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samoa42··on YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
because a 'nicely done video' (in terms of popularity) can very seldomly convey the information needed to make a valid point. hek even scientific writers/writings strugle with packing the right type and ammount of information in their works without sacrificing readability/citations.

i am in no way against scientific material on yt but very much against a world in which a professionally edited and promoted youtube video is the minimal standard for scientific progress.

samoa42··on YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
agreed. how do we change it thou without dumpstering "free" video hosting?
samoa42··on Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterprise users
Why is storing a limited amount of data on a service selling unlimited storage considered abuse?
samoa42··on Corporate networks weren't designed for working from home
fwiw its gernerally frowned upon, illegal only for use in an official capacity dealing with pii
samoa42··on Corporate networks weren't designed for working from home
not as commodity service, but given enough money someone will work a dedicated cable for sure
samoa42··on Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterprise users
yes it does
samoa42··on Some idiot is using your tool to mass scan our network
i'd say "the internet" is the biggest "network of networks" and ipv6 is not really a part but a separate network ie. not interoperable with "the internet". maybe it will be more important some day, but not today.
samoa42··on Some idiot is using your tool to mass scan our network
please tell us the addresses and ports where you have been scanned inappropriately
samoa42··on Purism – Fund Your App
ironically ios has this built in and one can sync contacts/calendar from iphone to $selfhosted without even touching the app-store. not so for android
samoa42··on Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee
> Gates is the richest person in the world.

not true for three years now

samoa42··on Benchmarking static website hosting providers
seems like a worthy correction/addition to your top post that you have lower ping to a cf-pop in your city over cables than to inhouse devices over wifi.
samoa42··on Default window manager switched to CTWM in NetBSD-current
> there is a major drawback in a modern context

have been using it as a daily driver for a few years around 2005 and concur that there is a integration moat with software that is intended for linux (modern or not) and i guess systemd made that problem worse.

the fact that i runs most linuxish software while beeing not a linux is usefull thou and, if one is inclined to, can learn a lot about systems engineering.

samoa42··on Default window manager switched to CTWM in NetBSD-current
had to chuckle but yea, 20 years qualifies as "a long time" i guess.
samoa42··on Default window manager switched to CTWM in NetBSD-current
yes it does.

mainstream os's usually deprecate _OLD_ hardware much faster.

samoa42··on foo@bar.com
should have used .local
samoa42··on Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM
while agreeing to your point about living standards, i would add that there are almost no countries matching US military spending, foreign debt levels or energy consumption per capita
samoa42··on Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM
> I would never expose my children to that risk on a day to day basis

but while driving a car you are exposing others to that risk.

> They don't even have the coordinaton to land properly

yes they do

samoa42··on Google Services Experiencing Disruptions
> The sheer amount of data (drive files, gmail data, etc) Google has in its silos makes it almost impossible to copy anywhere else other than on Google's own servers or another giant's DCs

my first computer had a two Megabyte Harddisk - around twenty years later my Phone has a 256 Gigabyte MicroSD card

it's going to happen

samoa42··on Moving your SSH port isn’t security by obscurity
a system that grinds to a halt because of overflowing logfiles is already faulty.

What fantasy world do you live in?

samoa42··on NSA Technical Report on UEFI Secure Boot Customization [pdf]
> Wouldn’t it be a bit naive to think that the US would sustain from offensive cyber ops

you mean 'abstain'? and no, it would be responsible to abstaint because offensive cyber relies on knowledge of vulnerabilities in software and hence creates a incentive to not fix them which in turn weakens security for everyone.

samoa42··on Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up
point is that apple wanted the 'simple' solution from the begining but google gave us the 'native app' store and folks were happy.

imo pwa's on webkit are only crippled in regards to the google extensions that make no sense for most usecases but ad-tracking.

samoa42··on Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up
correct me but those features are denied by apple and mozilla for very good reasons (privacy and security) besides beeing anything but 'basic' (midi anyone?)
samoa42··on Check if your IP is exposing any ports. If you see 404 page, nothing is exposed
Passive DNS companies (like farsight) are probably in a position to answer that.

There might also be an answer in public material from Paul Vixie or Geoff Huston if you are inclined to find out.

samoa42··on Check if your IP is exposing any ports. If you see 404 page, nothing is exposed
i'd say that hosts which cannot reach ipv4 addresses are not part of 'the internet' (thou they are part of 'a network')
samoa42··on Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up
apple literally invented pwa's
samoa42··on The unrealized potential of federation
euro here, used sms heavily until the ott messenger craze set in my cicles (~2015).

nowadays mostly for contacts that either dont use a smartphone or dont have mobile internet connection (yes! those exist).

are u sure u are using sms? asking because apple overlays imessage and iphone penetration is said to be highest in usa.

samoa42··on The unrealized potential of federation
have you tried 'sandstorm server'?
samoa42··on The reluctant debut of the A14 processor
'Race to Idle' effectively means greater energy efficiancy due to less time spent in full-power mode
samoa42··on How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient?
imho both effects stem mostly from the fact that diesel has ~11% higher density than gasoline.

(ie. mileage and co2-output become more equal if measured against mass rather than volume)

samoa42··on Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras
much appreciated
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