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So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

aunleadon U.S. facing most intense flu season in at least 15 years

Thought most of us took whooping cough vaccine as kids. Its part of DTaP vaccine.

aunleadon Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

> This essentially erases their culture and robs the children of any freedom of identity. From single-digit ages they are being forced (under threat of discipline) to provide economic security for their parents. That is sickening.

What are you referring to here? Care to share some sources?

aunleadon Notepad++ is 21 years old

Closest Notepad++ alternative I found on Mac was CotEditor - https://github.com/coteditor/CotEditor. Has all the basic features apart from plugin support.

aunleadon Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?

Curious - did you write that article? The author of that article and your username seem to match. Or its just a coincidence.

aunleadon Attacker with access to XML config can trigger keepass.exe to obtain passwords

> They're complaining that an evil maid attack can turn off `AppPolicy.Current.ExportNoKey` and set it up to export the document silently.

If an evil maid has access to make such a change, wouldn't it be easier to just replace keepass.exe with custom version? The source is already available. Just call this function after successful login - ignoring XML configuration, "KeePass Essentials" version, etc.

aunleadon Attacker with access to XML config can trigger keepass.exe to obtain passwords

A user needs to enter their "master password" before database is unlocked - after which the silent export can be triggered. Just changing values inside the XML does not expose the passwords.

aunleadon Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

I'm banking on the emergency access feature [1] of Bitwarden (available in self-hosted version too [2]).

The "how it works" section has more information [3] but it essentially boils down to trusted individuals requesting access - which can be manually approved by account holder or they are automatically granted access after a pre-defined wait time.

Bitwarden (paid version) also claims this - "If your premium features are cancelled or lapses due to failed payment method, your trusted emergency contacts will still be able to request and obtain access to your Vault. You will, however, not be able to add new or edit existing trusted emergency contacts."

[1] - https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/ [2] - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/ [3] - https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/#how-it-works

aunleadon Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired? (June 2022)

Just went through our PI planning last week. For those who have experienced it - I feel your pain!

aunleadon Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

Because of this I find myself gravitate towards sports games like Fifa. Easy to get right back-in on offline career mode. I just stay away from FUT (Fifa Ultimate Team)

aunleadon Ask HN: Does anyone use a Raspberry Pi as your main computer?

Care to share some more details? Is it USB or SATA based?

aunleadon Show HN: Keep your bookmarks clean and up-to-date

I thought the Shiori project was dead. Great to see it's got a new maintainer. A new release also dropped after 2 years. [1]: https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori/discussions/376

aunleadon Amazon Sidewalk

The FAQ says you can disable it -

If I disable Amazon Sidewalk, will my Sidewalk Bridges still work?

Yes. All of your Sidewalk Bridges will continue to have their original functionality even if you decide to disable Amazon Sidewalk. However, disabling means missing out on Sidewalk’s connectivity and location related benefits. You also will no longer contribute your internet bandwidth to support community extended coverage benefits such as locating pets and valuables with Sidewalk-enabled devices.

Edit: Formatting

aunleadon Bitwarden releases “emergency access” feature

The pandemic has made me (re)evaluate how my family can get to my finances and online services. Such solutions can solve issues related to bank/trading account access and key documents but what about subscription services? All my subscription services from Netflix/Plex (less important) to VPN/Blackblaze (more important) are tied to my credit cards, which upon my untimely demise will be deactivated. My family will surely get locked out if I don't leave clear instructions on each of the services and how they can access them, etc. Then there is a technical aspect of taking over these service.

I'm curious on how others have planned around this?

edit: typo

aunleadon Animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the Middle Ages [video]

Normally I do not pay attention to ads but was curious to know - what was that Santa selling! And I can't speak a word of Czech.

1:26' into the video - Is that guy praying? Read there are statues of Saints on the bridge.

Found an image of 1872 flood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bridge#/media/File:FFr...

aunleadon The Unicorns Fell into a Ditch

Attraction Theory: The Pepsi Proposition

Establishment of a gravitational pull to shift from a “transactional” experience to an “invitational” expression.

Is this for real!! I had to look up Pepsi's current logo to believe this.

They paid $1 million for the logo (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pepsis-nonsensical-logo-redesig...)

aunleadon LastPass stores passwords so securely, not even its users can access them

Yes. It's called "Premium Access Addon". They charge additional cost of $40 /year.

More info here - https://blog.bitwarden.com/premium-access-for-families-organ...

aunleadon Ask HN: Is it better to be good at many things or great at one thing?

WOW! I'm truly inspired!

PS: Which feature film did you produce?