NotAnArdvark

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[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow - so you're saying not until around -25 to -30 does supplementary heat kick in? Is there cool air being blown out your vents 24/7 around that temperature?

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I don't know if this is related, but occasionally I get some new insurance quotes just to make sure I'm not missing out on any deals, and this year I'm being asked for all sorts of details I've never been asked before. I've been asked for pictures inside and out, documentation from the county, information about my pets, specifics about my roof material, letters from past insurers.

I've been with three different insurance companies in the past and it was always just basics like square footage, distance to fire hall. I get the feeling these companies don't really want my business, but they also don't want to tell me no, so they just send me on irritating errands to get strange info for them.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Here's a little script I've put in my $PATH, called memsum:

#!/usr/bin/bash
/usr/bin/ps -eo rss,command --sort -rss | egrep $1 | awk '{ hr=$1/1024 ; sum +=hr} END {print sum}'

Now you can go: memsum firefox or memsum whatever and see that, actually, apps use a ridiculous amount of memory these days.

I can get Firefox up to 8GB by using things like Office 365.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why are people down voting news stories about things they disagree with? This is objectively an event that has happened regarding an influential person and a serious armed conflict.

This post is at -2 right now. Is this story posted in the wrong group? Fake? Sensationalized?

We can't just "vote away" world events.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I think most people waaay under estimate the risk of reusing passwords. I don't know if that's what happened here, but in the security incidents I've seen there will often be the initial "No, I only use this password for banking!" and then "well... it's just for my important accounts." I've also seen the misconception that a complex password means it's ok to reuse it.

The other thing I've seen is people just mashing "agree," "ok, "yes," or any kind of prompt. This probably isn't what happened here, but with device-based 2FA, like when Google sends you an "Allow device?" message, it's pretty easy for someone to just mash "Allow" so they can get back to whatever it was they're doing.

I don't want to come off as victim-blaming, or as overly sympathetic to a big bank, but at some point I think it's fair to expect individuals to have their own shit in order. I think a reasonable step towards this is that consumers should start demanding safer devices and software.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Sublime?! What packages are you running with that?

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oooh, don't do the Pinebook Pro. I think anything Pine64 isn't unsuitable for a non-tinkerer to be using. Also, if there's DRM content involved (unsure on Hulu), you'll probably want to stick with an x86 CPU.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Agreed on the latency issues. I tested SMB and NFS once and found them to be pretty much the same in that regard.

I'm interested to test iSCSI, as for some reason I think it might be better designed for latency.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've found that Dolphin, at least, is much slower with network mounts than a CLI-based "mount".

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Are you leaving behind the dotfiles because you don't want to bring over any of your old configuration?

For whatever it's worth, you can remove Snap support from your Ubuntu system. If you want more current software, AppImage and Flatpaks are good for that.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If it's the Kirkland dog food, I think that's actually really good dog food. So, no worries there.

[–] NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It sounds like they're suggesting most of the businesses they took money back from unintentionally claimed too much. They also said it was the third-parties who assisted with inaccurate claims that they're most interested in. Considering these would be accountants there might actually be some consequences for them that aren't just "bad application? That's a fine."

Considering the chaos and immediate need that these programs were conceived under, I think that the approach of giving money as quickly as possible then following up when the dust settled was the right approach. Like the premise of our justice system - better that some dishonest people have money they don't deserve temporarily than those in dire need go without.

Also, do we know they're not being charged interest?

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