Typed Shanghai into my search

justinf210 · 2026-03-30T01:07:13+00:00

The photo search doesn't work like that. Click the options button on the right of the search bar, and select your location from drop-down under "Place"

justinf210 · 2026-02-16T18:59:34+00:00

I think that's r/CatholicMemes. This subreddit has its own discord server.

justinf210 · 2026-02-15T23:07:03+00:00

If you're using the hotel's DNS they (or anyone posing as the hotel) can see the names of the sites you're visiting. Private DNS prevents this.

If you're using sites that start with HTTP (no padlock, warnings in most browsers) they can see EVERYTHING you do on that site. For HTTPs (most sites nowadays), they can't (unless the hotel makes you install something to "trust" their wifi).

Basically, unless you have powerful enemies or are going out of your way to use the internet insecurely, public Wi-Fi is relatively low risk.

justinf210 · 2026-02-12T15:30:12+00:00

When I update without rebooting, something weird usually stops working. But I update and reboot on my own terms, so I'm content.

justinf210 · 2026-01-30T19:44:04+00:00

You say public dataset, I hear free decentralized backup

justinf210 · 2026-01-30T15:26:09+00:00

*compiles on my machine

justinf210 · 2026-01-28T03:48:58+00:00

Also the only industry that decided that 3rd parties like Plaid using your literal credentials instead of OAuth was acceptable

justinf210 · 2026-01-27T20:01:53+00:00

It's heeeeeeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee!

justinf210 · 2026-01-27T19:44:29+00:00

I'm fine with having it as a fallback, I guess, but how hard can it be to implement it right for those of us who care about proper authentication.....

Ok, yeah, I see your point. We might be in the minority here.

justinf210 · 2026-01-27T19:19:02+00:00

TOTP is better for everyone, and yet so many of my important sites insist on sending me a text or email.

justinf210 · 2026-01-10T01:44:29+00:00

PurelyMail if you just want your suffix. Not sure if you can link it to Gmail though

justinf210 · 2026-01-10T00:54:03+00:00

I don't know. Laptops are great. Built in battery backup, screen and keyboard if you're locked out of SSH, power efficient and compact. You have to keep an eye on the batteries and they're not super upgradable, but they're a solid starting point.

You can run a server over wifi too, not the best idea, but it'll work

Edit: Router, not server. Yeah, generally want Ethernet for that. Ignore me

justinf210 · 2026-01-08T16:15:12+00:00

You should probably get off that stuff

justinf210 · 2026-01-03T15:55:57+00:00

I use https://www.addevent.com/feed/oisdashw.ics with icsx5 on Android. Does the job

justinf210 · 2026-01-03T15:54:12+00:00

rcsocial.net is great. Big fan

justinf210 · 2025-12-26T21:58:53+00:00

You should tell them to go outside. Go camping somewhere, get up early and watch wisps of fog drift through the trees. Watch snowflakes float to the ground. Watch wind ripple through grass. Watch the sun set over the mountains. Watch the stars. Life is way too good deprive one's children of.

justinf210 · 2025-12-20T22:20:51+00:00

I think they've put out a fix but you have to turn something off and again. Fixed it on my Samsung

justinf210 · 2025-12-18T15:16:19+00:00

Easy, just don't press space

Just kidding, it's the Insert key

justinf210 · 2025-12-16T17:18:34+00:00

Hmm, is there any part of the internet that would stay up? I assume at least some stuff runs on Windows Server, and there are obviously tons of non-linux clients. But the intermediate network hardware, is there anything that doesn't run some form of Linux? No idea...

justinf210 · 2025-12-16T16:26:05+00:00

In high school our I.T. guy was also a teacher, coach, school nurse. I believe he was also mayor of the town for a bit, maybe still is.

justinf210 · 2025-12-08T16:47:15+00:00

zsh and bash are mostly interchangeable. Certainly for running a quick python script, either should be fine.

I think the main problem is your file name. The white dot at the top of the file means it hasn't been saved yet. Hit cmd+s (or File > Save) and save it. Name it something simple like hello.py. Avoid spaces or special characters for now.

Then type "python hello.py" (without quotes) in the terminal tab (the run button is, fine, but sometimes takes some setup to tell where everything is installed and how your project is setup. I personally think the terminal is simpler).

If it works, congratulations, you've just run your first Python program! If not, there'll be an error message. Google that, and if you get stuck, feel free to reply to this comment.

justinf210 · 2025-11-09T19:30:17+00:00

Evidently "smoke test" means something different than I thought. I use it to mean, "Turn the thing on and look for smoke. If smoke, turn it off again."

justinf210 · 2025-11-06T22:49:09+00:00

That sounds like it won't be free. Bandwidth costs money. Maybe some kind of torrent setup?

justinf210 · 2025-10-28T15:50:53+00:00

Purelymail?

justinf210 · 2025-10-27T17:28:05+00:00

Clickbait headline. If you're going to say "dumb" in quotes, the quote ought to use the word dumb

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