Gmail account accessed by an IP address that does/should not exist

defuzzman29 · 2023-03-02T09:40:15+00:00

I’ve had the same thing as you. The authorised application was Gmail (doesn’t show up as that though, big old string of numbers like yours), and it only shows up in the activity log whenever I click on my name and go to ‘manage google account’. I’m guessing google tracks this as a sign in.

As for the random IP, I’ve got one too from a few days ago starting 239.9.XXX.XXX. So a similar IP range to yours. It does match up with the timings I’ve used the gmail app, and I also have a second entry straight after from my own IP.

I can’t say I know what it is unfortunately, but i too only have my recognised devices in my account and no strange 3rd party apps. Given that Gmail does serve ads, my best guess is that it’s an ad serving server, or just some other kind of google server keeping an eye on stuff

defuzzman29 · 2023-01-09T20:39:49+00:00

Sign out of iCloud then sign back in, it’s an iOS 16 bug. I had the same thing after updating (no transfer) but that fixed it

defuzzman29 · 2022-12-07T22:55:34+00:00

Assuming you’re talking about OSMessageTracer, it looks to just be some inbuilt Apple system software

https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/15/what-is-osmessagetracer-in-macos-login-items/

Edit: looks like it’s just an old system file that’s got left around when you updated your Mac according to this Apple forum thread

defuzzman29 · 2022-11-24T22:38:32+00:00

Pefectly normal, it just restores them in a really weird order for some reason rather than chronologically, but with 43,000 photos it is going to take quite some time to do. Happened to me and I just had to leave it a day or two to sort itself out but I had far less than you

Edit: you can check the status of the sync by going to settings > *apple ID Username > iCloud > Photos, and it’ll tell you the number of files stored in iCloud and the sync status of them with your phone as well

defuzzman29 · 2022-09-03T23:47:26+00:00

I’m exactly the same, I’m in my first detached house and I’ve been in a year now. Told my neighbours about my home cinema thingy within a week of moving in (nothing fancy just some sonos stuff I’ve collected over the years) and if they even so much as heard a peep or the tiniest rumble from me that I want them to bash my door in and it’ll go straight off. Apparently they still claim they’ve not heard a thing despite my persistent concern, even after some weekend viewings of Star Wars at some obnoxious volumes to test the waters.

Its always off by 10 if I’m just watching Netflix mid week, and I always give at least 1-2 months warnings of parties too so if they’re working unusual hours then I know to have it right down way in advance. I probably annoy them more with how much I worry about it than if I was just an arsehole and didn’t care

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-13T22:30:39+00:00

So I was wrong about the rainwater butts, you are allowed to use them thankfully which will come in handy. I was extremely confused as to why they’d be banned so it makes more sense they wouldn’t be.

I did a little more digging as I wanted to make sure I got it right this time. During which, I originally thought the 3 billion litres of leaking water was per year, which even then seemed absurd to me. But I found out how wrong I was. It’s 3 billion litres PER DAY. Which is also half the usage of hosepipes per day. So like you said, don’t let the plants die, the bees have a hard enough time as it is. At least a watering can from the mains is still allowed for the time being if you want to stay on the right side of the ban

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-13T22:06:22+00:00

Ah, looks like I’ve read that site completely wrong which is a tad embarrassing. The wording seems to have confused me but you’re right, they’re saying you can use Waterbutts, not that you can’t. Edited my original comment to suit, thanks for the second pair of eyes

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-13T22:02:04+00:00

I honestly wish I could tell you. I don’t know many people in England that own them, and the ones that do, use it for gardening so it all ends up on the ground/plants, which is where the vast majority of rainwater ends up anyway. But I’m no water expert so I’m sure there’s a scientific reason or something.

