Posts by Outer mongolian custard monster from outer space (honest)

I used to get this nonsense when I used free as a provider, then switched to orange and now its consistent. And all the same line etc.

As 2020 comes towards a close and the effects of the forthcoming changes begin to manifest, still not certain if posts like this are intended as a parody.

Re: 2 months to go

Cisco already provides access to its codebase to select parties with a strong requirement to view it (and BT is on that list) and they build a version from the codebase and place it in escrow in case shenanigans should happen like they do with all their vendors. And Ive been told in the past the Cisco code compiles easier with a more reproducible result.

Perhaps you should stick to ranting about things you know about?

Re: In other news...

Says someone who's never had to knock their drone flying a "clear" gps map path out of a tree with a stick.

Re: Your Little Timmy will be devious...

I personally cant wait for the day I walk to the toaster and hear "Hi, Im Talkie, would anyone like any toast?" :D

I've got into using it for ruby of late because its fairly cross platform (albeit electron which I would prefer it to be native too) and compared to Rubymine (corporate choice) things feel really responsive. Now if only the debugger could step into child threads properly like Rubymine can when using remote ruby-debug-ide.

To put a finger in the air metric, there's 5000 files in the current project I have open in it and it seems to cope quite nicely. I use it on osx and linux.

Also I quite like to hook remote things in python using it, and xcode for php etc is nice and works ok. Ive never seen the platform.io issues etc yet, maybe theyre lying in wait for me later on.

For c++ usual habits are to use vim + gdb/cmd line stuff mostly with a dash of ghidra but I work so much in web stuff now I rarely do any now...

Re: Optional

`a mate with an EDM machine about putting hairline fractures in the base of the Boss's chair `

Extra internets for knowing what a EDM is (they are quite specialized... I happen to own a wire which is why it caught me off guard) , but is it plunge or wire :D

Re: “Security is Clearview’s top priority"

"Security is Clearview's top priority",they just forgot to mention of their ip and algo's.

I interviewed for a c suite level security bod at a cloud startup, and the entire interview was geared to how I would protect the above for them, when I asked around the PII they held on the cloud of thousands of people's medical reports, nobody gave a flying fig about any aspect of it.

I declined the job, I never was cut out for taking more filthy lucre at the expense of taking pills to keep my conscience dormant.

Re: So who is actually happy?

Siemens also.

Re: What am I missing here?

samesite=none;secure just means the cookie has to have been transmitted over a secure channel (https) from the 3rd party server, therefore protecting it from snooping in transit.

I'm struggling also to see what huge leap making the bad cookie originate from a https server offers up to defeating various attacks in this case.

Also a value of none breaks older browers that won't rend the page as a result. Previously it had to be missing, lax or secure to be valid.

Re: "EA still peddle games. Are they even relevant anymore?"

Only because of system bundles. I got a bundle ps4 a while back, because it was the cheapest option to get a spare console that could go online, the bundle included a download of fifa that to this day I have never bothered to claim.

Its like buying the windows machine bundle and installing linux on it day0, because it was 50 quid cheaper than buying the linux option because of subsidy & every secondhand shop you go in has multiple copies of fifa sitting unloved and unwanted.

Re: re: function key/control key

I've got a french keyboard (azerty) on my thinkpad, but its mapped to qwerty layout. Its great, nobody else can ever really get their heads round where things should be, unless they're touch typists used to qwerty layout. :)

to the article, I have been issued a macbook pro by the corporate overlords, and I hate it (the keyboard really sucks, the oversize hipster touchpad is crap, and when it comes to doing really low level stuff, its hard sometimes to wrest complete control of the underlying bluetooth/audio etc hardware to do stupid things in the name of research and have it work as a corporate build afterwards...). I much prefer my stinkpad, and use it in preference whenever its permitted...

Re: [we] "have taken a lot of time to do things right"

Exactly, top marks for keeping patient data on a separate system instead of shoving everything into some dodgy AWS bucket.

Re: This requirement for paper bills/statements...

You ring EDF up, tell them the meter supply number on the tag and tell them you moved in, then they send you some forms to fill in and ask for some periphery evidence that you should have, and bingo, the bill arrives in the name of the new account holder. Magic. And if you don't do this, the account ceases and the electrons stop visiting you because the EDF peeps come and pull the main fuse outside the property if your still on bakelite meters and bits of twisted wires for fuses between poles nailed to a piece of wood era French electrics or turn the Linky off if you've been blessed with the snot avocado green box install.

The only real caveat is that for the bill to be proof of other things, it has to have been issued in the last 3 months, so its even sort of evidence that you still are at that property (or at least they'll know where to find you if they need to).

Now, if you need a NEW supply where there isn't a existing meter to take over, that's more fun and involves the dreaded consuel inspection. But I've done that too and its really just about making sure the install is safe and got a good ground, and conforms to wiring colours and specs etc.

Re: They can pry the pitchfork from my cold dead hands before we allow one in...

It is actually easier than dealing with all that though. We have a second property down the road thats currently empty, and they put the card in the postbox which I empty every few months. Then they fitted that property with a transponder that can be read from outside, and now the person in the little van just parks up outside for a minute to read it.

