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sramder , 10 days ago

So it's possible to run this type of service with this type of database, without sharing BSSID locations with anyone else who asks.

Seems like apple was hoping to keep their API hits down at the expense of everyone’s privacy including their own customers. Very uncool.

sramder , 9 days ago

…the combination of factors seems sloppy.
Well put.

It could even be privacy preserving with the right implementation. With a bunch of device locations nearby you’re not hitting the server constantly and leaving a trail… but I think Apple just had limiting API hits and maybe computing.

sramder , 20 days ago

Doesn’t virus total display a list of the AV software it triggered?

I generally use Malware Bytes on windows but I don’t know if it’s effective against that particular virus.

sramder , 20 days ago

Yeah, use one of those to clean it up. At least that’s where I’d start.

sramder , 22 days ago

Wasn’t this guy hired to be some kind of poster-boy CEO because he has a highschool masturbation related injury that causes one of his arms to constantly ache? Why is he giving everyone business advice now?

sramder , 22 days ago

It’s length does indicate he’s a successful man of means…

sramder , 22 days ago

I’ll have to dig it up tomorrow, but that was an illusion to a mountain climbing injury he sustained at some point earlier in life (to an arm) that left him in constant pain. He was able to function by mentally mastering the discomfort which he credited to meditation or something like that.

I believe it was an interview that aired on NPR at least 5 years ago.

I’m with you. When I saw The Saint as a kid it seemed like the perfect plan. Do crimes and retire when you hit 5 million ;-)

Seriously, I think it’s a widespread addiction. You see your nest-egg turn into millions and then billions… it’s got to be a rush.

sramder , 25 days ago

At this point I’m assuming most if not all of these content deals are essentially retroactive. They already scrapped the content and found it useful enough to try and secure future use, or at least exclude competitors.

sramder , 25 days ago

[…]will only take a few hallucinations before no one trusts LLMs to write code or give advice

Because none of us have ever blindly pasted some code we got off google and crossed our fingers ;-)

sramder , 24 days ago

Which is why I used the former as an example and not the latter.

I’m not trying to make a general case for AI generated code here… just poking fun at the notion that a few errors will put people off using it.

sramder , 26 days ago

Hum… this was one of the original reasons I signed up with them. I totally missed them dropping support. I’m not mad about it because I don’t torrent much anymore, but it’s still a pretty lame excuse.

I want all my services supporting maximum fuckery at all times as a matter of general principle.

Any alternatives that you know of?

sramder , 26 days ago

Thanks for the tip, I’ll check them out.

sramder , 25 days ago

I can’t honestly say I’ve ever had much trouble with it either. No trouble receiving files at least… there wasn’t much outbound traffic, but that could just have been a lack of interest :-)

I’m happy with Mulvad’s service and now that the initial shock and indignation is wearing off I’ll probably stick with them.

Besides I read about their new traffic obfuscation and I’ve got to give that a try. We need proactive innovation like that, now more than ever.

sramder , 25 days ago

Thank you. It’s good to know I have a few options.

sramder , 29 days ago

They just killed my nest cameras, but the thermostat is still supported. I was planning on replacing it with an ecobee this year just because API access is kind of a pain but this is giving me some second thoughts.

sramder , 28 days ago

Yeah. Although they were honestly long past their prime, and I wasn’t using them anymore so it’s hard to be upset.

They could even be set in RSTP mode before they dropped support from the app, so they could still be useful.

sramder , 1 month ago

I’m really loving this journey for them 🥰

sramder , 1 month ago

Question is: do I buy one now and risk them bricking it out of spite… I guess as long as I don’t update the firmware? I don’t actually know how their geofence works.

This is lame. They already crammed remoteID™ down our throats :-( Although this will do way more to curtail drone activity it’s demonstrably not going to stop anyone from doing anything really bad.

sramder , 1 month ago

What’s your point?

There’s a handful of valid notions in there, but they apply to the vast majority of apps people download.

It’s a choice. You could get the same technology from an American company for… 50-80K if you’re lucky and will to roll up your sleeves and learn some sophisticated GIS software (not included).

Or you could get the DJI for… let’s call it 6K including a nice laptop and let the evil orientials know the layout of your hazlenut orchard. Oh nooooos! Spooky scary!

The Uyghur thing is a problem for me. And I would need to understand that better before I buy something. If it’s a case of the Chinese government asking DJI to provide surveillance tech, I’m not sure that’s a request they can deny. If it’s DJI using slave/forced labor, fuckem.

sramder , 1 month ago

Oh I’ve built a few over the last 10 years. There’s a lot to be said for what DJI has accomplished over that time. I doubt it would cost me less that 10K to make something that has all the features they offer in a $2K package. And it would take months for a prototype.

sramder , 1 month ago

So your contention is that because Congress our most learned body of intellectuals… fuck it, I’m not in the mood tonight.

sramder , 1 month ago

The article pretty plainly says the guy was coerced into entering his password. So the headline feels a bit manipulative.

sramder , 1 month ago

Ya know… I hadn’t see anything by them in so long I forgot.

sramder , 1 month ago

Take a deep breath and tell us how you really feel ;-)

I got here a bit late and it seemed like there was some decent discussion going on. Practical advice on how to lock various phones.