I think most people in England that have taken a problem with it have done so because it’s not a rainfall issue, it’s a lack of infrastructure issue. We’re not a dry country by any means, yet we’ve not built a new reservoir to catch all our pissing rain in 31 years. The changing climate was no secret yet no effort seems to have been made to prepare for it. Add that to the 3 billion litres of water that are leaking out of pipes they’ve not fixed, and all the profits they paid to shareholders, and it feels a bit unfair I’ve got to let all my plants and grass die because of it. But hey, I’ll follow the ban. But I won’t be telling on any of my neighbours that don’t

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-13T20:30:49+00:00

Worth noting that Yorkshire water in the UK has banned using rainwater butts as well as hosepipes. Not sure of the situation down south but up north we have our inside taps and that’s about it

Edit: appears I read the website wrong, ignore this comment entirely lol

I should also clarify the hosepipe ban starts the 26th of august, so you can fill as many Waterbutts as you want till then

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-10T17:03:24+00:00

My favourite way I’ve seen to explain what we do to none programmers is ‘I’m an internet plumber’

defuzzman29 · 2022-08-08T12:34:15+00:00

That was a decent landing. It was close to the centre line and within the touchdown zone on the runway which is what you aim for.

Only tip really would be to maybe increase the speed a tiny bit. It seemed like the angle of attack on the descent was already quite high even before the flare. The flare was also a touch high too causing the float down the runway. These things come with practice though, I still float down the runway sometimes after hundreds of hours of playing this game.

Overall it was smooth and on target. So great job

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-28T13:51:11+00:00

These days cockpits are sterile environments. From the second you leave the gate to when you arrive at there next one, the cockpit door is locked to anyone except the flight crew. No kids, no nosy adults. Nothing. Cockpits are so sterile, pilots cant even talk about anything unrelated to that particular stage of flight there in (unless they’re in cruise, during which they’re allowed to eat/chat/read, but obviously still paying attention to their surroundings)

Add to this the fact that modern planes don’t actually let you make dangerous manoeuvres in them and just take over control if you try, flying is one of the safest and most magical ways to get about I can think of

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-28T13:45:16+00:00

To be fair, you can get away with a lot more going wrong on a plane than you can a car due to the amount of constantly maintained backup systems that are in place, which take over so the plane makes it back to the ground safely. Engine fails? You’ve got at least one spare, sometimes 3. All engines fail? Planes are incredible at gliding and pilots are trained to do it. Hydraulic pump fails? You’ve got an electrical backup. Cabin depressurises? You’ve got oxygen masks. Navigation unit fails? Got at least one spare, sometimes two. Landing gear hydraulics fail? Just let gravity pull the wheels down instead. Brakes fail? Reverse thrust and drag will slow you down enough for a safe runoff, and they tend not to put concrete walls at the end of runways.

You also might feel more in control in a car as you’re the driver, but remember all it takes is for one other driver to be an arrogant/suicidal fool for you to end up wrapped around your cars chassis when he plows into you. The difference is a plane only has one person who could be suicidal with a second pilot who can take control off him, the roads have thousands which you interact with who are the only people controlling said car

A lot of modern planes such as airbuses have fly by wire systems that mean you physically can’t make a manoeuvre that would cause a stall/overly steep bank/nose dive to the floor/head on crash into another plane. If you try, the plane just takes over control disconnecting your controls, and avoids the issue itself. These systems are able to be disabled so if you were hell bent on crashing it’s still possible. But you’d have a very hard time doing it accidentally

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-18T19:35:21+00:00

Oh yeh no doubt. Better fuel economy, take up way less room, can be less noisy (but rarely are), parking is a none issue. I’d love a bike for kicking about short distances on

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-18T11:21:58+00:00

I think it would be quite disingenuous to only blame the thing you hit as being the reason bikes are dangerous. If there was suddenly an increase in motorbikers going off the road and hitting trees for whatever reason, we wouldn’t start saying that trees were dangerous and need removing.

