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tux2bsd··on Show HN: Detect if an audio file was generated by NotebookLM
> Sure, or at least close enough on the exact number for the point to remain valid.

I hope no one has to work with you, you're insufferable.

tux2bsd··on Tell HN: Twitter/X is inaccessible to all Firefox users by default
Thank you for the work around.

I'm one of those affected, it has been busted about 24 hours too...

tux2bsd··on The Quest to Secure chown and symlinks
> checks if a file is a symlink

to expand on that:

"In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a file whose purpose is to point to a file or directory (called the "target") by specifying a path thereto."

tux2bsd··on Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software
I tried borg and liked it but I couldn't see how to purge 'file.big' out of prior backups. i.e. one you knew for sure you didn't need any more and would achieve disk space recovery.
tux2bsd··on Why GNU su does not support the `wheel' group (2002)
incorrect, they serve different purposes. If sudo isn't installed then you don't require security updates for sudo...

If you do have sudo you can be very restrictive on who can run what.

tux2bsd··on Every person on the planet should have their own website
Who pays, if everyone is it WEF funded? You will have one website were your opinion must align with WEF and you will be happy.

(just like Hacker News where the comments posted must align with dang's views, he's also known as "the algorithm").

tux2bsd··on Aleister Crowley, the Wickedest Climber Ever? (2022)
Mark chooses interesting figures from the past and present and tells their story in an entertaining way.

> Your link is dangerous to our democracy.

Democracy relies on free speech, which you don't believe in. I'm well aware this point will be lost on you as you're too busy being hysterical.

tux2bsd··on Aleister Crowley, the Wickedest Climber Ever? (2022)
> I pity him.

Do you pity Fritzl? Where's your line...

tux2bsd··on Aleister Crowley, the Wickedest Climber Ever? (2022)
Count Dankula has a good episode about that freak. In summary Crowley was, via inheritance, a VERY rich kid weirdo that rapidly progressed to being insane. He went up a hill or two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7np4wvfIdbM

tux2bsd··on Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes
Your comment is grey, I think that means you're guilty of wrongspeak. They simply can't just let a comment be a comment... they must suppress speech.
tux2bsd··on Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34224702

Feel free to point out where he didn't make two distinct statements.

> If the descendants of colonizers and the colonized peoples have been living in the same country for centuries...

Good to see we're on the same page.

> ...what does this have to do with foreign investment in local assets?

Perhaps you missed the rest of my comment.

tux2bsd··on Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes
> One good rule of thumb is that whenever people are blaming foreigners for their problems, they're wrong.

The current trend is that people from nations that were colonisers are the cause of, and are responsible for, the woes of descendants of colonised peoples. It's good to see that you can see through the bullshit too.

There are only select groups that can invest in property, they must reach the baseline investment sum and ongoing payback before they can play the game. Having unchecked offshore ownership is massively damaging to the local people, it raises the bar all that much more. Offshore control of property can easily be weaponised, where it's not about investment but instead about legal denial of property to the locals.

NZ suffers from some of this.

tux2bsd··on Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
They blamed cats, not knowing it was the fleas.

It wasn't until the 1800s that hand washing was tied to health (Semmelweis). The 1300s would have been a filthy, filthy existence it's not a great surprise the plague spread like wildfire (past its initial vector). Basic hygiene has helped humanity massively.

> Dying of respiratory or cardiac failure is horrifying enough

That is how you die, regardless of events it's ultimately brain death due to lack of oxygen to the brain - pray your heart stops one day (everything else is worse).

> Dying of respiratory or cardiac failure is horrifying enough

I know you were making a reference to c19. Yes, being kept in solitary confinement while you suffocate to death by order of the state would be a miserable way to go (tax extracted and left in an "exit room").

Here in NZ the state forced an elderly man to watch from the roadside as his wife was buried but politicians were allowed to go swimming during the same lock down... Disgusting.

tux2bsd··on How Twitter moderated the Covid debate
> We ban accounts that do these things, regardless of which flavor they're battling for.

I don't believe the latter half of that sentence but sure, I'll tone it down.

tux2bsd··on Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately
> decease

That one makes passwords vanish from ones memory quite effectively.

tux2bsd··on Ask HN: What's your proudest hack?
It's a strange thing, people like Shaun Webb that demonstrate high intelligence in a specialized field can simultaneously be mindless sheep and follow/advocate "the current thing"...
tux2bsd··on Ask HN: What's your proudest hack?
Nah, pkg_add works differently at a fundamental level. Yes, OpenBSD improved pkg_add significantly.
tux2bsd··on Linux Desktop Environments System Usage
Good for you.
tux2bsd··on Linux Desktop Environments System Usage
You've chosen to miss the point, and you're also comparing sand to ice.

win98lite, was windows install modification for win98 to remove some stuff so you could play computer games more while you weren't defragging your hard drive.

Wakey wakey.

tux2bsd··on Linux Desktop Environments System Usage
Probably less.
tux2bsd··on Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras
p.s. I use the term encrypted loosely, the mechanism could be as basic as a unique file name... whatever it is the association to the existing footage is lost.
tux2bsd··on Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras
A baddy gets the camera, holds the button for some time and that resets the camera (disassociates the camera from the base station). The recordings for that camera on the base station are now gone because they are encrypted and rely on the association the camera had.

Eufy refused to fix the problem. It was something that could have been fixed with a firmware update via its app.

It was a shame, the cameras were good but the product overall wasn't fit for purpose (due to their incompetence).

tux2bsd··on Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras
eufy/anker are fucking useless.

https://community.security.eufy.com/t/major-flaw-delete-home...

I spent ~1 month full-time savings on a camera kit, cameras + base station. I was to be able to return the product for a refund (NZ law), I luckily found that thread within 24 hours of buying that SHIT.

p.s. don't confuse an existing good NZ law with our current inept government (i.e. we have a female Trudeau)

tux2bsd··on Basics of Concrete Barriers (2000)
I know, I forgot there's a time limit on editing comments.
tux2bsd··on New research shows Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid climate change
Like I said leprechaun, taniwha, unicorn... all mythical entities - just like ghosts.

Isn't it funny how people can draw these various mythical creatures but only after another person has shown them how.

tux2bsd··on New research shows Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid climate change
Exactly.

It is puzzling that those individuals feel the need to attempt to suppress what they elect not to agree with.

tux2bsd··on Basics of Concrete Barriers (2000)
> make sure not to keep your steering wheel straight

remove the "not".

> (or at least: know why you are doing what you are doing)

Remove that too, it's unnecessary.

tux2bsd··on Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE
but hairofadog needs a reason to be hysterical.
tux2bsd··on New research shows Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid climate change
Simply hunted to extinction. It's a shame history is being rewritten in front of our eyes.
tux2bsd··on New research shows Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid climate change
Taniwha can be considereed ghosts, in that they are creatures from stories - a leprechaun could be considered a ghost for the same reason.
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