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Whitebrow, in What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?

This one is from my previous boss: “you gotta do what’s good for you, and nobody else”

Taught me to prioritize things that are important to me and not to live for the sake of others

Another was “you can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves”

Taught me that some efforts are futile because unwillingness from others will result in deterioration to the status quo unless they’re willing to participate to move things forward

Snipe_AT, in Why are my subscriptions stuck on "pending"?
@Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev avatar

“have you tried turning it off and back on again?”

i.e. i’ve seen it correct itself by unsubscribing and subscribing again

hsl, in Help!!! Ptptn first class waiver, 4 months past the deadline.
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I’d strongly suggest a Malaysian community for this kind of question.

It’s not something this group is likely to be able to help you out with.

hsl, in Is there a way to filter across communities in Lemmy using the search function?
@hsl@wayfarershaven.eu avatar

This is a support question, focused on how to use Lemmy. Please check the sidebar for suggestions on where to ask this question.

iamak, in I'm the author of an April Fool's Internet Standard, AMA

What other such joke standards (by you or others) do you like?

Two9A,

A little lower down the stack, I always liked the Evil Bit in TCP, a standard which removes all need for firewalls heuristics by requiring malware or packets with evil intent to set the Evil Bit. The receiver can simply drop packets with the Evil Bit set, and thus be entirely safe forever from bad traffic.

At the physical interface layer where data meets real life, I especially enjoy IP over Avian Carrier; that link in particular is to the QoS definition which extends the original spec for carrying packets by carrier pigeon.

LeberechtReinhold,
@LeberechtReinhold@lemmy.world avatar

With the advances on SDcards, IPoAC is getting better and better.

Two9A,

As the saying goes, “for bandwidth, nothing beats a truck full of tapes 1TB MicroSDs hurtling down the highway”.

FunnyUsername, in What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?
@FunnyUsername@lemmy.world avatar

“slowly sliding”

I don’t know why, but I notice this phrase often. I know it’s kind of arbitrary enough to be a coincidence to run into a lot, but for some reason it just got stuck in my head when I was young and it almost seems like it’s haunting me.

I feel like I’m going to hear these words before I die.

Lol. Probably not. But that’s what it feels like!

cokane_88, in What password manager do you recommend?

Online password manager GTFO never ever doing that.

I use password safe desinged by Bruce Schneier, it’s legit AF, pwsafe.org

mojo,

Do you not need to sign in to your accounts from different devices? Not to mention autofill support is a big deal, hence why browser addons are so important. The other password managers are plenty secure, especially with 2fa and webauth which that app certainly is not going to have.

cokane_88,

The convenience factor is not there but you probably sacrifice security for the conveniences. Browser add-on is something else that can get hacked.

mojo,

What do you do for a living where you somehow don’t need mobile autofill? Do you not leave the house?

cokane_88,

I used do cyber security for a fortune 500, that’s where I got exposed to that password manager. Now I don’t work, stay at home dad aka house manager.

magicalbeast69,

Why are online password manager bad? Sure, the risk is obviously higher than the offline one, but online password manager would be sufficient for most people. Convenient outweigh for like 99.99% of people. Even if there is a data breach, passwords’ hashes are not easy to crack, even if you know the salt. The only way to crack it is that you reuse password. So, as long as you use strong enough master password, it’ll most likely be fine.

Also, if you care about security, you’ll also probably be using TOTP 2FA anyway. So unless, TOTP secret is leaked at the same time as your password, then you are fine.

cokane_88,

blog.lastpass.com/…/security-incident-update-reco…

That’s a breach they told the public about. What’s worse is when a company gets breached and they don’t know it happened or it takes them years to find out. I’d rather step on my own ding ding than put my credentials online.

jerrimu, in What would you do if you had access to a superintelligent AGI?

Come up with a very low cost power generator and open source the whole thing.

CanadaPlus,

You’re assuming a human could do that on a computer, though. It’s kind of hard to improve on that basic and very mature technology.

jerrimu,

We’re talking super intelligence here.

CanadaPlus,

I put more weight on the description text, but yes that was in the title.

Even if we assume it’s a god, though, I’m not sure there’s a way to improve on most kinds of generators more than incrementally. I don’t expect it would improve on “the wheel” either.

jerrimu,

I’m sure there are methods of generating electricity that we haven’t even stumbled on.

CanadaPlus,

How would that work. Electrons are very well understood, as are the ways of getting them to move.

jerrimu,

I think we’re pretty far from the peak understanding of almost everything. There are so many discoveries still to be made.

CanadaPlus,

Based on what? Sure, I’m guessing we’re just starting with planetary science and cosmology, but power generation has been explored to death and we’re still using the same basic alternator design as Tesla was.

where_am_i, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

The world around you uses Instagram daily. They do need a better camera and all the AI photo enhancement filters. Plus, consumerism, you know.

Other than that, there’s no technical reason to buy anything better than what flafhsips were a few years back. I have one and it’s constantly underutilized.

I mean, maybe 5G or wifi 6 could be a reason to migrate.

aliceblossom,

maybe 5G or wifi 6

This is why we need phones with swappable modules. I’m pretty sure my current phone could last for decades if I could replace it’s radio equipment to keep up with modern standards.

heimchen,

I would love to build a smartphone like a Desktop Pc.

