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kioshix··on In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
They're not talking about a home owner's solar panels here, but giant solar farms surrounding them.
kioshix··on I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over
About a year ago I wanted to check out LinkedIn. Signed up with my real name, added my employer and past employers, verified my current work email address etc.

About 24 hours later, when logging in to pick up where I left off, I'm redirected to a page that tells me that my account has been locked. For the safety of my account, I needed to verify my identity to continue.

I refused to do so, for the same reasons this article highlights. So I wanted to delete my account and never return. Guess what? You can't delete your account without first verifying.

It took me a few frustrating months of trying to email their DPO (data protection officer) and filling out forms, constantly being routed to regular support with very unhelpful support staff. I actually contacted the Irish data protection agency thing (I'm not Irish, but european), and while waiting for them to process the case, I miraculously got a reply from LinkedIn that my account deletion was being processed.

Quite an infuriating experience.

kioshix··on Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10
> When unplugging and plugging back in external monitors it moves windows back to the same monitors they were on before unplugging them. This is probably the most significant QoL feature.

Sometimes. Sometimes it does. It's all very random. My work laptop drives me nuts, when plugging back into the dock my windows return to where they were about 3/4 of the times. A quarter of the times they just all bunch up on the main monitor.

kioshix··on E-scooter firms threaten to leave Italy after highway code updated
Good! These companies need more regulation.
kioshix··on Melinda Gates Resigns from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
I didn't even know they got divorced!
kioshix··on You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're from your bank
Yeah, the reddit post is worth a read. Yes, they did exploit the banks notification, but the rest of the scam seems pretty normal. Why would the bank need to move your funds? They could just block the account I would assume.

And the whole "tell me all of your credit card details except the first 4 numbers that only identifies your bank"-thing should immediately scream scam.

kioshix··on Hardest problem in computer science: centering things
Even better, add this to block the websocket connection for the pointers:

  ! Annoying pointers on blog
  wss://tonsky.me/ptrs?*
kioshix··on HP Disables Printer Functionality Until You Install the HP Smart App
I would use a baseball bat to fix it, that's so evil.
kioshix··on Elegant open source project tracking, Trello like but self-hosted
https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard

  This application is in maintenance mode. What does it mean?
  
  Citing Wikipedia:

  In the world of software development, maintenance mode refers to a point in a computer program's life when it has reached all of its goals and is generally considered to be "complete" and bug-free. The term can also refer to the point in a software product's evolution when it is no longer competitive with other products or current with regard to the technology environment it operates within.
   - The author of this application is not actively developing any new major features (only small fixes)
   - New releases are published regularly depending on the contributions made by the community
   - Pull requests for new features and bug fixes are accepted as long as the guidelines are followed
kioshix··on Elegant open source project tracking, Trello like but self-hosted
I also use Kanboard, it's pretty decent.
kioshix··on Secure Time Synchronization on macOS
Seems kinda overkill to run a Fedora VM on localhost for this.
kioshix··on Guy builds a CNC mill by himself,because he have no self control [video]
That kid was legendary, he even works for IBM now.
kioshix··on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video]
One of my favourite youtubers, a well-deserved break.
kioshix··on The .ing top-level domain
bor.ing

The whole TLD is just ugly in my opinion.

kioshix··on German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals
They know this very well, but marketing/legal etc. force them to display it anyway, because they want to annoy you into just clicking "Accept all".
kioshix··on Microsoft-signed “BGAUpsell.exe” pushes Bing on Windows and Chrome users
Windows is starting to look more and more like a virus.
kioshix··on micro – A Modern Alternative to nano
Seems like a really modern alternative to my 389K nano.
kioshix··on Microsoft will let you uninstall more built-in Win 11 apps soon for less bloat
But Chess.app is the keystone of the entire system!
kioshix··on Microsoft will let you uninstall more built-in Win 11 apps soon for less bloat
I can't exactly say that I'm grateful that Apple don't allow me to delete Chess.app. Apple does a lot of stupid stings too, and I'm not making any excuses for them.
kioshix··on Don't use Control Center to turn off Bluetooth on iPhone
I also use Shortcuts for this, but instead I saved it as an icon on the home screen. So now I have a dedicated "app" for turning wifi off, perfect.
kioshix··on Spotify reportedly makes users' private playlists public
Wow, just checked my Spotify, and all my playlists have been made public despite being created as private!
kioshix··on KeePassXC pull request to add basic support for WebAuthn
I use KeePassium on iOS, synced with Dropbox. Works perfectly. Other sync methods are available too.
kioshix··on Ask HN: How do you hold/use your mouse?
I also tried using the wheel with the middle finger, after seeing someone else using their mouse like that. But it felt very wrong to me, so I got curious how common this "other" way was.
kioshix··on Sex traffickers used family safety app to control victims
I would hope that if I passed out at a gas station, other people at that gas station (or nearby) would call for help for me. At least that's how it would work where I'm from.
kioshix··on 2600? How Phreaking Really Worked [Connections Museum]
I love their videos, very talented people.
kioshix··on Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news
MATE is a fork of Gnome 2. Not everyone likes Gnome 3 and newer versions.
kioshix··on I Bought a High-Mileage Electric Car with a Bad Battery
The link goes to the comments, here's the correct link: https://www.theautopian.com/i-bought-a-high-mileage-electric...
kioshix··on An overview of modern Japanese wood construction (2004) [pdf]
Thanks for the links! I'm already subscribed to his japanese channel, and I have watched a lot of his videos on it. I don't speak japanese, but that doesn't matter at all!

I didn't know about his english channel.

kioshix··on Newly released footage of a 1986 Titanic dive reveals the ship's interior
Full video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfjjsRbKCY
kioshix··on Twitter reportedly wants $1k per month for brands to stay verified
Will Tesla have to pay too?
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