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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
TheD00d Link ParentForget the "smart" and "power user" Nix shite. You are already miles ahead of the average PC user just by switching to *Nix. Good on you.Forget the "smart" and "power user" Nix shite. You are already miles ahead of the average PC user just by switching to *Nix. Good on you.
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Comment on Twenty-one facts about throwing good parties in ~life
TheD00d Link ParentCompetition party games + booze is a great social lubricant.Competition party games + booze is a great social lubricant.
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Comment on Twenty-one facts about throwing good parties in ~life
TheD00d LinkGreat list! A bunch of things I try to do already when we have our annual party. Some other good things from my experience hosting a regular "large" social gathering. Keep the date as consistent...Great list! A bunch of things I try to do already when we have our annual party. Some other good things from my experience hosting a regular "large" social gathering.
Keep the date as consistent as possible, if you are going for something annual. Makes it easy for people to remember.
If you have a bunch of friends who are from out of town, try and schedule around a big event that would already bring them into town. A great example is university homecoming. People are in town and it's a good excuse to see everyone again.
A simple themed website can integrate you RSVP, FAQ and other information in a simple to reference spot. Plus it's a fun thing to design every year. Host it on GitHug pages or Cloud flare pages for the cheap.
Think big tent. Do you have friend with kids? INVITE them. Even if they don't come. Make the people with kids feel invited and welcome. Hell invite your neighbors. Can't stand the ones immediately next to me, but I always invite. Let's them know we have something going on so they can be on good behavior and it helps build your "village". Did they come? Great! Make a point of taking the kids from the parents for a bit. Introduce your friends to neighbors and vice versa.
Keep the area of the party contained. Think small but intimate if you can. Spread your furniture out so people can still congregate of they want, but still leaves it open for others to join. Outside is best weather permitting.
A variety of bev's is critical. We always have kegs - everyone who partakes loves free beer. Seltzers for my health conscious and sober friends. Pop for the kiddos and one fun "themed" cocktail. Simple recipe, looooowwwww stress.
The day of the party? Clear your schedule. Prep as much as you can the day/night before but you'll still be running around like crazy trying to get stuff setup day off so make sure you don't have much going on.
Low-stakes games. Sure Cornhole and shit is fun, but I've never not seen people smile for a good old fashioned marble run (gambling optional), stein holding contest or trying to eat a donut from a string. Games should try to stay on theme IF you feel like having them.
Lastly, simple hearty apps/food. A bunch of easy to batch cook bites and one fun "statement" snack.
Or you know what? Do whatever the hell you want. You'll still have a good time. And throw a damn party. Our society needs more goddamn parties.
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Comment on Jimmy Kimmel to return to ABC on Tuesday after show’s controversial suspension in ~tv
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Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies
TheD00d Link ParentThat's adorable. Dogs are great. Unfortunately, I don't, I purchased them from my local greenhouse and it was labeled a generic Cherokee Purple.That's adorable. Dogs are great. Unfortunately, I don't, I purchased them from my local greenhouse and it was labeled a generic Cherokee Purple.
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Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies
TheD00d LinkI had a lot of "success" this year with my Cherokee Purple variety. Granted, I'm far from an experienced tomato grower and I feel if I used larger planters I would have gotten more fruit. That...I had a lot of "success" this year with my Cherokee Purple variety. Granted, I'm far from an experienced tomato grower and I feel if I used larger planters I would have gotten more fruit. That being said, I was able to enjoy a few salads/tomato sandwiches this summer. In SW Ohio and the summer here was pretty brutal in the back-half but my plants are still producing. I did not get to enjoy them much since squirrels and a wiener dog with an appreciation for the finer varieties of tomato ate most of them. I bought some netting and it has certainly helped.
I also tried growing some beefmaster variety, but they did not do as well as my Cherokee Purples. But again, I feel like bigger pots, more fertilizer and netting would have helped.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
TheD00d Link ParentI'm in the minority too. I've been running DD-WRT for almost a decade now. Very happy with it. Also like you, I enjoy repurposing older hardware. I like SOHO products but some of the price...I'm in the minority too. I've been running DD-WRT for almost a decade now. Very happy with it. Also like you, I enjoy repurposing older hardware. I like SOHO products but some of the price premiums are a bit much for me. Plus, I like have control over my hardware and the software I run on it.
The community is...well not so great.
