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hiitsmyaccount··on Can’t fish Ethernet? Use “invisible” fiber instead
In all my life as a computer guy (including a few years at an MSP where I saw plenty of ratchet stuff), I've thankfully never seen a 4 pair wire used like that. I've seen cat 5 punched down with just 1 pair used for an RJ11 phone jack (the rest of the pairs were unused.)
hiitsmyaccount··on Node2Shell evolves to HTTP2Shell, blast radius affects many HTTP libs and apps
Because a local software vuln is much less scary, less exploitable, and more common than an exploit like PHP2Shell, which requires basically no effort to exploit a large chunk of publicly exposed webservers. Basically, local vulns have been a thing forever and GP is off topic.
hiitsmyaccount··on Tesla Roadster
Yes, let's combine Twitter, an AI company, and a space company with a solar company, car company, battery company, and robotics company, so that we can have one huge valuation that can't be possibly delivered upon and losses will be absorbed for a short period. What could go wrong?
hiitsmyaccount··on Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default
You could use snapshots or whatnot to reset the state whenever you like. Using an LLM to clean up files often seems like overkill to me.
hiitsmyaccount··on There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027
> buy a trump phone then graphene

Did you mean "than"?

I love Linux (been using it as my daily desktop for decades), but we're a long ways off from a true Linux phone.

hiitsmyaccount··on There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027
The Pixel 11s have been a decent downgrade from the 10s. You might want to consider getting a 10 or 10a while they're still cheap.
hiitsmyaccount··on A website for debloated open source alternatives
Not able to access the site on Firefox "Error Code: SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT"
hiitsmyaccount··on Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo
Regardless of a datacenter being for AI or not, NIMBY applies to everyone. I look forward to these totally probable datacenters in space.
hiitsmyaccount··on After Losses, Retail Investors Flock to 3x Leverage as 2x Product Are Restricted
It's a quote, and somewhat of a figure of speech. Also Charlie was born in 1924; he was literally of a different era.
hiitsmyaccount··on Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread:Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice
Dead product link
hiitsmyaccount··on Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread:Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice
I have a Unifi home network with two Wifi 7 access points and gigabit ethernet. For home automation, I went with ZWave and do not regret it at all. It's been rock solid and I've never felt the need to get a dongle to debug the traffic. I don't want to be working through all of the WiFi baggage with my home automation devices. I recently introduced some Zigbee bulbs (hue and cheapos from Amazon) and they've been mostly "fine", albeit with lower range.
hiitsmyaccount··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
Yes, I mean MDM work profiles. I play an IT guy at work and am a Google Workspace admin. We have it running in BYOD mode and it's actually not intrusive at all. The most sensitive data you can see as an admin is what apps are installed in the work profile, the phone's make + model, and the version of Android. Nothing like location, charge level, or anything outside of the work profile. I'm fine with running it on my personal device (I actually really like the way it functions), but it's borked on current versions of GOS.
hiitsmyaccount··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
I use GBoard on GrapheneOS. I just deny it network permission so it can't phone home.
hiitsmyaccount··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
Yes, you install the Google Play store via the GrapheneOS App Store. The OS comes with like 5 apps out of the box. The rest is up to you.

Biggest caveats that I've encountered: tap to pay via Google Wallet is a no go, Android Auto can be flaky, MDM managed work profiles don't work at the moment, and some apps that use the Google Play integrity API fail to validate and refuse to work (I've only encountered one app that fails, and plenty others that work.)

In general, I'm moving towards a de-Googled life and GrapheneOS is a great entrypoint towards that.