arthurfm
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Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
Considering how long it has been I don't think we will ever see a Cloud Key Gen 3/3+.
Ubiquiti's Cloud Gateway Max or Fiber seems to be the modern replacement since they do the job of the Cloud Key while also serving as your router and firewall.
Comment · 5 months ago
In the UK, banks like Starling, Monzo and Revolut (and building societies such as Nationwide) have added a call status feature in their apps [0][1][2] that tells you if they are actually the ones calling.
[0] https://www.starlingbank.com/news/starling-bank-launches-in-...
[1] https://monzo.com/help/monzo-fraud-category/monzo-call-statu...
Comment · 7 months ago
DVIO [0] and WinDV [1] would be the closest equivalents to dvgrab on Windows. Both are super easy to use (especially the former).
For HD DV tapes there's also HDVSplit [2].
[0] https://www.videohelp.com/software/DVIO
Comment · 10 months ago
In the UK all delivery apps [0][1][2] will prompt the driver/rider to ask for ID when the customer purchases age-restricted items like alcohol or cigarettes.
I am not sure why the apps don't get the customer to upload a photo of their ID once rather than get the delivery person to request it for every restricted order?
It wastes so much time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEC_ooaC5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILzfEaSiYf4
[0] https://riders.deliveroo.co.uk/en/delivering-alcohol
[1] https://help.uber.com/en-GB/ubereats/restaurants/article/how...
[2] https://courier-help.just-eat.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/103290...
Comment · 11 months ago
According to their FAQ, Nook is WebKit-based.
Comment · 2 years ago
There was a car dealer in the UK that had a buy one, get one free offer on the Dodge Avenger SXT in 2008. [0] Apparently there are only 107 left of that particular model on UK roads, with a further 36 cars classed as 'SORN' [1][2]. I reckon the latter are being used for parts.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/nov/08/automotive-...
[1] https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/dodge_avenger_sxt
[2] https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/dodge_avenger_sxt_a
Comment · 2 years ago
One of the easiest ways to do this is to use a HDMI display emulator [0]. Set the resolution to 1920x1080, move the content or presentation you want to share to the 'ghost' monitor and then share the entire second screen in your meeting app [1].
Comment · 3 years ago
Could the pool owners simply stick a hot and cold tap at one end and claim it is a large bath and not a swimming pool to avoid paying the tax? :)
Comment · 3 years ago
Wendover Productions posted an interesting train-related video recently.
https://youtu.be/qQTjLWIHN74?t=466
It would appear that the issues with Amtrak can be traced back to freight rail as well. See 07:46 onwards for more details.
Comment · 4 years ago
Huawei's MateView 28.2" monitor too. It has a 3840 x 2560 resolution (which is slightly more than the 2560 x 2880 resolution of the LG DualUp), although sadly is not VESA mountable.
Comment · 4 years ago
Linux Foundation unveils Sigstore — a Let's Encrypt for code signing [1] [2]
> The Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Google, and Purdue have unveiled the free 'sigstore' service that lets developers code-sign and verify open source software to prevent supply-chain attacks.
> As demonstrated by the recent dependency confusion attacks and malicious typo-squatted NPM packages, the open-source ecosystem is commonly targeted for supply-chain attacks.
> To pull these attacks off, threat actors will create malicious open-source packages and upload them to public repositories using names similar to popular legitimate packages. If a developer mistakenly includes the malicious package in their own project, malicious code will automatically be executed when the project is built.
> To prevent these types of attacks, 'sigstore' will be a free-to-use non-profit software signing service that allows developers to sign open-source software and verify their authenticity.
> "You can think of it like Let’s Encrypt for Code Signing. Just like how Let’s Encrypt provides free certificates and automation tooling for HTTPS, sigstore provides free certificates and tooling to automate and verify signatures of source code."
[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-foundat...
Comment · 4 years ago
> I have second-hand but reliable information about their security approach, and "laughable" doesn't begin to describe it.
Back in 2017 a security researcher found 40 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung's Tizen OS. [1][2]
[1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/samsungs-tizen-is-ri...
[2] https://www.vice.com/en/article/xy9p7n/samsung-tizen-operati...
Comment · 4 years ago
> it was impossible to get the Series-X in the UK in the lead up to Christmas without paying scalpers
Not completely impossible. I managed to purchase an Xbox Series X directly from Amazon UK on 20th December. Amazon also had sufficient consoles in stock they were able to not run out for more than 12 hours [1].
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/23/22852161/xbox-series-x-a...
Comment · 5 years ago
> how do you even "bin" something like this?
Number of bad sectors per drive?
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/4ingu0/how_man...
[1] https://thetinypod.com
[2] https://www.behance.net/gallery/72386255/Pod-Case-for-Apple-...