krnl386

krnl386, 8 months ago

Is there an IT policy at your school? I suggest perusing it for 2 reasons:

1. Understanding the consequences of tampering/tinkering with the spyware.
2. Understanding how much authority the IT department really has, and whether or not what they’re doing with the spyware constitutes overreach.

#2 in particular is for your own knowledge/benefit. Since you’re not an employee, but a student, you may have some inherent rights under this policy, which the IT department may be violating.

krnl386, 8 months ago

WTF did I just listen to??

krnl386, 8 months ago

Here’s another video demonstrating the effect of an MRI magnet on non-ferromagnetic metals (aluminum in this case).

krnl386, 8 months ago

“I wanted to see shit blow up!” 😂 I hear ya.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Love this new feature!!! And yeah, I would love to see the icon selection grow.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Just add bike lanes on both sides. :P /s

krnl386, 8 months ago

They’re really expensive, apparently. But hey, I think moving them around to the most lucrative locations to maximize earnings for the city (assuming they actually get to collect the money), could be a nice way to help subsidize road maintenance or TTC costs.

krnl386, 8 months ago

How is this not the most upvoted comment? I just do not understand!

On a more serious note, yes, this is extremely dangerous and the rear tire should be replaced before anyone rides this bike.

krnl386, 8 months ago

I was thinking the same thing. Either this person didn’t replace their tires in a couple of decades or does insane acceleration/turns/burnouts/stunts.

krnl386, 8 months ago

The Brave ad blocker is based on uBlock Origin, AFAIK, so no, you don’t need it.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Librewolf is probably a safer choice.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Lots of Firefox fanboys on here I see…

krnl386, 8 months ago

My order of preference for domain registrars is:

1. Cloudflare (doesn’t support all TLDs, unfortunately)
2. Porkbun (does have wide TLD support, and has no-bullshit pricing, albeit higher than Cloudflare)
3. Namecheap. They’re cheap and Canadian… no other reason than just a backup to have.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Huh? You mean you can’t separate the domain registrar from your DNS service provider?

I have my .ca domains on Porkbun, but DNS is hosted through Cloudflare. Porkbun supports DNSSEC records as well, so that’s not really an issue, just a few extra steps.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Technically they won’t. They won’t host OpenNIC TLDs, for example. However, you can have your domain registered with any registrar, and as long as you specify Cloudflare’s assigned DNS servers for your domain (DNSSEC records can be set too), you should be OK.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Cloudflare sells domains at cost. So yes, cheaper than any other registrar (including NameCheap and Porkbun), except maybe those who sell domains at a loss as a promo to rope you in and then kill you on the renewals.

Integration into their stack is a nice side effect, but really inconsequential. You can have your domains registered with any registrar and have your DNS hosted by any DNS hosting provider. Heck, you can run your own DNS servers if you want to.

krnl386, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

WHOIS privacy? Porkbun does that for free for all TLDs that support it.

I don’t think I fully understand how what they offer isn’t “ownership by proxy”. I suppose they promise not to release your info if police ask for it? On the other hand, they technically own the domains you register through them, so if they get repossessed (e.g. through legal bankruptcy proceedings), whoever their new owner is, will presumably also own your domains…

I’m probably not seeing something here, but this all sounds sketchy to me.

krnl386, 8 months ago

I was actually confused about your response to grahamsz@kbin.social… it seems like they have at least a basic understanding of how registrars vs. DNS hosts work.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Holly shit, this is pretty damn awesome!

krnl386, 8 months ago

The “do you know where your files are?” reminds me of their past security leaks and breaches. 🤔

krnl386, 8 months ago

All solutions that integrate with banking sites I’ve ever encountered were nothing more but ugly hacks, IMHO. I’m curious about FileThis, as I’d never heard if it before, and would also love a similar system.

Maybe a self-hosted document management system that can parse key info from credit card statement PDFs, such as the balance and due date? I somehow doubt that automated retrieval of statements is something that any commercial company, or open source project, can implement reliably. To this end, I’m not sure what’s worse; the financial industry, or the medical records industry. Both are stuck in the past and highly conservative.

krnl386, 8 months ago

I seriously need to look into Paperless NGX. I’ve been hearing a lot about it.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Just upload stupid shit like the course syllabus (even if it is publicly available) and it will grant you download credits in exchange for “contributing”.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Ever hear of Secure Time Seeding? It’s real, and fits this meme perfectly.

krnl386, 8 months ago

Yikes, that’s terrible!