Kyoyeou,
@Kyoyeou@lemmy.world avatar

Framework Phone When

nudnyekscentryk,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

Fairphone

itsJoelleScott,

Or – Christ it’s 2023 – Apple’s first fucking USB-C phone. Holy mother of god, having one stupid cable for the devices I want was a siren song of a mad god, but we’re finally here.

In 2023

ZuriMuri, in What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?
@ZuriMuri@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

„Old habits die hard“

&

"Anything that can go wrong will (eventually) go wrong."

  • Added the eventually for Murphy’s law because in its original version it kinda implies that everything that can will go wrong right away
samus12345,
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I’ve seen “and at the worst possible time” added to the end of Murphy’s Law. Right away might not be the worst possible time.

TheHalc, in How do you enjoy listening to digital content? Speakers? Headphones? Earbuds?

Galaxy Buds Pro on my commute, Plantronics Voyager 8200 when I’m at my desk (or travelling on the plane).

For TV/games I’ve got a 5.1 sound system, but I will often just chill on my bed watching things from my laptop or playing on my Steam Deck with the built-in speakers.

mrecom,

Do you have an EQ preset you like for the Voyager? I feel like music sounds bad on my set.

TheHalc,

Not really, but are you using your computer’s Bluetooth or the provided dongle, and do you have any apps keeping your mic open? If you use standard Bluetooth on Windows it sometimes gets stuck in duplex mode (the mode for conversations rather than consuming content), and music sounds awful.

They’re good enough for music, but they’re more optimised for online meetings. You’re not going to get a hi-fi experience from them.

mrecom,

Thanks for the response. I think that was the issue I was experiencing. Have you seen the new Voyager Surround 80?

TheHalc,

Not yet, but it looks nice. After replacing the foam cups on my headset I think I still have a year or two left in these.

I’d be happy to evaluate them if Poly sent me a sample, though!

fruitywelsh, in What replacement for each major social media do you use

Discord -> Element(matrix) is my go to

Ungoliantsspawn, in How long until we have corporate instances in the Fediverse?
@Ungoliantsspawn@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly is not a big deal. Some specific instance might start behaving like aholes because of corporate greed or anything else.

All they can do is take their specific communities down. The affected communities can always move to other instance (that is easier than changing to a different system all together).

Changing platforms will always be harder than just switch instance because you instance changed the rules on you.

_finger_,
@_finger_@lemmy.world avatar

The word “millions of eyes” tends to start attracting corporate overlords. When we hit a million users I think things might start changing.

drekly, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I had an S10E that I loved. But then I had a baby and wanted better pictures as memories. So I upgraded the camera I had on me at all times, and went for an S22U. Took a while to get used to the huge size difference, but I couldn’t be happier.

Also got it ‘used’ from Facebook marketplace, brand new in its box for almost half price. The guy had it as a free upgrade from his service provider, didn’t want to change phones, and wanted some quick cash for it. Had all the paperwork and everything.

Kyoyeou,
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That’s a very wholesome story

Bristlecone, in What is the craziest thing that's ever happened in your life?

I’m in the medical field, so there’s a lot of shit I’ve seen at the hospital, but I would say the real craziest thing I ever saw happened when I was in my early 20s. I moved back in with my parents for a time after I had to give up my first apartment. My parents have always had a bit of an unhealthy relationship, they fight like it’s their job. My childhood bedroom is always next to the kitchen and front room where they would fight, so I heard a lot of it and sadly just got used to it after so many years, though listening to it constantly as a child formed some core memories in there somewhere.

When I was there in my 20s I would mostly hang out in the separate garage, it helps me to feel like I still kind of had my own space. I worked graves, and would maintain my schedule on my days off, playing video games through the night. One night my dad came out randomly and was in an absolute state, telling me my mom had said “maybe divorce” and a couple other things. We talked at length and I thought I had helped him calm down. He left and I was up for a few more hours. I passed him sleeping in his truck on my way into the house to go to bed, it was weird but I didn’t think much of it at the time. Just figured he needed to sleep it off. I had only been asleep a couple hours, when my mom came running, panic screaming into my room at the top of her lungs. She woke me up shaking and yelling that my dad was going to kill himself right now in the garage, that he had the gun and that he said he was going to shoot himself in the face if she tried to stop him. At that moment I saw him passing my room on his way outside. With only a couple hours of sleep ruining my capacity for reasoning my adrenaline went straight from 0 to full blast. I had discovered the nature of their disagreement the night before talking to my dad, so my mouth just ran away before I could think. I sprinted into the hall and caught him by the shoulder , then immediately started shouting all kinds of heinous shit at them about how they were both being “dumb fucks, stupid fucking idiots, immature as fuck” I don’t remember the exact words but you get the gist. These are two very religious people who never would have accepted hearing the slightest profanity out of me in regular circumstances, not even the word “god” or the word “hell” (mormons). So yeah, neither of them said anything they both just stood there crying or stunned and listened to me tell them what big fucking morons they were and how immature they were acting, this went on for at least 15 solid minutes, easily the most cathartic thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life, bar none. At the end they were both just kind of stunned, we had it pretty well resolved and they were both calm and I went back to sleep, a testament to just how tired I was in that moment. The three of us have never talked about it again, I think because it all just got resolved right there somehow. Nothing like it has ever happened with them again according to my sister who still lives with them

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