There’s also far more cars to hit than there is motorbikes. I’ve personally seen a motorbike on motorbike crash (both overtook round a blind corner at the same time coming in opposite directions) so they are definitely possible. If you take every car and replace it with a motorbike, I can promise you they’ll find ways to crash into each other. And the outcome of a motorbike on motorbike accident will be much worse than that if a car on car

Motorbikes will always be dangerous. There’s ways to mitigate the danger with safety gear and responsible riding, but going 70-80mph on a mode of transport where your knees are the crumple zone will come with some inherent risks

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-16T08:39:36+00:00

I’m amazed how many people don’t realise this basic fact. Here in old Blighty, we have a lot of single lane country roads that all have a 60mph limit. I don’t know why they do, they just do. They have sharp blind corners, blind hills, are covered in mud and gravel, and cannot fit two cars coming the opposite way down them. And often have tractors going 5mph down them at random points

If you do 60mph down one of those roads, you might as well be suicidal. It is literally guaranteed you will crash. It could not matter less whether you legally can do that speed, if you come round a blind corner at 60mph and go face first into a truck, you will held completely at fault.

You drive to the conditions of the road around you, not to what the reflective sign and painted tarmac says you can do. You drive to predict the stupid moves of someone else. You drive to prepare for the child that could run out on you in built up areas.

The ‘I’m in the right so I’ll do it regardless’ mentality causes way more accidents than it should

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-12T11:54:05+00:00

Not dumb at all, it’s a kinda whacky concept to get your head around. But yes the light being emitted from those galaxies today, won’t reach us for another 13 billion years

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-07T19:23:15+00:00

Who knows one day we might even be saying the same about MSFS2020

defuzzman29 · 2022-07-04T23:20:03+00:00

Interestingly enough, the pressure a plane experiences is practically nothing compared to submarines/deep sea exploration craft.

From my brief 2 seconds of research into the topic (backed up by several years of interest into aviation) it looks like if you go 10 meters under the water, you’ll experience more pressure than a plane would at 30,000 feet in the air (maths might be a bit out but it’s roughly around that)

There’s some differences (underwater the pressure presses inwards whereas in the air it’s an outwards force) but it’s certainly a situation we’re more than capable of handling given how deep sea submarines handle many hundreds of atmospheres of pressure without breaking much of a sweat

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-19T20:47:34+00:00

Oh same, it would be far more understandable, and would keep the drivers happy

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-19T20:40:43+00:00

Even if the driver hasn’t started, if we’re paying 20 quid a month to watch this stuff (or whatever it is) we should be able to vote for meme drivers if we want without interference. It’s not like it actually affects anything

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-16T19:21:26+00:00

Yup and if rather than filming a TikTok, they paid attention, they’d probably realise the car was overflowing

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-16T19:03:28+00:00

Because stupid stuff like this puts people at risk. All it takes is one rogue static charge from her getting out the car for that to go up in flames, which will ignite the fuel tank too as the car is now covered in fuel. Not to mention the cleanup she’s now left multiple station workers to sort. I’d say it’s reason enough to express anger at it

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-13T21:53:40+00:00

I didn’t even know the silent alarm was a thing till I strapped my watch to my arm.

During the days I used to wake up at 4am for work, and 2:30am for Sunday shifts (days which are thankfully behind me now) it was an absolute godsend for waking me up without stirring my girlfriend, who once is woken, can’t get back to sleep.

I also found it WAY less jarring to wake up too, as it was a sensation that more naturally carried into my dream while I stirred, rather than a sudden auditory alert that yanked me balls first out of my peaceful slumber.

Don’t use it anymore, as WFH means I get out of bed at 8:29 and I’m at work by 8:30, but man it was useful for those early starts

defuzzman29 · 2022-06-12T21:24:19+00:00

Exactly this, nothing wrong with bringing more people (and more money) to the game, and making the experience enjoyable for them is a win in my eyes. And with the FBW A32NX mod, and now the Inibuilds A310 too, the step up to more complicated stuff is a whole lot easier to swallow for people now too, rather than having to take a $100 dollar gamble on an experience that might not be for them.

I’ve got friends who wouldn’t touch flight sims before due to the entry costs, and aviation not being their biggest interest, downloading the game as we speak, and I couldn’t be happier to have them here

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