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radus··on Changes to LastPass Free
I've tried LastPass and 1password, but neither has a good implementation of auto-type on desktop, where my definition of good is KeePass.

To those that dismiss KeePass as being too clunky I hear you, but I think the situation is better than it used to be thanks to the development of several high quality and open-source clients for non-Windows platforms: iOS (StrongBox, KeePassium), MacOS (StrongBox, MacPass), Android (Keepass2Android), and KeeWeb as well. I would pay special attention to whether or not these clients support KeePass' built in database sync/merge feature [1], especially if you don't use a cloud back-end. Most cloud providers will save two versions of a file when there's a sync conflict ensuring you don't lose data.

As for storage back-ends I've used OneDrive, sFTP, and WebDAV [2], and I'm currently migrating everything to WebDAV. sFTP works well but some clients take too long to open and close the connection.

[1] https://keepass.info/help/v2/sync.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26157184

radus··on Changes to LastPass Free
I use this docker image: https://github.com/BytemarkHosting/docker-webdav, but with a PR that has yet to be merged that makes it easy to use a different UID/GUID [1]. I've tried to do it with nginx, as described in [2], but it just did not work reliably - it would often disconnect and instead of going down a debugging rabbit hole I just used the Apache based image. There is also a Go server [3] that I have not tried.

Lastly, I put an nginx reverse-proxy in front of it for SSL - probably not necessary since nothing is on the public internet.

[1] https://github.com/BytemarkHosting/docker-webdav/pull/28

[2] https://www.robpeck.com/2020/06/making-webdav-actually-work-...

[3] https://github.com/hacdias/webdav

radus··on Changes to LastPass Free
I'm evaluating StrongBox right now. https://strongboxsafe.com/

Features for MacOS are being actively developed to bring it up to parity with the iOS apps.

radus··on Sonobus: Open-source app for low latency peer-to-peer audio
This would be my pick as well. I've researched this in the context of a silent disco, and tried an Airplay based solution described here: https://chrislivengood.net/the-do-it-yourself-silent-disco/, but snapcast just works.
radus··on Sonobus: Open-source app for low latency peer-to-peer audio
Have you given snapcast a look? https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/
radus··on Electric vehicles close to ‘tipping point’ of mass adoption
What if your car drives itself to a charger and then back to a spot nearby overnight?
radus··on Scuttlebutt – A decentralized secure gossip platform
I can't believe I have to say this, but no, that is not what "nazi" means.
radus··on Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tasks Share a Core
Shared hosting has been a thing for a lot longer though. Wouldn't that have been exposed to the same set of vulnerabilities though? I suppose there were lower hanging fruit to exploit though.
radus··on Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story
I think Twitter was well within their rights to refuse to allow their website to be a vector for what they considered to be foreign meddling in an American election -- something that they've been criticized for in the very recent past.
radus··on Cryo–electron microscopy breaks the atomic resolution barrier
No, not by a long shot unfortunately.
radus··on Are we living at the 'hinge of history'?
There are also known unknown hinges.
radus··on Release of methane gas from the seafloor in the Southern Hemisphere
People need to do and same goes for some of our food. As it relates to cows, there is research showing that the emissions they produce are dependent on their feed, and that methane in particular can be reduced through the use of additives such as seaweed. However, it's not clear that this particular strategy would be effective in the long-term, and we would need to produce a LOT of seaweed in order to have a significant impact.
radus··on How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks'
I think the only truly dumb screens that you might be able to buy are designed for commercial use. But yeah, consumer oriented TVs all have their own smart features.
radus··on How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks'
I paid good money for a Nvidia Shield in part because I liked the simple interface. Would you like it if in the next Android update you had "trending stuff" occupying a third of your smartphone home screen?

I wouldn't mind it if it were optional, but it seems that it will not be.

radus··on How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks'
I've been happy with my Nvidia Shield, which so far has not received this update. The HTPC that it replaced ran on Ubuntu and automatically booted into Kodi. This worked okay, but having the hardware setup to support the latest audio/video features (eg. HDR, Dolby Vision, Atmos) can be a frustrating experience. The Shield has been great because it "just works", and also makes it easy to switch between streaming services and local media. So depending on your viewing habits, and must-have features, it can be very difficult or impossible to replicate the experience.
radus··on Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
Paper bags are cheap, provide adequate containment, allow moisture to evaporate, and the virus is stable on paper for less time than on plastic.
radus··on Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
Not wrong at all. I do 3 days in paper bags. Reasoning for paper is that it breathes more than plastic and the half life of the virus is shorter on paper as well.
radus··on 1Password for Linux development preview
Good to see! However, lack of auto-type [1] into non-browser windows has prevented me from being a 1Password customer for some years now. With KeePass, I can trigger the auto-type sequence of an entry matching the current window title with Ctrl + Alt + A. The sequence (eg. {username}{tab}{password}), match modality, and keyboard shortcut are all configurable as well. I make use of this frequently enough that I don't want to migrate - and I'd very much like to since I want to set it up for my family.

1. https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/87292/auto-type...

radus··on Inside A £30 Record Player
Yes, bass is harder to reproduce on vinyl - RIAA equalization is applied in the mastering process to help with this.

Some "sss" sounds are prone to producing sibilance, which can be filtered out during mastering or avoided at the recording stage.

radus··on Hypermodern Python
For a trivial-ish command-line tool, I've enjoyed using pyinstaller with --onefile to put out a single file executable. Using GitHub Actions, it was also relatively easy to create cross-plaform releases.
radus··on GitHub Codespaces
I think with the same editor experience as I use on my own machine, I can fix substantially more complicated issues, with significantly less effort.
radus··on Why do we need Flask, Celery, and Redis? (2019)
The need for multiple servers kinda depends on the application, no? I'm interested in the single server story.. many of my apps are internal and used by 50 people at most.
radus··on The Docker Compose Specification
Maybe you have a point but from my perspective you're overthinking it. Lots of developers use Docker Compose and will continue to do so because it's a great product. The news here is that there is now an open specification that others can contribute to.
radus··on Please Fund More Science
You're speaking from experience? In my bio-ish field most of the money gets used to purchase reagents and to maintain mouse colonies.
radus··on Zotero: Personal Research Assistant
Sync your metadata with Zotero but the files in the cloud - you just need to make sure your settings are compatible between machines (storage locations etc).
radus··on Zotero: Personal Research Assistant
I use zotero and store the pdf files (renamed and organized with ZotFile) on OneDrive. I can read papers and make highlights/notes to pdfs and they will sync to all of my devices. These notes can be extracted and made searchable within Zotero by Zotfile.

At first I preferred the way that Mendeley did this with its built in pdf reader, but now I'm happy Zotero delegates to the pdf software of your choice.

radus··on We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus
Depending on the particular band it's possible that they use distortion as part of their sound..
radus··on Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system
Reading heavily between the lines now but I would think that this person also had enough (though maybe not as direct) experience to know to stagger the deployment, no?
radus··on Pricing niche products
Thank you!
radus··on Pricing niche products
Wow, thank you very much for your extremely detailed answer. I'm looking to invest a little bit in things that I use every day (keyboard, chair) and your original post stuck out because you acknowledged it's possible to have a nice mechanical keyboard without breaking the bank.
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