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hkchad··on SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain people
I have garbage cell signal in my house, was only an issue for sending/receiving large pictures/video's over iMessage, apparently those don't send over WiFi for some unknown reason as well... I called Verizon and they sent me a Fem2Cell, problem solved.
hkchad··on Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps?
I'm using JetBrains w/ GitHub CoPilot, the amount of context it has around what I'm working on is next level, it's not just 'code complete' but it's 'context aware' as well, say for example I need to open a csv and parse out a few columns by the time I have named the file it's giving me the entire block of code WITH the proper column names of the files, all you do is hit tab and refactor. You won't get that just w/ copy/paste.
hkchad··on Dropbox will require App Indicator support on Linux
I finally go so fed up with drop box, every time I login more and more popups trying to get me to upgrade, etc. It was the final push to just use my NAS Software to self host my files. In the past it wasn't as reliable as DropBox but with hardware now and Tailscale its much easier and much better experience.
hkchad··on Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses
This happened to me last week, used uBlock origin to set it back to 8 video's per row.
hkchad··on Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move
I have 3 Synology NAS units with about 80TB of total disk space across the 3. When I replace them I will not be replacing them with Synology, they have lost me as a customer. I switched to Synology after having done the homebuilt NAS for years and just wanted something that works. OSS has come a long way since then so time to go back to what I know and can trust.
hkchad··on Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar
Yea but whats the price? Even w/ insurance a lot of the GLP-1's are hundreds of $$/mo and most can't afford that outside of hollywood.
hkchad··on New Windows 11 trick lets you bypass Microsoft Account requirement
I've always setup Windows w/o connecting it to the internet first, never had to resort to any 'tricks' to bypass the account issue.
hkchad··on YouTube, when the walls fell [video]
OMG I'm dying lol
hkchad··on Atlassian announces end of support for Opsgenie
You don't need Compass to keep the On Call Schedule, that's part of Operations which is where all the alerting stuff migrated to as well.
hkchad··on Atlassian announces end of support for Opsgenie
If anyone started using OpsGenie post acquisition they should have KNOWN atlassian would change something, assuming it would remain status quo would have been naive.

For us it was a seamless migration for us to Jira Service Management from OpsGenie. There were many emails, and many in app banner notifications for MONTHS. All our rules transferred over. I only had to setup our notification integrations so all links into email/slack goto Jira Service Mgmt instead of OpsGeneie. Our OpsGeneie instance is currently read only.

hkchad··on Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed Feb. 13, 1957) [video]
There is also a display of one in Orlando, I believe at Magic Kindgom.
hkchad··on Ask HN: Does anyone still use code snippets?
Yes, JetBrains + CoPilot is actually VERY good and is the only place I use LLM's in my daily life.
hkchad··on Healthcare companies are yanking info from their leadership pages
Cyber Security companies always recommend against putting personal information on websites/linked in, guess it took physical security for anyone to actually listen.
hkchad··on AmpereOne: Cores Are the New MHz
Yup,

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/INTC:NASDAQ?sa=X&ved=2a...

hkchad··on What's your favorite RSS feed reader?
ttrss (https://tt-rss.org/) self hosted.

When Google Reader shut down I switch to feedly for a bit, don't remember now why but for some reason I didn't like it. So I started self hosting my own instance of ttrss and haven't looked back since.

hkchad··on Sonos CEO says the old app can't be rereleased
I'm still using the S1 app and MUCH prefer it. I did end up running a 'split system' so I could use some of the newer products but the majority of my sonos use is still with S1 and wish they all worked on it.
hkchad··on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin
Happy to have made the switch back to FF a few years ago, much nicer experience.
hkchad··on Delta CEO calls Microsoft 'the most fragile platform' while praising Apple
How does one solve for their own device management/fallback strategy? They are in an industry that is regulated to have endpoint protection. So even if they had a 1:1 DR zone they would have been running MS and CS on both, w/o safeguards in place that only Microsoft or CS could put in place for them (staggered rollout) both primary and DR would go down. It's really hard to put the blame on the customers (Delta) in this instance.

No industry is going to invest in 2 completely independently built and run systems that share zero components/vendors because that's what it would have taken here.

hkchad··on DIY, 8mm film scanner Kotokino Mark IV (2020)
There's an embedded mkv file that I suspect most browsers won't play inline but you can download it and play w/ VLC.

http://www.sabulo.com/sb/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0001-026...

hkchad··on Helium reservoir with 'mind-boggling' concentrations may be even bigger
> I'm also still amazed how easy it is for consumers to buy helium-filled balloons at every local dollar store.

most of that helium is garbage, it's not good for anything else. The helium that is in short supply is more pure, its whats needed in the medical field and personally what I need for Deep Diving, it has gotten so expensive that rebreathers have become cheap now to divers that need it.

hkchad··on Apple says the majority of Mac users also own an iPad
Hi, I'm HKChad, I own 3 macbooks (well 6 if you count my kids/wife) and 3 iPads, 5 if you count my kids iPads as well.

We also have iPhones I'm not going to start counting those.

Now you do!

hkchad··on AT&T Fiber Internet Privacy controls are horribly broken
I don't think that running your own router fully solves this issue. I've had this disabled from day 1 of having fiber and running pfSense behind the BWG320. I also have a backup TMobile connection. When the the ATT line goes down (like when the fiber is disconnected...or cut) my DNS won't resolve and just goes to the ATT DNS hijack. For failover to actually work I have to unplug the BGW320. I have posted on ATT forums and pfSense and nobody knows how to bypass this.
hkchad··on I Fucking Hate Jira (2022)
The issue w/ jira is usually the people running it. Jira will let you customize just about every aspect of it, this typically leads to a garbage experience.
hkchad··on I told the flight attendant "the WiFi isn't working"
Why not just get a travel router and be done with all the “hacks”. They are so small these days they take up very little space. With mine I get connected to hotel WiFi then all my family devices just connect to it, just like they are at home. I even tunnel all hectic traffic back home though a Tailscale exit node.
hkchad··on A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y
Why people keep giving this modern day con man $$$ is beyond me.
hkchad··on Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it's meth
But you had better not bring a vape into customs!
hkchad··on Security Issue: Cloud Site Manager presented me your consoles, not mine
> a network switch with RGB for damnsake.

This actually my turn out to be VERY useful. As someone who runs Unifi at home w/ a stupid amount of VLans, being able to color code them at the switch will come in real handy when I just go and start unplugging stuff and rearranging as does happen. If they update it to flash VLan color while unplugged using the LCD screen it will be even MORE useful. We can hate on RGB all day just for RGB sake but when it has a use, more the better.

hkchad··on Ask HN: Git hosting sites that do not require 2FA?
Just get 1Password, it will store your PW and your MFA.
hkchad··on Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit
It wouldn't let me login the other day until I completed my signup for "hello" whatever the f-that is. I had to pull the ethernet cable THEN I could login to windows. I promptly disabled any signup that had "hello" in the description. I have exactly 1 windows machine in my house and I am pretty close to making it 0. I was careful to setup that machine before connecting it to the internet so I could create a local account. The hoops people have to jump through just to use something they've paid for is getting pretty outlandish.
hkchad··on iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps
As long as I can disable that in the MDM
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