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Comment · 1 month ago
You can also have a Webhook be delivered when you take a new measurement. I wrote a small script that syncs my weight to Garmin using python-garminconnect.

The experience integrating with Withings was really good. Garmin on the other hand seems to be actively hostile if you (as an end user) want to programmatically interact with their ecosystem.

Comment · 2 months ago
Starting at page 20, the report looks like someone let AI create a HTML page and then just converted it to PDF. There are misplaced "Calendar", "Money Bag" and "Globe" emojis floating above the title of each startup analysis.

I suspect that nobody, including the authors, ever read this 391 page report.

Comment · 3 months ago
I recently bought something from fahrrad.de and was surprised to see Wero as an payment option. I don't know what I expected, but scanning the QR code and acknowledging the payment in my banking app worked without any issues. The whole process had a very "snappy" feeling without waiting for any of the usual spinners and redirects. So... thumbs up, I guess?
Comment · 3 months ago
So accidentally hacking a company is now a thing. The blog post seems to imply that the agent didn't have access to the source code of the caching proxy, which makes this even more impressive.
Comment · 3 months ago
Yes, it is costing the taxpayer. However, I think there needs to be some cap, because otherwise the government can weaponize that and be extra inefficient when processing requests for things they don't want to become publicly available.

The current cap of 500€ is a good compromise IMHO: It deters people from issuing unnecessary FoI requests while at the same time keeping it in reach for the average person if they really want that information.

Comment · 3 months ago
Under the current law you already have to pay up to 500€ for a request. That would be a very costly DoS attack.
Comment · 3 months ago
Also with the planned changes, you have to prove that you have an legitimate interest in the information. Which makes the whole thing very vague. So the government can just say that they don't think you have a legitimate interest in the information and deny your request. You would then have to sue.

Also also want to invoice you for all costs that your request causes. Previously it was capped at 500€. So your request could cost you thousands of euros. You are at the mercy of the government how many people are working on your request and how efficient they process it.

Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 6 months ago
Also you have to remember the basics of statuspage messages: Its always just elevated error rates. Even when the error rate is elevated to 100%.

"We are observing elevated error rates when accessing objects stored in the affected region. Impacted customers may experience increased latency or intermittent failures while retrieving debris adjacent data." /s

Comment · 1 year ago
Ah, okay. I did a Google search for that phrase before posting my comment, but couldn't find any result. Probably its not indexed yet. Thanks for the clarification.

Still I think it would have been better for OP to link to the source to avoid exactly this confusion.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's not what's written on the webpage. If your post is meant as a critique that they’re not offering those services, you should make that clear to avoid spreading misinformation.
Comment · 1 year ago
Its impressive that even though registry-1.docker.io returned 503 errors they where able to keep a the metric "Docker Registry Uptime" at 100%.
Comment · 1 year ago
When driving by Bad Aibling I always wondered why the BND (intelligence agency) invests so heavily in satellite communication eavesdropping. I naively assumed that this kind of communication would be encrypted.

Also a fun fact: For a long time it was only semi-officially known that the BND owned and operated the site. Officially it was called "Long distance telecommunications station of the Bundeswehr" and operated by the "Federal Office for Telecommunications Statistics"

Comment · 1 year ago
That's the point he is making. QUIC has to be based on UDP because the networking stack is ossified enough to not allow the addition of any new Layer 4 protocol. It's not a huge drawback though.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't think there should be a "correct" way to steal focus. When I'm editing a document, I don't want _any_ application to steal focus. I don't want a window to show up and steal focus when something needs reauthentication. Maybe the developer of an application thought that his use case is of the very utmost urgency and requires immediate action. I don't agree. Just notify me over the standard way that the system provides and I will deal with it when I want to.

For the debugger use case: If the IDE has already focus, it can pass an activation token to the debugger and the debugger can use this to focus itself. If the IDE is not focused, I don't want the debugger to steal focus.

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