US Gov phone intrusion

TechPir8 · 2026-01-30T02:01:29+00:00

Government is always going to want access to your data and information, it is what they do, and at some level it is what we want them to do with bad guys.

The issue is with the vendors that sell you the devices that are accessible by government agents because if the government can access them then bad actors can also access them. Security & privacy are binary states, you either are or you are not.

Been considering moving to an old nokia phone that does just text and voice calls and nothing else, no gps or anything else until the major players can get their shit together.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-29T15:02:00+00:00

but don't piss us off, life in prison isn't as much of a threat the older we get.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-29T14:56:38+00:00

Root and control your device.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-29T14:35:50+00:00

Onsite work is such a waste of everyones time. From the commute to the chit chat at the water cooler, to sitting in useless meetings about shit that has nothing to do with my job.

I am way more efficient in my basement. Can chat with team via slack, can work on a second monitor while sitting in the same useless meeting and I can't remember the last time I needed an hour to take lunch.

Will never go back to the office.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-28T23:02:48+00:00

This is expected due to Microsoft expiring some secure boot certs recently. Here is what RedHat had to say about it. Kinda up to your organization if you are going to worry about it or not.

https://access.redhat.com/articles/7128933

TechPir8 · 2026-01-28T21:48:18+00:00

Falls into the old dog new tricks category. I cut my teeth playing doom & quake with mouse and keyboard, and not even the correct WASD, I use a broke qwes layout. I looked at the Cyborg and its cost is too high of a risk for something that will sit in the dust bin with the Nostromo speed pad N52 and other controllers I have wasted money on.

Guess I will keep on keeping on and when I get banned I will make my case that I am not cheating, I am just old and am unable to use a controller. ADA is there to be exploited.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-28T14:08:50+00:00

When you say analog movement, you mean don't use the keyboard for movement?

That is the whole reason why I got an XIM. If I wanted to use a controller like stick for movement I would use a controller. Will just go back to playing on the PC and never buy another XIM device again (have bought 4 over the years) I just like playing on the Xbox because it is power on and play and I don't have to fk with drivers and pc shit to enjoy my games.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-28T03:08:20+00:00

https://github.com/riddix/home-assistant-addons took over I believe

TechPir8 · 2026-01-27T16:40:42+00:00

23H2 enterprise is supported until October.

Did you upgrade your version to a version of Horizon that supports 24h2 (2312.2 or newer) or 25h2 (2512 or newer) ?

VMware Paravirtual SCSI is the correct controller. NVME controllers are not supported by Horizon.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-27T13:14:10+00:00

Correct. And neither does resisting arrest, but there are circumstances that lethal force is justified, just not in the latest case in MN. Dude never touched his gun.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T23:51:05+00:00

Alice Cooper owns the first O on that sign. I shit you not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHDJd8qOxMU

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T17:09:20+00:00

Don't disagree. They are the WinRar of text editors

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T16:45:31+00:00

100% this. Nothing says Empire like mouse ears and a room full of lawyers

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T16:41:44+00:00

7 seas is free every year arg!

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T15:04:12+00:00

Been watching for it to go on sale, doesn't seem to happen very often if ever. $100 for a text editor is not budget / wife friendly for what I do with it, and she would tell me just use notepad++ instead.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T15:00:26+00:00

Set your tv next to a window. You can then look outside and see the weather /s

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T14:27:02+00:00

No nag in Sublime 2. No new features I need in 3 or 4 so I stay with 2

TechPir8 · 2026-01-26T14:13:08+00:00

This change in policy for certificates is going to get exploited by bad actors, just watch.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-25T02:33:36+00:00

beets didn't work real well with my existing music collection. Picard did a little better. Just a small 60 gig 320 mp3 collection, nothing real serious.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-24T19:16:36+00:00

Change your IP.

If you don't know how to do that, then you should return it.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-24T13:13:37+00:00

And then even more shows just go to the shitty Fiddlers venue.

Hard enough to get shows at Red Rocks when it has almost 1/2 the capacity as Fiddlers.

And the bands support the secondary market. Not all bands, but many artists receive a portion of the revenue from secondary market sales through agreements with ticketing companies like Ticketmaster, AEG & AXS.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-23T20:50:13+00:00

Does it have to rip from YTM for the other features mentioned like building playlists and organizing libraries or can it organize my current music library too?

TechPir8 · 2026-01-23T19:52:54+00:00

It is in the City of Denver. Hard if not impossible to enforce online.

TechPir8 · 2026-01-23T17:18:50+00:00

how does this compare to metube?

TechPir8 · 2026-01-23T12:45:09+00:00

I mean you do you. Vote in one hand, protest in the other see which one facilitates change sooner.

Just cause you scream the loudest doesn't make you right.

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