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keysersoze33on Why are there so many CPU bugs nowadays

You had me at hyper but lost me at fixation

Sadly the blogpost fails to mention which browser extension was the macilious one that compromised his session tokens.

While quite technical users (a la. this community and devs in general) would be able to inspect the source code of browser extensions to do an audit, most of us don't have time for this, and we just have to rely on the browser add-on number of downloads & reviews as a poor indicator.

It would be really useful to know how this particular extension was rated

keysersoze33on Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

(we need to talk about your TPS reports)

keysersoze33on Zürich voters ban noisy leaf blowers

Thank you - it'll be years before I can vote in Zurich, but the neighbourly weekly leaf blower parade kept me closing my windows or working somewhere else

keysersoze33on Retiring Test-Ipv6.com

Another Init7 customer here (awesome ISP); I can recommend using OPNsense/pfSense or OpenWrt on alternative hardware

P.S. I have a R86S-G4 to sell, which is pretty good for running any of these at 10Gb speeds - feel free to DM me if interested (or let me know if I should DM you)

keysersoze33on WinBoat: Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration

There are a bunch of great forks / integrations of WinApps project (& similar) on GitHub now - I highly recommend LinOffice (https://github.com/eylenburg/linoffice/) for those who need native Office 365 (I needed to reluctantly edit Excel macros, and dual booting from Linux into Windows many times a day wasn't efficient).

It's great to support the team at CrossOver, but if you need a recent version of office or a Windows application that Wine/Proton doesn't support properly, then Docker/Podman running QEMU/KVM in the background is surprisingly performant (which Lin Office orchestrates all for you).

keysersoze33on The campaign to subvert Africa's internet registry

Sadly, the original link now returns a 404: https://archive.is/bcSDY

keysersoze33on I found a backdoor into my bed

I bought an Eight Sleep Pod 3, as I'm light sleeper who wakes up often at 3 or 4am, and struggles to get the final hours of sleep.

I have to say it made my sleep significantly worse - I was shocked at how bad the temperature setting was - shifting 1 degree warmer or colder was often too much. I also noticed quite a bit of manipulation of reviews & comments on Reddit / subtle sponsorship on YouTube. (=> fake comments, upvoting/downvoting, and unofficial sponsorship).

Maybe it really does improve some people's sleep, but just the noise itself from the Pod meant I needed earplugs to not be disturbed by it. My suggestion is to avoid buying at all costs...

keysersoze33on Another burnout post

(My hat off to you for 35 years!)

I've been coding for 25 years in many jobs & many industries (although banking featured a bit tooooo much). Our industry is volatile, and right now it feels like a 'micro' repeat of the dotcom bust, where even the very good devs are increasingly under an unreasonable amount of pressure (financially, finding work, or otherwise).

Agree - life outside work is v. important, but I think it's equally important to work in an industry which aligns with one's values, rather than just for the money etc. At the end of the day, every role will be difficult at times, but if you're behind the potential impact of the company, then that makes the challenge more tolerable

(*cough* ~Don't be evil~ *cough* sigh)

keysersoze33on Git tips and tricks

Thanks for the difftastic & zoxide tips!

However, I've been using this git pager/difftool: https://github.com/dandavison/delta

While it's not structural like difft, it does produce more readable output for me (at least when scrolling fast through git log -p /scanning quickly)