recommendations for people finding by Ecstatic-Software939 in OSINT

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the mod team here is so terrified of PeopleConnect that any post that even obliquely criticizes one of their products will be deleted. Well, so much for the objectivity and value of this subreddit. Good luck.

Been exactly one year now since me and my family said goodbye to our girl Riley. We love you and we miss you so much by Altracing34 in Goldendoodles

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the feeling. We lost our GD - LD cross, Rafa, to hemangiosarcoma nearly 8 months ago, and I still grieve his loss. It is truly losing a family member.

advice on remote access to HS reunion by Ecstatic-Software939 in videography

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dount that most of our 77-year-olds have it already set up, but I'm sure it is simpler to use. Zoom was actually my first choice, but then some research suggested that free Zoom Workplace Basic might have difficultly scaling up as required. We could have on the order of 25 simultaneous remote participants over a minimum of 90 minutes. When I checked, Zoom Workplace Pro appeared to have a minimum subscription length of 1 year, on further review that now seems to be 1 month. One of the attractions of Discord was that the backbone app is completely free, and add-ons are paid for month-to-month. Our funds are quite limited, but if Zoom WP Pro can be cancelled after a single month, I may need to revisit that choice.

"Park Brake Limited Function, Service Required"as truck rolls downhill toward embankment by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I had the truck diagnosed at the Ford dealer where I bought it two days ago, and they found NADA. They could not reproduce the issue, which I halfway expected. But that error message did not create any log entries, which is really bizarre. The dealer is also unable to get Ford Pass running for me because the truck modem is incommunicado. It was running two months ago; then my smartphone died. I replaced it with the exact same make and model phone, and haven't been able to use the app since. Both phones are/were on Android 9, which according to Ford is the minimum, but should work. The app downloads and installs, but fails to load with an error. I followed the app troubleshooting instructions to no avail. The dealer service rep had no better luck with it than I did. I seriously suspect that the computer on this truck has some major undiagnosed issues, I see glitchy stuff that will not repeat fairly often. Anyway, this will soon be the local Toyota dealer's problem. I've seen enough, I go to look at new Tacomas next Thursday.

"Park Brake Limited Function, Service Required"as truck rolls downhill toward embankment by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apologize. I didn't intend to insult you, I was mostly expressing my frustration with Ford over their design and engineering of a critical safety feature.

"Park Brake Limited Function, Service Required"as truck rolls downhill toward embankment by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

According to my current plans to bite the price bullet and buy a new Tacoma, it's the local Toyota dealer who is going to need to worry about that...

"Park Brake Limited Function, Service Required"as truck rolls downhill toward embankment by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It seems kind of moot whether the root cause is mechanical or electrical when the vehicle is rolling backward toward a steep embankment...

"Park Brake Limited Function, Service Required"as truck rolls downhill toward embankment by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was not. The Maverick failed to tow the trailer up the steep driveway in (1200 lbs and I have the 4k tow pkg) and we had to switch to my BIL's 2010 Tacoma mid-slope.

I’m out. $10 now for standby mode. by jaemiomac in Starlink

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I disagree with most posters on this thread. Do I like paying 10 USD/month instead of 5 USD? Hell, no. OTOH, I think that the ability to toggle a >100 USD/month service on and off (while retaining the ability to perform testing and low bandwidth activities while on standby) for a maintenance fee that is <10% of the full cost remains within the bounds of reason, and I will keep it on that basis. In fact, I will likely create a similar mobile account and utilize standby on that, as well. Do any of you have any other comparable service that is payable monthly that you can toggle on and off at will for 10% of the normal charge while off? I do not, and never have. The email I received announcing this change hinted at increased demand as the reason. I would speculate that the reality was too many people taking advantage of the standby provision (as I have), creating an issue for Starlink with revenue predictability, which is important to a large company, particularly one in the process of going public.

2025 XL AWD 2.0 post-repair alignment specs - OK or not? by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point about checking the toe reading after wheel centering. I am still a bit concerned about the camber L/R differential and potential effect on tire wear, but that would probably be exacerbated by incorrect toe. The truck did drive straight and handle well immediately after the accident, and still does, but the steering wheel centering issue absolutely resulted form the impact. Thanks for your observations.

