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  1. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    Modern versions of windows offer Bitlocker encryption for your hard drive. I think this used to be reserved for "pro" versions of windows but is now available for anyone who signs in with a...

    Modern versions of windows offer Bitlocker encryption for your hard drive. I think this used to be reserved for "pro" versions of windows but is now available for anyone who signs in with a Microsoft account.

    As someone who's been asked to recover data, I must say, encryption makes everything very difficult. If you don't know your password, naturally you're fucked, but even when you do, it makes file recovery more difficult.

    If you ask a locksmith, all locks are insecure and can be defeated. But they'll also tell you if locks were 100% secure they'd be out of a job.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    Just to reiterate/reaffirm @Nemoder's reply, if someone has physical access to a computer, all bets are off. If someone can get ahold of the hardware, they can always hack / bypass passwords, or...

    Just to reiterate/reaffirm @Nemoder's reply, if someone has physical access to a computer, all bets are off. If someone can get ahold of the hardware, they can always hack / bypass passwords, or get access to the operating system one way or another.

    Even hardware encryption - If an adversary has the right amount of hydrofluoric acid and the right microscope, as long as you have access to the device doing the encryption, all bets are off.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state in ~society

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    I'm pretty sure the leaders endorsing the state of Palestine have full-on condemned the actions of Hamas. I don't know your perspective, but I believe the Palestinian public will accept any help...

    I'm pretty sure the leaders endorsing the state of Palestine have full-on condemned the actions of Hamas.

    "Let's be frank. Hamas is a brutal terror organization. Our call for a genuine two-state solution is the exact opposite of their hateful vision," Starmer said Sunday. "So we are clear, this solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means Hamas can have no future, no role in government, no role in security."

    I don't know your perspective, but I believe the Palestinian public will accept any help they can get at this point. Statehood would grant them irrevocable rights on the international stage and I'm sure no one in a war zone is going to turn their nose up at that.

    47 votes

  5. Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games

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    Another fun waste of time from https://neal.fun. This time you've got an endless list of CAPTCHAs to complete. I got as far as drawing a perfect circle, which I've learned is impossible on this...

    Another fun waste of time from https://neal.fun. This time you've got an endless list of CAPTCHAs to complete.

    I got as far as drawing a perfect circle, which I've learned is impossible on this laptop's touchpad.

    19 votes

  10. Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech

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    Naturally I could be looking too deep into it, but I mean... Digg? I thought most digg refugees that turned to reddit, who ended up as reddit refugees on tildes, lemmy, etc, would see this...

    Naturally I could be looking too deep into it, but I mean... Digg?

    I thought most digg refugees that turned to reddit, who ended up as reddit refugees on tildes, lemmy, etc, would see this rebranding for what it is. It's as if everyone frustrated with facebook ended up banding together to move to instagram.

    It's literally the reddit guy running digg in the reddit way. I don't know why anyone would be enthusiastic about this.

    I cannot sincerely believe this is an organic movement.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech

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    I really must say I'm very suspicious of people in this thread. Most users replying were registered in June 2023, and I don't recognize any of their usernames. Your account was registered in the...

    I really must say I'm very suspicious of people in this thread. Most users replying were registered in June 2023, and I don't recognize any of their usernames.

    Your account was registered in the early days, which makes me wonder even more why you're shiling so hard for digg. Is there some sort of incentive going on? Are you paid / rewarded in some way for promoting digg?

    In your last post you referred to early accounts as "groundbreakers" and instilled a sense of urgency where you only have X amount of invites left, so people should contact you as soon as possible.

    This is all just very suspicious to me. Digg is irrelevant, and has been for more than 15 years. I literally know no one who has ever once said to me "I miss digg" or "I wish digg was reinvented by billionaires who wish to relive their glory years by reinvigorating their dead brand" etc.

    Literally no one is/has been talking about digg. How is this thread a thing? Why 43 votes? Why 114 replies? This is going on to be one of Tildes' most active threads of all time, and it's mostly June 2023 accounts, some with this as their only post.

    I hate to @Deimos here, but this is sus af.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - August 2025 - Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut in ~books

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    I must applaud your crossover reference to Slaughterhouse Five. I agree, this is a book about the prevailing human spirit. Despite being faced with abject tragedy, they still form their...

    The characters shrug and resign themselves to their new reality. So it goes.

    I must applaud your crossover reference to Slaughterhouse Five.

