Any user-friendly antivirus for linux?
(no, clamav doesn't count)
If not, why are you recommending regular folks use linux? I'm concerned by this trend.
i have a confession
i found a fresh ecig while cleaning the other day and i've been vaping nicotine lightly but regularly since and it has been sooooooo fucking nice.
pleasure has been fleeting for me (thanks depression) and nicotine lights up my brain like little else.
but a week or so in, another problem flared, and so i sat down (gingerly) to research. And...
...did anyone else know that nicotine aggravates hemorrhoids? 🙃
i share this story as a warning.
@663e5b60 I've been vaguely thinking about LinkedIn Premium just to see how it benefits me platform-wise, but I'm not on the job hunt.
If you're willing to share, how are you finding it?
One of the things that continues to give me hope - and this may be silly to some - is just how actively @749d2a0c continues to improve and expand in organic ways.
I moved from GMail to Proton and haven't had a second of doubt. They respond quickly and clearly to support requests and provide multiple avenues to usability that emphasize user privacy.
(I have no connection to Proton AG other than as a happy paying customer.)
https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111726406129916106
After a month or so of working with it, had my first significant grapheneOS issue: Google Play Store repeatedly crashing.
Device reboot fixed it.
I do kind of worry about Graphene's longevity as Google moves more and more of Play/etc into core Android services (but it's entirely viable for now).
#TurnItOffAndOnAgain #grapheneOS
After a few weeks and a work trip with the Google Pixel Fold:
-It's a solid folding phone so far in a consumptive/tablet sense
-It's actually kinda neat to read kindle books in a two-column format with the phone a bit creased like a small book.
-I've tried half a dozen different stylus types on it and none worked really well, and the handling on it for trying to write/do much besides read/watch things is awkward.
-It's nice to not have Samsung bloatware, but jesus h christ the amount of weird Google stuff that needs network permissions is annoying.
Random Maker question: if I want to make enclosures, in the context of creating cyberdeck/custom laptop kinds of things, am I looking at a particular 3D printer, or a CNC, or am I better off getting the materials and grinding/altering/constructing more conventionally?
"He said that the person who developed the water treatment process for Real Water bought the titanium tubes "from some Russian guy in the 80s" and spent four to five months making alkaline waters in his garage, working until he had a formula that didn't make him vomit or have diarrhea."
23andMe: "Oh it's everyone else's fault, it's credential stuffing."
But that's worse, right? You get how not having credential stuffing mitigations in your fucking gene registry is worse?
Had to warn my boss,
"So... this next blog post I wrote for GTM is... a little unique. Maybe a little unhinged. So if Marketing comes to you and asks 'Is Ian okay?!' that's probably why."
@b902f84f negative, upgraded to Sonoma earlier this week with no LittleSnitch issue. I did see there's an update pending to LS yesterday on my macbook, but have not installed it yet.
aw son of a bitch, i just tested positive for covid again. finished paxlovid on saturday, negative tests on sunday and tuesday.
(this is not unheard of; see term post-paxlovid covid rebound - it just sucks)
oh man, Permission Slip is the ultimate mobile game.
Once set up each request takes three taps and gives me a little dopamine hit for fucking with data brokers.
All it needs is a satisfying slot machine type sound effect.
Wondering how many dummies brought phones into SCIFs and other clean areas only to have them go off today.
"Smith... is that your phone?"
"No, uh, that's my Emotional Support FEMA Alert..."
too relatable, from a private IRC channel:
<redacted> hahahaha, i just went to file a bug report on an instance of the issue i detected
<redacted> THE GOD DAMN BUG REPORT TICKET FEATURE ON THE GOD DAMN WEB SITE THREW A 400 BAD REQUEST
Anyone else ever see the RJ45 inputs of rack-mounted switches as rows of teeth with tentacles, or is this another one of those things I should keep to therapy?
#spooktober
Just delivered a spooky October blogpost to Marketing that will likely leave folk with one overriding reaction:
"da fuq did I just read?!"
We'll see if they dig it... ;)
@6a2035f3 About a decade after they disappeared, my dad came up to me with a zipdisk marked "My Documents" all excited.
"Can you get anything off this?! It looks like it has a bunch of my old writings!"
As the dutiful techie son, I snagged a cheap zipdrive and popped in the disk. Then began to laugh sadly.
Instead of copying the contents, Dad had just dragged-and-dropped Windows' "My Documents" - which was just a symlink to the actual folder.
He had faithfully copied a shortcut.
Well I *WAS* gonna go all white knight and help Captain No Luck take down the Crimson Fleet but then he decided to get all high and mighty about me wasting a few generic corporate security guards,
so I guess it's a pirate's life for me.
Did anyone else get a weird email from Amazon about the danger of their Google Play Gift Card order despite never having done so, and nothing appearing in order history?
Well that's one negative covid test on the books.
Continuing with same precautions (indoor masking, isolation, good airflow, surface cleaning) till at least Tuesday, when I will test again.
We've been careful, but feeling real lucky dad seemingly hasn't caught it yet.
Random service note: I've been happy enough that I'm upgrading my Proton Mail/etc subscription from Unlimited ($10/mo) to Proton Family ($30/mo if monthly; $20/mo if paid ahead).
The latter ups Proton Drive space from 500GB to 3TB so I can move any cloud storage needs there; it also allows for 6 separate users, 90 addresses, 3 custom domains, and a bunch of other stuff.
That's how well Proton is doing service-wise for me, with an emphasis on privacy.
And as a reminder, I have no ties to Proton AG other than as a happy paying customer.
#privacy #security
@c8440f0e First was probably ebooks for me; going from carrying around 4-6 books at once (because ATTENTION SPAN) in my bag to a little reader? heeeeeck yeah. I had so much knowledge at my fingertips, still do.
it always amazes me when i look at some corporate attempt to be mildly creative, that has cross-neuronal possibilities, and my synesthesia exhibits absolutely no response.
https://unstable.systems/@AmyZenunim/111155060958943493
@b73da01f Suggest you check out Obsidian - it's an incredibly powerful markdown platform but you don't need to know markdown.
Lots of community plugins that make it amazing, privacy-centric, and versatile.
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