I see this claim all the time, and it bugs me every time. Obfuscation is a perfectly reasonable part of a defense in depth solution. That’s why you configure your error messages on production systems to give very generic error messages instead of the dev-centric messages with stack traces on lower environments, for example.
The problem comes when obscurity is your only defense. It’s not a full remediation on its own, but it has a part in defense in depth.
Assume that the future can change based on your actions, so any historical information that you bring along with you from the intervening 25 years may quickly drift out of the new realities history....
You can have non-markdown files in your vault, but I’m not sure how readily you can search them by default; there may be plugins that support that use case though.
For me, it’s sheet bend, bowline, and round turn and two half hitches. I also tuck a lot of eye splices, but that’s more just for fun; a bowline will work fine most of the time instead.
More to the point, when’s the last time you were in Sun’s Refuge? For me there was one time a couple months ago where I accidentally clicked the wrong thing on the Spearmarshal’s Plea when I was trying to go to Vabbi; other than that, it’s been years.
Protonmail has good Black Friday deals of you want to de-Google a bit. FoundryVTT also does a good Black Friday deal if you’re looking for a virtual tabletop for D&D or whatever other TTRPG you want to play.
I started getting the dreaded anti-adblock pop-ups on Youtube when they started ramping up their efforts a month or so back, and I initially went through the whole rigamarole: First it was just the pop-up, then it was the pop-up with the timer, then the 3-video countdown finally leading to the video player being disabled...
I’ve got a kindle keyboard 3 and want to know if there’s anything better out now. My main requirement is being able to load in my own content and have a nice cover/case...
Kobo is also great because you don’t even need an account. That takes away some of the convenience features OP was asking for like syncing, but I love the fact that I don’t need to hand over any personal information to Kobo in order to read my books; nobody knows what’s on my bookshelf but me.
I already mentioned this elsewhere, but if you’re concerned about privacy, you might consider Kobo as well; you can use their readers without having a Kobo account at all. That removes the store of course, but as long as you’re ok with side loading your books, you’re good.
For example, I 3d printed a box over my outlet to protect my cables from my bed pushing against it. In addition, my cables never fall to the floor so they’re much easier to grab.
I’m from the US and I’ve never heard of it being super problematic, though I’d consider it a bit dehumanizing to refer to anyone by their job rather than by their name.
My largely uninformed opinion has always been that it’s about monetization: you don’t make the kind of money off ads on a blog that you can off a popular YouTube site. That, of course, is all Google’s decision. Presumably advertisers are willing to pay a lot more for video ad placement than for banner ads or something.
I’ve had three or four pairs of smartwool socks, and they haven’t lasted more than a couple years. I have Scott ten pairs of Darn Tough I got on sale at REI that I’ve had for about seven years, and they’re all in great shape, even the pair that I snagged on a nail once. They’re fantastic, and also really comfortable.
The difference is the part immediately after you stopped quoting:
They don’t understand how horrible the loss of privacy is…
What OP is saying here is that people know abstractly that smart devices are not privacy friendly, but they don’t understand how big a deal that actually can be.
I mean, math really is just language. That’s why people argue over PEMDAS vs BODMAS and we have all those memes about “what’s the right answer to this arithmetic calculation?”
It just so happens that the math language we use is sufficiently refined to very closely reflect how things work in non-conceptual space (ie the Real World), often so much so that we can use it to get a new protective on that non-conceptual space and get insights about it that we didn’t have before.
Math and language are really both just symbols we use to describe the Real World; they’re basically the same thing.
FYI, what you’re talking about is the Dark Web; the Deep Web is different. “Deep Web” refers to places on the regular Internet that are not indexed by Google and the other major search engines; you don’t need Tor to get to them.
Seems like a weird and random assortment of items. Why was Google Hangouts mentioned, but not Gmail? What about Discord, Slack, etc? Or smart TVs? Almost felt more like guerrilla advertising for a few niche products.
CherryTree is way clunkier, IMO, and has too many irrelevant options that get in the way, particularly around formatting. Obsidian is just markdown, so you don’t have the option of spending 15 minutes trying to figure out why code blocks are showing up as dark text on light background even though you’re in dark mode, which was my last experience in CherryTree. Looking and cross referencing documents is also super easy; I’m not sure if CherryTree even does that.
This would save young Americans from going into crippling debt, but it would also make a university degree completely unaffordable for most. However, in the age of the Internet, that doesn’t mean they couldn’t get an education....
In general, I’m opposed to the idea. College professors don’t work for free, and colleges have to pay them.
Professors don’t make up near as much of the bill as the administrators and coaches that pull down 7-figure salaries. There’s almost as much bloat in the US University system as in US Healthcare. The answer to both is the same: they should ideally be free. Failing that, it should be illegal for either to be profitable businesses.
The question you’re responding to isn’t about the mobile app for Firefox; it’s about the mobile app for Amazon. Apparently lots of other people misread that too, so at least you’re in good company.
I’m feeling a bit torn myself. I understand the thinking behind the vanilla rules; it helps balance out some of the spellcasters’ power, especially at higher levels. But my understanding of balance in 5e is that it’s to balance the players against each other, to avoid having 1 or 2 players be so clearly better at so much...
Yikes; I’ve got one player who would go straight for a Sorcerer so he could just do Sickening Radiance followed by a quickened Wall of Force to just microwave whatever he wanted.
For the game I run, we’re just remote, even though we’re all in the same town and could be in person. For the group I’m a player in, we sometimes do remote, sometimes in person. When we play in person, then DM keeps Foundry on the TV. We bring laptops so we can interact with it.
