magic_smoke

@magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org
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Joined 5 months ago

Its been a couple of months but I don't remember that requirement...

I love their switches but for routing/firewall I stick to PFSense.

Personally I use OpenWRT for access points.

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HDtracks.

That being said if you're buying FLACs from major labels for $40 while indie bands release albums in FLAC via band camp for $3, you're a chump.

The members of Led Zeppelin that are still alive don't need the money nearly as much, and even if they did most of it isn't going to them anyways.

Fuck dual booting. Virtualize that shit.

A pirated copy of Win 10 LTSC, since it's the only version you should a been tunning any who.

Bought judges belong against a wall, so that we can pick them last in dodgeball.

Also in vitro is a thing.

Most redditors and twitter users where too lazy to make the jump because the idea of more than one instance is somehow confusing.

The ones who even knew are the ones who are usually considered more computer literate than the average bear, since most people don't know what fediverse is.

Lower your bar.

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I mean as long as Titanfall 2 works, that's all that really matters.

Not a lawyer, just a dumbfuck, but also not so sure about this interpretation.

Its only illegal if you take it off then proceed to fuck the keyholder without consent.

Otherwise its like taking the condom off and walking out of the room, which I have to imagine is legal.

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Part of me says the real solution is to stop paying people $12m a year to throw balls around, but then again compared to the amount the people who own the teams and league get, shits chump change.

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Neat, how about actually making some sweeping regulations tackling corporate EULA-washed malware?

Why do companies get to keep injecting spyware and even rootkits into their OS/software without ever explaining the consequences in a way a lay person can understand?

Used to be when companies did that they got punished. Anyone remember that Sony BMG case with rootkit enabled DRM, or BonziBuddy who's EULA allowed developers to sell your information to advertisers?

Remember the fucking stink people threw over them? Remember the fucking lawsuits? This shit is just a normal Tuesday for MFAANG. Shit even fucking video games are pushing rootkits down your throat these days. They need to be spanked BAD.

Yeah no my relationship with my vehicles manufacturer should pretty much be "PART BAD SEND NEW ONE."

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I remember when I was a kid, some 13 year old shot their parents because they took away Halo 3.

Most of us Gen Zers are normal. At least to the extent we don't kill our family members for video games or smartphones.

Troubled kids exist. Shit like this happens. That kids like 12 and probably had no idea anywhere near the actual gravity of what they where doing. The world is a really, really fucked up place.

Where does the kebab go after he eats if he's got no stomach anymore?

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If you have a device that's actively connected to a cellular network, and has been while in your home or work, then your only option is to leave it behind or turn it off. That includes your car if it was made in the past decade, if nothing else, so it can catch OTA firmware updates, and send telemetry data.

GPS and location services don't mean shit when your carrier keeps logs of where you've been based on cell-tower triangulation.

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Shout out to the neoliberal dipshits who thought we needed another right-of-center incrementalist to beat Trump.

That one really fucking worked out...

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Oh yeah no I'm not saying that's normal fucking behavior (heh), its just not criminal lol.

No most millennials are also too lazy because they stopped giving a shit about computers when it stopped being a requirement to use the internet like 10-15 years ago because smartphones.

Most who did haven't in at least a decade, and wouldn't unless you put a gun to their head.

For some reason the vast majority of people seem to just want to ignore the machines that literally run our society, and its fucking maddening.

FFS the amount of people who I work with in IT and even then don't really give a shit about their daily computing is absolutely fucking baffling.

Its really just a smattering of people from all ages who actually know how to use a computer because they're actually interested in doing so.

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Yeah it was this guy:

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At this point it doesn't even make sense from an imperialistic prospective.

America is making itself look weak by not reigning in its attack dog. As callous and evil as this sounds: war genocide costs money, and you're wasting our shit.

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If you're running a multimillion dollar drug operation and you're too incompetent to set up, or too cheap to pay someone to do in your place what most home-labbers could with a couple hundred bucks of hardware, then you're going to get caught and you probably deserve it.

