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chainsaw10

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So I'm currently a computer science student at UMBC. I'm interested in programming, security, and linux.

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chainsaw10··on Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
Anyone know whether there's an easy way to get root?

Is there a Terminal app with a local shell?

I'm in the US, so I can't get this one, but these are what I'm hoping for when it gets here.

chainsaw10··on A dashboard for my apartment
If you really want to disable that Guided Access pop-up message, I think there's a way to do it. It's called "Single App Mode". You use Apple's Configurator to enable it through a configuration profile, and it literally locks the iPad into booting directly into that app, and you cannot disable it without connecting the iPad to (presumably the same?) computer and removing the profile.

The downsides are:

1. You have to put the iPad into supervised mode, which requires a full factory reset through the Configurator. This is because it enables a bunch of enterprise controls that they don't want enabled without the user's knowledge, such as the ability to configure a global HTTP proxy, etc.

2. As I mentioned before, there is literally no way out of the app other than removing the configuration profile. This sounds like it interferes with your use case, but maybe it's a worthwhile tradeoff for you?

3. Probably something else I didn't think of.

Here are a couple articles I found that mention how to do this:

[0] and [1] are articles from some app that this feature is useful for, explaining how to do it for that app.

[0]: http://support.kioskproapp.com/knowledgebase/articles/413366...

[1]: http://support.kioskproapp.com/knowledgebase/articles/315259

Disclaimer: I have never tried this myself, I have simply happened to have heard of it. I found the two articles above because I knew the term to Google (not a shot at you, sometimes you just need to know the right search). There may be some unintended consequences because it's an enterprise feature and all.

chainsaw10··on Lastronaut: My first game and why I'm giving it away for free
Nice game! I've played it for a half hour today :)

Not to complain (it's free), but you might want to consider increasing the interval between asking for ratings. Right now, the game asks after each loss for a rating, if I click "Remind Me Later". I eventually clicked "No Thanks" because I got tired of clicking "Remind Me Later". (I'll go leave a rating now... but I figured I'd point it out.)

edit: My apologies if you already changed it in the update. I just saw it.

chainsaw10··on Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd
I had to look up what z for cd was, so to save others the trouble, here's a link (hopefully the original...):

https://github.com/rupa/z

SSH hosts tend to be long, so this seems like a good idea. I realize the .ssh/config exists, but this doesn't require setup per server.

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