stryk

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by stryk 7y ago
There are options for persistent connections, with logs and detachment, etc. ZNC/PsyBNC/Quassel come to mind. ZNC, in particular, is extendable via Perl or Python (or TCL if you're a masochist). I hear good things about Quass
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by stryk 7y ago
What's wrong with IRC? It still works a treat, and has ever since the early-mid 90's.
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by stryk 8y ago
I'd be interested to know what folks in your field think of the newly developed substance [1]'Vantablack'. Thin carbon tubes that apparently absorb 99.965% of visible light. Are there any cool applications for this stuff in p
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Flatpak – a security nightmare(flatkill.org)
377 points by stryk 8y ago|257 comments
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by stryk 8y ago
THIS is a not-insignificant part of the problem. right here. You jumped straight out of the gate with calling the OP stupid. Not even a feigned attempt at some sort of discussion or debate. You saw the word "conservative" and BOOM
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by stryk 8y ago
I mean I cannot link you to a direct source, it was just something everyone knew, ya know 'common knowledge'. This was on both coasts as well as the midwest. And it was explained to me at 3 different clinics in 3 different areas o
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by stryk 8y ago
It is incredibly, incredibly dangerous to mix benzodiazepines (Xanax, Ativan, etc.) with Methadone. This is common knowledge amongst opiate addicts, at least everywhere I ever went in the US back in my wilder days. I have 3 close friends
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by stryk 8y ago
>> "With Blind, users are completely anonymous, but are required to submit a verified work email to join a company channel." That sentence doesn't make sense. How can it be "completely anonymous" but you have
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by stryk 8y ago
homeless citizens and needles I understand, but 'human excrement' -- what? Is people shitting in the streets as common and as noticeable as homelessness? WTF is that about, I thought SF was, by and large, wealthy? Why isn't i
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by stryk 8y ago
We hear about these mis-configurations leading to publicly-viewable things that shouldn't be publicly viewable all the time. This makes me wonder what is the default security setting? It seems like -- and this is from the outside looki
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by stryk 8y ago
No, I don't realize. And neither should you, because you honestly cannot. It runs closed-source software and communicates with servers out of your control. Unless you are an engineer who works for Amazon directly in the smart-gadget de
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by stryk 8y ago
You're willing to give up the personal privacy of you, your family, and any guests in exchange for turning off light switches without getting up?
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by stryk 8y ago
I'd take it even one step further and say people shouldn't even have an Alexa (or Google Home, et. al.) in their home at all. There are so many downsides, and after you get past the "cool new technology" factor there are
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by stryk 8y ago
Wow, really? Am i reading that right, that without an active WAN connection, the internal LAN connections don't work on Google WiFi hardware? That sounds more like an "Internet appliance" than it does a router.
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Spectrum/TWC being kicked out of New York state(www3.dps.ny.gov)
3 points by stryk 8y ago|0 comments
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by stryk 8y ago
Digi-Key has what has to be a top contender for fastest order processing & shipment of any company that does e-commerce ever. No exaggeration, it's almost inconceivable how quickly they will pack up and ship out your order. Especia
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by stryk 8y ago
You have a point there the rich folks wouldn't want to be seen as gullible. Maybe I should have said "more reported cases of VCs being defrauded." > "If you were a VC would you want anyone to know that the $X00,000 yo
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by stryk 8y ago
I'm actually surprised there haven't been more cases of VC folks being defrauded (Theranos aside). The way those people like to just throw hundreds of thousands of dollars or more at newly formed, wholly unproven, companies is ast
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by stryk 8y ago
Not much beats out The Ocular Penetration Restriction Act of 2007. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee8n-xvYETg No one is born a skull fucker.
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by stryk 8y ago
Prostitution is the oldest career there is in the United States (also one of the very few that is genuinely recession-proof). There have always been, and always will be, people willing to pay for and be paid for sex. Take Australia for exam
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by stryk 8y ago
No man, there's so much more exposure that way. And remember, this is a criminal enterprise. Those people who run your fronts could just as easily rob/kill you and take it for themselves, and given the chance they will . With bit
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by stryk 8y ago
And how may I ask did you come to this conclusion? Have you ever actually laundered dirty money?
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by stryk 8y ago
That's not how dirty money works if you want to get away with it. You need to launder it -- put it into something legitimate and, most importantly, get something back out of it that looks legitimate enough to pass casual scrutiny -- fo
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by stryk 8y ago
If I'm moving stolen money (or magic math coins or whatever) I don't give a damn about the fees - it's 100% profit either way. It costs money to have it laundered, whether that goes to a shady lawyer(s) or a Bitcoin processor
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by stryk 8y ago
Is it? I don't think it would be. In fact, extortion and coercion are fairly easy because there are no rules (this I can attest to from both sides of the equation). The easiest weakness to exploit is always going to be the humans invo
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by stryk 8y ago
Say the government doesn't have it. They can just ask/force/coerce/pressure the tech company that does for your data. Or steal it from them.
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by stryk 8y ago
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Wooo boy, another one.
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by stryk 8y ago
Unpatched meaning systems without the Spectre/Meltdown mitigations enabled? Or is this something unrelated to the previous bugs?
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by stryk 8y ago
Can anyone breakdown the impact and severity of this in more digestible terms for those of us not that deeply technical?
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by stryk 8y ago
I see this question asked a lot on almost all tech-centric places on the 'net. I think it's a decent example of the "thought bubble" that happens in tech circles both online and off. Where is it that these people asking

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