csmattryder

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Comment · 1 year ago
>And the parents that are worried about their children getting fucked up by hardcore porn and social media.

Rarely brought up during the OSA debate, but I think we all know every UK ISP has "Safety Shield" on to block access to adult entertainment - by default. When purchasing the service you're asked if you want it disabled.

If parents are disabling it, they can't be that worried.

Comment · 1 year ago
One must imagine the washing machine user happy.
Comment · 1 year ago
I got it installed last weekend, really powerful mobile OS.

I did do about three weeks of research, as I worried that maybe a number of apps wouldn't run on it or needed some form of deep attestation. Didn't find much, OpsGenie and other work apps are happy with the GOS level of attestation provided.

Great to have Google kicked off the phone. So nice to shut off the network permission for any apps that only require an internet connection to serve ads.

One tip from me, if you came from stock Pixel: You can download the default Pixel sounds and set them up like it was. Have a look for "Your New Adventure" online, the message sound is "Eureka".

Comment · 1 year ago
Chance'd be a fine thing, a fine thing indeed!
Comment · 1 year ago
Got DDG set as the default search engine in Firefox.

Saw the error, immediately typed "duckduckgo status" into the address bar and searched - in DDG.

Not my smartest moment.

Comment · 1 year ago
I use fish with the sponge plugin that omits any command that doesn't return an error code 0. Combined with ones like `z` to jump around directories, I reckon my history is pretty tidy.

Anything important and convoluted, I'll shove it in the fish config for quick access.

Comment · 1 year ago
I got to "Mary Little" before I realised my virtual leg was being pulled.

Deary me. Hope Mary Little's lamb is doing well.

Comment · 1 year ago
Ok, that was fun. Pipped Ginko to the win by one point, they should've calculated the last square was a flag faster than I did.

It'd be cool to be able to put your own name in though, without signing in. Just a suggestion.

Comment · 1 year ago
Ahh, I used to have that opinion, but I've encountered too many "It's fine if they want it, I've got nothing to hide" people. (They never give you their Facebook password if you ask, though. Funny, that.)

Change what you can, I say, VPN on the network device.

Comment · 1 year ago
> I thought we were making progress in the anti-surveillance privacy na[rra]tive

What lead to to believe that? The Conservatives and Conservative-Continuity governments both agree that our data simply must be in the hands of the police, DEFRA, and your local council.

RIPA will never be repealed and only strengthened.

Comment · 1 year ago
> crisis response protocols for emergency events (such as last summer’s riots).

Or maybe the proles organising mass protests at the government. No, surely not.

Comment · 1 year ago
Ah yes. That's what I get for touch-typing... Thanks.
Comment · 1 year ago
Aye must be. Alt+Caps is just toggling Caps Lock here.

Shouldn't haven't modified anything for it, do my utmost best to just use WSL for work.

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