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Comment on How are Framework Laptops? in ~tech
TheD00d Link ParentOh, I see, another NixOS chad on Tildes. Glad to know I'm not alone. Jokes aside, I'm glade NixOS performance on the framework laptops is nice. I run it on my old Asus Exepert book and the battery...I run nixos w hyprland on
Oh, I see, another NixOS chad on Tildes. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Jokes aside, I'm glade NixOS performance on the framework laptops is nice. I run it on my old Asus Exepert book and the battery life is pretty bad. I'm chalking that up to it being an old machine and not so much NixOS's fault.
I'm more of a used laptop guy, but if I ever bought new. I'd do a Framework.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
TheD00d LinkThe Gorillaz new track dropped paired with a rehash of their old Kong Studios website. Its good fun. The track itself, its not half bad. Not my favorite track of theirs by a long shot. For reasons...The Gorillaz new track dropped paired with a rehash of their old Kong Studios website. Its good fun. The track itself, its not half bad. Not my favorite track of theirs by a long shot.
For reasons that are probably obvious, I suddenly find myself listening to a lot more punk. Dead Kennedy's to be more specific (some Clash as well). I forgot how good they are. Also, with all of the talk of AI and jobs, Soup is Good Food is more relevant now than ever.
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Comment on Microsoft testing new AI features in Windows 11 File Explorer in ~tech
TheD00d LinkCan't wait for MS to make this generally available with a GPO to block it for enterprises. It's like playing whack-a-mole with all of their AI products crammed down our throat.Can't wait for MS to make this generally available with a GPO to block it for enterprises.
It's like playing whack-a-mole with all of their AI products crammed down our throat.
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Comment on Epic Systems’ mythical and sprawling campus in ~design
TheD00d (edited )LinkAs someone who works in healthcare and health IT who has had various positions in both hospitals, HIEs and other healthcare settings. I've also interviewed with Epic once or twice. In general, I...As someone who works in healthcare and health IT who has had various positions in both hospitals, HIEs and other healthcare settings. I've also interviewed with Epic once or twice. In general, I do not have a very positive view of Epic. It's close to a monopoly (in the US) and, in my opinion, does not really care for patients. They actively tried to block information sharing and interoperability initiatives from Uncle Sam and, I've often found they attempt to silo patient data so they can charge for access.
I'm on mobile now, so I can't post links to evidence, but I will later during my lunch break.EDIT w/links -
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Here is Epic CEO's letter urging hospital leadership to reach out to HHS to stop information sharing, under the guise of "rising patient costs" and "worse patient outcomes". From this, it seems like Epic thinks patients are not intelligent enough to be trusted with what they do with their own ePHI and PHI.
Don't get me wrong, if I had to pick an expensive and proprietary EHR, it would be Epic, but also the alternatives are what? Cerner? They are terrible too. Medik is not bad but it lacks features that a lot of healthcare systems have come to expect. OpenEMR is also not a great option. So what choice to healthcare systems really have?
As much as people complain and moan about some kind of "universal" care. It would simplify so much overhead if the US had its own EHR system along with a national patient ID the cost savings could be huge and you would not have to deal with expensive, proprietary software like Epic.
So don't buy all of the fluff from their campus. They don't treat their employees all that well and I don't think they care for patients or providers either.
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Comment on Brat in ~games
TheD00d LinkThis is going to sound so weird, but I'm subscribed to Ahoy on YouTube. When this showed up in my subscription feed, I thought myself "Huh, reviewing Charli's album...a bit late but alright"....This is going to sound so weird, but I'm subscribed to Ahoy on YouTube. When this showed up in my subscription feed, I thought myself "Huh, reviewing Charli's album...a bit late but alright".
Naturally I was way off the mark but I still enjoyed the video nonetheless. Side note, older video game box art really did have that sauce you don't seen anymore. Reminds me of one of my favorite Jakey videos.
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Comment on Data centers don't raise people's water bills in ~tech
TheD00d Link ParentI cannot tell you how many times I have found retro-fitted data centers with live water pipes running through them. Most of them at hospitals who had no other place to put them lol Flooding was...I cannot tell you how many times I have found retro-fitted data centers with live water pipes running through them. Most of them at hospitals who had no other place to put them lol
Flooding was more common than you would think.
