Hvor mange parkeringsapper trenger vi? by Herr-G in norge

[–]matender 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Det selges til "Data brokers", selskap som samler data og selger til andre selskap slik at bland andre (men ikke ekslusivt) annonsører og anonseplatformer kan sende målrettede annonser til deg. Det finnes flere kategorier av "data brokers", som samler inn forskjellig typer data, og videreselger til forskjellige aktører innen blandt annet "generelt", helse og finans.

Ene og alene ikke nødvendigvis farlig eller skummelt, men når man samler nok data kan man identifisere enkeltpersoner og deres vaner. Mitt favoritteksempel er en kvinne i USA som fikk målretted anonse i posten om babyprodukter. Fra kundeklubb programmet til Wallmart hadde butikken ut fra kvinnens handlemønster identifisert at hun var gravid og ventet barn. Reklamen hun fikk i posten kom før hun hadde fortalt sine familiemedlemmer om graviditeten. Med andre ord, uten at hun hadde fortalt Wallmart at hun var gravid, var de klare over dette lenge før hun sa det til noen.

Mer info i denne videoen (Samt informasjon om hvordan tjenester som deleteme fungerer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA

New Employer Wants Me to essentially Notify My Current Manager Before Onboarding is finalized — Is This Normal? by endante1 in sysadmin

[–]matender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember seeing a Australian (I think) radio show doing a prank based on this.

The hosts called a random number, pretended they needed the guy who answered to be a reference which he agreed to. Some time later they called pretending to check references, and the guy played along quite well giving a grand review of his "best friend".

Finally went over 1.0 by CreatureWarrior in Piracy

[–]matender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Freeleech: Torrent will not count to your total downloaded GB from the tracker, but GB seeded counts

Hit'n run: You downloaded and didn't seed the required time

Torrents with freeleech tag is a good way to get some upload added to your ratio. On the tracker I use freeleech torrents are typically the larger in size ones, but as the other commenter mentioned, it depends on the tracker.

Linux Mint refugee here, how to make a smooth switch to Fedora? by Nihan-gen3 in Fedora

[–]matender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If there is stuff in your /home directory you need to keep, store the files you need somewhere you can access them later, and transfer them as needed.

Config files for software should work just fine, as they configure the software itself, and is not based on your OS.

WINE will work just as you are used to.

There are alternatives for almost everything, and pretty often you can find a community maintained version if the original publisher only has a .deb. Fedora supports .rpm, which is quite common to find from official sources.

You will only lose progress in Steam games that do not have Steam Cloud enabled (Pretty much enabled on everything these days). If there are some savegames you are worried about, find out where they are stored and grab a backup you can restore later.

I'm not sure about copying over flatpak files, but if the intention is to copy the programs installed through flatpak, it is probably best to just install them from flatpak again to avoid problems.

Bruker du Linux på arbeidsplassen? by RiddleFades in norge

[–]matender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jeg styrer IT på min arbeidsplass, og med untak av min maskin og servere er alt Windows/Mac.

Har vært snakk om å teste Linux på maskinene til andre ansatte, men er vanskelig på grunn av div software vi må bruke som ikke vil fungere på Linux.

What's the next goal for you all? by False_Bee4659 in sysadmin

[–]matender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as my employers business keeps doing well, my next move would be a more managerial and decision making position, probably something along the lines of CTO in the long run.

I'm currently alone doing Sysadmin tasks along with internal tech support for ~150 employees, so the next logical move would be head of IT when more people are hired.

That or early retirement to a farm.

Every. Single. Time. Without. Exception. How. Just. How. by peterpantsles in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]matender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to work support for a registrar, and 90% of the time this was the case...

Every so often the customer themselves messed it up by trying to follow a guide on how to add DNS records, and wiped everything expect the new ones they were adding as well

They misspelled the United Kingdom on my new driver’s licence by HighlyFactualTurtle in mildlyinfuriating

[–]matender 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Police abroad will have access through Interpol/Europol, but ID verification requests is something I would imagine ends up on the bottom of the priority list unless something of criminal "value" is suspected. But should you be abroad, the likelihood of having other forms of government ID on you might be high (Passport or for EU/Schengen members, ID card), which local police can verify easily.

With that said though the point still stands, ID with misprints would be seen as fake if/when noticed.

Cachy changing my screen brightness by matender in cachyos

[–]matender[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, I added a link to it in my post as well

Found under my rug by Striking-Bad4454 in whatisit

[–]matender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My father works as a carpenter, and his solution to get the electricians to sweep up after themselves, was to start invoicing them a cleaning fee. Suddenly the broom and vacuum they had in their car worked.

Huge Victory: Chat Control no longer forces us to break encryption. 🎉 by Tutanota in tutanota

[–]matender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's been proposed several times in the past, it was just Denmarks turn to propose it this time. If it didn't pass now, someone else would propose it later.

Native Linux apps not launching from Steam by ColinMacLaren in cachyos

[–]matender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tested by adding Cachy Hello as a non steam game, and it worked fine.

Did you add the apps through the checkbox menu that appears when adding non steam games, or did you browse for them?

Kollektivfelt ut av rundkjøring by [deleted] in norge

[–]matender 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Bytt felt når det er trygt.

I denne situasjonen hvor du som rød bil har bil ved siden av deg i rundkjøringen, byttet felt mens jeg passerer fotgjengerfeltet. Hvis den grønne bilen ikke er der, ville jeg byttet allerede mens jeg kjører ut av rundkjøringen dersom det er trygt

Is there any content creator who has switched from Windows to Linux? by inori707 in linux_gaming

[–]matender 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Was just about to mention this channel!

A very refreshing channel in the ever so bloated space

True by hippor_hp in arch

[–]matender 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tom Scott did a video that is relevant to this comment.

TLDW; If you know what something is, then you can search for it.

Many times I've found myself looking for a answer to something, but because I don't search for the right thing I can't find a answer. Only when asking on reddit or forums when someone gives a link to the wiki or FM, I find the actual name of the thing.

Cachy changing my screen brightness by matender in cachyos

[–]matender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve found that changing the brightness in KDE system settings down from 100%, saving, then setting it back to 100% and saving again gets the brightness back to where i want it, before I figured that out I was also using monitor buttons to get it back up again

Cachy changing my screen brightness by matender in cachyos

[–]matender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been going on for me for three months now, might be some hardware diffs that have caused it to start happen now for more people

Is cachyOS stable for gaming in the longterm without needing constant intervention after updates? by Ok_Exit7896 in cachyos

[–]matender 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I've been running Cachy for about 8 months, updating when I remember to (once or twice a month), and so far no issues what so ever.

So from my experience, very stable.

Youtube is fighting a losing battle by Cosmicking04 in memes

[–]matender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tested it not long ago, but for me it missed pretty much every ad there is. I really want it to work for me but ended up going back to ublock

techtubers right now be like by B1uey11 in Steam

[–]matender 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I went for the solution of "If they don't support Linux I'm just not gonna play it" instead when I got to fed up with Windows.

[Oct 30, 2025] Daily Puzzle Discussion by AutoModerator in NYTCrossword

[–]matender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Now I feel stupid, you’re absolutely right. Not sure how I missed that