jck

Joined 13 years ago

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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/jck; my proof: https://keybase.io/jck/sigs/M4GXS9qNPvD11Abd_5iTaZeYq5Jjzd3B7GVIzOlFHIc ]
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Comment · 15 days ago
Wow, that is impressive. I've been meaning to do this by hand to fix the issue on my Lenovo IdeaPad for a while but haven't gotten around to it.

I'll try handing it off to one of these new frontier models.

Comment · 16 days ago
Very cool!

Is your laptop something like framework which has open source firmware?

I(and many other people) have a similar issue with usb-c charging not working consistently. I've been meaning to try one of these new smart models to help me debug the issue.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yep. Android does this by default, but each ssid gets a randomized MAC which persists. It is still straightforward to trigger a MAC change manually tho. It is useful for privacy but imo useless for the public wifi limits use case since they almost always require an OTP via SMS to log in.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think it is naive to attribute this victory to accelerationists. Trump has a very clear mandate and this seems to be what the American people want now.
Comment · 2 years ago
Emby was not a fork. Plex server has never been open source.
Comment · 2 years ago
I run some software on a raspberry pi at home. This pattern works very well for me:

- services exposed via caddy(configured to use my domain on cloudflare for SSL)

- my lan dns resolver(adgaurd home) is configured to rewrite these domains to local IP. Specifically, the rewrite rule looks like `homeassistant.mydomain.com -> rpi.lan`

- Cloudflare tunnel on the rpi for services I want to access outside. I've it configured to require Google auth via cloudflare zero trust(free)

The neat part of this setup is that when I access a service when I'm at home, it works as expected completely locally including https.

If I try to access the service through the public internet, it will still work on the exact same domain and also have proper auth through cloudflare. This way I can access anything on the internet from my home server without worrying about security.

Cloudflare tunnel also offers some other cool things like ssh on your browser(which again uses the previously mentioned Google auth) if you need it.

Comment · 2 years ago
I noticed hexyl wasn't on your list: https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl

Your software seems to be in the same vein as hexyl. I can't personally vouch for how well it handles large files cause it's been a while, but I suspect it'll do alright.

Comment · 2 years ago
I switched to archlinuxarm on my rpi4 cause I got sick of having to jump through hoops to do mundane things like needing a ppa to install ripgrep or downloading debs for less popular packages.

Apart from a little confusion about how to configure the bootloader(since rpi uses uboot as opposed to the usual suspects), my experience has been amazing. In typical arch fashion, I've had zero issues apart from on install day.

Comment · 2 years ago
Apologies, you are correct. I haven't considered emigrating to the US for years and forgot the specific details. Most of my recent knowledge just comes from my friends who live there.

Iirc you can indefinitely keep getting renewals on your h1b while waiting on the green card queue - and this queue is many decades long for people from certain countries like India and China.

Comment · 2 years ago
I agree that UK isn't as left wing as I'd like, but there is really a huge difference between what's considered right wing between the UK and the US. For instance, the NHS. Poor or unemployed people get the same access to healthcare as I do.

In my personal experience, there is also less stratification and less overt racism or bigotry. However, they're pioneering new and clever bigotry against trans people now and that concerns me.

Comment · 2 years ago
Oh, and also, if I choose to permanently live in the UK, or EU, the path to citizenship is deterministic with a known timeline.

In the US, the time from Green card to citizenship is unbounded. people from India and China are pretty much never going to become citizens till they exploit some loophole like having an American baby.

Comment · 2 years ago
I'm grew up in India and went to grad school in the US and worked there. Eventually, I transferred to the UK cause I didn't get through the US work visa lottery.

I'm much happier here because of the reasons you mentioned. I feel like my friends in America have are basically amassing wealth to insulate their liberal bubble in a conservative land. However, they might not be able to outweath the recent success of right wing policies that the American supreme Court has managed to impose.

For me personally, even the "low" tech salaries in Europe (think something like 150k an year total) is more than enough for the lifestyle I desire. If amassing wealth isn't your primary motivator, it absolutely makes sense to move to a society which better aligns with your values. That would probably be the EU for someone like you and me, but UK is EU lite.

I love that everybody here has the same access to healthcare and the fact that my high taxes help that. I like that the population responds to the actions of the elected officials - like how the current UK govt is doing absolutely terribly in current polls. In the US, it seems like it's always a tight race regardless of what the government does. I love being able to use public Transit to get to most places. I'd rather my potential kids grow up in a kinder society, where their wellbeing wouldn't be at risk if something were to happen to me or my job.

Comment · 2 years ago
I wonder why the organizations doing shady stuff like this respect plus addressing. Seems like they could just strip out the + addressed stuff?
Comment · 2 years ago
This is just standard phishing and you could even do it off your phone. I was hoping the hack used one of the other RF protocols which the device supports.
Comment · 2 years ago
Seems to me that the only difference between what you're proposing and just self regulating your social media intake is FOMO.

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