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bingobongodude··on 0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt
I am pretty sure I was hit with this. I had some REALLY weird redirects coming from text msgs. NOT from Egypt. Maybe paranoid. Offline / on new Linux devices for now.
bingobongodude··on Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised
Mullvad has been very outspoken against the proposed "Chatcontrol" law. I suspect retaliation. Just my 2 cents.

https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol

bingobongodude··on Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised
You mean Sealand?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

bingobongodude··on Sweden starts largest military exercise in over 25 years
If it is not a get rich opportunity there would be no incentive to push for it.
bingobongodude··on Sweden starts largest military exercise in over 25 years
So what would be the best strategy for a citizen to profit from this looming scenario? Asking in good faith. What is your strategy to get the most out of it? What can I do to take home as much as possible?
bingobongodude··on I’ve been single all my life
"My son is 12. He codes. And he fucks." - Who would post this to HN and not Reddit to troll? Seriously.
bingobongodude··on I’ve been single all my life
The sentiment is lopsided if you actually care about positive outcome and the audience on HN. "Being single" is not HN worthy. There are no learnings in this blog post a technical audience could learn from unless you want stereotypes to succeed.
bingobongodude··on I’ve been single all my life
>He lives in Germany too, where it takes way more effort to turn an incidental encounter into something more. Hogwash. You are used to a different culture is all. As a German it does not take more effort to turn an encounter into "something more", you are just not used to the customs.
bingobongodude··on I’ve been single all my life
This whole thread needs to be shut down. WTF
bingobongodude··on I’ve been single all my life
Thank you so much for your reply. This.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
It was not for them to decide up until now. And yes of course users were willing to wait $duration for it until now. If you are suggesting a work around that is okay. It is not okay for google to tell their users to tarball "now" "because".
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
Of course you an ask, but the answer is "no". It does not concern you, unless you are my host.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
This is not for you or Google to decide. And no, I can sync changes without having to tarball. I might only touch one of those 5M files a week actually, depending on my structure.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
Where is the difference though seriously? If it is for "data" I might be accessing it every other minute. If it is for backups I might be accessing it every other minute as well. I do look at my cat pictures every other second though and yes I do encrypt them before and after I do so. The whole spiel of cold/hot storage ..
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
In all their docs concerning Android devices for example.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
This is meant and advertised for backup.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
I mean I know why they want to restrict the amount. It adds computing expenses to their bill. But wow.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
Why would it seem unreasonable?
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
This is not about the free tier.
bingobongodude··on Please delete 2M files to continue using your Google Drive account
Why would you care about reasons, if you offer a certain amounts of space? There is a size limit. Why would you implement an item limit?

I have about 15M files in my Dropbox. The limit of my box is the size of my files combined AND their own size not their number. "Files uploaded to dropbox.com must be 50 GB or smaller. All files uploaded to your Dropbox must be smaller than your storage space. For example, if your account has a storage quota of 2 GB, you can upload one 2 GB file or many files that add up to 2 GB. If you are over your storage quota, Dropbox will stop syncing."

bingobongodude··on Dumb phones are on the rise in the U.S. as Gen Z looks to limit screen time
I actually miss Twitter + SMS on a dumb phone. It was a really weird time 2009/2010 where I would only use a dumb phone + SMS + Twitter to keep followers up to date concerning parties and events. I have not used either for a couple of years by now but am tied to my "smart" phone because of various services not even offering websites at times. I don't even check my mails every day... Time to ponder where I took the wrong turn I guess.
bingobongodude··on How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?
1blu is running such a deal right now (4 cores 8gb ram 120gb ssd)
bingobongodude··on Wondering what to do (if anything) about hotlinking
This is 1999 type stuff.
bingobongodude··on Wondering what to do (if anything) about hotlinking
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)example.com/.*$ [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|zip|rar|mp3|flv|swf|xml|php|png|css|pdf)$ - [F]

wtf