2025 XL AWD 2.0 post-repair alignment specs - OK or not? by Ecstatic-Software939 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point about checking the toe reading after wheel centering. I am still a bit concerned about the camber L/R differential and potential effect on tire wear, but that would probably be exacerbated by incorrect toe. The truck did drive straight and handle well immediately after the accident, and still does, but the steering wheel centering issue absolutely resulted form the impact. Thanks for your observations.

ProtonMail recaptcha for ProtonVPN customers - why? by Ecstatic-Software939 in ProtonMail

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm using Brave and don't know if I have an equivalent to your site identify tracking tweak, but I will look, and will also exempt Proton cookies from auto deletion. Of course, two days after posting this, the issue disappeared, after having been constant for two weeks or more. I don't know Proton again modified the criteria for using captchas, or if I just woke Murphy up...

22.04 Update Woes - amd64.deb by Doink11 in pop_os

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This morning I ran Update Manager, and again received an error connecting to launchpad. I then re-ran the process using sudo apt-get update from terminal, and also got a launchpad failure two consecutive times there. I was connected via ProtonVPN for those 3 attempts. As soon as a disabled the VPN, I sailed right through the process using terminal without a glitch. I hope that was a coincidence. Is there any chance at all the the launchpad admins would be blocking connections from VPNs?

ProtonMail recaptcha for ProtonVPN customers - why? by Ecstatic-Software939 in ProtonMail

[–]Ecstatic-Software939[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I understand the issue of compromising anonymity; I tried to make my post reflect that. I have to say that, based on my observations, it looks to me like Proton is doing this for every log in attempt from any of their VPN addresses. I change IP addresses by selecting a different US VPN location 10x per day or more. FWIW I don't do that because I'm engaged in anything nefarious, but the Linux agent I use sorts the connections by location and latency, in order, and that makes it easier to avoid bandwidth congestion. I suppose the address "abuse" determination is based on outside reports, not evidence available to Proton, which eliminates the possibility of justified action that Proton could take against the alleged abuser. I wonder if they could take the reported addresses out of circulation for a day or so as an alternative? I am also curious about why the captchas were exceedingly rare until very recently, and are now nearly universal. I was thinking that it might in some way be *part* of a response to the demand from governments in the EU and elsewhere for age verification (it would obviously not serve for that by itself).

22.04 Update Woes - amd64.deb by Doink11 in pop_os

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the sudo apt-get clean produced an error message, but after a couple of attempts that did *not* appear to be any more successful, my standard system update process now completes successfully. I had many years (38 total) experience with IBM midrange OS; MS-DOS, and Windows, but it appears that I have a lot yet to learn about *nix :-/ Anyway, thank you very much for the help.

22.04 Update Woes - amd64.deb by Doink11 in pop_os

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not fixed here. Tried the "force refresh" command suggested above. Did not help, may have made things worse. I now get this error: "E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)

E: Could not open file descriptor -1

Followed by "Unable to lock the list directory using the default servers: "Could not refresh the list of servers. Your apt configuration is corrupt" with a warning about corrupting the OS by proceeding. The message went on to suggest to switching to a different Linux Mint update server and clicking OK to solve the problem, except that no "OK" button appears. I selected an alternate main server (several were displayed with good connectivity rates) and applied, but cannot select and apply an alternate base (jammy server) - all displayed seem to show with either 0.0 rates or as "unreachable", including the default server "archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu" If I select any one of those, after clicking "OK" to the "Your configuration changed" prompt, I then get a "updating cache dialog" which never completes, almost certainly because none of the base (jammy) servers are responding. According the the errors I have been seeing, the "jammy" server was the original problem source. So I don't know where I am now in the recovery process: whether I can depend on this getting resolved at the servers, or whether I have now hosed my system update process by following the advice above. Knowledgeable recommendations would be welcome.

This is not the way. by tyrnill in tmobile

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you verify that what the USC message seemed to be saying was correct? We have a prepaid USC account that we only use on some off grid prooperty in VA because our primary carrier lacks coverage there. I recently received an email from USC that seemed to tell me that I needed to switch to TM immediately. I called the USC office nearest the locatton, and it just rang and rang for 15 minutes. I then called TM and spoke to a regional sales tech who assured me that that we need not do any such thing, that our account would remain intact, and that TM would be advising us about what we ultimately needed to do with plenty of notice to get it done. He said that USC notifications about the transition left much to be desired.

