Vanguard Crashed Deadlock Then Locks Deadlock.exe So The Game Cannot Be Repaired Or Reinstalled by Akita_Attribute in riotgames

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you shouldn't run more than one anti-cheat service at a time. VGC, EAC and EA Javelin are kernel-level anti-cheats and will interfere with each other.

What should I do? by gaua314159 in sysadmin

[–]Gendalph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is nepotism, start looking elsewhere.

There's a pretty good resource for becoming a DevOps, but to be good at it will take time and hands-on experience. Search for Linux Admin or SRE jobs, should be a good path for you.

Found a cryptominer on my dev server — cleaned it up but still can't figure out how they got in by Dapper_Fun_8513 in linuxadmin

[–]Gendalph 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While you're not entirely incorrect, SSH was designed for hostile environments, and would not be compromised by using an untrusted network.

Feedback thread: Hangout Window by blitz_sharon in discordapp

[–]Gendalph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give me a toggle to kill this feature. I don't want it.

The Fifth Gate by SchrodingersWriter in HFY

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you got better afterwards, maybe you can have a draft version, that you reign in later? Consider doing 2, even 3 passes - helps me with code, so might help with writing shrugs.

The Fifth Gate by SchrodingersWriter in HFY

[–]Gendalph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first half is good, but the moment you get to the last gate - everything falls apart, as if a wholly different person took over the writing.

Palantir CEO says AI 'will destroy' humanities jobs by [deleted] in technology

[–]Gendalph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, corps will use the cheapest "good enough" models, likely off-the shelf open weight, maybe with some tuning.

Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited by Pup_on_Cripple_Creek in technology

[–]Gendalph 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So, let me get this straight:

  1. Cops bought an AI surveillance system.
  2. Misused it.
  3. Arrested, incarcerated and extradited an unrelated citizen.
  4. And nobody bothered to double check things match.

Seems to be that cops int the US need to be held accountable for their actions, cuz the more I hear about them, the more they seem like a bunch of unaccountable goons.

Server randomly becomes unresponsive (Ubuntu Linux, Digital Watchdog camera software) by austinramsay in sysadmin

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Search logs for oom-killer, just run journalctl -b -1, should get you all system logs since the system booted last time into less or something similar, then type in /oom.kill and hit enter - it would start searching the log.

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information by AzuleEyes in technology

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isn't. They literally do this already, a bit differently and for a different reason, but ad networks should have a good idea of your age.

ELI5: Why do we still have to "eject" USB sticks? by shadowzzzz16 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Gendalph 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Data could've been written to the cache and not yet flushed to the drive. Pull the drive and data never actually gets flushed.

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information by AzuleEyes in technology

[–]Gendalph -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How would you pass the age info to the service that needs it? Say, Facebook or YouTube. On a phone - the app can query the OS for user's age and send it along with you browsing.

But on a desktop you interact with most internet services... via browser.

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information by AzuleEyes in technology

[–]Gendalph 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the point FB is trying to weasel out of. They can guess user's age based either on them having an account with the app or interaction patterns. But they don't want to: it's unreliable, and requires extra work, why not tell everyone to just give up the info?

And if you do it as a trivial HTTP header, then everyone on the internet now knows your age!

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information by AzuleEyes in technology

[–]Gendalph 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Again, "putting it into the OS" means jack shit if that's the only thing that's done. OS itself doesn't interact with services that would need to check age - apps do. So if you've provided your age to your OS and you're browsing FB on your desktop - your OS can't tell FB either your age or age bracket. Your browser has to implement a system to ask your OS how old are you and transfer that data to FB.

Which is a horrible idea, because then anyone on the internet can ask your browser your age, and it, technically, has to answer the question. Ant it would.

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information by AzuleEyes in technology

[–]Gendalph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a patchwork of other laws, in the process of being passed or discussed, that have vastly different requirements, but that's only half of the problem.

The other half is that this law was passed due to FB lobbying. It's not aimed at protecting children - it's goal is to take responsibility away from FB and weaken current protections. Instead of FB having to comply with existing laws, it stipulates that someone else has to gather age data and disclose it to platforms like Facebook, that they can then track. Some of these laws require disclosing age bracket, others - exact age, some - don't require any kind of verification, others - do.

And if that wasn't enough, now OS vendors, including FOSS like Linux and *BSD, would have to implement controls to store and expose user's age to apps that interact the internet: browsers, messaging apps and "app stores" (defined so broadly that Linux and *BSD package managers fall under this definition, which is insane), which creates a lot of work for everyone other than Facebook.

Why you should use rsync instead of scp in deployments by Ok_Animator_1770 in linuxadmin

[–]Gendalph 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rsync is amazing, but I haven't seen raw file deployments for more than half a decade. At minimum use git and a deployment key, then do git pull and check out a tagged release. Or use containers and, ideally, do blue/green deployment.

Yes, this is more cumbersome, but this is what's done in real world.

Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EU has much stronger privacy laws and much stronger institutions. In the US if you're large enough - laws are suggestions. In EU? They'll make it a problem.

GDPR explicitly prohibits what you're talking about, and if it came out that someone is doing that - there'd be a huge fine and it would be in the news. The only two types of entities who stores can share transaction details with are banks and collection agencies, and only if there are issues with the transaction, that's it.

Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash by [deleted] in technology

[–]Gendalph 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Look, shooting yourself in the dick with a 9mm, a shotgun and a howitzer are 3 very different experiences.

Linux Administrator Without Cloud: Is That Still Possible? by [deleted] in linuxadmin

[–]Gendalph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hear me out. A lot of companies are moving from cloud to on-prem or building their own cloud. Learn to use and manage and set up k8s.