jb0x168 · HackerTrans

Or, y'know, the NSO group exploit.

I think the difference here is that apps getting uploaded to the app store have static analysis run on them looking for unauthorized calls. Still doesn't rule it out, but adds an extra check to the process.

jb0x168

5년 전discuss

Further amended: nothing connected to the internet can reasonably be expected to remain private.

Unless you have some secret kung-fu that makes your on-prem infrastructure hack-proof.

The issue with the cloud is scale.

jb0x168

5년 전discuss

Is there an extension needed or is this a recent addition?

I've spent way too long reconfiguring yubikeys to act as an OTP device so that they work over RDP.

(edit: reconfiguration is needed to capture the device ID/secret and get them registered to our MFA provider as an OTP token, I realize they do OTP OOB :) )

jb0x168

5년 전discuss

Probably not what they were referencing, but it made me think of "The Expert" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Yes. If you use an app like AirParrot, you can do it from windows as well. Can't speak to android specifically but I believe there's an App For That as well.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Cache your images longer at cloudflare's edge:

  New Page Rule -> your.site/*.png (or jpg, gif, etc)
  Cache Level: Everything
  Edge Cache TTL: (some large value, an hour maybe)

This will make sure you don't serve any given image more than once per hour, and the rest of the requests will get served CF's edge cache.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

I don't think it's exactly racism in many of these cases, so much as a lack of empathy. If you're not personally affected by these terms, and you're not able to empathize with those that are, I can see why, without being overtly racist against any particular group of people, you could be against these changes.

Our inability to empathize, or "put ourselves in someone else's shoes" is at the root of so many of our problems...

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Ask that same question again after we have self-aware machines/software.

Inherent in the negative concept of slavery is the removal or limitation of self-determination. If the components don't have free will, this isn't an imposition.

However, in the larger context, there are very much thinking, feeling entities that are negatively impacted by the use of this terminology.

In contrast, it costs next to nothing to update the terminology to use similar terms that don't cause psychological harm to a significant portion of the populace.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Primary? Initial? Root? (ok maybe not the last one, though the internal rhyme is nice).

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Maybe direct that question to someone who's dealt with the effects of systemic racism their whole life, you might find the answer enlightening.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

"Trunk" fits the branching metaphor better, but I think "main" will be easier to uptake (autocomplete, muscle memory, etc).

I feel the same way about "denylist" versus "blocklist". "Denylist" is more precise, but I think "blocklist" would make for an easier transition.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

Just curious: are you also a member of one of the groups impacted by these terms?

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

You can bridge scripting from any programming language into minecraft through the use of plugins.

The educational versions of minecraft (e.g. the raspi version) integrate python scripting directly.

Microsoft forked a "bedrock" version of minecraft that I'm not as familiar with and that has a different plugin ecosystem. The Java-based version still has all the same plugin capabilities it always has.

jb0x168

6년 전discuss

I've been using an ElGato StreamDeck repurposed as a global mute button (among other things) for Zoom, Webex, etc. The Powermate could be pretty nifty for this as well, using the radial menus to quickly get at globals like mute/unmute, start/stop video, etc

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