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Comment on Data centers don't raise people's water bills in ~tech
TheD00d LinkAs someone who really has only limited experience in data centers. I've done physical security audits for compliance purposes, I had similar thoughts when I've heard people claim DCs use water. In...As someone who really has only limited experience in data centers. I've done physical security audits for compliance purposes, I had similar thoughts when I've heard people claim DCs use water. In all of the data centers I have audited. Which mind you is like six, and not all of them very big, all of the cooling systems have been closed-looped or conventional HVAC. Obliviously there are going to be fire suppression systems but that's not always using water. Granted I'm sure some big DCs somewhere uses some kind of liquid-cooling across racks but I'd also assume that's closed. I have a hard time thinking of some kind of solution that would continually use water inside of a DC for compute purposes.
I think people might be conflating the idea that data centers use a lot of water and chip fabs, which in my limited research uses a significant amount of water, but I have no experience or evidence to support that assumption.
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Comment on US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B in ~tech
TheD00d LinkWait, did Donny just seize the means of production?! I'm only half way kidding. On one hand, Intel has absolutely made this bed and I absolutely want them to lay in it. On the other hand, they are...Wait, did Donny just seize the means of production?!
I'm only half way kidding.
On one hand, Intel has absolutely made this bed and I absolutely want them to lay in it. On the other hand, they are pretty critical for strategic autonomy and I do feel they should still stick around since they do have a decent number of fabs in the US. Plus all of the wall street vultures who want to tear it apart and sell the pieces absolutely sickens me. That being said, the US taking partial stakes of ownership in these companies is problematic just like in 2008. Granted this is not a bank, but it's the tax payers who foot the bill for companies basically deciding to saw their own leg off.
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Comment on Copilot broke your audit log, but Microsoft won’t tell you in ~comp
TheD00d Link ParentI'm aware of what the issue was. I was attempting to repeat the findings to actually validate. That's where I was struggling and asked lol Leave it to MS to not have adequate auditing for a tool.I'm aware of what the issue was. I was attempting to repeat the findings to actually validate. That's where I was struggling and asked lol
Leave it to MS to not have adequate auditing for a tool.
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Comment on Copilot broke your audit log, but Microsoft won’t tell you in ~comp
TheD00d LinkMaybe our tenant is configured poorly, or correctly, but if I wanted Copilot to access some data (for example sharepoint) I would still have to provide Copilot with local copy of the data. Even...Maybe our tenant is configured poorly, or correctly, but if I wanted Copilot to access some data (for example sharepoint) I would still have to provide Copilot with local copy of the data. Even when I run the Copilot chat from our SharePoint site. If that is the case, could you just not limit Copilot to local files only and not anything in your M365 tenant?
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Comment on WinRAR zero-day under active exploitation – update to latest version immediately in ~tech
TheD00d LinkSo we don't actually use WinRar in any official capacity at my company. However, I work in InfoSec and noticed we had a couple of endpoints running base64 obfuscated powershell around a week or so...- Exemplary
So we don't actually use WinRar in any official capacity at my company. However, I work in InfoSec and noticed we had a couple of endpoints running base64 obfuscated powershell around a week or so ago. Naturally that flagged all kinds of alerts in our EDR and I began an investigation. This is related I swear.
Turns out the endpoitns were running curl against a compromised server, which was serving up vulnerable version of WinRar. I did not know about the 0-day at the time. Either way, I killed that shit immediately and we re-imaged the machines.
When I let the "malware" run in my sandbox VM in my homelab - note I did not actually download the malware, I just re-ran the base64 encoded powershell LOL. Thats when I noticed the command was hitting the site with WinRar being offered. Then the same script hit another site that was hosting a different powershell script. Which, when curl'd would pull it down locally, kill the existing powershell session and then fire up a Windows Command Prompt to then initiate powershell from the command prompt. Really odd stuff. Once the new powershell session was running it tried disabling powershell logging via registry edit before actually trying to install WinRar to a temp directory.
It all seemed really odd that it was downloading WinRar to a temp directory. I was like "wtf are they going to do with WinRar?"
Until I was able to look at the base64 encoded powershell script (different from the initial). From there I could see the powershell command was actually adding the payload to exploit the 0-day. Then a few days later and I get some CTI from our vendor about a WinRar 0-day and realized what we had witnessed.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
TheD00d Link ParentGlad you liked it. Ditto about Kahn. Voice actor kinda feels like he is phoning it in. Here's to hoping it gets better!Glad you liked it. Ditto about Kahn. Voice actor kinda feels like he is phoning it in. Here's to hoping it gets better!
Oh my god. I did not even realize that might be misconstrued. I swear I'm not a racist just a weird Linux zealot lol