As a side note one of the things I love about Foundry is how well it pairs with Dungeondraft, which is also purchase-once rather than subscription based. Makes it really easy to have custom maps
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
Mint was always my go to; feels just enough like the best parts of Windows to be immediately comfortable. Didn’t have any problems until I switched to bleeding edge hardware; since then, I’ve been on Garuda, which had also been fine but more fiddly.
Back in the old times, on the sites I log in regularly, my browser filled in both username and password. I clicked “Log in” once, and I was set to go....
I’m looking to run a prewritten campaign for 3-4 people, because I think it would improve my DMing as well as work on some of the basics for my players. What adventures do y’all like that start at lower levels (not level 1)? Ideally on the longer side, but shorter campaigns are fine too.
Their latest round of stupidity pops up a new EULA and forces you to take it or, again, you can’t access your stuff. But that’s just more unenforceable garbage, so who cares, right? Well, it’s getting worse....
I think what they’re saying is that you can buy that hub and continue to use your existing Hue products. Or are you saying that you can currently use them through Home Assistant without that hub? I’m curious because I’ve got a bunch of Hue bulbs and I’m looking into swapping over to Home Assistant because of this license change, and it’s not clear to me what I need in order to do that.
Thanks! I’ve got a server at home for media stuff at the moment; I was going to throw the Home Assistant software on there too. I’ll look into hubs, and hope that Phillips doesn’t lock me out of my lightbulbs before that shows up.
Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?
If you had a one-way ticket to Jan 1, 1999 that departs on Jan 1, 2024, and you are allowed to bring whatever fits into a backpack with you, what would you bring to use to take over the world, and how would you use it? (kbin.social)
Assume that the future can change based on your actions, so any historical information that you bring along with you from the intervening 25 years may quickly drift out of the new realities history....
Evernote is about to seriously limit its plan for free users (www.theverge.com)
People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?
What's an easy yet useful skill that everyone should learn?
When was the last time you fed your Desert Fox in Sun's Refuge?
You monster.
What are some dying and dead niche lemmings?
have any niche lemmings taken off in the 6 months since the API scandal?
Are there any good Black Friday deals this year? (kbin.social)
Feel free to share links and talk about what's good about the deal
Do you think AI is more likely to end Humanity or to end Capitalism?
I feel as of CEOs worried about the dangers of AI are equating the end of Capitalism with the end of the world, what are your thoughts?
Who's your favorite fictional US President?
what are some of the best purchases you've made ?
I bought cast iron pan which I think is the best ever purchase I made.
Ublock users who got hit by Youtube's anti-adblock effort- how's your experience been?
I started getting the dreaded anti-adblock pop-ups on Youtube when they started ramping up their efforts a month or so back, and I initially went through the whole rigamarole: First it was just the pop-up, then it was the pop-up with the timer, then the 3-video countdown finally leading to the video player being disabled...
Is it worth upgrading my e reader?
I’ve got a kindle keyboard 3 and want to know if there’s anything better out now. My main requirement is being able to load in my own content and have a nice cover/case...
What could happen if you would just walk into a police station and say: I want to turn myself in and I take the 5th.
Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
What's one small thing you've done to make your life easier?
For example, I 3d printed a box over my outlet to protect my cables from my bed pushing against it. In addition, my cables never fall to the floor so they’re much easier to grab.
What's the most derogatory term someone has used for you?
What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for?
For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you
The Cobra Effect: Why Anti-Adblock Policies Could Hurt Revenue Instead (www.youtube.com)
What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant?
I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!
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‘People have no idea’: How smart devices spy on us and reveal information about our homes (english.elpais.com)
Very clever... (lemmy.ml)
I’m trying out Obsidian for taking notes, and this made me laugh.
Can someone explain 1/0 in non-axiomatic terms or does it exist solely within the confines of the abstract realm?
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What part of your body do you tend to neglect in the shower?
I always forget about my naval. When I was younger I would never wash behind my ears.
Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination (lemmy.world)
Welcome to Mozilla’s first-ever Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter (foundation.mozilla.org)
Mozilla’s Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter distills what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s just plain creepy in the world of consumer tech....
The cult of Obsidian: Why people are obsessed with the note-taking app (www.fastcompany.com)
Americans, how would you feel about making student loans completely illegal?
This would save young Americans from going into crippling debt, but it would also make a university degree completely unaffordable for most. However, in the age of the Internet, that doesn’t mean they couldn’t get an education....
What small (borderline silly) things you appreciate?
I highly appreciate envelopes which open on the shorter side.
Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)
How do you feel about the rules regarding bonus action spells, and why?
I’m feeling a bit torn myself. I understand the thinking behind the vanilla rules; it helps balance out some of the spellcasters’ power, especially at higher levels. But my understanding of balance in 5e is that it’s to balance the players against each other, to avoid having 1 or 2 players be so clearly better at so much...
Help needed: how do YOU do things?
So, after almost 2 decades I decided to 0lay DND again. Since I have been and always will be forever DM, I’ve been reading up....
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
What is it with services now separating username and password fields?
Back in the old times, on the sites I log in regularly, my browser filled in both username and password. I clicked “Log in” once, and I was set to go....
One Living World update per quarter feels like too little.
Are we sure the timer at the Special Tab of the Volkswagen is an indicator for the next phase?
Favourite adventures for level 3 and up PCs?
I’m looking to run a prewritten campaign for 3-4 people, because I think it would improve my DMing as well as work on some of the basics for my players. What adventures do y’all like that start at lower levels (not level 1)? Ideally on the longer side, but shorter campaigns are fine too.
what is the webp vulnerability?
i downloaded a webp image a few days ago is my pc compromised, very confused apologies
The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing into stupidity (rachelbythebay.com)
Their latest round of stupidity pops up a new EULA and forces you to take it or, again, you can’t access your stuff. But that’s just more unenforceable garbage, so who cares, right? Well, it’s getting worse....