- low_key parentIt's cheaper than layoffs?
- I was thrilled to learn about this, too. I wasn't aware of it even as a long-time Debian user.
However, trying the specific example that was listed in the article, I installed extrepo and enabled the mozilla repo. Unfortunately, firefox is not installable on trixie in it's current form because it depends on libasound2 and the trixie package is called libasound2t64. : (
- As an outsider, the thing I've noticed is that it appears the only way to nearly guarantee tenure is to bring in money. The author mentions applying for grants, but does not mention getting any.
Not to say it's fair or anything, but it seems like this is the way it is at least at some institutions.
- I started managing my dotfiles in git and followed the pattern I found in Anders Knudsen's repository below. The most painful thing has been coming up with config that works across Linux and MacOS, but that's been chosen pain that can easily be avoided.
- The dream of a "car that just drives itself" works for everyone. It serves both goals of letting people such as yourself take your car (optionally paying attention), while also making sure that car doesn't run over pedestrians, cyclists, and the like.
Your geographic region doesn't really matter.
- I've left negative reviews and they tend to get removed.
I was once even warned by Amazon that my account could be deactivated for violation of the ToS after posting a review that pointed out all of the other fake reviews on a particular product. Apparently the ToS allow fake reviews and disallow shining a light on it.
- Mine too. I took a pair in that had symptoms exactly as described in the service program description. Both the left and right earbud failed in their test machine, but Apple said my Airpods did not qualify because they were not part of the program (manufactured a few months after the end date).
I suspect the issues weren't actually resolved by the date they claim.
Also, more annoyingly, they offered replacement refurbished left and right pods for $89 each. I can go to Costco and buy a new pair with a new charging case for only $2 more.
Moral of the story: Airpods are unreliable, if you buy them then also buy the extended warranty from Apple.
- There's a similar problem to the "we'll create it cheaper if" issue in a lot of government software acquisition. Contractors, especially big companies, often want a lot more money to hand over source code for software. Often the government takes the short-term discount, but then ends up paying massively over time by having no ability to maintain or upgrade the system without involvement from the same contractor.
- I'm not sure what the commenter's setup is, but I have one that (at least mostly) achieves the same thing. It is a combination of a few things:
1. Redirect all outbound DNS traffic to your own local DNS server (as described in the link in this post) 2. Return NXDOMAIN for well-known DoH domains [1] (as well as "use-application-dns.net" for well-behaving software like Firefox [2]) 3. Block traffic to well-known DoH providers by destination IP address [1]
[1] https://github.com/bambenek/block-doh [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/configuring-networks-di...
- I took an online class in 2015 that used Proctorio. Even at that time the proctoring/anti-cheat software was a nightmare. I was semi-accused of cheating because of "anomalies" during one of my tests. It was quickly cleared up by talking to the professor.
The software is a privacy disaster and any computer that has had any of this spyware installed should be considered compromised. I kept a separate hard drive and would swap it in to take tests.
To fix the problem, grading measures need to be changed to accommodate the new world of online classes rather than trying to shoehorn old test proctoring into a remote space. This software only stops bad cheaters anyway.
I'm already imagining the fights I'm going to have with my daughter's schools in the future when they ask us to install this malware.
- I wrote a thorough description a how a seller was manipulating their reviews and put that into my own review.
I got an official warning from Amazon and my review was removed. They said that my account could be closed if I repeated my violations.
Amazon reviews used to be great (~10 years ago). You could sort by review score and feel pretty confident that the top items fairly safe. These days Amazon has so many counterfeit items that it's a chore to even browse. The most recent counterfeit items I've received are clothing which were labeled as Adidas and Hanes.
- I do something similar with chrome (have to use sometimes it for testing compatibility), but just create a fresh profile every time with:
chrome_dir=$(mktemp -d) echo "Using temp dir: $chrome_dir" /usr/bin/google-chrome \ --incognito \ --user-data-dir="$chrome_dir" \ --window-size=1280,1280 \ --no-referrers \ --no-pings \ --no-experiments \ --disable-translate \ --dns-prefetch-disable \ --disable-background-mode \ --no-first-run \ --no-default-browser-check wait $! rm -rf "$chrome_dir" - I think they mean it isn't continuously transmitting the data to Amazon/Google/etc.
The device does continuously monitor (capture) audio, but the detection is done locally and data is only transmitted to the respective service after the keyword match.
This is reasonable as long as you trust that the device is performing as designed (and that the design doesn't include any undesired behaviors).
- I just negotiated an extension to a lease in Boston. The landlord eventually conceded 2 free months of rent on an extension of less than a year, but absolutely refused to budge at all on the monthly rent amount.
Their adamant defense that the unit was already at "market price" was just such absolute bullshit that I nearly moved just on principle. Lucky for them, I hate moving even more than I hate the landlord.
The average monthly price on my extension is about 11% below my average monthly price on the old lease.
- I've had the same thing in the US from Chase bank. They called me about potentially fraudulent charges on a credit card and then proceeded to ask me to verify myself by providing details.
I thought it was fraud, so hung up and called them using the number on the card. Turned out it was a legitimate call. I wrote them a detailed explanation of why their process was indistinguishable from a scam and never got a response. Great.
- Looks like LE will be adding to the billion certs they've issued!