oatscoop
@oatscoop@midwest.social
- Comment on UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole 1 day ago:
It’s funny, because that’s exactly what I did around the age of 13 to bypass my school’s firewall. I had everything on a USB drive, including Ghostzilla and PuTTY so I could browse through an SSH SOCKS tunnel. Mind you, my home computer was the SSH server – but these days it wouldn’t be hard to get a VPS in a less restrictive country:
“Hey [parent], can I borrow your credit card to set up a web server so my friends and I can play [game] together?”
It takes one kid in a group to set something like this up.
- Comment on Microsoft Is Now Being Sued Over Sunsetting Windows 10 1 week ago:
My daily driver laptop, home servers, media center, NAS, etc are all Linux.
My gaming computer isn’t – as much as I would like it to be. There are certain things (particularly VR) that don’t want to work in Linux.
- Comment on Lemmy be like 1 week ago:
Weird … It looks like I can sign up for an account on dbzer0 even though I’m not actually an anarchist.
- Comment on "ok, imagine a gun." 2 weeks ago:
That is 100% the origin of the phrase.
- Comment on Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on PSA on privuhcy 3 weeks ago:
Go to the “Filters” tab in the dashboard. At the bottom of the list click “Import” and paste the URL ( raw.githubusercontent.com/…/LegitimateURLShortene… ) in the box. Then click “Apply” to save it.
- Comment on I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing 3 months ago:
I miss the form factor of the HP mini – it’s just a shame the build quality matched the price and they fell apart in short order.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 4 months ago:
- Comment on America is fucked 4 months ago:
- Comment on Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app 4 months ago:
They make a lot more than car navigation systems. Their recreational gear and avionics are top of the line.
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 5 months ago:
Technology has never been the problem: there’s nothing wrong with genetic engineering, AI, etc. The can (and have) been used for good.
The problem has always been the “greed is good” sociopaths using it for evil.
- Comment on Good afternoon I choose thoughts you've never had before. 5 months ago:
Noodles are composed mostly of starches and heat causes gelatinization, which gives noodles their texture and holds them together. Without heat water just causes them to break back down into wet flour.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 5 months ago:
In places where natural gas is cheap and electricity is expensive cost is a factor
- Comment on LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences 9 months ago:
Hands you a random laptop.
“The thing doesn’t work.”
Refuses to elaborate and leave.
- Comment on LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences 9 months ago:
I bought an LG microwave a few months ago to replace a dead 10 year old Sharp. My favorite “features”:
- The sticker on the door stating that by using the microwave I agree to LG’s TOS.
- The single 4 minutes and 30 seconds of use I got out of it before the magnetron broke.
When I returned it they customer service person asked if I wanted it serviced under warranty – hilarious. Bought a Panasonic instead.
- Comment on The Conspiracy Unmasked 10 months ago:
Fully automated luxury gay space communism.
- Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books. 10 months ago:
I just use my kindle as intended: using Calibre’s “email” button to load 100% legally obtained books via it’s _______@kindle.com address.