ramble81

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of CAPTCHA is this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea good thing you didn’t. MSHTA is the app that lets you run Microsoft HTML Apps (usually used for their help articles). Those can contain JavaScript or VBScript code. And since you’re pasting it in a Run box it’ll happily execute it, even if it’s a remote source.

  Generally it would only run as your user (you’re not admin are you?), which would still be enough to make your life miserable, but it could also try to run known exploits and raise itself to admin and own your whole computer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are probably fediverse instances being run by governments for surveillance purposes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are also instances that most likely exist just to suck up data for AI/LLM training. People were up in arms about it happening on Reddit and trying to torch their comments when here they’re giving it away for free and there are less bots because it’s a newer platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So even TFA says it’s not completely going away. It’s just switching from a command to a registry entry. Additionally Windows 11 Enterprise most likely won’t be affected or LTSC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech is dropping support for its oldest Harmony remotes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love my Elite but I think it’s absolutely stupid that I have to connect to one of their servers in order to change activities and buttons. There is literally zero reason for that. You could easily have an app that connects locally to the device and can do it there. I could see needing their service if you want to download new remote profiles but that should be it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Content moderation is what a 21st century hazardous job looks like⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The internet was simultaneously the best and worst thing for humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump threatens 'far larger' tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do 'economic harm' to the U.S.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  (In)directly, I hate how much this isolates the US even further. We use imperial measurements when everyone uses metric, we will have our own standards with more and more stuff that will look vastly different than the rest of the world. It just makes later integration that much harder. I think of how NK and East Germany were/are where it’s like an odd fever dream of reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a non-sequeter. You started by saying that internet on cars were bad and then switched to “you should be using bikes”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that's an interesting question⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I point out that Texas used to actually be part of Mexico and the border moved, not the people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game characters should swear when they get hurt⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The number of F-bombs in Final Fantasy 16 is quite impressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I mentioned it in another post but Schwaticars are a bit different. Though I’d assume they’d have to have some basic functionality in the event of an outage. “Always on” hasn’t come to cars… yet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Again though, they are all quality of life things. You don’t have to use it on most cars. Don’t want it, don’t pay for it and don’t use it. So just like giving people the choice of AA/CP, what’s wrong with giving them the choice of using those features?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, what’s the alternative? It’s not like it has to have internet. Anything internet connected is mainly quality of life:

  • Traffic
  • Remote (app) features
  • Music Except maybe Teslas, damned if I know what they do. But they’re nice to have things that generally require realtime updates but the car functions just fine as a car without it.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I’ve used the Audi one and it sicks. Especially traffic, so many missing streets and odd routing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Frankly CarPlay and Android Auto suck in my opinion compared to iDrive 7 on my BMW.

  But… that being said, I do support choice. I wouldn’t even consider a car that doesn’t allow CP/AA as I think it should be up to the consumer to pick which one they want to use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Something else that people don’t think about besides the backend server is the connectivity. A lot of these cars use LTE with eSIMs that can’t be replaced, and getting an internet package for it will be next to impossible since Tesla gets them at bulk rates. Once upon a time cars did allow “bring your own SIM cards” but not anymore. Also as cars get older the cell networks get shut down. Some companies did offer upgrades but that was few and far between. Most just said “sorry, you’re SOL”.

  So even if you could hack your car, your car won’t have any way of talking to a custom endpoint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never once used discord and it makes me wonder how much information I haven’t been able to find, but I’ve managed to get what I need so I don’t know if it was important anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Birthday Emma!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Frankly any meat is game for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  SLAB?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironically, we do have a common enemy: The billionaires. Problem is the enemy has managed to brainwash almost half the populace into fighting for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad cat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely was and it only got better imo. It felt like people got too invested in the “western in the park fantasy” part when really it was telling a larger story between the struggles of man, machine and the meaning of sentience on a global scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad cat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Westworld. HBO made a series based on the 70s movie and it was amazing. Had a really strong cast too, but then Discovery went on their hatchet spree and killed it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad cat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So damn bummed they didn’t finish that series. One more freaking season was all it had left

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that there are already 32TB 2.5” SSDs, what does a 3.5” buy you that you couldn’t get with an adapter?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We all deserve better than this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  fiddle with AI stuff

  I.e. one of the same things that causing gouging on GPUs and the market to be pushed out of gamers hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We all deserve better than this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Brand new Intel ARC B570 puts up numbers in the 4060 range and only costs around $250

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Micron just demoed the world's fastest SSD with PCIe 6.x tech, a sequential read speed of 27GB/s, and yes, it's just a prototype for now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are 32 and 64TB enterprise SSDs out there now too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My state doesn’t have any income tax. So it’s offset with higher property taxes. Other states have lowe me property taxes but have an income tax.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like it’s working as intended to target snow birds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. In Texas once you hit 65 they freeze your property taxes and no longer increase it. My parents are only paying $1,800/year on a $250K house. Meanwhile I’m paying $14,000/yr on a $500K house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Supporting Palestine: violent Supporting Ukraine: violent Suggesting Lemmy: believe or not, violent too