Bought the bf a nice new headset and found that Razer's software actively makes the headset sound WORSE unless you install additional software locked behind a registration form. That was the last straw. We wiped his computer and installed Linux. We are officially a Windows-free household.

PSA: If you are using Telegram Desktop, close it and update it IMMEDIATELY. There is a fresh vulnerability that just got published two days ago, and hackers attempted to use it to exfiltrate data from my desktop today. Thankfully my security system blocked it, but most people don't have an IPS.

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Jordan@fleetwoodsnacc.bsky.social · last wk.

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Built my own router yesterday after my ASUS router declared its intention to spy on me after an update. I'm still using the ASUS router as a wireless access point, but blocked its ability to communicate outside on the new firewall. This fucker tried to phone home more than 300 times while I slept.

The 3rd P.I.G.S. is now open for submissions! Can't wait to see all your wild weird indie games.

God machine Malfunctioned as it grew And the circuits blew Falling down on you Now you're free Unplug from the source No more underscores Open up the doors Feeling Oh God, the feeling We need some healing

Greta Van Fleet - Age of Machine (Official Video)

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Just a totally normal and not tryhard starter base :D

Tortilla chips that snap while you're scooping salsa should be charged with dereliction of duty.

Tap left to realign reality.

No, seriously, your Smart TV is spying on you, even while it's offline. Block it from your network and NEVER connect it to it again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...

216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem

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Cyburrpunk (Kodi)@kodiburr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Your smart TVs are spying on you. The amount of data they're constantly sending to third parties is shocking. That spike in the graph at the beginning? That's how much traffic my smart TV was generating before I blocked it from my network, nearly as much as the rest of my devices COMBINED.

100% agree with this, but I'll add a caveat: That person who I don't want to fuck needs to not be a sex pest. It goes both ways. I have plenty of friends that I have no sexual interest in. However, a lot of people dry beg after it's been made clear that I'm not reciprocating, and it's not cute.

Leprosaria@leprosaria.bsky.social · last mo.

Tuesday Thoughts - I am a (VERY) firm believer in the phrase "fuck your friends". But you can, and maybe should consider, being friends with people even if you don't want to fuck them. Friendships needn't be transactional and, I think, they shouldn't be. Just be good to your friends, sex or no.

Just a casual Sunday night setting up a Pangolin reverse proxy on a Lightsail VPS so I can decommission my Cloudflare tunnel while maintaining zero trust network security and not needing to enable port forwarding on my home network. Ya know, simple. What is wrong with me, that I do this for fun?

Find the people who make you feel like you don’t take up too much space. The people who embrace you for you, and don’t make you feel like an embarrassment, or a burden, or an annoyance to be tolerated. Who make you feel like you can just belong somewhere without a mask to make yourself palatable.

Not mad at this shot at all. Gorgeous eclipse!

*whispers* Brave browser blocks all ads including video ads on YouTube and porn sites. It's also free and open source.

Hey Photobucket, not sure who you think you are, but sending me threatening emails titled "We found you" telling me that you are holding 3 pics I uploaded over a decade ago for a $400 ransom is quite possibly the least compelling solicitation I've ever seen. Go out of business.

A complete story in three email titles.

Did you know that many of your favorite apps have web versions that are just as good and help protect your privacy by not giving these services 24/7 access to your device? Bsky, Discord, Telegram, they all have web apps that work just as well as the installed apps.

I love doing difficult things, but I'm not afraid to cut my losses. I won't push myself to continue down a path where I see harm ahead. Failure is always an option, and sometimes it's the best one. Bravery is best when it is divorced from ego. If you fear failure, are you truly brave?

Old people make raisin cookies for the kids they secretly hate send post

Just the plus button. That's all we need. It's like UI devs have no idea they can hide things behind pop-up menus.

GrayWalf@graywalf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

mobile app devs... hire me......

It's not spitroasting if it's just between homies. It's a Brotisserie.

The backup scheme is officially complete. Nightly backups of my system to the 10TB HDD and an AWS S3 standard bucket, with monthly backups of my 500 GB photo library going to a separate AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive bucket. Total cost for this storage? About 50 cents a month.

Weezer's new song confuses me. You're telling us that an out-of-touch CEO ordered you to make nostalgia bait, so you complied even though you hate the music you're making, but you still want me to engage with it? Why would I engage with slop even the artist hates? Your honesty isn't a pass.

Hytale's development team is the best in gaming right now and it's not even close.

Weigh their grief in carats Worship flags, not merits Turn the dead to numbers Keep on spilling guts for tariffs youtu.be/iMYl02RSHCo?...

PRESIDENT - dark heaven

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Setting up nightly backups for my server has been surprisingly fun. Designing and coordinating the various sources, types, schedules, locations, and encryption was cathartic. Taking ownership of my data again instead of paying someone else a fortune to manage it has been liberating.

*angelic choir* Let there be backups.

@kurzgesagt.org, bestie, we need to talk about this thumbnail...