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cooljacob204··on Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
To be honest I have completely given up on competitive fps games. The cheating situation has only gotten worse and I really don't see anti-cheat makers winning.
cooljacob204··on Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
Having used many flavors of Linux over the years as my work desktop, they are all very capable of being my daily driver.

The only thing holding me back at home is anti cheat support for proton.

cooljacob204··on Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
I think it might be time to change to Linux. I really hope Valve can get EAC and Battleye running soon (Gaming anti-cheat services).
cooljacob204··on NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings
Which is funny because the same people claim a lot of Covid deaths are from other medical conditions.
cooljacob204··on Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet contracts forbid them?
The interview for my current job was basically reviewing my GitHub projects and discussing design decisions. I really enjoyed that process but I can also see how that isn't really viable in most cases (A lot of people don't have side projects, nor should they have to IMO).
cooljacob204··on PNG files can be animated via network latency
I have seen a few overlay empty divs over an image/video. Very frustrating behavior.
cooljacob204··on This Year, Autonomous Trucks Will Take to the Road with No One on Board
But it is, they would need to use violence to compel them. That greatly increases the risk of them getting shot (Many truck drivers carry guns) and it goes from larceny to robbery which greatly increases the criminal penalty.
cooljacob204··on FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streaming services
Why did they decide to loop in Discord?

If this is about targeted ads the Microsoft should have been included, tired of all the spyware on Windows 10.

cooljacob204··on Why does Linux have so much trouble sleeping and waking?
Every once in a while there will be a week or two where I have issues with my pc not sleeping.

Previous causes have been sound drivers, chrome, steam, joysticks, some unknown that an update fixes.

cooljacob204··on CentOS Linux is dead–and Red Hat says Stream is “not a replacement”
Has it though? How many companies have moved from centos to RHEL?
cooljacob204··on Using Google Analytics without GDPR consent
So under GDRP are you not allowed to log who visits your site? For say... abuse protection? Assuming you do not share this data with any 3rd party.
cooljacob204··on Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges
With android work profiles I don't think it's that big a deal.

It's isolated from my phone, my employer can't see anything outside the profile and I just disable it on weekends/vacations.

cooljacob204··on My Beef with RuboCop
Rubocop does pick it up by default.
cooljacob204··on Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs
Because unfortunately bots hide behind them in mass and the easy way of handling that is to block the VPN ips.
cooljacob204··on Factorio 1.1 is getting close
Yeah trains are a huge part of the fun for me. I usually get mods that make resources more dense the farther away they are.
cooljacob204··on Army wants smaller brigades, stronger divisions and lots of robots
Armenia had no real modern anti air weapons to combat this. If this were tried on any other modern military those drones would have been shot down at the border.
cooljacob204··on LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions
I figured it was to help them track users.
cooljacob204··on Facebook Container for Firefox
I'm finding more and more that it might finally be time to switch back to Firefox.

Is Google still planning to destroy adblock with Manifest V3?

cooljacob204··on Discord Desktop App RCE
It's still an exploit in their app that can be abused on their users.

I see nothing wrong with submitting it in multiple places, it's still better then being sold darknet.

cooljacob204··on Why I've stopped saying 'hey guys' (as a male in tech)
This one was always a tricky one for me, trying to create an email to a bunch of people in a friendly manner without using 'hey guys.' It the phrase that feels the most natural to me when speaking to group of people. I personally have always views 'guys' as inclusive of anyone, but I get others may not.

Professionally I have opted to use 'hey all' in 90% of situations because it's about as neutral as you can get. Doesn't feel as natural to me but then I don't run the risk of offending anyone.

cooljacob204··on Dockerfile Security Best Practices
Would you have a link to the talk? I couldn't find it with a google search.
cooljacob204··on WordPress's Matt in debate with Netlify's Matt
One use case I had at a previous job was that they used word press for daily logs, inventory counts, hr portal, etc... Basically a form wrapper that would email the related departments with whatever the employees inputted.

Very simple and more then did the job. It costed basically nothing to use and pretty much anyone could maintain the site.

cooljacob204··on YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K, but historians want them to stop
Historians fill in gaps from partial information about what happened in the past all the time. I see this as no different then recreating a scene based on an old video.
cooljacob204··on Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores
Why should it? Trading with other nations has never worked like that. No one has a right to a specific social media service, especially a foreign owned one at that.
cooljacob204··on Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores
It's not nearly as back and white as you would appear to like it to be. I do not see any laws being broken or US Citizen rights being trodden on with this ban. They're not even setting a new precedent with this ban. It is completely within the executive branches power to ban a foreign corporation for national security reason, reasons that may not be completely clear to the public.

Though I think the reason is very clear, at least their official one. If you are a China based company the CCP by law has access to your data and they have abused access to sensitive and private data time and time again. Just because nothing has happened yet doesn't mean we shouldn't be proactive against China.

And I wish Congress would do something about it. The Chinese government deserves so much more then a TikTok ban and Congress could give the ban a more stable foundation then a executive order from a controversial administration.

cooljacob204··on United States vs. Dread Pirate Roberts (Silk Road) FBI Report (2013) [pdf]
I still don't think anyone deserves life in prison for creating a drug exchange website.
cooljacob204··on Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores
TikTok is not ran or based in the US. I don't get why you think they would be protected under US laws like a US based corporation.

Congress and Executive branch can easily ban foreign companies from operating in the US and there is a long history of them doing so.

cooljacob204··on Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a Screen Replacement
Yup, that was a common issue. This is exactly what happen to a friend of mine. Tried to sell him a new motherboard, he decided to just buy a ribbon cable and replace it himself.

Another friend had his motherboard replaced because he had the common issue with the old keyboard where keys would randomly stop working. Of course it didn't fix it, only wasted a month of his time. Luckily his was still covered under warranty and they managed to get it right and replace the keyboard the second time around.

cooljacob204··on Modern Ruby Serializers
While I have heard a lot of good things about Sorbet I would still hesitate to use it with Ruby 3 and it's type language RBS around the corner.
cooljacob204··on Modern Ruby Serializers
fast_jsonapi appears to be abandoned. Community fork can be found here: https://github.com/jsonapi-serializer/jsonapi-serializer
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