually or rpm. If you did none of this you’re staring at nou and if you never had more than one screen you probably didn’t even notice. And if you never ever had to do anything more complex than documents or watch movies( which you couldn’t do without installing some codecs) you’re probably untouched by it.
Additionally some (complex) software won’t run unless you also install something other than Wayland. This isn’t stuff you’d have to consider on windows. in fact sessions are not even a thing on windows you have to think about when it comes to software or graphics.
So just pointing out not all drivers have been installed. You do have to customize the build to needs which isn’t so much the case on windows.
That said : it’s not a big pain in the ass once you figure out installing is just like the same command over and over again and there’s no going and downloading from a website or clicking install or clicking through a wizard. ( other than the initial ‘y’)
Overall I found the Linux install process a giant relief over windows.
it’s just a bit to realize first time doing it and would prefer we be transparent about this and not over sell Linux as if it’s some sort of magic coconut oil. Be realistic : yes there’s some learning moments. No, it’s not that bad. Personally I thought it was worth it and less painful than what up I had to do with windows.
EG: I no longer have to keep a folder of ‘favourite software’ in case I had to reinstall windows/get a new computer
I just had to keep a backup list of ‘sudo dnf insfall’ commands and it just conveniently sits on the non boot drive that is accessible for copy pasting after a fresh install which is really quite nice.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Oh sure. Destiny 2. Not that it’s a big loss really as i only casually play. It looks like it was intentionally meant to only play on windows though and bungie are doing what they can to keep it that way www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/263741503?page=0
Currently finding r6 as a bit high maintenance to get working too.
They both use battleeye so that’s probably the reason
So far that’s about it tho. All my main favourites seem to be installing without a hitch.(so far that is)
I’m running with GE latest.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Yup so far so good. Though there are one or two games I realized I have to say goodbye to but overall they weren’t going to be a big miss from my life.
Just a good excuse to start digging into some of the new games from steam sales that I never got around to.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Speaking of missing the point : you’re doing a perfect example of apathy.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Fedora for the beast. Family media station is on Ubuntu
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
There are families with 4 children with a full time job that need to also maintain cars, a house, do taxes, estates, bikes, computers laptops iPads tvs, routers, electrical wiring, heating, water, aircon and cel phones among all the other equipment in the house for every day living like coffee machines, fridges, dishwashers, washer dryer, ovens and stove tops sinks and toilets … I can understand and respect that they don’t have the time to know how to build or troubleshoot all these things from the ground up and commit all their time to doing all of it just cuz they bought a slice of convenience. Cuz any one of these things they use daily could be used against them for not knowing how to do the basics of.
And any parent with stretched time I would not call that helpless. Parenting seems pretty hard. The feeding alone. If they picked only one thing out of that to commit their time and it’s to their family I’d say their priorities are correct.
It’s a computer. It’s a tool for some and for others: it’s a hobby. Your decision. you do you and whatever blows your hair back.
If you’re that eager to be crunchy and ‘purist’ about doing all the legwork of everyday existence go back to pissing in an outhouse, maintaining that just for ‘simplicity’ and take your own garbage to the dump, i think there are even communes you could join to experience that raw life but i still don’t understand this fear of progression.
Anyways point is: Gatekeeping is so cringe. And I’m saying this to you as a fellow Linux user.
We can be better than this. Be better than this.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Much of the businesses in media already do. EG: Maya was released for Linux. Its predecessor ‘ALIAS power animator’ was a Unix based program and ran on SGI.
You’d be hard pressed to find a studio involved in fx or 3D or any function of post production not running on Linux.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
Yup same. Was all worried I can’t play my games but then discovered the fedora everything install and the online tutorials were well written to get wine and proton going and the drivers and was like holy shit this has come a long way.
I can live with this.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 1 month ago:
You joke but As of this last weekend I just did and it was pretty damned free…
- Comment on It's time to boycott U.S. digital services! Here's a chart to help you do so: 1 month ago:
Or nord… it has a cloud service