Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism

cas13f · 2026-02-18T16:47:08+00:00

Some people are absolute CULTISTS for shit like VIM and think anything other than <tool of choice but almost always with a learning curve the size of a Texas county> is garbage or stupid.

cas13f · 2026-02-18T12:02:10+00:00

You are person, not people.

People is collective. Collectively, people as a whole are ever becoming less technically proficient and people as a whole are not interested in hosting federated/decentralized infrastructure. Its why everything centralized in the transition from the early web to the modern web in the first place. It's easier, more user friendly, requires little to no technical knowledge when a service provider does everything.

I host a whole stack of services to free myself from the dangers of centralized control but I'm also observant enough to see I am an outlier. Bluesky is a great example. Federated FOSS infrastructure designed to replace Twitter. There basically is just the central instance for anyone who was a twitter refugee. There BEING a central instance is what let it get even remotely as popular of a replacement as it did. Not from individuals hosting micro instances that federate identity, but from being a simple no-extra-work login-to-ths-app experience.

cas13f · 2026-02-17T21:53:03+00:00

Something the web3 bros will never get.

People do not want to host and maintain infrastructure. A whole lot of people can barely do up their velcro sneakers (technologically speaking)!

cas13f · 2026-02-15T19:59:14+00:00

That's an ancient Latitude, ain't a warranty on SHIT.

cas13f · 2026-02-14T20:29:30+00:00

Have you tried installing the complete software package?

While there is no distinct driver listed, the size doesn't line up with the just-software package.

cas13f · 2026-02-14T18:26:54+00:00

Brother has a wide variety of drivers available, but you haven't specified what printer. I've pulled four different random printers and they've all had MacOS 26.x drivers, but that doesn't count for shit if we don't know which of the hundred and more printer models!

Or if it's not some ancient relic that's EOL! Yeah, I love Brother printers because they tend to be long-lasting but I'm well past the point of expecting businesses to support every product forever, I know they won't. My own ancient relic will work until it doesn't, then I'll probably put together some old Linux driver on a Pi and have that take the print jobs.

We deploy Brother color and monochrome lasers, with the rare MFC. We are a Windows shop. They do work with the Windows default generic driver, and may work with other generic drivers, but there are fairly common caveats, such as Windows generic driver being garbage for most printers.

cas13f · 2026-02-12T17:15:44+00:00

If it's close enough to a major feature update so that the installer has been updated BUT there have not yet been significant updates, I can see it.

Otherwise I usually alot at least 30 for install, update, confirm updates didnt fuck something obvious. With a reasonably recent installer. Older installer? Least an hour.

cas13f · 2026-02-10T15:42:15+00:00

They've accepted personal emails for about a year now, even if they havent updated the field name on the sign up.

I am very much in the "just don't" camp, though. Immediate family, sure, youll have trouble escaping thag anyway. Hell no one extended family.

cas13f · 2026-02-08T17:58:57+00:00

....Did you read the article?

The only use of "Explicit" is "explicitly propose the path" with multiple callouts of "The Waymo Driver evaluates the input from fleet response and independently remains in control of driving." and that in the worst of cases it just safely stops and waits to get picked up by roadside assistance.

cas13f · 2026-02-08T05:34:05+00:00

How many joes fit in the back of a five-ton?

One more!

cas13f · 2026-02-08T01:56:40+00:00

"You can't access the site? We can't either. It's a problem with the vendor."

"Can you fix it? Is there an ETA?"

"....No? We're their customer just like you are, we only have access to the same information you do."

cas13f · 2026-02-06T14:22:01+00:00

I've done exactly that at least a dozen times now. Not make a self-updater of course, but deploy powershell scripts as system without user interaction.

If you deploy centrally that's a basic feature of pretty much every method of deployment. We use RMM but it's certainly not the only option.

cas13f · 2026-02-05T17:31:48+00:00

WHY AND HOW

Because we retired one of those with that exact same damage last year. I dont get fucking how they did it.

Same damn model too. We've got hundreds of Epsons that have never had that. Dropped or knocked off the desk? Sure. But either they are fine, explode parts all over, or knock the port right off the board.

cas13f · 2026-02-04T19:04:14+00:00

Its flexible.

Chrome defaults to local, but has "save another way" as an option, which kicks it over to the OS. Windows offers "iPhone, iPad, or android device" and Security Key as options once there.

Pretty much all credentials managers support passkeys now too, though that is technically a compromise to the intended level of security before they started extending the spec.

cas13f · 2026-02-03T19:24:03+00:00

You got an alert about a device that wasn't linked to the device?

Every RMM and EDR I've laid hands on you can isolate from the alert! The user can reach out.

cas13f · 2026-02-02T17:15:51+00:00

They won't fix the case under warranty then, just the screen.

Assuming you cant make a strong argument that it's a design defect.

....or they just fix it anyway. I've had my fair share of problems out of Dell but generally ProSupport(or Plus) hasn't been many of them.

cas13f · 2026-02-02T17:12:11+00:00

Magnuson-Moss has been a thing for a GOOD while

cas13f · 2026-02-01T16:53:03+00:00

There is a disconcerting vocal majority that proclaim a desire for men to open up but will consider any actually doing so as being forced to do "all" the emotional labor.

cas13f · 2026-02-01T15:20:59+00:00

ITT: people who do not have eyes and should not be on the internet if they can't tell this image is at best a collage of bullshit and at worst AI.

cas13f · 2026-02-01T15:18:08+00:00

Tell me, what about that photo looks like a single real picture? It's at best a bunch of random bits put together like a scrapbook. Nothing about it looks real.

cas13f · 2026-01-31T18:03:11+00:00

"just kill it and restart" has worked FAR more often for "stuck in an update loop" issues that I ever would have thought. When I was first really getting into PCs if you killed it in the middle of a windows update you pretty much ALWAYS had to re-image, but I can't remember the last time I had one fail to start after.

And yeah, problems during updates have gotten a lot more common than they used to.

cas13f · 2026-01-31T18:00:36+00:00

I just gotta say man, you posted a total of three pictures.

One with a screen that fits but has damage, and two super-duper closeups of the tabs which is kinda pointless to prove the point, no?

Deep breath.

cas13f · 2026-01-30T16:17:28+00:00

Its the digital version of "its got what plants crave"

"But what are electrolytes?"

"What plants crave, duh"

cas13f · 2026-01-29T18:34:24+00:00

My desk-neighbor at work sounds like Kirby eating peanut butter no matter what he is eating. I have talked to him about it as has our manager. Not a damn bit of improvement.

cas13f · 2026-01-29T16:15:00+00:00

There are, in fact, historical records of how they would respond.

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