bss03
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- Comment on for a better future for ur children 1 week ago:
What? The green revolution doesn’t deserve anti-aircraft capabily?
- Comment on Santa is working on those lists 1 week ago:
Ho, ho, ho. Ho.
This Santa has one extra.
(j/k)
- Comment on Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days 2 weeks ago:
While I do have some control over my DNS and can create arbitrary TXT entries, I can’t to that in an automated way easily. I’m using Gandi.net to host my DNS rather than running my own DNS sever(s).
- Comment on Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days 2 weeks ago:
Probably the comment has federated to lemmy.world, but the deletion of the comment hasn’t yet.
- Comment on Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days 2 weeks ago:
Looks like autoincorrect did a s/CRLs/Carla/ for you.
- Comment on Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days 2 weeks ago:
Technically my renews aren’t automated. I have a nightly cronjob that should renew certificates and restart services, but when the certificates need renewal, it always fails because it wants to open a port I’m already using in order to answer the challenge.
I hear there’s an apache module / configuration I can use, but I never got around to setting it up. So, when the cron job fails, I get an email and go run a script that stops apache, renews certs, and restarts services (including apache). I will be a bit annoying to have to do that more often, but maybe it’ll help motivate me to configure apache (or whatever) correctly.
Debian Stable
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, I don’t even like using the word “cheat” to describe customizing a single-player gaming experience in a way not blessed by the developers. Terrafirmacraft (and maybe even just Gregtech) isn’t cheating at Minecraft; certainly the experience isn’t “easier”.
So, yes, I will play the game is whatever way makes for the most fun for me, whether that’s “cheating” or not to you.
For experiences that aren’t single-player, including (e.g.) anything with a global leaderboard (even at third-party one), I can understand why someone might choose to cheat, but I think I could deny myself those temptations. But, I’ve never been a “simple” cheat away from the top of a leaderboard or any other sort of acclaim or reward.
- Comment on Expecting a LLM to become conscious, is like expecting a painting to become alive 2 weeks ago:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition to meet the Dessandre Family
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 2 weeks ago:
Enshittification will continue until morale improves.
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 2 weeks ago:
The first one does tell you how to “completely remove Gemini from your smartphone” under that heading. I do not have the Gemini app installed.
The second one says:
Can you fully disable Gemini on Android?
No, and that’s by design. While you can turn off activity tracking, revoke permissions, and even uninstall the Gemini app on some devices, Google is actively replacing its Assistant app with Gemini.
But, I’ve also disabled Google Assistant across all applications, so I don’t share data with Gemini/Assistant. I had to lose some features to do so.
Overall, your reply serves to confirm for me that I have disabled Gemini on both of my Android devices. Still, I appreciate the links!
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me either way. There IS a lot of telemetry and other BS that is definitely still on my phone, included in OS updates, and not uninstallable (I can “uninstall updates”, but that would also give me back any security issues). But, I don’t think that it is Gemini, or at least predates that naming convention.
To get free of Google telemetry, I’d have to install a non-Google ROM, and I haven’t ever tried that.
Telemetry certainly can be abused, and Google should be legally (by regulation) required to provide a simple opt-out. BUT, telemetry really is a fairly normal thing to include in “web-scale” deployments and is primarily used to discover issues that have escaped into production without affecting a testing environment–or, at least, that what the telemetry systems I’ve interacted with as an software developer were for. So, I’m not too worried about non-personalized data collection.
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 2 weeks ago:
Do you have some sort of evidence for this claim?
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 2 weeks ago:
I’ve lost features that used to work without Gemini, but I believe it is disabled on both my Pixel 7 Pro and the Pixel 8 I have access to.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 4 weeks ago:
I’ve basically only been seeing the “blowing bubba” meme stuff, but I expect that we will at least get more evidence that Trump got handjobs from women that could not legally consent and were coerced into those acts. There’s long been testimony to that effect.
I hope it torPEDOes this whole Presidency, but I’m a bit tipsy just now.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 4 weeks ago:
Aw. Quesaritos are my favorite thing. I might never eat at a Taco Bell again.
- Comment on Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco 1 month ago:
Depending on the year model of the car, it might not make that sound. It wasn’t required on some of the earlier EVs, which could be eerily quiet. I believe it’s required by law on newer models. Pre-2016 Volts has a “pedestrian horn button”; 2016 and newer Volts play a noise continuously as lower speeds. (My Uncle says it sounds like the warp drive hum on the original Star Trek Enterprise.)
