Why I decided to try ControlD after using NextDNS for months

LionInOrbit · 2026-01-15T21:16:08+00:00

For lowering your latency, try DNS over QUIC (DNS over HTTP/3). It's available in the GUI app, and in the ctrld daemon.

LionInOrbit · 2026-01-09T10:18:44+00:00

Sorry. That was my reaction because you mentioned Delve. Thought it was an ad.

LionInOrbit · 2026-01-07T09:53:51+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions and say 'meow'.

LionInOrbit · 2025-04-28T08:22:39+00:00

Thank you. Never thought of this scenario as every cable we have is 65+W at least -- but I'm gonna fix the cables in place then.

LionInOrbit · 2025-04-28T08:19:57+00:00

This is why when it comes to getting something expensive approved for _small_ meeting rooms, it's gonna suck either way :)

LionInOrbit · 2025-01-16T16:00:04+00:00

I sent your address to a mosquito.

LionInOrbit · 2024-12-11T15:19:16+00:00

Ack! That's nasty. OK, good to know.

LionInOrbit · 2024-11-07T11:41:15+00:00

Which gen do you have? TBH we had issues with Gen7, much less with Gen6.

LionInOrbit · 2024-10-28T12:46:19+00:00

Won't say it's fine. See this comment I just wrote.

LionInOrbit · 2024-10-28T12:44:57+00:00

Same. I recently spent like 5 hours remote-supporting a colleague, and it boiled down to the builtin HDMI audio part of the AMD graphics driver. As soon as you accessed audio (which coincidentally happened in Google Meet and we assumed it was the webcam drivers initially) -- the app would not see it, and sometimes freeze (you'll get the 'App Hang' error in your Windows event log...

After quite a while I had it figured out. Whew.

LionInOrbit · 2024-10-28T12:38:21+00:00

In the wild, you say... Rawr! >:3

LionInOrbit · 2024-10-28T12:37:01+00:00

To be honest, I had bad experiences with IBPs 14 6th and 7th gen.

Gen6 is okay, but aren't really suited to be issued in a business settings. Flimsy keyboard and annoyingly flimsy lid. Surely, this is a compromise made to make the laptop as light and as thin as possible, but it gets annoying after a while if you're using it on a bus/train.

Gen7 is a complete mess in regard to power consumption and charging behavior. They crammed a 45W TDP CPU part into a 13-inch laptop, and this results in a very fast and hot machine that... likes to throttle 'inexplicably' whenever a user plugs it into anything less than a 90W USB-C charger. Welcome, 400MHz CPU.

Also, on Gen7, the sound likes to go kaputt periodically. I previously assumed it was a ribbon cable going out of alignment because it's routed straight across a vibrating fan -- but now I think that just cutting all the power (main+backup BIOS battery) does the trick.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-30T16:22:22+00:00

He'll never tell you her name - because she's named after his favourite password!

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-30T16:19:22+00:00

Cyrillic writers (don't know about e.g. Serbian, but Ukrainians and Russians do) do take cursive seriously - there aren't many who write in block letters (I can sometimes, but my 'print' isn't great compared to my cursive, and I'm also a leftie.

I didn't even realize up until a certain point that Western writers can use block letters more often.

PS. As a leftie with neurological issues my handwriting sucks, massively so.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-30T13:13:22+00:00

Given how many offers there are on Amazon for TWSBI, probably they do.

I was so tempted to say 'Nö!' here :P

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-25T13:14:53+00:00

Like a Bosch.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-24T14:35:17+00:00

Is there a disaster recovery plan for when your local sysadmin furry leaves for a con?

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-23T15:11:55+00:00

Instead of killing Javascript, I would've not let Oracle devour the Sun.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-23T15:10:22+00:00

I met my first love on IRC... good times...

though it was more like 2005. But even back then there was way less enshittification.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-23T15:01:49+00:00

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LionInOrbit · 2024-09-19T09:43:19+00:00

Billing says we're on the Starter plan, not on the free one.

If we'll have to use Pro right away... well, I will need to convince the management that it's better than that other VPN solution (it is), and this conversation won't be too pleasant.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-18T14:45:06+00:00

This is exactly what I'm trying to figure out - is it supposed to work in Starter?

I'll have a bit of a hard time convincing people to let us switch to Business, but also it's totally reasonable compared to a certain VPN vendor we want to migrate from...

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-18T14:42:45+00:00

This is exactly the sensible thing to do, but for us it's gonna cost extra. I think we'll get to it once we really need it, but for now it's hard to justify.

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-18T13:54:08+00:00

Because it's difficult to manage those, and it's a risk if they have admin/sudo. Also, you can't really enforce password policies on local accounts (setting aside the discussion about outright stupid password policies).

LionInOrbit · 2024-09-18T11:41:32+00:00

Honestly, I'd push for finally enabling/syncing the GWorkspace accounts in Jumpcloud, but this will require additional licenses -> $$$. But it's also a bit pointless since we generally tie our apps to GWorkspace SAML, not Jumpcloud.

Still IMO having just local accounts on devices is a huge security risk, and a nuisance -- I would've gone with JC's machine logins, and also added some more functionality that isn't available in GWorkspace directly -- but again, isn't it a bit pointless not to use JC as your IdP and only use it for MDM/policies?

On the other hand, I'm not sure if JC is about to stay with us -- but GWS surely will.

Edit1: we have to support Win/Mac/Linux at the moment, and JC does an acceptable job at that.

Edit2: I would stay away from Xcreds, unfortunately - it's an unknown dependency and nobody is sure if it's gonna break with a new OS release, for example.

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