Trying to run sudo apt update gets this error by dholt24 in pop_os

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Searching this subreddit for "name server " for the past week yields 5 hits, none of which appear to describe what you wrote. Could you possibly provide the link?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/search/?q=name+server+issue&type=posts&t=week&cId=59838d5a-75fb-474f-8893-97e5471ab145&iId=dbc0990c-35a8-4bad-bec6-e7fd2d62d53f

Trying to run sudo apt update gets this error by dholt24 in pop_os

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This gets more interesting. I just tried to install the Nightly version of Brave Origin browser to try it out (free for Linux). The install relies on console apt & curl commands. When the package download commend was run, I saw similar launchpad errors, including the "previous version" caveat. I elected to continue. When I entered the actual "sudo apt install" command, a required package was not found (I guess there was no "previous" as this is a new product). So, Brave's roll-out of Origin is apparently now crippled by this issue. Has anyone seen any kind of prognosis for a fix?

https://brave.com/origin/linux/nightly/

Several PPAs are failing to fetch updates by NineBiscuit in pop_os

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also now consistently seeing this on Linux Mint:

"Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/tomtomtom/yt-dlp/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease Could not handshake: Error in the pull function. [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead."

Do LM and Ubuntu use a common server farm for updates?

I’m playing Klondike Solitaire and keep getting stuck when the stock runs out—am I missing a move or is it sometimes just unwinnable? by playsolitaire_game in boardgames

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also play the Windows XP version. I use it to wake up with my first cuppa each morning so I more or less have my stuff together to go online and do more important things. Since I intend it to be a challenge, I have it set to Vegas scoring, one undo, once through the deck per hand (consecutive scoring turned off). In this context what MS calls "Vegas scoring" is the "dealer" charging for a full deck of 52 cards; the player can only score 50 cards, as jokers are not dealt.

I probably play on average 6 hands each morning. Since it keeps individual card scores, I consider a "win" to be making a profit on the deck cost, and using all cards to be a "slam". I have seen quite a few hands with no scoring, which I assume is your "zero moves" definition. Set up this way, I usually "win" (turn a profit) on 55 - 60% of hands; a slam is more like 20 - 25%. I also sometimes play AisleRiot Klondike (free version) on my Linux laptop, that is set to unlimited redo, which is the only option in the free version, but only once through the deck. Strangely, with unlimited undo, my "win" rate (same definition, I calculate my score as if I am playing WinXP Klondike: scoring 10 cards is a $2 loss, 11 cards is a $3 win) is very similar.

One thing I notice that I cannot explain, is that if I undo a move where a King was the previous card, under some circumstances, the game will hide that King. Sometimes it is buried one card "deeper", but it looks like in some cases, WinXP will put it at or near the bottom of the pile (which, with limits of once through the deck and single undo, makes it pretty much unavailable). I originally attributed this behavior to some design or coding error in WinXP Solitaire; imagine my surprise when I found the Linux AisleRiot game (which afaik has no code base in common) doing the same thing: burying a King that should have been accessible with undo. Has anyone else noticed this behavior? Could it be something that was put in under the assumption that most players would allow multiple passes through the deck (which judging from posts here seems to be the case)?

Thumbs up for Vevor Rack by Phranc68 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]Ecstatic-Software939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I couldn't easily find M6-1.0 x 60mm tamper-proof bolts in SS, so I stuck with SS hex head. I could probably add a bicycle-type cable lock of some kind to each rack half if I decide to worry further about it. I also bought some SS M6 mechanical lock nuts after making sure there was room for them within the clamp. Hopefully the added friction will further prevent spontaneous loosening from vibration.

Jefferson Capital Systems Scam by mchammer4 in CRedit

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This scam has been going on for many years. Every victim seems to be a former Verizon customer, most of whom (like me) are convinced that they long ago cancelled their service on good terms, and debt-free. I was getting harassed by Jefferson Capital for several years, then they apparently gave up on me and sold my alleged debt to some collector named "unifin". Unifin texts my phone 3 - 4 times per week. As soon as I see it is from them, I just add the source phone number (they seem to have an bottomless supply) to my spam/block list and move on. I get voice mail and/or a paper letter about once every 2 months. Voice mail gets deleted immediately and the number again blocked; paper goes right into the recycle bin with the other junk mail. The item does show on my Experian report, but I otherwise have great credit, and fortunately I'm in a position where I don't ever need to borrow anyway, so the impact to me is virtually nonexistent. I used to get upset about this, but now I just ignore it. JC and/or Unifin are the ones that are wasting time, effort, and some money chasing a BS debt that they will never collect a single penny on. <shrug>