This property has a linky, its powerline as others have said, had a good chat with the installer who turned out to know more than how to screw it in place about all sorts of interesting aspects and poke round with it out of curiosity.

I'd really like to get a spare one to go to town on properly though...

Re: AltaVista

Astalavista baby!

In fact astalavista.box.sk, the now sadly departed Hpvac search engine. Many happy memories :)

Re: This may solve my procrastination

You can use devuan etc as a good interim solution and just swap one or two of them to *bsd to get a feel for it. Its worth doing because there's a chance in future that upstream changes will force the systemd-free distro's into abandoning their resistance.

*bsd is actually pretty close a experience with the ports enabled, just the occasional thing slightly different. Flags, syntax etc, just enough to trip you up at first but not enough to be worth loosing sleep over. People see my laptop and don't even realize its bsd underneath.

If you have to have stuff that has a hard dependancy on a certain os/version for support, that's what virutal machines are for. Its a shame that my vm host now has linux vm's in amongst the more usual suspects but that's how life goes.

Re: Programming and computers as a casualty

Personally I'm happy that bastard files haven't been renamed yet. I take great delight in indicating this to my son by handing him the one with the makers having etched "Flat Bastard" on the body near the tag.

To other poster, its gudgeon pin in engineering terms. A gudgeon is a small freshwater fish.

Re: snapd and systemd

This is linux, and its open source. Learn how to compile it from source.

https://wiki.videolan.org/UnixCompile/

Props if you then do more learning and make a package, even maybe submit it upstream or take over being the vlc maintainer, I'm sure the repo people would be thrilled to accept the later version as you won't be the only person in that same boat. All those packages on your device were already put together by people doing this very process...

Re: you could simply not put the creepy things in your home

"homeassistant"

Re: Security access method found in much-installed Linux Backdoor

FTFYT

Re: Amusing trademarks work both ways.

*cough*

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/pajero

Re: Yeah

"Quite, and the researchers saying 'this should all be doable locally as people don't really want to be spied on' is like saying 'Lions don't really want to hurt people' - but they have to eat, right?"

Sure, but put away your paranoia for a instant and remember this is CMU saying this, as in the people that developed CMU Sphinx, and pocket sphinx. Which today is about the best bet for a local only speech recognition system as your able to compile/build at home. For that they should be at least given a small amount of the benefit of the doubt that they were being sincere.

I should know, I've been making my own smart speaker that is local network only to control some local network only home automation devices and currently I have pocketsphinx running on a beaglebone black but have some tuning issues to overcome...

Of course amazon et all will pish all over their good priniciples and aims, but there's still a small chance to carve out out a niche for privacy respecting alternatives because of these guys/gals work.

Re: And everybody this "Force" is set up to catch ...

Its ok, there's plenty in the market to go round for everyone, not sure how you can quantify how many good candidates you have lost though to be so sure of yourself :-)

Anyway, off to play with ripstech wp exploit. Looks fun :-)

Re: Ha Jokes on Them

Don't you have to have leather trousers with no bum in them to have a wallet on a chain?

Personally I put my wallet and phone in the big inside pocket inside the jacket, then by the time you've fell off and burst the main zip and slid far enough further to drag it inside out and abrade the liner away, dropping your phone is the least of your worries. Also stops it getting too wet. Soggy money is no fun.

Re: systemd-free?

Philip, yes if it leads to Debian doing what they refused to do at the time of systemD's adoption and take onboard the possibility to completely remove it for those who choose not to use it. Diversity in the ecosystem, choice, its all good.

Also

s/allowed/currently\ allowed\ as\ a\ short\ term\ workaround/

Its a tiny but important linguistical difference.

Re: Ads are OK. Data gathering behind my back is not.

Speak for yourself Jim, I've hosted content for free on my own servers since the late 90's, and not one single advert has ever appeared on any of the domains I'm responsible for, nor has anyone else ever paid a penny towards their upkeep.

I did it because I was interested in the subject and it was my way of paying a little back. That's the actual spirit of the earlier internet, not trying to monetarize everything with ad's or spam youtube with stupid clickbait crap videos just to get subscribers enough to get into earning enough to not have to actually work for a living alongside your passions.

Adverts, meh, if they *have* to be on a site, they better be obvious theyre adverts, and they better not be targetted or mr ghostery and captain adblock amongst others will be deployed. Of the very few that are honest and show relevant adverts I do even lift my adblocking solution.

Re: "At last! A valid use of a 'hacker in a hoodie' stereotype stock image"

Dan, easy, have a synergy km setup and a second keyboard on a kvm for early boot recovery, couple of different hardware/os's, one for browsing dodgy places during research, one set up as a compiler etc, keep them viewable so you can keep one eye on a long process while doing something else elsewhere. Throw in a 2nd kvm which goes out to my server room via a dedicated cable + kvm extender, and bingo, you have 6 screens and 3 keyboards. Though mostly two of them sit down the side of the desk out the damn way unless something goes wrong.

In my defence, I had to pay for all 6 of my 19" monitors, so that means I made the bracketry myself and cleared out the secondhand shop a few times. Short arms and deep pockets me...

And holy crap el reg? 5 captcha's just to post a comment with actual facts in it? Do you even want people to post here still?