- Comment on YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice 1 month ago:
My parents would say you just haven’t been hungry enough. Their parents lived through the great depression. I wouldn’t know, but I hear people are having to make food/medicine trade offs, which seems more dire that flavor/texture preference tradeoffs.
That said, I don’t know a protein source that’s as available and cheap as beans, but you might try insects if cheap is the priority or poultry if availability is your priority.
You can buy a large bag of frozen vegetable blend and steam it fairly simply. You can either steam single serving and keep the rest frozen OR steam the whole bag in bulk, and refrigerate for up to a week, reheating single servings as you need them.
Best of luck.
- Comment on YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice 1 month ago:
Yeah, no. I cooked my own beans from dry and I was still overly gassy for a bit.
- Comment on YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice 1 month ago:
Best sloppy joes I ever had were mostly TVP. It is really great at absorbing the lipids from the meat AND spices.
- Comment on YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice 1 month ago:
I have always hated soaking beans, which is why the Instant Pot has been one of the single greatest cooking inventions I have ever used.
Exactly why I bought mine. Any pressure cooker will do. Beans (red, pinto, or black) 1 : 2 with water for 40 minutes, followed by natural release. I use roughly a pint of dried beans (1lb bag, then topped up with out of a mixed-beans bag), to get 9 large servings.
I also do quinoa in the same cooker 1 : 4/3 with water (or sub up to half the water with stock) for 0 minutes (just bring up to high pressure), followed by natural release. I use 3 cups dry to make 9 servings.
Depending on you spice budget, you might feel like you are getting more by applying right before eating. But, if you want the spice flavors to permeate the beans, it’s best to add them to the pot as warm them just a bit with the saute setting before adding the beans (or quinoa/rice/grains) and water.
If you eat meat, miscut ham is also a good addition to the beans before cooking – they will share lipids and flavors.
I use nooch as a topping for mine, to try to keep it vegan, but what I really like is a Mexican shredded cheese blend.
- Comment on I'm blue ba da ba da dee da ba dieee 1 month ago:
I do believe she eventually grows to the age of consent, but I could be wrong.
Of course, I was saying “only female” is Sassette erasure. I was not saying “only mating prospect” is Sassette erasure.
I was just remembering her from my childhood. I wasn’t up on my Sassette lore. I found a reference that says she was created the same way Smurfette was, which surprised me.
- Comment on I'm blue ba da ba da dee da ba dieee 1 month ago:
This is Sassette erasure and I won’t stand for it! /s
- Comment on Who makes up the "serving size" on microwave food? 1 month ago:
Not usually an issue for me. My heartburn trigger used to be acids (e.g. pizza sauce) too close to bed, but after I lost some weight, I basically don’t get heartburn anymore.
That said, I very much avoid anything with much hot spice. Anything that I think might burn on the way out doesn’t make it in.
- Comment on Who makes up the "serving size" on microwave food? 1 month ago:
I think you are supposed to have a couple of vegetable sides to go with a meat+cheese+pasta lasagna.
(But, sure, lasagna is a pretty flexible term, you could make one where an appropriately sized portion is a complete, balanced meal.)
- Comment on Who makes up the "serving size" on microwave food? 1 month ago:
There’s a party in my belly, and the whole bag of chips / cheeze puffs is invited!
- Comment on Manic Stew 1 month ago:
Oversharing Booger!? /s
- Comment on Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World 2 months ago:
I don’t think copyright is currently serving it’s purpose “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts”. And it should be eliminated anywhere it is not doing that.
Closest to my pocketbook is software (I’m a programmer), and I think we’d almost certainly be better off without copyright of any kind on software. It would mean exercise of some of our freedom around software would have to be implemented via reverse engineering, but it would make that route much more available / less risky for software that is current not Free Software. But, maybe I’m extra jaded because software is almost always done as “work-for-hire” so the author doesn’t actually hold the copyright, the Capitalist employer does.
- Comment on Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World 2 months ago:
I will support the elimination of copyright. But, as long as copyright exists, I will reject and resist AI.
That said, there are a number of other reasons I think AI sucks, it’s not limited to copyright.
- Comment on American cops think they're what American firemen ARE. 2 months ago:
- Comment on I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time 2 months ago:
Time travel is exclusively a cis white guy fantasy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-WHAISI02w (Anyone else would be shunned and probably killed as some sort of witch/demon.)