Some high quality pasta about how to survive the coming civil war ;-) Honestly good advice for anyone considering civil unrest there.

It’s small, but what’s really missing here? Someone dragging up the constitution? Being forced to incriminate yourself is wrong and any evidence gleaned should be inadmissible. Cops shouldn’t manipulate people into giving up their rights… but that’s the country we live in.

Reddit was a wash in low effort feel good upvote nonsense too. It just got buried faster.

To each his own but until I have time to post a bunch of high quality content, I’m not going to complain so bitterly.

sramder , 1 month ago

I think they were victims of their own success weren’t they? Gawker was already kind of a tech-tabloid, happy to report rumors (which were often true or at least truth adjacent).

That kinda made them popular with both hardboiled techies who wanted to know when my shit was going to come rolling down, and regular folks who just wanted some good gossip… maybe wanted to touch our feet or whatever ;-)

With that success and the capital investment it garnered Gawker bought up all the good tech news sites.

Unable to produce meaningful content for that many sites on the limited budget their investors demanded Gawker invented the listical. And humanity wept —and kept clicking for some damn reason 🤨

Many years passed and the listical was clearly dying, so Gawker sought out a real zinger to boost their profile… I’m a bit hazy on the details, but it sounds like Peter Teal fucked them up the ass with Hulk Hogan‘s penis. 

At least that’s how I remember it ;-)

sramder , 22 days ago

The big triangle shaped corner litter boxes can help a bit. I think the last one we had was branded Natures Miracle. Sorry your boy’s doing poorly, that sucks :-|

sramder , 22 days ago

I hate pooping in the dark :-) I think one of the other comments probably tracks a bit more, good cats have an instinct to burry it and then scratch up the whole area so it’s less obvious they hid something.

Honestly crocodile box isn’t far off either. The bigger the box, the less chance anything winds up outside. Every time we got a bigger box it made cleanup a bit easier, the corner box fit the bill and has 2 high sides so no pee hits the wall :-)

Hopefully your boy feels better soon. 

sramder , 1 month ago

I value my privacy and have an extra $7 to blow every month.

Bleep boop, this summary has saved you 99.9%… just kidding i’m not a bot and have no idea what the article says ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

Everyone’s creepy uncle… to creep to fail… this wants to be a Weinstein joke, but not today :-(



sramder , 1 month ago

That must be why it stopped working ;-)

Does 48 hours not getting a reverse proxy working count?

It’s FreeNAS and I don’t really hoast anything but the plex server… so 48 hours.

If deleting files counts 10 days a year, if not 1 day a year.

sramder , 1 month ago

Somewhat ironic that the original joke was about seagull managers.

sramder , 1 month ago

If you consider the way you choose to allocate your time and and a portion of your entertainment budget private… then yes.

sramder , 1 month ago

I turned to coffee maker on from my bed this morning :-)

sramder , 1 month ago

This is great!

I wonder how many € I can rent an EU citizenship for ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

You guys might have a point… I was thinking they would impose some kind of draconian verification as the next impediment to compliance.

Also kinda thinking about those weird “travel agencies” that let you rent a return flight so you can get your visa approved.

But if it really is anyone on EU soil they truly may be out of options.

sramder , 1 month ago

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sramder , 2 months ago

It sounds good, but that’s enough wiggle room to drive a truck full of money through. Even “at cost” has been abused pretty badly.

sramder , 2 months ago

I’m waiting for Apple to announce they are pulling out of Oregon 😂 [^1]

[^1]: Also the impending injunction 😒

sramder , 2 months ago

Even better. I thought we were just talking about the cost to provide the repair information, which should be free after so many years of shenanigans.

Good points about parts cost/availability. Hopefully ORs bill keeps costs down with the threat of competition.

sramder , 2 months ago

I was actually thinking about OBD2 when I wrote that. The old CRT pedestal style code readers cost as much as a new car, fairly reasonable from an automakers perspective but expensive enough to put plenty of small shops out of business.

It was one of the first big top-down push that I remember. It’s a pretty good parallel for the current right to repair legislation. The automakers fought it tooth and nail back then too. They made similar claims about their new cars being so complex that they simply had to be serviced at the dealerships. And, to your point, they are still getting away with it to a degree.

sramder , 2 months ago

Can be handy for jumping around in something that doesn’t have thumbnails generated yet. But I agree, it’s a bit of an anachronism at this point.

sramder , 2 months ago

Tobacco took like 50 years. I genuinely don’t think we have the time ;-)

sramder , 2 months ago

5 more years of dickering? ;-)

sramder , 2 months ago

Mostly… does it ever worry you? That their’s something tucked away in that network blob.

I have at least a dozen running at any given moment… so I’m not really worried, but I can’t entirely banish the thought.

sramder , 2 months ago

I’m pretty sure whatever model of Nest cams I have (looks like the original drop cam style) have RSTP support… I wonder if they can be used with Frigate NVR?

I assume there’s no way to re-configure them after that deadline… but Corals are back to like 150% of MSRP ;-)

sramder , 2 months ago

I hope they can pull it off :-)

sramder , 2 months ago

Because insecure FTP access is already enabled on the NAS ;-)

sramder , 2 months ago

I’ve never even heard of curlftpfs, but I can’t think of a reason why it wouldn’t work. You should try it out and let us know… I tried NFS once and didn’t like it.