Realistically xmpp over i2p or tor on a disposable live-booting OS would be the best answer. Shit even a one-time-use pay-as-you-go gas station burner woulda been better in most cases. Failing that, you should at least plant yourself in a corrupt enough country and just pay off the local law-enforcement.

If you can't do opsec and own your own comms, then why the fuck would you break international law like that?

Have you guys started the new season of oww my balls?

Is it really any worse than Gen X's symbol of youthful rebellion being a cable TV channel owned and operated by Viacom so they can advertise music that's been packaged up by the big three labels?

My main man, you deserve the wall for even attempting that shit, now you're gonna complain we're making it hard?

Azer did nothing wrong.

Laurie Voss made a bad call and should feel bad.

The principals of free software was, is, and always will be more important than every single dollar in silicon valley combined.

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Age gaps work different when you're older, especially at or past your middle age.

15-20 years difference at 50 isn't necessarily normal but its not unhealthy. Both people have been adults for the majority of their lifetime.

On the other hand if someone in their mid 20's dated a decade younger, they'd end up in prison for statutory rape.

Its not the number of years, its the difference of where they are in life.

If were going to go after them for a monopoly, shouldn't it be for chromium? At least with search there are actual viable alternatives that don't get 86% of their money from a direct competitor...

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Not sure what sort of content this person made, but if I found out one of the trans creators I pay attention to was faking it I'd be kinda pissed.

Then again most of the trans content creators I pay attention to are either talking about trans specific issues, or shit like franlab where the content is very focused on the hobby and not the person.

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No but there should be "Malicious by Design" stickers for:

  • non-optional/on by default telemetry
  • non-optional/on by default advertising
  • vendor lock in
  • DRM (Digital "Rights Management"/Digital Restriction Malware)
  • Rootkits/root lockout
  • premanantly locked bootloaders

Im aware this would pretty much require all commercial tech products to carry one of these labels. To that I say good. Large tech firms have been weaponizing the computer illiteracy of the average smartphone user so they can normalize corporate malware. It's so bad they've even made up new names for types of malware to make it sound okay:

  • spyware became telemetry

  • adware became targeted advertisements

  • vendor lock-in became walled-gardens

  • bootloaders and root permissions were perminantly locked "for security"

  • Rootkits where pushed under the guise of DRM, or even Anti-Cheat. Including google pushing rootkits installed by default to the most popular OS on the planet (Android/Google Play)

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I might be out of touch here, but I'm confused as to what part of that was ableist? Not trying to be an asshole, just trying to figure shit out.

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As much as I hate trump. I'd rather have that narcissistic shit of a useful idiot sitting between us and Vance if that fucking fascist ever gets near that seat.

That guy is everything wrong with trump wrapped up in a more emotionally intelligent, sharper, more charismatic, more attractive, and younger package.

He's the exact sort of motherfucker I've been expecting them to push after him to take advantage of the path he created, and its fucking terrifying.

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You know your dad sounds like a nuclear dumbass, but what fucking quack agreed to giving you a spinal tap?

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Yes and no, if you have large-scale projects that require a ton of people, donations can be necessary.

Just because you take donations doesn't mean you have a profit motive.

I hope Godot matures well over the next 5-10 years. I know its been around a while, but its only been open source and publicly available for less than half of that time.

Feels a lot like where unity was 10-12 years ago. Not yet a AAA engine but a great one for indie and budget titles. It just needs time to grow.

My guy, you're lucky the crowd didn't pin you down and skin you alive. Fuckin' kiddie fuckers, man. How entitled.

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That fuckers names been in my head since I read about DARPAS Projects TIA and Lifelog, his ties to them, and how he helped fund Facebook, right after founding Palintir which makes predictive policing software.

I feel like a fucking madman even saying that shit, but this guy seems to always be up to something no-good.

They worked well, do you know how much oil we got, and how many defense contracts where signed? What did you think they where taking your money for? Social programs? That would be communism! 🙃

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There's no way. There's no fucking way. That has to be someone's short film. This is where I draw the line. Its like they said, its a bit straight out of black mirror. I refuse to believe that anyone is trying to sell this. There is no way venture capitalists are this dense.

You know what? Never mind.

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