    I agree, this is a book about the prevailing human spirit. Despite being faced with abject tragedy, they still form their granfalloons, they still keep persevering with their stupid humanistic tropes, memes, and traditions, in spite of the rest of humanity destroying itself. Even if ultimately successful in destroying the world, if any humans survive, humanity will as well.

    I feel like a slightly more cynical take on this same sort of riff is Restaurant at the end of the Universe, where Douglas Adams posits that humanity left to its own devices on an empty world would keep being publicists, accountants, marketing publicists, and telephone sanitizers.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on America tips into fascism in ~society

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    Fair points. To be equally cheeky I think the last one that was a boots-on-ground land invasion was the war of 1812 where the Brits who lived in Canada came and burned down the White House....

    Fair points. To be equally cheeky I think the last one that was a boots-on-ground land invasion was the war of 1812 where the Brits who lived in Canada came and burned down the White House.

    Anyway, I would caution my fellow Canadians to remain vigilant and pay attention. Trump's actions are precedented. We've been down this path before. History really does repeat itself. I have absolutely no faith in the checks and balances of the US government anymore. It appears the executive branch now wields ultimate power. This is like the second chapter of any book describing fascism.

    PS: "overmuch" is a great word. I'm going to try and incorporate it into my vocabulary.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on America tips into fascism in ~society

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    I think what I'm saying is that time and time again, despite insurmountable technological advantage, the US military has been overcome by sheer willpower alone. We have a lot more determination to...

    I think what I'm saying is that time and time again, despite insurmountable technological advantage, the US military has been overcome by sheer willpower alone. We have a lot more determination to defend our country than the average US soldier has to invade us.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on America tips into fascism in ~society

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    I guess it depends how comfortable you'd be living under US / Trump rule. I for one, wouldn't stand for it. I'd rather go down defending my country than live under fascism. I'm not even a patriot....

    I guess it depends how comfortable you'd be living under US / Trump rule. I for one, wouldn't stand for it. I'd rather go down defending my country than live under fascism. I'm not even a patriot. I'm sorta indifferent towards Canada as a nation. I just know that the alternative is far, far worse.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on America tips into fascism in ~society

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    I'm holding out hope. Canadians are vicious in battle, with a history of punching way above our weight class. The Marvel character Wolverine was meant to embody the Canadian spirit after all. We...

    I'm holding out hope. Canadians are vicious in battle, with a history of punching way above our weight class. The Marvel character Wolverine was meant to embody the Canadian spirit after all. We also feel betrayed by our closest ally who we sincerely do not want to become a part of, so that's extra motivation to defend our country.

    Canadians have never before been as unified as I've seen them since the start of the 2nd Trump administration. We've been pretty damn unified in our "elbows up" message, that we will not stand for annexation.

    Think back to the past, idk, ten wars the US has been in. They haven't had a win since 1945. They have a hard time dealing with people in jungles or other heavily forested areas. They have a hard time dealing with impoverished farmers in the desert, where anyone could be an insurgent. They've also never encountered a war on their own soil.

    Now imagine if there are thousands upon thousands of kilometres of undefended border going through wilderness, where the insurgents speak exactly the same language, know exactly the same cultural references, and can pass as Americans perfectly. There could be a 9/11 level event every week if Canadians had motivation to do so. Look to The Troubles in the UK if you want to know how these sorts of things play out with similar cultures on a land border.

    They can't nuke us since 90% of our population is within 100km of the US border. In theory we have NATO allies. I'm not looking forward to what happens if they try, but I'm also not too concerned about our sovereignty. We're a resilient people.

    11 votes

  17. Comment on What's your current PC wallpaper? in ~tech

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    British Columbia. Near Top of the World Provincial Park.

    British Columbia. Near Top of the World Provincial Park.

    2 votes

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  19. Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech

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    I think I might be old. I heard Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose got together to dig Digg out of the ashes and promote it as some new thing, but I never expected anyone would be psyched for it. For...

    I think I might be old.

    I heard Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose got together to dig Digg out of the ashes and promote it as some new thing, but I never expected anyone would be psyched for it. For that matter, I've seen no hype or advertisement for it since it was announced like a year and a half, maybe two years ago.

    Am I out of touch? I left Digg in 2008 and haven't thought a lot about it since then. I have to wonder is everyone here registering because of nostalgia or because of never having heard of it before, and they're just tuned into a marketing campaign outside my bubble?

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech

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    Time is a flat circle.

    Time is a flat circle.

    41 votes